Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

In an instant, the world seemed to shatter under the collision of that vast Buddha's palm and the majestic sword, returning to chaos and nothingness.

In the vast chaos, there was no primordial energy, no spiritual energy, and no rotation of the five elements.

The laws of life and death, the five elements, yin and yang, and so on, all vanished at this moment. All kinds of restrictions were shattered. When Venerable Zhenhe looked at the vast chaos in which he could not sense any starlight, primordial energy, fortune, or creation, even with the ten-thousand-foot-tall Buddha image behind him, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart.

This sword strike actually reversed the course of time and space, pulling him into this universe that seemed to be in the final chaos.

The final calamity of chaos is said to be difficult even for pure Yang beings who transcend the Three Realms and are not within the Five Elements to escape!
The firm resolve in his heart began to waver unconsciously. Venerable Zhenhe exerted all his senses and divine awareness, but could not find any trace of Jiang Sheng.

Just as Venerable Zhenhe was becoming increasingly agitated by the escalating calamity and impending doom within this chaotic realm, the sound of rushing water came from nearby.

"Good timing!"

Venerable Zhenhe activated the Buddha's Dharma form, and with all his supernatural powers, struck the flowing water with his palm. In an instant, chaos shattered, all sounds ceased, and only a long river stretching across the past and future, piercing through the present void, appeared before Venerable Zhenhe's eyes.

This long river is magnificent and dazzling, with the colors of five-colored glass and the form of chaos and reality. Its surging waves reach the sky and rush towards Venerable Zhenhe, its momentum swallowing the universe and unstoppable.

The river of time?!
Venerable Zhenhe had not expected that his palm strike would shatter the universe and create the River of Time. He was somewhat flustered and confused, but in the next moment he realized something was wrong: what was not the surging and mighty River of Time was clearly a dazzling sword light!

The sword light crashed down, splitting the river of time in two and shattering the years and the past!

In an instant, a question arose in Venerable Zhenhe's mind: What is creation?

If Jiang Sheng knew about Zhenhe Zunzhe's doubts, he would surely tell him: Creation is the origin of Yin and Yang, and the source of all things.

However, although Jiang Sheng did not use words to answer Venerable Zhenhe's questions, he demonstrated to Venerable Zhenhe what creation is and what the creation process is through his actions.

In the next instant, time split and the sword light fell. Venerable Zhenhe saw that as the sword parted the river of time, the chaotic universe was greatly different.

A gentle breeze rises and the mysterious water flows; purple lightning is born and the crimson fire ignites. As wind, water, thunder, and fire manifest, primordial energy and spiritual energy are generated in the collision of wind, thunder, water, and fire. Subsequently, the five elements rotate, and yin and yang, light and shadow, all are generated, and all things are renewed.

Gazing upon the scene before him, which seemed to be the beginning of the world after the destruction of the universe, Venerable Zhenhe was filled with great wisdom: "With a single sword strike, time is divided; with the birth of the four elements, all things are illuminated."

"So this is how the Creator of Yin and Yang works."

At this moment, the sword that created the world crashed down, and the Buddha image behind Venerable Zhenhe shattered and collapsed instantly. Venerable Zhenhe himself was also cleaved away and flew more than 30,000 miles away.

As the universe shattered and everything returned to the present world, Venerable Zhenhe, who had been sent flying, had incredibly bright eyes: "So, this is the creation of destiny!"

In an instant, the balance of power reversed. Not only did the Fifth Tribulation Daoists like Jin Ni, Bai Jia, and Ying Tian fail to understand, but even Mahayana powerhouses like Venerable Pushe, Immortal Lord Fuyun, Emperor Tianyun, and Emperor Liuyuan failed to see it clearly.

"What's going on?!"

"Didn't Zhenhe think she had victory in the bag? How did she lose?"

For a moment, whether it was the Five Tribulations Dao Children of all the heavens and myriad realms or the Mahayana powerhouses, a trace of surprise and doubt arose in their hearts.

It's not entirely their fault, really. They only saw Venerable Zhenhe activating the Buddha's Dharma form to suppress Jiang Sheng with overwhelming power.

Then, somehow, a lotus flower, half green and half black, grew vigorously and overturned the Buddha kingdom in the palm of his hand that blotted out the sky.

Immediately, wind, thunder, water, and fire swirled and surged through the heavens and earth. One after another, the Azure Lotus flowers spread across the four directions like a tide. Then, a mottled and dazzling sword technique, resembling the color of chaos, was born from the boundless Azure Lotus flowers. The majestic and vast Buddha Dharma Link, along with Venerable Zhenhe himself, was slashed away, the magic broken by a single sword.

The myriad geniuses of the Panrong Garden could not see it clearly, but the immortals, Buddhas, and saints in the Lingxiao Palace could see it clearly: that sword was the combination of the four symbols and five elements, the transformation of the three calamities and the end of the tribulations, thus creating creation from the destruction of yin and yang, restoring the beginning of heaven and earth.

It manifests through the interplay of Yin and Yang, and illuminates the calamity by dispelling chaos.

This is Jiang Sheng's fifth sword technique, the Heaven-Slaying Sword Art: The Creation of Creation.

Jingxuan Daojun looked at Zhenque Bodhisattva with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Zhenque, it seems that I am going to win this bet."

Bodhisattva Zhenque remained calm: "The outcome is not yet fully decided, why are you in such a hurry, fellow Daoist?"

Despite saying this, Bodhisattva Zhenque had already given up hope that Zhenhe could win. From the moment Jiang Sheng unleashed that sword that manifested creation, Bodhisattva Zhenque knew that Zhenhe and Jiang Sheng were not even on the same level. Jiang Sheng's sword that manifested creation demonstrated a level of understanding and manifestation of the laws of the Great Dao that Zhenhe could not even come close to.

Time, Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, cause and effect, creation...

When all the powers of the Great Dao are combined into one, they transform into a unified sword. How could the might of such a Great Dao be resisted by a single Great Vehicle?
Moreover, for a Mahayana cultivator to face a junior at the third stage of the Integration Realm, relying on his cultivation level to make the first move, and still being killed, is essentially a complete loss of face and substance.

If Zhenhe's upper limit is Mahayana, and the current state is Zhenhe's peak, then Jiang Sheng's upper limit is far beyond Mahayana; his peak is still in the distant future.

Bodhisattva Zhenque knew that in this battle, not only Zhenhe would lose, but also Fahui and the Great Lingyin Temple of the Western Heaven... Thinking of this, Bodhisattva Zhenque looked at Zhenhe in the Banyan Garden with a hint of anger: either don't stand up for Fahui, or fight to the death.

Now you've tried to stand up for yourself and still failed, and showing your face only made you expose your backside. Zhenhe, you deserve to die!
The Sword of Creation is a sword whose power Jiang Sheng can only fully unleash when he is in the Integration Realm. It requires the power of the Three Flowers and the essence of the Five Elements. When the sword is unleashed, it can not only destroy all laws and reverse time, but also erase cause and effect and create creation.

Back in the Nine Provinces, the Azure Wave Dragon King attempted to challenge Jiang Sheng's Creation Technique. At that time, there were no restrictions or laws, yet the Azure Wave Dragon King was still slashed by Jiang Sheng's sword, his palm bleeding profusely and he almost lost a hand.

That was Jiang Sheng during the great calamity.

Now that Jiang Sheng has completed his great tribulation, he has tempered himself and his magical treasures with his fortune and merits, and nurtured the original forms of the Five Elements and the Five Emperors. Although he is still at the level of a three-tribulation cultivator, he is enough to rival the Mahayana cultivator. How could a single Zhenhe possibly suppress him?
As Venerable Zhenhe was cleaved away by a single sword strike, the sword energy of creation invaded his body, rampaging through his meridians and acupoints, ravaging his internal organs, muscles, and bones. Even with Venerable Zhenhe's powerful Bodhi Dharma body, he was cut to a bloody pulp by this sword energy that extinguished Yin and Yang to create the beginning of creation. His entire body of Buddhist Dharma was eroded by the Yin-Yang calamity and became difficult to mobilize.

Moreover, this sharp sword energy had not yet entered Venerable Zhenhe's dantian, purple mansion, or sea of ​​consciousness. This was not only a sword strike aimed at the physical body, but also a sword strike aimed at the soul.

Within the vast Bodhi sea of ​​consciousness of Venerable Zhenhe, the true spirit sat cross-legged in the center with its back to Bodhi, surrounded by golden lotuses that rose and fell, resisting the sharp and fierce sword energy.

These sword energies not only attempted to shatter Venerable Zhenhe's sea of ​​consciousness, but also tried to destroy Venerable Zhenhe's Dao Fruit True Spirit. Venerable Zhenhe had no choice but to ignore external objects and concentrate on dealing with the sword energy's erosion.

After all, within its true spirit, on that divine soul identical to that of Venerable Zhenhe, there had already appeared mottled, fragmented marks resembling the evolution of chaos. Even with Venerable Zhenhe's powerful Mahayana-level divine soul strength, it was difficult to remove them in a short time.

That was the injury left on Venerable Zhenhe by Jiang Shengyan's sword that broke his magic.

At this moment, Venerable Zhenhe had no mind to deal with these things, because Jiang Sheng's pursuit had already arrived!

With a single strike of Creation, the Four Swords of Slaughter and Deception that Jiang Sheng had used to temporarily block the Buddha Kingdom in his palm immediately shot through the air on Jiang Sheng's command.

In an instant, the four swords of annihilation and annihilation transformed into four long rainbows, piercing the void and spanning the ages, shimmering with wind, thunder, water, and fire, stirring the final calamities of the three catastrophes. The four dazzling sword energies locked onto Venerable Zhenhe and slashed down. Realizing the impending life-or-death crisis, Venerable Zhenhe hurriedly activated his twenty-four Buddhist beads to defend himself, but unexpectedly, the four swords of annihilation and annihilation trembled slightly, then split into four parts, eight parts, sixteen parts, sixteen parts, and thirty-two parts…

In the blink of an eye, the original four swords of Zhulu Xianjue transformed into thirty-two startling streaks.

Twenty-four streaks shot out to intercept the twenty-four Buddhist beads flying and speeding through the sky, while the remaining eight streaks, with blue, purple, vermilion, and black as their ribbons, slashed down from all directions!
In an instant, a dazzling golden light shot into the sky. Everyone in the Banyan Garden looked closely and saw that Venerable Zhenhe was surrounded by golden light, and the four swords of annihilation and entrapment had already pierced through his body.

At this moment, Venerable Zhenhe was in a terrible state, no longer possessing the kind and benevolent image of a high monk, nor the arrogant and majestic demeanor he had when suppressing Jiang Sheng with the Buddha Kingdom in his palm.

The monk's robe of Venerable Zhenhe was torn to shreds by the sword energy, resembling tattered cloth. The protective Buddhist light around him dimmed and collapsed, and his indestructible body was cracked in many places. The four swords of annihilation and entrapment pierced through Venerable Zhenhe's dantian, purple mansion, heart, lungs, and internal organs. The sword energy of the Three Calamities and the sword intent of the final calamity had already eroded into his marrow, making Venerable Zhenhe's breath weak, like a candle flickering in the wind.

buzzing...

As the four swords hummed, the golden light finally repelled them.

Four swords flew through the air, twirling and leaping, slashing through the Banyan Garden, leaving behind sword marks that seemed to tear through the void and space, as if venting their fierce anger.

After the four swords left his body, Venerable Zhenhe breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to escape from the brink of death.

"Zhenhe Venerable".

Jiang Sheng's voice made Venerable Zhenhe barely raise his head. He saw a Taoist in a blue crown and black robe standing in front of him, with the four fierce swords of Execution and Trapping flying around him: "You lost this battle, but even without this golden light protecting your life, I will not kill you."

"It's not a bad thing for the Eastern Heaven Daoist family to leave a Mahayana cultivator who can't even defeat a cultivator at the third stage of the Integration Realm. Moreover, as long as you have a breath left, everyone will remember how you were defeated by my sword."

“Venerable Zhenhe, I hope that when we meet again, you will still have the courage to attack me. Until we meet again.”

Jiang Sheng was clearly smiling, but to Venerable Zhenhe, he appeared utterly terrifying.

Recalling that terrifying sword strike that manifested the power of creation, recalling the four sword strikes that pierced through the protective Buddhist light and the body of the Immovable King, directly penetrating the internal organs and soul.

The feeling of impending doom and impending death washed over Venerable Zhenhe, making him tremble.

Death is the only hardship throughout the ages. When he truly faced death, the immense terror between life and death made Venerable Zhenhe realize that no matter how well he prepared in the future, he would never be a match for Jiang Sheng.

The Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique had already left an indelible mark on Venerable Zhenhe's bones and soul. Every time he saw Jiang Sheng in the future, Venerable Zhenhe would recall the humiliation of being defeated by Jiang Sheng on that day and the fear between life and death.

It can be said that when Venerable Zhenhe encounters Jiang Sheng in the future, his strength will be reduced by at least 30%.

As the golden light dissipated, Venerable Zhenhe was led away. Everyone in the Banyan Garden looked at Jiang Sheng with horror on their faces. It was not terrible that a cultivator with the cultivation of the Third Tribulation defeated a Mahayana cultivator. What was terrible was that Jiang Sheng almost caused Venerable Zhenhe to perish!
What's even more frightening is Jiang Sheng's composure and calm demeanor, which means that even when fighting Zhenhe Venerable with all his might, Jiang Sheng's energy expenditure was not much, and it could even be said that he maintained his full combat strength.

How could such a Three Tribulations True Lord not arouse the astonishment and awe of the people?
Amidst the crowd of people who either looked on with awe or envy, Fa Hui's face was extremely grim.

Venerable Zhenhe was defeated, and not only that, he didn't leave Jiang Sheng with any injury that could affect the outcome of the battle, which was hard for Fa Hui to accept.

However, Fa Hui had no time to ponder these matters. Before he knew it, Venerable Xingyue of Jinchan Temple and Wangsheng Mingwang of Tianlong Temple had appeared on his left and right sides, restraining him.

“Fahui, you sent a Mahayana practitioner to attack me, and I will accept it.”

"Now that I am using Mahayana Buddhism to restrain you, how will you respond?"

Jiang Sheng drew his sword and approached Fa Hui. The Qingping Sword in his hand, tempered by fortune and merit, was surrounded by the sword energy of the Three Calamities and Annihilation, as if it were about to unleash a world-shaking strike at any moment.

Fa Hui stared at the Qingping Sword with extreme apprehension. He could not ignore this magic sword that was neither afraid of fate nor bound by karma.

Jiang Sheng's sword strike, which manifested the power of creation, was indeed powerful, but without the blessing of this sword of fortune and merit, it would have been absolutely impossible to severely injure Venerable Zhenhe with a single strike.

Fa Hui saw it clearly: when the sword that created creation struck down, the three flowers on Venerable Zhenhe's head were almost cut off. If it weren't for that, Venerable Zhenhe wouldn't have been so severely injured by the ensuing killing blow.

The protective Buddha light and the body of the Immovable King of Buddhas of Zhenhe were already breached when facing the sword strike of the Creation Manifestation.

At this moment, Jiang Sheng, who was in the midst of his momentum, arrived with his sword drawn. With Venerable Xingyue and King Wangsheng restraining him from both sides, Fa Hui had no way to avoid it. He couldn't even leave the scene in advance, because when he was about to pick the Sun Fruit, Venerable Xingyue and King Wangsheng locked onto him and made their move to stop him.

Fa Hui asked Venerable Zhenhe to stop Jiang Sheng, but Jiang Sheng then asked Venerable Xingyue and the King of Rebirth to restrain Fa Hui. In this back-and-forth, who could say anything wrong about Jiang Sheng?
"I would be grateful if you two could lend a hand. You can leave Fa Hui to me. Whether it's the Sun Fruit or the Moon Fruit, they are both rare and precious celestial fruits. You two should not miss them."

Venerable Xingyue and King Wangsheng understood that Jiang Sheng was taking the blame for his attack on Dalingyin Temple. So the two Mahayana practitioners nodded and left to seek their own opportunities.

Fa Hui, facing Jiang Sheng, finally sighed and said with a bitter smile, "I still haven't won against you, fellow Daoist..."

Jiang Sheng slowly raised his sword: "If you can withstand this sword strike, you can proceed to the seventh level. If you cannot, then you must leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, the power of the Three Calamities, the aura of the Four Symbols, and the method of the final calamity and destiny all swirled around the Qingping Sword, finally transforming into a mottled sword light less than three inches long.

The sword light, though only three inches long, made Fa Hui's eyes widen and he felt his soul tremble: from that sword light, Fa Hui sensed a crisis of certain death!
"Intercepting Heaven, Manifesting Creation!"

Jiang Sheng murmured as he wielded his sword, and boundless azure lotus flowers intertwined and spread into a sea. The magnificent sword energy soared into the sky, and with the power to cleave the earth and open the heavens, it crashed down with the might to destroy chaos.

With a single sword strike, Fa Hui vanished without a trace, leaving only specks of golden light that seemed to be telling a story.

Under the awe-inspiring gazes of the crowd, Jiang Sheng slowly stepped forward and reached out to pluck the sun fruit that Fa Hui had set her sights on.

As soon as he acquired the fruit, a vast and boundless golden light swept over him, and in the blink of an eye, Jiang Sheng entered another world.

Between heaven and earth, only golden lotuses like a sea, moonlit waters rippling, and the boundless, immortal banyan tree standing in the very center of heaven and earth, eternally unyielding.

"The Golden Mother said that I should take out one or two Pure Yang Fruits and distribute them to the juniors who are competing this time."

"I looked around, and out of this bunch of oddballs, you're the most pleasing to the eye. The others barely deserve the Sun Fruit and Moon Fruit, let alone the Pure Yang Fruit, but you're different!"

“You are truly of pure Yang nature, you have good fortune and destiny, and you possess merit and supernatural powers. I am willing to form this karmic bond with you.”

"Take it. It contains a Pure Yang Immortal Fruit, the method of life and death reincarnation, and the Dao of Yin and Yang creation." (End of Chapter)