Journey to the head

At this moment, the gazes of millions of dragons, tens of millions of sea creatures, immortal cultivators, underground heroes, and those hidden in the void from various continents and top forces were all focused on the four prodigies.

Xinghan Xuanjun crossed his arms, the stars on his robe flickering erratically. He glanced disdainfully at Ji Yunrou and Shen Jian, then looked at Ao Ti.

"I hope to be chosen by the Star River Mystic Lord," Xinghan Xuanjun said proudly. "Only you are worthy to be my opponent."

Ao Ti remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard. Ji Yunrou merely chuckled, fiddling with the ends of her hair. Shen Jian, however, took a thunderous step forward, his eyes wide with rage, and with a hiss, he exhaled two long plumes of steam from his nostrils.

After the draw, the deep ocean fell silent, and the deep voice of the Bixi (a mythical creature) pierced through the waves.

"In the first battle, the Sea Clan's Deep Insight faced off against the Human Clan's Star River."

"In the second battle, Ao Ti of the Dragon Clan faced Ji Yunrou of the Hundred Clans."

Xinghan Xuanjun's gaze had been fixed on Ao Ti. Upon hearing this, he frowned and snorted.

"Fine, I'll deal with this whale first, then I'll beat you in the second round. Ao Ti, don't let people laugh at you for losing to a woman."

Shen Jian flew into a rage, his arm, as thick as a water vat, waving through the air with a deafening boom that shook the very space. He glared fiercely at Xinghan Xuanjun: "You humans are truly despicable! Watch how I tear you to shreds!"

Xinghan Xuanjun closed his eyes, seemingly too lazy to listen to his nonsense. Shenjian was even more furious. With a shout from Bixi, a deafening roar followed. Shenjian waved his palm, and a giant totem pole, tens of feet thick, crashed down from the sky, about to crush Xinghan Xuanjun into dust!
But Xinghan Xuanjun didn't move at all. He stood with his arms crossed, not even raising his eyes. Starlight floated around him. The totem pole suddenly tilted the moment it touched the starlight and brushed past Xinghan Xuanjun. A fierce wind made his robes flutter loudly.

“It’s gravity!” Jiang Qingfeng exclaimed. Hai Yiwei looked at her with some surprise. He didn’t know that Jiang Baitao’s Nine Luminaries Formation made extensive use of gravity and repulsion, so Jiang Qingfeng recognized it immediately.

Hai Yiwei nodded: "That's right, this is one of the characteristics of Xinghan Xuanjun's domain, star orbit deviation. Although this person is overly arrogant, his methods are indeed extraordinary."

Just as Hai Shuangyao was about to ask her father if he could defeat the sea lion balancing the ball, she heard a thunderous roar as the totem pole slammed into the seabed. Hundreds of illusory sea creatures on the pole roared in unison, and a wave of sound suddenly rippled outwards!

Xinghan Xuanjun was hit by the sound wave, and his body trembled.

It turns out this secret technique has a hidden meaning; it can shake the soul!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Jian gripped the top-grade spiritual treasure, the Sea-Splitting Blade, with both hands. The huge, serrated blade, carrying the power to shatter mountains, roared down towards Xinghan Xuanjun.

The sword energy emanating from the thunderous strike cleaved a deep rift in the distant sea, but the longsword itself only managed to strike a streak of scattered starlight.

The entire sky had become a sea of ​​stars, with stars floating and swirling around, and the Big Dipper hanging in the sky around the North Star, its light dazzling and eye-catching.

Xinghan Xuanjun has disappeared within it.

“Law Domain - Celestial Pivot Star Enclosure,” Hai Yiwei said in a deep voice, “and his Law Domain Divine Power - Unstoppable Starlight.”

When the Law Domain is applied to him, the Star River Mystic Lord can transform into starlight and teleport away at the speed of light.

Seeing that Xuanjun's attack had missed, Shen Jian moved his blade with the flow of his will, swirling it to protect himself, but the expected counterattack did not come. Looking up, he saw that Xuanjun Xinghan had already appeared a hundred feet away, frowning as he looked at him.

"You can't even touch me, so I don't see any need for us to fight."

Shen Jian raised the Sea-Splitting Blade, pointed it at Xinghan Xuanjun, and said in a gruff voice, "You're just a little faster, what's there to be so smug about? Watch me kill you!"

He roared, and a massive tsunami suddenly erupted, the dark, deep-sea phantom expanded, ancient totems floated and sank, the phantom of a giant whale swam, and the immense water pressure followed like a shadow, making even those who watched from afar feel suffocated.

The Realm of Law: The Abyss of Return!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A surge of spiritual light lifted up a giant war drum amidst the waves. The drumbeats were like thunder, and the tsunami surged toward Xinghan Xuanjun. Shenjian's body swelled up again with the drumbeats, and the totem tattoos on his body became even more vivid.

Supreme Spiritual Treasure: Overturning Sea War Drum

At the same time, within the Abyss Sea Domain, a giant whale leaped up from the waves, emitting a loud and melodious whale cry in the air.

Where the sound waves passed, Shen Jian's eyes turned completely red, and a huge wave of air spewed from his nostrils. Xinghan Xuanjun felt his body become heavy, and his spiritual power began to leak out and weaken.

The Divine Power of the Dharma Domain: The Song of the Soul-Burial Whale.

With the combined blessing of spiritual treasures and supernatural powers, Shen Jian stepped forward and stomped heavily in the air. Ripples spread through the space, and a muffled sound came from the seabed below, creating a giant spiderweb-shaped crater.

"Kill me!"

With a whistling sound, the body followed the blade forward, and in that instant, the entire star field was enveloped by the blade light that split mountains and seas!
The aftershocks of the blade alone tore apart the surrounding sea, creating a massive storm, and the cultivator's ships trembled violently in the gale.

However, no matter how fast Shen Jianxuanjun's blade light was, that wisp of starlight always moved through the blade light like a gazelle's horns or a dragonfly skimming the water, leaving no room for error. The Sea-Splitting Blade, despite its violent and immense power, could never catch up, always lagging behind by a fraction.

Hai Yiwei frowned: "Shen Jian's magical treasures and supernatural powers all amplify his own forces and suppress the enemy's groups. It seems that he is more skilled in command and group attacks. One-on-one combat is probably not his forte."

Perhaps tired of this game, Starlight flashed, and it emerged from the giant net of blade energy, transforming back into human form.

Xinghan Xuanjun laughed contemptuously: "Is that all you've got? You can't even touch the hem of my clothes."

Fukami's eyes were bloodshot: "Take another stab from me!"

Xinghan raised his head and glanced sideways: "So what if I take a hundred of your knives—"

Before he finished speaking, the anger on Shen Jian's face suddenly vanished, the deep, dark sea surged and churned wildly, and in an instant, space folded and twisted, and an incomparably powerful pressure slammed down on Xinghan Xuanjun!

Divine Power of the Realm of Law - Tide of Return to Nothingness!
This was the immense water pressure that distorted space, preventing the starlight of Xinghan Xuanjun from escaping.

The giant blade had already been unleashed, its violent blade energy slashing down over a hundred feet. Above the blade's energy, the phantom of a giant whale floated up, its jaws wide open, a black hole vortex spinning wildly, tearing at Xinghan Xuanjun's domain defenses.

Divine Power of the Law Domain: Devouring the Abyss!
At this moment, the sea race army cheered in unison, and the immortal cultivators all paled. It turned out that Shenjian's previous irritability was just a disguise, and his several futile strikes were merely a facade. All the preparations were just for this thunderous attack.

Xinghan Xuanjun will pay the price for his arrogance!

With a loud hum, the spatial barrier seemed to have reached its limit, tearing out huge bubbles. Hurricanes and tsunamis surged and spread outwards, and more than a dozen sea creature army formations and thousands of sea creature elites were violently blown away!
The Sea Clan's Daoist Master frowned, but the two Immortal Lords of the Heavenly Market Palace remained calm.

This terrifying strike ultimately failed to land on Xinghan Xuanjun, instead striking empty air and accidentally injuring the sea tribe soldiers.

Where the blade had fallen, Xinghan Xuanjun lowered his hand and let out a heavy sigh.

Above his head, a magical artifact floated, shaped like a sundial, but densely inlaid with stars. A pointer shaped like the Big Dipper rotated on the sundial, drawing faint star marks.

A voice came from the magical artifact: "My lord, it was very dangerous just now."

The cultivators were in an uproar. A spirit artifact! It was actually a spirit artifact!

Hai Yiwei also looked surprised: "This is Xinghan's natal spirit treasure, the Star-Patrolling Sundial, which has the ability to deduce star orbits and predict attacks. I never expected that it had already nurtured a spirit. It is truly a rare and extraordinary talent among primordial spirits."

"And then there's his domain-specific divine ability, the Big Dipper Patrol, which is a divine ability that can teleport space. With the prediction of the Star-Patrolling Sundial, he redirected the slash that was about to be slashed into the domain of Fukami to another location."

As soon as the spirit finished speaking, Xinghan Xuanjun's hair bun broke open, and strands of hair fell down. It was clear that if he had been a fraction of a second slower, the blade would have shattered his head.

Seeing his messy hair, Hai Shuangyao muttered softly, "Oh dear, the sea lion's fur has stood on end."

Xinghan Xuanjun reached out and caught the messy hair in his hand, his face contorting instantly.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

The Heavenly Pivot Star Domain shone brightly, its radiance enveloping the entire sea. Shen Jian felt his body sink, and his spiritual energy became sluggish. "Xing Han is about to get serious," Hai Yiwei said quickly. "His domain has three characteristics: stellar orbit deflection, celestial radiance suppression, and constellation resonance. Now it's going all out—"

Star orbit deflection, oblique attack; celestial radiance suppression, hindering enemy spiritual power; constellation resonance, amplifying one's own power.

With a face full of anger, Xinghan Xuanjun rolled up his sleeves, and a seven-foot-long jade ruler shone brightly in the air, with countless stars twinkling in the light.

The supreme spiritual treasure, the Star Measuring Ruler.

Where the light passed, Shen Jian let out a muffled groan, and the space around him distorted, locking him in place.

But he roared, and the phantom whale behind him roared, the totems on his body radiating a blinding red light, and terrifying power burst forth from his muscles and bones, even the void trembled.

It is impossible to break free from the spatial fluctuations by brute force alone!

But in the next instant, Xinghan Xuanjun clenched his fist.

The Divine Power of the Dharma Domain: The Silver River Reverses!

A dazzling Milky Way swept down from the heavens, its starry sky hanging upside down as if to overturn the heavens! Wherever the Milky Way passed, space was locked, suppressing Shenjian Xuanjun's struggles and crashing down upon him.

This was yet another killing move that touched upon space. Jiang Qingfeng felt his horizons broaden after witnessing this battle. It turned out that these geniuses who had reached the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul realm had all mastered a certain degree of spatial power, as if they were about to step into the Void Refinement realm.

Faced with this attack, Fukami seemed to have no choice but to take it head-on.

But that wasn't all. A dim starlight flickered between Xinghan Xuanjun's brows, pierced through space, and suddenly struck Shenjian's forehead!
The Supreme Spiritual Treasure: Rahu Thorn!
All sorts of ruthless methods were employed to kill him right here!

The immortal cultivators cheered, especially the disciples of Tian Shi Yuan Dou Palace, who shouted even louder. But at that moment, Shen Jian Xuan Jun shouted, "I concede!"

With a snap, the Sea Clan Daoist snapped his fingers.

The light emanating from the Milky Way that fell from the heavens, the Measuring Ruler, and the Rahu Thorn all vanished.

“You—” Xinghan Xuanjun was stunned, then his face suddenly turned bright red.

"Your methods are quite good. See you at the Dragon Palace again." Fukami laughed heartily, turned his head without looking back, and strode away.

"I—" Knowing that he had revealed a lot of information, Xinghan Xuanjun was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and his fingers trembled.

Bixi added a timely blow: "Human race, Xinghan Xuanjun wins."

Millions of sea creatures burst into laughter. Xinghan Xuanjun was furious, his three corpses trembling violently, and fire spitting from his eyes.

"Your mom—"

The Heavenly Gate Immortal Lord quickly led him back.

"Haha, the sea lion is going to be furious with the ball in its head." Hai Shuangyao, always eager for a good show, completely disregarded the fact that Xinghan Xuanjun was their team leader.

Bixi continued, "Next, Ao Ti will face Ji Yunrou."

Ao Ti, his silver armor gleaming and his golden eyes flashing like lightning, bowed respectfully and said, "Ao Ti, please enlighten me, fellow Daoist."

Ji Yunrou covered her mouth and chuckled, her tear mole at the corner of her eye brimming: "Young Master Ao is so majestic, I admire him greatly."

Ao Ti didn't speak, but silently watched Ji Yunrou. Ji Yunrou smiled and looked at him in return.

The two stood in the arena, neither of them making a move, nor did they show any spiritual pressure or supernatural powers. The arena was quiet and silent, showing no signs of a fight at all.

Hai Shuangyao muttered to herself, "Are these two hitting it off? Are they exchanging flirtatious glances?"

A full incense stick's time passed before the Eight-Section Immortal Lord shouted, "What are you doing? The Dragon Palace is only open for thirty-three days. The longer you linger here, the less time you have to explore. Hurry up and make your move!"

Yao Shu and Tian Men exchanged a glance, both sensing something amiss.

Ji Yunrou smiled and said, "Young Master Ao, dragging this out is really not good. Shall we exchange a few blows?"

Ao Ti nodded, but still did not make a move.

Ji Yunrou chuckled, "Since that's the case, I'll take the advantage and make the first move?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure suddenly blurred, and a large amount of viscous black mist surged and spread from beneath her feet, instantly engulfing an area of ​​thousands of feet.

The Realm of Law: The River of Eternal Silence!

A dark, illusory river stretched across the ocean, its black mist churning like ink. Divine senses probing into it were like sinking into quagmire, quickly eroded and suppressed. Ji Yunrou's figure was hidden within it, unable to see anything.

With a slight twitch of his fingers, Ao Ti unleashed a massive wave, carrying a net of silver lightning, which crashed down upon the domain.

However, the giant wave passed directly through the domain as if it were empty, while the silver lightning rapidly diminished within the domain before disappearing without a trace.

Ao Ti nodded silently.

Is this Ji Yunrou's domain characteristic?

Suppressing divine sense makes it impossible to see through, while pure physical attacks will directly penetrate her magic domain without affecting her in the slightest, and magic... rather than weakening, it's more like absorbing.

The liquid-like shadow suddenly spread out, transforming into a barrage of arrows that shot out directly towards Ao Ti.

Ao Ti took a step forward.

"hold head high--!"

The dragon's roar split the sea, silver light cascaded down like a waterfall, palace illusions rose from the ground, and ten thousand dragon phantoms stood solemnly on pillars, their magnificent dragon might as if the sky were collapsing.

The Law Domain: The Mighty Dragon Court!

The silver light radiated outwards, transforming into a shield wall shaped like dragon scales. These shadowy arrows struck the shield wall with a clanging sound, only creating ripples.

Ao Ti loosely clenched his fist and gently waved it. Lightning crackled and waves roared as a halberd was grasped in his palm.

The Supreme Spiritual Treasure: Azure Thunder Halberd.

Just as he was about to retaliate with a small move, he suddenly put away his halberd and looked up abruptly.

Ji Yunrou also emerged from the shadows, her face serious as she gazed into the distance.

A deafening roar and rolling thunder echoed, and in the far, far, far distance, faint purple lightning flickered.

All the millions of dragons, tens of millions of sea creatures, and all the human cultivators present felt the extreme trembling and bone-chilling fear that rose from the depths of their souls.

That was the power of divine punishment that could not be described in words, like an ant facing a towering giant!
The three immortal lords' expressions changed drastically, and Immortal Lord Yaoshu cried out in shock, "Who is it?!"

"Who is undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation to become an Immortal?!" (End of Chapter)