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Chapter 1077 The Fleeing Sun

"boom!!"

After a loud bang, the silkworm cocoon, entangled in vines, was engulfed in flames.
At this moment, the golden crow's physical body was no longer a physical entity, but was completely transformed into a ball of flame that was pure to the extreme, boiling to the extreme, and crazy to the extreme!
This is the ultimate manifestation of the fifth realm of the "Three Yang True Transmission", the "Divine Fire Realm", which directly transforms into the "True Flame Body". As long as the cultivator is willing, he can permanently transform into a flame state, but his consciousness has a high probability of being devoured by the violent attributes of the flame.

The vines remained tightly entwined, as if binding a void of fire. The flames seemed to possess their own life and will, and were more frenzied than ever before.

The primordial spirit of the blazing sun completely merged with this pure flame body, transforming into a mad existence as violent, fierce, and full of destructive desires as the flame itself!

"Hahahaha!! Destruction! Burning! All to nothingness!"

The blazing sun's voice rang out, a fiery intent mixed with roar, radiating outwards from the flames like a mental storm, filled with the most primal and extreme destructive desires.

The emerald green runes on the vines flickered at an unprecedented speed, while the true form of flame twisted and expanded wildly, trying to break through all constraints!
Wang Ping focused all his attention on Lie Yang again. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. Facing Lie Yang's frantic counterattack, the five talismans around him suddenly lit up. In particular, the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman' shone with extreme brilliance, as if it wanted to directly steal the flame rules that Lie Yang had transformed into from the bottom structure of the universe!

The power of the Wood Spirit World was pushed to its limit. Countless vines no longer tried to entwine, but instead transformed into billions of emerald green needles. Each needle was imbued with extreme corrosive and spatial properties, shooting towards the boiling flames like a torrential rain, aiming to completely annihilate every element of the flame rules that constituted its existence.

However, at that moment, a point of extreme darkness suddenly appeared at the core of that wildly burning flame. There was nothing in that darkness. It was not a lack of energy, but a complete "nothingness", an absolute void where even spacetime itself was completely erased!
"Boom~"

With a deafening roar, a massive extreme explosion point appeared before Wang Ping's eyes. The violent power instantly extended to the core of the sun, as well as to Mars and its surrounding ecosystem. Gong Wu and the others had no choice but to activate the protective array of the starry sky to resist.

At the last moment, Lieyang poured all the energy accumulated in his fiery true body, along with his mad primordial spirit consciousness itself, into a single point and instantly catalyzed it, causing it to collapse into a miniature black hole containing terrifying gravity.

Keep in mind that this place is near the sun; if it's not controlled properly, it could really destroy this entire starry sky!

Along with the formation of the black hole, the raging, mad thoughts of the sun also emerged in the starry sky.

The next moment, the black hole unleashed an irresistible and terrifying suction force. Everything around it—light, energy, and even fragments of shattered space—was frantically pulled and devoured. Even many of the spells Wang Ping had constructed were distorted and deflected by its powerful gravitational field before being sucked into it!

Wang Ping frowned. He could withstand the gravity of the black hole and even forcibly obliterate it, but that would take time, and Lieyang was trying to seize this moment!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Ping made his decision. He temporarily abandoned his pursuit of the Blazing Sun Flame consciousness, and his body surged with emerald green light, channeling the power of the Wood Spirit World entirely towards that miniature black hole.

Look at Wang Ping. Under the starry sky, there are countless layers of spacetime folds that forcibly slow down and deflect the trajectory of the black hole moving towards the sun. Then, a river of time runs across the starry sky, directly erasing the traces of the black hole's existence.

At that moment, an endless fire spirit array lit up around the sun, and the sun's consciousness within the array instantly drew into this starry sky, making his consciousness omnipresent in this star field.

As a ball of scorching flame leaped wildly across the sun's surface, the figure of Lieyang once again materialized from the ethereal. Taking advantage of the gap when Wang Ping had to prioritize dealing with the black hole, he forcefully snatched a sliver of life from the almost certain death seal by virtue of his 'Nirvana' properties!
Wang Ping's consciousness remained completely undisturbed in his 'self-discipline' state. In an instant, he considered countless possibilities. He was neither surprised nor troubled by Lieyang's 'rebirth', because Lieyang currently only possessed the destructive properties of the fire spirit, not its nourishing properties. Each rebirth would deplete his cultivation. As long as he was suppressed a few more times, he would become completely disciplined.

He didn't need to worry too much about Jupiter. With Bai Yan and Quan Xing, even if they couldn't suppress Di Wen, Tian Gong, and those five-realm star gods, they could still defend against their invasion by relying on Jupiter's various magic arrays.

What really bothered Wang Ping was Long Jun, who didn't make a move at this crucial moment, leaving Wang Ping feeling somewhat constrained.

Sensing Wang Ping's thoughts, Yu Lian said in her spiritual sea, "Originally I thought the Dragon Lord's target was only us, but now it seems his target is all the True Lords!"

Wang Ping naturally thought of this as well. He had already considered it before the fight even started, and it was the last thing he wanted to see in his imagined future scenario.

But the current situation leaves him no room for further thought.

Xinghai chimed in, "According to Yuxiao, in this situation, we shouldn't hesitate to weaken the enemy if possible!"

This was exactly what Wang Ping had been thinking. His gaze toward Lieyang grew even colder, but Lieyang made the first move. He transformed into a golden crow once more and lit up the fire spirit array around the sun.

Wang Ping's eyes remained unmoved. With a slight thought, the ten-thousand-foot-tall illusory Jianmu tree behind him swayed gently, and the area of ​​the Wood Spirit World expanded once again, its boundaries becoming more solid, as if a real emerald continent stretched across the starry sky.

The golden crow, formed from the blazing sun, let out a piercing shriek that tore through the starry sky. This time, it no longer relied solely on its own power, but instead used a pre-constructed array to drive the sun's power. Just look at how intricate crimson runes were combining in the corona layer within the array, eventually condensing into a pillar of light that was scorching hot to the extreme!

"burn!"

Driven by Lieyang's frenzied will, scorching beams of light tore through space, impacting Wang Ping's Wood Spirit World from different directions, leaving black marks wherever they passed.

At the same time, the true form of the Golden Crow of the Blazing Sun flapped its wings and unleashed the Great Sun Glazed Pure Fire recorded in the "Three Yang True Transmission"!
Countless fiery lotuses, as pure as crystal yet containing extreme heat and purifying power, drifted out from between its wings, densely covering the Wood Spirit World.

These fiery lotuses not only have extremely high temperatures, but they can also purify and disintegrate all non-fire attribute energy structures, and are specifically designed to counter various protective spells and formations.

At this moment, Wang Ping finally made his move. The divine palace in the Wood Spirit World appeared out of thin air. He sat on the throne in the palace, his consciousness stabilized in the divine kingdom through his faith in the divine kingdom. Then, he formed a hand seal with both hands.

The grayish-white light formed by the spatial turbulence suddenly began to grow wildly on the outskirts of the Wood Spirit World…

Just as those scorching beams of light, powerful enough to incinerate stars, were about to strike the Wood Spirit World, the space in front of them rippled like the surface of water, then silently caved in, transforming into several constantly rotating spatial vortexes.

Meanwhile, the lotus flowers formed from the swirling, radiant glazed fire of the great sun were blocked by a flowing river of time. The lotus flowers collided with the barrier, and before their terrifying purifying power could even erupt, they completed their entire cycle from peak bloom to complete decay under the accelerated flow of time. Dissolving the blazing sun's attack was instantaneous, but Wang Ping's true purpose went far beyond that. The moment the blazing sun's offensive was shattered, a brilliant emerald light shone in Wang Ping's eyes, and his hand seals suddenly changed.

At the center of the Wood Spirit World, the root system of the ten-thousand-foot-tall Jianmu phantom suddenly surged, its roots penetrating the barriers of space and appearing directly in the void surrounding the golden crow formed by the blazing sun!

These roots exhibit a translucent grayish-white hue, a manifestation of the ultimate application of spatial characteristics. They are like an invisible giant net, instantly "peeling" the space where the Golden Crow is located from the background of the entire universe, attempting to pull it into the Wood Spirit World.

Lieyang felt the space around him suddenly solidify and compress. His connection with the sun, Mars, and all the fire spirit arrays was forcibly severed. His consciousness seemed to be thrown into an independent and ever-shrinking spacetime amber, surrounded by insurmountable spatial barriers.

Seeing himself and the surrounding space being forcibly "stripped" from the cosmic background by the Jianmu root system and dragged towards the Wood Spirit World, Lieyang's sense of crisis in his frenzied consciousness surged.

He stopped trying to forcefully break through the spatial confinement, and then the Golden Crow True Form let out a piercing shriek that tore through the sky, and the flames of destruction around its body suddenly compressed inward to an extreme degree.

The extreme energy compression instantly generated terrifying internal pressure, causing the imprisoned space to collapse slightly inward, violently rubbing and twisting against the spatial barrier formed by the roots of the Jianmu tree, thus creating another black hole.

This is a spell from the fourth realm of the "Three Yang True Transmission," called "Fire Sub-Spell." It can instantly create a small black hole, and its power is amplified when used by the Blazing Sun True Lord.

"break!"

The blazing sun roared, and as the black hole unfolded, it tore a tiny crack in the solidified spatial barrier!

"Whoosh-!"

A dim yet incredibly fast line of fire, like a caged beast breaking free, shot out from the crack and instantly disappeared thousands of miles away.

"In vain."

Wang Ping sat upright on the throne of the God King, his voice icy. He seemed to have anticipated Lie Yang's escape. Then, with a slight thought, the Wood Spirit World did not immediately pursue, but the spacetime turbulence around it shone brightly.

The next moment, the starry sky in front of the blazing sun suddenly distorted, and the space in the entire area underwent strange deflection and folding.

Lieyang felt a blur before his eyes. Although he was flying in a straight line, his trajectory was involuntarily swerved by an invisible spatial force, as if he had crashed into an invisible bend. Instead of moving away, he was strangely turned in another direction.

This is similar to the 'transfer talisman' that Wang Ping used before. Now, he doesn't need to rely on talismans; he can directly use the properties of space and time to trap his opponent within a certain time frame.

Lieyang immediately forced a change of direction, attempting to escape the spatial trap.

However, Wang Ping's control over spacetime far exceeded Lie Yang's imagination. No matter how he changed direction, accelerated, or even tried to enter the violently active area of ​​the solar corona to hide himself using energy turbulence, the space in front of his escape path would always undergo subtle deflection or folding at crucial moments. It was as if there was an invisible cosmic operator constantly correcting his escape route, always confining him to a specific airspace near the sun, and constantly forcing him towards the direction of the Wood Spirit World.

A bizarre chase unfolds under the starry sky…

A streak of blazing white fire darted left and right like a headless fly, sometimes accelerating suddenly, sometimes changing direction abruptly, its trajectory chaotic and frantic. Meanwhile, a vast emerald green world remained suspended in the center of the battlefield, seemingly moving slowly, yet always managing to subtly guide the desperate fleeing creature to "crash" into the pre-set encirclement area.

Ten breaths passed in the blink of an eye, and Lieyang's escape space was being compressed smaller and smaller. Wang Ping was gradually stripping away the room for maneuver he had left with his absolute control over time and space.

At that very moment, Tiangong and Diwen broke free from Baiyan and Quanxing's entanglement and were flying towards the sun at an extremely fast speed, while the Dragon Lord in the direction of Mercury remained motionless.

"Since that's the case, fellow Daoist, please don't blame me for disregarding our past relationship..."

Wang Ping's whisper rang in Lie Yang's ears, but just as his words fell, a fleeting aura of the Five Realms True Yang appeared in the direction of Mars. Immediately afterwards, the fire spirit array set up around the sun lit up again, and the Golden Crow, trapped in the spacetime trap, suddenly turned into cosmic dust as if it had passed away.

Just as the golden crow's body turned into cosmic dust, a spark of 'Nirvana' containing an indomitable will appeared millions of miles away, at the core of the fire spirit array that had already lit up on the other side of the sun.
This magic array frantically draws upon the sun's violent energy, like a giant furnace, providing that spark of Mars with unprecedented and abundant nourishment!
"boom!!!"

Blazing white flames erupted from the eye of the formation like a supernova explosion, instantly reshaping the figure of Lieyang. Although he still retained his madness, his aura was more weakened, likely due to the significant cost to his cultivation.

Wang Ping's cold voice rang out again: "Why do you do this? Such a waste of your cultivation is better used to manifest the rules of the starry sky."

Lieyang was clearly furious upon hearing Wang Ping's words, causing the flames burning in the starry sky to tremble violently. As soon as he finished speaking, Diwen and Tiangong landed near Lieyang's star field.

"You are in the same boat. If you don't want to waste your cultivation or be accidentally killed by me, you might as well expend your cultivation to manifest the rules of the starry sky and solve the problem of the rebels first."

Wang Ping's voice was cold and aloof; his self-disciplined demeanor made it impossible to discern his true feelings.

As he spoke, part of his consciousness traveled through time and space, landing in the star field where Jupiter and Venus meet. Under the blessing of a huge divine magic array in the orbit of Venus, the eight fifth-realm star gods activated a starfall array, temporarily trapping Bai Yan and Quan Xing.

The Heavenly Craftsman's primordial spirit sensed Lieyang's current state and felt a surge of exhilaration. However, he suppressed this feeling, clasped his hands together, and said to Wang Ping, "Sage, you are merciful. Fellow Daoist, do you know how Yaoxi, with such cultivation, perished?"

(End of this chapter)