Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Neither copper, nor iron, nor steel, a celestial treasure lies hidden beneath Mount Sumi.

The Yin and Yang are reversed to forge the Four Symbols Sword, and the spirit of water and fire is combined to temper its sharpness.

The two polarities rotate, breaking the universe; the pure spirit opens the heavens, stabilizing the light of the cosmos.

As the saying goes, the Kaihuang era brings about the end of a reign; who can escape death by sword?

Under the cover of the Azure Lotus Array, the Four Swords of Slaughter and Deception nailed this world to death, severing cause and effect, abandoning the primordial energy, and sealing time and space.

In an instant, four streaks of light—blue, purple, vermilion, and black—rushed in, stirring up wind, thunder, water, and fire, and causing the final calamity of the Three Calamities. Under the command of the Jade Emperor Spirit Abyss True Lord, who expounded the general principles of Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction, Three Transformations, and Five Elements, the Four Swords of Slaughter, Trapping, and Annihilation once again displayed their ferocious power!
"Follow the trend, the stars shift and the constellations change!"

Realizing he was in dire straits, Emperor Tianyun did not choose to sit idly by and wait for death. He raised his finger and unleashed a variety of supernatural powers and spells.

The Venerable Puhua unleashed his Pure Lotus Observing the Waves Buddha Light, Pure Lotus Salvation Brahma Seal, Pure Lotus Three Wonderful Heavenly Sounds, and even his great supernatural powers of observing waves and listening to tides.

At the same time, Jiang Sheng also unleashed the Breaking Ten Thousand Technique, the Severing Time Technique, and the Heavenly Heart Five Thunder Technique from the Heavenly Intercepting Sword Art.

In an instant, a dazzling white light of Buddha's light pierced the heavens and the earth, while the pure lotus chants of Sanskrit pervaded time and space. The wondrous Dharma and heavenly sounds resonated throughout the universe, and the tides of time stirred up a turbulent wave of history...

Countless sword lights raged within the sword formation, sweeping across the land with the force to annihilate all laws and sever time. Then, the Five Elements Divine Thunder transformed into a rushing dragon, crashing into the azure lotus above their heads. The magnificent heavenly thunder transformed into a prison, destroying the four directions of heaven and earth...

Watching the Heavenly Fortune Emperor struggle within the sword formation, Jiang Sheng shook his head. He had to admit that the Heavenly Fortune Emperor's divine ability called Star Shift and Dipper Reversal was indeed powerful. It was not a simple imitation or copy of other people's divine abilities, but rather a way to steal other people's methods using the art of fortune.

However, their theft technique is quite sophisticated. Instead of simply copying supernatural powers and spells from other timelines, they extract fragments from the future of this timeline and recreate them.

In other words, if Jiang Sheng unleashed a sword strike that could shatter all laws in the previous moment, he could intercept that sword strike in the next moment and materialize it into reality.

This is tantamount to fighting oneself, so it's no wonder that Venerable Puhua lost. He lost entirely because of his own strongest supernatural killing move.

In fact, if Venerable Puhua had not used the "Observing the Waves and Listening to the Tides" technique, but instead used other means to wear him down, even if he lost in the end, he would not have lost so decisively.

The projection of Guanlan Tingchao, a powerful being who holds the Dao, is such a deadly move that even Puhua himself cannot withstand it. Failure is perfectly normal.

But Jiang Sheng is not a Puhua.

"Don't waste your time. You can't break this sword formation unless you can reflect the essence of creation."

Jiang Sheng's voice echoed within the sword formation. As the aura of impending doom surged within the sword formation, the sword light unleashed by the four swords of annihilation and entrapment directly shattered the various divine powers displayed by the Heavenly Fortune Emperor.

Whether it was the Buddha's light, the chanting of sacred sounds, or the sword energy and magical treasures, they were all destroyed one by one by the four crisscrossing sword blades in the sword formation, amidst the endless calamity and impending doom.

Seeing his techniques being neutralized one by one, and recalling the failure of his own counterattack, Emperor Tianyun realized that Jiang Sheng had seen through the secret of his moves.

This made Emperor Tianyun truly curious: "We've only just started our first battle, how did you discover all this in such a short time?"

Jiang Sheng chuckled lightly: "If I still can't detect anything amiss after three rounds of combat, then I wouldn't be Penglai Lingyuan."

After three rounds of combat, Jiang Sheng was able to discover the strangeness of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor.

It wasn't that the sword technique used by Emperor Tianyun wasn't perfect enough, but rather that it was too perfect, as if Jiang Sheng had personally slashed at it. That's when Jiang Sheng noticed the problem.

Without a doubt, the Heavenly Emperor did not possess such exquisite sword techniques, therefore it was not an imitation but a summoning of them.

After realizing the problem, Jiang Sheng understood exactly how Puhua had lost.

So Jiang Sheng pretended not to see through the Heavenly Fortune Emperor's methods, in order to entice the Heavenly Fortune Emperor to use his supernatural power of returning the favor, while Jiang Sheng used this opportunity to summon the Azure Lotus Array Diagram to cover up the cause and effect of fate and cut off the Heavenly Fortune Emperor's fortune.

With both factors combined, it was impossible for the Heavenly Emperor to summon the Creation Sword using the method of fortune.

Moreover, even if the Heavenly Fortune Emperor could summon it, he wouldn't be able to bear the immense karmic and fortune-driven power of the Creation Sword.

The Sword of Creation is the primordial sword that opens up the world and creates the heavens and the earth with the transformation of the final calamity and the end of the cycle. It contains great creation, great fortune, and great cause and effect.

If Jiang Sheng hadn't been wielding the Qingping Sword, which was nurtured and tempered with Qi and merit, he wouldn't have been able to easily unleash the sword that revealed the workings of fate.

Without the blessing of the Qingping Sword, if you want to unleash your destiny, you must first bear the consequences of your own fate!
Without the sword strike of Creation, even if the Heavenly Fortune Emperor unleashed his most profound and mysterious divine powers, he would not be able to break through the deadly formation that Jiang Sheng had specially set up for him.

Above the sword formation, the Azure Lotus Array Diagram blots out the sky, with wind, thunder, water, and fire connecting all directions; within the sword formation, the Killing and Trapping formations pin down the four poles, and the final calamity and end of fortune engulf everything.

Looking at the still struggling Emperor Tianyun, Jiang Sheng said, "Following the trend of the stars shifting and the constellations turning, and turning the tide against the tide, using the methods of others to overcome others, Emperor Tianyun is indeed a master of manipulating fate and cause and effect."

"But Your Majesty seems to have forgotten that the sword in my hand is a treasure of fortune and merit!"

"Faced with this sword of mine that disregards fate and fears no cause or effect, the Emperor is unable to summon it, and should therefore withdraw from the stage!"

As soon as the words fell, to the horrified gaze of the Heavenly Fortune Emperor, the Four Swords of Slaughter and Deception transformed into a startling swan, piercing through the void and chaos, and directly severing the true nature of the spirit!
It is:

A gust of green wind howls, slaying gods and souls; a bolt of purple lightning strikes, obliterating the Dharma body.

The raging crimson flames plunged into the deadly place, while the surging black waters extinguished the true spirit.

A moment later, the Azure Lotus Array was removed. Emperor Tianyun looked at the four magic swords that had pierced through his dantian, purple mansion, and true spirit in his sea of ​​consciousness. If the dueling platform had not been set up by His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, and if His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor had not personally set up the restrictions, he, Tianyun, would have been annihilated when the four swords struck!
Fortunately, thanks to the measures taken by His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, he was rescued unharmed.

"Penglai Lingyuan versus Gu Rongjie Tianyun".

"Penglai Lingyuan, victorious!"

The four swords twirled and danced around Jiang Sheng, as if they were pets deliberately trying to attract their master's attention and please him, showing none of the fierce and resolute demeanor they had displayed just moments before.

As Emperor Tianyun watched the four swords flying around Jiang Sheng, he subconsciously touched the area of ​​his dantian, where a tingling and numb sensation still lingered.

Rubbing his temples, Emperor Tianyun looked at Jiang Sheng: "With these four swords, even without using your natal treasure, you can still make it to the end."

"Let alone ordinary Mahayana Realm cultivators, even Mahayana Realm cultivators from the Pure Yang Holy Land are unlikely to be your match."

"To use the cultivation of three kalpas to defy the Mahayana... Penglai Lingyuan truly lives up to its reputation!"

...

"He was indeed no match for Ling Yuan."

On the high platform of the Lingxiao Palace, the Golden Mother Yuanjun calmly washed her hands in the golden magnolia basin held by the celestial maiden, her matter-of-fact tone as if she had long foreseen the downfall of the Heavenly Fortune.

Daoist Chixiao nodded, "Tianyun's method of using fortune to generate cause and effect is indeed quite good."

"If he hadn't encountered Ling Yuan, he could have at least made it into the top six. Unfortunately, his method of fortune and cause and effect was countered by Ling Yuan, so he couldn't unleash its full power at all."

Listening to the discussion between the two Daoist rulers, Qiongyun Daojun stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "What the King and Queen Mother said is quite similar to what I have seen."

"Speaking of these twelve people currently battling it out, who do you two think is more likely to advance to the next round?"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Chixiao pondered for a moment and then said, "As for the east, apart from that brat Lingyuan, I am more optimistic about Pushe of Jinglian Temple and Anping of Tanyu Realm."

After a pause, Daoist Chixiao continued, "As for the west, there's Liuyuan in the Southern Chi Realm, Qingyu in Tushan, and Shenxiao."

When talking about the Divine Firmament Emperor, Daoist Chixiao clearly showed some disgust, but his disgust for the Divine Firmament Emperor would not affect his judgment.

Looking at the candidates favored by Daoist Chixiao, apart from Jiang Sheng, they are all at the Mahayana level.

Unfortunately, although the Mahayana stage has reached its limit and there is no way to advance further on the Great Dao, it is more promising to reach the fifth stage of the Pure Yang Integration Realm.

But Mahayana is Mahayana; the realm and strength of Mahayana are enough to suppress the Five Tribulations of Integration.

The Five Tribulations Integration Realm ultimately offers the possibility of reaching Pure Yang, but not Pure Yang. To contend against the Mahayana stage, one needs extraordinary abilities and magical treasures...

Qiongyun Daojun remained noncommittal about Chixiao Daojun's judgment, and then looked at Jinmu Yuanjun: "What does the Queen Mother think?"

After a moment of contemplation, Jinmu Yuanjun said, "Apart from Lingyuan, Anping, Qingyu, and Shenxiao all have a great chance of entering the top six, at least better than their opponents."

"As for the other two groups, Kui Fang may not necessarily lose to Liu Yuan, and Bai Ming may not necessarily lose to Na Pu She."

"It's not that I have a better opinion of these two demons, but compared to Liuyuan, Kuifang is ultimately from Jilei Mountain, and who knows what kind of magic treasures or trump cards he might be carrying."

"With the profound foundation of Mount Jilei, it is far beyond what a single Mahayana sect in the middle thousand world of Liuyuan can compare to."

Seeing that not only were Dao Lord Chixiao and Dao Lord Qiongyun listening attentively, but also Bodhisattva Jinglian, Bodhisattva Mingguang, and Bodhisattva Maitreya seemed to be deep in thought, Jinmu Yuanjun smiled and said, "Although Pushe is from Jinglian Temple, don't forget that Baiming is from the Chongming clan."

"The Chongming clan's innate supernatural abilities are not afraid of the Buddhist light of Jinglian Temple. These two families are bound to have a fierce battle."

The innate supernatural power of the Chongming clan!
The Divine Light of Illumination is no ordinary supernatural power; it is a powerful supernatural power capable of illuminating heaven and earth and making ghosts and evil spirits disappear.

As for Venerable Pushe… before he was targeted and used as bait by the Free and Unfettered Lord, Venerable Pushe, or rather, Venerable Pushe himself, was quite remarkable—spirited, ambitious, and exceptionally talented…

But ever since he was tricked twice by Zizai Xuanjun, Venerable Pushe has become more obedient and composed, staying in the Lesser Light Realm and not going anywhere.

In other words, Venerable Pusha had long since lost his ambition; not only had he become timid, but he also lacked experience in combat…

It's fine for Venerable Pushe to bully ordinary Five Kalpas, but he might not be enough to deal with those who came from the Pure Yang Holy Land.

The Golden Mother Goddess did give the Pure Lotus Bodhisattva of the Pure Lotus Temple some face, and the Pure Lotus Bodhisattva seemed not to have heard anything, calmly tasting the fine wine and delicacies.

While the immortals, Buddhas, and saints inside the Lingxiao Palace were discussing who won and who lost, the other battles also came to an end one after another.

As expected by the Golden Mother, Venerable Pushe lost to the White Demon Lord.

Pure Lotus Bodhisattva was not particularly angry about this. After all, even though Venerable Pushe was at the Mahayana level, it was normal for him to fail against the White Bright Demon Lord who carried that treasure.

Bai Ming, the Demon Lord, will face Jiang Sheng in his next battle.

In the other four battles, Immortal Lord Anping defeated Demon Lord Yuanhai, Demon Lord Qingyu defeated Divine Lord Chunqiu, and Emperor Shenxiao unsurprisingly defeated True Lord Mikong.

However, the battle between Kui Fang and Emperor Liu Yuan was still at a stalemate. Kui Fang, whose body was crackling with lightning and whose horns were crackling with purple lightning, was constantly spewing out scorching white gas. His lightning armor was already in a terrible state, and the Chaotic Thunder Whip in his hand had dimmed its spiritual light as if it was about to break.

Emperor Liuyuan's situation was no better than Kui Fang's. This was the first time Emperor Liuyuan had encountered such a tough and resilient Lei Mangzi. No matter how he attacked, he could not be defeated. The resilience of his body was absurd even among the demon race, which really gave Emperor Liuyuan a headache.

On the dueling platform, Kui Fang breathed heavily, streams of scorching breath spewing from his nostrils, shattering, burning, and distorting the space in front of him: "Emperor Liuyuan, you are very strong, extremely strong, stronger than many of the divine experts I have encountered."

"Unfortunately, your physical body is a bit lacking."

As he spoke, Kui Fang revealed two rows of gleaming front teeth: "Let's settle this with one move. They're all getting impatient."

Having said that, Kui threw the Thunder Whip in his hand, and with his fists clenched, ten thousand thunderbolts burst forth. He bent his knees and leaped into the air, disappearing from the sky in an instant. The next moment, a vast thundercloud pressed down in the sky like a raging storm. In the vast clouds, a huge thunder bull with a jet-black body slowly emerged from the clouds.

"Ten Thousand Thunderbolts - Heavenly Bull Rushing Down!"

Emperor Liuyuan watched as the thunder bull, over 100,000 feet tall, charged forward on fire with its four hooves. He gripped his spear tightly with both hands, and saw that the golden light and starlight gathered on the spear blade, as if time and space were being torn apart.

"World Lord's Technique - Slaying Across the Eight Desolations!"

In an instant, the thunderous bull clashed with the streak of lightning, and iron fists clashed with spear blades. On the tip of the horn of the ten-thousand-foot-tall thunderous bull, amidst the dazzling streak of lightning that stretched across the sky, Kui Fang and Emperor Liu Yuan clashed once more, deciding the outcome in a single move.

As the billowing dust dissipated and the shattered space was restored, Kui Fang barely managed to stand on the dueling platform, grinning as if to smile, but then his eyes rolled back and he fell straight down.

"Jilei Mountain Kui Fang faces off against Nan Chijie Liuyuan."

"Ryu Gensuke!"

Kui Fang was very strong. After this battle, everyone believed that if he hadn't encountered Emperor Liu Yuan, he would have had a chance of winning against either Emperor Shen Xiao or Demon Lord Qing Yu.

After all, the Divine Firmament Emperor relied on thunder magic, while Kui Fang spent his days tempering his body and soul in the Thunder Prison, and was least afraid of thunder magic.

Qingyu Demon Lord is skilled in illusion and bewitching techniques, but not in combat. In addition, Kui Fang has the Thunder Heart and Lightning Eye, which can ignore illusions and see through falsehoods. Therefore, even if he is the opponent, Qingyu Demon Lord, he has a good chance of winning.

Thinking about this, some people can't help but feel regret; it's such a pity about Kui Fang...

"There's nothing to regret. Losing is losing, winning is winning, and you have to accept it if you lose."

"Kui Fang's failure to defeat Liu Yuan Dijun is no one's fault but his own."

"What do you think, True Lord Lingyuan?"

The exceptionally handsome, androgynous Bai Mingyao looked at Jiang Sheng opposite him with a calm expression and a nonchalant tone, revealing a hint of arrogance: others fear Penglai Lingyuan, but he does not.

Jiang Sheng calmly looked at Bai Ming, the demon lord, who would be his next opponent.

Jiang Sheng knew very little about this prodigy from the Chongming clan who had come from the Weiyu Realm, but after two battles, the performance of this Baiming Demon Lord was quite remarkable.

After all, Bai Ming Yaojun was one of only two people in the entire ninth level to achieve the feat of defeating a Mahayana cultivator.

The first one is Jiang Sheng, and the second one is this Bai Ming Demon Lord.

However, if there is anything about this Bai Ming Demon Lord that Jiang Sheng should pay the most attention to, it is the magic weapon that helped Bai Ming Demon Lord to defeat the Mahayana.

If Jiang Sheng's perception is correct, that magical artifact exudes a rich aura of merit...

"A treasure of merit?"

"If this person truly possesses a meritorious magical treasure, then we should be more careful in this magical duel."

...

boom!
On the dueling platform, two beams of crimson light shot out from the eyes of the White-Bright Demon Lord, piercing through the void and burning the heavens and earth, but stopped three feet in front of Jiang Sheng and could not advance any further.

"So this is what the Heavenly Crimson Proclaiming Divine Light of the Chongming Clan looks like. I've finally seen it."

As Jiang Sheng spoke, he raised his hand, and the wind and clouds surged. Boundless spiritual energy gathered and transformed into a vast blue-gold giant palm, which pressed down on the place where Bai Ming Demon Lord was located.

Sensing the sealing and suppressing power of the giant hand that descended from the sky, Bai Ming Demon Lord did not hesitate at all and raised his hand to unleash a beam of illuminating divine light.

A dazzling white light shot into the sky and collided with the azure-gold palm. In an instant, the illuminating divine light burned through Jiang Sheng's azure-gold palm. Then, the White-Bright Demon Lord raised an eyebrow at Jiang Sheng with a hint of provocation.

The next moment, a feather fan appeared in Bai Ming Yaojun's hand.

The feather fan was about two feet long and had seven feathers in five colors. The five colors of feathers—blue, red, white, black, and yellow—were tightly interwoven to form the fan surface. At the junction of the fan surface and the handle, a large five-colored divine stone was inlaid, giving it a hazy five-colored glow.

The moment Bai Mingyaojun grasped the feather fan, it exuded a majestic and grand aura, disregarding cause and effect and destiny.

Merit-Generating Treasure: The Seven-Feathered Five Elements Fan!
This treasure is of the Mahayana level!

"True Lord Lingyuan, prepare to face this challenge!"

Before he finished speaking, Bai Ming, the demon lord, unleashed his demonic power and waved the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan. In an instant, the surging power of merit gathered into the Five Elements Divine Fire, transforming into a streak of Five Elements light that swept across space and time, incinerating the universe.

The five elements shimmered with light, surrounded by a golden glow. In an instant, the sky was scorched and extinguished, and both the Heaven-Slaying Sword Light and the Five Elements Thunder were reduced to ashes.

Gazing at the five-elemental stream of light that had locked onto his own vital energy and true spirit, Jiang Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, the golden-purple light formed from the fortune and merit on his Qingping Sword shining brightly and endlessly.

"It's just a treasure of merit, which I also possess, and it contains more than just merit!"

The three calamities turn, the four elements condense, and the power of wind, thunder, water, and fire, along with the breath of the final calamity of the three calamities, linger around the sword. Under the activation of the Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Technique, the seven blue lotuses that circled the Qingping sword slowly bloomed, revealing seven layers of mottled colors.

"Severing Heaven's Edge - Cutting Through Cause and Effect!"

In an instant, the mottled sword light soared into the sky, cleaving through the karma of all heavens and annihilating the destiny of the universe.

As the sword light that severed cause and effect collided with the Five Elements Flowing Splendor, two completely different forces of merit clashed on the dueling platform, crushing the entangled cause and effect, shattering the destiny gathered from all directions, and causing all directions of space and time to collapse instantly. The entire dueling platform was shrouded in chaotic and disordered forces of cause and effect, turning into a state of chaos.

On the imperial shore of the Lingxiao Palace, the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor leisurely watched Jiang Sheng and Bai Ming Demon Lord fight: "Two merit-based magic treasures, the Longevity Emperor, who do you think will win?"

Qiongyun Daojun smiled and said, "In my opinion, it should be Penglai Lingyuan."

The Golden Palace Emperor raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh? Why?"

Qiongyun Daojun said, "Your Majesty, the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan is a merit-based magic treasure left behind by Chongmingzi of Tianyu Palace in Weiyu Realm, and later returned to Tianzhou Tongming Palace. It was not made by Baiming himself. Although he can activate this treasure, he cannot unleash its full power."

"But the sword in Lingyuan's hand is his natal magic weapon, which is connected to his life and mind, and can be used as easily as his own arm. Both are magic weapons of merit, but one is not easy to use because it belongs to someone else, while the other is his own treasure and he can use it with ease. The outcome has already been decided."

After a pause, Daoist Qiongyun continued, "Moreover, without the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan, Bai Ming is ultimately just a slightly stronger Fifth Tribulation Demon Lord."

"And Lingyuan has more than just the Qingping Sword..."

The Golden Emperor nodded and looked at the dueling platform shrouded in chaotic power. As the distorted and chaotic cause and effect were straightened and reshaped, and as the collapsed space-time world was completely repaired, Jiang Sheng casually sheathed his sword on the dueling platform, while Bai Ming Demon Lord had already fallen. A thin sword mark on his neck almost ran across his entire neck. Jiang Sheng's sword that severed cause and effect almost chopped off Bai Ming Demon Lord's head.

Bai Ming, the demon king who had previously defeated Venerable Napushe of Jinglian Temple, was cleanly and swiftly killed by Jiang Sheng on the dueling platform.

But listen to the celestial official singing:

"Penglai Lingyuan versus Weiyujie Baiming".

"Penglai Lingyuan, victorious!" (End of Chapter)