There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Li Miaolin, Que Cai, and the others who had evacuated to the outer planet all looked towards the edge of the starry sky at the same time. The starry sky reflected in their eyes was now completely covered by extreme light.

The starry sky where they were located was activated by the water elemental energy, and boundless colorful nebulae appeared, colliding violently on a cosmic scale. The starry sky covered by light presented a bizarre and magnificent stream of light, as if a god was using stars as paint to splash wantonly on a pitch-black canvas.

What shocked them even more was that they were unable to effectively construct spells or even mobilize spiritual energy.

"this…"

Li Miaolin wanted to say something, but couldn't. He could clearly feel that the wood elemental energy in his spiritual veins was becoming restless and uncontrollable, as if responding to the vast and boundless power of the same origin in the distance. He felt both familiar and instinctively fearful, which forced him to expend a lot of mental energy to barely suppress the abnormal movement of his own magical power.

Que Cai, Xia Wenyi, Miao Qing, and many other wood cultivators were in the same state. Those who did not cultivate wood spirit, such as Luo Feng, Tong Yu Dao Ren, and Ke Yue, were also in the same state because the rules of the five elements in the starry sky were disturbed.

"Is this what it looks like when a True Lord fights with all his might?" Tongyu Daoist's voice was hoarse. He found it difficult to even float stably in the void because the surrounding gravitational field had become disordered.

Behind them, the core disciples of the three realms were in an even worse state. Many of them were pale and their breathing was disordered. They had to rely on the protection of the flying boat formation to stabilize themselves. Their eyes were filled with shock and confusion as they looked at the chaotic starry sky in the distance.

As soon as Tongyu Daoren finished speaking, the water elemental energy of the entire star system was completely stirred up, and the anomalies under the starry sky became more obvious at this moment. The first abnormality was in gravity.

Beneath this starry sky, the orbits of all the planets trembled slightly, visible to the naked eye. The gravitational fields of the planets orbiting the inner ring star field began to become disordered, with gravity increasing sharply in some areas and decreasing sharply in others, causing objects to float inexplicably.

Even more terrifying is the rampage of tidal forces!
All the planets with oceans saw their oceans unleash devastating waves thousands of meters high, crashing wildly against the continental shelves. The iconic giant moon of Zhongzhou Star even had spiderweb-like cracks appearing on its surface, as if it were about to be torn apart by an invisible force at any moment.

Even more terrifying is that the speed of light becomes constant in the core area of ​​the battlefield, the flow of time becomes fast and slow, the basic structure of matter becomes unstable, and the spatial refractive index of some areas changes wildly, causing the positions of stars to appear distorted and jump, as if observing everything through swaying water.

The water elemental energy, a vast energy that forms the basic cycle of the universe, was forcibly conscripted by the Dragon Lord, causing this starry sky to appear to be split apart. Endless waves seemed to echo across the starry sky, trying to submerge the stars.

With the Dragon Lord at its core, the boundless universe transforms into a deep blue kingdom, where the vast water elemental energy freezes time and space, cleanses all things, and exudes a cold majesty that can end everything.

For the hundreds of millions of ordinary beings living in various ecological zones and even the native planet of Zhongzhou, this moment is tantamount to the end of the world.

The sky was no longer the color they were familiar with, but had turned into a deep blue, as if the entire starry sky had turned into a frozen glacier. Day and night were completely chaotic, the stars twinkled disorderly, and there were even terrifying illusions of multiple suns or moons appearing at the same time.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and magnetic field disturbances—various natural disasters are simultaneously unfolding in every inhabited world. Magnificent buildings constructed with rune technology in cities are collapsing in large numbers, energy networks are overloaded, and piercing alarms are blaring in every corner. People kneel in fear and pray or flee in despair.

Countless cultivators in the cultivation world felt even more desperate. They could clearly feel the power they had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds or even thousands of years slipping away from them at this moment.

At this moment, a profound sense of powerlessness and awe stemming from the instinct of life gripped the hearts of every onlooker, and only now did they truly understand what a True Monarch was.

However, knowledgeable cultivators such as Zi Luan and Li Miaolin had only one question in their minds: Why was only the water elemental energy stirring up the rules of the starry sky, but the wood elemental energy was nowhere to be seen?

Amidst this sentiment, some are worried, while others are happy.

Just then, a long, deep echo resounded beneath the starry sky, like the sound of a bell, yet also like the sound of a drum.

In that instant when the long, deep sound echoed through the starry sky.

Wang Ping, who had been suppressed by the Dragon Lord's vast water spirit rules, suddenly had his almost stagnant emerald light suddenly boil over!

The boundless primordial energy provided by the fortress's magical artifacts finally accumulated to a critical point at this moment, transforming into an energy torrent that was both extremely pure and extremely violent, surging out of the Wood Spirit World in the most tyrannical manner!

"break!"

Wang Ping uttered a cold syllable.

No tricks, no variations, just the purest torrent of energy!
"Click~"

A crisp sound, like glass shattering, exploded at the level of rules!

The azure domain surrounding Wang Ping, constructed by the Dragon Lord's "Mirror Flower Water Moon" and the power of purification, was actually forced open by this unreasonable and boundless energy, creating a tiny crack.

Although it was just a tiny, insignificant crack, it was enough for Wang Ping.

The moment the crack appeared, the wood spirit within Wang Ping, which had been suppressed like a dormant volcano, seemed to finally find an outlet, letting out a silent yet passionate roar.

"Om~"

A boundless vitality revived from his body, and the originally swaying and dim Jianmu phantom suddenly solidified. The Wood Spirit World seemed to be injected with a seed of life source, expanding wildly at an unprecedented speed!

Then, the emerald light pierced through the crack, and the wood spirit's rules, containing the characteristics of 'growth,' 'corrosion,' 'space,' and 'time,' became clear again.

Wang Ping stood in the center of the newly unfolded Wood Spirit World, the illusory image of Jianmu merging with his own. Yu Lian's consciousness echoed in Wang Ping's spiritual sea: "If the power of the Star Sea is enough to defeat the Dragon Lord's attack, then this matter becomes simple."

"But he couldn't defeat him, and it was because he lacked confidence and dared not use his full strength!"

While responding in his spiritual sea, Wang Ping used his primordial spirit to probe the star sea within the fortress artifact. He confirmed that the human consciousness within the star sea was temporarily functioning correctly. Just as the Dragon Lord's true form was about to manifest, he formed a hand seal and used the fortress artifact again to construct an energy-impacting array within the Wood Spirit World.

Just as the Dragon Lord's true form was about to be fully revealed, Wang Ping had already completed the hand seals.

Deep within the Wood Spirit World, the energy array constructed from the fortress's magical artifacts suddenly shone with a blinding white light. Then, a pure white energy beam, with a diameter comparable to a small planet, erupted violently, instantly traversing the void and bombarding the starry sky manifested by the Dragon Lord.

Wherever this beam of light passed, the surrounding space exhibited a bizarre lensing effect. Distant stars were stretched into strange ring-shaped arcs of light, and extreme flares that could not be described by any color erupted at the intersection of pure white energy and azure water light, their brightness even briefly surpassing that of stars.

"Boom~"

With a deafening roar, the True Lords watching from the sidelines were startled. They then saw visible ripples spreading across the space where the two energies merged, instantly transforming all matter in the starry sky into elementary particles wherever these ripples touched.

Faced with this violent energy bombardment, the Dragon Lord's vertical pupils, hidden in the water light, narrowed slightly. He raised his giant claw covered with azure dragon scales, and the water elemental rules flowing between his claws transformed into an absolute zero barrier.

The pure white energy beam crashed violently into the ice-blue barrier, producing the most extreme sound of energy annihilation. The temperature at the point of impact instantly surpassed the physical limit, but was frozen at absolute zero in the next moment.

Wang Ping was not surprised that the Dragon Lord could easily block the attack, since it was just a pure energy impact.

However, before the first energy beam was completely extinguished, a second, third, and tenth pure white energy beam of the same size erupted from the depths of the Wood Spirit World. They bombarded the area relentlessly, like a galaxy bursting its banks.

The Dragon Lord remained composed, but as hundreds and thousands of bombardments continued to strike, the azure kingdom surrounding him began to tremble violently, and for the first time, tiny cracks appeared on the absolute zero barrier.

Moreover, all of this happened in the blink of an eye. Wang Ping knew very well that these energy impacts could not harm the Dragon Lord in the slightest. However, his intention was not to harm the Dragon Lord, but to buy himself some time to adjust his condition.

Just as the thousands of pure white energy beams suppressed the Dragon Lord, the outline of the Jianmu phantom in the Wood Spirit World became clearer and clearer. Five talismans appeared beside Wang Ping, and his body was illuminated by a green light that made every corner of the Wood Spirit World bright.

At this moment, the wood spirit within Wang Ping's body was no longer as sluggish as it had been when it was suppressed. His consciousness could perceive the wood spirit energy in every inch of this starry sky, and the first thing he did was to investigate the state of the star sea.

"Senior, let's stop for now."

Wang Ping spoke softly because he sensed that Xinghai was a little too excited. As he spoke, he activated the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' array in the fortress space, forcibly defining Xinghai's human consciousness.

When the feedback from the rules arrived, Wang Ping forcibly suppressed it. Then, Xinghai's voice rang in his ears: "Sorry, this is the first time I've used this energy to such a great extent, and I got a little carried away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xinghai materialized into a figure beside Wang Ping.

Wang Ping didn't look at the starry sea. The Wood Spirit World around him was hidden in the Wood Spirit Qi, and a cloud of auspiciousness rose beneath his feet. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the demonic Qi world in the distance that was about to collapse.
This seemingly insignificant point is as if it has triggered a switch in the universe.

Originally, Wu Nian's primordial spirit, which had been hiding deep within the demonic world due to the suppression of the Dragon Lord's Water Spirit Rules and was trying to escape the calamity by taking advantage of the chaos, suddenly felt an irresistible force of confinement surging in from all directions!
Wu Nian couldn't even fully convey a single thought of begging for mercy before being completely sealed within the ever-shrinking remnants of demonic energy. In the end, he transformed into a chaotic bead no bigger than a fist, which fell into Wang Ping's outstretched palm.

Holding the bead that sealed the Wunian Yuanshen in his hand, Wang Ping calmly looked at the enormous figure deep within the Azure Kingdom. At this moment, the Dragon Lord's massive body had been fully revealed.

"Fellow Daoist's plan has failed."

Wang Ping's voice was light, yet it could penetrate the starry sky.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yan, Quan Xing, Niu Pan, Zang Yi, Yue Xi, Zhi Xin, and Pei Daoren transformed into streaks of light and landed behind him.

Meanwhile, Tiangong, Diwen, Wangxian, Houji, Aoyi, and the other five realms of the Star God Alliance landed on either side of the Dragon Lord, each with a mysterious light flowing around them, looking at Wang Ping and the others with great apprehension.

"Just an insignificant pawn."

The Dragon Lord's voice was deep and powerful. As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Wu and Bai Xin emerged from the azure water kingdom. The two of them possessed powerful auras, comparable to Xuanmen and Tianmen cultivators who had just entered the fifth realm. Clearly, they had taken the first step of the Great Luo Realm with the Dragon Lord's help.

Quan Xing sensed the presence of the two men and exchanged a glance with Niu Pan beside him, both feeling somewhat apprehensive.

However, Wang Ping did not see the two figures. He looked at Long Jun and said, "Long Jun's plan is rather crude and underestimates me too much."

The dragon king tilted his massive head forward slightly, looked at Wang Ping, and said, "I will never underestimate you again."

As the two conversed, the five elements and yin-yang rules intertwined in the starry sky slowly solidified, seemingly about to materialize, but ultimately lacked true yang energy and yang harmony power.

All the cultivators of the fourth realm who were watching from the vicinity of the outer planet felt a shiver originating from the depths of their consciousness!

Beneath this starry sky, almost all the cultivators of the Five Realms have gathered here, which means that the upcoming battle will be a full-scale war that will sweep across all cultivators of the Five Realms in this starry sky.

Once war breaks out, there will be no room for maneuver, and the entire star system's structure and even the rules of the starry sky may be completely rewritten!

"gollum"

Tongyu Daoist swallowed a mouthful of Taiyin spiritual energy with difficulty, opened his mouth as if to say something, but found that something was blocking his chest, making him unable to utter a single word.

Li Miaolin clenched his fists tightly, gazing at the faintly visible network of rules in the starry sky. Behind him, the spiritual veins of the disciples in the three realms were already running wildly out of control, and some of them even lost their Dao hearts and collapsed to the ground.

The deathly silence of the starry sky lasted for a moment before the Dragon Lord spoke again: "If you, fellow Daoist, choose to leave this starry sky on your own, I can pretend nothing happened."

Upon hearing this, the starry sky fell silent once more. Tiangong, who was standing beside Longjun, instinctively lowered his head upon recalling Wang Ping's formidable strength. This was his instinct, which made him avoid Wang Ping's wrath.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping showed no anger whatsoever; instead, a faint, ambiguous smile appeared on his face as he said:
"Dragon Lord, you jest. I was born here, grew up here, and my lineage was passed down here. This starry sky is my root. How could I retreat? And where would I retreat to?"

His eyes reflected the Dragon Lord's massive body, and he laughed, "It seems that you are determined to have a fight, fellow Daoist."

"It is not that I insist, but that you, fellow Daoist, are ignorant of the will of Heaven and are obstructing my path." The Dragon Lord's voice boomed, carrying a final declaration, "Since you are unwilling to leave on your own, then stay!"

And just as the Dragon King uttered the words "Stay"—

"Boom~"

Centered on Long Jun and Wang Ping, two immense, suppressed auras erupted and collided like two supernovae! (End of Chapter)