The saying of Tiger Tai Sui holds true: in this world, nothing exists without dominion, nor without the potential for transcendence.

Even Emperor Yuan Xi, with his profound arrangements, and the Supreme Venerable God, with his exalted status, still sought the opinion of Yu Zhen himself.

However, by the time Emperor Yuan Xi laid this grand scheme, Yu Zhen had already departed the mortal realm. And as of this day, Emperor Yuan Xi himself has transcended the cycle of life and death through apotheosis.

Having failed to witness Yu Zhen Great Ancestor’s self-raised Heaven Yao Altar in person, Emperor Yuan Xi could only, years later, issue decrees to inquire about the event.

Emperor Yuan Xi’s tens of thousands of years of intricate planning within the Divine Firmament World, brought to fruition under the execution of the Conferral of Gods Platform, finally culminated in the forging of such a divine king’s body, awaiting the return of Yu Zhen Great Ancestor’s spiritual essence. Thus, he would ascend to the Divine Path, yet still achieve transcendence.

On the River of Time, two colossal figures sat facing each other.

Their countenances were indistinct, their voices inaudible. Layer upon layer of time concealed the true magnitude of their presence.

Yet, witnessing this scene, no Yao Clan member could remain calm. For this was legend made manifest!

That vast, spanning Wolf of You, at this moment, was on the verge of encroaching upon the vast expanse.

Within the shadows of their clandestine conflict, Quan Yingyang and Jiang Wang had already engaged in countless exchanges of life and death. Of course, for Jiang Wang, it was life and death; for Quan Yingyang, it was a mere game.

True Yaos, having reached their realm, pursue the control of the Dao Map, the understanding of the world. Insufficient comprehension of the world renders countless years of life meaningless. The process of ‘caving’ the world’s ‘True’ essence is the cultivation of a True Yao.

Facing a God-Slaying Realm cultivator seemingly incapable of true death, he directly unleashed himself, drawing upon the world’s light… To instantly slay Jiang Wang was but one reason. A more profound motive was to seize this opportunity to grasp the night of the Divine Firmament World.

After tens of thousands of years of development, and the interplay of countless powerful beings within this world, resulting in the establishment of stable time and space, the Divine Firmament World could be said to be perfect. Its potential was beyond doubt.

Though Quan Yingyang was a contemporary True Yao, to glean any benefit concerning the world’s fundamentals from such a Divine Firmament World, he still lacked the qualifications. After all, in the rankings of True Yaos on the Heaven List within the Absolute World’s Secret Manual of Heaven Yaos, he was not even listed.

But what were qualifications?

Being summoned into the array by the Conferral of Gods Platform was qualification itself.

Fighting and killing a Human Clan Heaven’s Chosen was an execution of the glorious task bestowed by the Conferral of Gods Platform. Jiang Wang, possessing near immortality through the Undying Spring, was indeed not easily dealt with!

Having painstakingly labored for the Ancient Emperor City, shedding his True Yao dignity to bully the weak, how could he not be the first to ‘cave’ the truth of this world?

The process of repeatedly injuring Jiang Wang was indeed monotonous, but the gradual grasping of the world’s truth was truly wondrous.

When he ceased drawing light and ascended to the Divine Mountain, halting above the River of Time, he too involuntarily looked back – and it was then that he witnessed Emperor Yuan Xi’s remnant image stepping into the River of Time, sitting and discussing the Dao with Yu Zhen Great Ancestor.

Even his heart, so near to the Dao and distant from emotion, could not remain unmoved. These were the great existences of the Yao Clan, the legends of the Yao Clan.

After failing to contend with Emperor Yuan Xi for position, Yu Zhen Great Ancestor journeyed far into the Chaos Sea, yet returned during the Human-Yao blood war and offered aid when Emperor Yuan Xi faced assassination.

Meanwhile, Emperor Yuan Xi issued decrees through the Conferral of Gods Platform, laying out a plan for tens of thousands of years, solely to promote the return of Yu Zhen Great Ancestor’s spiritual essence.

This was a tale sufficient to endure through the ages, to be recalled by generations to come.

He Hua Ting, who had once been a Heaven Yao, had a lifelong aspiration to become an existence like Emperor Yuan Xi and Yu Zhen Great Ancestor.

But so many years had passed, and still there remained only one Yuan Xi, one Yu Zhen. How magnificent!

Just as Quan Yingyang’s heart surged with emotion, Jiang Wang, struggling desperately under his sword, suddenly advanced, raising his sword, lifting his edge!

At the same time his abdomen was pierced by the light sword, the sword tip also rose towards Quan Yingyang’s eyelid.

The timing was impeccable, as if that great meeting on the River of Time had been part of his preparations.

But in truth, he had not noticed what was happening on the Divine Mountain; he was completely unable to pay attention to anything beyond himself and Quan Yingyang.

Pouring all his energy into this fight, this was the fundamental reason he could endure for so long. Otherwise, even with the Undying Jade Pearl and the Awareness Bell, he would have been eliminated by Quan Yingyang long ago.

A dignified True Yao’s heart surging with emotion could absolutely not be considered a moment of emptiness.

But Jiang Wang, with his God-Slaying Realm cultivation, keenly grasped this single instant, immediately unleashing the second style of the Dao Map Killing Sword.

The Returning Light Sword, avoiding Quan Yingyang’s Dao principles, held no Five Lights and Ten Colors upon it. But the dark edge falling into Quan Yingyang’s gaze still shimmered with the splendor of a hundred worlds.

This sword, the world’s praise, penetrated the foundation of Jiang Wang’s Dao Map, barely able to touch Quan Yingyang’s ‘True’ essence.

Quan Yingyang’s eyes widened in anger, a gaze of killing intent erupting from within, forming intersecting chains of light, fixing the sword in mid-air. If you, Jiang Wang, can still maintain your True Self, how can I not? The world may be destroyed or praised, what does a True Yao fear?

At this very moment, Quan Yingyang’s light sword raged within Jiang Wang’s abdomen, while the power of the Undying Spring constantly healed the wounds, causing fresh blood to surge as if a dike had breached. Blood energy flowed around his body, constantly being absorbed by the Ruyi Immortal Robes, causing them to shatter and restore.

Meanwhile, Jiang Wang’s Longing, penetrating the power of his Dao Map, was fixed by Quan Yingyang’s pupil light. Both sides were so close to each other.

Clang! The Awareness Bell rang again.

Behind Jiang Wang, a one-legged divine bird vibrated its wings and flew, the Three Flavors True Fire aimed at Quan Yingyang, unleashed for the first time without reservation.

This was the Three Flavors True Fire of the Awareness Bell, which had fought and killed many times, ringing dozens of times against Quan Yingyang, this contemporary True Yao, and had thus accumulated rich knowledge!

Boundless waves of flame instantly tore You Lang to shreds!

The light gathered by Quan Yingyang temporarily scattered, turning chaotic everywhere.

After the angry tide of the flame sea slightly calmed, Jiang Wang stood alone in the center of the flame sea. The light sword piercing his abdomen had vanished, and the opponent pointed at by Longing was also no longer visible.

A True Yao was a True Yao after all.

Regarding this strike, which Jiang Wang had plotted for a long time following the Dao Map Killing Sword, Quan Yingyang still reacted instantly, retreating far away amidst the flame light of the flame sea.

And then, he pierced into the flame light once more, killing closer.

But Jiang Wang had already escaped a step ahead, stepping upon the rolling flame waves, flying up at the edge of the flame sea, his body turning like lightning, one sword pointing remotely at the Divine Mountain!

The flame sea then merged behind him, turning into flame flowers, flame sparrows, flame meteors, and even burning cities of flame flowers, smashing headlessly towards Quan Yingyang.

Only at this moment, Jiang Wang, by borrowing the Awareness Bell, ‘aware’ of the scene on the Divine Mountain that had caused Quan Yingyang to lose his composure. He only knew that Yu Zhen’s spiritual essence, within the turbulent flow of time and space, was accepting the invitation of Emperor Yuan Xi’s remnant thought, discussing the Dao with it.

He had sought Yu Zhen many times!

The Conferral of Gods Platform had summoned two True Yaos into the Divine Firmament World at that time. Only Quan Yingyang came to chase and kill him. The other one was presumably busy with this matter?

Having hastily escaped the Divine Mountain back then, he could still hear thunder rolling behind him, suggesting this matter was not easy.

Regardless of what Emperor Yuan Xi’s remnant thought and Yu Zhen’s spiritual essence were discussing within the chaotic flow of time and space, if it could be destroyed, it would surely be of great benefit to the Human Clan!

Having fought with Quan Yingyang for so long, Jiang Wang had already fully recognized the terror of a True Yao. He profoundly understood that even with the support of the Awareness Bell and the Undying Jade Pearl, it was very difficult for him to grasp a one-in-ten-thousand chance of victory.

But if he could disrupt the renowned layout of Emperor Yuan Xi, he imagined this pool of water would become unbelievably murky. How could Quan Yingyang, as a Yao Clan True Yao, not offer assistance? He wouldn’t fish in troubled waters, but take advantage of the murky water to make a clean escape.

Back then, when he used the Awareness Bell to ring Yu Zhen’s spiritual essence, how could he not have heard the echoes of Yu Zhen’s old words from that year? These secrets within history would become his ladder of escape.

Watching Jiang Wang miraculously escape the battlefield again and turn back towards the Divine Mountain, Quan Yingyang was unable to remain composed.

Fighting to this point, the most profound impression Jiang Wang had left on him was not his unparalleled fighting genius, nor his individual sword art or Dao art. Rather, it was that no matter what kind of predicament he was in, this person was always striving!

This was a person full of offensive will, who never gave up on himself. Quan Yingyang, having sailed through countless seas of experience, deeply understood how valuable this quality was.

History is vast, and Heaven’s Chosen who shone brilliantly for a time were as numerous as the stars. Those who could shine eternally all possessed tenacious character. He had seen too many so-called geniuses who, before immense setbacks, fell never to rise again, thereafter becoming mediocre among the crowd.

But no matter what was said, if this Jiang Wang were truly to be killed at this moment…

Before Emperor Yuan Xi, how could he, Quan Yingyang, not become the biggest joke within this Divine Firmament scheme?

Quan Yingyang’s eyes instantly darkened, like two pieces of ink jade embedded there.

Before the towering flame waves, he seemed to become a Yao-shaped black vortex. The entire flame sea’s flame light was absorbed by him. The flame sea turned into a black sea, instantly extinguishing.

And he raised both hands, his palms facing Jiang Wang remotely, his ten fingers spread wide!

Within this area that had been dark for a long time, originally only the scattered light flows that Jiang Wang had exploded through with the Three Flavors True Fire remained. In the distance Jiang Wang rapidly flew, it was originally pitch black.

But at the moment Quan Yingyang raised his hand, intense light suddenly appeared before Jiang Wang!

That was extremely brilliant and fierce light, light lines fiercely interwoven, gathering into a cluster, like a golden sun suddenly exploding! And Jiang Wang was right in the center of this ‘golden sun’, bearing all the evil fruits of the explosion.

Even if Emperor Yuan Xi had been dead for many years, and at this moment only a remnant thought was present, Quan Yingyang absolutely could not allow himself to lose face before this remnant thought. Even for this, he would not hesitate to give up on his cognition of this world, releasing the ‘light’ he had gathered ahead of time!

The path home that Jiang Wang had thought of the instant he noticed Yu Zhen’s spiritual essence, and immediately set out to execute, was cut off again at this instant.

He faced a contemporary True Yao who was no longer holding back, truly unleashing his power. He faced the brilliant light of half the Divine Firmament World, absorbed by Quan Yingyang!

There was fundamentally no way to escape, even if his movement technique was unparalleled.

And almost no way to resist, even if he was a Heaven’s Chosen unmatched in the world.

Within this enormous light ball, countless light lines possessed countless tangible edges. Coming and going, they shuttled with near infinite speed.

Piercing Jiang Wang’s eyeballs! Caving through Jiang Wang’s brow!

Penetrating his torso, his limbs, killing him with a thousand wounds and a hundred holes!

He spread out into a large character, nailed in mid-air, nailed into a human-shaped target. Inevitably bearing this near-infinite light killing!

The Undying Jade Pearl tried its utmost to restore Jiang Wang’s body, but what was replenished on this side was shattered on that side. In an instant, it was destroyed and repaired countless times. Every moment, massive life Yuan force was consumed. The green of the Undying Jade Pearl began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Large pieces of fresh blood splattered, but the splashing fresh blood was also killed by the strong light!

The power of the Undying Spring was too powerful, bringing back the dead and regenerating flesh and bone were absolutely not empty words. It could allow ordinary Yao Clan to have the same longevity as True Yaos, and allow True Yaos to extend their years beyond the limits of longevity.

It supported Jiang Wang to survive under this terrifying offensive. It also allowed Jiang Wang to endure this world’s extreme punishment for longer.

Drawing out muscles and peeling off skin was not as painful as this. Being pierced by ten thousand arrows was far inferior to this!

Jiang Wang within the light ball was almost naked. The Profound Heaven Glazed Palace could not even form. Every time the clear light slightly rose, it was shattered by the strike, and blood continued to flow all over him without a moment’s pause. He seemed to have become a person made of blood.

Only that occasionally flashing green silk thread proved the existence of the Ruyi Immortal Robes. They were still constantly restoring under Jiang Wang’s full urging. And they also proved—this person was still struggling!

Quan Yingyang stepped through the void and came, suspended before the enormous light ball, quietly gazing at Jiang Wang within the light ball. Of course, he wouldn’t have any soft-hearted emotions and the like, only some vigilance and wistfulness—if the young generation of Human Clan were all like this, where would the Yao Clan place itself, and what future would they have?

Which Yao in the Yao Realm was like this person? For a moment, he could not think of one.

The last accumulation of the Undying Spring over long years paid for the countless lives and deaths of the seal master of the Undying Spring in the present world. But water without a source would eventually dry up, just as the Undying Spring itself had already dried up long ago. When the Undying Jade Pearl completely turned from green to white, Jiang Wang would completely die.

Jiang Wang knew this himself.

He knew the gap between the God-Slaying Realm and a True Yao, knew he was dying. The pain made the process of death very long!

He saw through every detail of his body, the flow of blood, the surge of Dao Yuan, the spread of divine power. He also clearly felt the pain.

That kind of pain had already exceeded his endurance limit, but he still had to remain sober. Because only a sober Jiang Wang could maximize the mobilization of all power, could survive under this infinite light killing,

And consume Quan Yingyang’s power as much as possible.

Although… the light seemed infinite.

There was always a voice whispering in his ear, advising him to give up, advising him to die immediately. Anyway, there was originally no hope.

Why still endure the bitter struggle until the last moment?

He knew that was the cowardice deep in his soul, the escape from pain, and also a form of self-protection. Clearly, there was no method to resist a contemporary True Yao, why bear so much before dying? You’re right, you’re right, maybe you are right…

Jiang Wang’s clenched teeth were also shattered. He pursed his lips, which were leaking wind and blood everywhere, and made no sound. He listened to his body’s instincts, but carried out his own will.

He stared intently at Quan Yingyang outside the light ball, even though his eyes were in fact a bloody blur, unable to see anything at all!

He also didn’t know how long had passed. His body fundamentally had not a single piece of good flesh; every inch of skin had been hit to pulp and healed. The Ruyi Immortal Robes had already shattered and reorganized tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of times!

Creak… la!

Since putting on the Ruyi Immortal Robes, they had shattered too many times. Jiang Wang was already used to it.

Relying on absorbing the host’s spare blood energy and Dao Yuan to fill the defense array, its defensive power was very ordinary. Jiang Wang continued to wear it later more because of its symbolic meaning as an Emperor’s bestowal, and because it could self-restore, unlike other Dharma robes that required significant expense to repair once damaged.

But this time’s shattering unexpectedly emitted such a clear sound. It was the breaking of a golden chapter, the tearing of jade silk.

In the darkness, something seemed to be broken.

And a complex information flow surged into Jiang Wang’s heart, covering the sky and earth. Ruyi Immortal Palace…

Ruyi Immortal Palace!

When bestowing this robe, Emperor Jiang Wuyou had specifically emphasized that this precious robe was transmitted from the Ruyi Immortal Palace. Because he originally possessed the inheritance of the Cloud-Top Immortal Palace, bestowing this treasure was also intentional care.

But he had worn this robe for so long, examined it countless times, tried burning it with fire and soaking it in water, yet never discovered any place where it involved the inheritance of the Ruyi Immortal Palace. Over time, he had faded the idea.

Unexpectedly, at such a moment, after the Ruyi Immortal Robes had shattered and reshaped hundreds of thousands of times, that inheritance hidden within time unlocked itself, delivering itself to the future!

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