The True [Heaven's Will]!
Two torrents of Yang Spirit power, representing the pinnacle of power in the Azure Gate Realm, collided with each other like two stars burning to their zenith.
Every gesture and movement is a manifestation of the Great Dao, a resounding echo of its Principle.
Above the sky, two vast oceans of light, one golden and one pale gold, collided violently!
A clash of the purest and most extreme principles of Yang!
"BOOM--!!!"
Its deafening roar defies description; it was like the primordial thunder of creation, resounding directly into the very depths of the Divine Soul of every living being.
The aftershocks of the pure Yang energy transformed into a visible, tangible golden shockwave, spreading out in concentric rings and layers at a speed exceeding the speed of sound!
Wherever it passed, mountains and rivers were altered, and the earth was repeatedly plowed by an invisible giant plow, raising towering waves of earth, which were then melted by the high temperature into red lava lakes!
Rivers dried up, lakes evaporated, and forests instantly carbonized and turned to ashes!
Imperial City?
The magnificent architectural complex that once symbolized the supreme power of the Great Cang Dynasty was as fragile as a sandcastle in the face of the aftershocks of this level of energy.
The towering palace walls collapsed in large sections, and the carved beams and painted rafters turned to dust.
Only a few core areas were barely protected by the Formation Art Qi Yun had set up beforehand, but even they were flashing with spiritual light and were on the verge of collapse.
In just a few breaths, the entire imperial city had been reduced to ruins burning with golden flames and flowing with lava!
The sky was no longer blue, but a dazzling and chilling scene of destruction, woven from raging golden energy flows and spatial rifts.
The sun and moon have lost their light, and the stars have dimmed.
It was as if all the light in the world was concentrated on that pure yang battlefield where collisions, annihilation, and regeneration occurred continuously.
The figures of the Yang Spirit appeared and disappeared within it, each appearance accompanied by a deafening roar and the complete disintegration of large swathes of space.
Their battle had long transcended the ordinary realm of "human beings," resembling more like dozens of moving, walking, and constantly colliding "miniature worlds"!
If it weren't for the array plate modified by the [Heaven-Deceiving Grand Formation], which is still barely maintaining the stability of some areas...
The aftershocks of this epic battle will likely be enough to completely shatter this mortal realm and plunge it back into chaos!
And just as the battle reached its climax, and the destructive tidal wave swept across the heavens and earth, seemingly shaking even the very foundations of the [Azure Gate] world—
Qi Yun in the void at the edge of the battlefield, his body surrounded by chaotic light, completely isolating him from the violent aftershocks.
He didn't pay much attention to the earth-shattering duel between the Yang Spirit.
Instead, he frowned slightly, sensing something more essential.
Sudden!
A heavy pressure descended without warning.
Calm, indifferent, and cold, like ancient, unyielding ice just beginning to form.
It bears a striking resemblance to the previous "Heaven's Will gaze," which was characterized by a clear will to control and a cold, efficient, executioner-like demeanor, yet it is fundamentally different.
It has less of a deliberate and purposeful quality, and more of a natural, indifferent yet all-encompassing quality— the Heavenly Dao nature.
It was as if an ancient will, dormant for countless years, had been awakened by some intense "pain" and "chaos" that touched the very essence of the world.
Slowly, with a hint of bewilderment at awakening and an ancient indifference, it casts its gaze upon this corner undergoing a violent "disease."
Qi Yun's body trembled slightly.
He suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with an unprecedented brilliance.
"Just as I thought—just as I thought!"
He muttered to himself, his voice carrying a long-suppressed sense of relief and excitement.
"It was not in vain that I, Qi, spent sixty years planning and expending so much effort, using the Great Cang Imperial Dynasty to set up this overwhelming formation."
Furthermore, they spared no effort to incite the accumulated karma of countless beings across lifetimes, refining the [Dharma Ending] poison, unleashing a cataclysmic calamity that swept across both the mortal and immortal realms—"
His gaze seemed to pierce through layers of space, through the fierce battle Liaozheng the Yang Spirit, and through the burned hole.
It was cast into the the Unseen, into that higher and more unfathomable place.
"If the current [Heaven's Will] is a usurper and a fake."
Where, then, lies the [Azure Gate Heaven's Will] that truly gave birth to all things in this world and maintains its fundamental Principle?
If we find the true [Heaven's Will].
Now, this is [Counterfeit Heaven's Will].
Will they be truly punished by Heaven's Will?
"Using the karma of billions of living beings as the drum, and the collision of the pinnacle power of this realm as the hammer, let us play this resounding roar that shakes the entire [Azure Gate]."
The true [Heaven's Will] has indeed been awakened!
As he felt the ancient "gaze" gradually becoming clearer, Qi Yun's smile grew wider and wider.
"The person in question has finally woken up----"
Almost at the same moment that Qi Yun's thought flashed through his mind.
A new anomaly has occurred in the world!
The colors of the sky began to shift in an indescribable way.
At times, it displays a golden-red hue, as if scorched by the pure Yang flames of war.
At other times, it fades into an ancient, desolate bluish-gray.
At other times, a layer of indifferent and ruthless paleness would appear.
The wind direction became chaotic and illogical.
One second it was a raging foehn wind moving from east to west.
The next second, it transformed into a chilling wind that rose from below.
Even within the same area, several airflow vortices can appear with completely opposite directions.
The falling ashes and dust sometimes accelerate their fall to the ground and turn into rocks, and sometimes they rise against the current and disappear without a trace.
The lava flowing on the ground sometimes solidifies into new mountains, sometimes melts again, and sometimes even flows back into the fissures in the earth.
The threads of cause and effect emerge from the invisible dimension, appearing and disappearing in the void, loosening, entangled, and knotted, forming chaotic halos of light.
The rules of the entire world seem to be becoming increasingly unstable.
It was as if two invisible, supreme wills were engaged in a silent yet fierce contest and struggle at the "underlying Principle" level of this world!
A single, efficient, cold will, with a clear intention to reject and suppress, attempts to pull everything back onto a predetermined, controlled track, and to completely "format" that "pathological" corner.
Another will, ancient, vast, carrying a hint of awakened anger and the instinct to maintain its own integrity.
Although it appears passive and sluggish, it has a deep foundation and resists the "external force" that attempts to completely control it.
The struggle for Heaven's Will, the debate over truth and falsehood, quietly began at this moment in this world turned upside down by war and karma.
And all of this is exactly what Qi Yun has painstakingly planned and orchestrated for sixty years—the stage he truly wanted to see!
The brilliance in his eyes almost materialized as he stared intently at the ever-changing, unpredictable sky, as if trying to discern every shift in the invisible battlefield.
"Fight! Fight!"
"Let me see if experience truly matters—or if the student surpasses the master!"
Between heaven and earth, the invisible struggle grew increasingly fierce and unpredictable.
The true [Azure Gate Heaven's Will] was forcibly awakened from its eternal silence; its will is ancient and boundless, like the breath and pulse of the entire universe itself.
Every "thought" stirs the natural rhythms of changing winds and clouds, rising and falling mountains and rivers, and flourishing and withering of plants.
However, the [Counterfeit Heaven's Will] that replaced and usurped its authority appeared to be more proactive and efficient.
The instinctive resistance to forcibly suppressing and distorting the True Heaven's Will.
What it pursues is not the natural harmony of heaven and earth.
Rather, it is an absolute and unquestionable order and control.
Two equally supreme but fundamentally different wills are locked in a fierce struggle on a level that ordinary people cannot understand or even perceive.
However, as time went by, the true [Azure Gate Heaven's Will] seemed to show signs of decline.
Although its will is vast and profound, with deep roots, bearing everything like the earth, it is also like the earth—stagnant, slow, and lacking in "spirit."
The long period of slumber and suppression seemed to have made His reactions sluggish.
In contrast, the one who "Counterfeit Heaven's Will," though seemingly without roots or source, possesses a highly concentrated will and wields power with ease.
There is also a ruthless determination to maintain control even at the cost of overdrawing the very essence of the world.
Anything that dares to stand in your way will be crushed!
Gradually, the vast and ancient will of the True Heaven's Will began to be compressed and forced back.
The frequency and scope of those bizarre yet rhythmic phenomena in the world are decreasing.
[Counterfeit Heaven's Will] ultimately prevailed.
The sky gradually stabilized, although it was still filled with cracks and turbulent energy flows.
But the color tone began to tend towards a uniform, lifeless paleness.
True Heaven's Will, like an ancient, wounded, and exhausted beast, utters a low, unwilling yet powerless groan under the skillful and vicious attack of the thief and the burden of its own chronic illness.
The brilliance of will gradually dimmed, as if it were about to be forced back into that boundless silence.
However, forcibly suppressing the True Heaven's Will also cost the [Counterfeit Heaven's Will] a considerable price.
That [Counterfeit Heaven's Will], which had always been hidden and high above the heavens, at this moment, faintly manifested itself at the highest point of the vast white sky!
It was a hazy, ever-changing, and seemingly nonexistent bluish-gray halo.
The halo was small, no more than an acre in diameter, and floated quietly.
And at the very instant that hazy, bluish-gray halo Manifestation in the sky, "Buzz!!!"
The token in Qi Yun, which had been dormant and had only briefly guided him when he first arrived in this world, and had not responded since, suddenly erupted with unprecedentedly violent fluctuations!
Qi Yun's body suddenly trembled!
For the first time, a clear emotion appeared on his usually calm and composed face.
He abruptly lowered his head to look at the incessantly buzzing token in his arms, then suddenly raised his head, his gaze like lightning, locking onto the bluish-gray halo in the sky that had just Manifestation, radiating the aura of supreme authority!
In the blink of an eye, countless clues, speculations, and mysteries suddenly became clear, as if a thunderbolt had cleaved through the fog!
His furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and Qi Yun's sharp gaze was fixed on the bluish-gray halo. A deep, clear voice uttered from his lips: "So—"
"You are that [Fruition Status]!"