Just as Mo Yan and the others finished their battle and were preparing to heal their wounds, a sea of blood blanketed heaven and earth. The most evil and sinister laws permeated the air, carrying an ominous aura.
The cascading black chains drained anyone they touched, sucking dry the very last drop of essence, energy, and spirit from the living and the dead alike, especially targeting high-realm cultivators.
“These chains condensed from laws are truly annoying.”
With the Heavenly Myriad Scroll hovering above his head and an ancient mirror in hand, Mo Yan unleashed a majestic power of laws to shield the survivors, preventing them from suffering further injuries.
They had naturally witnessed the two supreme powers of laws clashing in the imperial capital, but against a Dao-Absolute Sovereign Weapon, there was absolutely nothing they could do.
Wang Xuanyi frowned. Things were getting out of hand.
Even Su Qian and Xiao Hongye, two half-step Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts, had failed to suppress the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. If he did not act now, today would truly mark the destruction of Yunzhou.
“Xuanyi?”
“Ah, I'm here. What is it, Shi-niang?”
“You silly child, why do you keep frowning? Is something bothering you?” Li Yarou asked softly.
This was her first time meeting Mo Yan's second disciple, but she had heard from Senior Xiao and Senior Su beforehand that the boy was very sensible.
Though he could be a bit mischievous at times.
“No, not at all. I was just wondering if Martial Aunt Xiao and Martial Aunt Su can handle this crisis,” Wang Xuanyi answered honestly, his cold expression instantly melting into a silly grin.
“What could a little kid like him possibly have to worry about?”
Mo Yan grumbled disgruntedly from the side.
Thud!
Li Yarou punched Mo Yan on the head, causing his face to contort in pain, before she said gently, “Don't listen to your master's nonsense. If you feel unwell anywhere, tell Shi-niang.”
“Shi-niang, I'm fine.”
Watching the scene unfold, Wang Xuanyi snickered inwardly. He had finally caught the old geezer's weakness. Just you wait, old geezer.
With that, Li Yarou reached out to rub Wang Xuanyi's head, praising, “Oh my, my little disciple is indeed handsome. Much more handsome than a certain heartbreaker.”
“Hehe, Shi-niang, you flatter me.”
Wang Xuanyi scratched the back of his head sheepishly, throwing a smug, mocking look at Mo Yan that seemed to say, “Go ahead, hit me. I dare you to beat me up in front of Shi-niang.”
Mo Yan ground his teeth in rage, yet there was nothing he could do.
“By the way, old geezer, I have something for you.”
“What kind of good stuff could a little brat like you possibly give me?”
The moment Mo Yan finished speaking, Li Yarou delivered another punch to his head, causing a fist-sized bump to swell up on his hard skull.
“Just take whatever Xuanyi gives you. Why do you talk so much nonsense?”
“I'm sorry, Madam. I was wrong.”
Mo Yan instantly lowered his head, looking utterly aggrieved.
With his wife by his side, he couldn't fight back, and even a few words got him beaten up. Was he really doomed to just stand by and watch this little brat mock him in the future?
A smile played on Wang Xuanyi's lips. He handed a storage ring to Mo Yan, picked his nose, and said nonchalantly, “This is the last of my stash. Don't say I'm stingy.”
“What stash?”
Mo Yan curiously probed the contents of the storage ring. What he saw shocked him out of his wits. It was packed to the brim with jars of wine—a staggering two thousand jars in total.
My goodness, this kid really knew how to hoard.
Other people filled their storage rings with heavenly treasures, cultivation techniques, and martial arts, but this boy filled his with everything but those.
Last time he gave Murong Qing a storage ring full of snacks, and this time it was entirely filled with wine. Mo Yan highly suspected that this kid had even more stashes hidden away.
However, with his wife around, Mo Yan couldn't easily shake him down. He would have to wait until they were in private to look for the rest.
While Mo Yan was plotting how to swindle Wang Xuanyi right under his wife's nose, the youth had already stepped out of the Heavenly Myriad Scroll's protective barrier.
“!”
“Brat, what are you doing?”
“Master, protect Shi-niang well. I have something to resolve.”
“Get back here!”
Mo Yan's brow furrowed as an ominous feeling crept over him. He reached out with a massive hand, channeling his majestic magic power toward Wang Xuanyi to drag him back.
Clang!
Seeing this, the Patriarch of the Li family and Li Yarou acted simultaneously, unleashing thousands of sword qi to sever the incoming chains. Li Yarou cried out, “Xuanyi, what are you doing? Come back quickly!”
Wang Xuanyi opened his eyes. The Dao of Yin and Yang swirled within them, and a chaotic mist began to drift. A bizarre and highly sinister crimson flower bloomed, enveloping the others in its aura.
“Brat! Get your ass back here!”
Just as Mo Yan was about to gather his magic power, he coughed up a mouthful of black blood. It was a lingering injury from his battle with the demonic cultivators. Wang Xuanyi had anticipated all of this, which was why he had been conserving his strength.
He did it precisely to prevent them from stopping him.
The power of a Dao-Absolute Sovereign Weapon was extraordinary. Right now, it was only draining the essence, energy, and spirit of low-realm cultivators. If they waited any longer, let alone Void Return Realm cultivators, even Martial Aunt Su Qian would likely perish here.
They had already failed. They could not stop the Dao-Absolute Sovereign Weapon.
Wang Xuanyi could only use his final trump card.
“Unify!”
Wang Xuanyi pressed his hands together. His entire body instantly turned as translucent and brilliant as jade, resembling a descending deity radiating supreme majesty. Within him, the Dao palaces formed by his internal organs rumbled, continuously providing him with magic power.
Two golden lotuses of the Great Dao bloomed, and two tiny figures sat within them—one Yin and one Yang, one black and one white, symbolizing the Extreme Dao Realm.
Laws intertwined, and heaven and earth resonated!
Boom!
Countless divine chains of laws erupted from the flower's pistils, intertwining with the incoming black chains. Upon contact, both shattered, neither able to overcome the other.
Crack!
Wang Xuanyi's jade-like, brilliant body began to crack, and an immortal aura seeped out, swirling over his skin. The Dao palaces within him began to manifest, hovering around his body. The sound of the Great Dao echoed like celestial music, soothing all things.
Crack!
The Dao palaces shattered. Blood seeped from the corner of Wang Xuanyi's mouth, yet his face remained calm as he continued to gather majestic magic power, striving to reach the absolute limit.
Chaos energy spread, and mist blanketed the world, enveloping his body and obscuring his presence as if depicting the very creation of heaven and earth.
Roar!
At this moment, countless tribulation thunders rained down from the sky, piercing through the sea of blood above Wang Xuanyi's head and striking his body directly.
“That is...”
Su Qian and Xiao Hongye sensed an extremely powerful aura gathering, as if the world was being created anew. The aura of chaos completely shrouded that area.
Whoosh!
Bathed in the tribulation thunder, Wang Xuanyi's skin, blood, bones, and internal organs were all shattering. Yet, the more they broke, the denser the immortal aura became, as if a True Immortal had descended upon the world.
“Chih!”
Having seemingly reached the pinnacle, Wang Xuanyi brought his hands together. His eyes opened and closed, reflecting the primordial world—a place of pure chaos and disordered laws.
This space, this moment, this world!
Shall all belong to me!
Transforming my own Dao, opening the beginning of heaven and earth!
The strongest sealing technique of the Heaven-Sealing Dao Immortal was capable of sealing all things in the universe, reversing the river of time, and freezing every intangible thing in heaven and earth.
Time, space, the Great Dao... all became illusions, and all could be sealed!
As Wang Xuanyi channeled this supreme Dao technique, the entire world ground to a complete halt. The roaring thunder, the churning sea of blood in the sky, the countless blood-colored skeletons, the fleeing cultivators, and even Su Qian and the others who were rushing over—all of them froze in this very instant!
Everything, absolutely everything, was frozen in time!
Endless Dao techniques and countless laws converged into his single body, ascending to the ultimate realm. At this moment, the world was held in Wang Xuanyi's hands.
“Great Void Returning to Truth!”
The moment the words left his mouth, his command became law!
The dense immortal aura materialized into a solid cage of heaven and earth, blanketing the entirety of Yunzhou. Billions of rays of auspicious light cascaded down, tearing through the upside-down sea of blood.
“Seal!”
Ignoring his cracked and bleeding body, Wang Xuanyi pressed his hands together. The earth shattered as endless turbid qi rose, and the sky tore open as clear qi descended across billions of miles.
Returning to the primordial, returning to chaos!
Boom!
Every evil and demonic thing in heaven and earth was drawn by a powerful gravitational force, pulling them back toward a simple, ancient black banner.
Immortal chains sealed it, auspicious light cascaded from the heavens, and turbid breath erupted from the earth. As the three resonated, the power of chaos transformed into a cage, locking away the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
“No! You deserve to die!”
A blood shadow struggled and contorted, trying to break free from the cage, only to be bound by even stronger chains. It was the supreme seal unleashed by heaven and earth!
“How can my blood sacrifice be ruined by you!”
As the blood shadow was being sealed, its contorted Primordial Spirit unleashed one final strike at the near-death Wang Xuanyi, tearing open a black passage and sucking him inside.
“Since my plan has failed, don't even think about being saved!”
With those final words, heaven and earth instantly returned to tranquility.
The frozen time of Yunzhou finally resumed its flow. The sea of blood that had blanketed the sky shattered, and the demonic qi swirling over the land completely dissipated.
Crack!
Something shattered. Su Qian's pupils shrank violently as she stared at the soul tablet in her palm, which had broken so thoroughly along with its soul brand that it was beyond repair.
“Impossible!”
Panic seized Su Qian's heart, and she hastened her pace toward the Li family estate!
Xiao Hongye was somewhat bewildered, but what puzzled her even more was that the aura of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner had vanished, and even the lingering trace of the Dao-Absolute Sovereign Weapon had dissipated.
In the imperial palace, the dying Huangfu Cheng stared blankly at the restored sky, utterly stunned.
He had been prepared to drag everyone down with him in mutual destruction, yet the restriction of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner had actually been lifted.
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