586: Lu Jiuyuan secretly made his move

Sect Leader Tongtian let out a sharp cry, pouring his entire Hunyuan magic power into the formation map without reservation.

The four Immortal Slaying Swords simultaneously emitted a fierce sword hum that shook the universe!

Inside the Immortal Slaying Gate, cyan sword light transformed into billions of massive Sword Qi, like those used to create the world, crisscrossing and strangling; each strike was enough to annihilate a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, yet now they were dense as a rainstorm, sweeping toward Laozi!

Inside the Immortal Slaughtering Gate, blood-colored red lotuses covered the sky, and from their hearts shot the Immortal Slaughtering Divine Light that pierced through everything, accompanied by monstrous Evil Qi capable of corroding the Primordial Spirit and defiling Magic Treasure, enveloping Primordial Heavenly Venerate!

Inside the Immortal Trapping Gate, wherever the white light reached, space collapsed infinitely, forming billions of twisted traps, with invisible Immortal Trapping Sword Qi hidden within, specifically designed to injure the Saint's Dao body, entangling Zhunti!

Inside the Immortal Extinguishing Gate, darkness swallowed everything, and the intent of extinction turned into a tangible black tide, silently annihilating all things; even the Saint's golden lamps of the celebration clouds were suppressed until their light grew dim, surging toward Jieyin!

The four Saints acted simultaneously!

Above Laozi's head, the Taiji Diagram hung, dropping Yin and Yang Qi, repelling all evil and remaining impervious to all Laws.

The flat cudgel in his hand traced mysterious trajectories, each strike containing the ultimate principles of Taiji and the two poles, yet it always dissipated the incoming Immortal Slaying Sword Qi into nothingness.

Furthermore, the Wind-Fire Meditation Cushion transformed into red and white Qi, protecting his body.

Above Primordial Heavenly Venerate's celebration clouds, the three treasures jade ruyi scepter bloomed with infinite light, and the tip of the ruyi handle shot out Jade Pure Immortal Light to resist the Immortal Slaughtering Divine Light.

The pangu banner rustled, and with each wave, Chaos Sword Qi erupted, colliding with the blood-colored red lotuses and exploding into spheres of annihilation.

The celebration clouds above his head unfurled, with golden lamps, jade necklaces, and hanging pearls shining brilliantly, firmly protecting him.

Daoist Zhunti brandished the Seven-Treasures Tree repeatedly; wherever the seven-colored treasure light passed, the Immortal Trapping Sword Qi and twisted traps were either brushed away or deflected.

Behind him appeared an eighteen-armed, twenty-four-headed golden Dharma image, holding various Magical Artifacts, with treasure light soaring to the sky, resisting the pressure of the formation gate.

He chanted incantations, with the Vajra Pestle, the Six-Roots-Cleansing Bamboo, and other treasures appearing and disappearing, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Daoist Jieyin's expression was sorrowful; beneath his feet, the twelve-grade Karma Golden Lotus shone with intense golden light, and golden lotuses appeared out of thin air, propping up the black tide of the Immortal Extinguishing Gate.

His palms opened, appearing powerless, yet they contained the supreme Power Of Will to guide all living beings and traverse the sea of suffering, dissolving the intent of extinction bit by bit.

Above his head, three sarira rose and fell, emitting infinite light of wisdom, compassion, and Karma, illuminating the darkness.

Each of the four Saints displayed their Divine Ability, colliding fiercely with the ferocity of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation!

The entire East Sea, no, the entire Investiture of the Gods world, was trembling violently!

The firmament shattered, revealing the Chaos behind it; the earth disintegrated, with earth, water, fire, and wind raging; the four seas rolled backward, and the stars fell!

The aura of the Measureless Kalpa had never been as thick as it was at this moment!

In the battle of Saints, even with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation isolating most of the power, the wisps that leaked out were enough to make a Grand Unity Golden Immortal tremble with fear and reduce a world to nothingness!

"Your Majesty, the power of their battle is too great. If this continues, it will truly shatter the world and destroy the Three Realms and Six Paths!" Marquis of the West said anxiously.

"No rush, no rush!"

Lu Jiuyuan put down his wine cup.

The wine cup landed on the cloud table with a soft "ding."

It was very soft.

Yet this sound pierced through the glazed tiles of the Hall of Miraculous Mist, through the cloud mists of the Thirty-Three Heavens, and through the killing sword hum of the Saints' standoff, ringing clearly over the East Sea and in the ears of the five Saints.

Lu Jiuyuan stood up.

He walked to the door of the side hall, looking at the world below that was on the verge of shattering.

"Ziwei," he said, "do you know why heaven and earth can bear the weight of Saints?"

Marquis of the West was still immersed in the shock of the four Saints breaking the formation. He was startled by the question and subconsciously replied: "Because heaven and earth are extremely thick, and the great Dao is impartial..."

"Wrong."

Lu Jiuyuan interrupted him, his voice calm and ripple-free.

"Heaven and earth can bear the weight of Saints because of the Dao. This world is not very large compared to other worlds.

It is even a bit small!

But one world can nurture seven Saints, while other worlds cannot nurture even one.

It is because of the Dao! The more Dao principles there are, the thicker heaven and earth become!"

He raised his hand, spread his fingers, and pressed down into the void toward the Primordial world below, which had already cracked with countless black fissures and was flooded with earth, water, fire, and wind.

The two Major Thousand Worlds and seven hundred million Small Worlds within his body trembled in unison, and the Dao principles within those worlds poured endlessly from Lu Jiuyuan's sleeves into this Investiture of the Gods world.

For the Investiture of the Gods world, the Dao principles of each Small World were but a faint drop of water!

The Dao principles of the two Major Thousand Worlds were two rivers!

But with over seven hundred million worlds leading the way, along with the two rivers, it became a torrent! Heaven and earth stabilized rapidly and became increasingly thick!

Capable of bearing even stronger power!

Lu Jiuyuan's voice resonated simultaneously in the hearts of the five Saints, neither fast nor slow, neither loud nor soft:

"Fight."

"Since you have torn off your masks, set up the sword formation, and invited reinforcements, then fight to your heart's content."

"I have reinforced this heaven and earth. You may display your full power, and the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation's might can also be fully unleashed."

"Do not worry about heaven and earth collapsing, and do not worry about refiring the earth, water, fire, and wind."

"I want to see to what extent you can fight."

"I also want to see, between following Heaven and defying Heaven, whose methods are superior."

As his voice fell.

Inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Sect Leader Tongtian was stunned at first, then threw his head back and laughed!

In his laughter, there was no longer any hesitation, only unbridled killing intent!

"Good! A good Heavenly Emperor! A good 'do not worry'!"

"Primordial Heavenly Venerate! Did you hear that? Today, you and I shall decide life and death!"

He spread his arms, and the Immortal Slaying formation map expanded violently, instantly enveloping the entire East Sea, and even a small half of the Primordial world!

The ferocity of the four Immortal Slaying Swords surged more than tenfold!

The Sword Qi was no longer just Sword Qi; it transformed into four roaring Chaos vicious Dragons, baring fangs and brandishing claws, tearing apart all Dao Laws!

The blood color of the Immortal Slaughtering Gate dyed half the sky red; it was not light, but the concept of "slaughter" itself boiling!

The white light of the Immortal Trapping Gate turned space into a labyrinth of a thousand layers of folds; once trapped inside, one would never find the way "out"!

The darkness of the Immortal Extinguishing Gate would even swallow the thought of "existence"; one glance at it, and one's Dao Heart would wither!

The expressions of the four Saints finally changed.

They could feel that this heaven and earth had become incomparably "tough," tough enough to withstand them unleashing their full power without completely collapsing.

But this also meant that Tongtian could truly unleash the full power of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation without reservation!

"Go all out!"

Laozi finally spat out these four words. Above his head, the Taiji Diagram spun crazily, and the Yin and Yang fish transformed into a tangible black and white long river, actively meeting the vicious Immortal Slaying Dragons!

He no longer held back. Every time the flat cudgel pointed out, it carried the heaviness of creating the world, knocking ripples of eternity into space!

Primordial Heavenly Venerate's face was as dark as water. The pangu banner was fully unfurled, and Chaos Sword Qi poured down like a rainstorm, colliding with the Immortal Slaughtering blood light, annihilating, and regenerating!

The golden lamps on the celebration clouds exploded one after another and instantly regenerated; each time a lamp exploded, it offset a strand of the intent of extinction!

Daoist Zhunti's twenty-four-headed golden Dharma image glared angrily in unison, eighteen arms brandishing Magical Artifacts, with treasure light connecting into a vast ocean.

The Seven-Treasures Tree no longer brushed out seven-colored light, but the profound truths of the West such as "Karma," "affinity," and "extinction," hard-hitting the Immortal Trapping labyrinth!

The twelve-grade Karma Golden Lotus beneath Daoist Jieyin bloomed for the first time with a heavy golden light that crushed the ages.

He pressed his palms together, and a phantom of the boundless sea of suffering appeared behind him. Within the sea of suffering, billions of living beings floated and prayed, their Power Of Will converging into a golden torrent, washing away the darkness of the Immortal Extinguishing Gate!

"Boom——!!!"

This collision was no longer a sound.

It was a strangulation between "existence" and "nothingness."

It was the mutual devouring of "Dao" and "Dao."

The entire Primordial world trembled violently!

But this time, heaven and earth did not shatter.