Gaze and you will become stronger: starting from Doupo

No matter how she tried to activate her blood energy, that power remained completely still, like a mountain pressing down on her foundation, preventing her from even moving her fingertips.

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, please don't blame us for being impolite!"

Upon hearing Jin Taijun's cry for help, a resolute glint flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes. Without further hesitation, he gripped the Xuanyuan Battle Halberd in front of him with both hands. In an instant, the entire halberd erupted with a dazzling purple light, and a thick purple beam shot out from the tip of the halberd, like a celestial dragon's claw, instantly piercing through layers of the sky and striking three large stars from beyond the realm.

The three large stars, struck by the beam of light, did not explode in a spectacular fashion. Instead, they melted away like ice and snow, turning into countless purple specks of light that then burst open in the void, like the most dazzling fireworks, illuminating the desolate star field as if it were daytime.

"Ten Realms unite, suppress!"

Almost simultaneously, Zhao Haotian let out a low shout. The Ten Realms Diagram in front of him suddenly rattled and began to tremble violently. As it trembled, the complete great world within the diagram began to rotate and shrink, and the surrounding void collapsed inch by inch under the diagram's pressure, revealing the pitch-black chaos within.

A grand and clear sacrificial chant resounded from the picture. The voice was not like a human voice, but more like the chanting of the laws of heaven and earth. Every syllable carried the majesty of suppressing the universe, making the souls of those who heard it tremble, as if they were about to be dragged into the world in the picture by the voice and enslaved for eternity.

At this moment, Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian raised their supreme aura to its absolute peak. Wang Changsheng was surrounded by purple battle energy, merging with the light of the Xuanyuan Halberd, transforming into a purple streak of light; Zhao Haotian resonated with the sacrificial chants of the Ten Realms Diagram, his figure becoming ethereal, as if he had merged with the world within the diagram. The two, one on the left and one on the right, attacked Jiang Han with earth-shattering power.

"Although you two were not involved in what happened back then, you turned a blind eye to it." Jiang Han slowly opened his eyes, his gaze calmly sweeping over the two attacking men. His voice was indifferent but carried an undeniable authority. "Today, you are again protecting Jin Taijun. You may be spared the death penalty, but you will not escape punishment."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Tai Chi diagram beneath his feet suddenly emitted an unusual light. The primordial energy of Yang and the primordial energy of Yin rose simultaneously, like two enormous wings of light, tightly enveloping Jiang Han's body in the center.

Jiang Han strode forward, each step accompanied by a mysterious pattern lighting up beneath his feet. These patterns rapidly spread outwards, weaving into a massive net in the void, enveloping the entire battlefield. The patterns flowed with the luster of primordial chaos and mother energy, and the oppressive aura emanating from them caused Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian's attacks to falter slightly.

Wang Changsheng arrived first, gripping the Xuanyuan Battle Halberd with both hands, and thrust it forward fiercely. In an instant, the terrifying offensive energy erupting from the halberd split into dense golden lines, which, like the sharpest sword blades, gleamed with a chilling light capable of tearing through everything, surrounding Jiang Han from all directions.

The power of this attack was so great that even cultivators far away at the Imperial Pass could clearly feel it. Countless people felt a sinking feeling in their hearts, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on their chests, making it difficult to breathe. Some timid cultivators even collapsed to the ground, their faces pale as they stared at the scene in the sky, not daring to blink.

Following closely behind, Zhao Haotian spread out the Ten Realms Map. From the map surged hundreds of different lights—red, orange, yellow, green… Each light represented a world rule; some carried the intense heat to incinerate all things, some emitted the chill to freeze souls, and some contained the deadly poison to corrode the Great Dao. These lights intertwined to form a massive net of light, completely enveloping the battlefield. Let alone a Supreme Being, even a powerhouse at the Transcendent Realm would have their body and soul instantly shattered into dust if they touched even a trace of this light.

With the Supreme Being's full power, the two immortal artifacts unleashed attacks powerful enough to destroy the entire heavens!

However, just as this terrifying divine might was about to strike and engulf Jiang Han, the Primordial Qi and the Primordial Chaos Qi surrounding his body suddenly surged violently and began to evolve rapidly.

Under the blessing of faith, the primordial energy of Yin rapidly condensed and transformed, ultimately taking the form of a longbow. The bow was entirely composed of pale golden primordial energy, wrapped with blue-green bands of faith light. Countless phantoms of believers knelt devoutly on these bands, emanating a gentle yet indestructible power. On both sides of the bow were carved patterns of mountains, rivers, and vegetation, so lifelike they seemed ready to leap from the bow at any moment, forming a real world within themselves.

Driven by the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, the primordial energy of the anode contracted and solidified, transforming into a black arrow. The arrow was entirely black, its surface covered with spiraling threads—the imprint of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power. Each thread spun at high speed, emitting a resonant frequency that made space itself tremble. The arrowhead was incredibly sharp, gleaming with a cold light like that of primordial chaos, as if capable of piercing the barriers of time.

"Keng!"

Jiang Han held the longbow formed from the primordial energy of all things in his left hand, and gently placed the index and middle fingers of his right hand on the arrow formed from the primordial energy. His movements were fluid and graceful, without the slightest hesitation, as if he had practiced it countless times.

With a sudden pull of his right hand, the longbow curved like a full moon. The power of faith and the power of Zhenzhen converged and collided between the bow and the arrow, producing a resounding tremor of the bowstring that echoed throughout the universe.

"The arrow is released, and the heavens shatter!"

Jiang Han gave a low shout and released his right hand.

The black arrow, like a meteor breaking free from its restraints, shot out in an instant with a sharp whistling sound that tore everything apart.

Wherever it passed, space was torn into a pitch-black passage, and the chaotic air currents on both sides of the passage were shattered by the resonant force of the arrow.

First to meet the arrows were the thousands of golden swords formed from Wang Changsheng's offensive aura. However, those swords, powerful enough to pierce the flesh of a supreme being, were like paper before the black arrows—the spatial power emanating from the arrows acted like invisible scissors, instantly tearing and annihilating the golden swords. In the blink of an eye, the densely packed swords vanished without a trace, leaving not even a ripple of energy.

Immediately afterward, the arrow struck the radiant net of light released by Zhao Haotian's Ten Realms Diagram. The light, imbued with the rules of the world, was equally vulnerable before the arrow. The resonance caused by the shockwave directly disrupted the rule-based structure of the light, while the primordial energy of all things and the power of faith, like a frog being slowly boiled in water, silently dissolved the net's defenses. With a crisp "crack," the net shattered, and the hundred kinds of light retreated back into the Ten Realms Diagram like the receding tide.

The black arrow charged forward relentlessly, breaking through two lines of defense without slowing down, and shot straight toward the Xuanyuan War Halberd and the Ten Realms Diagram.

"clang--!"

A deafening metallic clang exploded in the desolate star field, as if two celestial artifacts were colliding directly.

The black arrow struck the tip of the Xuanyuan Halberd first. The halberd's purple light flashed violently, countless dragon patterns appearing as it attempted to deflect the arrow's impact. However, the primordial energy and powerful force of the arrow were too overwhelming. After only a moment of stalemate, the halberd trembled violently. Wang Changsheng gripped the shaft tightly, but still couldn't withstand the terrifying force. His hands were instantly ripped open, bleeding profusely. "Dislodged!" Wang Changsheng was horrified. Instinctively, he tried to stabilize the halberd, but the arrow's power suddenly surged. He felt an irresistible force, and his hands could no longer hold the halberd. He could only watch helplessly as it was blasted away by the arrow, tracing a purple arc in the air before plummeting towards the distant chaotic currents.

Almost simultaneously, the black arrow, still carrying considerable momentum, struck the Ten Realms Diagram again. The sacrificial chants within the diagram instantly intensified, and the illusory world on the diagram spun wildly, attempting to absorb the arrow. However, the primordial energy of all things and the power of faith on the arrow formed an invisible barrier, rendering the diagram's suction completely ineffective. Immediately afterward, a resonant force of tremor entered the diagram, causing the Ten Realms Diagram to shudder violently. The illusory world on it instantly blurred, and Zhao Haotian felt a violent tremor in his mind. His connection with the diagram was abruptly severed, and the Ten Realms Diagram, like a kite with a broken string, drifted away in another direction.

Both immortal artifacts were simultaneously knocked out of their master's control by a single arrow!
"This……"

Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian's pupils constricted sharply, their faces filled with disbelief. They never imagined that their renowned immortal artifacts would be knocked away by a single arrow! It should be noted that both the Xuanyuan Battle Halberd and the Ten Realms Diagram had withstood the baptism of the ancient immortal war, their hardness far exceeding that of ordinary immortal artifacts. Even against attacks from True Immortals, they could withstand them for a moment. Yet, before Jiang Han's arrow, they were as fragile as children's toys.

Before they could even recover and summon their immortal artifacts back, something even more horrifying happened—after the black arrow blasted away the two artifacts, it suddenly exploded with a "bang," transforming into two streams of light that rapidly condensed and deformed in the air, eventually turning into two enormous hands.

The palm was formed by the intertwining of primordial energy and the mother energy of all things. The left palm was imprinted with the pattern of the Tremor Fruit, and the right palm was wrapped with a band of light of faith power. The pressure it emitted was three times more terrifying than the previous Tai Chi diagram.

Two giant hands appeared behind Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian as if they had teleported, then suddenly reached down and grabbed their necks.

"Uh!"

Both men let out a muffled groan, feeling as if two mountains were pressing down on their necks, making it instantly difficult to breathe. An invisible and terrifying spatial force spread from the giant hand, surging into their limbs and bones, engulfing every cell in their bodies.

The spatial power was extremely strange; it neither erupted nor tore apart, but simply lay dormant within their bodies like countless tiny time bombs. They could clearly feel that if they dared to struggle even slightly, the spatial power within them would instantly explode, completely tearing their physical bodies and primordial spirits apart, leaving them no chance even for reincarnation!
In an instant, Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian felt a chill run through their bodies, as if they had fallen into an ancient ice cellar. They had lived for millions of years and experienced countless life-or-death crises, but they had never felt such a chilling sensation—a fear that rose from the depths of their souls, a complete surrender to absolute power.

The two dared not move, and could only stare at Jiang Han with terrified expressions, their eyes filled with deep fear and even a hint of despair.

"No...no, how could this be..."

Seeing the fate of Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian, Jin Taijun, whose neck was being choked by the clone, completely collapsed. Her face turned paler than paper, and fear spread through her eyes like a tide, causing her body to tremble uncontrollably.

Two supreme beings wielding celestial artifacts joined forces to attack, yet they couldn't even withstand a single arrow from their opponent and were easily subdued... This level of strength was beyond her comprehension.

At this moment, who can save her? Who can stop this Hongjun Ancestor, who is like a demon god?

She knew that the game was over.

What drove her to despair most was that, under the control of Jiang Han's clone, she didn't even have the chance to burn her origin or self-destruct her primordial spirit. Her divine power was completely imprisoned, and her primordial spirit was firmly locked by the power of space. She was like a lamb to the slaughter, only able to watch helplessly as death approached step by step.

"Tread, step, step..."

Jiang Han glanced indifferently at Wang Changsheng and Zhao Haotian, who were immobilized by their necks gripped by a giant hand, and ignored them. He turned around, his gaze returning to Jin Taijun, and strode towards her.

With each step he took, the heavens roared with a deafening boom, as if the entire universe resonated with his footsteps. As he drew closer, the surrounding space began to distort, and the remaining fragments of stars fell towards his feet as if in worship, forming a path paved with star debris.

"Please let me go...please let me go..."

As Jiang Han drew closer, Jin Taijun completely abandoned all dignity. Her voice trembled with tears, a stark contrast to the haughty and domineering Jin Taijun of the past. "I know I was wrong about what happened back then... I shouldn't have distorted the truth for my own selfish reasons, and I shouldn't have made things difficult for the descendants of those heroes... I'm still useful. I can still go to the borderlands to fight the enemy. I can atone for the sins of those fallen heroes..."

She begged for mercy incoherently, trying to exchange her last bit of value for a chance at survival.

Jiang Han stopped and looked down at her, his face expressionless, his eyes as cold as ice.

"The borderlands are as good as they are, whether you're here or not." His voice was calm yet resolute, his cold and indifferent words echoing from the battlefield, spreading like thunder throughout the Imperial Pass and every corner of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. "If you are truly useful, then I will take your place!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the clone that Jiang Han had created transformed into a stream of light and merged back into his body.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Han slowly raised his right fist.

This punch gathered all the primordial energy and the mother energy of all things in the Tai Chi diagram. Pale gold and gray air currents intertwined and swirled on the fist. This punch incorporated the original power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the will of the faith of all heavens. Pale gold halos and blue-green light bands jumped and flickered on the fist surface.

Beams of light surged from the fist, emanating a pressure that caused the entire desolate star field to tremble violently. Countless remaining fragments of space were instantly annihilated under the fist's pressure. This punch contained the power to create the world, the will of billions of living beings—unparalleled in its power! (End of Chapter)