Chapter 68: Shattering the Void!
As Ji Xiongying’s voice fell, the assembled Celestials moved in succession. With the Yun Family Ancestor manipulating karma in the dark, no one sensed anything amiss.
The next second, the seven people surrounded and attacked. Seven Divine Weapons illuminated the night sky.
“Good timing!”
Before Lu Yang’s voice could fade, his entire body exploded into a mass of Primordial Qi. Then, like a sweeping gale, he arrived in front of Ji Xiongying in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, a flash of blood-red crossed Ji Xiongying’s eyes. His Divine Weapon was the ‘Son of Heaven Sword.’ At this moment, the Divine Sword was unsheathed. Instantly, wind and clouds stirred above Tianjing City. All the commoners within Tianjing City felt their hearts sink, and for some unknown reason, they suddenly lost all strength, collapsing dejectedly to the ground.
Replacing this was a sudden, violent surge in Ji Xiongying’s divine power.
“Die!”
The next second, Ji Xiongying slashed out with his sword. Its power even surpassed the Sword Qi Talisman. Landing on Lu Yang, it nearly churned his Qi-formed body into dissipation.
But that was all.
The Primordial One Qi Avatar gathered and scattered impermanently; what it feared least were fists, feet, blades, and swords. Thus, it countered the Martial Dao; otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent this avatar over.
In the final analysis, the Martial Dao was inherently a crude system created by Lu Yang. Even though the Yun Family Ancestor had supplemented it to the fourth step, allowing a master’s physique to rival the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, it still had huge flaws. As long as an immortal cultivator mastered a countering divine ability, it was enough to defeat it easily.
“Everyone, attack together!”
Ji Xiongying, seeing his sword fail to achieve its goal, immediately retreated violently: “Entangle him! Don’t let him use that talisman art from before. Force him into hand-to-hand combat with us!”
Without him needing to say it, the other Celestials had already rushed forward.
Bearing the brunt were ‘Barefoot Daoist’ Chang Qingjing and ‘God Monk of Deliverance’ Xuan Ku. One Daoist and one Monk, appearing from the left and right, actually formed a pincer attack.
At the same time, ‘Fairy of Bright Jade’ Hua Xiangrong descended from the sky, while ‘Alliance Leader Under Heaven’ Guan Qiankun replaced Ji Xiongying to meet Lu Yang head-on. Only ‘Demon Blade’ Ding Feiying remained lurking in the dark, like a venomous snake, ready to strike that fatal blow at any moment.
Boom!
Lu Yang fought freely. Sometimes he reconstituted his body and scattered talismans; other times he dispersed his form to dodge attacks. For a time, facing seven enemies alone, he was actually handling it with ease!
In the distance, the Yun Family Ancestor watching the battle in secret shook his head upon seeing this.
“Too weak…”
Although strictly in terms of level, the Martial Dao Celestials actually surpassed Lu Yang’s Primordial One Qi Avatar, in reality, it couldn’t be calculated that way.
If Lu Yang’s Primordial One Qi Avatar was a max-level character with a full set of god-tier equipment, then the Martial Dao Celestials were at most max-level characters with blank stats. The two seemed similar, but in reality, they were worlds apart. This was an innate deficiency of the Martial Dao; a cultivation system developed for less than a hundred years was inherently no match for the Immortal Dao.
“…Never mind, I will act.”
With a thought, the Yun Family Ancestor immediately began to manipulate karma, guiding the situation—which originally leaned towards Lu Yang—bit by bit toward the victory of the Martial Dao Celestials.
The result reflected in the state of the Martial Dao Celestials.
During the battle, the seven Martial Dao Celestials not only didn’t feel fatigue but fought with increasing excitement. Countless clever ideas and inspirations erupted like a geyser.
And the aura of the Divine Weapons in their hands grew increasingly powerful.
These Divine Weapons were designed by the Yun Family Ancestor and given to Ji Xiongying as an ‘opportunity’; they were incredibly compatible with each Celestial’s own martial arts.
Combined, they could already unleash power approaching a divine ability.
However, as the Yun Family Ancestor forcibly manipulated karma, this power—originally only ‘approaching’ a divine ability—actually officially reached the level of a divine ability in an instant!
Boom!
Another encirclement attack. However, this time Lu Yang clearly sensed something wrong. When the Primordial One Qi Avatar reconstituted again, a corner of its clothing was actually missing.
‘Their attacks worked.’
Lu Yang’s heart chilled slightly. His avatar was flawless; the only possibility for this situation was that part of the Primordial Qi had been obliterated by the Celestials.
‘It seems that Foundation Establishment has acted!’
Lu Yang’s thoughts raced. Although he didn’t sense any abnormality and divined nothing, he still immediately locked onto the instigator.
Good, the acting has gone on long enough.
After all, he still needed the Primordial One Qi Avatar to perform a grand play. If he really capsized and got slain due to momentary carelessness, that would be a huge joke.
“Hu…”
The next second, all the Celestials present heard a deep breathing sound. Even the surrounding airflow shook violently, like wind and clouds rolling back.
The sound was melodious and clear, as if a true dragon was inhaling and exhaling heaven and earth.
Immediately after, the sky full of white Qi reconstituted into a form. Lu Yang’s figure emerged. He surprisingly no longer dodged but revealed a confident smile.
“Scram!”
In an instant, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Lu Yang’s body. A round light flashed behind his head, resembling a round mirror, reflecting wind and thunder within.
Supreme Sky Mirror!
Also a weapon, this Spirit Treasure was unknown how many times stronger than the so-called Divine Weapons in the hands of the Celestials. Once unleashed, it immediately settled the situation.
Boom!
The mirror surface shook, and rolling wind and thunder detonated around Lu Yang. It actually blasted the Celestials away directly, seriously injuring all of them on the spot.
However, even so, the Celestials showed no dejection. Instead, they became increasingly excited. All other distracting thoughts in their hearts dissipated, leaving only one thought:
‘Kill! Kill this person!’
Supported by this intense killing intent, all the Celestials seemed divinely aided. Difficulties that usually stumped them were conquered in one go at this moment!
Only ‘Sacred Heart Scholar’ Wang Boyuan, although equally filled with chilling killing intent, moved with a hint of struggle. He seemed to realize something but couldn’t break free, forced to drift with the current. Only that pair of eyes capable of gazing at fortune and Qi revealed a trace of fear.
‘Rest assured, Brother Wang. You are a talent; I will save you in the next life…’
Lu Yang sighed in his heart, but his hands were unambiguous. A blast of wind and thunder repelled the Celestials again. Then, his entire body bloomed with blinding brilliance.
Instantly, the void shook!
Qi and blood rose like a dragon, shooting straight into the clouds, as if a pillar supporting heaven had fallen. It stabilized the wind and waves of the moonlit night and broke open the dark clouds, revealing the bright, pure moon.
The dark moon and high wind transformed into a bright moon and sparse stars in the blink of an eye.
Between heaven and earth, only Lu Yang’s long howl remained: “This Immortal has achieved the Great Dao!”
Crack!
The next second, the void collapsed. A massive fissure appeared above Tianjing City. Lu Yang leaped up, his figure flashing explosively as he instantly vanished into it.
Shattering the Void!
Shattering the Void!
The immense visual impact even sobered up the group of Celestials. Their gazes were full of shock, as if they had seen an unimaginable martial arts myth.
Is this the realm above the Celestial?
Shattering the Void, ascending and departing, henceforth transcending the mortal world… How similar is this to the immortals in storybooks? What kind of profundities lie within?
“I saw it…”
Among the seven Celestials, only Ji Xiongying murmured in a low voice.
He was the pawn the Yun Family Ancestor valued most, so he received the heaviest blessing of Qi destiny, consuming almost all the Qi destiny of the latter half of his life.
However, precisely because of this, his comprehension at this moment climbed to the peak of his life. He seemed to see Lu Yang’s method of opening that void fissure—it was nothing more than using a point to break a surface. First, find the connecting point in the void, then break it open, and step into it before it closes…
“…Hahaha! I can do it too!”
The next second, Ji Xiongying suddenly laughed toward the sky. Then, with the ‘Son of Heaven Sword’ in hand, he actually slashed at the void, and a fissure emerged!
Ji Xiongying didn’t hesitate; head held high, he strode into it.
The next second, all fissures slammed shut. The remaining Celestials stood in place, staring blankly at the positions where Lu Yang and Ji Xiongying had been, lost in thought.
“They… broke through?”
“Such a thing exists!”
“Shattering the Void, Shattering the Void… So there really is another realm above the Celestial. Shattering the Void to ascend, henceforth roaming free beyond the mortal dust?”
Meanwhile, outside the Refining Arts Secret Realm.
After following and Shattering the Void, Ji Xiongying saw Lu Yang, who had shattered a step before him, standing inside a great hall, looking at him with a strange expression.
“Really don’t know if I should say you are lucky or unlucky…”
“Where is this?”
Ji Xiongying turned his head, only to see a crystal sphere. However, everything he saw inside the crystal sphere made him feel a bone-chilling coldness.
There were the bewildered Celestials.
Besides that, inside the crystal sphere were countless microscopic buildings. Ji Xiongying recognized them—those were the cities of the Great Zhou, the land under his rule.
“This is… Great Zhou!? How is this possible…”
Ji Xiongying was not an ignorant person. On the contrary, to stand out among numerous martial artists and be chosen by the Yun Family Ancestor, his intelligence was definitely not low.
Therefore, he quickly came to his senses and looked at Lu Yang with immense shock.
A scam! It’s all a scam!
What Shattering the Void? It’s all fake!
The next second, Ji Xiongying turned his head violently, actually attempting to Shatter the Void again to send a voice transmission warning the Celestials inside the secret realm: “Do not Shatter the Void…”
Boom!
Before his voice could fall, a ray of glorious light descended from the sky, fixing him in place. Immediately after, the Second Senior Brother of the Three Rivers Society, Luo Wuya, paced into the great hall.
“What top-notch material for refining a corpse!”
Luo Wuya revealed a look of joy: “Junior Brother, you cultivated this inside the secret realm? It actually has the strength of the Perfection of Qi Refining… How did Junior Brother cultivate it?”
Lu Yang cupped his hands and smiled: “Since Senior Brother likes it, I give it to Senior Brother.”
“Good! Then many thanks, Junior Brother!”
The next second, Luo Wuya decisively pinched a hand seal. Ji Xiongying instantly felt a gloomy cold Qi invading his whole body, and his Celestial physique actually couldn’t block it!
On the verge of death, he thought a lot.
However, in the end, this Master Warrior, a Celestial of the generation, a martial arts myth who Shattered the Void, only had time to let out a roar of rage at Lu Yang, who orchestrated this scam:
“Beast… Beast!!!”
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