Divine!
The sky was filled with divinity.
It transformed into a radiant Divine Great Sun—Xuanyuan Hao—suspended high in the sky, radiating boundless, vast holy light.
The Original Sin that had filled the heavens, already riddled with holes under the illumination of the holy light, was now enveloped by the Divine Great Sun. Like water evaporating, it was disintegrating and vanishing.
"I told you," a voice echoed from the void, belonging to Xuanyuan Hao. "Your so-called Original Sin is nothing before the Divine Great Sun. If I wish, I can make this sky full of Original Sin vanish with a snap of my fingers."
As his words fell, his form, which had become the Divine Great Sun, suddenly turned crystalline, pure, and flawless. Simultaneously, the holy light blooming from him was also crystalline, pure, and flawless.
Inside the arena, Old Immortal Qingmu and Great Immortal Huli didn't know what was happening. They only felt a searing heat all over, inside and out, as if their entire bodies were being burned by holy fire. It was unbearably uncomfortable. Not daring to delay, they immediately channeled their power to resist.
Although they hadn't cultivated Original Sin itself like Old Ancestor Green Robe, they had cultivated their own Original Sin manifestations and could represent Original Sin. It wasn't wrong to say Original Sin was themselves.
After channeling their power to resist, their situation improved considerably. Their bodies no longer felt like they were being burned by holy fire. However, that uncomfortable sensation didn't disappear. Moreover, the more powerful the energy they channeled, the more clearly they could feel the terrifying nature of the holy light here.
Not far from them.
The handsome youth with white robes and white hair still stood atop the Qiongqi Cauldron. He was frowning deeply, staring intently at Xuanyuan Hao, who had transformed into the Divine Great Sun. Faint, shimmering light flickered around his body.
Obviously.
Even he—who had fused with True Blood of Original Sin, was known as an Original Sin Anomaly, and was hailed as the reincarnation of Qiongqi—had no choice but to channel power to resist in the face of the Divine Great Sun.
The sky full of Original Sin had vanished.
Yes.
Vanished.
Just as Xuanyuan Hao's voice fell, just after the Divine Great Sun he had transformed into bloomed with that crystalline, pure, flawless radiance, the sky full of Original Sin was illuminated into nothingness. And those earlier Original Sin Retribution Bodies that had lost their selves had long since turned to dust.
Looking around, divinity was everywhere. There was no trace of Original Sin left.
At this moment.
The Li Palace Void had seemingly become a world of divinity.
And Xuanyuan Hao, transformed into the Divine Great Sun, was like a deity ruling over this divine world.
Gu Qingfeng, who had been hiding in the dark recesses of the void, watched this scene. He glanced at the Li Palace Void, now resembling a divine world, then looked at Xuanyuan Hao, who had become the Divine Great Sun, and exclaimed in awe, "Truly worthy of being the legendary Divine Great Sun that judges all things. It's really not ordinary powerful."
To be honest.
Gu Qingfeng was someone who had seen the world and weathered great storms. Witnessing the might of the Divine Great Sun with his own eyes now still shocked him deeply.
In his life, he had seen many experts transform into great suns. However, most of those transformed great suns were merely a type of supernatural power; they didn't possess the true majesty or spirit of a Great Sun.
As for the true Radiant Great Sun, or the Buddhist Tathagata Great Sun, he hadn't witnessed those either.
He had heard legends about the Great Sun Yao Huang transforming into the Radiant Great Sun to illuminate the Nine Nethers, and Miao Rulai transforming into the Tathagata Great Sun to liberate the Nine Nethers.
He had once ascended to become the Nine Nethers Emperor and was very familiar with the Nine Nethers. The Great Sun Yao Huang and Miao Rulai—one transforming into the Radiant Great Sun to illuminate the Nine Nethers, the other transforming into the Tathagata Great Sun to liberate the Nine Nethers—Gu Qingfeng could imagine how powerful the Radiant Great Sun and the Buddhist Tathagata Great Sun must be.
He had thought that since the Divine Great Sun was hailed as judging all things, it should be comparable to the Radiant Great Sun and the Tathagata Great Sun, perhaps even stronger.
Yes.
That's what he had assumed.
Only now, after personally witnessing the Divine Great Sun, did Gu Qingfeng realize he had underestimated both the Radiant Great Sun and the Tathagata Great Sun, and even more so the Divine Great Sun. This thing was far more powerful than he had imagined.
"Ever since entering the Primordial Black Hole, this old monk has been urging you to be careful and cautious. You, kid, never took it seriously. Now you finally understand why this old monk told you to be careful, don't you?"
Da Xing the Mad Monk's face was dark as he scolded, "The Divine Great Sun isn't just *called* the judge of all things; it truly *does* judge all things."
Indeed, as Da Xing said, Gu Qingfeng had just tried to sense it. He truly felt an indescribable power within the holy light—that should be the power of divine judgment. Before this power of divine judgment, no matter how powerful other forces were, they seemed unable to resist.
"The Sagehood Dao has always been called the Dao closest to the divine. That's not just empty talk. The Sagehood Dao being hailed as the Supreme Dao is definitely not some baseless legend. The Divine Great Sun is one of the Nine Suns, judging all things, hailed as the judgment within judgments. Even some powerful divine senses or demonic thoughts probably wouldn't dare act recklessly before the Divine Great Sun."
"Don't forget, kid, there are nine like Xuanyuan Hao in the Sacred Grounds. Think about it—if all nine Sacred Sons of the Sacred Grounds transformed into Divine Great Suns, how terrifying would that be? Probably unimaginable!"
As he spoke, Da Xing seemed to remember something, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably. "Damn it! If the nine Sacred Sons of the Sacred Grounds can transform into Divine Great Suns, then the nine Sons of Heaven from the Shangqing Heaven, each possessing Heaven-Bestowed Bloodlines... they... they could probably all transform into Heaven's Great Suns too, couldn't they?"
Thinking of this, Da Xing couldn't help but suck in a cold breath and sigh, "Heavens! Nine Divine Great Suns, nine Heaven's Great Suns! If they all appeared together, that would be... simply..."
Legend has it.
The Radiant Great Sun purifies all things.
The Tathagata Great Sun liberates all things.
The Divine Great Sun judges all things.
And the legendary Heaven's Great Sun governs all things.
Gu Qingfeng also tried to imagine: if it really were as Da Xing said, and the nine Sacred Sons of the Sacred Grounds and the nine Sons of Heaven from the Shangqing Heaven transformed into nine Divine Great Suns and nine Heaven's Great Suns, what kind of scene would that be?
He shook his head. He really couldn't picture it.
Gazing at the Li Palace Void, now like a divine world, Gu Qingfeng asked, "What about that old fellow Green Robe? Did he just run away like that?"
"Not sure. Probably not. That old scoundrel has been fanning the flames and stirring the pot all by himself, performing the entire prelude. Now that the main show is about to start, there's no way that old scoundrel would run."
Both Gu Qingfeng and Da Xing could see that although Xuanyuan Hao, transformed into the Divine Great Sun, was undoubtedly powerful, Old Ancestor Green Robe was absolutely not weak either.
Earlier, it seemed like the sky full of Original Sin had been illuminated into nothingness by Xuanyuan Hao's Divine Great Sun, and that was indeed the case. However, there was definitely a lot of... let's say, 'water content' in that.
Especially Da Xing. He clearly understood that Old Ancestor Green Robe's reason for taking action definitely wasn't to fight the Sacred Grounds to the death. It was more to seize this opportunity to fan the flames and stir up the atmosphere. Therefore, Old Ancestor Green Robe absolutely couldn't have gone all out. Not only did he not go all out, he likely even deliberately held back.
No matter what, Old Ancestor Green Robe was a patriarch who had cultivated Original Sin itself. His very existence was equivalent to Original Sin. No matter how powerful the Divine Great Sun was, it couldn't possibly make the sky full of Original Sin vanish in an instant.