Taiyi Dao Fruit

She referred to herself as "this palace" to issue a command on behalf of the court, taking charge of the Jingping Army.

Meng Xiufan was naturally prepared and promptly went to manage any potential chaos within the army.

Then, they broke camp and headed toward Donglin.

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The mists filled the sky, and heaven and earth were both illuminated. The gloomy firmament brightened with brilliant light, and where the clouds passed, turbulent surges were calmed.

The entrance of the Immortal Queen was completely unobscured, emphasizing dignity and providing her allies with the utmost security.

As for the enemy······

Both parties present did not consider themselves as the enemy.

Zhang Zhixuan's aura became even more formidable, Thunder Light connecting the Thirty-six Heavenly Gang Dao Fruit, star power infused within the Nine-section Staff, blending as one. It was able to contain thirty-six Dao Fruits and thirty-six stars formed a star map on the Nine-section Staff, granting this artifact power comparable to the Three-pointed Two-bladed Sword.

As the leader of the Taiping Sect, Zhang Zhixuan would not be found unarmed, completely bereft of any artifact. However, to reassure the other third grade members, he had already sealed the Second Grade Dao Artifact containing Thunder Ancestor Dao Fruit in Zhenze, losing a significant source of strength.

Jiang Li initially thought Zhang Zhixuan would lack a suitable Dao Artifact to complement the Thunder Technique after losing the Second Grade Dao Artifact. However, he still had a reserve artifact capable of integrating all thirty-six Heavenly Gang Stars Dao Fruit into one artifact.

With the Heavenly Gang Nine-section Staff formed, Zhang Zhixuan blocked the Sword Light with the staff and pressed his palm onto it, channeling bolts of lightning inside. The thirty-six stars fiercely shone together.

"Boom!"

Thunder roared like an angry dragon and burst forth. Mystic Sect's highest Thunder Technique—Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Thunders emerged, exactly matching the number of the Thirty-six Heavenly Gang Stars.

At the same time, Jiang Li also gathered the scattered Primordial Qi, his light-formed body holding the immense energy, Sword Light spreading like a peacock's tail, forming a sword wheel as it slashed towards the overwhelming thunder.

Thunderclaps resounded, Sword Qi crisscrossed, the sky was in chaos, with Thunder Light and Sword Light outshining each other.

Zhang Zhixuan moved as fast as lightning, transforming into brisk, crackling flashes, while Jiang Li with his light-formed body merged with the Great Circle Sword, unimpeded by the physical body, his movements as fast as light.

Sword Light and Thunder Light flashed rapidly, exchanging dozens of moves in an instant. With the aid of the Heavenly Gang Nine-section Staff, Zhang Zhixuan's Thunder Technique became increasingly dominant—Wind, Fire, Thunder, Yu Step Great Dominating Thunder, Wind Thunder Performing Commands—Thirty-six Thunders were easily wielded, each strike stronger than the last, all within a brief moment—

"Boom!"

Thunder Light burst, a streak of Sword Light withdrew into the sky, Sword Qi shattered, revealing the light-formed body.

And at that moment, the elegant yet icy Immortal Queen stepped forth from layers of clouds, her fingers clenched with lethal sharpness, embracing the power to execute and conquer. Known throughout the lands of Kunxu Immortal Palace, it was the Qi Blade Divine Skill—Heavenly Severity!

"Clang!"

The chilling blade light flickered, the sound of a blade unsheath overpowered the thunder, "Heavenly Severity"'s edge split heaven and earth, commanded the universe, and with an unrivaled momentum, it struck—

Zhang Zhixuan's emerging smile froze.

If he wasn't mistaken, "Heavenly Severity" was aimed at him.

"Immortal Queen!"

Thunder erupted, Taiping Sect's Thunder Escape Skill activated, Zhang Zhixuan first burst out a solemn Divine Image Illusion. His body split into dozens of twisting bolts of lightning, escaping in all directions.

However, before "Heavenly Severity," the Divine Image Illusion shattered like papier-mâché upon contact, and then that world-splitting blade light began to converge—

No, it overlapped the space where the dozens of bolts of lightning were located.

With a plain white banner in hand, the Immortal Queen made it seem as though dozens of bolts of lightning were escaping in all directions, but in reality, they were brought together. What seemed like a division by "Heavenly Severity," was in fact always a single blade, slicing through the dozens of lightning bolts.

Then, blood sprayed across the sky!

The Immortal Queen struck abruptly, catching Zhang Zhixuan off guard, and even though he reacted promptly, he still ended up bloodied under this Qi Blade.

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"With Heavenly Severity exerting its full capacity to punish and kill, even Zhang Zhixuan, who is also of the third grade, would be severely injured as soon as he was struck by this move.

Lightning transformed into electricity and coursed through his entire body, prompting the flesh and blood to regenerate while at the same time staunching the wounds. Zhang Zhixuan suppressed his injuries with the roar of the thunder, while simultaneously stimulating vitality with the Divine Skill of 'Life and Death, Withering and Flourishing.'

Meanwhile, a Sword Light streaked across the sky, the Great Circle Sword impaled the falling severed arm, and the Five Vile Qi surged, turning it to flying ash in an instant.

'You fool!'

Zhang Zhixuan's eyes blazed with fury of the thunder, yet he couldn't help questioning the Immortal Queen, 'Why?'

Clearly, she was an archenemy of Tianxuan, and in the past, due to Tianxuan's people obstructing his path, he had tried to assassinate Tianxuan several times, and yet now she stood on Tianxuan's side.

Could it be that the Immortal Queen, like the Primordial Lord Rain Master, was really one of Tianxuan's people?

What a ridiculous joke!

'Sect Leader Zhang is truly confused.'

Jiang Li laughed loudly, 'The Primordial Lord Rain Master is my person, the sacrifices made were mine, not yours. What makes you think the Immortal Queen was summoned by you?'

Indeed, why?

Yet, how could the Immortal Queen have known beforehand that the Primordial Lord Rain Master was with Jiang Li?

Although it was the Primordial Lord Rain Master who paid, she dealt with the Taiping Sect; unless...

'You had colluded long ago,' said Zhang Zhixuan, his complexion pale as iron.

Only this could explain the current situation.

The Immortal Queen had known in advance, hence she was clear that she was dealing, in fact, with Tianxuan, and not Zhang Zhixuan.

'Talking about collusion sounds so unsavory. We simply took what we each needed.'

Jiang Li spoke, his form changing once more from a body of light back to flesh. His physical body, which had disintegrated due to the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Thunders, now returned to normal, with faint scales appearing on his cheeks.

First, the physical body, then the body of Primordial Qi, and now the Fuxi Daoist Body.

Jiang Li, intent on killing Zhang Zhixuan, had already transformed three times, almost exhausting all his trump cards.

The Innate Eight Sceneries nearly materialized around him, the Nine Great Qi Seas inside his body simultaneously burst into brilliant light, and countless Yin Yang Yokes intermingled with the particles in his flesh throughout his body.

His figure flashed, and amidst the change of form, a myriad of mysterious Daoist essence flickered, even stirring the evil filth between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Queen once again wielded her sharp edge, 'Heavenly Severity' ready once more, as the Plain Cloud Realm Flag manipulated space, locking onto Zhang Zhixuan.

Her expression was cold and indifferent, silent as a true God Demon, devoid of empathy. To Zhang Zhixuan's questioning, she offered not a single explanation and directly attacked with a killing move.

Eight Sceneries swept across the sky, followed by whirlwinds, floods, great swamps, raging thunder, fierce fires, and collapsing mountains—six kinds of natural disasters evolving one after the other, imposing anomalies simultaneously befalling Zhang Zhixuan.

'Five Thunders.'

Zhang Zhixuan appeared infuriated, his hairpin shattered, and his hair, like fire, wildly fluttered. Thunder evolved into mountains, rivers, white clouds, azure dogs, cities, villages, merchants, and soldiers.

'All Things.'

As thunder transformed into myriad forms, countless bolts evolved and were then crushed by natural disasters and 'Heavenly Severity.' The world of forms collapsed, and out of that emerged thunder showing the extremes of destruction. A thunderstorm condensed the space, with natural disasters and Qi blades arriving together.

Suddenly, curtains of darkness collapsed, thunder and natural disasters swirling, condensing into a point, and then—

'Boom!'

It exploded heaven and earth.

Within a radius of three hundred miles, a storm-like destruction precipitated, the layers of earth collapsed, and everything within turned to dust, causing earthquakes for miles around, even causing mountains to split and earth veins to fracture.

In the eight hundred years since the founding of Great Zhou, there had been third grade battles, but none had impacted the environment to this extent.

The last time such turbulence had occurred was during a battle before the founding, against someone attempting to ascend to become a Warlord.

That battle left a thousand miles of Yong Province scorched, the effects of which linger to this day."