Gaze and you will become stronger: starting from Doupo

No one expected that during this great battle that would determine the fate of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, a cauldron and a Luowen Fruit would suddenly appear and descend upon the Heavenly Abyss, undoubtedly making the already tense situation even more unpredictable.

The crowd scrutinized the massive cauldron. Enormous stars revolved around it like subjects paying homage to a king, the entire starry sky seemingly serving as its backdrop. A dense primordial energy of all things emanated from the cauldron's mouth, a pale golden hue imbued with life yet containing an invincible power. On the cauldron's walls, forged from celestial gold, were specks of blood, etched by the erosion of time yet undiminished, radiating a faint aura of slaughter, as if recounting countless bloody battles the cauldron had endured. Even more chilling was the faint, ethereal image of countless stars swirling around the cauldron's rim, seemingly poised to be completely swallowed up and become part of it at any moment.

Then look at the enormous spiral fruit, surrounded by lightning from the heavens. Black lightning roared like a raging dragon, purple lightning pierced the sky like divine bolts, and green lightning carried the dual aura of life and destruction… The various lightning bolts intertwined to form a massive lightning net, enveloping the fruit with crackling sounds. Some of the lightning bolts even transformed into the shapes of ancient mythical beasts around the fruit: a dragon with rugged scales, a phoenix with wings that blotted out the sky, and a qilin that roared and shook the mountains… These lightning beasts were so lifelike that just one glance was enough to inspire awe and a desire to bow down in worship.

"Where did these two things come from! Could they be related to that drop of blood?!" In the alien camp, all the beings, including that immortal powerhouse, showed astonished expressions. They could clearly feel that there was some mysterious connection between these two things and that drop of blood. Their auras resonated with each other, as if they came from the same source.

"Could it be...could it be that man who appeared above the Immortal Tomb!" Gazing at the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron and the Spiral Fruit floating in the Heavenly Abyss, the pupils of several powerful figures who had lived for countless years, including the Gluttonous King, the Old Celestial, and the Ancient Golden Clan Chief, shrank drastically. They gasped, their faces filled with shock. They had once had a fortuitous encounter in the Immortal Tomb, vaguely seeing the figure of a mysterious man, and beside that man seemed to be a similar cauldron and fruit phenomenon. They never expected to see it again here today!
As for Meng Tianzheng, Wang Changsheng, and other supreme beings, as well as ordinary cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, they were completely bewildered. They had never seen these two objects before, nor had they ever heard any related legends. They could only stare blankly at the two objects in the Heavenly Abyss, feeling the terrifying aura, their hearts filled with doubt and shock.

"My good disciple, you've... appeared again." Wu Fang gazed at the familiar cauldron, a smile of satisfaction involuntarily curving his lips. A complex emotion flickered in his eyes—nostalgia, relief, and a barely perceptible worry. He knew that the cauldron's owner had finally made his move.

Hearing Wu Fang's whisper from not far away, Ye Qingxian pursed her lips gently, and her clear, beautiful eyes reddened again, with crystal tears welling up in her eyes. She looked at the cauldron and at that familiar drop of blood, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Buzz!

Suddenly, the ancient cauldron began to slowly press down, and the primordial energy flowing through its body became even more concentrated. An invisible force pierced through the barrier of the Heavenly Abyss and surged towards the alien camp like a tide.

Instantly, the entire desert trembled violently, yellow sand swirling in the air, and countless ravines cracking open in the ground. Beside Anlan's chariot, the golden-backed ox pulling it let out a painful shudder. Its massive body suddenly buckled, and with a crisp "crack," the leg bone supporting its weight snapped. Unable to support itself any longer, it collapsed to its knees against the heavens, emitting a low, terrified howl. This ferocious beast, which had fought alongside the Immortal King for countless ages, had been forced to its knees by a force seemingly separated by an abyss of heaven and earth!
"You don't belong to this era, yet you dare to interfere in my affairs." Inside the chariot, An Lan's icy voice rang out again. This time, a suppressed, chilling anger could be faintly heard in his voice. "Do you want to fight across the river of time? Aren't you afraid of shattering the river of time and causing chaos in the eternal spacetime?"

"What?! Those two divine artifacts... those two divine artifacts aren't in Tianyuan! They're in another dimension?!"

"Having crossed the river of time? Yet even so, it can still directly force the king's chariot-pulling beast to its knees! Just how terrifying is this power!"

"My God! Do these two divine artifacts belong to the same person? How powerful must he be to be able to influence the battle situation in our time and space from another dimension across the river of time!"

Upon hearing An Lan's words, not only were the cultivators from the foreign realm utterly horrified, but the cultivators of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were also in an uproar, their faces filled with disbelief and astonishment. They had never imagined that such a terrifying being existed in the world, capable of traversing the endless river of time and influencing the present spacetime—this was completely beyond their comprehension of the laws of the Great Dao!

Could there really be such a terrifyingly powerful being in this world? Able to ignore the barriers of time and interfere with the present world across countless ages? Such questions arose in the minds of countless cultivators, who were also deeply shocked by the power of this unknown being.

Finally, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes filled with shock and anticipation in the desolate wilderness, a figure slowly emerged above the cauldron and the spiral fruit in the abyss.

It was the figure of a man, his body towering and majestic, like an eternal, unchanging mountain, standing silently in the void. His back was to all living beings, his face obscured, only his clothes stained with blood, emanating a faint, bloody scent, as if he had just survived a most brutal battle in another dimension, his entire being exuding a chilling aura of slaughter. Even from behind, he possessed an aura of majesty akin to a celestial emperor descending to earth, as if he were the embodiment of order, the center of heaven and earth, commanding the submission of all things.

Roar--!
Just then, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from within the Heavenly Abyss. The roar shook the heavens and earth, containing unparalleled ferocity, causing the laws of heaven and earth to become disordered. Countless cultivators felt their souls tremble violently, their hearts pounding with fear. After the appearance of the majestic man, another being appeared in everyone's sight. This being was equally enormous, with two curved black horns on its head, engraved with countless ferocious runes, radiating a monstrous blood aura that overwhelmed the sun and moon, causing the stars in the heavens to shine and resonate intensely. Suddenly, it extended a massive claw covered in black scales, the claw obscuring countless stars, and the galaxy behind it pulsated violently with its movement, carrying a world-destroying power. With a deafening roar, it fiercely grabbed at the majestic man above the cauldron's mouth!
"Could it be...could it be that a great war is also taking place in that other time and space, separated by the passage of time?!"

All the cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the other realms were stunned by the scene before them. They then realized that not only had the imposing man with the cauldron and the fruit emerged from another dimension, but an equally peerless being had also arrived and was fiercely battling the imposing man! Every attack from that being carried the power to tear apart space and time, while the imposing man calmly dealt with it. Although their battle was separated by the long river of time, it still shook the heavens and earth of the present world. Such a scene had exceeded everyone's imagination.

The imposing man remained with his back to all living beings, facing the attack of that supreme being alone. He appeared calm, without the slightest panic, as if such scenes were commonplace for him. Traces of the previous bloody battle still lingered on his body; his clothes were torn and stained with blood, clearly indicating that he had recently charged through thousands of troops and now encountered another formidable foe. Yet, his spine remained ramrod straight, radiating an unyielding pride.

boom!
Just as the creature's giant claw was about to touch the imposing man, his body suddenly erupted with dazzling light, like the sun exploding, illuminating the entire Tianyuan. In an instant, the enormous spiral fruit floating beside him transformed into a stream of light and entered his body. Immediately afterward, his long, jet-black hair began to change color at a visible speed, quickly turning a deep blue, like an ocean containing endless thunder. The Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron beneath his feet emitted a soft hum, slowly lifting his body upward. His aura surged dramatically, becoming more than ten times stronger than before!
"Moo..."

Below, the golden-backed ox pulling Anlan's chariot let out another long, terrified howl, its voice filled with indescribable horror. Even across the endless river of time, the aftershocks of the battle between the two in that different dimension within the Heavenly Abyss still sent shivers down the spine of this immortal king's mount, making its limbs tremble uncontrollably. If not for Anlan's protective aura, it would probably have collapsed to the ground long ago.

Rumble!
The battlefield scene in the alternate dimension became increasingly clear above the abyss, as if everyone could see the tragic battlefield through the barrier of time. The imposing man stood on the Cauldron of the Primordial Qi of All Things, his body surrounded by dense Primordial Qi of All Things. This Primordial Qi seemed to come alive, forming protective light screens to resist the opponent's attacks. He slowly raised his fist, and nine-colored lightning instantly wrapped around its surface: black lightning of destruction, purple lightning of divine punishment, green lightning of life... The nine different colored lightning intertwined, exuding a dual aura of destruction and creation. Faintly, the phantom of the Spiral Fruit could be seen slowly rotating on his fist, radiating an even more terrifying power.

His divine might was unparalleled, his aura like an eternal star, carrying an eternal and invincible belief. He threw a punch towards the sky, without any fancy moves, but containing the power to shatter the heavens, directly facing the giant claw that the supreme being reached out with, which covered the entire sky!

At this moment, the entire borderland fell silent. Cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, as well as beings from other realms, all held their breath, their gazes fixed on the battle that had transcended time above the Abyss. They knew that the outcome of this battle might directly affect the fate of their world. The figure of that towering man, though separated by endless ages, was deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts. His back to all living beings seemed to become a symbol of hope, rekindling the determination of the cultivators from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to fight against the other realms. The cultivators from other realms, however, wore solemn expressions. For the first time, they felt that this seemingly invincible war might not be so simple; the being who had intervened across the river of time might become their greatest obstacle.

The abyss continued to tremble, the barrier of time seemingly on the verge of being torn apart by the battle that transcended time and space. And that drop of bright red blood still floated quietly in front of the Imperial Pass, radiating a brilliant light, like a silent vow, guarding the nine heavens and ten earths behind it, awaiting the final outcome.

"boom!"

A deafening roar that shook the ages erupted in the alternate dimension battlefield. Chaotic energy surged forth like boiling magma, each fragment containing power enough to tear stars apart, shattering countless virtual spacetime bubbles as it scattered. The already unstable alternate dimension battlefield trembled violently under this attack, as if it would collapse completely at any moment, returning to nothingness.

The imposing man's fist, crackling with nine-colored lightning, clashed violently with the massive claw of the horned creature, which bore the phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars. On the surface of his fist, black lightning serpents of destruction writhed wildly, purple divine punishment lightning tore through the void, and green arcs of life lightning flickered with vibrant vitality. The nine types of lightning intertwined to form an impenetrable energy net, containing the dual mysteries of creation and destruction. On the massive claw, the sun and moon revolved, stars rose and fell, as if carrying the weight of an entire universe. Ancient runes of law flowed from the claw's tip, emanating a terrifying aura that suppressed eternity.

At the moment of impact, time seemed to freeze. Then, the horned creature's giant claws twisted and convulsed violently, its azure scales sizzling under the burning nine-colored lightning, emitting a burnt smell, and a clear cracking sound emanated from its claw bones. Its giant claws, capable of crushing stars, had suffered a visibly damaged blow from this single punch; the starlight phantoms at its claw tips shattered like bubbles, scattering into specks of starlight.

"Roar—!" A shrill scream rang out, echoing across two dimensions. The horned creature, writhing in pain, gleamed even more fiercely in its eyes. Instead of retreating, it unleashed an even more ferocious aura, its massive body lunging at the towering man once more. Its body, originally larger than the stars in the heavens, blotting out the sun, rapidly shrank at a visible speed during the attack. Countless runes of law flowed across its surface, compressing its immense energy. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a humanoid being, standing in the void, facing the towering man from afar.

Clang!
A crisp, piercing clang of metal clashing suddenly rang out as the armor crafted from immortal gold collided violently with the edge of the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, sending sparks flying everywhere. The humanoid creature transformed from the giant beast... (End of Chapter)