One Step Further!
"There!"
Cai Shen's voice was transmitted to Qi Yun in the void through divine thought.
"It's the stone tablet in the northwest direction of the Stele Forest, the one that's all dark gold with dragon patterns coiled around it!"
The aura of the Fourteenth Brother—it's coming from there!
But inside that stone tablet, there is an extremely strong seal!
Upon hearing this, Qi Yun, who was sitting cross-legged in the void, suddenly opened his slightly closed eyes!
The chaotic, colorful light in his eyes burst forth with a breathtaking brilliance!
"As long as we find it."
His voice was calm, yet it contained a deep and steady quality.
"I will handle everything."
"Boom-!!!"
In the next instant, Qi Yun was no longer spared!
He activated the vast and profound [Primordial Unity] Dao within his body with unprecedented force.
In an instant, the two chaotic, colorful hands that were supporting the entire vast forest of steles unleashed a terrifyingly powerful devouring force from their palms.
Within the forest of steles, the remaining, refined and tamed Dao intents of the True Lord, residual Principle, and primordial power dissipated upon their fall, all reside within the hundreds of giant steles—
Everything, without distinction of self or attribute, was like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, frantically and uncontrollably being sucked and devoured by the palms of those two giant hands!
This is a tyrannical and unreasonable act of plunder!
Having attained the [Dao of Primordial Unity], Qi Yun now possesses terrifying refining power even without using the Law Technique Panel.
"Buzz"
Deep within Qi Yun's Purple Mansion, the Law Technique Panel, which had been dormant for a long time, trembled violently once again, bursting out with unprecedented dazzling light!
On the panel, the text seemed to come alive, flowing, rearranging, and sublimating wildly!
[Law Technique auto-up complete.]
[This is a minor version update; Law Technique effects have been adjusted as follows:]
[The Hunyuan Great Luo: All the Daoist realms of Luo Tian pay homage, and all laws bow in reverence.]
[I. One Dao Fruit can be forcibly harvested]
[II. It can forcibly erase a Dao Fruit with an owner, transforming it into an unowned Dao Fruit.]
[III. Briefly and completely mastering a Dao Fruit.]
"Receive!"
Sensing the update to the Law Technique Panel, Qi Yun understood and uttered a soft shout.
In an instant, the overwhelming chaotic colors, along with the two enormous hands that caressed the stars and grasped the sun and moon, receded wildly like the receding tide, all disappearing into Qi Yun's body!
Below, in the void, Cai Kun's gaze became slightly solemn.
He clearly sensed that the aura emanating from Qi Yun, after absorbing the remaining power of the entire True Lord Stele Forest, had become even more majestic, vast, and unfathomable!
"This—" Cai Shen's eyes twitched slightly, his heart filled with indescribable shock.
"You've gotten stronger again----"
"The speed at which this child is growing is simply unbelievable!"
"If I remember correctly—he's not even five hundred years old, is he?"
"The Great Perfection True Lord, who is five hundred years old."
Cai Shen felt a sudden dryness in his mouth. "If nothing unexpected happens— the Xuanhuang, which has been dormant for so many years, is likely about to welcome a new Dao King!"
Qi Yun slowly descended into the void.
Having refined the remaining Dao intent of the entire True Lord Stele Forest, his [Hunyuan Great Luo] Dao has indeed reached a new level.
An unprecedented sense of fulfillment and control surged through his body. He could even vaguely sense that he was getting a little closer to that ethereal and indescribable [Realm of the Dao King].
However, now is not the time to delve into this.
Qi Yun lowered his gaze and landed on the giant stele that Cai Kun had pointed to. It was dark gold in color, with ferocious ancient dragon patterns coiled around its body, and stood out conspicuously among a forest of dark red steles.
"Hmph, well hidden." Qi Yun snorted lightly, without making any complicated movements, he simply made a light slash in the air towards the dark gold monument!
"Clang-!!!"
An invisible blade of light, condensed to its extreme and composed of pure Primordial Unity color, instantly struck the giant monument!
"BOOM--!!!"
The massive, dark gold stele, thousands of feet tall, shattered with a deafening roar!
It transformed into countless dark golden fragments, scattering in all directions!
However-
At the very moment the giant monument shattered!
"Buzz-!!!"
A terrifying and overwhelming power, filled with supreme majesty, order, and a suppressive will, suddenly erupted from the center of the shattered monument!
Soaring into the sky!
This power possesses a platinum color that can stabilize earth, water, fire, and wind, and suppress all laws of the heavens!
Amidst the light, countless extremely intricate sealing patterns, chain phantoms, and miniature divine mountains and celestial steles exuding an ancient and immovable aura floated and undulated!
It flashed and disappeared in a platinum light!
A phantom figure, dressed in an ancient imperial robe and wearing a flat crown, with an indistinct face, exuded a powerful and majestic aura that was in no way inferior to Qi Yun at this moment!
This is the sealing power left behind by an unparalleled being who also stood at the pinnacle of the Great Perfection True Lord, and may even have one foot already touching the threshold of the Dao King!
And the Great Dao he cultivated was equally terrifying!
"Oh?"
Feeling the overwhelming platinum sealing power, carrying a strong sense of repulsion and suppression, and the formidable pressure no less than his own, a hint of interest involuntarily flashed in Qi Yun's eyes.
"Interesting." Qi Yun's lips curled into a slight smile. "But—you think you can stop me with just a remnant seal?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yun stopped holding back, raised one hand, and formed an ancient and unfathomable hand Method Formula in front of his chest!
"Boom--
As his Method Formula took shape, the void within a radius of ten thousand miles around him underwent a sudden and dramatic change!
"Sacred Yuan Literary Star, obey my command!"
"The mighty law descends to pacify heaven and earth!"
The next instant, "Boom!!!"
Separated from countless cosmic walls and endless void, lies the All Wonders Heaven, located at the highest point of the Xuanhuang Home Realm!
Within that dazzling sea of stars composed of countless Dao Fruit, a majestic Dao Fruit, its entire body flowing with pure and righteous literary energy, radiating the magnificent golden light of Confucian Dao and Daoism, and containing the Dao Fruit of sages reciting and classics turning pages, suddenly trembled violently!
This [Sacred Yuan Literary Star] Dao Fruit is one of the highest Fruition Status in the Confucian Dao lineage, representing the fortune of literature and Daoism, Vast Righteous Qi, and the order of rites and laws!
At this moment, the immense Confucian Dao Vast Righteous Qi, and the supreme laws that suppress evil and stabilize the universe contained within this Dao Fruit were instantly extracted and condensed!
A magnificent pillar of light, formed purely from the vast literary energy and the golden light of Confucianism and Confucian Dao, ruthlessly pierced through the barrier between the All Wonders Heaven and the Xuanhuang Home Realm, ignoring the endless distance of the vast void. Following the call of the "ruling" power in the the Unseen, it frantically poured towards the outer realm and towards the location of Qi Yun!
This earth-shattering phenomenon immediately drew the attention of all the True Lord within the Xuanhuang Home Realm who had sensed the fluctuations of the All Wonders Heaven, causing them to turn their astonished and uncertain gazes toward the direction of the All Wonders Heaven!
"That is... the Sacred Yuan Literary Star Dao Fruit?"
"Is someone forcibly drawing upon the power of an unproven Dao Fruit?"
"Who is it? So domineering! To be able to extract the power of the Dao Fruit's origin directly from the All Wonders Heaven across the endless void?"
"Call out"
"Is that even a question? Who else could it be but him?"
In an instant, throughout Xuanhuang, countless powerful divine thoughts intertwined, explored, and discussed in the void, filled with shock and disbelief.
"Boom-!!!"
Within the realm of Hunyuan Great Luo, the vast golden light of literary energy that pierced through the endless void, like a Confucian Dao galaxy descending from the heavens, poured into the Qi Yun Gao Ju Method Formula with a thunderous roar!
In an instant, Qi Yun's aura changed drastically!
The chaotic, colorful aura that governed all laws and encompassed all heavens still existed, but suddenly a dignified and upright aura had appeared within it.
It is magnificent and imposing, filled with the supreme Confucian Dao charm of sages reciting and classics resonating!
In an instant, he seemed to transform into a Confucian Dao sage ruler who held sway over literature and established the foundation of human morality and etiquette. Every gesture he made exuded the immense power of literature as a vehicle for conveying the Way and words that would last for millennia!
On the other side, the platinum seal left by a Great Perfection True Lord who cultivated the [Heavenly Rules and Decrees] seemed to have been provoked and erupted even more wildly!
"Buzz-rumble"
The power of the platinum seal suddenly contracted and condensed, transforming within the Primordial Unity Chaos Realm into a towering phantom ten thousand feet tall, composed entirely of countless flowing sealing Dao patterns and divine chains of laws!
The phantom's face was blurred, but its eyes were cold and indifferent, revealing an absolute will that regarded all things as straw dogs and that everything must follow its "rules"!
It raised a giant hand and pressed it down on Qi Yun from mid-air!
"Town!"
A deafening, emotionless command resounded!
In an instant, the void surrounding Qi Yun seemed to be bound by countless invisible chains of rules representing "prohibition," "binding," and "deprivation"!
"Ha— the Heavenly Rules and Decrees, acting on behalf of Heaven?"
Despite being under immense pressure, Qi Yun remained calm.
"Unfortunately, the Heaven you represent may not be the Heaven I recognize."
"Confucian Dao and Daoism are vast and profound; literature carries the Tao."
Before he could finish speaking, Qi Yun slammed his hands together in front of his chest!
Within his palm, the vast and boundless Confucian Dao light and literary energy of Confucianism and Daoism converged and compressed, transforming into a scroll that was neither gold nor jade, neither silk nor brocade.
Heavenly Book of Righteousness that flows with countless classic words and the phantom images of sages.
"Go!"
Qi Yun pushed the illusory image of the Heavenly Book of Righteousness in his hand toward the majestic illusory image of the Platinum Law in front of him!
"Splash--"
The Heavenly Book of Righteousness unfolded on its own during flight, and endless golden characters surged forth from its pages like a living torrent!
These characters include ancient pictographs, recording the arduous journeys of our ancestors; magnificent seal script, inscribing the civil and military achievements of emperors; and elegant running script, embodying the integrity and spirit of scholars.
Billions of words converged into a surging river of civilization, carrying the immense will of passing on the torch of humanity and striving for self-improvement, and collided violently with the torrent of platinum chains that represented the cold, hard laws and absolute order!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The deafening crashes continued unabated!
Wherever the platinum chain goes, it attempts to "regulate" and "fix" everything, erasing all variables and vitality, leaving only absolute obedience and cold, hard rules.
Where the golden torrent of words surges, it is through culture and etiquette that order is established, and through continuous change, reflection, and inheritance that humanity seeks prosperity.
In an instant, the golden and white light frantically vanished and regenerated!
Countless chains were rusted, broken, and shattered by the torrent of words; countless golden characters were strangled by the chains, their Daoist essence obliterated, and they scattered as specks of light.
The two forces were evenly matched, locked in a stalemate!
The illusory image of the platinum decree gleamed with even greater coldness in its eyes, clearly not expecting the borrowed Confucian Dao and Daoist power to be so troublesome.
It raised its hands again, and countless complex Dao patterns began to condense in its palms. An even more terrifying aura, capable of judging and ending everything, began to permeate the air!
"Stubborn and incorrigible."
Seeing this, Qi Yun shook his head.
"Very well, then I'll show you what it means to—"
"The True Intention of Confucian Dao and Daoism is putting the people first!"
As he uttered the last four words, Qi Yun's aura changed once again!
All the noble literary spirit and the golden light of Confucian Dao suddenly converged inward, gathering at the tip of his right index finger, transforming into a point of light that was condensed to the extreme, containing the weight and hope of the entire human civilization!
He slowly pointed a finger at the platinum law phantom in front of him, which was brewing a terrifying attack.
This gesture produced no earth-shattering phenomena, nor any overwhelming momentum.
But the instant the finger was pointed out, all the golden characters converged into an incredibly condensed golden stream, swirling around the faint light of that finger.
It refers to the countless illusory scenes that naturally appear in the void wherever the wind passes.
Farmers tilled the land, craftsmen forged iron, scholars studied, and soldiers guarded the borders.
The joys and sorrows, births, aging, illnesses and deaths, the yearning for and struggle for a better life of hundreds of millions of people—all their emotions and will seem to be condensed into this one finger at this moment!
This embodies the core Confucian principle of "the people are the most important, the state is next, and the ruler is the least important," and is based on the will of hundreds of millions of people.
The flame of humanity and civilization reigns supreme against the cold, rigid, and inflexible so-called "divine rules" that treat people like straw dogs!
"Laugh"
A faint sound, like a red-hot iron being pressed into ice and snow, rang out.
Qi Yun's finger, imbued with the True Intention of "putting the people first," ignored the layers upon layers of platinum chain defenses and struck directly at the center of the brow of the majestic platinum decree phantom!
"Uh----" A deep, muffled groan came from the phantom.
The next moment -
"Snap!"
"Boom!"
Centered on the point where that finger landed, countless fine cracks instantly covered the entire platinum decree phantom!
Immediately following, with a deafening roar, the majestic phantom representing the immense sealing power of a certain Great Perfection True Lord shattered!
It transformed into countless platinum-gold light spots and Dao pattern fragments, scattering throughout the Primordial Unity Realm!
The ban has been broken!
Gazing at the scattered specks of platinum light, Qi Yun's eyes flickered slightly.
This is really good stuff!
Just as Qi Yun about to activate the Primordial Chaos Dao of Primordial Unity to capture and refine the purest Dao intent remaining after its collapse.
"Whoo-woo-"
A dark, unpredictable, and eerie wind suddenly appeared out of nowhere, abruptly swirling up the scattered platinum light.
"Whoosh"
They vanished instantly at the edge of the Primordial Unity Chaos Realm, disappearing into the depths of the vast void outside, leaving no trace!
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that even Qi Yun couldn't intercept it immediately!
"Um?
Qi Yun's brows furrowed suddenly, his eyes flashing with chaotic light, and his sharp gaze swept towards the direction where the demonic wind had disappeared, like a tangible Sword-Ray.
"Is there no law anymore? You dare to steal what belongs to me, Qi!"