Chapter 680: Immortal Realm Furnace, Supreme Return to Origin, Reforging the Immortal Realm
The Immortal Realm has thirty-six heavens, from the first layer, Huangzeng Heaven, to the thirty-sixth layer, Great Brahma Heaven. The density of immortal power increases while the area decreases layer by layer. Even so, the Great Brahma Heaven is still as large as over a hundred worlds.
The sheer volume of the Immortal Realm is evident.
Any world compared to the Immortal Realm is as insignificant as a grain of sand.
Among the myriad heavens and worlds, the Immortal Realm is a behemoth-like existence. Part of the arrogance of immortals stems from the Immortal Realm itself.
But now, the great Immortal Realm is shattered into pieces, more dilapidated than those worlds that have already been destroyed.
The ones who have reduced the Immortal Realm to its current state are the two protagonists of this epoch-making battle.
The Divine Vault Sovereign’s methods are endless and varied. Jiang Li had seen some, heard of some, and some had been lost for millions of years, completely unheard of by him.
Jiang Li’s method of dealing with them is simple and brutal. No matter what move it is, it’s just a matter of one punch.
“So far, facing the Divine Vault Sovereign’s moves, he has shattered them all with a single punch, never needing a second one!” The three Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.
Even an ordinary person who doesn’t cultivate could see from this scene that the Divine Vault Sovereign’s chance of winning is minuscule.
They considered themselves well-traveled and knowledgeable, but an existence like Jiang Li was truly something they had never seen nor heard of before.
They didn’t even dare to imagine such a thing.
How could there be an existence in the world that surpasses the Heavenly Dao?! How on earth was this achieved?
“It’s a pity we are not the Dao Ancestor and are not proficient in the Qi Observation Technique. Otherwise, we could judge the extent of his cultivation by observing his qi.”
The Qi Observation Technique is an extremely difficult discipline to master. Created by the Dao Ancestor, it is hard to begin with, hard to master, and achieving complete comprehension is even more difficult. To observe an existence of Jiang Li’s level requires fully mastering the Qi Observation Technique.
To this day, only two people have fully mastered the Qi Observation Technique: the Dao Ancestor and the Divine Vault Sovereign.
*Thud—*
The Divine Vault Sovereign took another punch from Jiang Li, vomiting a large mouthful of blood. His chest was pierced through, gutted open, with his Dao bones turned outward.
The Divine Vault Sovereign no longer resembled a lofty, perfect divine being but rather a vengeful ghost that had crawled up from hell, sinister and terrifying.
Anyone who saw Him now would not think He possessed the beauty of the Heavenly Dao.
“You are strong. Unfortunately, I am stronger.” Jiang Li expressionlessly retracted his fist. When he sought out the Immortal Realm again, he already knew the outcome was decided. The Divine Vault Sovereign could not possibly defeat him.
This wasn’t confidence; it was fact.
“You forced me to do this!” The Divine Vault Sovereign’s teeth were half-shattered, and his speech was slurred, leaking air.
Even those at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage could achieve Blood Drop Rebirth, let alone Him, the Heavenly Dao.
But He had no time, no opportunity. Jiang Li’s attacks were too fierce, never giving Him a chance to recover.
Nor did He need to recover.
He had merely defined his form as that of a human. In reality, His body was the “Dao.” Fatal injuries suffered by a human had no effect whatsoever on Him.
But He could not endure this humiliating battle.
“Open the furnace! Refine the pill!”
“Supreme Return to Origin Formation!”
The Immortal Realm seemed to be boiling, space itself becoming unstable. The Yin and Yang energies collided, burning the Immortal Realm. Stars shifted, seas turned to fields, star seas evaporated—everything was undergoing change. The thirty-six heavens resonated and wailed as if unable to bear this violent transformation.
The Immortal Realm became like a giant furnace. The host of immortals turned into firewood, with immortal power as the fuel, igniting a blazing inferno.
The Golden Palace of Clouds, Miluo Palace, Moon Palace, Lingxiao Hall, Jade Pool… Immortal palaces and halls turned into glass, crystalline and translucent. This state lasted less than a breath before being utterly destroyed in this great fire, not even leaving ashes behind.
Earthly Immortal monsters rolled on the ground in agony, banging their heads against the dimensional barriers, preferring to be smashed to death rather than die in this great fire.
The host of immortals wailed, employing a thousand methods and ten thousand supernatural powers to resolve this calamity. Even Golden Immortals chose to self-destruct the three flowers atop their heads, begging only to survive. But facing this heaven-sent catastrophe, no matter how great your supernatural powers, it was useless.
Even the Executor of Karma, who had hidden his cultivation to make a stunning debut among the Golden Immortals, did not escape this disaster.
Only the three Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals, relying on their understanding of the nine great rules, survived this catastrophe.
“The Immortal Realm Furnace, Supreme Return to Origin, reforging the Immortal Realm! This is the pinnacle of the alchemical path and also the pinnacle of formations! It only existed in theory; no one has ever deployed it before!” The Buddha panted, exhausted from dealing with it. The other two were in a similar state, not much better off.
“Even the Dao Ancestor said such a method was impossible. This is equivalent to refining a new Immortal Realm. Ordinary world creation simply cannot compare!”
The Confucius Sage’s face was as dark as water. “In essence, this is a manifestation of the rule of the strong preying on the weak. Immortals cultivate for ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, achieving Celestial Immortal and Golden Immortal status. In the outside world, they are revered as supreme beings, as sacred. But before the Divine Vault Sovereign, they are the weak.”
“And the weak only have the fate of being killed and devoured by the strong.”
The Confucius Sage’s research focused on the rule of the strong preying on the weak.
“The Divine Vault Sovereign is going all out, regardless of the consequences.”
As the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm, the importance of the Immortal Realm to the Divine Vault Sovereign goes without saying. Even if He fled, He would take the Immortal Realm with Him.
But facing the undefeatable Jiang Li, the Divine Vault Sovereign chose to abandon everything—the Immortal Realm, immortal power, immortals. He wanted none of it.
All for the sake of being able to defeat Jiang Li.
The Immortal Realm’s immortal power was completely depleted. Chaotic mists spread everywhere. A single wisp of mist weighed as much as a thousand jun. Golden dawn light pierced through the chaos. The Divine Vault Sovereign emerged riding the light, mysterious yet chilling, impossible to look at directly.
The Immortal Realm’s chaos was like a chicken egg, with the Divine Vault Sovereign gestating within.
Thunder, tribulation fire, breathing soil, primordial wind, chaos water… Legends say these are the most primitive forms of matter.
Although the Divine Vault Sovereign still had a human form, it was no longer a fleshly body but composed of these most primitive substances.
The Divine Vault Sovereign no longer used weapons or supernatural powers. He Himself was the most powerful weapon, the most powerful supernatural power.
“Truly ruthless enough.”
Jiang Li chuckled lightly and punched, scattering the Divine Vault Sovereign.
The Divine Vault Sovereign’s body split into several parts: a thunder body, a tribulation fire body, a breathing soil body… The aura fluctuations of each body were no less than the original Divine Vault Sovereign!
“One body cannot unleash my full power. In that case, I will split into several bodies.” The Divine Vault Sovereign grinned. He refused to believe Jiang Li could still defeat Him in this state.
“Since the Sovereign is being so open, I won’t hold back either. It’s time to use some real methods.” Jiang Li also smiled, giving the Divine Vault Sovereign a bad premonition.
“One Qi Transforming Three Pure Ones.”
Four Jiang Lis appeared.
The Divine Vault Sovereign didn’t care. “It’s just four…”
“Turning Beans into Soldiers.”
The four Jiang Lis performed Turning Beans into Soldiers, creating more of themselves.
“One Qi Transforming Three Pure Ones.”
“Turning Beans into Soldiers.”
“One Qi Transforming Three Pure Ones.”
“Turning Beans into Soldiers.”
More and more Jiang Lis appeared, surrounding the Divine Vault Sovereign.
The Divine Vault Sovereign gulped.
“Be careful. I’ll only throw one punch.” The Jiang Lis said in unison.
The Jiang Lis threw world-destroying punches. The Divine Vault Sovereign revived an unknown number of times and perished just as many times. In the end, He only needed to take one more punch to completely disappear.
*Thump—*
The Divine Vault Sovereign crashed to the ground.
Countless Jiang Lis vanished, leaving only one Jiang Li again, looking down at the Divine Vault Sovereign from above.
“Heaven, are you ready to welcome the end of the Heavenly Dao?”
Jiang Li swung his fist in a full arc, ready to deliver the final blow.
“Wait! You can’t kill me! Once you kill me, this world can no longer be reborn from the rule of destruction!”
“Me destroying the myriad heavens and worlds is the only way to save the world!”
The Divine Vault Sovereign shouted.
Jiang Li’s fist stopped at the tip of the Divine Vault Sovereign’s nose.