Against the Many!
A fierce wind howled in front of the Southern Heaven Gate.
The figure in deep blue stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes motionless, as if he had become one with the majestic Heavenly Gate.
His words still echoed, but the Great True Person cultivator who Rogue Cultivator to ashes had left not a trace.
More than a dozen Great True Person, and more than a dozen of the most powerful auras in this world, froze at this moment.
Their gazes fell upon the figure in deep blue.
It landed on that young face, which exuded endless composure.
His gaze fell upon those calm, almost indifferent, cyan-gold eyes.
shock.
fear.
These emotions flashed through their eyes.
But these emotions were soon replaced by something much stronger.
Unwilling to accept this!
The fall of that Great True Person Rogue Cultivator was truly shocking.
But the Heavenly Court was right behind them.
The fortuitous opportunity is right in front of us.
The opportunity to rise to the top is within reach.
They cultivated themselves for thousands of years and endured countless tribulations to reach this point.
How can we back down because of the power of one person?
How could we relinquish this once-in-a-lifetime fortuitous opportunity simply because of the power of a single move?
But the power of that [Immediate Execution by Beheading] was too terrifying.
One move, just one move.
A Peak Great True Person was instantly annihilated without even a chance to resist.
If that move were to land on me----
No one can guarantee they can catch it.
As the silence grew heavier and the atmosphere more tense,
A calm voice slowly rang out.
"Don't be afraid, everyone."
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an all-knowing certainty, clearly reaching the ears of every Great True Person.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
There stood Celestial Master Chen, the acting leader of the Heavenly Secrets Sect, in the void, holding a purple-gold compass in his hand.
The compass was no bigger than the palm of your hand. On its surface, countless tiny star shadows slowly rotated. With each rotation, countless threads of celestial secrets and causal relationships intertwined, entangled, and broke within it.
Celestial Master Chen's originally cloudy eyes were now incredibly bright, with countless lights and shadows rapidly flashing, changing, and recombining deep within them.
He spoke slowly, each word clear and distinct: "True Person Qi's Divine Ability— "
"It can only be used once a day."
"It cannot be used again within twelve hours."
As soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere in front of the Southern Heaven Gate suddenly changed.
Those previously frozen gazes suddenly lit up!
That previously suppressed greed has now reignited!
Celestial Master Chen's words were like a thunderclap, cleaving through the suffocating silence and their fear of the [Immediate Execution by Beheading].
Qi Yun gazed at Celestial Master Chen, who held a compass and whose eyes held countless light and shadow.
Looking at the confident smile on his face, as if he had everything under control.
He smiled too.
The smile was gentle, serene, and even carried a hint of appreciation.
"Celestial Master Chen, you truly possess divine wisdom and ingenuity."
He nodded slightly, his tone sincere, as if he were genuinely praising a worthy opponent.
"Please, Celestial Master, calculate again."
Qi Yun's voice rang out again, still gentle and calm. He raised his right hand and gently pointed at Celestial Master Chen.
Those azure-gold eyes remained unfathomably calm.
"Twelve hours later----"
He paused, and the gentle smile on his lips slowly widened.
Are you still alive?
The smile on Celestial Master Chen's face suddenly froze, and the knuckles of his hand holding the purple-gold compass turned slightly white.
At this moment, a very brief moment of disorder appeared in those eyes that were originally incredibly bright.
"Oh.
A very soft laugh broke the brief silence.
The laughter came from the direction of the Sword Pavilion.
A figure in a green robe stepped out slowly.
He held an ancient sword in his arms; the scabbard was plain and unadorned, and the hemp rope wrapped around the hilt was worn so badly that it was almost broken.
He stood there casually, without revealing a trace of Sword Intent, as if he were just an ordinary scholar who knew nothing of cultivation.
But the moment he took that step, the sky for thousands of miles around seemed to sink.
"True Person Qi Divine Ability are indeed profound," the Dragon-Slaying Sword Master said slowly.
His voice was not loud; in fact, it could be described as gentle.
But with each word spoken, an invisible sword mark appeared out of thin air in the sky.
The sword mark was as thin as a hair, yet its depth was unfathomable, as if even space itself had been silently cut apart by the Sword Intent contained in his words.
"But the True Person is really—completely disregarding us."
The words had barely left his mouth.
He raised his right hand.
Gently press your thumb against the hilt of the sword.
Just this one action -
"Boom-!!!"
An indescribable, terrifying Sword Intent erupted from his body!
In an instant, countless enormous sword marks spanning the heavens and earth appeared in the vast sky!
Those sword marks crisscrossed like countless giant dragons tearing the sky apart, shattering the entire heavens into pieces!
Deep within each sword mark surges a terrifying Sword-Ray powerful enough to sever cause and effect and annihilate all laws!
The heavens are mourning.
The void trembled.
And this is just the beginning.
The moment the Dragon-Slaying Sword Master made his move.
The ancient sword behind True Person Sansi emitted a clear and melodious sword cry.
He did not draw his sword.
But the Sword Intent that remained dormant had already transformed into an invisible barrier, enveloping the entire area in front of the Southern Heaven Gate.
The Lady Jiuli moved.
She raised her right hand and gently pinched her five fingers together.
A crimson-gold flame ignited from her fingertips.
The flame was no bigger than a bean, yet it seemed to contain the intense power of an entire sun.
As the flames flickered, the nine crimson-gold phoenixes behind her all raised their heads and cried out to the sky!
Nine torrents of crimson-gold flames erupted from their mouths, transforming into nine giant fire dragons that stretched across the sky!
Wherever the fire dragon passed, the void itself melted, turning into boiling magma!
The True Person Zַhuanlun remained silent.
He simply raised his withered hand and gently pressed it forward.
With this press...
The gray mist behind him suddenly swelled up!
From within the gray mist, countless pale ghostly hands reached out, each hand as large as a mountain, with jagged knuckles, emanating a chilling aura capable of freezing Divine Soul!
Wherever the ghostly hand passed, the void decayed, decayed, and returned to death!
The three princes of the Dragon Palace stepped forward simultaneously!
Behind the Crown Prince of the Eastern Sea, an endless, illusory ocean appeared!
In that vast ocean, towering waves surged into the sky, and countless phantom dragons roared and tumbled!
A chilling, deep blue current surged forth from around the Prince of the North Sea, almost tangible!
Wherever the cold current passed, the void itself froze into countless tiny ice crystals, which refracted a dazzling, cold light under the sunlight!
Behind the Prince of the South Sea, crimson flames and eerie blue seawater intertwined to create a bizarre scene!
Flames burned in the water, and seawater surged in the fire. The fusion of water and fire evolved into an unprecedented and terrifying power!
Behind the Great True Person Yanji the Hao Ran Holy Land, countless illusory images of the writings of sages appeared!
Those illusory figures layered upon each other, transforming into a majestic mountain of books, upon which every character radiated dazzling golden light!
The burly old man from the Hegemon Sect, who was unarmed, simply took one step forward!
With that step, the vast void seemed to plummet downwards!
That pure, extreme physical power actually forced the Principle of this world to twist and deform!
The Arhat Moluo Dan of the Pure Land overseas clasps his hands in prayer!
Behind him appeared a phantom of a three-headed, six-armed King of Light, his body engulfed in dark red karmic flames, each of his six arms wielding a magic Law Artifact, emanating a terrifying aura capable of incinerating everything!
The Great True Person Talismans from Nine Kings Mountain waved his hand!
Countless talismans flew out from his sleeves like snowflakes falling from the sky. Each talisman contained terrifying power enough to seal mountains and rivers and imprison the void!
And then there was the old man in the star-patterned robe, an ancient being from another hidden sect.
One figure after another stepped forward in unison!
One after another, peak auras erupted!
Above the sky.
Countless strange phenomena appeared at once!
Sword marks crisscrossed, fire dragons roared and surged, ghostly hands tore through the void, a vast ocean hung upside down in the sky, a cold current froze the heavens, water and fire merged to evolve into chaos, a star map covered ten thousand miles, a mountain of books suppressed all directions, a physical body crushed the void, a bright king glared angrily at the sky, and talismans flew everywhere.
Those extraordinary visions intertwined, clashed, merged, and resonated with each other!
The sky, spanning tens of thousands of miles, was completely transformed into a bizarre and terrifying spectacle!
The oppressive force was so immense, so intense, so terrifying!
Enough to shatter the mind of any Foundation Establishment cultivator!
This is the combined pressure of more than a dozen Great True Person!
This is the convergence of the most powerful forces below the True Lord in this realm!
This is a terrifying torrent capable of annihilating galaxies and overturning the heavens!
The torrent, with unstoppable force, surged toward the deep blue figure standing with his hands behind his back!
Beneath the Southern Heaven Gate.
The strong winds had long since ceased.
Even the eternally flowing gale was frozen in mid-air, unable to move, by this terrifying pressure.
The figure in deep blue stood silently in place.
He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking up at the terrifying spectacle that was sweeping across the sky.
"Alright."
He spoke softly, yet his voice echoed clearly in the void, which was completely frozen by the oppressive force.
"Qi Mou today----"
He paused slightly.
Suddenly, an unprecedentedly brilliant divine light shone from those azure-gold eyes!
"Let me experience the wondrous techniques of you fellow Daoists!"
In an instant!
The wind stopped, and the clouds lingered.
The next moment -
"Buzz!!!"
His eyes snapped open!
Within his left eye, a chaotic nine-colored vortex flowed, resembling the primordial Dao vortex at the beginning of creation, reflecting the birth and Lunzhuan of Xuanhuang laws, profound and endless, capable of swallowing the brilliance of all stars.
Deep within his right eye, a point of pure, Primordial Immortal Light, seemingly containing the very beginning of all things, suddenly shone forth. The light was not dazzling, but it carried an essential majesty that transcended all colors and illusions, clear and transparent, illuminating the truth.
At the same time that the bipolar anomaly appeared -
"Boom!!!"
Behind Qi Yun, the void twisted and collapsed violently without warning, and then exploded!
An ancient Domain Heaven, boundless and vast beyond description, suddenly awakened like a deity who had slumbered for millennia. It descended with unparalleled power, capable of crushing stars and resetting the earth, fire, wind, and water, manifesting itself in this world!
[Great Luo Heaven]!
The Great Luo Heaven at this moment is different from the past.
Now, Qi Yun possesses the [Primordial True Body] and the [Heaven-Piercing Immortal Aspect], and only needs one more ingredient to achieve the realm of True Lord!
Within the Domain Heaven, it is no longer merely a rugged scene of chaotic air currents surging disorderly and the four fundamental elements of earth, fire, wind, and water cycling through birth and death.
All the extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao that Qi Yun had learned were floating and changing within it.
Magnificent, profound, ancient, and supreme!
Just by being swept by the edge of the aura of [Great Luo Heaven], the Great True Person opposite them, whose auras were so powerful, felt their own Dao Domains, which they had cultivated for many years and were enough to support a region, tremble slightly uncontrollably, and felt a faint sense of being suppressed and assimilated!
"This child has reached the Domain Heaven —he has actually attained such a level?!" The Black Mountain True Person, who had witnessed Qi Yun's journey, was now visibly shaken.
However, this is just the beginning!
A golden list rose slowly from the depths of divine light.
The scroll was forged from some unknown divine material, neither gold nor jade, yet it flowed with an eternal and undying noble luster. On its surface, countless fine, yet incredibly clear, seal characters flowed like living water.
Investiture of the Gods!
The golden list rose to three feet above Qi Yun's head, then suddenly stopped, and then, without any wind, it slowly descended and unfolded.
Immediately afterwards, ten condensed, powerful, and distinctly different yet equally terrifying auras erupted from the golden banner!
"Call out--!"
The first figure stepped forward. He wore an ancient Confucian robe, embroidered with the twelve symbols of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, grasses, and trees. His face was gentle yet revealed the vicissitudes of time. A phantom image like an ancient scroll slowly rotated between his brows, exuding a pure and vast Vast Righteous Qi of righteousness and the charm of literature and Daoism.
He was bestowed the title of Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord by imperial decree, based on the All Saints and Sages of Old from the Hao Ran Holy Land!
As he took a step, lotus flowers naturally bloomed beneath his feet. The lotus petals were composed of countless miniature versions of the writings of sages, and the sound of their recitation could be faintly heard. In the blink of an eye, the pressure from the Great True Person opposite him was completely dissolved.
Following closely behind -
"Rustling sound----"
Nine figures emerged from the list almost simultaneously, one after the other!
These nine individuals, dressed in attire quite different from the Xuanhuang, were none other than the nine governors of the nine states that Qi Yun had captured, refined, and conferred godhood upon from the auspicious realm of Lingyong!
Ten figures stepped out of the Investiture of the Gods and naturally stood to the left and right of Qi Yun.
The Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord is positioned slightly forward on the left, with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes. He holds a scroll of illusory bamboo slips in his hand, exuding a vast and righteous aura that washes away evil spirits.
The nine Lingyong stood in a fan shape to the right rear, their divine powers faintly connected, transforming into a vast, heavy earth that seemed to bear the weight of the eternal blue sky.
Qi Yun stood at the forefront with his hands behind his back, as if he had become the sole axis of this world.
The terrifying aura of Great True Person- level cultivator was unleashed without reservation!
This aura is no longer a simple accumulation.
The Vast Righteous Qi of the Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord, the Divine Dao pressure of the nine governors, and Qi Yun's own Daoist charm of the Great Luo Heaven, which governs all laws and encompasses all things, perfectly blended, converged, and sublimated under the invisible control and harmony of the Investiture of the Gods!
"Boom-!!!"
Two overwhelming forces, powerful enough to eclipse mountains and rivers and dim the sun and moon, collided head-on in the next instant, without any frills!
"Snap!!!"
Everyone seemed to hear the groans of a certain "boundary" being forcibly broken and crushed.
With the center of the clash of the two sides as the origin, the void within a radius of tens of thousands of miles suddenly became blurred, distorted, and unreal!
The light was stretched into bizarre arcs by an invisible force, and sound was completely swallowed up, leaving only an absolute silence that could freeze one's soul.
The group of Great True Person remained standing firmly, their eyes sharp and composed, and none of them retreated even half a step.
However, their knuckles, which were tightly gripping the Law Seals, turned slightly white, and the flow of Daoist energy around them increased several degrees.
Clearly, the sudden appearance of these ten Great True Person- level beings had exceeded their expectations, adding an even more earth-shattering danger to this already tense standoff.