A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

In essence, the power of 'shattering the vacuum' and 'Yang God' are similar in that they both involve harnessing the power of heaven and earth for one's own use.

After all, as beings born from heaven and earth, no matter how powerful they are, they can hardly compare to heaven and earth themselves in terms of size!

After sensing his own condition, Yunhua assumed a fist stance in the turbulent void and began practicing his fist techniques.

With every gesture, the rising intent of his fist was confined to the surroundings, not spreading infinitely. Instead, it evolved into a specific and microcosmic world, giving birth to all things and spirits, controlled by all gods. The figure at the very center, who dominated all gods, possessed an overwhelming aura of self-supreme dominance, like an unparalleled heavenly emperor, terrifying beyond measure.

At the same time, the acupoints in his body glowed, twinkling like the starry sky, connecting with the outside world. Four hundred and eighty million profound talismans manifested from Yun Hua's acupoints, swirling around him and flowing endlessly with the movement of his fist technique, fully displaying the profound mysteries of the Great Dao.

"boom!"

Although he restrained his power, each punch he threw still possessed immense force, causing the surrounding void to churn violently...

In the void beyond the heavens, after practicing a set of fist techniques, Yunhua completely grasped his own state.

The entire world was once again shaken when it sensed that someone had truly achieved the shattering of the vacuum, because this time it was not about to succeed, but that someone had completely reached this realm!

"Shattering the vacuum, truly reaching the realm of shattering the vacuum... The only expert to shatter the vacuum in tens of thousands of years. But who is it? And why shatter the vacuum at this time? Could it be him?"

Emperor Qian, Yang Pan, felt the resonance and vibration between heaven and earth, and was deeply shocked. This power made him tremble.

This is a chilling feeling from the bottom of my heart; this power is absolutely the legendary supreme power that shatters the vacuum!

As for the person who has reached this level, Yang Pan already has someone in mind, and that is Yun Hua, who took everything from him. However, Yang Pan still does not know Yun Hua's real name.

"Ninety-nine continents trembled, heaven and earth resonated... There is no mistake, the vacuum was shattered! How great is the Kunyuan! Man follows the earth, virtue carries all things, this is the realm of shattering the vacuum... This realm corresponds to the Yang Shen of cultivators, the two are the sun and moon of reality and illusion, it is the supreme realm!" Hong Xuanji exclaimed in the Yujing Wuwenhou Mansion of the Great Qian Dynasty.

This was the level he had always dreamed of, but others had already achieved it first.

"It's alright, as long as I have time, I can cultivate to this level too! Your shattering of the vacuum has shown me the way." Hong Xuanji quickly calmed down and carefully studied the previous tremor. He seemed to vaguely sense several spatial nodes beneath the earth...

"Giving you time to shatter the vacuum? You're dreaming!" A cold voice descended instantly as Hong Xuanji sat down cross-legged, carefully sensing the vibrating spatial node.

Upon hearing this sound, Hong Xuanji was immediately shocked. He opened his eyes wide and stared in disbelief at a figure slowly emerging from the void.

The person simply walked over step by step, yet it made him feel his heart pound with fear, because the void, time, and primordial energy around that person were constantly breaking apart.

"Shatter the vacuum!!" Hong Xuanji's face was extremely ugly.

"Shattered the vacuum... So it was you who shattered the vacuum!" Hong Xuanji looked at Yun Hua, who was walking towards him step by step, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

"Who exactly are you? I, Hong Xuanji, believe I have never offended you. Why are you causing me trouble?" Hong Xuanji's face was extremely ugly. A powerful expert who had shattered the void had actually come to his door. Was there anything more terrifying than this?

“Never offended you? That’s not necessarily true!” Yunhua looked at Hong Xuanji, sized him up, and then sighed, “It’s only been a short time, and you’ve already cultivated to the level of the Thousand Transformations. If I give you a little more time to perceive something from the sound of me shattering the vacuum, you might actually shatter the vacuum yourself.”

Yunhua looked at Hong Xuanji, very surprised; his cultivation speed was simply too fast.

In the original story, Hong Xuanji would have needed at least three more years to reach his current level of cultivation, but now he has already reached the realm of ever-changing transformations, which is truly astonishing.

“Hmm…you’ve become your son’s protector.” Yunhua pondered for a moment, then looked at Hong Xuanji.

"What? You actually know about Hong Yi? Who are you?" Hong Xuanji was even more shocked. He never expected that his son's affairs had been exposed.

The only time her son had ever appeared in front of outsiders was when he went to Sanhualou to write the initial chapter of the Book of Changes. She never expected that such a brief appearance would attract such attention.

"Of course I know about Hong Yi, and I know more than you can imagine!" Yun Hua walked step by step toward Hong Xuanji, his aura of shattering the vacuum of space already firmly locking onto him, making it almost impossible for anything to save him.

"However, now that I see you, Hong Xuanji, I know I made the right choice coming here today!" Yunhua's eyes seemed to see right through Hong Xuanji's thoughts.

"Since the last time I saw you, your path has changed so much. Your martial arts seem to have become something born from the principles of the I Ching..."

"What do you mean?" Hong Xuanji was puzzled as to why the other party would say this.

Chapter 420 Reunion with Hong Yi

"Haven't you noticed that your martial arts have become perfectly aligned with the level of the *I Ching*? If you continue developing like this, you might have to offer up your own body to fulfill the wishes of the *I Ching*'s author!" Yun Hua said leisurely. "If I'm not mistaken, you originally intended to offer your body to Yang Pan, didn't you?!"

"you!!"

Hong Xuanji's expression changed drastically; the other party had actually seen through all his thoughts and ideas.

Indeed, ever since he was impacted by the Great Dao Will of the Hundred Sages, his Great Dao has changed, gradually developing in an indescribable direction.

After seeing Hong Yi's "I Ching", he realized that he was not Yang Pan's backup body, but Hong Yi's backup body.

"What a twist of fate!" Yunhua remarked with some emotion.

Originally, Hong Yi's physical body was the Divine Stone Spirit Embryo, but now the Divine Stone Spirit Embryo is himself; naturally, the Hundred Sages and Masters would find Hong Yi a new physical body with the potential to shatter the vacuum.

However, re-cultivating a physical body would consume too many resources and time, so the sages of the Hundred Schools of Thought chose Hong Xuanji.

Let Hong Xuanji cultivate in an environment filled with the great teachings of the Hundred Sages of the Hundred Schools of Thought, let Hong Xuanji see the Book of Changes in advance, and thus guide and transform him little by little, so that he becomes the physical body of Hong Yi.

The sages wanted to hurry and get Yi Zi back to his rightful place before Yun Hua attained enlightenment, so they had no choice but to have Hong Yi and Hong Xuanji cultivate the Ghost Immortal Yang God Path and the Human Immortal Martial Path respectively.

When the two are combined, they can reach that supreme realm.

"However, regardless of whether things have turned out differently or not, this is the end!" As Yunhua spoke, he raised his arm, clenched his fists, and threw a simple punch at Hong Xuanji.

"Boom!!"

In an instant, the void trembled violently, everything was completely shattered, and Hong Xuanji's body also trembled, his entire body collapsed and turned to ashes.

Having cultivated to the level of Thousand Transformations, he had already reached the realm of "immortality," his physical body capable of transforming into the finest particles.

As long as even one particle survives, the ever-changing powerhouse is immortal and can be resurrected.

However, now, Hong Xuanji was struck by Yun Hua's punch, which had reached the level of shattering the vacuum. Instantly, even the finest particles were shattered, and all his will and imprints vanished under Yun Hua's seemingly ordinary punch.

Even the corpse was gone; everything seemed to have been reintegrated into the vast world, as if even the trace of his existence had vanished.

“Hong Xuanji is dead. Now we’ll see what choice Hong Yi makes!” Yun Hua’s gaze shifted to Hong Yi, who was still quietly sitting in the study.

"Huh!? It's been a while, and he's actually reached the level of the ninth level of lightning tribulation? He's already passed the ninth level of lightning tribulation so quickly?" Yun Hua was somewhat shocked. How long has it been? He's already reached the level of the ninth level of lightning tribulation.

"He's at the level of the Ninefold Tribulation, and he's already achieved the unity of all his sons. He's only one physical body away from becoming a true Yang God!" Yunhua thought to himself.

Reaching the Yang God level from the Ninefold Tribulation is extremely difficult, requiring the crossing of a significant hurdle. It represents an unimaginable state of perfect perfection, demanding that the cultivator have no regrets whatsoever deep within their heart.

Hong Yi still has a regret: his martial arts cultivation level is currently very low, which is his regret.

It might be easier for others to become Yang Gods, but as one of the Hundred Schools of Thought who wanted to guide the world, Hong Yi had to achieve perfection in every aspect. Therefore, one of the conditions for him to become a Yang God was to shatter the physical body of the void.

“However, Hong Yi’s existence…” Yun Hua pondered for a moment, then revealed a hint of killing intent.

The moment this murderous intent was unleashed, Hong Yi, who was in the study, sensed something and suddenly woke up.

"There is killing intent. It actually has killing intent towards me now, and the killing intent is not far away!" Hong Yi was shocked. Then a cold look appeared in his eyes. "The only thing that can get so close to me is probably that variable that just shattered the vacuum."

"This era was originally mine, but you suddenly appeared out of nowhere, even before me. I want to see what kind of person you are that can make my thousands of years of preparations go to waste!"

Hong Yi already knew that he was being watched by an unparalleled expert who had shattered the vacuum, but he felt no unease, only confidence.

The various schools of thought have been united for so many years, and Hong Yi is no longer Hong Yi; he has transformed into one of the various schools of thought. As a group of schools of thought, they naturally know their own trump cards and what they lack now.

For Hong Yi now, the only thing he lacks to reach the Yang God realm is a physical body capable of shattering the vacuum.

The moment Yunhua revealed her murderous intent, the Origin Land.

"Buzz!!" The Bridge to the Other Shore, which had been suppressed by the Emperor of Immortality, suddenly began to tremble, and cracks appeared in the void.

The Eternal Emperor gazed at the Bridge to the Other Shore and sighed, "The Bridge to the Other Shore is shaking. It seems that my sons are in danger and urgently need this object to save their lives... It seems that the variables in this life are stronger than I imagined!"

"He shattered the vacuum; he did more than just shatter the vacuum. He came infinitely close to becoming a Yang God. He has found the contingency plan of the philosophers and the last of them. That's why the Hundred Sages of the Philosophers are desperate to get the Bridge to the Other Shore back into their hands."

The Eternal Emperor had already figured out what was happening in the Great Thousand Worlds just by observing the performance of the Bridge to the Other Shore.

"Now, the outcome of the struggle between the philosophers and that variable is entirely in my hands. However, I would like to see what kind of variable could have forced the philosophers to this point!" The Longevity Emperor pondered for a while, then moved slightly and left the Bridge to the Other Shore.

The moment the Eternal Emperor departed, the Bridge to the Other Shore transformed into a golden light and vanished into the Land of Origin.

Meanwhile on the other side.

Hong Yi stepped out of his small house and the first thing he saw was Yun Hua.

"It really is you..." The moment Hong Yi saw Yun Hua, he immediately understood what the so-called variable was.

Without a doubt, it was the same person I met in the secluded valley of the Western Hills last time, the one who argued with me about "what is the biggest".

“That’s right, it’s me!” Yunhua looked at Hong Yi and smiled slightly.

"It's been so long since we last met. I didn't expect you to have cultivated to such a level. The Spiritual Light of the Masters is indeed a wonderful thing! But should I call you Hong Yi now, or the Masters?" Yun Hua said leisurely.

The part of the person in front of me that belongs to Hong Yi should have gradually faded away, but I don't know how much of Hong Yi's essence remains.

Hong Yi raised an eyebrow, revealing a hint of surprise, as if he was astonished that Yun Hua knew so much.

However, he immediately said, "Hongyi is me, and the philosophers are also me! Hongyi is the philosophers, and the philosophers are also Hongyi! What difference is there between me and the philosophers?"

“Originally there was a difference, but now it seems there is no difference anymore!” Yunhua shook his head. “I don’t know whether Hong Yi assimilated the philosophers or the philosophers assimilated Hong Yi, but I think the latter is more likely.”

The Bridge to the Other Shore (Chapter 421)

How could Hong Yi, with his mere ten-odd years of life, compare to the philosophers of the past?

After the spiritual light of the philosophers merges with Hong Yi, the most likely outcome is that Hong Yi's true self will gradually dissipate, eventually being replaced by the philosophers. At this point, Hong Yi will also believe that he himself is one of the philosophers, and he will genuinely believe so.

"Think what you want!"

Hong Yi looked at Yun Hua and said, "But there is something I don't understand, and I would appreciate it if you could answer it."

Yunhua said, "Speak!"

Hong Yi said, "I have no grudge against you, so why are you emitting such terrifying killing intent towards me? Although we had different views on some issues after our last parting at Xishan, it is normal to have different views. In this vast world, among all living beings, everyone's thoughts are different."

"I've never demanded that everyone think the same way, but do you really think so?" Yunhua looked at Hong Yi calmly and sneered, "I guess your path to the other shore is related to all living beings in this vast world! Can your path accommodate me?"

Yunhua was truly speechless. How could someone like Hong Yi talk about differing ideas and thoughts? Looking at all the things he wanted to do, wasn't it all about unifying thought?

"My way is all-encompassing and naturally all-inclusive! My way is the Book of Changes, and my grand ambition is for everyone to become a dragon." Hong Yi looked at Yun Hua, "As long as you focus on studying the Book of Changes that I left behind, there will naturally be no more conflict between us!"

"When the world is destroyed in the future, you can also come with me to the other shore!" Hong Yi's voice was loud and clear, filled with a surge of emotion.

Yunhua shook his head and said, "So, you still can't tolerate me. Because you can't tolerate someone who is your equal, because you can't tolerate your grand ambitions being out of your control, because your so-called 'everyone is a dragon' is just a tool for you to reach the other shore! The premise for you to tolerate me is that I submit to you and dedicate myself to your path."

"As for the other shore, do I need you to lead me? I have found a way to reach the other shore myself, and it takes very little time and does not require much waiting. Or do you think your path to the other shore can surpass mine?" Yunhua chuckled.

"What? You've found the path to the other side?" Hong Yi was finally astonished.

Regardless of Yunhua's cultivation level that could shatter the vacuum or anything else, Hong Yi remained calm and composed, maintaining the composure of "not changing his expression even if Mount Tai collapses before him, and not blinking even if a deer runs past on his left." However, when Yunhua said that he had found a way to reach the other shore, Hong Yi was completely shocked.

Having integrated the ideas of various schools of thought, Hong Yi's gaze was now entirely focused on the other shore; his entire life was dedicated to living for that other shore. Whether it was his "Manren Rulong" or anything else, they were merely tools to reach that other shore.

But there is a very important point: can everyone who aspires to be like a dragon truly reach the other shore?

Hong Yi didn't know, and neither did the other philosophers!

In fact, this was just an experiment by Hong Yi and his philosophers to reach the other shore, and it was also the closest experiment to success in history.

If the experiment succeeds, we will all go to the other side together; if the experiment fails, we will all die together.

However, when this experiment was still only in theory and had not yet been actually implemented, how could Hong Yi not be surprised when he suddenly heard someone say that he had found a way to reach the other side?

It should be noted that the person who uttered these words was no ordinary cultivator, but a supreme expert who had shattered the void, a feat achieved only once in countless years. The words of such a powerful being would naturally carry some weight.

At this moment, Hong Yi felt like someone who had worked hard for a goal for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, but just as he was about to achieve his goal, he found that someone had appeared in front of him and gotten ahead of him!

It's like spending countless hours and effort on research, only to find out in the end that it was all for nothing.

This feeling is incredibly uncomfortable.

Hong Yi almost showed signs of his Dao heart collapsing at that moment.

"We have indeed found it, but we are still one step away from reaching the other side!" Yunhua said leisurely.

"So it turns out it's an unproven path!" Hong Yi shook his head, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

It turns out that this opponent was just like himself, having barely found a path that had not yet been truly validated.

"Although it hasn't been verified yet, it will be soon!" Yunhua smiled at Hong Yi, then raised his hand and pushed Hong Yi horizontally with a palm.

"What!!"

Seeing Yunhua strike down with a palm without any mercy, a look of shock flashed in Hong Yi's eyes; however, this look of shock quickly disappeared, and Hong Yi immediately returned to his calm state.

However, at that moment, a golden light suddenly descended from the sky, and a golden bridge instantly appeared from the void.

"The Bridge to the Other Shore has descended. Once this bridge is integrated into my body, I may not lose to you!" Hong Yi looked at the descending Bridge to the Other Shore with a hint of joy in his eyes.

As the strategists, who had accompanied the Eternal Emperor for countless years at the highest point of the Origin Land, they had long calculated that the Eternal Emperor would not allow himself to be destroyed so easily.

The Great Emperor of Longevity suppressed the Bridge to the Other Shore not because he was truly hostile to his sons, but because he genuinely wanted to verify whether their path to the Other Shore was correct.

If the claim is verified, then the Emperor of Immortality is on their side; if it is not verified, then all is lost.