Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Seven Returns of Five Lights!
As the five-colored flames streaked across the sky and burned the heavens, even Emperor Liuyuan had to temporarily avoid their sharp edge.

But then the five-colored divine fire soared into the sky, spreading its wings like five firebirds soaring in the air. Under the blessing of the vast seven-colored mysterious light, it directly shattered the spear shadows of the heavens. The universe was instantly reduced to ashes and scattered. The past and future were also instantly disintegrated into a five-piece game, leaving only the five layers of firelight in reality rushing towards Emperor Liuyuan, as if to kill him on the spot!

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, Bai Ming, the demon lord who had just recovered a bit of his Dao heart, looked at the Seven Returns Five Lights Flame that Jiang Sheng casually unleashed. His Dao heart, which he had barely managed to repair, shattered once again. This handsome, celestial-like demon lord, a Fifth Tribulation Demon Lord, was filled with disbelief: "Why is the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan that he is wielding different from mine?!"

Qingyu Demon Lord looked at Baiming Demon Lord with a hint of pity. Anyone with eyes could see that Jiang Sheng's use of the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan was completely different from Baiming Demon Lord's use of the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan.

Bai Ming Yaojun wielding the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan was like a child playing with an adult's weapon; it could barely unleash its power, but mostly it was just mimicking the adult's actions. No matter how sharp the weapon was, its harmfulness was limited.

Jiang Sheng, however, was different. In his hands, the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan was like a swordsman wielding a divine weapon, and its power could be displayed to the fullest extent.

In other words, when Bai Ming, the Demon Lord, used the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan, he merely activated it crudely, and the fan only provided passive and minimal feedback; but in Jiang Sheng's hands, the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan actively cooperated with Jiang Sheng's actions, requiring Jiang Sheng to expend very little power...

This feeling was the most unacceptable to Bai Ming Yaojun. He had clearly cherished and protected this merit-making magic treasure of the Chongming clan with utmost care, yet it had been indifferent to him. Why did it behave so enthusiastically in Jiang Sheng's hands?!

The shattered Dao heart of Bai Ming Yaojun was difficult to mend in the short term, and the people in Lingxiao Palace had no time to pay attention to Bai Ming Yaojun. Everyone's attention was on that world, on that battle between two people, one against two, and one with the cultivation of three tribulations against two Mahayana cultivators.

This battle of wits was so extraordinary that even saying it was a once-in-a-millennium event wouldn't be enough to describe it.

As the Five Elements Flames of the Seven Feathers Five Elements Fan forced back Emperor Liuyuan, Jiang Sheng used his sword technique to activate the Immortal Trapping Sword and the Immortal Absolute Sword, directly slashing at Emperor Shenxiao.

Crimson flames raged and black water surged. The two swords swept through the air, seemingly about to seal away the Divine Firmament Emperor along with the Immortal Execution Sword and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, but were stopped by a long spear that pierced through time and space.

In an instant, the sound of metal clashing resounded like a great bell, shaking the universe. A black spear stood across time and space like an impregnable wall, blocking the Immortal-Trapping Sword and the Immortal-Slaying Sword, remaining unmoved despite the power of the Three Calamities and the final tribulations.

Without the combined use of the Immortal-Slaying Sword and the Immortal-Trapping Sword, the Immortal-Slaying Sword and the Immortal-Slaughtering Sword alone are insufficient to restrict the Divine Firmament Emperor's movement space.

With the Divine Firmament Thunder Seal blocking the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Divine Firmament Emperor, freed from any worries, finally unleashed his full power. In an instant, the vast Purple Extreme Heavenly Thunder roared and shook, lightning snakes danced wildly between heaven and earth, and purple lightning raged. Ten thousand acres of purple lightning poured down, transforming into thunder dragons that roared and bit down, knocking the Immortal Slaughtering Sword away. The Divine Firmament Emperor also used this opportunity to escape, forcibly breaking free from the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and the sword's aura lock.

At the same time, another spear pierced through the void, forcing Jiang Sheng back. Immediately, Emperor Liuyuan stepped into the void with his spear in hand. As he wielded the spear, he attracted heavenly thunder and earthly fire. The blue heavenly thunder and the red earthly fire collided, and layers of blue and red flowing light wrapped around the spear blade.

"Lord of the Realm - Thunderfire Blaze!"

As Emperor Liuyuan cleaved down with his spear, the void shattered and the universe trembled. The violent power of thunder and fire destroyed everything in all directions, and countless spear beams shot straight at Jiang Sheng from across the layers of time and space!
"Purple Extreme Riding the Sky Thunder - Heavenly Wrath Rushing Dragon!"

When Emperor Liuyuan swung his spear at close range, sweeping across the eight wastelands, Emperor Shenxiao, who had escaped, turned around and summoned the Purple Extreme Heavenly Thunder. The vast thunder prison surged, and the violent heavenly thunder leaped out of the thunder pool, transforming into eight thunder dragons that stretched for thousands of miles, locking down all of Jiang Sheng's space to move from east to west, north to south, up and down, past and present, forcing Jiang Sheng to take Emperor Liuyuan's killing move head-on!
Despite it being their first time working together, Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao combined their skills perfectly, one engaging in close combat and the other in long-range magic, suppressing Jiang Sheng without giving him a chance to breathe.

clang!
The metal clashed and roared, and all kinds of laws collided like a torrent, then collapsed and vanished. It was clear that the three-foot-long spear blade was like a poisonous dragon, aiming straight for Jiang Sheng's heart, but it was blocked by a black three-foot-long sword just three inches away.

"Emperor Liuyuan, what impressive fighting skills you possess!"

As Jiang Sheng spoke, the power of the four elements converged with a flip of his left hand. Wind, thunder, water, and fire were tempered and condensed. With the operation of the general principle of the Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Three Transformations Five Elements Wonderful Method, it then rapidly triggered the change of the Three Calamities and Calamities. In an instant, a humming and rapidly moving Four Elements Light Wheel, which seemed to be able to cut through space and time and destroy time, condensed in Jiang Sheng's left hand.

Immediately afterward, Jiang Sheng leaned forward, the Four Symbols Light Wheel in his hand humming incessantly, drawing upon the power of the Three Calamities and Destruction to transform into an incomparably sharp wheel that cut through space and time, shattering the layers of protective divine light in front of Emperor Liuyuan. The light wheel hummed and sped away, countless spiritual lights dissipated and collapsed, and between the layers of shields cracked, countless laws and divine power were annihilated and dissipated, leaving only a few afterglows.

Sensing the surging power of the Three Calamities, Emperor Liuyuan remained calm, gripping his spear tightly and slowly advancing it toward Jiang Sheng's heart. It was nothing more than exchanging injury for injury. When the Four Symbols Light Wheel broke through the layers of shields and landed on him, the three-foot blade of the spear pierced into Jiang Sheng's heart, penetrating his body.

"Awoooooo!!!"

Thunder Dragon roared, and eight thunder dragons leaped out of the void, biting at Jiang Sheng from all eight dimensions of time and space, from front to back, left to right, up to down, and from ancient times to the present. The ferocious dragon teeth on the raging dragon mouths had already approached Jiang Sheng's body by three feet!

It must be said that Emperor Shenxiao's timing was superb. If Jiang Sheng had dealt with Emperor Liuyuan's spear, he would have been bitten by the thunder dragon. If he had paid attention to the thunder dragon, he would have been pressed down by Emperor Liuyuan. As Emperor Liuyuan pressed forward relentlessly, and Jiang Sheng had no choice but to deal with Emperor Liuyuan, Emperor Shenxiao's thunder dragon, which had been held back all along, finally moved.

In an instant, the thunder dragon roared and lunged forward!

hum~
The Four Symbols Sword Qi hummed and flickered, with four colors of sword light bursting out: blue, purple, vermilion, and black, blocking the thunder dragons from all directions. The heavy purple heavenly lightning that struck Jiang Sheng was completely deflected by Qiu Shui Bu Ran Chen, turning into sparks of electricity that flickered and dissipated.

This scene surprised the Divine Firmament Emperor for a moment. He had heard of the famous defensive divine power of the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School, Autumn Water Unstained by Dust, which was said to be able to block divine powers and spells, as well as magic treasures and divine weapons.

But the Divine Firmament Emperor had seen the True Lord of the Eastern Heaven use the Autumn Water Unstained by Dust technique before. Although it was indeed extraordinary, it had never reached this level.

Jiang Sheng's "Autumn Water Untainted by Dust" technique seems to be different from the other Eastern Heaven True Lords!
Inside the Lingxiao Palace, Immortal Lord Anping, Immortal Lord Fuyun, along with Mahayana beings like Venerable Pushe and Demon Venerable Qingyu, all looked astonished as Jiang Sheng used Autumn Water Unstained by Dust to stop the Divine Condor Emperor's thunder dragon: This Autumn Water Unstained by Dust is so miraculous?!
"Fellow Daoist Fuyun, is the Autumn Water Unstained by Dust of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School really that powerful?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun was speechless. As a Mahayana Immortal Lord of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect, he was extremely familiar with some of the signature supernatural abilities of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School. However, no matter how powerful Autumn Water Unstained by Dust was, it was ultimately just a defensive supernatural ability that used softness to overcome hardness. It was only because all the True Lords of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School could use it that it became a signature ability. In reality, its effect was similar to the Vajra Indestructible Body of the Vajra Path in Buddhism.

It sounds impressive, but if one could truly resist supernatural powers and magical treasures simply by relying on Autumn Water's Untainted Dust, then why would the True Lord of the Eastern Heaven need so many defensive magical treasures, and why would he wear a Taoist robe?!
However, faced with the doubts of others, Immortal Lord Fuyun did not know what to say.

At this moment, an unfamiliar voice came from the side: "I don't know whether Qiu Shui Bu Ran Chen is as powerful as rumored."

"But what I do know is that Lingyuan has worn that Taoist robe for seven or eight hundred years, and it seems to have hardly ever been torn."

It hasn't been broken for seven or eight hundred years?!

Upon hearing this, not only Immortal Lord Fuyun, but also the other Mahayana Immortal Lords, Emperors, and Demon Venerables all showed surprise and horror: the purpose of the Dharma Robe is to resist the attacks of various supernatural powers, spells, magic treasures, and divine weapons. It is an important defensive means for cultivators to protect their physical bodies.

Seven or eight hundred years ago, when was that?
It is the Great Calamity of the Xuanmen, the Divine War of the Buzhou Realm, and the Qingqiu Dharma Banquet of the Jurong Realm…

Putting everything else aside, just considering the great calamity of the Xuanmen sect, the fact that Jiang Sheng's Taoist robes and magic garments remained unbroken despite the intense battles speaks volumes.

No one would consider the Xuanmen Tribulation, in which more than a dozen Pure Yang cultivators perished, and countless Upper Three Realms and Mahayana Fifth Tribulation cultivators died in battle, to be child's play.

The fact that Jiang Sheng's Taoist robes and monastic garments remained undamaged during this catastrophe can only mean that Jiang Sheng's strength had reached a certain level, strong enough to effortlessly defeat all opponents without getting hurt.
If that's really the case...

All the immortal lords, emperors, venerables, and demon lords looked at the small world within the celestial mirror.

Within this small world, atop the trunk of that towering ancient tree, Jiang Sheng ignored the eight-sided, biting thunder dragons and stubbornly withstood the thunder and fire of Emperor Liuyuan's spear. In his hand, he resolutely slashed straight at Emperor Liuyuan's face with his Four Symbols Light Wheel!

"Young and reckless!"

The arrogant and disdainful voice of the Divine Firmament Emperor rang out above Jiang Sheng's head. Based on the Divine Firmament Emperor's experience, in this situation, one should withdraw in time and deal with the situation slowly, rather than recklessly fighting to the bitter end.

Penglai Lingyuan, the leader of the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School? The number one in the myriad realms of the present day?

That's all.

With a hint of disdain and condescension in his heart, Emperor Shenxiao once again summoned the Shenxiao Seal and, taking advantage of the moment when Jiang Sheng was locked in battle with Emperor Liuyuan, slammed it down hard on Jiang Sheng's back!

In an instant, lightning flashed and purple thunder surged!
With the blessing of the power of Mahayana, the Divine Firmament Seal forcefully broke through Jiang Sheng's Autumn Water Untainted by Dust and pierced through the defense of the Four Symbols Sword Qi. Then, with the force of an overwhelming wave and the power of destroying chaos, it slammed into Jiang Sheng's back!
This strike was the true killing move of the Divine Firmament Emperor!
As the Divine Firmament Seal pierced through Jiang Sheng's layers of defenses, the Divine Firmament Emperor's eyes revealed murderous intent: How dare you seize my power and position! You're courting death!

The moment the attack landed, half the people in the Lingxiao Palace showed solemn expressions. Those from the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, including the Mahayana and Five Tribulations cultivators associated with the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, all looked at the Shenxiao Emperor's sneak attack with gloomy expressions.

Two Mahayana cultivators fighting a single cultivator at the third stage of the combined realm is bad enough, but to launch a sneak attack is even worse!
The Divine Firmament Emperor has truly lost all sense of shame!
On the shore, Daoist Chixiao frowned, while Jinmu Yuanjun looked cold; Daoist Jingxuan, with a gloomy expression, snorted coldly, looking at Emperor Shenxiao as if he were a dead man.

However, in the next instant, a series of surprised and doubtful voices rose and fell in the Lingxiao Palace.

"How come you're alright?!"

"What is Shenxiao doing? This sneak attack missed its mark!"

"That lightning seal was placed on Ling Yuan's back, how come Ling Yuan is alright?!"

The group of Mahayana beings were filled with doubt and suspicion. If they hadn't known that the Divine Firmament Emperor and Jiang Sheng were vying for power and authority, they would have almost suspected that the Divine Firmament Emperor was putting on an act.

At this moment, not to mention the group of Mahayana cultivators in Lingxiao Palace, even the Divine Firmament Emperor himself felt it was unbelievable. His attack had used all his magical power and divine abilities, and it was an attack that used his own Mahayana magic treasure.

This strike, if it hit a mid-thousand-world region, could destroy an entire continent, so how come it didn't affect Jiang Sheng at all?!
Subconsciously, the Divine Emperor looked at Jiang Sheng's back, then revealed an expression of disbelief. He saw that on Jiang Sheng's robe, there was a faint flow of golden-purple energy and a hazy, mysterious yellow light. The golden-purple energy blocked cause and effect, and the mysterious yellow light blocked the killing move.

The combination of these two factors caused the Divine Firmament Emperor's fatal blow to miss!
This blow appeared to have struck Jiang Sheng in the back, but its actual power had long since vanished!

Seeing this, the Divine Firmament Emperor could only find it unbelievable: "You used your fortune and merit to nourish your Daoist robe?! And you used Xuanhuang Qi to temper your Dharma garment?!"

"Where did you get so much merit and primordial energy?!"

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Emperor Shenxiao would have found it hard to believe that someone would use Xuanhuang Qi to temper a robe, and that tempering the robe with Xuanhuang Qi wasn't enough, they even used Qi Luck and Merit to nourish it!

This is beyond extravagance; even the most spendthrift person wouldn't do something like this!

However, this unimaginable scene did indeed appear before the Divine Emperor, causing his heart to sink.

I thought Jiang Sheng only had a magic treasure with good fortune and merit, but I never expected that Jiang Sheng's magic robe was also nourished by good fortune, merit and primordial energy. Where did Jiang Sheng get so much good fortune, merit and primordial energy?!
"It's not just the robes; the fortune, merit, and primordial energy I've gained are far more than you can imagine."

The horrified Emperor Shenxiao looked again and saw that the Taoist crown on Jiang Sheng's head, the jade belt around his waist, and even the black boots on his feet were faintly filled with golden and purple energy. The dazzling dark yellow light was so bright that it made Emperor Shenxiao feel dizzy.

At this moment, the Divine Firmament Emperor finally felt a vague sense of unease. Perhaps it was because he had witnessed too many unbelievable things, but the Divine Firmament Emperor actually felt regret and wanted to retreat.

Not only can one nurture a treasure of fortune and merit with one's own fortune and merit, but one also has the spare power to nurture a Taoist crown and robe. How can such a person be so easily suppressed?

However, by then it was too late for the Divine Firmament Emperor to regret it.

With the help of Shenxiao Emperor's sneak attack on his back, Jiang Sheng's Four Symbols Light Wheel finally struck Liuyuan Emperor's face. In an instant, Liuyuan Emperor's head shattered, and he groaned as he quickly withdrew and retreated!

In an instant, Emperor Liuyuan's head was almost shattered by the Four Symbols Light Wheel. Emperor Liuyuan shook his head as he retreated, and the ever-flowing power of the Five Elements within his body restored his head and face to their original state. Emperor Liuyuan looked at Jiang Sheng with surprise and doubt, only to see that there was no trace of damage to the robe on Jiang Sheng's chest. The flowing golden-purple aura and the brilliant black-yellow light seemed to be mocking Emperor Liuyuan's overestimation of his own strength.

"Blessed by good fortune and merit! And further empowered by the Xuanhuang Qi!"

Emperor Liuyuan looked at Jiang Sheng with a complicated expression. Seeing that Jiang Sheng's Taoist crown, robes, jade belt, and even black boots were all shimmering with a mysterious yellow light, Emperor Liuyuan felt a tightness in his chest: How can he fight like this?!

Compared to the complex expression of Emperor Liuyuan and the horrified look on Emperor Shenxiao's face, Jiang Sheng appeared calm and composed.

Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "That's not all. Why don't you two take a look behind you?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shenxiao and Emperor Liuyuan turned around abruptly, only to see a three-foot-long magic sword hanging behind them.

The magic swords are one blue and one purple, imprinted with the marks of wind and thunder, carrying the method of the Three Calamities and the Way of the End of the Calamity.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword and the Immortal-Slaying Sword!
These two magical swords somehow appeared behind Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao, and pinned down their aura and true spirit!

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, watching the situation suddenly reverse, the Mahayana cultivators stared wide-eyed, exclaiming how exciting it was. On the imperial shore, the Crimson Heaven Dao Lord and the Golden Mother Yuanjun exchanged a glance: Penglai, Qinghua, and Tianhe only sent Jiang Sheng, which was exactly as the three Heavenly Venerables had predicted.

Meanwhile, Bodhisattva Mingguang and Bodhisattva Jinglian were thoughtfully examining Jiang Sheng's several magic swords, as if they were pondering something.

Maitreya Bodhisattva still had a smiling expression, but his eyes flashed with a sharp light. The Emperor of Heaven shook his head and sighed, thinking to himself that the outcome of the battle was already decided.

Jingxuan Daojun raised her cup to Zhenque Bodhisattva, her eyes gleaming with pride; Shenfeng Dasheng looked surprised, only to realize the profound depth of the Eastern Heaven Daoist school…

The Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor still looked at the hall full of immortals, Buddhas, saints, and celestial officials with a smile on his face, as if this scene was expected: "It seems that the result has been determined."

...

Within the small world, the Zhuxian Sword and the Luxian Sword locked the vital energy and true spirit of Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao, pinning down their space to move. The undisguised killing intent made the two Mahayana Emperors feel their hair stand on end.

This was not the most alarming thing for Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao.

What made the two great masters of the divine path most uneasy was that the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword were two magic swords that clearly exuded a terrifying and ferocious aura. They even had golden and purple radiance nurtured by the flow of qi and merit and mysterious yellow light tempered by mysterious yellow qi!
In the other two locations, the Immortal-Trapping Sword and the Immortal-Slaying Sword have also been returned to their places!
At this moment, the east, west, south, and north were respectively pinned down by the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Immortal Slaying Sword, the Immortal Trapping Sword, and the Immortal Annihilation Sword, and a fierce and overwhelming sword formation was beginning to take shape.

At this moment, how could Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao not understand?

Jiang Sheng deliberately acted recklessly and fought fiercely with Emperor Liuyuan in order to lure Emperor Shenxiao closer for a sneak attack.

But what can we do if we know the future?
Faced with the fierce battle between Jiang Sheng and Emperor Liuyuan, and with Jiang Sheng's defenseless back, could Emperor Shenxiao really hold back?
Even if Emperor Shenxiao can endure it, what will Emperor Liuyuan think?
The two are competitors after all, and they only temporarily joined forces to kick Jiang Sheng out of the game. How could they possibly trust each other without reservation?
Therefore, from the moment the two joined forces, they had already lost.

The key issue is not that the two are competitors, but that they are not familiar enough with Jiang Sheng and know very little about his true abilities.

After all, Jiang Sheng was either first or among the top in the first eight rounds. Neither Emperor Liuyuan nor Emperor Shenxiao had the opportunity to fight Jiang Sheng, so they were unaware of Jiang Sheng's true strength or weakness.

Finally reaching the final stage, facing the dueling platform personally set up by the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor, Jiang Sheng was the first to finish the duel each time. Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao had no chance to see through Jiang Sheng's methods, but instead, Jiang Sheng saw many flaws in his abilities.

One step ahead leads to another, and facing Jiang Sheng, Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao were at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

Now, they are about to pay the price for this disadvantage.

The four swords stood in the east, west, south, and north, locking in time and space, nailing down cause and effect, and preventing Emperor Liuyuan and Emperor Shenxiao from escaping.

The power of the Three Calamities and the breath of the final calamity and the end of fortune that lingered around the four swords were so fierce, yet these four extremely fierce magic swords were surrounded by the golden and purple glow of fortune and merit!

A vicious and deadly magical sword?

A true treasure surrounded by good fortune and merit?
This unbelievable scene, repeated over and over, almost distorted the face of the Divine Firmament Emperor.

"How is this possible?!"

"They are all magical treasures nurtured by fortune and merit, and magical artifacts tempered by primordial energy!"

"How is this possible?!"

"Where did you get so much luck, merit, and primordial energy? Liu Yuan, am I dreaming?!"

The Divine Emperor found it hard to accept all of this. He had clearly been in a dominant position before, with the two of them pressing down on Jiang Sheng from the front and back.

Just when they thought they were about to kick this Xuanmen kid out of the game, it turned out that it was all just their fantasy. From beginning to end, they had been acting according to Jiang Sheng's guidance. They had walked right into a trap. How could the Divine Firmament Emperor accept this?!

"Neither copper, nor iron, nor steel, a hidden paradise lies 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."

But then, Jiang Sheng, wearing a blue crown and black robe, had blue lotuses blooming in his eyes, and a majestic and vast aura rose up, transforming into a towering Dharma image holding four swords in his hands.

As Jiang Sheng softly chanted, Emperor Liuyuan looked around and saw that the four fierce and overwhelming magic swords were shimmering with golden and purple radiance and shimmering with dark yellow light.

Then Jiang Sheng flicked out an array diagram from his sleeve. The Azure Lotus Array Diagram, which was also nurtured by fortune and merit and tempered by Xuanhuang Qi, stretched out in the air, covering the sky and the earth, completely sealing off the last glimmer of hope for the two.

Gazing at the surging power of the final calamity and the severed causal relationships between heaven and earth, Emperor Liuyuan couldn't help but laugh: "What kind of monster am I fighting against?"

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Sheng, dressed in a blue crown and black robe, raised his hand and pointed:
"Slay! Kill! Trample! Annihilate!"

"Slay!" (End of Chapter)