Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Time flies!
Mingxian's eyelids twitched as he watched the streak of swordsmanship that almost brushed past his clothes: Penglai Lingyuan truly lived up to his reputation as a master swordsman; the precision and skill of that sword strike were so great that it would be difficult for anyone other than a swordsman to comprehend it.

All they could see was that Jiang Sheng's sword strike was exquisite and perfectly timed. As soon as Ming Xian bound the Chaos Beast, Jiang Sheng's sword light followed.

But they couldn't discern what this supposedly perfect timing or exquisite sword technique truly meant.

Mingxian, however, was different. He was the chief of the Ming generation of the Tianhe Dao Sect and also a master swordsman. Although there were different styles of swordsmanship among sword cultivators, such as the Form Sword, the Law Sword, and the Power Sword, Mingxian could see the amazing meaning contained in Jiang Sheng's sword strike.

Putting everything else aside, the ability to integrate the three calamities of refining the void and the meaning of annihilation with wind, thunder, water and fire into a single sword strike, where these elements not only do not conflict but complement each other, achieving the power to connect with the Great Dao and then sever the flow of time, is something that ordinary Dongxuan Dao Fruits cannot accomplish.

Not to mention how fast Jiang Sheng's sword was launched and how ruthless it was. It can be said that Jiang Sheng had already prepared his sword in the blink of an eye. How could such skill be described by the word "fast" alone?

As for the sword intent that was powerful enough to destroy all laws and sever time, it astonished Mingxian even more.

Previously, everyone said that Penglai Lingyuan was incredibly powerful, but Mingxian had never actually seen Jiang Sheng make a move. The matter of Buzhou Realm was just a rumor. But seeing him today, Jiang Sheng's skills were truly extraordinary, at least beyond Mingxian's reach.

Just as Mingxian was lost in thought, Jiang Sheng's sword light had already struck the Chaos Beast.

With a mournful cry, the Chaos Beast's flesh, which was tougher than the world's barrier, was sliced ​​open by the sword light. Blood droplets the size of stars splattered out, and each droplet instantly condensed in the chaotic void, becoming a new, lifeless star.

Looking at the Chaos Beast's flesh that had been cut open, Ming Xian couldn't help but be shocked again. He had previously thought that Jiang Sheng's sword strike had touched a tiny bit of the Dao of Time with the method of the end of the calamity, but it seemed that this was not the case!

The flesh of a Chaos Beast is not so easy to cut open; at least, it cannot be cut open by someone at the Void Refinement level.

Mingxian had once seen a projection of a Nascent Soul True Monarch subduing a Chaos Beast in the Daoist Archives of the Tianhe Dao Sect. That was a Nascent Soul True Monarch who had survived two tribulations, and he suppressed the Chaos Beast with the unique supernatural powers of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Even so, it took the True Monarch of the Integration Realm quite a bit of trouble to subdue the Chaos Beast. It can be said that if he had not overcome the dilemma of the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, it would have been no easy task to subdue the Chaos Beast.

Jiang Sheng, a mere Void Refinement cultivator, was actually able to sever the Chaos Beast's impenetrable hide!

It should be noted that the outer skin of the Chaos Beast is extremely tough, and even magic weapons of the Integration Realm are very difficult to break through. How did Jiang Sheng, a mere Refinement Realm cultivator, manage to do it?
With a sense of shock and doubt, Mingxian stared intently at the wailing Chaos Beast. When he saw the mottled and twisted marks on the wound, he could hardly contain his horror: the sword marks on the Chaos Beast's body were solidified and did not dissipate. Within those sword marks, there were wisps of time power emanating out. They were marks of time being cut off!

Jiang Sheng's sword strike actually severed time!
Mingxian finally understood: the reason why the sword that cut through time was able to sever the Chaos Beast's skin was not so much because what landed on the Chaos Beast was the sword light, but rather because it was an extremely sharp wisp of time power that Jiang Sheng had slashed out.

Even if the flesh and skin of a Chaos Beast are impervious to swords and spears, and immune to water and fire, and are said to be able to withstand the passage of time, when it really encounters the sword light that uses time as its edge, it will inevitably suffer torn flesh.

And this is just the beginning.

Watching the Chaos Beast writhing in agony as its flesh was torn apart, Mingxian didn't hesitate to tighten the Starlight Net with a hand seal.

The blazing net emitted a red light, scorching the Chaos Beast's flesh while simultaneously contracting to bind it tightly, making it difficult for the beast to break free.

At this point, the Chaos Beast was completely bound, and Mingxian finally had time to unleash his supernatural powers. As Mingxian's cultivation technique reached its peak, dazzling starlight began to shine in this desolate starry river.

In the once dark and desolate star field, large stars shone brightly in all directions, their fiery starlight surging and flowing, echoing each other and rotating endlessly.

As the stars across the entire star field were awakened, they began to rotate and move according to Mingxian's will, causing the entire star field to surge with boundless stellar power like an endless vortex.

Looking at Ming Xian, who had already moved the entire starry sea with his own cultivation, Jiang Sheng knew that this senior brother of the Tianhe Dao Sect was finally about to reveal his true abilities.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Sheng said loudly, "I have often heard that the Starry Sky Technique of the Heavenly River Dao Sect is unique. Today, Brother Mingxian, would you be so kind as to let me witness it?"

Upon hearing this, Mingxian laughed and said, "Junior Brother Lingyuan, your sword strike just now was enough to amaze your peers in the Xuanmen Sect. Now, let's see what I can do!"

Before he finished speaking, Mingxian reached out and made a hand seal. The boundless vortex formed from the entire sea of ​​stars suddenly accelerated, and the dazzling stars reflected the chaotic void. The endless ripples of starlight pressed down on the bound chaotic beast.

At this moment, only endless, dazzling light illuminated the chaotic void. Mingxian softly recited, "The Milky Way condenses into the sky and sea, and the clear light gathers the remaining brightness."

"Starry Sea - Suppressing the World!"

In an instant, the boundless sea of ​​stars crashed down with a deafening roar. The Chaos Beast roared incessantly, sensing the ever-approaching threat above. It forcefully expanded its body, tearing apart the bright starlight net. Then, it inhaled a surge of chaotic energy, its size suddenly expanding to tens of millions of miles, resembling a continent, and charged straight at the sea of ​​stars. Moments later, the silent collision stirred up a chaotic current of starlight that swept through the void. The scorching aftershocks, like a raging torrent, engulfed the vast chaos. Stars shattered instantly upon impact, shooting out in all directions. Pieces of space shattered, and the entire void trembled under this terrifying collision.

With a deafening roar that shook the entire chaotic void, the Chaos Beast smashed through the vast, sky-covering starry sea and then lunged at Ming Xian.

As the Chaos Beast opened its mouth, its enormous maw, like an abyss, began to devour everything. Whether it was a lifeless star or a bright celestial star, all were sucked into the Chaos Beast's mouth by this powerful suction force. Even the primordial energy wandering in the void and the raging gale and thunder were swallowed up by the Chaos Beast.

Just as Jiang Sheng was about to make a move, Ming Xian shouted, "Junior Brother Lingyuan, behold my skills!"

Before he finished speaking, Mingxian changed the hand seals, and the originally shattered star sea vortex suddenly reversed and began to surge in reverse.

In an instant, two incredibly powerful repulsive forces began to collide and surge within this sea of ​​stars. Lightning began to manifest, and fierce flames and gales followed. With the continuous collision of the attraction and repulsion forces, the entire chaotic star field began to tremble and crack.

The battle between Mingxian and the Chaos Beast actually revealed the power of two experts at the Fusion Realm fighting!

Jiang Sheng watched Ming Xian clash head-on with the Chaos Beast and gained a deeper understanding of Ming Xian's abilities. After all, he was the chief disciple of the Tianhe Dao Sect, who had fought against the true disciples of the Tianyuan Holy Sect in the Tianyuan Realm. His cultivation was indeed extraordinary!

As Mingxian faced the Chaos Beast head-on, a glint of cunning flashed in his eyes as he looked at the Chaos Beast's savage and mindless appearance, and the hand seals in his hands changed once again.

In an instant, the reverse-rotating vortex of the starry sea suddenly contracted. The vortex, which originally filled the entire star field, shrank to no more than ten thousand miles in an instant, and the entire starry sea collapsed into a pitch-black abyss.

The pitch-black abyss emitted an immense suction force, which instead held the enormous Chaos Beast, comparable in size to a continent, tightly to the edge of the abyss, making it impossible for it to escape.

Upon seeing this, the Chaos Beast immediately shrank its body, which was tens of millions of miles in size, to millions of miles, hundreds of thousands of miles, tens of thousands of miles, and finally shrunk to no more than ten miles.

However, the abyss also shrank as the Chaos Beast's body shrank. When the Chaos Beast shrank to ten thousand miles, the abyss shrank to a hundred miles; when the Chaos Beast shrank to ten miles, the abyss shrank to a hundred feet.

When the abyss finally shrank to a mere foot in diameter, the Chaos Beast could no longer shrink itself, and half of its body had already been swallowed by the abyss.

Looking at the immobilized Chaos Beast, Ming Xian chuckled softly:

"Starry Sky, Boundless Realm!"

Watching Mingxian raise his hand to reveal the vast galaxy and then lower his hand to reveal the boundless star, Jiang Sheng's eyes lit up: using himself as bait, he lured the Chaos Beast step by step into his trap and then delivered a fatal blow. This talent was truly extraordinary. In particular, Jiang Sheng was absolutely certain that Mingxian must have personally witnessed the birth and destruction of more than one galaxy to deduce this method of evolving the boundless chaos from the destroyed galaxy.

Mingxian, meanwhile, leisurely raised his hand and retrieved the starlight net that had been torn apart by the Chaos Beast.

The tattered net, originally as fragile as cotton, drifted and fell into Mingxian's hand. As the fragments of the net flew, they sparkled with starlight. After Mingxian gathered all the broken nets, he used his magic to transform the countless fallen nets into a flowing galaxy in his hand.

Jiang Sheng looked over and saw that Ming Xian held thousands of stars shining brightly in his hand, forming a boundless and vast star river. The star river coiled around Ming Xian's hand like a young snake and finally disappeared into his sleeve.

Brushing his sleeves, Mingxian laughed and said, "Junior Brother Lingyuan, what do you think of my supernatural skill?"

Jiang Sheng naturally did not hold back his praise: "With the cultivation of the Refining Void Dao, you trapped and killed the Chaos Beast. Brother Mingxian's talent is truly admirable."

Mingxian nodded, and was about to speak when he suddenly sensed something and looked up. He saw that the Chaos Beast, which had been trapped in the Boundless Star and had begun to quiet down, suddenly began to struggle. Its four wings and six legs were constantly dancing, and it actually broke free from the Boundless Star!
The Chaos Beast has broken free?!
Mingxian was startled and was about to make a move when he saw the Chaos Beast charging straight at him. Clearly, after all that had happened, the Chaos Beast's hatred for Mingxian had reached its peak. This Chaos Beast was now reckless and determined to smash Mingxian to pieces!

At this moment, Mingxian had no time to make a move. In an instant, the Chaos Beast transformed into a chaotic torrent and rushed over. However, before it arrived, a sword light gracefully slashed down!
"Senior Brother Mingxian, please step back!"

The instant Jiang Sheng spoke, his figure, along with the sword light, rushed to Ming Xian's front.

In an instant, Mingxian saw a dazzling sword light pierce through the sky and earth, penetrating eight million miles of void.

But then, a startled swan pierced the sky, stirring up layers of streaks of light. Amidst the flying wind, thunder, water, and fire, sword light crisscrossed, shattering all laws and returning all things to their ultimate state. The intent of the Three Calamities and the final tribulation condensed into an ultimate sharpness that slashed down in an instant.

"Time: Reflecting on the Past!" (End of Chapter)