“Clay chickens and pottery dogs—not worth mentioning.”
Lu Xuan’s tone was calm, as though he had merely done something utterly trivial.
His gaze swept over the void not far away where that chaos incarnation had finally dissipated. Killing intent surged in his eyes in an instant, his gaze locking firmly onto the Blade King.
“Now, it is time to settle the debt for destroying my incarnation.”
“Arrogant!” The Blade King suppressed the shock in his heart. The radiance of imperial light flared brilliantly once more, killing intent soaring to the heavens.
“This king would like to see what you can do to me, now that your true body has arrived!”
He wasted no more words, knowing full well that at this moment, all speech was pale and powerless. Only strength could decide everything!
He struck first, pouring all the frustration he had endured earlier into his blade intent!
“Blade Sunders Eternity!”
The Blade King grasped the air with both hands, as though gathering all the killing aura of the battlefield and the laws of the Great Dao into his palms, condensing them into a blade of laws that spanned the starry sky!
This blade contained his lifetime’s understanding of the Dao of Slashing. Its blade intent was so overwhelming that it seemed capable of severing the river of time, even three parts stronger than when he had fought the incarnation before!
Facing this world-shocking strike, Lu Xuan’s eyes were indifferent. He did not even use the Chaos Bell.
He merely raised his right hand slowly, spread his five fingers, and pressed lightly toward the descending blade of laws.
“Cover the Heavens with One Hand!”
It was not truly covering the heavens. Rather, the instant his palm reached out, it seemed to transform into the source of chaos itself!
Within his palm, earth, water, fire, and wind surged wildly. Countless great worlds were born and destroyed in an instant, and a true intent of chaos that encompassed all things erupted with a roar!
That blade of laws, which seemed capable of severing all ages, slashed into the chaos evolved within Lu Xuan’s palm!
The dazzling runes of law on the blade dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its incomparably sharp blade intent was swiftly dissolved by the vast qi of chaos!
“What?!”
The Blade King’s expression changed drastically. He felt as though his blade had struck the very concept of “chaos” itself, leaving him with nowhere to exert his strength!
“Your blade can sever things with form. Can it sever this formless chaos?”
Lu Xuan’s icy voice rang out. His palm suddenly clenched shut!
“Crack!”
That blade of laws spanning the starry sky was actually crushed apart by his bare hand!
It transformed into a rain of light that filled the heavens, only to be devoured completely by the qi of chaos!
He had crushed an enraged strike from an emperor-light Immortal King with his bare hand!
This scene was even more shocking than the incarnation’s performance earlier!
It made the Crimson King and Wushang, who were watching from afar, draw in a cold breath!
“Impossible! Your physical body… your Great Dao…”
The Blade King’s mind was shaken to the core, and he almost doubted his own perception.
“A frog at the bottom of a well—how could you know the vastness of chaos?”
Lu Xuan took one step forward, his figure instantly appearing before the Blade King. Joining his fingers like a sword, his fingertips wreathed in chaos sword qi condensed to the extreme and Great Sun True Fire, he stabbed straight toward the Blade King’s brow!
Taiyi divine ability—Chaos Sun Finger!
Its speed was pushed to the limit!
The power contained within was even more terrifying!
In haste, the Blade King protected his body with imperial light and met the attack with his own joined fingers!
“Clang!”
Finger and sword collided, producing the ringing sound of metal striking metal!
The Blade King only felt a scorching and strange force surge through his fingers, numbing his arm and causing the radiance of his imperial light to sway violently. His body involuntarily retreated several steps!
“Roar!”
The Blade King was utterly enraged. He had roamed the Realm Sea for countless years—when had he ever suffered such suppression?
With a roar, the imperial light around him burned madly, and his aura climbed again, as though about to break through some kind of boundary!
“Ten Thousand Blades Return to Truth; I Am the Heavenly Blade!”
His entire being seemed to transform into an ultimate Heavenly Blade drawn from its sheath!
Man and blade as one—blade intent, fleshly body, primordial spirit, and Great Dao completely fused!
This was his ultimate forbidden secret art. The price for using it was enormous, but its power was likewise boundless!
He transformed into a streak of light that tore through the universe, ignoring time and space, slashing directly at Lu Xuan!
This blade was no longer a divine ability, but the ultimate manifestation of his own Great Dao!
Facing this self-sacrificial strike, Lu Xuan’s eyes finally revealed a solemn look.
He knew that this was the moment that would decide victory or defeat.
He no longer held back. With a thought, he communicated with the Chaos Bell within his body while pushing Donghuang Taiyi’s inheritance to its limit!
“Dong! Dong! Dong!”
The Chaos Bell flew out from within him and hovered above his head. It was no longer merely defending; instead, its aura connected completely with his. The sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, wind, and the myriad races of the primordial wilderness manifested on the bell’s surface seemed to come alive, together emitting the grand sound of the Great Dao!
As for Lu Xuan himself, the Taiyi Golden Crow True Body manifested once more. But this time, it was even more solid, as though an ancient emperor had crossed time and space to descend!
The Golden Crow True Body resonated with the Chaos Bell, erupting with chaotic divine radiance that illuminated the heavens!
“Taiyi Ultimate Art—Chaotic Donghuang!”
He controlled the Chaos Bell and merged with his own Golden Crow True Body, as though transforming into the Dharma image of the Donghuang who ruled the sun!
The Dharma image stood between heaven and earth, one hand supporting the Chaos Bell that evolved the myriad heavens, the other gripping a Sun Divine Halberd condensed from endless Great Sun True Fire!
Facing the Blade King, who had transformed into the ultimate Heavenly Blade and was slashing toward him, the Donghuang Dharma image let out a roar that shook ten thousand worlds. The Sun Divine Halberd in its hand carried supreme might as it thrust out fiercely!
At the same time, the Chaos Bell above his head rang with a thunderous boom. Its bell waves transformed into invisible shackles of chaos, sealing off the surrounding time and space, suppressing all laws!
“Boom—!!!!!!!!!”
The Heavenly Blade and the divine halberd, annihilation and chaos—two ultimate Great Daos collided in the most final way within this starry sky!
Light devoured everything, sound annihilated everything, and laws collapsed everything!
It was as though hundreds and thousands of universes had exploded at the same time, and also as though the universe had reached its end!
In the distance, the Crimson King, Wushang, Space-Time, Annihilation, and all the Immortal Kings and Undying Kings were shaken to the point that their minds swayed. They had no choice but to defend with all their might against the devastating aftermath!
No one knew how much time passed before that ultimate radiance slowly dispersed.
Within the void, the scene was tragic.
The Donghuang Dharma image that Lu Xuan had transformed into had already dissipated. He had returned to human form, his face slightly pale, a strand of pale golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The aura around him rose and fell unsteadily; clearly, his consumption had been immense.
The light of the Chaos Bell above his head had also dimmed somewhat as it hovered quietly.
And in front of him, the Blade King’s figure appeared once more.
The dazzling radiance of imperial light around him had already been completely extinguished!
His hair was disheveled, and the blade of imperial light condensed from hundreds of millions of blade shadows had already fractured inch by inch, dissipating into the void.
In his chest was a terrifying hole scorched black by the power of chaos and the sun. Dark golden imperial blood gushed out like a spring. His aura had withered to the extreme, and his eyes were filled with unwillingness, disbelief, and… a trace of fear.
He had lost!
Even after exhausting everything and using a forbidden secret art, he had still lost!
He had lost beneath the opponent’s mysterious and unfathomable Great Dao of Chaos!
He could feel that the foundation of his own Great Dao had suffered an irreparable wound. Without long ages of recuperation, it would be exceedingly difficult to recover!
“Cough… You… what exactly are you…”
The Blade King coughed blood, staring fixedly at Lu Xuan, wanting to see through his origins.
Lu Xuan slowly calmed his churning blood and qi. Looking at the heavily wounded Blade King on the verge of death, his eyes were icy. He was just about to step forward and end his life.
However, right at this moment, a sudden change occurred!