Chapter 675: Everything You Have, I Gave You

Facing the Immortal Emperor’s spear carrying that sharp, murderous intent, the Idle One Jiang Li recalled the Human Sovereign Jiang Li’s teachings. He sheathed his immortal sword, using his physical body to withstand it.

Compared to flashy but impractical things, the body was the most reliable.

“Bodhi Hand!” The Idle One Jiang Li’s hands were like Bodhi Vajra, indestructible, forcibly withstanding the Immortal Emperor’s spear thrust.

“Shock!” The Immortal Emperor acted decisively, changing his stance. With a twist of his wrist, he transformed the Immortal-Burying Spear’s motion from a thrust into a spinning rotation.

The Idle One Jiang Li lacked sufficient combat experience. A momentary lapse of attention saw him being spun around by the momentum of the Immortal-Burying Spear.

The Immortal Emperor’s massive foot stomped down on the Idle One Jiang Li’s abdomen, stomping so hard that the Idle One vomited stomach acid.

Since reaching the Mahayana Stage, the Idle One Jiang Li had never suffered such a serious injury.

The Immortal Emperor raised an eyebrow. In his expectation, this stomp should have directly snapped his opponent in half at the waist. He hadn’t expected the opponent’s body to be terrifyingly strong, only resulting in vomiting stomach acid.

“Truly a Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal, come and fight!” The Immortal Emperor laughed heartily, his fighting spirit soaring. Slaying a Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal would boost his prestige.

With increased prestige, the power of the host of immortals’ combined array would be greater, and the probability of him usurping power and seizing the throne, replacing the Divine Vault Sovereign, would also increase.

The Immortal Emperor gripped his spear and thrust again.

“Transposition!” A spatial passage appeared on the Idle One Jiang Li’s chest, its other end opening behind the Immortal Emperor’s neck.

He wanted to make the Immortal Emperor’s spear stab his own neck.

The Immortal Emperor sneered. What use could such a petty trick have?

“The spatial passage appeared too early.” The direction of the spear changed, bypassing the spatial passage and striking Jiang Li between the eyebrows with a metallic clang.

“You do have a sturdy body. Pity, your awareness is too lacking.”

“Chaos Metal Array!” The Idle One Jiang Li used his finger as a sword, slashing out sword energy. The crisscrossing sword energy formed an array.

The Chaos Metal Array was originally a trap formation for entrapping enemies. Now, empowered by sword energy, it gained offensive capabilities.

“Petty tricks! Southern Brightness Leaving Fire!”

The Vermilion Bird tattoo on the Immortal Emperor’s chest cried out. Raging flames that incinerated all things burned the sword energy. The scorching temperature turned the entire First Heaven into a sea of fire, forcing the host of immortals to hastily retreat to other Heavens.

“Immortal-Suppressing Talisman! One Talisman to Suppress Immortals!” The Idle One Jiang Li drew a talisman in the air. The talismanic script was ancient and obscure, difficult to comprehend, containing infinite mysteries.

An immortal exclaimed in shock, “That’s Ancient Immortal Script! Each character, each symbol possesses inexplicable power, extremely mysterious. It has long been lost in the Immortal Realm, how does he know it!”

The Immortal Emperor laughed, “This is the script commonly used in the Immortal Realm when I first became a Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal. Later, because it was too difficult to understand, it was gradually abandoned.”

“Using something like this against me, I am truly being underestimated.”

“White Tiger Crossing!” A White Tiger leaped from the Immortal Emperor’s chest. Its roar shook the Immortal Realm, shattering the Immortal-Suppressing Talisman composed of Ancient Immortal Script with the sound.

The weaknesses of Ancient Immortal Script, the Immortal Emperor knew best.

“You know quite a few things. Pity, none are very proficient.”

The Immortal Emperor and the Idle One Jiang Li fought to a standstill. The Idle One had myriad methods, swordpath, talismans, arrays, gu techniques, spatial Dao… all useless, easily countered by the Immortal Emperor.

In the Sword Sovereign’s view, the Idle One Jiang Li was proficient in everything. But in the Immortal Emperor’s view, it was just so-so.

He had been enthroned as the master of the Heavenly Court for countless eons. While researching the rules, he had also studied the Hundred Cultivation Arts.

The vast stretch of time was more than enough for him to master the Hundred Cultivation Arts.

Moreover, the Immortal Emperor became a Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal through his own ability, fighting his way up step by step. The number of bloody battles was countless even to himself, his combat experience bordering on instinct.

The Idle One Jiang Li fought with great difficulty. Aside from the two versions of himself from parallel worlds, this was the first time he encountered an enemy so hard to defeat.

In a direct clash of strength, the Immortal Emperor couldn’t win against the Idle One Jiang Li. But after witnessing the Idle One’s power, the Immortal Emperor changed tactics, using Tai Chi principles to wear down the Idle One Jiang Li’s will.

Combat wasn’t just about realm and energy, but also will.

Prolonged fighting would lead to mental fatigue, thus creating openings. The Immortal Emperor was deeply versed in this.

“What a robust physique.” The Immortal Emperor felt somewhat troubled. He didn’t know how his opponent cultivated his body, but he couldn’t penetrate it no matter what. Could it be that he attained the Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal state through the Path of Strength?

Huff, huff— The Idle One Jiang Li panted, not from physical exhaustion, but from mental weariness.

“Is that all? Much weaker than the fists of First Emperor Brother and Human Sovereign Brother.” Realizing his greatest advantage lay in his powerful physique, the Idle One Jiang Li resolved to close in for close-quarters combat with the Immortal Emperor, even at the cost of injury.

Just as the two were locked in fierce combat, the sound of a grand yellow bell rang out. The bell’s tone was long and drawn-out, as if the bell had been struck from time immemorial, its sound reaching the present.

A flawless, divine being descended from beyond the heavens, its appearance solemn and majestic. Anyone who saw Him would involuntarily be captivated by His charm.

“We pay our respects to the Divine Vault Sovereign.” Seeing the Heavenly Dao arrive in person, the host of immortals prostrated themselves on the ground.

Only two were unaffected by the Divine Vault Sovereign’s influence. One was the Immortal Emperor, as the Heavenly Dao’s spokesperson, he was immune to the Heavenly Dao’s beauty. The other was the Idle One Jiang Li, who was unaffected by the Mortal World Celestial and also unaffected by the Divine Vault Sovereign.

The Divine Vault Sovereign opened His eyes. Within them seemed to encompass the great thousand worlds; nothing in all creation was a secret to His gaze.

“I wondered why I felt someone calling me. So it was you calling me.” The Divine Vault Sovereign noticed the Idle One Jiang Li, revealing a rare trace of puzzlement.

“Me?” The Idle One Jiang Li didn’t understand.

“No, not you, but the program-like thing within you.”

“This feeling… it’s like something I made… I see, I see, so that’s how it is.”

The Divine Vault Sovereign carefully sensed the system within the Idle One Jiang Li and actually laughed out loud.

The Immortal Emperor was astonished. Even when the Dao Ancestor perished, the Divine Vault Sovereign hadn’t laughed so joyfully. Why was He laughing like this upon seeing this person from the Underworld?

“Come, raise your arm.” The Divine Vault Sovereign said.

The Idle One Jiang Li discovered his arm was actually raising itself against his will.

“Execute swordpath.” The Divine Vault Sovereign spoke again.

The Idle One Jiang Li drew his immortal sword and slashed out. Sword energy poured forth like a waterfall, forcibly tearing open the First Heaven.

“What have you done!” The Idle One Jiang Li cried out in shock, feeling his body was no longer his own.

The Divine Vault Sovereign smiled, not speaking.

“Take my sword! Ten Steps, One Kill!” The Idle One Jiang Li drew his sword and slashed at the Divine Vault Sovereign. However, the sword energy vanished upon encountering the Divine Vault Sovereign, like snow meeting hot water.

“Heaven and Earth Life-Ending Array!” A great array unfurled beneath the Idle One Jiang Li’s feet. The array’s power was so great it made even the Immortal Emperor’s hair stand on end.

During the previous fight, the Idle One Jiang Li had tried to deploy this array multiple times, but was interrupted by the Immortal Emperor each time. This time, he finally succeeded.

Rolling thunder enveloped the Divine Vault Sovereign, yet couldn’t harm Him in the slightest.

Talismans to suppress immortals, curse-kills guaranteeing death, alchemical Dao to refine heaven and earth… The Idle One Jiang Li used every means at his disposal, yet couldn’t affect the Divine Vault Sovereign in the slightest.

The Immortal Emperor realized something was wrong. The Idle One Jiang Li’s methods could be described as terrifyingly powerful; he himself wouldn’t dare to face them head-on. No matter how strong the Divine Vault Sovereign was, He shouldn’t face them head-on, let alone emerge completely unscathed after doing so.

“You… how are you completely unharmed?” The Idle One Jiang Li was filled with terror.

The Divine Vault Sovereign chuckled lightly, “Swordpath, alchemical Dao, talismans, arrays, your harem, your master, the position of Human Sovereign, your reputation… everything you have, I gave you. What do you have to resist me with?”

The Divine Vault Sovereign walked up to the Idle One Jiang Li and tapped his chest. A ball of light appeared in His hand.

“What an exquisite design.” The Divine Vault Sovereign examined it for a moment, then leisurely placed the ball of light back into the Idle One Jiang Li’s chest, completely unafraid of the Idle One causing trouble.

The Idle One Jiang Li wanted to resist desperately, but now, not even a single finger was his own to control.

“To be precise, it was given to you by a version of me from not long into the future.”