Instant Kill!

A fierce wind howled above the sky.

Four figures stood with their hands behind their backs, with the lingering aura of countless Foundation Establishment True Person leaving behind after they ascended into the sky.

Meanwhile, in the void opposite them, seven powerful auras were slowly approaching.

True Person Sansi stood holding a sword, his body radiating Sword Intent.

Lady Jiuli narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, while a luan bird cried out behind her.

The True Person Zַhuanlun was enveloped in swirling gray mist, with flickering eerie green flames.

The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, with his ten-thousand-foot-tall dragon body coiled around him, had eyes as bright as the sun.

The prince of the North Sea Dragon Palace was shrouded in a chilling blue aura, his face cold and stern.

The South Sea Dragon Palace was ablaze with crimson flames, a smile playing on his lips.

Four against seven.

The righteous forces that are openly in power have already fallen into a disadvantageous position.

However, the four figures showed no fear whatsoever.

In the Hao Ran Holy Land, the Confucian King Huangfu Qianqiu slowly shook his head and let out a very soft sigh.

In that sigh, there was no fear, no retreat, only a sense of relief and sighing after experiencing the vicissitudes of life.

"Destiny and fate, despite our best efforts to delay, have finally come to pass."

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He slightly raised his eyes, gazing at the overwhelming torrent of demonic energy and the three intertwined dragon mights, his eyes seemingly reflecting the cyclical flow of cause and effect since time immemorial.

Beside him, the Great True Person leader of the Sword Pavilion, the man known to the world as the "Dragon-Slaying Sword Master," slowly spoke.

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a clear, resonant quality, like a sword blade scraping against glass. "This is the will of Heaven. Not even True Lord, let alone you or me, can stop it."

He paused, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, clear as a baby's yet deep as a sword's abyss. "Since it has already erupted, let's go with the flow."

Celestial Master Chen, the acting head of the Heavenly Secrets Sect Great True Person Yanji of the Yanji School, nodded slightly upon hearing this.

He remained as composed as ever, holding an astrolabe, surrounded by starlight, as if everything in the world was within his calculations.

"Indeed, the secrets of heaven are infinite, and fate is unpredictable."

He spoke softly, his voice ethereal as if it came from beyond the heavens. "What happened today is a predetermined event."

Forcibly stopping it will only make it erupt more violently.

After speaking, he turned his head slightly, his gaze falling on the imposing figure beside him who remained silent as a mountain.

It was a middle-aged man, whose physique was almost terrifyingly robust.

He was shirtless, wearing only a piece of animal skin around his lower body, and his bronze skin was covered with mysterious Dao patterns.

Those Dao patterns were not carved later, but were born Innate. They were "Dao marks" that naturally appeared after he cultivated the Hegemon Sect's body-refining method and tempered his physical body to the extreme.

He stood there, like a statue of a demon god that had existed since the beginning of time.

Those slightly drooping eyes, occasionally opening and closing, would reveal a glimmer of fragmented golden light.

The Hegemon Sect has taken over as its leader, Guan Sihai.

Celestial Master Chen looked at him, a faint smile playing on his lips, "Sect Leader Guan, today the Hegemon Sect, riding the wave of the righteous path, is extending the old sect leader's life. Shouldn't..."

He paused slightly, then lightly waved his whisk. "Want to be the first to go?"

Guan Sihai's eyes, shimmering with golden light, slowly turned.

When that gaze fell upon Celestial Master Chen, the starlight surrounding Celestial Master Chen seemed to freeze for a moment.

It wasn't fear, but the invisible pressure contained in that gaze that was too heavy, too domineering.

"Speak."

Guan Sihai spoke.

The voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to be squeezed out from deep within the chest, carrying a texture like metal rubbing against stone.

Just two words, yet they caused the void within a thousand feet to tremble slightly.

"Who to kill?"

The smile on Celestial Master Chen's face slowly widened.

He raised the whisk in his hand and pointed it at one of the seven figures opposite him.

The man, dressed in a deep blue Daoist robe, stood with his hands behind his back at the forefront of the void, his aura as calm as an abyss.

Behind him, the churning demonic clouds surged, carrying the overwhelming killing intent of a million Devil Cultivator.

He stood there quietly, like an emperor who ruled over all laws.

This person possesses immense magical fortune.

Celestial Master Chen spoke slowly, each word seemingly meticulously calculated and imbued with a touch of divine insight. "If the sect leader kills him, the power of the demonic path will surely decline."

Guan Sihai's golden eyes fell upon the deep blue figure.

gaze.

Just a breath.

"Good."

One word.

Not a single wasted word, not a moment's hesitation.

The next moment -

"Boom-!!!"

A deafening roar, both muffled and terrifying, resounded throughout the heavens and earth!

That wasn't thunder, nor was it a landslide; it was the mournful cry of the void being squeezed, torn apart, and crushed by a force of pure, extreme purity!

Guan Sihai took a step forward!

This step is taken in the void.

However, the moment his foot landed, the entire area within thousands of miles centered on where he stood sank heavily!

It was an indescribable feeling—not pressure, not aura, but as if a real, divine mountain, formed from endless weight, had descended from the sky and pressed down on this world!

The sky is sinking!

The earth cracked!

Countless righteous Devil Cultivator who were fighting below simultaneously felt an irresistible force pressing down on their shoulders, causing their bodies to involuntarily plummet downwards!

Those with weaker cultivation were directly forced to their knees by this power, spitting out blood!

And all of this is merely the aftermath of the first step he took!

Guan Sihai's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

The next instant -

A hundred feet in front of Qi Yun, the void suddenly shattered!

A burly figure, as imposing as a demon god, strode out from the shattered void!

Guan Sihai!

There are no fancy supernatural Divine Ability, no complicated Law Technique, only a physical body—a terrifying physical body tempered to the extreme, capable of tearing through the void and shattering all things!

He stood there in the void, his bare upper body bulging with muscles, each muscle clearly defined, like the folds of a mountain, like the veins of the earth.

The profound Dao patterns covering his entire body were now slowly circulating, emitting a faint golden light.

He raised his right hand.

That hand, thick as a pillar, caused the void to twist and collapse as its five fingers spread out.

Then clench your fist.

It's just a simple movement - slowly closing your five fingers and making a fist.

However, at the very moment he clenched his fist!

"Boom--!!!"

The void within a radius of a thousand feet was completely shattered!

Countless dark cracks spread wildly in all directions from his fist as the center!

Wherever the crack passed, all Principle, all Dao principles, and all existence were crushed by that pure, ultimate physical power!

That's the Body Refining Method of the Hegemon Sect!

It is the ultimate embodiment of "one force can overcome all methods"!

No Divine Ability, no Law Technique, no external objects are needed; with just this physical body, it is enough to tear through the void, shatter mountains and rivers, and crush all enemies!

Guan Sihai's golden eyes were fixed on the deep blue figure a hundred feet away.

Then-

A punch was thrown!

This punch had no trajectory, no afterimage, and not even a sound.

Because it was too fast.

It was faster than the propagation of sound, faster than the reaction of the void, faster than everything it could reach the moment the punch was thrown.

Air, light, Principle, cause and effect—all were instantly crushed into nothingness!

Before the fist even landed, the terrifying pressure of the punch had already descended!

Within a hundred feet of Qi Yun, the void was violently distorted and collapsed!

The protective magic Law Power, which was strong enough to withstand the full force of Great True Person's attack, shattered layer by layer like paper under the pressure of this fist!

However, just as this earth-shattering punch was about to land...

Qi Yun.

He merely raised his eyes slightly.

Those vast, azure-gold eyes were now as calm as an ancient, Cold Abyss, reflecting the approaching, terrifying fist.

Lips and teeth opening and closing.

Three words were uttered softly. "Slay."

"Stand"

"Decisive!"

This Divine Ability Art, originating from the [Supreme Sovereign Mystic Firmament Supreme], once unleashed—

Above the Long River of Cause and Effect, it seems as if an invisible blade is slowly taking shape.

The blade did not sever the flesh or the Divine Soul, but instead struck directly at existence itself.

Guan Sihai's expression suddenly froze.

For the first time, a rare and solemn expression appeared on that rugged face that had endured countless life-and-death battles and was long since devoid of fear.

He sensed it.

In the the Unseen, a murderous aura, like a destiny thread that has existed since the beginning of time, transcended space, causality, and all possibilities of avoidance, surging towards him.

That murderous aura was too pure.

Pure to the point of being without any impurities, without anything superfluous, it boils down to just one word—cut!

Guan Sihai's golden pupils suddenly contracted!

"Drink!!!"

A deafening roar exploded from his throat!

The roar was like the howl of an ancient ferocious beast, like the rumble of a collapsing mountain. Centered on him, it transformed into visible sound waves that spread wildly in all directions!

With that roar, his already imposing, demon-like body began to undergo an even more terrifying transformation!

"Boom--!"

The muscles are expanding!

Those muscles, already knotted and bulging like dragons and snakes, now seemed to be infused with endless power, swelling and bulging wildly.

"Snap--!"

The bones are growing!

His bones emitted a crisp sound like metal clashing, growing and expanding wildly within his body.

The skeleton was already as large as a mountain, and now it seemed to be able to support the heavens and the earth, forcibly raising his figure by several feet!

"Buzz-

The Dao patterns are burning!

The profound Dao patterns covering his body now burst forth with dazzling golden light, like kindling that had been ignited.

The light was so intense that it almost overshadowed the sun in the sky.

Every single rune was swirling wildly, weaving together into a dense defensive network covering the entire body!

[My Heaven and Earth, Only My Golden Body!]

Once this technique is activated, the physical body will truly reach the state of "the world perishes, but I do not perish".

Even if True Lord were to intervene, he could withstand the attack for a single breath and survive!

However, that murderous aura still descended.

Ignoring his burning Dao patterns and his terrifying physical body, which was capable of withstanding the power of True Lord, he descended straight down, unstoppable!

"Roar-!!!"

Guan Sihai, and for the first time, disbelief and horror appeared in his shattered golden eyes!

He desperately activated all the techniques he had cultivated throughout his life!

The Hegemon Sect's body-refining Secret Method involves burning Essence Blood, burning lifespan, and burning everything that can be burned!

The light emanating from the runes on his body was so intense that it almost engulfed his entire being!

However-

"Click."

A soft sound.

So subtle as to be almost inaudible, yet it reached the ears of every witness with crystal clarity.

A crack appeared on Guan Sihai's invincible physical body, a terrifying body capable of tearing apart the void and shattering mountains and rivers.

The crack started between his eyebrows.

As fine as a hair, yet so deep that bone is visible.

No blood flowed from the crack.

Only an indescribable atmosphere of deathly stillness slowly permeated the air.

Guan Sihai froze on the spot.

He slowly lowered his head and looked at his hands.

Those hands, capable of shattering mountains and rivers with a single punch, were now cracking inch by inch.

Cracks, like a spider web, started from his brow and spread wildly throughout his body!

Forehead, cheeks, neck, chest, arms, waist, abdomen, legs----

One after another, and another...

Densely packed, covering the entire body!

Guan Sihai raised his head.

Those golden eyes had dimmed considerably.

He gazed at the deep blue figure standing with his hands behind his back a hundred feet away, at those calm, azure-gold eyes as still as an ancient, Cold Abyss.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"Boom!!!"

A deafeningly loud, muffled explosion!

Guan Sihai's imposing, demon-like body exploded with a deafening roar!

Countless fine dust particles, like sandcastles scattered by a gale, drifted and vanished in all directions.

It has completely vanished into nothingness.

Below, the righteous and Devil Cultivator who were fighting simultaneously felt a tremor originating from the depths of their Divine Soul!

Countless gazes turned towards the sky!

Look towards where the ashes are scattered!

I looked at that figure who still stood with his hands behind his back, his dark blue Daoist robe motionless!

That is----

What?

No one saw what happened.

Guan Sihai died just like that?

Just like that, without even unleashing a single complete move, he turned to ashes?

At the very instant Guan Sihai exploded into ashes.

Celestial Master Chen's eyes narrowed instantly. He quickly pinched his fingers, activated the Secret Method of celestial secrets, and deduced cause and effect.

But the next moment!

"Smack!"

The whisk in Celestial Master Chen's hand shattered with a loud crash!

The whisk that had been with him for hundreds of years, the treasure crafted with the Secret Method of the Heavenly Secrets Sect and containing countless Daoist principles, suddenly exploded into countless fragments without warning!

Countless silver threads, like snowflakes scattered by a gale, flew in all directions!

However, the silver threads had barely floated out three feet when they all burst into flames!

Looking at the damaged whisk in his hand, Celestial Master Chen's eyes slowly narrowed into slits:

a long time.

He raised his head and looked up at the deep blue figure in the sky.

His lips moved slightly, his voice so low it was almost inaudible: "True Lord —Fate—"