He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

However, after the Azure Emperor's primordial laws exploded once, even with the incredible resurrection properties of the immortal elixir, he suffered severe Dao injuries. A portion of the divine chains of order within his primordial laws inevitably broke, and he was also interfered with by the deity manifested by Zhou Qing, leaving him in an extremely poor state.

Zhou Qing keenly noticed this situation and immediately shouted, unleashing a sea of ​​Dao patterns across the sky.

He transformed into a bolt of lightning, unleashing all his secret techniques. The heavens and earth rumbled, laws spread, and various weapons and immortal beings reappeared, forming a vast expanse as they charged forward with Zhou Qing.

Having already gained such an advantage, Zhou Qing naturally wouldn't let the opportunity slip by. He charged forward and engaged in a fierce clash with the Azure Emperor.

However, to Zhou Qing's surprise, the Azure Emperor's combat ability actually increased even more despite such a disadvantage. It seemed as if he was about to turn the tide and use various secret techniques very cleverly, breaking through Zhou Qing's secret techniques one by one.

This made Zhou Qing somewhat emotional. Could this be the power of belief? Confident in oneself as invincible, one remains unshaken even when at a disadvantage, with a firm Dao heart, and all actions are handled correctly.

This is a very important quality in the struggle for the throne. This is the true invincible mind. Even when facing a strong enemy or being at a disadvantage, one can still make various clever responses in battle.

Some people, in order to cultivate a so-called invincible mentality, deliberately avoid strong opponents and only seek out those weaker than themselves to fight, in order to make themselves feel powerful. However, such an invincible mentality is prone to mental breakdown when encountering strong opponents, and their combat level will plummet. In the struggle for the Emperor's Road, they can only become cannon fodder.

However, the Azure Emperor's injuries were still too severe. In the end, a scene resembling the destruction of an ancient universe appeared. The void collapsed, and a terrible hole appeared in the Azure Emperor's body, covered in blood.

Crackling!

A flash of lightning, and the Azure Emperor's figure transformed into thunder and rain, dissipating into the world.

With one step, Zhou Qing returned to the ancient road, sat cross-legged on the ground, and his body transformed into a black hole, absorbing the chaotic energy from all directions. He then refined it into rich essence to replenish his energy.

An hour later, he stood up, his whole body radiant with light, his blood surging, and his Daoist voice booming like thunder. His aura once again reached its peak.

This tribulation has a unique characteristic: an unknown force keeps Zhou Qing in a state of divine restriction, but at the same time, his opponent is also in a state of divine restriction.

"Experience the feeling of eternal divine confinement ahead of time?" Zhou Qing sensed his body. At this level, everything else is meaningless; there is only one invincible person in the world.

What is Divine Restriction? Divine Restriction is a strange reaction that occurs at a certain moment when one's combat power is operating at its limit. One's five major secret realms are temporarily connected, and the original five secret realms, each controlling their own part, become a single "person".

This is why divine restrictions can only be activated after reaching the Sendai realm, and why divine restrictions become easier to trigger, with shorter intervals and longer durations, only as one's cultivation level increases.

Because after completing the cultivation of the first four secret realms, the probability and duration of his temporary breakthrough in the Sendai Secret Realm are naturally different from those of completing the Sendai Secret Realm at 99%.

This is why only Great Emperors can reside permanently in the Divine Forbidden Zone. After they attain enlightenment, their five great secret realms are forever connected, making them an invincible "human." Their bodies are no longer divided into five parts, thus transcending all limitations.

Now that Zhou Qing has recovered,

After experiencing the divine restriction state for a while, he looked into the depths of the ancient road.

There, chaos surged, like a colossal beast devouring people, and an aura higher than the sky and deeper than the sea surged forth.

This is an incredibly terrifying person!

Zhou Qing made a quick judgment and continued to stride forward with unwavering determination. There was nothing to fear; it was just one enemy after another waiting for him to conquer!

Each step marks a year, each path a new era—this is Zhou Qing's deepest feeling as he walks this road.

With just one step, he felt as if ten thousand years had passed, a wave of time surging over him, revealing countless heroes and valiant figures.

Gai Jiuyou, the Emperor, Rong Chengshi, Laozi, Shakyamuni, and more than a dozen other quasi-emperors in the starry sky all rose to prominence in the past ten thousand years, dominating the universe, possessing the power to swallow the sun and moon, and radiating incomparably brilliant light.

Taking another step forward, another ten thousand years passed. The old gods of the divine race, Xia Feng Ancient Saint, and many heroes manifested over the years. Moreover, there was an emperor's figure high above, who was the Azure Emperor after attaining the Dao.

With each step Zhou Qing took, it felt like he had traversed ten thousand years, witnessing an epic chapter in that era.

That is an immortal chapter, a battle song of becoming an immortal. Heroes may pass away, but the path to immortality remains. Generation after generation of masters have followed one after another, just to prove that immortals really exist in this world, and that immortality is not an illusion.

After taking a dozen or so steps, a loud bang was heard, and Zhou Qing stopped in his tracks.

Boom!Boom!

The heavens and earth trembled, as if the divine drums of the celestial realm were being struck, shaking the nine heavens. Yet it was merely the sound of one person's footsteps.

On the ancient road ahead, a figure emerged, bringing with him a cloud of chaotic mist. He was shrouded in mystery, yet he exuded an aura that seemed to suppress even the heavens and earth.

This is truly an incredibly powerful person. Without saying a word, he immediately struck with a palm, causing the heavens and earth to tremble and the boundless chaos to surge into towering waves.

Zhou Qing naturally wouldn't back down. He stepped forward and directly met the attack head-on. His palm strike was as fierce as the sea and as imposing as a rainbow. He carried the invincible belief that he had just defeated the Azure Emperor and met palm to palm.

boom!

Vast swathes of void collapsed into black holes. This attack was like the creation of heaven and earth. Gods and demons roared, all things were born, the sun, moon and stars revolved, and the Milky Way flowed. After the darkness, a burst of blazing light exploded, and nothing could be seen clearly.

boom!boom!

The two moved with lightning speed, like two eternal stars colliding one after another, with strange phenomena frequently appearing and vast waves of Dao surging.

After some time, the two figures finally separated, and Zhou Qing distanced himself from the figure opposite him.

"Emperor Wushi!" Zhou Qing's expression was very serious, and he was taking it very seriously. His hands even felt a little uncomfortable, as he had been slightly at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation just now.

Legend has it that the Great Emperor Wushi could suppress an ancient god with one hand, and could defy the heavens with a single hand. The Investiture of the Gods on the Sacred Cliff is said to be comparable to the Great Emperor Wushi pressing down on it with one hand.

Although the current Emperor Wushi has not yet reached that stage, his physical strength is still incredibly powerful, and his palm strike is extremely fierce.

"At the end of the immortal path, who stands at the peak? Upon seeing Wushi, all paths to enlightenment vanish." This is how later generations described Wushi, because the Great Emperor Wushi's achievements were truly extraordinary. In that lifetime, he swept through everything, leaving the seven forbidden zones unable to move.

To the average person, it's comparable to the young Wushi.

Even if he were to suffer a crushing defeat and die in a battle, he would have no regrets. However, Zhou Qing was seriously considering the possibility of defeating Wushi.

Who claims to be invincible? Who dares to say they are undefeated? They are nowhere to be seen even in the era of imperial decline!

For Zhou Qing, this will undoubtedly be an extremely difficult battle. No matter how confident he is, he dares not say that he can definitely win against Wu Shi. He can only fight to the death!

"kill!"

Zhou Qing roared, his black hair flying wildly, his eyes flashing like lightning, and streaks of sword light shot out from his eyes, cutting through the chaos and rushing forward.

The young Wushi stood quietly in front, his black hair flowing over his shoulders, his eyes clear and bright, his appearance as elegant as jade. Just by standing there, he exuded an air of transcendence and supreme power.

He stretched out a large hand and slapped it several times in succession, dispersing the sword light shot out by Zhou Qingwu's Heavenly Eye. It was so easy, just like swatting a mosquito.

This was the first time Zhou Qing had seen the face of the Great Emperor Wushi so clearly. He was truly handsome and extraordinary, with a unique temperament, as if he were above all things in heaven and earth.

Unlike Yin Tiande and Zhang Bairen, who, to put it nicely, are just ordinary-looking people, to put it bluntly, are not.

The Great Emperor Wushi was not like that. The reason he often turned his back to all living beings was not because he looked ordinary from the front, but because he shielded all the blood and chaos from his body.

Faced with such an opponent, Zhou Qing had no choice but to unleash his full power. A vast ocean of blood and qi surged forth, and he seemed to have traveled through time. The Xingzi Secret Technique was activated at lightning speed, and he disappeared from his original spot in the blink of an eye. At the same time, a huge, earth-shaking wave suddenly appeared from where the young Wushi was.

The chaotic energy exploded, vast and boundless, and Zhou Qing once again clashed head-on with the Great Emperor Wushi.

It was still a contest of physical strength. Although Zhou Qing's physical strength was indeed somewhat inferior to that of the Great Emperor Wushi, Zhou Qing would not admit defeat in the physical aspect because of this.

The physical body of the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo inherited all the characteristics of the Sacred Body. In fact, due to the additional enhancement of the Emperor's son bloodline, the physical body of the Great Emperor Wushi was even stronger than that of the Sacred Body. If they were to fight head-on, Zhou Qing would definitely lose.

However, in close combat, physical strength is never the sole guarantee of victory. Even if someone possesses the body of a Great Perfection Holy Body, they will still be at a significant disadvantage when facing the physical body of a true ancient supreme being. Combat skills are extremely useful in close combat.

Zhou Qing had only recently emerged from the battle with the Azure Emperor, and every cell in his body was jubilant, brimming with extreme vitality. His combat skills flowed effortlessly, like ink splashed onto a painting, incredibly natural, exuding a sense of unbridled freedom.

The Great Emperor Wushi used his palm as a blade and slashed down furiously. The dazzling blade light illuminated the nine heavens. Even a Great Accomplishment King would surely die if he took this blow head-on.

Zhou Qing took a step to the left and swung his right leg, which was even more terrifying than the Immortal-Slaying Whip. It grazed the top of the young Wushi's head and shattered a large area of ​​void.

A strand of hair fell from the young Wushi's head. At the critical moment, the young Wushi leaned back and dodged the fierce attack, but was still almost hit by Zhou Qing's sweeping leg whip.

Zhou Qing's combat skills are astonishing, possessing a natural and graceful charm, like a dance, combining both aesthetic appeal and lethality, which is truly breathtaking.

Despite having a slightly weaker physical strength, he seemed to have the upper hand in such close combat, which was truly astonishing.

However, Zhou Qing felt that perhaps it wasn't just his amazing combat skills, but also that the young Wu Shi's combat skills lacked the ferocity that comes from bloody battles.

Zhou Qing also deeply understood this situation. It was because they always overwhelmed everyone, and there were very few people in the world who could go toe-to-toe with them, which is why this situation occurred.

Talented individuals like them have never encountered a brutal and bloody battle, which is indeed a problem for them.

However, under normal circumstances, such problems would not be apparent, because one's own powerful combat strength is enough to cover up one's shortcomings in combat skills. But once one encounters a peerless genius who is equally unparalleled throughout history, such shortcomings may be exposed.

Chapter 186 Light of Time

During his previous battle with the Azure Emperor, Zhou Qing's combat skills had been rapidly improving. Coupled with the fact that he had just experienced a bloody battle, Zhou Qing was in a state of high morale, which led to the situation where he had a slight advantage.

However, as the close combat continued, Zhou Qing felt that the young Wu Shi's combat ability was also improving, gradually adapting to his fighting rhythm, and the balance of the battle was gradually leveled, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

This shocked Zhou Qing immensely. This was just a tribulation of lightning, so why was the young emperor who evolved from it so realistic? He not only possessed extremely high combat intelligence but also had very strong comprehension, allowing him to rapidly improve himself in battle.

The two clashed repeatedly in the chaos on both sides of the ancient road, exchanging blows thousands of times in a short period of time. Neither could gain the upper hand. Wu Shi's physical strength was slightly higher than Zhou Qing's, while Zhou Qing's combat skills were slightly better than Wu Shi's, but these advantages were small and not absolute.

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps three thousand battles, perhaps five thousand battles, they were still full of energy, fighting fiercely and showing no signs of exhaustion.

Suddenly, Zhou Qing's eyes flashed with divine light. He saw a flaw that might become a breakthrough point in this battle.

"Instantaneous Divine Fist!" Zhou Qing roared, his fist gathering endless divine light, attracting the surrounding chaotic energy to entwine around his fist, becoming the Chaotic Fist.

This punch was so fast that the arm was barely visible as it was being swung; it had already reached the young Wushi.

To Zhou Qing's surprise, the young Wu Shi did not put his arms in front of him to block, but tried to move his body to dodge the punch, and then one hand grabbed him.

puff!

Two streaks of blood shot up, and the world seemed to freeze, no longer emitting rumbling sounds. Only two figures remained in a fixed posture, the battle incredibly fierce.

If word of this battle were to spread, it would surely shock the world and cause a sensation throughout the entire universe. No one would be able to remain calm. Such a battle for the path to imperial supremacy has never occurred before in the entire history of ancient China.

At this moment, a blood hole the size of a bowl appeared on the chest of the young Wushi, and golden blood flowed out, radiating light, which could be called the greatest medicine in the world.

How could Wushi, who had always swept aside all others, possibly find himself in such a predicament when competing against his peers? In the eyes of people of that era, Emperor Wushi was not only undefeated throughout his life, but almost never injured. No one had ever been able to inflict serious damage on him.

However, Zhou Qing's situation was also extremely tragic. His right arm was empty, having been torn off, with a large amount of blood spreading out, covering his tattered clothes.

"Ah!" Zhou Qing roared, and the vast Dao wave surged, with the surrounding chaotic energy surging. The young Wushi jumped backward and dodged the Dao wave.

Zhou Qing's expression was grave. He had been far too careless. He truly hadn't expected that the young Wu Shi would have such courage, willing to take a blow from him just to injure him.

Although he had just defeated the young Azure Emperor without sustaining any serious injuries, this didn't mean much. He had simply seized a perfectly timed opportunity and decisively gambled on the fundamental laws of the Dao.

They fought head-on, and then won the gamble, which secured their victory.

Now, after a long physical battle with the young Wushi, he thought his Martial Arts Heavenly Eye had found a perfect opening, but he didn't expect that it was the young Wushi who had created it, causing him to lose a severed arm.

A burst of golden flames erupted from Wushi's body, and then the large hole in his flesh began to heal rapidly. It was clear that this was a wonderful healing technique, not much inferior to the Zhe Zi Secret Technique.

Zhou Qing focused his mind on Wu Shi opposite him. At the same time, ethereal chains of divine order rose from his body, winding and coiling around his arm, quickly condensing into the shape of his right arm.

This is a recovery technique from the Undying Heavenly Art. After being concentrated in the right arm, it quickly grew bones, flesh, and skin. After being fully recovered, it was no different from the original arm and could be controlled very freely.

Having fought this far in their physical battle, Zhou Qing had no intention of continuing. Although he felt tricked in the end, he had at least managed to create a large hole in Wu Shi's chest, so it wasn't a complete failure.

He could accept such an achievement. His physical strength was not as good as that of an innate holy body or Dao embryo. The fact that he could fight like this already showed that his combat talent was ridiculously strong. Next, he would change his fighting style and start to make use of his advantages.

"The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth are at my command! All the ethereal gods of the four directions, heed my orders!"

Zhou Qing stood still, his aura growing stronger and stronger, the Great Dao rumbling, and auspicious colors descending from the sky.