Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

Martial Saint! Success!
He slowly clenched his fist, his knuckles crackling and popping, distorting the air around him.

From the outside, his physique seemed to have not changed much, but he could clearly feel that the power flowing in his body was several times stronger than before the blood transfusion!
At this moment, even without using the slightest bit of his primordial spirit power or divine abilities, he was confident that with just this Martial Saint body, he could crush the vast majority of Martial Saints of the same realm in this world! This was because his foundation was so solid that the effect of the blood transfusion was naturally far beyond that of ordinary people.

"The blood transfusion is complete. The next step is to refine the acupoints!"

Ying Shaoyang was filled with excitement. According to the "Martial Classic" and his own understanding, condensing acupoints is the key to becoming a Human Immortal or even a higher realm after becoming a Martial Saint, and it tests the cultivator's ability to subtly sense and control their own body.

He calmed his mind and focused his powerful divine sense inward to examine himself. For him, who had already condensed his primordial spirit and possessed a strong divine sense, sensing his own acupoints was not difficult.

"open!"

With a thought, a hidden acupoint in his body that he had already sensed opened up like a sleeping star being lit up!

In an instant, the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to find an outlet, rushing wildly into this newly opened acupoint.

Ying Shaoyang's body was like a bottomless pit. As soon as his acupoints absorbed spiritual energy, his cells and blood began to circulate spontaneously, quickly replenishing what he had lost.

"Come again!"

Without stopping, his divine sense, like the most precise carving knife, guided his blood and spiritual power, rushing towards the second, third, tenth, and one hundredth acupoints!

Bo! Bo! Bo!
A series of soft, whispering sounds, like seeds sprouting from the earth, rang out within his body, audible only to him. One acupoint after another was activated, as if a miniature starry sky was being constructed within him!

As he opened more and more acupoints, his consumption of spiritual energy reached a terrifying level. The water level in the pool, which was originally liquefied with spiritual energy, began to drop at a visible rate! Ying Shaoyang was completely immersed in the thrill of rapidly becoming stronger, and his mind was entirely focused on the great project of opening acupoints.

When external energy couldn't keep up, he mobilized his own reserves! The vast energy stored in his cells began to flow into the newly opened acupoints, and the suction force generated within his body grew stronger and stronger. Even a wisp of the pure spiritual energy in his primordial spirit began to flow into his body to nourish the acupoints.

His frantic absorption of energy directly impacted the external world! The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation seemed to sense its master's needs, its operation suddenly accelerating, expanding the range of its absorption of seawater and the energy of heaven and earth, and its suction force becoming even stronger!

The sea area shrouded by the great formation became even more turbulent, and the clouds in the sky were pulled down, forming a huge energy funnel that poured into the main island and flowed into the pool, supporting Ying Shaoyang's cultivation.

With each acupoint opened and filled, Ying Shaoyang could clearly feel his body grow stronger, his perception of heaven and earth become clearer, and his control over power become more refined.

This tangible progress completely captivated him.

……

However, just as Ying Shaoyang was engrossed in opening up the "starry sky" within his body, in the distant sky, a magnificent, ancient, and colossal city, exuding an eternal and timeless aura, was floating above the sea of ​​clouds.

On the city wall, a man dressed in white, with an aura of indifference that seemed to be in harmony with the Great Dao, coldly looked down at the sea below that was frantically devouring energy, as well as the one hundred and eight strange islands.

It is none other than the Supreme Dao Master, the Dream God!

Although he couldn't directly "see" Ying Shaoyang's figure and specific actions using the time reversal method, the array was so recklessly absorbing seawater and the energy of heaven and earth that the commotion it caused was too great, like a torch in the dark night, and it couldn't escape the perception of someone like him.

"This formation... is strange."

Meng Shenji's eyes were cold.

"If I hadn't confirmed that the formation was intact and that the mysterious person might be inside it, I wouldn't have left Jade Capital City so easily."

The eternal kingdom beneath his feet was a supreme treasure inherited from the Supreme Dao, possessing boundless power. However, it had suffered some damage from its previous collision with Yang Pan's Creation Ship and had not yet fully recovered.

In his judgment, if the formation below was intact and its owner was not weakened, he would not sit idly by while his formation was being attacked like this.

At that moment, a cold glint flashed in Meng Shenji's eyes!
"go with!"

Driven by his will, the void below the Eternal Kingdom cracked open, and nine divine dragons, each a thousand feet long and entirely formed from blazing white eternal light, let out a deafening roar. Carrying immense power that could shatter the void and crush all things, they crashed into the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation below like nine falling stars!
Rumble——! ! !
A terrifying collision occurred! The nine eternal radiant dragons simultaneously crashed into the array's protective barrier, unleashing a dazzling light that could eclipse the sun and moon, along with a destructive energy storm!
The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, which originally covered an area of ​​over a thousand miles, was subjected to this sudden and fierce attack. The light shield was violently distorted and flickered, and its range was forcibly suppressed and shrunk to only a few dozen miles in radius!

"Um?!"

Ying Shaoyang, who was deeply immersed in cultivation and engrossed in opening up his acupoints, was suddenly awakened by the violent tremors and energy shock! He looked up abruptly, his gaze piercing through the pool and the array's light barrier, and saw the eternal kingdom city suspended high in the sky, as well as the nine radiant dragons that were dissipating!

"Dream! Divine! Machine!"

Ying Shaoyang's face instantly turned ashen, and his eyes burned with a palpable rage! Anyone who was forcibly interrupted at a crucial moment in their secluded cultivation would be in a bad mood, let alone someone as proud and arrogant as him!
"court death!"

Ying Shaoyang roared and his figure burst out from the bottom of the pool! The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation, which had been suppressed to a range of tens of miles, suddenly expanded with his will. The chaotic starlight surged, like a ferocious beast with its jaws wide open, and surged upwards, trying to engulf the entire city of the Eternal Kingdom!

At the same time, he rapidly formed hand seals, invoking the laws of heaven and earth!
"Thunder comes!"

In an instant, dark clouds filled the sky for hundreds of miles around, lightning danced wildly, and thicker purple-gold lightning pillars, imbued with the will of destruction and judgment, tore through the heavens like swords of divine punishment, and slashed down fiercely towards the Eternal Kingdom!

"Follow the laws of heaven and earth! Subdue dragons and tigers!"

Within Ying Shaoyang's body, the newly formed Heaven and Earth Divine Power Rune and another divine power rune representing the ultimate power and restraining dragon and tiger demon beasts shone brightly at the same time, merging into his limbs and bones!

His body grew taller with the wind, his bones creaked, and his flesh swelled, instantly transforming into a thunderous giant hundreds of meters tall! His muscles bulged, containing terrifying power that could tear the heavens and the earth apart!
"Break it for me!"

The giant roared like thunder from the heavens, and a fist as big as a small mountain, wrapped in starlight and lightning, smashed down on the city walls of the Eternal Kingdom with overwhelming force that could crush everything, regardless of spatial distance!

Faced with the raging lightning bolt descending from the sky, invisible ripples of spacetime spread around the Eternal Kingdom. The lightning bolt fell into them, as if it had been trapped in a quagmire of time and a labyrinth of space. Its power was weakened layer by layer, and in the end, it quietly dissipated without harming the city in the slightest.

But Ying Shaoyang's physical punch, imbued with two Heavenly Divine Powers, landed squarely on the city wall! Thud—!!
A deafening roar erupted! The Eternal Kingdom trembled violently. On the city wall where the fist struck, countless refining materials shimmering with eternal light shattered and flew everywhere. Some of them were even directly swept away and devoured by the power of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array!
"Ok?"

Meng Shenji, standing atop the city wall, frowned slightly, seemingly surprised that Ying Shaoyang's punch possessed such formidable pure power.

"Come again!"

Ying Shaoyang pressed his advantage relentlessly, his giant-like body throwing another punch while simultaneously activating the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation!

hum!hum!hum!hum!
Within the grand formation, from the core of each of the 108 islands, a ball of light, imbued with the power of stars, flew out. Like 108 real stars, trailing long tails of light, they launched a continuous barrage of attacks on the Eternal Kingdom from all directions at speeds beyond comprehension!

Boom boom boom boom...!
In the blink of an eye, the Eternal Kingdom was struck thousands of times by these 108 "stars"! The entire city was flashing with light and rumbling continuously, and the defensive light shield on its surface fluctuated violently, as if it would shatter at any moment!

Meng Shenji's expression finally turned serious.

He sensed that the damage to the Eternal Kingdom was worsening, especially the hidden wounds left from the previous collision with the Ark of Creation, which seemed to be being triggered.

"burst!"

Seizing the opportunity, Ying Shaoyang uttered a cold word to the nine Eternal Light Dragons that had just condensed and were about to pounce again.

The supernatural power infused into his fist technique detonated the unstable energy at the core of the nine divine dragons!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…!
Nine thousand-foot-long divine dragons exploded in the air one after another, turning into nine destructive eternal light spheres. A terrifying energy storm swept out instantly, blasting the newly expanded Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array until its light dimmed, and even tearing several tiny cracks at the edges!

In that instant of chaotic energy and blurred vision—

The city of the Eternal Kingdom suddenly shrank into a tiny point of light, and Meng Shenji's indifferent figure merged with it, instantly piercing through the gaps in the blasted array and disappearing without a trace!
He left with extreme decisiveness! Meng Shenji possessed a powerful physique, and his soul was almost unrestricted by space and time. He realized the strength of Ying Shaoyang and the difficulty of dealing with that strange formation. If they continued to entangle themselves, the Eternal Kingdom might really be shattered or even partially destroyed by the other party! Rather than that, it would be better to retreat temporarily, repair the Eternal Kingdom first, and then plan for the future.

"Where to go!"

Ying Shaoyang's furious punch missed its mark. The huge fist caused the space around it to collapse, but he only managed to grab nothing.

He immediately began to calculate with his fingers, and at the same time, his vast divine sense spread out like mercury, instantly covering the sea and sky within a radius of hundreds of miles. Streaks of lightning descended, cleansing every inch of space, searching for the aura of the Dream God.

However, nothing was found!
Meng Shenji seemed to have completely merged into the void, leaving no trace whatsoever.

His Taoist techniques are indeed unique in terms of concealment and escape.

Ying Shaoyang withdrew his divine sense, and his figure slowly returned to its original state. He looked at the energy turbulence left behind after the explosion of the nine fire dragons, which was slowly calming down, and his eyes were full of regret.

"Pity……"

He muttered to himself. The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Array was crafted by him using the essence of weapon forging from multiple worlds and a unique cultivation system. It formed its own array space, creating a world of its own. This Yang God World did not have the concept of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends stars, and Meng Shenji had obviously never seen such an array before, suffering a slight loss due to his momentary lapse in attention.

"If we had acted faster and concentrated our power a bit more, we might have been able to shatter a part of that Eternal Kingdom and leave it to be integrated into my grand formation..."

Ying Shaoyang felt more and more regretful the more he thought about it.

That Eternal Kingdom was clearly a top-tier treasure, containing eternal matter and the laws of time and space, which would be an excellent supplement to his Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Grand Array.

This time, his cultivation was interrupted by Meng Shenji's sneak attack, and the other party escaped, leaving behind only a mess and some damaged refining materials, which made him quite unhappy.

Recalling the scene just now, Meng Shenji first used the mystery of the Eternal Kingdom to forcibly suppress the spatial and temporal fluctuations in that area, causing the operation of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array to stagnate slightly.

Subsequently, he disregarded the cost and decisively self-destructed nine powerful Nine-Fire Dragons, creating a devastating energy storm. Finally, he even commanded the Eternal Kingdom's main body to crash down like a meteor! It was only through these three consecutive attacks that he barely broke through the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation's blockade and managed to escape.

"Hmph, the Eternal Kingdom, the power of time and space... it does have some tricks up its sleeve."

Ying Shaoyang's gaze was cold, but a sense of enlightenment rose in his heart.

"However, if my great formation were not still imperfect, would he have been allowed to escape so easily?"

He clearly recognized that although the current Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation was incredibly powerful, enough to contend with or even suppress top-tier magical treasures of this world such as the Creation Ship and the Eternal Kingdom, it ultimately had its limits.

As his primary means of self-defense and defense, its power was far from satisfactory.

"If my 108 main array stars are not illusory projections of star power, but are integrated into the core of real stars... even if they are just small stars..."

A burning desire flashed in Ying Shaoyang's eyes.

"By then, the formation will have completed its own cycle, becoming incredibly stable and impervious to space and time! Even if Meng Shenji were several times stronger and drove the Eternal Kingdom to its doom, he still wouldn't be able to shake the formation in the slightest!"

This idea intensified his desire to collect real stars.

At this moment, the dark clouds and thunder that had been stirred up in the sky gradually dissipated, restoring the clear blue sky and sea.

But the effects of this battle are only just beginning to take hold.

Those forces and reclusive masters who vaguely sensed this brief but intense clash through various means were all filled with trepidation.

Meng Shenji, the Supreme Dao Lord who had dominated the world for hundreds of years, actually lost his Nine-Fire Dragon, the weapon he relied on for fame, in a battle before he could escape! This undoubtedly proclaimed the terrifying strength of that mysterious sea overlord!
In an instant, countless orders, both overt and covert, emanated from all sides, all with similar content—strictly ordering disciples and subordinate forces to absolutely not approach that mysterious sea area in the near future, with severe punishment for those who disobey! Ying Shaoyang's existence was already regarded by the top experts of this realm as a variable on par with, or even more so than, Meng Shenji, requiring heightened vigilance. (End of Chapter)