Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

"Penglai Lingyuan, victorious!"

As the celestial official chanted, Jiang Sheng was the first to determine the winner in the twelve-round duel.

Even after leaving the dueling platform, the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord was still in a daze. He had clearly taken Jiang Sheng seriously enough, and had even raised his aura to its peak and used what could be called his trump card when he made his move, yet he was still defeated by Jiang Sheng with a single sword strike!
Is the gap between him and Jiang Sheng really that big?

With a sigh, the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord savored the ultimate sword light that had severed the river of time and cleaved the universe. At that moment, Jiang Sheng's laws and principles were clearly presented before the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord, but he could not find a way to break through them.

"The Thousand-Year-Old Flowing Sky uses starlight as a waterfall, condensing the force of water dripping through stone, connecting the past and present and penetrating the universe."

"Years, stars, time, space... all kinds of laws burst forth in that instant when the star waterfall falls from the sky, which is undeniably powerful."

"However, fellow Daoist, your methods are too mixed. Although time, years, and spacetime are all interconnected Great Daos, it is not easy to integrate and master them."

“Fellow Daoist, you have merely forcibly combined several laws and then unleashed their power, but you have neglected the essence of the Great Dao and the root of the laws. Therefore, this move may seem powerful, but it can still be cut off by a single sword when faced with the ultimate pure Time Law.”

"Fellow Daoist, it is better to have fewer but better things than many and varied ones."

As he was leaving, Jiang Sheng's words echoed in the mind of the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord once again. The Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord could tell that Jiang Sheng was not deliberately showing off how profound his cultivation was, nor was he condescendingly pointing out the flaws in his knowledge, but was simply helping him to fill in the gaps in his understanding.

Looking at Jiang Sheng, who was still on the dueling platform, the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord silently said in his heart, "Ling Yuan, I wish you to go all the way and obtain the position of the Heavenly Lord of Justice."

Meanwhile, in the arena, the remaining eleven duels were proceeding quite fiercely.

Having finished his first match, Jiang Sheng took the opportunity to look around and see who would become his opponents.

On the east side, apart from Jiang Sheng and the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord, the other five scenes were:
Emperor Tianyun battles Venerable Puhua.
Duoming Daoist versus Baiming Demon Lord

Venerable Napusa fought against Venerable Zhidu.
The Fairy of a Hundred Flowers battles Immortal Lord Anping.

The Golden Lion Demon Lord battles the Yuan Hai Demon Lord.

Including the already concluded battle between Jiang Sheng and the Hundred-Year-Old Star Lord, these are the six battles in the Eastern District.

In the West District, it is:
Demon Lord Kui Fang battles Venerable Mi Yin.
Emperor Liuyuan battles against Demon Lord Yingtian.

Demon Lord Qingyu battles Divine Lord Wanmu.

Spring and Autumn God Lord versus Zhenyue Star Lord

The Divine Firmament Emperor versus the Divine Lord Sikong

Fairy Zhenguang battles against True Lord Mikong.

Jiang Sheng only glanced at it briefly before he could tell how the opponents were divided in this battle.

There were 24 winners in the eighth round. The top 12 were divided into the East and West halves of the bracket, ranked 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 respectively. The remaining 12, ranked 13th to 24th, were then assigned to their respective brackets.

The order was crystal clear. If Jiang Sheng wasn't mistaken, his next opponent should be the winner between the Heavenly Fortune Emperor and the Venerable Puhua.

Thinking of this, Jiang Sheng also began to carefully observe the battle between the two.

On the dueling platform, Emperor Tianyun, facing Venerable Puhua's myriad supernatural powers and countless spells, never directly confronted him, but instead dodged repeatedly, as if waiting for something.

Venerable Puhua seemed to realize that allowing Emperor Tianyun to keep dodging would be disadvantageous to him. So, Venerable Puhua casually unleashed a Pure Lotus Observing the Waves Buddhist Light, then gracefully retreated, forming a hand seal, and a vast and radiant Buddhist Dharma image rose from the ground.

"Since Your Majesty is unwilling to engage in a magical contest with this humble monk, why not cede the victory to me?"

As he spoke, Venerable Puhua clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name. Behind Venerable Puhua, the magnificent Buddhist statue raised its right hand and pointed at Emperor Tianyun from afar.

"Watching the waves and listening to the tide!"

In an instant, a sense of alarm arose in the Heavenly Emperor's heart, as if he were being locked onto by some unseen force.

The Dharma image behind Venerable Puhua raised its finger and pointed, and in an instant, it seemed as if a majestic being cast a glance at him. With just that glance, it caused a huge surge in the long river of time!
In an instant, raging waves crashed against the shore, surging tides swept across the heavens and earth, the sound of chanting resonated through time and space, and the vast light of Buddha pierced through all the heavens and myriad realms.

Emperor Tianyun felt as if he were on a vast ocean of countless overlapping times and spaces, struggling like a lone boat in the raging waves of the river of time.

On this vast, boundless sea of ​​countless overlapping times and spaces, a majestic presence, whose form is unseen, whose voice is heard, and whose shape is indistinguishable, stands silently. Amidst the chanting of Buddhist hymns, countless surging waves crash and overlap, washing away the passage of time and smoothing out the years.

In just a brief moment, as the waves of chanting overwhelmed the heavens, the Heavenly Emperor had already sunk into the vast ocean and disappeared without a trace.

"call…"

Venerable Puhua slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, feeling much more at ease: He had to admit that the Heavenly Fortune Emperor, who had remained silent all along, had put immense pressure on him.

It wasn't just because Emperor Tianyun was a Mahayana deity, but also because the crystal heart within Venerable Puhua's body was constantly warning him that something bad would happen if Emperor Tianyun continued to evade.

Therefore, Venerable Puhua did not hesitate to use his trump card, ending the battle quickly with his strongest attack.

After all, once the Heavenly Fortune Emperor is defeated, all his schemes will be in vain.

Venerable Puhua was very confident in his trump card. He was not a lucky person from the middle thousand worlds like Emperor Tianyun. He was a Venerable from Jinglian Temple in Shaoguang Realm and a direct disciple of the Great Bodhisattva Jinglian Guanshi.

The trump card of Venerable Puhua was to summon a projection of the Great Bodhisattva Jinglian Guanshi. Even if Emperor Tianyun was a Mahayana deity, how could he withstand this glance from the Pure Yang of the Dao?!

As it turns out, Venerable Puhua won!
Before the Heavenly Emperor could even unleash his power, he was swallowed up by the temporal tide caused by a single glance from the projection of the Pure Lotus Bodhisattva. Now that countless spaces have been overturned, even with the Heavenly Emperor's great supernatural powers, there is no chance of recovery.

He could also defeat the Mahayana with the cultivation of five kalpas!

At this moment, in the Lingxiao Palace, the Buddhist venerables nodded repeatedly in approval of Venerable Puhua's decisiveness; while on the high platform of the Imperial Shore, the Great Bodhisattva Jinglian Guanshi remained calm and composed: Puhua had lost.

From the moment Puhua revealed its trump card, Puhua had already lost.

Sure enough, just as Venerable Puhua breathed a sigh of relief, a laugh rang in his ears: "Venerable Puhua, how could you hand over the victory to someone else so easily?"

"Now that you've made your move, it's my turn!"

Upon hearing the voice of Emperor Tianyun, Venerable Puhua was startled: Something was wrong! He had been tricked by Tianyun!

"Go against the tide and give them a taste of their own medicine."

In an instant, at the place where the Heavenly Fortune Emperor was devoured, a vast tidal wave surged forth, and the heavens and space collapsed into nothingness. The boundless chanting, carrying the shattered laws of time, was like a raging storm that instantly swallowed up Venerable Puhua!
Seeing this, Jiang Sheng understood: Pu Hua lost, not to others, but to himself.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, a group of immortal lords, demon lords, and emperors stared in astonishment at the dueling platform. No one expected that Venerable Puhua of Jinglian Temple would be defeated by his own supernatural killing move.

As expected, every being who can reach the ninth level is not to be trifled with, especially those who are not from the Great Thousand World or the Pure Yang Holy Land. Who knows what strange supernatural powers and techniques they possess.

"East District, Gu Rong Tian Yun vs. Jing Lian Pu Hua."

"Gu Rong Tianyun wins!"

As the celestial official chanted, Venerable Puhua left the dueling platform with a dark expression. Emperor Tianyun, on the other hand, smiled and looked to the side. When he noticed Jiang Sheng watching him, Emperor Tianyun nodded, indicating that the next duel would be between him and Jiang Sheng.

...

"Ming Zhoujie Duoming versus Wei Yujie Bai Ming, Bai Ming wins!"

"Napushe of Jinglian Temple wins against Zhidu of Kongfei Realm!"

"The Hundred Flowers Realm of the Myriad Flowers Realm versus Anping Realm of the Jade Realm: Anping wins!"

As the celestial officials continued to chant, the twelve battles were successively decided, with victories and defeats emerging one after another.

The winners of the Eastern Division are Jiang Sheng, Emperor Tianyun, Demon Lord Baiming, Venerable Napushe, Immortal Lord Anping, and Demon Lord Yuanhai.

In the end, Daoist Duoming was no match for the Bright and Clear Divine Light of the White Bright Demon Lord. Faced with the innate divine power of the Chongming Clan of the Weiyu Realm, Daoist Duoming, who came from a humble background, was defeated.

The Venerable Zhidu of the Void Realm also failed to defeat the Venerable Napushe. He struggled with the Venerable Napushe for a short while with his five kalpas of cultivation before being defeated. The Venerable Napushe thus saved face for the Lesser Light Realm and the Pure Lotus Temple.

As for Fairy of a Hundred Flowers, she was no match for Immortal Lord Anping, so her defeat was to be expected; Golden Lion, on the other hand, was unfortunately defeated because his fire magic was countered by Demon Lord Yuanhai's water magic.

In the six battles in the West District, Kui Fang Demon Lord, with his tough and thick-skinned body and stubborn head, bravely charged at Venerable Mi Yin's magical treasures and supernatural powers, and beat Venerable Mi Yin black and blue, thus winning the battle.

After briefly resisting Yingtian Demon Lord's Yinglong True Form and Wansheng Divine Thunder, Emperor Liuyuan became familiar with Yingtian Demon Lord's habits and suppressed him with his Mahayana Realm cultivation. As expected, the battle between Qingyu Demon Lord and Wanmu Divine Lord ended in victory for Qingyu Demon Lord.

With the addition of Spring and Autumn God, Divine Firmament Emperor, and Misty Void True Lord, the six winners of the Western District are now quite clear.

Looking at all twelve battles, there was not a single one in which a Fifth Tribulation cultivator defeated a Mahayana cultivator. Against a Mahayana cultivator, even if a Fifth Tribulation cultivator had strong supernatural powers, they were still slightly inferior.

Just like the battle between Emperor Liuyuan and Demon Lord Yingtian, Demon Lord Yingtian was born into the Yinglong clan of the Kuocang Realm. He was an innate saint with a strong physical body and great supernatural powers. He could summon wind and rain, drive thunder and lightning, and move mountains. However, no matter how strong his supernatural powers were, he was still slightly inferior to Emperor Liuyuan's realm suppression.

Just a hair's breadth away, Ying Tian Wan Sheng Divine Thunder, the Demon Lord of Ying Tian, ​​was still unable to shatter Liu Yuan Di Jun's Liu Ming Wan Guang Shield.

Adding to the mix Wanmu Divine Lord, who was easily defeated by Qingyu Demon Lord, and Sikong Divine Lord, who was defeated by Shenxiao Emperor Lord, the suppression of realms within the nine cultivation stages was vividly displayed in these battles.

A counterattack against the upper realms?

A battle of wits that crosses boundaries?

Even the most exceptionally talented individuals, chosen from among billions in all the heavens and myriad realms, may not necessarily succeed.

Looking at all nine levels, Jiang Sheng is the only one who has ever truly succeeded in defying the higher realms.

Now that the twelve battles have concluded, Jiang Sheng, the current leader of the Eastern Heaven who successfully defeated Zhenhe Venerable in the sixth round, is about to face another Mahayana being: Emperor Tianyun!

This battle of magic attracted the attention of most people in the Lingxiao Palace.

On the one hand, Jiang Sheng's record is truly outstanding. It seems that defeating opponents at the upper realm is commonplace for Jiang Sheng. Whether during the Xuanmen Calamity or before, Jiang Sheng has no shortage of victories against opponents at the upper realm.

On the other hand, the fortune-enhancing techniques of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor, a divine emperor of the Gu Rong Realm, were truly formidable. His technique of returning the favor not only deflected the divine power of Venerable Puhua, but also weakened Venerable Puhua's fortune, causing Venerable Puhua to suffer a bitter defeat.

Therefore, all the immortals, Buddhas, and saints residing on the high shore of Lingxiao Palace, as well as numerous immortal lords, emperors, and demon lords, were quite looking forward to the battle between Jiang Sheng and Emperor Tianyun. In their eyes, this battle was bound to be incredibly exciting.

This is true.

The battle between Jiang Sheng and Emperor Tianyun was extremely fierce from the very beginning.

"Follow the trend, the stars and constellations shift."

On the dueling platform, as the Heavenly Fortune Emperor pointed out, a vast fortune, carrying a ten-thousand-foot-long sword light, sped away. The brilliant and sharp sword light cleaved through time and pierced through the void, slashing towards Jiang Sheng with the force to destroy all laws!

This sword light was none other than Jiang Sheng's Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique.

As Jiang Sheng unleashed the "Breaking Ten Thousand Techniques," Emperor Tianyun also performed the same technique in a similar fashion.

Jiang Sheng raised his hand and swung his sword, shattering the magnificent sword light that was about to destroy all laws with the Three Calamities and Destruction. Looking at the calm and composed Emperor Tianyun, Jiang Sheng frowned slightly.

This move was definitely not imitated by the Heavenly Fortune Emperor!
The Heavenly Emperor does not cultivate the method of the Three Calamities and Tribulations, does not understand the way of the final calamity and the final fortune, and is not clear about the power of wind, thunder, water and fire, or the method of the Three Calamities and Five Difficulties. Therefore, it is impossible for him to use the method of breaking through all things.

Even if he were equally proficient in the Way of the Three Calamities and Annihilation, it would be impossible for him to comprehend the essence of the sword technique of breaking through all laws in an instant through Jiang Sheng's move and then execute it flawlessly.

This is Jiang Sheng's comprehension and mastery of the Dao of the End of Calamity and Destiny, accumulated over a thousand years; it is not some sword energy casually unleashed by someone who has just cultivated Qi or established a foundation.

"What's wrong, True Lord Lingyuan? You seem quite surprised that I know your divine sword techniques?"

"In fact, I not only know your supernatural powers, but I also know others'. As long as I have seen them, I can use them!"

With a smile on his face, Emperor Tianyun calmly raised his hand and pointed.

In an instant, a vast pure lotus wheel rotated, and a beam of crystal-clear Buddhist light shone forth. As the waves surged, the power of the Buddhist light grew stronger, as if it would convert Jiang Sheng on the spot.

Pure Lotus Viewing the Buddha's Light!
The Heavenly Emperor used the same signature supernatural power of the Pure Lotus Temple that Venerable Puhua had used when they fought each other before!
Seeing this beam of Buddhist light, Jiang Sheng blinked as if he had understood something. The next moment, Jiang Sheng unleashed a sword strike: "Severing Heaven - Cutting Time!"

The sword that severed time cut off the Buddha's light within time. Before the Heavenly Fortune Emperor could react, Jiang Sheng leaned forward and raised his palm again. As the essence of the Five Thunders condensed, lightning bolts gathered in Jiang Sheng's palm.

"Heavenly Heart Five Thunder Method - Five Thunder Dragon Rush".

In an instant, the Five Elements Thunder Dragon roared away, and the magnificent Five Elements Divine Thunder, with its righteous and majestic momentum and overwhelming heavenly power, swallowed up the figure of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor.

In a short while, Jiang Sheng made a hand seal: "Heavenly Heart Five Thunder Technique - Thunderous Transformation of Hell".

In an instant, a violent aura of tribulation lightning swept over, and under the support of the vast tribulation lightning, the rampant and turbulent Five Elements Divine Lightning roared incessantly, creating a Five Thunder Divine Prison on the dueling platform, causing the space to tremble and shatter, almost collapsing.

However, within that vast thunderous prison, the voice of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor rang out once more: "What a fine move, Five Elements Divine Thunder! It's a pity it couldn't stop me!"

Before the words were finished, a dazzling sword light cleaved through time and space, causing the Five Elements Thunder Prison to freeze. The Heavenly Fortune Emperor calmly stepped out, completely untouched.

Seeing this, all the immortal lords, demon lords, and emperors in the Lingxiao Palace looked surprised and doubtful. Given the level of supernatural power Jiang Sheng displayed, even they could not have handled it so calmly.

They knew a thing or two about Jiang Sheng's strength. Just by looking at the opponents Jiang Sheng defeated, they could tell how capable he was. After all, they couldn't have defeated Zhenhe Venerable without getting hurt. Otherwise, how could these proud Mahayana beings acknowledge Jiang Sheng's title as the number one in the contemporary era?

But now, Jiang Sheng was actually being suppressed by the Heavenly Fortune Emperor, and even his own signature sword moves had been learned by the Heavenly Fortune Emperor. This made the group of Mahayana cultivators find it hard to believe: Is the Heavenly Fortune Emperor that strong?

However, the immortals, Buddhas, and saints remained calm upon witnessing this scene, as if they had expected it.

Qiongyun Daojun gazed at the dazzling sword light that cut through time unleashed by Tianyun Emperor, stroked his beard and nodded: "Interesting."

The Pure Lotus Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Bright Light Guanyin Bodhisattva exchanged a glance, and the two great Bodhisattvas nodded silently, everything understood without words.

On the dueling platform, facing the Heavenly Fortune Emperor's sword that shattered the Thunder Prison and severed time, Jiang Sheng seemed to have anticipated it, casually defeating it with a single sword strike. In the next instant, a vast expanse of lightning descended, transforming into a surging Thunder Prison.

Emperor Tianyun laughed and said, "True Lord Lingyuan, you are still a notch below me."

"Watch what I'll do!"

Before he finished speaking, the Heavenly Fortune Emperor made a hand seal and summoned a spell. In the darkness, it seemed that boundless fortune was gathering and transforming into the blade in the Heavenly Fortune Emperor's hand.

"I'll cut off your luck and see how you can fight me then!"

Having said that, the Heavenly Fortune Emperor suddenly unleashed the Blade of Destiny in his hand, the boundless aura of decline condensing into a blade of light that slashed towards Jiang Sheng.

Faced with this blade of light that directly slashed at his destiny, Jiang Sheng neither dodged nor avoided it. The Qingping Sword in his hand trembled continuously, and with the Four Symbols and Three Calamities shimmering on it, under the blessing of the final tribulation and the final luck, a mottled sword aura had already attached itself to the blade.

"Intercepting Heaven, Manifesting Creation!"

In an instant, the Five Elements collapsed and the Four Symbols crumbled; Yin and Yang perished and Heaven and Earth came to an end.

The myriad realms and the chaotic universe seemed to be destroyed by this sword, and the final calamity was the great destruction of chaos, followed by a new beginning.

As the magnificent wind, thunder, water, and fire intertwined, and as the final calamity and destiny collapsed, amidst the vast Azure Lotus Sea that seemed to cover the heavens and the earth, Jiang Sheng stood on the Azure Lotus Platform, with Yin and Yang resuming behind him and the four elements changing around him. He swung the Azure Lotus Sword, and the sword that cleaved the heavens and earth was directly slashing towards the Heavenly Emperor and the blade that cut through destiny.

Even the Mahayana beings in the Lingxiao Palace were awestruck by the magnificent sword light of this sword; it was truly a grand and awe-inspiring strike!
However, on the dueling platform, Emperor Tianyun smiled and said, "We've finally waited for this moment."

Having said that, the Heavenly Emperor of Fortune pointed out with a finger that he had been holding back for a long time: "Reverse the trend, return the favor!"

However, the next instant, the earth-shattering, heaven-opening sword light was unleashed, which startled the Heavenly Fortune Emperor.

"This technique is unique to me, transcending time and space, and not entering the myriad realms. How can you summon it?"

"Emperor Tianyun, I have seen through your methods. It's time for you to make your move!"

Jiang Sheng's voice made Emperor Tianyun's heart tighten: "Something's wrong?!"

As the majestic and awe-inspiring sword light of creation descended, a slowly swirling azure lotus came into the eyes of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor: "When?!"

In an instant, the Azure Lotus Array Diagram rippled with wind, thunder, water, and fire, sealing away time and space, isolating fortune and merit, and rejecting destiny and karma.

Within the Azure Lotus Formation, four swords stood in the east, west, south, and north, locking away the true spirit and vital energy of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor.

"Farewell, Emperor Tianyun."

The next instant, four swords suddenly slashed out! (End of Chapter)