The void transformed like surging winds and clouds, like thunderclaps exploding. As it changed, the might of the Great Dao erupted in rolling waves, transforming into a giant net akin to a sky full of stars that descended from the heavens. It felt as if the vast starry sky itself was crashing down, utterly terrifying.
Empress Wuyue acted with lightning speed. With a flick of her finger, a profound flower bloomed forth. The starry net instantly trembled with a series of crisp cracking sounds, but that was all—it did not dissipate into smoke.
In the blink of an eye.
Empress Wuyue leaped upward, transforming into a sharp sword-like gleam of light that directly pierced through the starry net.
Who exactly was lurking in the shadows to make a move, no one knew. But one thing was certain: it was definitely not just one person.
Because Da Xing the Mad Monk was currently locked in fierce combat with one existence hiding in the shadows and making a move. Over here, after Empress Wuyue transformed into a gleam of light to break through the giant starry net, the void did not cease its transformations. Not only did it not stop, but the changes in the void grew increasingly powerful and numerous.
They transformed into layer upon layer of mountain ranges, or into thunderclouds in the sky, or into sharp blades and swords. Various transformations emerged endlessly, each more powerful than the last, sweeping in from all directions—above, below, left, and right—like a violent storm.
Weiyang Demon Emperor, Free Emperor, Qiongqi, and Bai Chou also did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately taking action to resist.
Watching this scene.
The Great Dao Patriarchs of the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, along with the Original Sin Patriarchs present on the field, gritted their teeth, stamped their feet, and also joined the fray.
Various Great Dao divine abilities transformed in countless ways; various Fortune treasures appeared in dazzling variety.
The might of the Immortal Dao, the might of the Demonic Dao, the might of the Ghost Dao, the might of the Demonic Beast Dao, the might of the Great Dao Destiny Star Lords, the might of the Great Dao Destiny Thrones, the might of the Great Dao Destiny Imperial Seals, the might of the Original Sin self, the might of the Original Sin essence, the might of the Original Sin true form, and even the might of the Original Sin true blood.
This scene was dazzling to the eyes, jaw-dropping, and utterly breathtaking.
Here.
Empress Wuyue stood directly above Gu Qingfeng, alone, resisting the myriad transformations of the sky.
Weiyang Demon Emperor and Free Emperor guarded Gu Qingfeng's left and right flanks, resisting attacks from all four sides.
Bai Chou and Qiongqi guarded Gu Qingfeng's front and rear, resisting forces from all eight directions.
Suddenly.
Directly below Gu Qingfeng, the void abruptly transformed. Rolling Original Sin might coalesced into a giant hand seeking to clutch Gu Qingfeng in its palm.
"Shame on you for being an Original Sin variable, yet only daring to strike from the shadows! You truly disgrace the very words 'Original Sin variable'!
If you're not ashamed, this old monk is ashamed for you!"
A mighty shout rang out, followed by a monk's alms bowl smashing over from an unknown direction, striking the center of that giant palm formed from Original Sin might with perfect accuracy.
Bang!
It instantly smashed the giant hand into dissipating smoke.
The void continued to transform; Original Sin might surged forth like rolling river waves. Simultaneously, the alms bowl also changed. One transformation made it like a mountain range; another made it like rivers and peaks. In the time it takes to snap a finger, the originally palm-sized alms bowl became immense beyond measure.
Upon the alms bowl stood a figure.
To be precise, a monk.
The monk wore a tattered monastic robe and held a worn-out fan.
It was none other than Da Xing the Mad Monk.
The immense alms bowl beneath his feet was precisely the Prajna Karmic Sin Bowl.
However, unlike before—when the Prajna Karmic Sin Bowl was rusted and ordinary-looking like an old wine jar—the bowl now was as vast as mountains and rivers, suspended in the void like the very earth, giving off an immensely heavy feeling.
Especially the densely packed scriptures around the bowl's rim, shimmering with golden light. Each scripture character was like a golden Buddha, radiating vast Buddhist aura, akin to boundless Buddhist Dharma.
Empress Wuyue and Da Xing the Mad Monk guarded above and below.
Weiyang Demon Emperor and Free Emperor guarded left and right.
Bai Chou and Qiongqi guarded front and rear.
The six of them each guarded one direction, resisting attacks from all sides, protecting Gu Qingfeng.
To speak of these six, they were truly majestic and mighty.
Everyone knew Empress Wuyue was an Empress of the Immortal Dao, moreover a Celestial Mandate-bearing Immortal Empress. Having witnessed the power of her single finger's profound flower earlier, they also knew her Immortal Dao attainments were profound and unfathomable. As for how high and deep Empress Wuyue's Immortal Dao attainments truly were, no one knew. Only now, witnessing it firsthand, did the crowd realize Empress Wuyue's Immortal Dao attainments had reached a transcendent level, surpassing imagination.
Facing the myriad transformations, myriad divine abilities, and myriad Fortunes filling the sky, she alone could handle them with ease, blocking the sky-full of attacks.
Da Xing the Mad Monk guarding below was not the slightest bit inferior. Treading upon the Prajna Karmic Sin Bowl, holding the Great Compassion Fan, the vast Buddhist Dharma within him rolling and surging, Buddhist light blazing around his body like fire, his might so fierce he resembled the Immovable Wisdom King. No matter how powerful or terrifying the sky-full of transforming divine abilities and Fortune treasures were, they could not shake him in the slightest.
Weiyang Demon Emperor and Free Emperor guarded Gu Qingfeng's left and right sides.
Free Emperor's expression was impassive, calm and solemn. Cloaked in ten-thousand-zhang radiant light, his aura was like a rainbow. The rainbow light transformed in myriad ways. As it changed, it resembled endless mountain ranges, then surging, unceasing rivers. It looked like a magnificent, sweeping scroll painting, containing within it mountains and rivers, immortals and Buddhas, demons and monsters, dragons and phoenixes, and even heaven and earth.
Those with discerning eyes knew this was the image of the Imperial Chart.
Whoosh!
The rainbow light transformed again. As it changed, it resembled Yin and Yang, like the sun and moon, like water and fire, like light and darkness, like the Supreme Ultimate, like the Four Symbols, like the Eight Trigrams, like the Nine Palaces, and even like the ever-changing phenomena of nature itself.
If the previous transformation of the rainbow light was like a magnificent, sweeping scroll painting.
Then the current transformation of the rainbow light was like a totem of all things renewed.
This was the image of Senluo.
The Imperial Chart image contained a kind of noble, overbearing, and indisputable might.
The Senluo image contained a kind of might that could swallow mountains and rivers, with infinite transformations.
The Imperial Chart and Senluo were the two great Fortunes upon Free Emperor's person, also two ancient Fortunes.
Legend has it.
Those who obtain the Imperial Chart receive heaven's aid, as if receiving a heavenly decree. They grasp the Qian Talisman, elucidate the Kun Treasure, don the Imperial Chart, examine the Imperial Texts, and stabilize the world. Thus comes imperial ambition and hegemony.
Legend has it.
Those who obtain Senluo obtain all phenomena.
If obtaining the Imperial Chart is like receiving a heavenly decree, then obtaining Senluo is equivalent to receiving nature's own decree, like a child of nature itself, manipulating Yin and Yang, determining all phenomena. Thus comes the myriad phenomena of Senluo.
Both the Imperial Chart and Senluo are ancient Great Dao Fortunes, so ancient they predate the Desolate Ancient Era.
Before the Desolate Ancient Era, the three thousand origins of the Great Dao had not yet gestated and emerged. This meant the Imperial Chart and Senluo did not belong to the Great Dao's three thousand origins. Their existence absolutely surpassed, or at the very least matched, that of the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, the being who moves from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs, and the Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie.
Here.
Free Emperor, cloaked in ten-thousand-zhang radiant light, saw the Imperial Chart and Senluo emerge one after another as the light shimmered and transformed, setting him off as exceedingly majestic. He was like an emperor overlooking the world and stabilizing the cosmos, yet also like a child of nature presiding over Yin, Yang, and all phenomena. His movements were grand and sweeping, his steps like a dragon's or tiger's, akin to a war god striding through heaven and earth, cleaving stars and slicing the moon.