Clang!

    The shattered Qian Kun Ding opened. The Qian Kun Daoist appeared weak, his spirit dim, yet a smile graced his face as a soaring phoenix took form on the ding’s surface. He was just a step away from upgrading to an Innate Treasure!

    In the distance, the energies of Yin and Yang vanished entirely. The Shi Qilin, pale-faced, reverted to his true form. His foundation had suffered tremendously; the cost of eliminating his enemies was beyond imagination!

    However, no one expected that a clear, melodious phoenix cry would resound throughout the heavens once more! The Qian Kun Old Ancestor barely had time to be astonished.

    A blazing red light surged through the void, soaring up and accompanied by shards of time, piercing right through the body of the Qian Kun Old Ancestor!

    “To think it can be reborn from such refinement!” were the last words the Qian Kun Old Ancestor uttered before his fall! “Haha, you scared me! I thought Sister Yuan Feng was really refined just now!” Little Loli breathed a sigh of relief below, but her smile suddenly froze.

    A dark figure, wielding a Dragon Head Scepter, advanced menacingly toward the severely weakened Yuan Feng.

    A white figure appeared, holding a mixed primordial gold cauldron in one hand and twenty-four sea-stabilizing pearls in the other, smashing them towards the Shi Qilin!

    Yuan Feng and Shi Qilin never expected that there were still two top-tier experts at this moment! Both overlords were caught off guard! Yuan Feng’s just-resurrected true form was shattered by the dark figure’s assault, threads of her supreme heavenly Dao completely obliterating her life mark! It eradicated Yuan Feng’s vitality from the Dao! “You!”

    The power of twenty-four realms bore down on the Shi Qilin, tainting his true form with foul energy.

    Boom! The Shi Qilin, disbelief in his eyes, looked at the white figure that bore the same visage as Hongjun, unwillingly collapsing, gradually turning into Qilin Cliff.

    Crash! The divine thunder echoed across the nine heavens, lamenting the fall of four supreme beings.

    The battlefield fell into silence. The Ancestral Dragon let out an earth-shattering roar:

    “Hongjun!”

    Little Loli was momentarily stunned, and the other forum users were too, then they exploded with replies.

    “I knew that old sly fox Hongjun would definitely make a move at the critical moment!”

    “Hongjun is way too cunning! I thought his Three Corpses Dao hadn’t been perfected; turns out he’s been holding back all this time just for this chance!”

    “No wonder in the myths Hongjun would become the final victor! With these two Dao embodiments helping, he alone can take on the three overlords!”

    Moreover, he deliberately invited the Yin-Yang Daoist and the Qian Kun Old Ancestor, only to have them suffer a terrible fate at his hands!”

    Netizens lamented that Hongjun was indeed the old fox he was, cunning and meticulous. He truly deserved to be the previous ultimate victor! On the battlefield, the Ancestral Dragon seethed with wrath, his enormous dragon body exuding strands of chaotic energy. Divine thunders rained down from the nine heavens, striking at the good and evil corpses of Hongjun! However, the Three Corpses Dao was extraordinary; leveraging the supreme treasures, the two Dao embodiments didn’t suffer any injuries and formed a San Cai formation with the true body of Hongjun, aiming to slay the dragon! To kill this Ancient era’s strongest entity!

    The Taiji Diagram emerged, while the white jade golden bridge locked down the Ancestral Dragon’s retreat. The Pangu Banner swept through with chaotic sword energy, and the Dragon Head Scepter ambushed the Ancestral Dragon’s tail!

    Just as the Ancestral Dragon found himself in a perilous situation, a soaring murderous intent surged forth. A blood-red, fearsome divine spear ambushed Hongjun’s good corpse! The God-Slaying Spear was formidable; even the chaotic golden cauldron couldn’t withstand it, and Hongjun’s good corpse instantly dissipated into clear vapor. Hongjun glared at Luo Hou with a solemn expression.

    “Haha! How could my amazing battle be missing my true self!” The Demon Lord Luo Hou led the demon clan’s experts into battle, and the battlefield was swept up in a bloody storm once again! The Ancestral Dragon looked at Luo Hou with a serious expression; after all, he had a grudge against him. Not too long ago, he had left Luo Hou with nowhere to escape!

    Just as he thought this, four killing swords came crashing down, forcing the Ancestral Dragon into a roll, with dragon blood splattering across the heavens!

    “Roar!”

    The Ancestral Dragon was furious. Dragons are creatures that value face above all else. Now humiliated in turn, coupled with the death of his two allies from ambushes, his anger boiled over!

    “All beasts bow to the sky!”

    A dragon’s roar resounded throughout the heavens. Countless beings, affected by the great tribulation, paused in their endless battles, looking up at the nine-clawed divine dragon in the sky.

    Roar——! Awooo——! Countless divine beast phantoms materialized above Yujing Mountain, all bowing together to this king of beasts, the king among dragons! Boom! The Ancestral Dragon’s form radiated with the laws of innumerable divine beasts, and its majestic dragon eyes made numerous beings tremble!

    “Haha! This is the strength of the first strongest among all races! Let the Demon Lord experience my true power!”

    Seeing the Ancestral Dragon unleash its ultimate strength, Luo Hou laughed wildly. Wielding the God-Slaying Spear, four killing swords floated around him, ready to ambush at any moment!

    Kill!

    Luo Hou charged at the Ancestral Dragon with the God-Slaying Spear, but the Four Swords to Vanquish Immortals were targeting Hongjun! “Did you forget that not long ago I saved your life?” Hongjun sighed, shaking the Pangu Banner.

    “You saving me was just a way for me to let you draw the fire!”

    Luo Hou sneered, his attacks growing more and more fierce, as the Four Swords to Vanquish Immortals subtly turned into a sword formation!

    The deadly murderous aura of the great tribulation poured into the battlefield’s heart, and finally, Hongjun’s expression changed.

    “The Vanquishing Immortal Sword Formation!”

    “Exactly!” Luo Hou said proudly. He had already prepared the formation during the battle! And the one who reminded him about the ambush was none other than the player, Wutian!

    Four killing swords sealed off the heavens. Yujing Mountain dissipated between the realms, and the endless sword energy danced around, resulting in countless strong ones being left with corpses sprawled everywhere below! One player after another couldn’t escape in time and were ensnared by the sword formation. Swish, swish! “Luo Hou really holds grudges!”

    Players shouted as they were besieged by myriad sword energies! Before long, players were killed and logged out, and only the highest-ranked Dragon Shao and Little Loli struggled to hold on! Luo Hou had finally revenged himself with a sword! This was just the residual power of the sword formation, the true attack still coming relentlessly toward the two strongest!

    Trapped in the formation, Hongjun was unperturbed. Above his head, the heavenly celebration clouds floated, and a jade dish with cracks slowly revolved.

    The Vanquishing Immortal sword energies surged at him, and he wielded the Pangu Banner to block.

    Hongjun glanced at the Ancestral Dragon, who was being continuously ambushed by the God-Slaying Spear, and smiled at the dark void: “Luo Hou, your help from the alien players exceeded my expectations!”

    But I was in contact with the players’ variables even earlier than you! Since I heard about the Vanquishing Immortal Sword Formation from them, do you think I hadn’t prepared a way to break the formation?”

    “Haha!”

    Luo Hou laughed, “Some things, knowing them won’t change the outcome. Are there still four top-grade Daos in the field? Even if you and the Ancestral Dragon are only one step away from the saint’s level, I wouldn’t be weak against you!”

    “Currently, you and the Ancestral Dragon are only one step away from the Heavenly Dao as well! Both of your powers have already reached the utmost limit, falling short of the Dao! Even if you release all your Three Corpses God, you won’t break the formation!”

    I even have an apprentice who is a player! I understand all your treasures and Dao techniques clearly! Today, I’ll see how you go against the heavens!”

    The Vanquishing Immortal Sword Formation can only be broken by four saints. Without four experts of the same tier, no chance to kill out of this formation! Thanks to the creation of the demon clan, Luo Hou’s cultivation skyrocketed, only a step away from achieving sainthood. Hongjun had slain two corpses, and even with all his spiritual treasures, he barely reached this level. The Ancestral Dragon had walked this last step only with the worship of ten thousand beasts! Even Yuan Feng, Shi Qilin, Qian Kun, and Yin Yang still fell short compared to these three! Only if all four were revived, would they need to join forces to break the formation!

    Seeing the murderous intent soaring higher and higher, continuously absorbing the great tribulation’s murderous aura, Hongjun knew he could no longer delay. If this continued, he might really turn things upside down! He retracted the Pangu Banner and shouted to the Ancestral Dragon: “Ancestral Dragon, we are in a boat together now, trapped in the Vanquishing Immortal formation! The longer we are here, the harder it will be to break out! I will unleash my most powerful move to break the array, you temporarily defend against Luo Hou’s ambushes! Once the sword formation is shattered, let’s settle this once and for all!”

    “Hmph!”

    The Ancestral Dragon snorted coldly. However, the Vanquishing Immortal sword formation was too powerful! Coupled with the absorption of the great tribulation’s murderous aura, even he was struggling to hold on. The Ancestral Dragon could only temporarily lay aside his grudges and, facing the formidable enemy, reluctantly agreed!

    Luo Hou heard this too; he scoffed, thinking it was impossible to break the Vanquishing Immortal formation.

    Behind him, his disciple Wutian anxiously said, “Master, be careful! Look out for what hidden cards Hongjun still has! While the Vanquishing Immortal Four Swords are invincible, we can’t underestimate this Dao Ancestor!”

    Luo Hou nodded, taking Wutian’s advice to heart. Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of a rope.

    However, at this stage, Luo Hou didn’t believe Hongjun could turn things around! In the forum, millions of netizens passionately debated, marveling at how these great powers in the Primordial World were becoming increasingly cunning under the players’ training. They were also curious about what hidden trump cards the Dao Ancestor Hongjun still had left.

    After all, even in the later myths, the Vanquishing Immortal Four Swords were defeated only by the Four Saints; it seemed Hongjun had no further trump cards left.

    Jiang Ping lounged on the sofa, curiously watching Hongjun in the sword formation, gulping down his soda. At this moment, floating like a big white.

    In the Primordial World, Hongjun struck a pose everyone was familiar with. He raised his hands above his head and cried out: “Beings from all corners of the Primordial World, please raise your hands and lend me a bit of power! Help me break this world-destroying formation and end this tribulation!”

    “Ptooey!”

    The soda Jiang Ping had just gulped spewed out, splattering and forming bubbles on the ground. “Spirit Bomb?” Jiang Ping was dumbfounded!

    How could the Dao Ancestor Hongjun use Goku’s special move! Looking at Hongjun, hands raised high, Jiang Ping felt something was off; this scene was too absurd!

    Chapter Summary

    In a dramatic clash, the weakened Qian Kun Daoist reveals a phoenix, while the Shi Qilin returns to his true form after suffering substantial loss. Unexpectedly, a sudden phoenix cry reignites battle as powerful figures emerge, ambushing leading characters. Just as Hongjun supports himself against a combined attack, he calls forth an unusual Spirit Bomb, shocking observers and sparking astonishment on the forums as speculation circulates about his hidden techniques.

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