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Chapter 1116 Everything is Predestined

Two completely different 'rules' squeezed and repelled each other, and then an invisible ring-shaped ripple spread out from the two of them, causing the space to ripple violently wherever the ripple passed.

The first to be affected were the True Lords of the Fifth Realm around them.

As the cool moonlight surrounding Bai Yan dimmed, he didn't hesitate to transform into a shadow and fly backward. At the same time, his sleeves fluttered, and the 'Netherworld Barrier' instantly unfolded, protecting Quan Xing, Zang Yi, and the others behind him.

On one side of the Dragon Lord's camp, the metal runes that had solidified beneath Tiangong's feet shattered inch by inch, and he was sent flying backward by an invisible force. The Xuanhuang light around Diwen Zhenjun flickered like a candle in the wind, and the illusory shadow of the ground beneath his feet flickered uncertainly.

The others, such as Zhu Wu and Bai Xin, changed their expressions drastically, and the demonic clouds around them almost dissipated.

"Don't let anyone else disturb Fellow Daoist Changqing's battle with the Dragon Lord!"

Bai Yan's voice rang out in the spiritual seas of Quan Xing and the others. He took the lead in transforming into a stream of light and actively greeted Di Wen Zhenjun, Tian Gong, and Ao Yi. As the four beams of light converged, the Xuanhuang light where Di Wen Zhenjun was located retreated rapidly, clearly not wanting to join the battle.

Quan Xing let out a sharp cry, his figure merging into the void, and the next moment he appeared beside Zhu Wu, his sharp claws tearing at him with the remaining power of the 'Spirit Devouring Black Hole'.

On the other side, Niu Pan roared, stepping on 'Star Chain Stomp', and charged towards Bai Xin like a mountain.

Zang Yi and Yue Xi then approached Wang Xuan and Hou Ji, while Zhi Xin and Pei Daoren locked onto the other five realm star gods.

In an instant, the two opposing True Monarchs of the Fifth Realm engaged in a fierce battle, transforming into streaks of light and rapidly moving away from the central star field where Wang Ping and the Dragon Lord were located, leaving this most dangerous battlefield entirely to them.

Without the 'interference' of other True Lords, the Dragon Lord's 'Water Spirit Kingdom' and Wang Ping's 'Wood Spirit World' were fully deployed, clearly separating this starry sky.

On one side is the vast, boundless blue sky, and on the other side is the vibrant, verdant green.

At the boundary between the two domains, the light was completely swallowed up, leaving only the most direct collision and annihilation of the rules. The concept of gravity disappeared here, and the basic structure of matter became extremely unstable.

In this extreme atmosphere of oppression, the Dragon Lord made the first move.

His massive dragon body swayed leisurely in the azure kingdom, and his giant claws, covered in dragon scales, seemed to casually reach forward. However, above the emerald starry sky where Wang Ping was, the void suddenly collapsed, transforming into a dark wave that stretched across the sea of ​​stars.

This wave is silent and contains extreme 'ice' and 'erosion' properties, aiming to completely freeze and corrupt the life force of the wood spirit.

Almost at the same moment the dark waves appeared, Wang Ping pointed his fingers like a pen and made a light stroke in the air in front of him.

A verdant rune containing the characteristics of 'growth' and 'binding' was instantly formed. The moment the rune was formed, the roots of the Jianmu phantom beneath his feet pierced through the void, and countless illusory roots composed of pure wood spirit energy emerged out of thin air, like agile tentacles that precisely wrapped around the characteristic structure of the waves.

The 'growth' characteristic allows the roots to spread wildly in the waves, drawing on the 'flow' power to nourish themselves; the 'binding' characteristic, on the other hand, acts like invisible chains, attempting to solidify the momentum of the waves.

The dark waves, powerful enough to freeze stars, slowed down visibly, and even began to show emerald green spots on their surface, as if they were about to be assimilated and absorbed by this 'Wood Spirit World'.

"Humph."

The Dragon Lord let out a low, enigmatic hum, and a flash of eerie blue light appeared in his dragon eyes.

The brief probing ended, and the Dragon Lord's ambiguous low groan still echoed; his true offensive had already begun.

With a slight sway of his dragon body, the emerald starry sky where Wang Ping was located suddenly collapsed inward, turning into viscous dead water, carrying the chill of freezing consciousness and the filth of corroding all things. Upon seeing this, Yu Lian instinctively hid inside her sleeve.

Then, the emerald green light around Wang Ping flickered violently, and a slight tearing pain came from the wood spirit meridians in his spiritual body. He tried to mobilize the world's rules to resist, but found that the surrounding rules had been temporarily covered by the Dragon Lord's power.

Wang Ping remained calm. The next moment, his figure vanished rapidly, along with the Wood Spirit World. This was time travel; with a single thought, he transported himself millions of miles away.

At this moment, Wang Ping felt the pressure, which was the pressure brought about by their cultivation levels. After all, the Dragon Lord had completed the first step of the five realms of cultivation, while Wang Ping was only close to the perfection of the first step. This made the two of them very different when using their respective rules.

The current situation is just as Wang Ping had predicted. He is in an invincible position, and the only way is to wear each other down. And what Taiyan cultivators are least afraid of is attrition.

But the Dragon Lord clearly knew this too; he would definitely try every means to finish the battle quickly. Just as Wang Ping's figure stabilized in the distant starry sky, and the Wood Spirit World unfolded again—

The Dragon Lord's massive dragon body suddenly coiled up, and the 'Sea-Stabilizing Pearl' on his forehead burst forth with an unprecedented dark blue light. An invisible consciousness, centered on him, instantly swept across the entire enclosed star system.

At that moment, the oceans of all the planets in the galaxy instantly froze, then solidified into solid ice at a speed visible to the naked eye; water vapor in the atmosphere turned into ice crystals and fell down in a flurry; the water veins deep underground dried up instantly; even the flow of blood in the bodies of living beings became extremely slow.

Endless water elemental energy was forcibly extracted from every corner of the galaxy, transforming into azure torrents that stretched across the starry sky and surged wildly toward the battlefield where the Dragon Lord was located, causing the temperature of the entire galaxy to drop sharply, and even the light seemed to be frozen by this extreme cold.

Those True Monarchs of the Fifth Realm who were fighting each other in the distant starry sky almost simultaneously stopped what they were doing.

Bai Yan's moonlight faltered, and his expression changed slightly as he looked at the gathering torrent of water spirits. The dark yellow light beneath the feet of the Earthly True Monarch, who was watching the battle from afar, fluctuated violently, and he felt the mournful cry of the starry earth beneath his feet.

Tiangong, Quanxing, Niupan, Zangyi, Yuexi... all the True Lords clearly sensed that the foundation for life in this star system was being undermined!
Without any communication, the two opposing forces from the five realms tacitly ceased their fighting at this moment.

Then, Bai Yan transformed into a streak of purple light and teleported to the Zhongzhou Star Ecological Zone via a teleportation array. The Earthly True Monarch's Xuanhuang light, carrying the stars beneath his feet and the earth vein energy that tore through the starry sky, teleported to the nearest teleportation array and then to Zhongzhou Star.

Quan Xing, Niu Pan, Zang Yi, Yue Xi, Zhi Xin, Pei Daoren, and even Zhu Wu, Bai Xin, Wang Xuan, Hou Ji, Ao Yi, and others, regardless of their previous stance, all abandoned their opponents without hesitation at this moment, transforming into streaks of light and rushing towards important ecological regions and life-bearing stars throughout the galaxy.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. It was only afterward that the cultivators of the four realms from each sect reacted and, as quickly as possible, protected their lower-realm disciples and returned to the ecological zone of their sect's territory through various means.

And at this moment, at the absolute core of the battlefield.

The Dragon Lord paid no heed to the actions of the other True Lords within the galaxy. His cold, vertical pupils were fixed solely on Wang Ping, millions of miles away. With a burst of his will, over 70% of the water elemental energy in the entire galaxy was restrained in an instant, transforming into a beam of cold light that enveloped Wang Ping's wood elemental world. This beam of cold light contained all the characteristics of water elemental rules, and was surrounded by densely packed water elemental arrays. At the core of these arrays were magical artifacts radiating water elemental energy. Clearly, the Dragon Lord had come prepared!

The moment the cold light appeared, it completely engulfed Wang Ping and his 'Wood Spirit World'.

"Zi La~"

A piercing freezing sound rang out, the emerald light rapidly dimmed, the Jianmu phantom was covered with dark blue frost, and the wood spirit's rules and veins emitted a mournful cry of breaking under the extreme cold.

Wang Ping's spirit body was instantly permeated by the terrifying cold, the flow of spiritual energy in his body almost stopped, and his consciousness seemed to be frozen. His first thought was to transfer Yu Lian to the core of the fortress's magical artifact, and Yu Lian did not resist.

Despite the Dragon Lord's frenzied attack, Wang Ping's eyes remained cold and clear.

The five talismans around him spun at an unprecedented speed, especially the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman,' which shone with extreme brilliance. At this moment, his entire mind was immersed in the unique perspective brought by the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman.'

In his 'vision', there were countless surging lines of water elemental rules all around. These lines formed the foundation of this cold light. They were vast and complex, carrying the Dragon Lord's unique icy will, like roaring glaciers, threatening to completely destroy his wood elemental existence.

The chill continued to relentlessly erode his spirit, and the Wood Spirit World continued to shrink, but Wang Ping ignored it all. His consciousness flowed upstream along the sensing of the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman,' rapidly traversing and analyzing this raging network of Water Spirit rules.

He is searching.

Search for the sole core that governs all these water-elemental rules, search for the clearest 'anchor point' of the Dragon Lord's will in this network of rules!
The freezing was intensifying, and the edges of his spirit body had begun to blur, a sign that his existence was gradually disintegrating. Wang Ping could actually use the wood elemental energy of the starry sky to fight against it, but he did not do so. He was still searching for the anchor point of the Dragon Lord in the water elemental rules.

A dozen or so breaths passed in the blink of an eye, yet it also seemed like a long time had gone by. A glint flashed in Wang Ping's cold eyes.

He found it!

Just as his spirit was about to be completely frozen, Wang Ping's 'vision' suddenly locked onto a core rule thread hidden deep within countless torrents of rules, which was also most closely connected to the Dragon Lord's physical body!

Meanwhile, countless causes and timelines were constantly changing in Wang Ping's eyes, with scenes of the past, present, and future constantly appearing. The moment Wang Ping locked onto the Dragon Lord's consciousness, all the timelines converged at one point, and Wang Ping deduced the optimal ending.

It's now!

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Ping's eyes, and the gray-black command flag that he had been nurturing suddenly appeared. The twisted and painful human face on the flag emitted a silent shriek, and endless resentment and madness almost burst out of the flag.

"Go ahead..."

Wang Ping reached out as if to seize the rules, and then the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' burst forth with unprecedented light, forcibly capturing the core water spirit rule vein, and in an extremely mysterious way, directly 'defined' the crazy consciousness belonging to 'Su Xin' in the command flag to the Dragon Lord on the other side of the rules, as if grafting it!

In an instant, the command flag, carrying endless resentment and madness, transformed into an invisible stream of light. Following the locked core rule, it crossed the barriers of space and energy and directly crashed into the core of the Dragon Lord's consciousness!
The Dragon Lord, who was doing his best to maintain the ice domain and coldly watching Wang Ping struggle, suddenly stiffened his massive dragon body!
His vertical pupils, which were originally only cold and majestic, suddenly reflected a face that was extremely familiar yet distorted to the extreme. It was the past that he buried deep in his heart and did not want to touch, the obsession and guilt that he had forcibly suppressed with absolute rationality over the long years!

"Do not--"

A dragon's roar, mixed with shock, anger, and even a hint of barely perceptible panic, suddenly erupted from the Dragon King's mouth.

The cold light that swept across the starry sky suddenly became deadly stagnant and disordered as the Dragon Lord's consciousness fluctuated violently. The vast and boundless water elemental power, like an army that had lost its supreme command, was still huge, but instantly lost its precise and deadly coordination!
The core is frozen, and the pressure is greatly reduced!
The almost solidified emerald green light around Wang Ping suddenly surged, and the illusory Jianmu tree behind him shook wildly, instantly shattering the dark blue ice crystals on his body!
But even more terrifying changes followed.

The Dragon Lord, whose deepest taboos had been touched, went completely mad.

His enormous dragon body churned violently in the starry sky, and the water elemental energy he had gathered went completely out of control and ran rampant!
"boom!!!"

Centered on the Dragon Lord, a terrifying azure storm spread wildly in all directions.

Wherever the storm passed, space was frozen into fragile ice crystals, which were then crushed into dust by subsequent forces. Planets that had previously suffered environmental degradation due to the extraction of water essence were now disintegrating like sandcastles in the face of this raging storm of rules.

The protective array surrounding Zhongzhou Star shattered after only half a breath, the continental plates groaned in despair, the oceans were completely evaporated, and other ecological zones were extinguished instantly, like candles in a storm.

The Dragon Lord has already disregarded everything!
However, Wang Ping had no time to spare at that moment.

The moment the mad consciousness of 'Pure Heart' was forcibly 'defined' onto the Dragon Lord, a massive causal feedback also slammed into the core of his consciousness along the temporary rule channel established by the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman'!
"Uh!"

Wang Ping let out a painful groan, and his spirit body, which had just shattered its icy seal, trembled violently.

He wasn't surprised; this was a rule feedback caused by using the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman.' The Dragon Lord's consciousness was even stronger than his in the Five Elements Rule Network. He forcibly defined the other party with the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman,' yet he didn't go crazy because of it. This was also thanks to his previous experience of defining the Star Sea, which made his consciousness incredibly solid.

But he must immediately enter a meditative state to process this causal feedback with his own spiritual cultivation, otherwise his consciousness may collapse!

"Everything is preordained!"

When Wang Ping instinctively whispered the Rain Lotus, it connected with his primordial spirit, providing a sliver of clarity to his consciousness. With this clarity, Wang Ping, along with the Wood Spirit World, disappeared from the original starry sky, instantly returning to Jupiter's orbit. Then, he instinctively detected the Dragon Lord, who had fallen into madness, concealed the Wood Spirit World and his own aura, and entered a meditative state.

However, the madness of the Dragon King outside did not stop, but instead intensified.

Without Wang Ping as a clear target to restrain it, the rampaging water elemental storm became even more chaotic and destructive, and the survival of the entire galaxy, as well as all the living beings struggling to survive within it, hung by a thread.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Dragon Lord suppressed the madness in his consciousness with his powerful cultivation, but his mental state was ultimately damaged, and he needed to go into seclusion as soon as possible to stabilize his human consciousness.

(End of this chapter)