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"Ok?"

Upon seeing this, Hu Qi's eyes flashed with blood-red light, and his killing intent spread out as if it were a tangible substance.

Tell him to stop and he'll stop? Ridiculous!

He suddenly pressed his palm down.

boom--!
The faint light below, which had been desperately holding on, shattered instantly, turning into countless fireflies and vanishing completely!

However, this brief delay...

There was a flash of light.

The three figures were enveloped in a beam of light and disappeared below.

Then, the surrounding world changed.

The group found themselves in a boundless void.

As the light swirled, a figure slowly solidified in front of the three.

The newcomer was dressed in a Taoist robe with the stars of the heavens and held a snow-white whisk. His face was blurred, but most strangely, his eyes were clearly visible.

His left eye was as black as eternal night, while his right eye was as clear as the morning light.

"Thank you very much for your help, Fellow Daoist Hongyuan!"

Upon seeing this, Mingtu's face lit up with joy, and he cupped his hands in greeting.

Upon seeing the remaining Hao Ri, Jin Ling also bowed slightly in greeting.

This person was none other than Hongyuan Tianzun, the leader of the five True Spirit level experts and the master of Zixiao Palace.

However, Hongyuan ignored the three of them.

Instead, he turned his gaze to Hu Qi above.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

"Fellow Daoist is truly unfathomable! To have reached such a level in such a short time!"

"Hehe, fellow Daoist is not bad either, sacrificing himself to become the Dao and complete the Heavenly Dao, it's just a pity."

Hu Qi gave the other person a deep look and then spoke.

"Although you may temporarily receive the blessing of the Heavenly Dao and increase your strength, your own will will eventually dissolve as you become more integrated with the Dao. How is this any different from death?"

He was willing to talk more not only because he could not sense any hostility from the other party, but also because in the brief exchange just now, he had realized that in terms of strength, this Hongyuan Dao Master who was in harmony with the Heavenly Dao was already a being who had one foot in the second stage of the True Spirit level, the Origin Transformation Realm.

Defeating them might be possible, but it would require some effort.

Because the other party is essentially the embodiment of the will of the Heavenly Dao in this realm of mountains and seas.

"This is certainly worthwhile for me."

Hongyuan's expression was indifferent, and his voice was so steady that it didn't ripple at all, like a cold and emotionless robot.

This state is precisely due to the transformation by the Tao.

The so-called "Dao transformation" is the merging of one's own will with the Heavenly Dao of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

To maintain order in this world, Hongyuan chose to merge with the Dao, using his own body to complete the Dao of Heaven, becoming the embodiment of the rules.

From then on, he was no longer an independent being who could do as he pleased, but rather a manifestation of the Way of Heaven in the world. His actions were no longer based on personal likes and dislikes, but required to follow the ultimate principles of Heaven and Earth.

Hu Qi did not delve too deeply into this matter.

Just say.

Why are you stopping me?

"No, I only hope that you will show leniency and give him a chance to live."

The realm of mountains and seas cannot exist without reincarnation, nor can it lose the Great Sun.

Hongyuan Road.

"Impossible! All three of them are doomed to die today!"

Hu Qi shook his head.

At this point, he changed the subject.

"But I can extract their fundamental essence to ensure the continuation of reincarnation and the operation of the Great Sun."

"How about this, we each offer a move and have a friendly spar? If you win, then we'll do as you say. If I win, I hope you'll be merciful and spare the lives of these three fellow Daoists. What do you say?"

Hongyuan Road.

Upon hearing this, the three on one side...

Their complexions don't look very good.

As a celestial being, to be used as a bargaining chip, how could he have ever suffered such humiliation?

However, none of them dared to interrupt their conversation.

Neither Hongyuan nor Hu Qi are people they can afford to offend.

Their combined power has surpassed that of ordinary True Spirits.

They are simply not people they can fight against.

"Very well, then let me see just how strong you can become after you have merged with the will of Heaven after you have achieved Dao transformation."

Hu Qi's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything more.

The moment he finished speaking, his aura erupted like billions of volcanoes, piercing through the void and illuminating eternity.

He raised his arm, clenched his fist, and threw a punch.

Endless light surged forth like a tidal wave, bursting forth from between the fingers, as if holding a crushed sun, blazing and domineering, crashing down fiercely towards Hongyuan ahead!
Hongyuan stood silently in the void, his robes fluttering without wind, his eyes showing no ripples.

Faced with a punch powerful enough to burn mountains and boil seas, he simply raised his hand, flicked his whisk, and pointed out with his fingers like a sword.

A wisp of chaotic energy lingered around his fingertips, as if countless rules were being created and destroyed within them.

This gesture, seemingly slow, transcends the constraints of time.

On the fingertips flow the trajectory of divine will, the chains of order, and the first ray of light at the beginning of creation.

Fist and fingers collided with a thunderous crash in the void.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only an invisible ripple that suddenly spread out from the point of impact.

Wherever it passed, the void twisted and cracked like a mirror, spreading countless fine black cracks, as if this world could not bear this power and let out a mournful cry of unbearable burden.

Centered on the point of collision, all concepts of matter, energy, time, and space are completely erased, reduced to the most primordial nothingness.

A black hole that could devour everything suddenly expanded.

Pure light and the primordial Tao collided, eroded, and annihilated each other at this moment.

Instantly separate.

Hu Qi's body trembled slightly, while Hongyuan Tianzun drifted back several feet, ripples spreading in the void beneath his feet, quietly dissolving the remaining power.

The light faded, the cracks healed, and the void returned to silence.

"So, shall we continue?"

Hu Qi spoke calmly.

"Fellow Daoist's strength is unfathomable. I concede defeat and take my leave."

In response to Hu Qi's question, Hongyuan Tianzun nodded slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Hongyuan, you..."

Mingtu, Jinling, and the other two were stunned. They had thought the other party had come to save them, but he had already admitted defeat after only one exchange.

Before Jin Ling could finish speaking, Hong Yuan glanced at them indifferently.

"Everything is cause and effect. If you hadn't provoked this fellow Daoist, you wouldn't be in this predicament today. I hope you will take care of yourselves."

Before he finished speaking, he had already vanished from the spot.

Only a single, lingering echo remained in the air.

"Fellow Daoist, I hope you will keep your promise."

Although they only exchanged one blow and did not use their full strength,

That was enough for him to have some confidence in Hu Qi's abilities.

Hu Qi didn't even need to use the True Spirit Technique of the Origin Vortex to fight him to a draw, showing no sign of being at a disadvantage.

This is enough to prove that the other party is far more powerful than he imagined.

If he continues like this, he will lose.

And the reason for all of this.

It was because Hu Qi believed that the place where the true spirit's mark was enshrined was the primordial 'miracle ring', which was suspected to be the ultimate source.

Although his cultivation level is only True Spirit Level Reflection Realm, when truly converted, his combat power is comparable to the second level Transformation Realm.

It was precisely because he understood this that Hongyuan decisively withdrew and left.

See this scene.

Jin Ling, Hao Ri, and Ming Tu did not hesitate for a moment and all tried to escape.

However, it was too late.

In just a moment, the white and black rings fell down.

It swallowed all three of them directly.

"Fellow Taoist, spare your life!"

Jin Ling and Hao Ri screamed in agony. They discovered that their true spirit imprints were being forcibly erased from the Heavenly Dao by a special force.

This also means that if they die, they are truly dead, and there is no chance of them being resurrected.

Hu Qi remained indifferent and cold, swallowing all three without any hesitation.

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Two lines of modified values ​​appeared before Hu Qi's eyes.

"Ok?"

Hu Qi's expression shifted slightly, and he suddenly turned his head to look at a certain empty space.

The Eye of Delusion suddenly opened, its gaze piercing through the barriers of all realms, tracing directly to the root of cause and effect.

"Trying to escape? It's just a futile struggle!"

……

In a lower-dimensional world that floats like a bubble.

The pure white planet hangs alone in the darkness. Because it is far from the light of day, the entire star is covered by eternal ice and deep snow, as silent as a tomb.

Click!

The ice sheet suddenly broke apart.

A figure slowly emerged from the depths of the ice; it was a barefoot girl of about twelve or thirteen years old.

Upon closer inspection, her eyebrows and eyes bear a striking resemblance to Mingtu's, and she also has a light brown beauty mark at the corner of her eye.

"How hateful... to have driven me to such a state."

The girl murmured to herself, her voice childish, yet her tone was as cold as frost.

She is none other than the Celestial Venerable of the Underworld.

Or rather, it is the underworld that has been reshaped and reborn through the power of reincarnation.

In order to escape from Hu Qi's clutches, she spared no effort, even erasing her true spirit mark to create the illusion that she had completely died and vanished.

Now, apart from her memories, she has no connection whatsoever with the underworld of the past.

"This physical body, which is only at the True God level, is too weak. We must improve our strength as soon as possible!"

She sensed the condition within her body and then sat down cross-legged, intending to regulate this newborn body.

With her foundation, returning to the Dao Lord realm wouldn't be difficult.

The difficulty lies in how to ascend back to the Mountain and Sea Realm and restore the strength of the True Spirit level without arousing the other person's suspicion.

Just now.

——Crack!
A crisp sound, like glass shattering, suddenly resounded throughout the world.

All living beings, whether true gods or Dao masters, were shaken to their core and involuntarily looked up.

Immediately, everyone was horrified.

"...Hu Qi! You...you actually tracked me all the way here!?"

The Heavenly Venerable of the Underworld looked up at the sky, his face instantly turning ashen, and his petite body began to tremble uncontrollably.

A colossal hand, boundless and wreathed in dazzling golden light, pierced through the dimensional barrier and manifested above the starry sky.

That was Hu Qi's aura.

At that moment, the palm appeared and pressed down, enveloping the entire lower dimension!
The bubble-like dimensional barrier shattered like glass, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable strain.

The next moment, it exploded!

Countless lives were wiped out.

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……

The core place.

The world was deathly silent; without the sun's rays, all things sank into boundless darkness.

Only Hu Qi's figure stood in mid-air, radiating a unique brilliance, like a lonely star that has shone eternally since time immemorial.

His expression remained completely calm as he lowered his gaze to his palm, where the lower dimension had already been annihilated.

The method of reincarnation used by the Celestial Venerable of the Underworld is indeed very mysterious.

Even Hu Qi didn't notice it immediately.

Unfortunately, the fact that killing the character didn't modify the value made Hu Qi realize something was wrong.

With the observation of the Eye of Truth and his current strength, no matter how well he hid, he could find and crush him in an instant.

After completely ending the underworld, Hu Qi spread out his hands, and two orbs of light emerged from his palms.

A burst of light rose into the sky, transforming once more into ten suns that revolved, illuminating the heavens and the earth.

The other sphere sank into the depths of the spiritual realm, reaching the land of the twelve cycles of reincarnation, transforming into a wheel of reincarnation that slowly rotates, holding the reincarnation and life and death in its hands.

When all this was over, Hu Qi looked up and gazed into the distance.

With one step, his figure vanished into the void.

Only after the aura belonging to the True Spirit level completely dissipated did the myriad spirits prostrate on the ground dare to make the slightest movement.

Before a True Spirit-level being, whether it be a True God or a Dao Lord, they are as fragile as ants, their life and death hanging in the balance.

The principle of "might makes right" is particularly blatant in this world.

The only thing that puzzled them was why those True Spirit level beings who had always lived in seclusion would suddenly appear together and even fight each other.

Upon this thought, countless gazes turned toward the location of the Myriad Demon Sacred Mountain, each with a different expression.

Unlike other places in the core area, the Ten Thousand Demon Sacred Mountain, as a sacred land of the demon race, was originally filled with demonic energy and had a majestic aura.

As the largest race in the core area, the strength of the demon race is beyond doubt.

But now, the majestic mountain range has been almost razed to the ground, countless demons have perished, and the once rich demonic energy has become extremely thin.

But this is only the surface.

At this moment, Mount Mandomi has collapsed, and the two Heavenly Venerables of the Demon Clan have both perished.

The existence of the Celestial Venerable is the key to the demon race's ability to stand at the pinnacle of all races.

Those living around Mount Mandami are all top-tier demons among the demon race.

Now that they have all perished, it is tantamount to a major blow to the demon race.

Its status as the leading clan in its core territory was naturally difficult to maintain.

The myriad races that once had a grudge against the demon race will never let this opportunity slip by.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is the ironclad rule of this world.

Faced with the encirclement and suppression of all races, the demon race, which has suffered heavy losses, is in danger of being wiped out if it is not careful.

The powerful beings among the demon race clearly understood this as well.

Just as these remaining powerful demons gathered to discuss countermeasures...

Suddenly, a calm voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

"I almost forgot, I said I would exterminate your entire demon race. You can't go back on your word!"

As soon as the words fell, countless demons in the core area changed their expressions drastically, feeling their bodies go weak.

"Heavenly Venerable One, spare my life!"

"This is the Golden Spirit Celestial Venerable. The Heavenly Venerable Haori has offended the Celestial Venerable, which has nothing to do with us..."

……

One after another, cries of pleas for mercy rose and fell.

As for escaping, that's simply impossible.

However, it was of no use the next moment.

Black flames suddenly erupted from the bodies of these demons, and in an instant, they were all reduced to ashes, without even a chance to beg for mercy.

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The core area, the very center.

Above the void, the Purple Cloud Palace stood majestically, surrounded by countless purple energies, like clouds and mist.

"Heavenly Venerable, please come this way. Master is waiting inside the hall."

A beautifully sculpted young Taoist boy with a topknot respectfully led the way, bringing Hu Qi to the temple gate.

After gesturing with his hand, he bowed his head and stepped aside, displaying a humble demeanor.

However, upon closer inspection, one would find that his aura was comparable to that of a Dao Lord at the fourth level of the Dao Fruit realm.

Moreover, its body is semi-transparent, suggesting that it is not human but some kind of special creature.

In the outside world, he would certainly be considered a strong person.

But here, he is just a novice Taoist.

Hu Qi nodded slightly, then stepped into the hall. (End of Chapter)