The Solar True Fire around Eastern Emperor Taiyi blazed and soared, looking as if a true sun had descended upon the world. The divine chains of the Great Dao Laws of the Sun cascaded from the void, locking down the surrounding heaven and earth and evaporating countless expanses of the Eastern Sea's waters.
The Chaos Bell cradled in his hand also erupted with millions of feet of holy light. The melodious and primitive tolling of the bell echoed through heaven and earth, piercing through past and present, as the mighty power of time and space was unleashed to its absolute limit within Eastern Emperor Taiyi's palm!
With his cultivation at the great perfection of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, he could at most unleash sixty percent of the power of an Innate Treasure. However, at this moment, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's battle intent surged so high that he went a step further, unleashing even greater power from the Chaos Bell!
Aside from his own Chaos Bell, he had also borrowed the Innate Treasure, the Qiankun Cauldron, from Nuwa.
At this moment, Eastern Emperor Taiyi cradled the Chaos Bell in his hand and stepped upon the Qiankun Cauldron. Carrying a vast and majestic Daluo divine power, he actually blocked the Quasi-Saint sword strike from Duke of the East!
Seeing this, Duke of the East was utterly dumbfounded. “Is he hacking?!”
He had gathered the power of ten thousand immortals into himself, forcibly stepping into the Quasi-Saint realm, so on what basis could this Taiyi rival him?!
“Heaven lends me light, and the earth bears my fire! How dare a mere wisp of Extreme Yang Qi hope to rival the brilliance of the sun?!”
Ascending to the heavens with two Innate Treasures, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's golden eyes were exceptionally domineering. He looked down with utter disdain at the ten thousand immortals, including Duke of the East. At this moment, his Daluo divine power actually showed signs of transcending the boundaries of the Daluo realm!
Duke of the East: “!!!”
“You three-legged mongrel bird! What makes you think you are worthy of representing the sun?!”
“This Emperor shall slay you today!”
Duke of the East mobilized the power of ten thousand immortals, merging it into his own Great Dao of Extreme Yang. An Immortal Emperor Dharma avatar, hundreds of millions of feet tall, clad in golden armor, wearing a purple-gold crown, and holding an imperial sword, rose from the ground. Its eyes held no emotion, carrying only a divine radiance.
“I am the sun!”
Eastern Emperor Taiyi growled low. Behind him, the Solar True Fire soared into the heavens, turning into an endless wall of fire!
In the next instant, a sharp cry rang out.
“Screech!”
The Golden Crow cried out with immense ferocity. A three-legged Golden Crow Dharma avatar, covered in golden feathers and sporting a crown-like head, charged out of the wall of fire. Enveloped in scorching golden flames, its wings stretched out like clouds hanging from the sky. With a body hundreds of millions of feet tall, it struck straight toward the nine heavens, roaming the vast void!
No one noticed that at this moment, the Solar Star shone brighter than ever before...
The Immortal Emperor Dharma avatar clashed with the Golden Crow Dharma avatar.
They locked in fierce combat!
For a time, it was impossible to tell who held the upper hand!
“Die!”
Eastern Emperor Taiyi suddenly lunged forward!
He pounced toward Duke of the East with the two Innate Treasures.
Duke of the East was completely fearless as well.
Dharma avatar against Dharma avatar.
Body against body.
Both battlefields were surprisingly evenly matched.
Duke of the East had gathered the power of ten thousand immortals into his own body, wielding the genuine combat power of a Quasi-Saint!
But Eastern Emperor Taiyi went all out, unleashing the divine power of the Innate Treasures!
He was not weaker than Duke of the East in the slightest.
“I see!”
In the distance, Dijun, who was watching the battle, seemed to realize something. He raised his head and gazed at the Solar Star. “Taiyi's intense resonance has triggered the Solar Star! The Solar Star is channeling its power to Taiyi!
Wherever the sun shines, Taiyi can receive the blessing of the Solar Star!”
“To think there is such a wondrous phenomenon...”
Fuxi was filled with awe upon hearing this.
“Hahaha!”
Dijun laughed heartily. “My second brother Taiyi is peerless under heaven!”
“Kill!”
“While Taiyi is keeping Duke of the East pinned down, let us break this formation at once! We must strip Duke of the East of his Quasi-Saint power!”
The members of the Demon Court could also tell that the only reason Duke of the East possessed Quasi-Saint combat power was due to this so-called Ten Thousand Immortals Formation!
If so, they just needed to break the formation!
Dijun issued his Demon Emperor decree, and the Daluo Golden Immortal experts of the Demon Court all charged toward the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
Duke of the East dismissed their efforts. “Do you truly believe the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation this Emperor comprehended has only this single function?”
Aside from the ability of 【All Power in One】, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation also contained formations within formations. They stacked atop one another, making it impossible to distinguish illusion from reality.
Furthermore, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation possessed three major abilities: Spirit-Gathering Fortune-Locking, the Ten Thousand Immortals Barrier, and the killing moves of the immortal formation.
Among them, the Ten Thousand Immortals Barrier also gathered the power of the ten thousand immortals to construct a canopy of chaotic immortal light outside the grand formation. Untouchable by evil and unbreakable by ten thousand spells, its defense could withstand the attacks of a Quasi-Saint, keeping the ten thousand immortals safe and sound within.
Dijun and the other Daluo Golden Immonrtals of the Demon Court made a few attempts, but upon finding they could not breach the canopy of chaotic immortal light to attack the immortals inside, they could not help but grow extremely frustrated.
“Let me calculate where the flaw of this formation lies!”
The old mystic Fuxi exerted his power.
This gave Dijun a glimmer of hope once again.
A moment later, Fuxi said, “My apologies, Your Majesty, but this humble Daoist could not calculate it.”
Dijun: “...”
Fuxi added, “The only flaw outside the formation is Duke of the East himself. He is both the vessel for the power of the ten thousand immortals and the core eye of the formation. As long as he is slain, the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation will collapse on its own.”
Dijun: “...”
Well said. That was as good as saying nothing.
Kill the current Duke of the East?
Easier said than done.
Even Eastern Emperor Taiyi, with the blessing of the Solar Star, could only keep Duke of the East pinned down, but could not kill him.
In the end, it was a matter of home-field advantage.
The Solar Star was too far away, and there was no formation or other method to concentrate its blessing, so it remained dispersed, and the degree of the boost was limited.
It could not compare to Duke of the East's Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
Simply put, Eastern Emperor Taiyi only had half a foot in the Quasi-Saint realm, and in terms of actual cultivation level, he was still inferior to Duke of the East.
Being able to fight him to a standstill was entirely reliant on the divine power of his Innate Treasures.
“Hmph!”
“Retreat!”
Dijun pondered for a moment before issuing the command.
Withdraw the troops.
There was no longer much point in continuing the fight.
“Once I attain the Dao and reach the Quasi-Saint realm, I shall settle all scores with you!”
The Demon Court retreated.
Only after the grand army of the Demon Court had fully withdrawn did the Protector of the Demon Kings, the God of War, and the bird acknowledged by the Solar Star—Eastern Emperor Taiyi—finally depart.
Duke of the East did not try to stop him.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation had one fatal flaw: once established, it could not move.
To give chase, the formation would have to be dissolved.
But that would introduce too many variables.
“What an Eastern Emperor Taiyi! What a domineering Golden Crow!”
Duke of the East grit his teeth.
However, he had to admit that Eastern Emperor Taiyi was indeed very strong. If not for the assistance of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, he would have been utterly thrashed by him.
...
The battle between the Immortal Court and the Demon Court ended in a draw.
The moment Duke of the East unleashed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the Demon Court had already lost.
But who could have imagined that the usually quiet and reticent Eastern Emperor Taiyi would be so fierce!
Directly clashing with a Quasi-Saint as a mere Daluo Golden Immortal!
Unleashing the supreme divine power of his Innate Treasures with the body of a Daluo!
He truly deserved his title as the God of War.
The various mighty beings of the Honghuang world witnessed this scene and fell into a complex silence.
“I, Taiqing, pride myself on being unmatched among my peers. Yet, who could have thought that the talent and capabilities of Duke of the East and Eastern Emperor Taiyi are not inferior to my own,” Taiqing lamented.
Yuanshi Tianzun tried to cover for his eldest brother. “Brother, whether it is Eastern Emperor Taiyi or Duke of the East, both are merely borrowing external power. There is still a significant gap between them and you.”
Tongtian had a different view on this. “What external or internal power? In the end, as long as it is power one can control, it belongs to oneself.”
Yuanshi Tianzun glared at Tongtian. “Shut up. Speak less.”
Tongtian: “Oh.”
...
Fangzhang Immortal Island.
By the shores of the Heavenly Pond.
Houtu, Xuanming, and Xuanjian had witnessed everything from the beginning to the end of this battle.
Houtu sighed with emotion. “This Eastern Emperor Taiyi is truly extraordinary. It seems that when he beat up Brother Gonggong back then, he was still holding back.”
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