How can simply creating a sect make you invincible?

Over time.

The third round of the China Open has already begun on stage.

On the arena, the mage calmly gazed at Ji Haoyu opposite him: "Heavenly divination ultimately relies on the power of Heaven and attempts to glimpse its secrets. But the Great Dao is ever-changing, unpredictable, and countless. Can your divination truly account for the impermanence of all things?"

Ji Haoyu's lips curled slightly, his tone calm yet brimming with absolute confidence: "No matter how things change, they all follow the same principle. All techniques, moves, and killing intents in the world, their initiation, execution, and weaknesses, all have traceable patterns. Today I will set up an array; if you can break it, I will admit defeat."

After speaking, Ji Haoyu's body was enveloped in a hazy, ethereal aura of Daoist secrets. Countless fine, spiderweb-like gray Daoist patterns spread out from beneath his feet, instantly covering the entire white jade arena. They crisscrossed and were densely packed, with each pattern corresponding to a battle situation, a technique, or an attack.

This is the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's top-tier divine power—the Heavenly Mystery Derivation Array!

"Analyze all directions, lock the mechanism and cut off the momentum!"

Ji Haoyu's hand seals changed rapidly, Dao light danced at his fingertips, and his eyes shone with brilliant deductive points. He captured, analyzed, and predicted everything on the arena—the flow of air, the fluctuations of spiritual power, and even the speed at which the Dao aura around the mage circulated.

In an instant, every step the mage took was clearly visualized in Ji Haoyu's mind, and the deduction was complete without any blind spots.

"Certainly!"

With a soft shout, eight gray celestial chains instantly rose within the array, precisely sealing the spiritual energy nodes in eight directions around the mage without attacking or killing.

A series of gasps of surprise erupted from below the arena.

"As expected of Ji Haoyu of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion! He deduced all of the opponent's escape routes right from the start, sealing off the magical space!"

"Is this the terrifying aspect of divination? Calculating before the battle, locking in before the attack—it's utterly unsolvable!"

On the arena, facing the extremely precise Heavenly Secrets Blockade, the mage remained calm.

"The most extraordinary aspect of his profound Daoist body is not the sheer number of techniques he employs, but rather that his techniques move with his mind, and his Dao changes with his thoughts, without fixed form or trace!"

The mage channeled his spiritual power, and his body was instantly enveloped in a burst of brilliant light.

Boom!

In an instant, the Dao patterns that had been flowing smoothly around his body suddenly went berserk. Others need to summon spirits, form hand seals, chant incantations, and prepare their stances when casting spells, but he didn't need any preliminary actions. With a thought, all spells arose spontaneously!

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Countless distinct laws and auras erupted from his body. The sharpness of metal, the vitality of wood, the gentle waves of water, the blazing flames of fire, the weight of earth, wind, thunder, yin and yang flowed, and countless laws instantly enveloped his body.

The eight spiritual energy nodes that Ji Haoyu had deduced and locked onto were instantly swept away, exploded, and reconstructed by several laws in the next instant!

"What?!"

Ji Haoyu's expression suddenly changed, and the starlight in his eyes trembled violently.

All the trajectories, flaws, and spiritual energy flows that he had just deduced and locked onto were rendered useless at this moment!

The mage took another step forward, and a barrage of spells was already unleashed!

In the blink of an eye, eight top-tier spells—fire, earth, wood, lightning, wind, ice, light, and darkness—were seamlessly linked and erupted simultaneously!

Ji Haoyu's expression was extremely solemn.

The endless onslaught of profound magic was relentlessly crushing everything in its path, while the vast expanse of gray celestial power constantly evaded, blocked, neutralized, and predicted it. The collision of these two ultimate paths caused the entire arena formation to tremble violently.

Ji Haoyu became increasingly alarmed as he calculated, his mind nearing its limit.

He cultivated the art of divination, always responding to all changes with unchanging principles and using prediction to break through attacks. But today, the sorcerer he encountered was completely unpredictable!

"Impossible... How could there be a law in this world that cannot be deduced!"

Ji Haoyu's pupils constricted sharply, and countless deductions in his mind instantly shattered and exploded. His celestial calculation power was completely overloaded, and a deafening roar and excruciating pain shot through his mind. All his defenses, predictions, and evasions failed him. Faced with this supreme profound technique that had appeared out of nowhere, he had no power to resist whatsoever!

boom!

The layers of Heavenly Mystery defensive barriers crumbled instantly, and the countless gray Dao patterns vanished inch by inch. Ji Haoyu's Heavenly Mystery Dao Aura was completely shattered, and his body was directly blasted away, crashing heavily onto the edge of the arena. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the Heavenly Mystery Dao Seal between his brows dimmed and lost its luster.

The magical light slowly dissipated, and the arena returned to calm.

The monk stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering without wind, the lingering aura of the Great Dao flowing slowly around him. His posture was upright, his demeanor transcendent, and his expression remained calm throughout, without the slightest hint of dishevelment.

He gazed at Ji Haoyu, whose breathing was disordered at the edge of the ring, and his clear voice resounded throughout the arena:

"Heavenly secrets can calculate the destiny of heaven and earth, the trajectory of all living beings, and all predetermined laws of the world, but they cannot fathom the fact that all laws are subject to the whims of the mind!"

The referee loudly proclaimed: "Master Hua wins!"

A moment of deathly silence fell over the entire arena, followed by a deafening roar of applause that swept across the entire Tiandu City arena stands!

"Damn... Ji Haoyu, renowned for his invincible deductive skills, actually lost!"

"These five are incredibly powerful. Where did these monsters come from?"

"That's right! It's already the third round of the competition, and they're still winning easily. They already have four people in the finals, and only Mu Qingcheng on the stage is left."

"Didn't you see? Mu Qingcheng is about to win too."

As soon as she finished speaking, on the arena, as Mu Qingcheng used the second move of the Samsara Fist, the Humanity Fist, the opposing prodigy was instantly defeated.

The referee loudly proclaimed: "Mu Qingcheng wins."

Mu Qingcheng had just returned to the jade table when she heard Liu Yiyi's congratulatory voice.

"Congratulations to your students, you've made it to the finals with ease."

"You're too kind, Pavilion Master Liu. We were just lucky not to encounter any particularly strong prodigies."

"Master Mu, you are too modest. But you must be careful tomorrow, as most of those who can enter the finals are top-tier geniuses at the Emperor level."

"Thank you for the reminder, Pavilion Master Liu."

Suddenly, the referee's voice resounded throughout the entire square.

"I hereby announce that the China Tournament is now complete. A total of 68 people have advanced to the finals, and they will be divided into 34 groups for the finals. The finals will be held tomorrow."

"Sigh, it's over so quickly, I didn't get enough!"

"Tianjiao is a bit tired after fighting so many battles. We need to give them time to recover. Anyway, I'm not leaving tonight. I'll just wait here."

"Fellow Daoist, you're so clever! This way you don't have to worry about your spot being taken."

"My esteemed disciples, let's return to Yunmeng Pavilion to rest!"

"Yes, thank you for your help, Pavilion Master Liu."

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, people from the nine Emperor-level forces had gathered.

Seated in the main seat, Xuan Yi Gu Yun looked at everyone and asked, "What are your thoughts on those five people in today's arena battle?"

"I can't see through them. They've been hiding their strength from beginning to end. All I can see is that they all have powerful physiques and terrifying blood and qi. The key point is that they are also shrouded in a layer of taboo, making it impossible to see through them at all," Mo Wushang said.

"What Lord Mo said is correct, but I am certain that they all possess special physiques, but they are all shrouded in a layer of taboo, making it impossible to detect what kind of physique they possess," Murong Bo replied.

"Not only that, the techniques they use are also exceptionally powerful, even stronger than our Great Emperor's Technique. It's truly strange," said the Heavenly One Saint Lord.

"Forget about taboos and techniques, my Huangfu family wants Ning Tian."

"That's right, I, Yao Guang Holy Land, want Mu Qingcheng. If the forces behind them dare not release her, we will wipe them out."

Xuan Yuan Gu Yun, seated at the head of the table, suddenly looked at Liu Bai and asked, "Sect Master Liu, I noticed that these five people seem quite familiar with your daughter. Does your daughter know their background?"

Upon hearing Xuan Yuan Gu Yun's words, everyone turned to look at Liu Bai.

Liu Bai feigned helplessness: "Sigh! I also asked my daughter about this. She said that when the five of them wiped out the Qin family of Shuize City, their servants reported that they were coming to Tianbao Pavilion to sell things, so my daughter personally went to receive them. Later, according to the scouts, the five of them were coming to Tiandu City, so my daughter personally went to receive them again. But I don't know their origins."

"You, Liu Bai, it's such a waste of your talent not to become an Onmyoji. I almost believed you. If I hadn't met a few people, I would have been tricked to death by you." Guiyuan Sword Master cursed inwardly.

"I see!"

"Let's talk about everything tomorrow during the finals!"