Shi Jun was both shocked and enraged. He hadn't expected Di Yongheng to act so decisively and swiftly, striking with lightning speed before his Star Dao Pagoda could even descend, sending it flying.
At the same time, Di Yongheng closed the distance, arriving before Shi Jun and unleashing another forbidden divine ability: "Ancient Elephant Suppresses the Eons!"
A forbidden divine ability of the Ancient Elephant Emperor Clan!
A supreme emperor elephant materialized, its size unimaginably vast, with four legs, each capable of trampling eternity itself, a sight of immense terror.
The supreme emperor elephant's four legs stomped towards Shi Jun. With a deafening boom, Shi Jun could no longer withstand the force and was utterly crushed amidst the starry void, his body shattered into pieces, blood spraying everywhere.
Countless people within Shi City witnessed this scene, deeply shaken.
An Ancient Monarch of his generation, Shi Jun, had actually been blasted apart by Di Yongheng.
Truly worthy of being the long-reigning number one on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking. Such methods were indeed world-shaking.
Di Yongheng held the Chaos Great Cauldron aloft, standing tall and looking down upon the shattered Shi Jun with disdain. "So this is what passes for an Ancient Monarch? Nothing more than this."
"Ah—"
To be looked down upon, and by a mere Quasi-Monarch at that—Shi Jun could not endure it.
With a long roar, his form and spirit reassembled at an inconceivable speed. Di Yongheng didn't even have time to seize the opportunity to strike before a towering Monarch Dharma Form manifested, majestically standing atop the Thirty-Three Heavens like an Ancient Emperor gazing down upon the eons.
The immense Star Dao Pagoda also returned, grasped in his hand, shining with the light of countless stars. He said coldly, "Di Yongheng, a Monarch cannot be insulted. Even if you are an Eternal Quasi-Monarch, it is not permitted. You will die without a doubt."
Boom—
Augmented by the Star Dao Pagoda, Shi Jun's combat power instantly surged to the level of six thousand Monarch Rules, as if capable of shattering the ages themselves. He descended from the heavens, striking at Di Yongheng.
"Go!"
Di Yongheng slapped the Chaos Great Cauldron. Billions of layers of chaotic light erupted from it, faintly revealing fragments of Supreme Emperor Principles and carrying threads of Supreme Emperor might as it shot across the sky, colliding with the Star Dao Pagoda.
Boom—
It was like the great destruction of ten thousand worlds, as if all the heavens and myriad realms were about to cease existing.
Vast lands spanning millions of miles were instantly submerged, countless magnificent mountains and rivers reduced to ashes, vanishing without a trace.
Di Yongheng stood firm in the sky, facing Shi Jun's Monarch Dharma Form, and sneered. "Even this Monarch Dharma Form of yours is useless. It cannot stop me."
With a flash of his figure and a thunderous boom, Di Yongheng also manifested a tall, majestic dharma form, resembling himself, with billions of streams of ancient chaotic energy flowing forth, like a Chaos Heavenly Emperor standing firm in the heavens.
Di Yongheng's Chaos Dharma Form clashed fiercely with Shi Jun's Monarch Dharma Form, battling intensely across the starry void. Countless star domains exploded along their path, filling the cosmos with stellar dust.
Both Shi Jun and Di Yongheng possessed true Monarch-level power. Even though they were only at the first heaven of the Monarch realm, it was enough to cause the collapse of boundless realms.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The collisions between the two created countless terrifying impacts, startling the entire Monarch Domain.
Unfortunately, Di Yongheng had long been prepared. With his current methods, he had already sealed off the entire Monarch Domain, preventing the outside world from detecting the events unfolding here.
In the end, after a fierce battle lasting a full day and night, even Di Yongheng suffered significant depletion, yet he still couldn't suppress Shi Jun by much.
After all, he was an Ancient Monarch of his generation. Even if only at the first heaven, he had experienced countless battles to ultimately become an Ancient Monarch, possessing extremely rich combat experience.
Finally, even after Di Yongheng's own Chaos Dharma Form was blasted apart once, he managed to defeat Shi Jun.
Shi Jun was blasted apart several times, his shattered flesh and Monarch Heavenly Soul suppressed within the Chaos Great Cauldron, constantly being ground down by fragments of Supreme Emperor Principles, causing him immense suffering.
Di Yongheng naturally would not return to Shi City, for he knew the Ancient Great Emperor of the Tian Gu Imperial Domain would soon learn of this matter. The so-called sealing of the Monarch Domain was only effective against other Ancient Monarchs; for an Ancient Supreme One like the Tian Gu Great Emperor, it could not be concealed for long.
If he investigated with intent, a single thought would be enough to break the seal and sense everything that had happened here.
Once discovered, even his status as an Eternal Quasi-Monarch would not save him.
He immediately turned and left, rushing at extreme speed towards the vast territories ruled by other Supreme Ones.
Along the way, he naturally collected the Star Dao Pagoda, which had been blasted into countless fragments. Although it could be reassembled, it would require a great cost.
Naturally, Di Yongheng had no intention of expending such cost for reassembly. His main focus was the sealing power of the Star Dao Pagoda. While heading to other Imperial Domains or Immortal Domains, within the Extinction Emperor Realm, he refined the ten Sealing Gates obtained from Wu Dao anew, using the fragments of the Star Dao Pagoda as material and burning them with Chaos Dao Fire.
In the end, the ten Sealing Gates underwent a complete sublimation, faintly possessing the might of a Monarch, no less than true Monarch Immortal Weapons.
Moreover, Di Yongheng inscribed the divine ability secret patterns of techniques like the Heaven-Suppressing Seal and Maha Immeasurable Wall, which possessed sealing functions, onto the Sealing Gates.
If used well, they could even seal an Ancient Monarch.
This also became a sharp weapon in Di Yongheng's arsenal.
In the future, the Chaos Great Cauldron would be the primary weapon, with the Sealing Gates as support.
Boom—
Ancient chaotic energy burned away all remaining traces as Di Yongheng completely left the Monarch Domain ruled by Shi Jun.
Half a day later, the remaining seal automatically dissolved. The powerful experts in Shi City communicated with the outside world. The news of Shi Jun's suppression caused a huge uproar within the Tian Gu Imperial Domain.
According to witnesses of that battle in Shi City, the attacker was none other than the long-reigning number one on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking—Di Yongheng. He displayed combat power no less than that of an Ancient Monarch, battling Shi Jun to a stalemate in a terrifying, peerless clash.
"Suppressed Shi Jun? Is Di Yongheng truly the legendary Eternal Quasi-Monarch?!"
"I thought it was just a rumor, but Di Yongheng is actually an Eternal Quasi-Monarch. He even defeated an Ancient Monarch head-on. Although it was only a first heaven Monarch, it's enough to prove everything."
"In the past, Di Yongheng could face an Ancient Monarch in direct combat, but still paid the price of losing an arm. Who would have thought that after just a few years, he has grown to the point of being able to suppress an Ancient Monarch."
"Is an Eternal Quasi-Monarch really that monstrous and world-defying? Even an Ancient Monarch can be suppressed."
"Just who is Di Yongheng? He couldn't have appeared out of thin air. Who is his master? Could it be one of those eternal giants from the Chaos Sea?"
"So Di Yongheng cultivates the Chaos Great Dao. No wonder there are rumors he is an Eternal Quasi-Monarch. The Chaos Great Dao is indeed one of the most powerful Great Daos on the Eternal Path, hailed as the Eternal Great Dao."
...
Soon, not just the Tian Gu Imperial Domain, but the entire Origin Ancient Path was thrown into an uproar.