(Two chapters in one)
High in the sky.
Listening to the dense barrage of system notifications in his ears, Ye Li sighed with feeling.
"That wasn't easy..."
Since his arrival in the Southern Region, the operation to destroy the Violet Firmament Prefecture had finally drawn to a close.
With that, he casually waved his hand.
Whoosh!
The Highest Clarity Qi that had sealed the entire Violet Firmament Prefecture shut rapidly dispersed like receding seawater.
The domineering [Highest Clarity Jade Edict] vanished with it.
The flow of the laws between heaven and earth returned to normal.
The Imperial Edict manifestation who called himself the Battle Lord also lost his continuing supply of divine power, his luminous form collapsing into golden dust in the wind.
Ye Li paid no attention to the astonished Azure Water Dao Lord in the distant sky.
"Battle Lord..."
He murmured the title, then frowned slightly.
An inexplicable irritation had welled up in his heart.
Why was that?
Because this title was too similar to that legendary name from mythology?
Ye Li half closed his eyes.
Having cultivated this far, he naturally knew whom his absurdly unfair [Indestructible Golden Soul] resembled in countless ways-
None other than that Great Sage of the Demon Race, born of heaven and earth!
And the title that Great Sage had later received in legend was [Victorious Fighting Buddha].
Although that title, with all its implications of restraint, had never enjoyed the same recognition as his earlier title, [Equaling Heaven].
It was still one of his most iconic names.
"But... is it really just the similarity between their titles that's making me restless?"
Countless thoughts raced through Ye Li's mind.
But he soon rejected that conjecture.
Quite apart from the countless battles he had weathered, which had made his resolve as firm as