Taiyi Dao Fruit

Elsewhere, on the Donglin Battlefield.

It seemed as if the destruction of the past had returned; countless silhouettes on the ground were crushed into a blood mist, and the blood locusts in the sky were shaken into dust. In the surging wave of qi, thunder connected with the desolate earth, causing the most terrifying annihilation from the collision of pure force.

"Bang!"

The scene of Kun Earth quickly shattered, with numerous chunks of earth and boulders blasting off into the air. Yet, the scene of Kun Earth seemed infinite, stretching endlessly, as the desolate lands continuously emerged, merging with the Five Vile Qi, breaking the spiritual mechanism.

Even the Thunder Technique of Zhang Zhixuan was weakened by a third.

"Boom!"

With the two of them as the center, the space trembled violently, spreading out in a spherical wave, turning everything in its path, whether living creatures or the earth itself, into dust.

Seeing this, the Primordial Lord Rain Master didn't hesitate to flee in flight, and the Marquis of Wind and the Upper Pure Sect elder also scrambled away. The Plague Array was thrown into disarray, only the Array Core remaining intact since it was located behind Zhang Zhixuan, partially shielding it from the aftermath.

"This Jiang Li is actually..."

Facing the Gang Wind, the locust god watched the scene incredulously, his eyes brimming with disbelief.

Could it be that Jiang Li's strength was approaching that of a veteran powerhouse like Zhang Zhixuan?

The answer was—there was still a lack of maturity.

The furious thunder clouds kept breaking through the desolate Kun Earth, only enduring thanks to stamina, but in close-quarter combat, enduring the offensive wasn't enough to remain unscathed.

Located at the center of the move's collision, Jiang Li had to endure the strongest shockwaves every moment.

"Thud!"

The shock reached its peak, and the scene of Kun Earth and the thunder abruptly collided, creating a vacuum. The fierce Gang Sha thunder blasted forth, and Jiang Li was forced to retreat a step in mid-air.

Cracks appeared in his armor, and the qi and blood within his limbs and bones were shaken, causing extreme pain throughout his meridians and blood vessels.

In contrast, Zhang Zhixuan, who was inside the Divine Image of the Nine Heavens Thunder Sound General, only saw his Divine Image tremble without retreating. With one hand forming a Thunder Seal, the Divine Image grasped at lightning, as electric snakes furiously struck.

Fire Wheel Thunder, Blast Fire Thunder, Fire Cloud Thunder, Wind Thunder, Wind Fire Thunder.

The stream of Thunder Fire Gang Sha flowed like clouds, like fire, annihilating all in its wake. The thunderbolts darted across with distinct arcs, all concentrating on one person.

"Rumbling!"

In less than an instant, the thunder struck Jiang Li's body with the speed of lightning. In a flurry of thunder and fire, Jiang Li's figure shattered like a reflection on water, mysteriously appearing a hundred yards away despite being at a disadvantage due to the rebound. He had used a Mysterious Skill to change fate and avoid calamity.

From within the shattered figure, a large cauldron appeared, with thunder fire striking upon it, producing unceasing loud bangs, yet unable to damage the cauldron in the slightest.

It was the Divine Farmer's Cauldron.

Although the Divine Farmer's Cauldron was a Third Grade Daoist Artifact, its inherent strength couldn't be destroyed by anything of the same grade, and naturally, Zhang Zhixuan's thunder could not damage this cauldron.

While Jiang Li used the cauldron to block the disaster, the turbulent qi and blood within him and any injuries had already healed. Like a Divine Dragon soaring through the sky, seen at the head but not at the tail, he moved back to his original position as if teleporting.

His chest and abdomen hollowed out, becoming transparent, as he directly absorbed the Divine Farmer's Cauldron into his body.

The large cauldron suppressed everything within him and entered the core of the Nine Great Qi Seas, the Central Palace of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams. At the same time, the Ochre Whip appeared above the cauldron, directing the Three Elements within his body. The Three-pointed Two-bladed Sword met the Divine Image's pursuing palm strike, the three points as sharp as fingertips, focusing the Divine Evil on one point, discreetly but powerfully thrusting forward.

The extremely fierce and strong All Heaven Divine Sha, compressed at the tip of the Three-pointed Two-bladed Sword by the Divine Farmer's Cauldron, hidden yet even more terrifying. A succession of thunderbolts were pierced through, burst after burst of thunder shaking the air until finally—

"Boom!"

The Three-pointed Two-bladed Sword pierced into the large palm of the Divine Image, the Divine Evil exploding, while thunder surged again, striking Jiang Li.

This time, he did not use Mysterious Skill to avoid the disaster.

This time, with the Divine Farmer's Cauldron suppressing his entire body, the thunder entered him, with Innate Qi concurrently surging forward, guiding the thunder to strike the Divine Farmer's Cauldron.

The Central Palace Qi Sea trembled but was suppressed by Jiang Li. Injuries appeared briefly but recovered quickly.

Though still not matching in strength, with the Divine Farmer's Cauldron's aid, his defense was no less than that of Zhang Zhixuan.

Even in terms of recovery, he exceeded Zhang Zhixuan.

"Boom!"

The Divine Evil inside the Divine Image surged outwards, and Zhang Zhixuan, within it, disregarded anything else as a Nine-Section Staff appeared in his hand, emitting Thunder Sound.

"Five Thunders, Heavenly Heart True Method."

The Divine Image suddenly burst into countless streaks of Thunder Light, Thunder Sound shaking the nine heavens and stirring the nine earths, startling the Four Seas and flipping the four oceanic abysses, a fierce and peerless thunderstorm taking form within the Thunder Clouds, reaching the high heavens above, penetrating the nine lands below!

Perceiving the change in Jiang Li, Zhang Zhixuan once again urged his Extreme Move, adopting a posture of risking his life.

Not even when he had clashed with the Mo Sect Master had he gone to such lengths, sparing no expense.

The sky above and the earth below were engulfed in thunderstorms, with no refuge to be found, no means to avoid it, Jiang Li was without the slightest intention to retreat, urging the full force of his body, the Innate Eight Sceneries spinning rapidly, the Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, Mountain, and Marsh Six Sceneries suddenly transforming.

"Time riding six dragons."

Talisman after talisman appeared within the Six Sceneries, merging Six Qi into six dragons, Jiang Li harnessing the Yinglong Transformation with his own Yuan Gong, as six dragons carrying Six Qi burst forth together, the immense Primordial Qi colliding with the sea of thunderstorms.

"Emperor's Ultimate World, Yiyuan Jinghui."

Exerting the Innate Qi without regard for cost, the sea of Primordial Qi collided with the sea of thunderstorms, within a hundred miles radius everything seemed to be held by an immense force, mountains and earth, living creatures, all undergoing extreme crushing.

"Not good!"

The locust god decisively abandoned the array and fled, his body transforming into innumerable blood locusts retreating in swarms, while the mountain peak where he originally stood was suddenly crushed by an immense force.

From the beginning, there was no choice, whatever Zhang Zhixuan chose, the Plague Array had to break, because of Jiang Li's strength.

"Boom boom boom boom—"

Thunder hammered at this space being crushed, the six dragons roaring and colliding at the same time, instantly, grim cracks appeared within a hundred miles radius, and then—

Shattered.

Everything was shattered, as if even heaven and earth were fracturing, the six dragons and the thunder extinguished together, the terrifying power shaking the mortal realm, also sweeping over the two at the center simultaneously.

Jiang Li's form suddenly changed, from large to small, dissipating layer by layer, returning to his original form, but still suffering the crushing, a series of cracking sounds emanating from Jiang Li's body, flesh and blood on the verge of collapsing, yet suppressed and stabilized by the Divine Farmer's Cauldron as he progressed, his form then changed, his entire body becoming light, from a fleshly body to a body of Primordial Qi.

"Earth, Endless Desolation."

Without any concern for the surroundings, his body of light operated the method of destruction, the color of desolation appearing on his body, the Great Circle Sword emerging at thought, similarly merging the Five Vile Qi and Kun Yuan into desolation.

After one Extreme Move, another Extreme Move, completely disregarding one's self, in a state of mutual destruction.

Ahead of the Sword Light, the Ten Thousand Qi desolate, Jiang Li aligning Man and Sword, cleaved through the aftershocks, the Heavenly Eye locking onto Zhang Zhixuan's figure, another sword thrust forth.

"Clang!"

Zhang Zhixuan's Nine-Section Staff blocked the Sword Light, the clashing of thunder and desolate Sword Qi produced a sound like that of metal.

His entire body flashed with Thunder Light, all seven orifices simultaneously emitting thunder and electric light, using the Nine-Section Staff as a whip to block the Sword Light, once more invoked Thunder Technique, the Thunder Cloud rolling, crafting a scene of mountains and rivers.

Similarly, Extreme Moves followed one after another, completely disregarding one's own injuries.

Because Jiang Li displayed a recovery ability surpassing Zhang Zhixuan's, his wounds healed in an instant, nearly immortal, if Zhang Zhixuan couldn't resolve Jiang Li quickly, he might face a situation—being worn down to death.

Although stronger than Jiang Li, yet to be exhausted to death, that was the possible future.

Therefore, Zhang Zhixuan attacked ferociously, intending to quickly eliminate Jiang Li. Otherwise, even if injuries were inflicted, Jiang Li could recover.

So Jiang Li also did not retreat, attacked against attack, pressuring Zhang Zhixuan to do the same.

This was the Killing Skill without Martial Virtue—the Old Man Ao tactic.

"You junior, you want to kill me?"

Zhang Zhixuan clearly saw through Jiang Li's thoughts, as Jiang Li discerned his, he shouted sternly, Thunder as claws, scooping up one Dao Fruit after another from the shattered earth.

The Thirty-Six Commanders perished under the aftermath of their battle, but the Dao Fruits were unharmed, Zhang Zhixuan drawing these Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Dao Fruits, manifesting stars, one streak of starlight gathering on his Nine-Section Staff.

"Or what?"

Jiang Li responded while his body of light transformed, the dispersing Primordial Qi reconverging upon himself, the Qi Mechanism surging, "Sect Leader Zhang, Yellow Heaven has not shown up till now, Taiping Sect is at its end, just surrender quietly, lest you become the first Third Grade to die to a fourth-rank."

"You think to disturb my mind?"

Zhang Zhixuan sneered, "Junior, do you think I use my Extreme Moves one after another because you've forced me? Wrong, I have been waiting, waiting for the right moment."

Waiting for what?

Naturally, the right moment.

Silently, layers of clouds and mist appeared in this apocalyptic area.

The aura of mist churned, white clouds rushing towards the path, celestial light breaking through the clouds, revealing a path as though leading to the vault of heaven.

'The time has come.'