Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The Heavenly Dao Realm was opened and then closed, existing for less than a second, but this was enough to completely recover all of Tang Jie’s energy.

Although that golden halo had been barely there, Nine Disaster saw it as clearly as one would see the blazing sun.

His expression twisted so much that his entire face began to distort.

“Dao betrayer!” he bellowed.

His cry of fury resounded through the void.

While he was a Fiend Monk, his expression had been as solemn as an enlightened monk.

But as he roared, he finally revealed his savage form, no longer concealing his devilish self.

Tang Jie was slightly taken aback by his reaction.

“Just when did devils start to uphold the Heavenly Dao?”

“Hahahaha!” Nine Disaster laughed. “What do you know? The Primordial Fog Domain has always been a component of the Stellar Chiliocosm, so it is naturally under the Heavenly Dao. You think that I wouldn’t uphold the Dao just because I’m a devil? Do you realize how ridiculous that is? The real Heavenly Dao does not have any sense of right or wrong!”

He thought that Tang Jie would have objected to his words.

But Tang Jie nodded. “It makes sense. The Heavenly Dao is the principles of the universe. So they say what exists has a principle, so what exists is part of the Heavenly Dao. Thus, the positive plane can uphold the Dao, and so can the demon plane. Regarding demons as opponents of the Dao was a mistake. Demons are the opposite of righteousness, and the Dao isn’t righteous!”

Nine Disaster hadn’t expected Tang Jie to be enlightened so quickly and was momentarily silenced. But a few moments later, he erupted in laughter. “Good, good. So quick you are to catch on, Tang Jie, as expected of a Dao betrayer. No wonder you were able to so quickly commune with the domain core. You must have relied on this Dao-betraying power.”

“As expected of the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk, able to so quickly see through my secret,” Tang Jie admitted.

He truly had used the Heavenly Dao Realm to help in quickly communing with the domain core. This greatly reduced the time needed and let him catch up to Nine Disaster.

Nine Disaster replied, “Since you are a Dao betrayer, this one has even more justification to kill you. Transcend and be reincarnated within my Buddha Kingdom!”

The Dark Buddha Kingdom once more expanded toward Tang Jie.

Tang Jie threw a World Devourer at it and said, “You know that I have the Dao on my side, but you still think you can kill me? Nine Disaster, aren’t you a little too confident?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. You don’t think I can see that your tricks, as amazing as they are, are not a long-term solution? You really think that this little bit of heaven-defying power makes you invincible?” As the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk spoke, the Dark Buddha Kingdom continued to grow.

He had been holding back.

Even Tang Jie had to admit that the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk lived up to his reputation as an existence that had terrorized the world for ten thousand years. And he wasn’t just strong. He also possessed a formidable will. Even though he knew that Tang Jie had the Heavenly Dao Realm, he remained fearless, even swiftly identifying its weakness.

This was the first opponent that Tang Jie had to take seriously since he developed the Heavenly Dao Realm.

As he watched the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk’s aura continue to grow, he turned solemn. “You’re right. In the end, we have to fight first before we know what the outcome will be. In that case, I’ll let you experience the legacy of a body cultivator of High Antiquity. Perfect body, activate!”

The endless void outside the Gigantes Domain.

Tang Jie’s body began to grow larger.

He had already been a sky-scraping giant, appearing almost as large as the Gigantes Domain, but now that he was growing, it made the Gigantes Domain shrink in comparison, appearing like a large stone ball on his waist.

The grandiose Nine Disaster Fiend Monk now appeared quite insignificant.

Nine Disaster grunted, “Pointlessly big!”

Tang Jie smirked. “I believe you were the first one to play this game of size.”

He threw a giant punch.

When it came to cultivator battles, bigger wasn’t always better. One needed the appropriate strength for one’s size.

Neither Tang Jie nor Nine Disaster were so strong that they needed a body the size of a domain to withstand it.

In this aspect, they really were pointlessly big.

But there was another aspect to consider. A massive body could increase one’s aura and majesty, expand one’s Divine Will, and even increase the power of certain spell arts and Divine Connections, so it was not a completely empty gesture.

This was true for Nine Disaster’s Dark Buddha Kingdom.

It was also true for the Combat Emperor Catalog.

As a planet-sized giant, Tang Jie threw a punch at Nine Disaster.

This punch condensed all of his strength and conviction and harnessed all the power of the core that he could muster, and it was the improved version from the Gigantes cave. It was a punch made with no reservations, capable of punching right through a domain. But this wasn’t all. At the tip of the fist, the World Devourer appeared.

Tang Jie was using the Combat Emperor Catalog and the World Devourer together!

One was at the apex of body cultivation and the other was at the apex of law cultivation. Only the perfect body was able to pull this off.

While Nine Disaster remained fearless, he took this attack very seriously. As he chanted, so did all the Buddhas of his kingdom, rising into the air with an air of tragic heroism, their hands held upward and radiating light.

These lights all merged together into a single white light.

A pure beam of light blasted out of the Buddha Kingdom, imbued with a primal energy.

Tang Jie had the black hole, and Nine Disaster now used a white hole.

Black and white hole collided, one devouring and the other releasing, creating a sight of untold beauty in the cosmos.

On one end, space was in a state of constant collapse, and on the other end, an endless flood of energy was swiftly restoring the collapsed space.

The collision of white and black hole even began to exert an immense pull of its own, which penetrated through the Astral Wind region and began to affect the demons and Immortals down below. The True Immortals and Earth Immortals were fine, but everything weaker than a high-level devil was swept up into the air, some being severely wounded or even dying on the spot. Fortunately, some of the True Immortal Demon Lords reacted quickly. As for Army Anchor City, its formation instantly activated to its maximum level, and multiple explosions rang out in bursts of mottled light.

The Primordial Fog demons had failed to damage the formation despite their best efforts, but this clash in the void was enough to cause mass damage.

But the Primordial Fog demons didn’t use this opportunity to attack. Even with the protection of the Demon Lords, many demons hadn’t received protection in time and had died, particularly the masses of low-level demons. As the tide of energy swept through, almost all the low-level demons in the surrounding area were slain, the majority of medium-level demons were killed, and even a third of the high-level demons were lost.

An inestimable loss!

But there was no time to mourn.

They looked up at the sky in awe, muttering, “How could they be this strong? Aren’t they only at Boundless?”

Yes, they were only at Boundless!

Even Boundless Gold Immortals shouldn’t have been this powerful.

This was already at the star-destroying level.

While such terms were often thrown about, if one person were really able to destroy stars with a raise of their hand, the universe would never have existed for this long.

For the universe could not tolerate such an existence.

Even Dao-proving Saint Immortals couldn’t reach this level.

It was a good thing that Tang Jie and Nine Disaster only had this one blow in them.

These blows contained all their power, and not even they had imagined that the power they wielded was this terrifying.

Both of them were stunned, and then they said in unison, “Interesting. If I’m able to learn this power of yours, I am certain to grow stronger.”

They froze again, surprised at how synchronized their thoughts were, and then they erupted in laughter.

“Nine Disaster Fiend Monk, you’re truly a ten-thousand-year-old devil. But you must be almost empty now! What are you going to fight me with now?”

While Nine Disaster had a greater reserve of power than Tang Jie, it still had a limit, and after this ultimate clash, he was exhausted.

Nine Disaster smiled. “You are not the only one with a recovery ability.”

He chanted a mantra, and the seven-petaled lotus platform appeared under him.

As the lotus platform turned, the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk’s drained reserves rapidly recovered.

This lotus platform had the power to restore Nine Disaster’s energy.

It wasn’t as freakish as Tang Jie’s Heavenly Dao Realm, but it was a solid and steady stream of energy nonetheless.

Tang Jie couldn’t help but laugh. “Good, good, good. Since you’ve used a treasure, don’t mind if I do as well.”

He took out the Sovereign Blade and swung.

Now, he had truly used everything he had to deal with a single person.

Not since Tang Jie had become a True Immortal had he ever had to use all of his strength against a single opponent. In the vast majority of circumstances, he was one versus many and sweeping through them all the same. Only the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk possessed the absurd amount of strength to fight back.

As the Sovereign Blade approached, Nine Disaster chanted again, and the Dark Buddha Kingdom that had been destroyed in their ultimate clash once more manifested, summoning thousands of golden lights to block the blade.

While this was his first time clashing with the Sovereign Blade, he was experienced enough to see that this was no ordinary weapon, and he was determined to give it no opportunity to show its might. The Buddha lights transformed into threads that clung to the Sovereign Blade like spider webs, hindering its progress.

The Sovereign Blade constantly changed forms, but so did the light, continuing to bind the weapon.

Tang Jie couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

But Tang Jie had more than just the Sovereign Blade.

After swinging the Sovereign Blade, Tang Jie began to unleash punch after punch, occasionally adding a World Devourer into the mix. He also threw out the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace to barrage his enemy. The Nine Disaster Fiend Monk’s lotus platform erupted with light in response. This Dao armament that Nine Disaster had refined for thousands of years not only restored his energy but also possessed considerable defensive powers.

The battle in the void was fierce, and while it wasn’t as awe-inspiring as the clash of black and white holes, it was faster and more brutal, transfixing the spectators and striking fear into their hearts.

At this level of battle, victory elsewhere no longer mattered.

Everyone stopped fighting, including the Gigantes King and the two devils, and looked upward at the sky.

Only the two Gold Immortals could decide their fate.

As the battle progressed, the balance of power gradually began to tip toward Tang Jie. While the seven-petaled lotus platform could restore Nine Disaster’s energy, its defense could not match the Sovereign Blade’s offense, forcing Nine Disaster to devote more than half of his energy to holding it down.

The human Immortals began to grow excited.

They saw hope of victory, and some of them began to cheer.

But the demons didn’t seem to mind, some of the Demon Lords even coldly smiling.

Xu Miaoran and the others saw this smile and shivered.

Could Nine Disaster have something else?

Impossible!

They had already surpassed the level of ordinary Gold Immortals, and even a Saint Immortal might not be able to reach their level. What other demonic art could Nine Disaster have left?

In the void, after another clash with Tang Jie, the Nine Disaster Fiend Monk suddenly retreated a great distance and said, “Domain Lord Tang is too powerful. This old bag of bones admits he is inferior.”

This was the first time he had called himself such.

Tang Jie didn’t seem happy, wariness appearing in his eyes.

The Nine Disaster Fiend Monk sighed. “It seems that nobody at the Gold Immortal tier except for Yu Cheng can match you.”

“Do you intend to concede?” Tang Jie asked.

“No, I just wanted to tell you. In a one-on-one, this bag of bones is no match for you. Fortunately, I came prepared, found an ally,” Nine Disaster chuckled.

Tang Jie’s eyes narrowed. “Who?”

“ME!” a voice exploded through the void, and an energy signature on par with Nine Disaster’s shot toward Tang Jie.