There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

The moment he made the decision, Wang Ping took action.

His concept of existence in the starry sky changed, and his aura emerged from the hidden wood spirit energy, transforming into the very wood spirit rules of this starry sky. The moment everyone sensed his presence, he made a light stroke in the void in front of him with his right hand fingers together like a pen.

There was no earth-shattering display, only a rune so complex that it was beyond the reach of the naked eye and consciousness flashed by, and then the 'Heaven-Stealing Rune' appeared.

The moment the talisman was completed, what was reflected in Wang Ping's eyes was no longer specific stars and demonic energy, but the network of the five elements rules that constituted the most fundamental and essential layer of this universe.

His goal is the very rules of destruction that underpin the existence of nothingness!
Use order to intervene in chaos!

With vitality, life erodes the stillness!

"town!"

Wang Ping uttered a single word.

There was no massive energy surge, but Wu Nian's body trembled violently. The rules of destruction connected to his body suddenly became chaotic, like a calm lake surface thrown with a boulder.

Wu Nian felt his connection with the demonic world and the rules of destruction instantly become sluggish. The vast and endless demonic power within his body seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand. The cold and pure will to destroy deep within his consciousness involuntarily gave rise to countless contradictory thoughts.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; even the consciousnesses of Diwen and Baiyan in the distance couldn't react in time.

Wang Ping's gaze was indifferent. His right hand, as if plucking a string on a musical instrument, gently brushed against the invisible and intangible yet crystal clear lines of the rules of destruction in his eyes.

He directly used the fourth stage of the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman' to interfere with and attack the demonic source within Wu Nian's body at the level of rules.

No unusual phenomena occurred under the starry sky, but Wu Nian's consciousness lost the ability to think.

However, this is just the beginning.

The next moment, Wang Ping's right hand, which was loosely clenched, suddenly tightened its grip.

Wu Nian's body, constructed from pure demonic energy, seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand. It couldn't even withstand it for a moment before collapsing under the absolute power, turning into the most primal stream of destructive energy that exploded in all directions!

This blow was a complete and fundamental eradication.

But just as Wu Nian's physical form collapsed, the source that connected him to the entire demonic world was triggered. Endless demonic energy surged wildly towards the point of collapse, attempting to redefine his existence and re-condense him based on the information imprinted in the core demonic source!
Wang Ping merely watched Wu Nian's "resurrection" with indifference. Just as Wu Nian's new form was about to be completely stabilized and his demonic power was about to fully erupt, Wang Ping's will changed once again.

The 'space-time' property enveloped the entire starry sky in an instant, and at the same time, Wang Ping issued a decree:

"Destroy."

With a single thought, time and space in this starry sky seemed to be paused.

At the same time, Wu Nian, who had just been reshaped, was like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun. It began to disintegrate and melt away inch by inch from the edges, faster and more thoroughly than before. He didn't even have time to let out a roar before he disappeared again.

All of this seemed complicated, but it actually happened in a fraction of a second. Only then did a single thought emerge in the minds of Bai Yan, Di Wen, and others who were watching from afar.

At this moment, the demonic world surged and churned once more, and Wu Nian attempted to reshape it for the third time.

But this time, Wang Ping's will was like an invisible net, completely enveloping this starry sky. Just as the demonic energy outlined the shape of the thoughtless form according to the rules of destruction, the rules of the wood spirit forcibly twisted it into a thriving azure light.

But before the spiritual light could dissipate, the demonic energy gathered again, and Wu Nian tried to condense a new physical body, but it was quickly erased.

Life and death, existence and extinction, order and chaos—the existence without thought was destroyed tens of thousands of times in an instant within this narrow space-time rift. A third of the surging demonic energy world dissipated in that instant.

In unimaginable despair, Wu Nian's physical body underwent repeated complete destruction and futile reconstruction. Each cycle was Wang Ping's ruthless crushing of the demonic world and the violent erasure of the very foundation of Wu Nian's existence.

He seemed to beg for mercy, but before the thought could even form, his physical body was destroyed tens of thousands of times. Only then did Bai Yan and Di Wen in the distance see Wang Ping's figure reflected in their eyes. By the time they realized what had happened, Wu Nian's physical body had already been destroyed millions of times.

For the first time, an uncontrollable look of surprise appeared on Bai Yan Zhenjun's eternally icy and aloof face. The flowing lunar radiance around him suddenly stopped, as if it had been choked by an invisible force.

He could sense the abnormal flow of time and rules in that star field. It wasn't a difference in strength, but a crushing of life levels. Sensing Wang Ping's power gave him countless thoughts in an instant.

The thick, dark yellow light surrounding Diwen Zhenjun fluctuated violently, like mountains after an earthquake. Because of the wood-earth element, he could feel the terror even more than Bai Yan.

Further away, Tiangong, who had already retreated to a safe star field and was preparing to watch coldly how Wang Ping would deal with the attack from both Longjun and Wunian, had all his composure and calculation freeze instantly on his face, which was as if it were cast in gold and iron, and was replaced by a kind of horrified bewilderment.

The bronze mirror in his hand, which was used to deduce the nodes of Wang Ping's magic, suddenly cracked open with a "crack"—a fine line appeared out of thin air!

"This is impossible!"

This incredible growl did not come from one person, but echoed simultaneously in the consciousness of all the fifth-realm cultivators who perceived this scene.

Not only them, but all the beings of the Five Realms, whether hidden or revealed under this starry sky, regardless of their faction or whether they were previously wary, hostile, or allies of Wang Ping, had their will completely taken over by the scene that happened in an instant but seemed to exist forever!

As various emotions arose in their consciousness, Wunian's physical body had already been completely annihilated. At the same time, Wunian's consciousness also reacted at this moment, and the thought of begging for mercy emerged.

Before Wu Nian could even articulate his thought, Wang Ping swiftly formed a hand seal with his left hand, sealing off the starry sky where the demonic energy world resided. His consciousness instantly detected Wu Nian's primordial spirit, but just as Wang Ping was about to continue sealing Wu Nian's primordial spirit…

"hold head high--"

A dragon's roar, seemingly originating from the very source of all waters, resounded throughout the universe without warning. The Dragon Lord, who had been observing from the shadows, had been waiting for this very moment.
As the dragon's roar resounded, the starry sky behind Wang Ping suddenly collapsed, and endless blue light surged out like a bursting dam, instantly engulfing the entire star field.

The Dragon Lord's enormous and boundless true dragon body was not fully revealed. Only a giant claw covered with azure dragon scales, carrying the majesty to destroy all worlds, emerged from the center of the blue light. Wherever it passed, the basic rules that constituted space were assimilated and frozen by the pure water elemental energy.

At the same time, the covered 'space-time' characteristics also collapsed rapidly.

This strike was the culmination of a long preparation, and it was ruthless and decisive!
The dragon claw contained the "purification" and "erosion" properties of the water elemental rules. The blue spiritual light, carrying the will to cleanse all things, formed a destructive tide that stretched across the starry sky, pointing directly at the starry sky around Wang Ping.

The Dragon Lord's intention was clear: to use the most direct and forceful method, with the rules of water, to purify all of Wang Ping's magical effects and erode his connection with the rules of this starry sky.

"Illusory Flower in a Mirror, Illusory Moon in a Water!" The icy thought echoed with the dragon's roar, and the sweeping blue tide suddenly became illusory and uncertain. The starry sky around Wang Ping seemed to be peeled off and reflected in a boundless water curtain. Reality and reflection intertwined, and his divine sense was greatly disturbed. Furthermore, an invisible purifying force, like billions of fine needles, tried to penetrate the Wood Spirit World.

Under the overwhelming suppression of the water elemental rules, the illusory Jianmu tree behind Wang Ping, which supported the heavens and earth, swayed violently. The vast and boundless wood elemental world shrank rapidly, and its light dimmed quickly. The wood elemental rules that constituted the world groaned under the continuous scouring of the "purification" and "erosion" characteristics.

With the water elemental rules honed over countless years, combined with the power of the fifth realm of the "Hundred Waters Secret Technique," the Dragon Lord indeed achieved a brief but extremely effective and comprehensive suppression of Wang Ping's world, which was built around the wood element!
This attack involved no trickery, no dodging; it was a direct contest of rules and cultivation.

The surging wood spirit within Wang Ping's body was also like being trapped in a quagmire, its circulation becoming extremely difficult and obscure, as if it were being suppressed from all directions by an invisible force.

The situation seems to be one-sided!
But Wang Ping's eyes remained calm and unwavering, even as the Wood Spirit World was suppressed to its limit, seemingly on the verge of complete collapse—

He communicated with the fortress artifact hidden deep within the Wood Spirit World!

An endless, seemingly primordial energy instantly enveloped him. This power was pure and vast, devoid of any attributes, yet it provided an almost limitless "quantity".

Supported by this power, the Wood Spirit World, which was on the verge of collapse, was unable to immediately retaliate, but it stabilized instantly as if injected with a stimulant, and firmly resisted the further erosion of the Dragon Lord's Water Spirit Rules.

At the same time, Wang Ping pointed his fingers like a sword and used this massive amount of cosmic primordial energy as ink to construct a very ordinary 'sword talisman'.

The next moment, a long sword that stretched across the sea of ​​stars suddenly took shape.

This longsword is more dazzling than the stars. It is made of pure energy and presents a chaotic color that blends the vitality of wood spirits with the origin of the universe. Its enormous rune volume even made Bai Yan, Di Wen and others watching from afar feel their own insignificance.

"Zheng!"

The sword's cry, as if splitting the heavens and earth, resounded throughout the starry sky.

The moment the longsword appeared, it tore through the void. Wherever it passed, space was smoothly sliced ​​open like a fragile piece of silk, revealing the bizarre dimensional gaps behind it. The Dragon Lord's azure water spirit domain, which filled the starry sky, was forcibly cleaved open before the sharpness of this giant sword, forming a brief passage.

"It has the form but not the substance."

The Dragon Lord's will was like eternal ice, carrying a hint of disdain. Although the giant sword that traversed the starry sea was terrifying in its power, in his eyes it was nothing more than a rootless duckweed, possessing only a huge energy shell but lacking the core support of the rules.

He pressed down with his dragon claw, and the vast water elemental rules condensed once more. The cleaved azure domain instantly healed, even becoming heavier. Endless purifying and eroding power, like the immense pressure of the deep sea, crushed towards the chaotic giant sword!

"Chi~"

The azure light clashed violently with the chaotic giant sword!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a piercing, teeth-grinding sound.

Just as the Dragon Lord had predicted, the seemingly invincible Chaos Giant Sword was rapidly disintegrating in the face of the true Water Spirit Rules. The areas on the sword that were washed by the blue divine light were melting away as quickly as ice and snow under the sun, and the massive sword body was dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, Wang Ping's gaze remained calm.

Just as the tip of the Chaos Greatsword was nearly half purified and was about to completely disintegrate, the fortress artifact's boundless cosmic energy was once again poured in frantically.

"Buzz!"

The dim sword suddenly burst forth with an even brighter light than before, and the purified part was instantly reshaped, not only returning to its original state, but also condensing even more energy than before!

The Dragon Lord's will tightened slightly.

But before he could react, Wang Ping pointed his fingers like a sword and made another feint.

"Congeal!"

The second, the third... a total of nine giant swords, also spanning the starry sea, roared out from the seemingly ordinary 'sword talisman' in front of Wang Ping, standing side by side with the first giant sword in the starry sky, their tips all pointing towards the Dragon Lord's azure domain!
"Useless work!"

The Dragon Lord coldly shouted, and with a wave of his dragon claws, the azure tide seemed to come alive, splitting into nine enormous vortexes that swept towards the nine giant swords.

"Chichi~"

A series of piercing sounds of annihilation suddenly filled the air.

Under the crushing force of the azure vortex, the blades of the nine giant swords were also worn down at an astonishing rate.

But the next moment, an even more powerful surge of cosmic energy rushed in!

The parts that had just been worn away were instantly restored. Not only that, but with another thought from Wang Ping, nine more giant swords condensed and took shape!

Destruction and reconstruction.

Purification and regeneration.

Beneath this starry sky, the most extreme and brutal confrontation is unfolding.

With his unparalleled cultivation and absolute control over the rules of water, the Dragon Lord attempted to forcefully suppress Wang Ping.

Wang Ping, relying on the inexhaustible cosmic primordial energy provided by the fortress's magical artifacts, attempted to break through the Dragon Lord's suppression and reactivate the wood spirit within his body.

One sword was purified, and two more were immediately reshaped!
Two were destroyed, and four new ones were born instantly!
The number of giant swords did not decrease, but increased instead, from the initial nine to eighteen, thirty-six... In the end, there were hundreds and thousands of chaotic giant swords that traversed the starry sea, densely arranged in the starry sky. The magnificent energy they emitted even illuminated the Dragon Lord's azure domain as a chaotic mess!
Individually speaking, these giant swords are indeed no match for the Dragon Lord's water elemental rules and would be quickly purified.

But there are too many of them!

Moreover, it can be reborn immediately after destruction!
Each purification by the Dragon Lord requires the consumption of its own water elemental energy, while Wang Ping's "reshaping" seems to consume an inexhaustible amount.

Beneath the distant starry sky, the Dragon Lord's cold, vertical pupils reflected the dense, seemingly endless forest of chaotic swords. His usually calm and composed mind finally stirred with a barely perceptible ripple.

"How can this be?"

This mind-blowing event gave Long Jun a bad feeling, but he quickly suppressed it, his consciousness rapidly capturing all the water elemental energy beneath the starry sky. (End of Chapter)