Chapter 478 - 422: Fight!

The peach grove was completely destroyed.

Desolate Halberd Splitting Sky True Monarch stood amidst the turbulent currents of the void. All thirty-six thousand pores on his body opened simultaneously, erupting with a violent aura capable of incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas.

He thrust his right arm forward, his five fingers splayed wide.

The momentum of his grasp seemed as if he intended to crush the entire Celestial Vault of the Lingyong Realm Heaven in the palm of his hand.

HUM—!!!

The void trembled, and the Laws wailed.

That pitch-black Great Halberd, intertwined with his very life and his companion for ten thousand years, pierced through from the depths of the endless void!

It arrived without any dazzling radiance. There was only an incredibly profound, dark edge on the halberd’s blade. Wherever it passed, space was silently torn apart like fragile silk, leaving behind a pitch-black scar that would not heal for a long time.

The moment the halberd’s shaft fell into his palm, Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s aura explosively erupted!

The void behind him suddenly collapsed, transforming into a boundless, tragically desolate ancient battlefield!

On that battlefield, the setting sun was as red as blood. Broken halberds lay buried in the sand, endless corpses piled into mountains, and the phantoms of billions of armored cavalry roared and neighed as they charged forward!

The aura of weapons soared into the heavens, materializing into a tangible torrent of slaughter that swept in all directions!

Phantoms of the eighteen martial weapons—sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, and tridents—rose and fell, being born and destroyed within that Heaven and Earth. Each weapon phantom was tainted with a tragic, desolate Evil Qi sufficient to strike terror into the heart of a True Monarch!

This was the manifestation of Desolate Halberd Splitting Sky True Monarch’s supreme Dao Fruit, cultivated over his entire lifetime by conquering the Celestial Dao through slaughter and warfare—

[World Domination]!

"Come!!!" Desolate Halberd True Monarch threw his head back and let out a long howl, his voice shaking the highest heavens!

Within that howl lay the heroism of a lifetime of warfare, the solitary pride that looked down upon the world, and an indomitable battle intent that thoroughly erupted when facing a desperate situation.

He raised the Great Halberd in his hands, pointing its blade directly at the four coffin-bearing figures!

"You want to send me back to Profound Yellow?!

"Then let’s see if you have the ability to do so!"

As his words fell, the entirety of [World Domination] expanded with a resounding boom!

The phantoms of the ancient battlefield spread madly. Wherever they passed, the Heaven and Earth Laws of the Lingyong Realm Heaven were ruthlessly torn apart and expelled!

The blood-red setting sun shrouded the Celestial Vault, Evil Qi permeated the wilderness, and the clashing sounds of metal were deafening!

It was as if this Heaven and Earth had completely transformed into Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s personal domain of slaughter!

In that instant of heaven-rending and earth-shattering battle intent soaring into the skies, a light chuckle echoed from within the pitch-black Ancient Coffin.

The laugh was incredibly light and faint, as if some supreme, lofty existence had casually chuckled upon finding it amusing to see an ant vainly raise its antennae in a futile display of defiance.

Yet, it was exactly this understated laugh that caused the killing intent of [World Domination]—which permeated Heaven and Earth and was enough to tear apart the courage of any Great Master—to slightly stagnate, as if gently pressed down by an invisible hand!

Before the laughter ceased, the dense, dark green mist permeating from the Ancient Coffin suddenly swayed.

Among the four coffin-bearing True Monarchs, the one at the front left slowly took a step forward.

His movements were incredibly slow—so slow that every onlooker could clearly see the entire process of him lifting his leg, stepping forward, and setting his foot down.

Yet, with just this single step, an aura of slaughter in no way inferior to Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s shot up into the sky from his blurred figure!

That aura was completely different from Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s [World Domination].

Desolate Halberd’s domination was the tragic intensity of warfare and dying a warrior’s death on the battlefield; it was the heroism of taking an enemy general’s head from amidst a million-strong army!

But the aura of this coffin-bearing True Monarch was pure, freezing cold, and devoid of any emotion—it was absolute destruction!

There was no battlefield, no troops, and no manifestation of any phenomena. There was only a tangible killing intent spreading from within his body.

That killing intent was colorless and Formless, yet it made everyone who sensed it feel a shudder originating from the deepest depths of their Divine Soul.

It was as if standing before them was not a True Monarch, but a blade of slaughter that had been forgotten for eternities and was finally drawn from its sheath!

Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s pupils abruptly shrank!

Two terrifying auras, both at the level of a True Monarch yet fundamentally different in nature, clashed explosively within this already devastated Lingyong Realm Heaven!

There was no loud noise. There was no light. There was no sound.

There was only—

CRACK.

A crisp, heart-palpitating shattering sound emanated from the origin of Heaven and Earth.

Immediately after, under Qi Yun’s gaze—filled with shock beyond measure—the entire Lingyong Realm Heaven slowly split open with a massive fissure right down its center!

The fissure started from the highest peak of the Celestial Vault and spread all the way down, piercing through the clouds, piercing through the void, piercing through the Laws, piercing through everything!

It didn’t stop until it forcefully split this realm heaven—which had carried trillions of living beings and endured for endless years—clean in half!

At the edges of the fissure, countless Law Fragments cascaded down like peeling paint from a wall, dissolving into nothingness in midair.

Earth Fire, wind, and water surged out from the rift, roaring and wreaking havoc.

In that instant, countless mountains, rivers, cities, and living beings were gently brushed by the terrifying shockwaves, only to disintegrate like sandcastles, dissipating and returning to chaos!

A True Monarch’s Power was actually this terrifying!!

"Retreat!"

Only this single thought had time to flash through Qi Yun’s mind before his body instinctively channeled the remaining power of the [Six Realms Heaven]. Transforming into a stream of Flowing Light, he frantically retreated toward the edge of the battlefield!

He knew that in the ensuing life-and-death struggle, even the slightest shockwave would be enough to annihilate the Divine Soul and erase the True Spirit of an existence at the Great Master Peak like him!

Right as he retreated, deep within the void, two equally imposing figures explosively crashed into each other!

"KILL!!!" Desolate Halberd True Monarch roared in fury, brandishing the Great Halberd in his hands!

That halberd strike contained no flashy techniques or complex variations; it held only the purest, most barbaric, and most violent power!

Wherever the halberd’s blade passed, the void was not torn—it simply vanished!

Along with all the Laws, concepts, and existences within that area, everything was fundamentally erased by this strike!

Facing a strike capable of destroying a realm heaven, the coffin-bearing True Monarch remained entirely Immovable. He simply raised his right hand, slightly spread his five fingers, and threw a punch!

This punch also possessed no Divine Techniques or phenomena. There was only a will of destruction—pure to the extreme and cold to the extreme—condensed upon the fist’s edge!

BOOM—!!!

The instant the Great Halberd and the fist collided, the void within a million-mile radius completely turned into nothingness!

Earth Fire, wind, and water were annihilated directly before they even had time to evolve!

The very concept of space collapsed entirely under this clash!

All that remained was an ever-expanding, all-devouring emptiness!

At the core of that emptiness, the two figures fought madly, like two Ancient Gods born from primordial chaos!

Desolate Halberd True Monarch unleashed continuous long howls, his Great Halberd whirling in his grasp! Every thrust tore through the sky and split the chaos! Wherever the halberd’s gleam reached, stars shattered and mountains and rivers sank into oblivion!

The Great Halberd in his hands seemed to possess a life of its own. Every swing drew upon the slaughtering power of [World Domination] for reinforcement, its might overwhelming!

But the coffin-bearing True Monarch opposite him remained forever silent.

He merely threw punches, kicked, elbowed, and kneed. Every strike was plain and unadorned, yet each contained a terrifying force sufficient to shatter a True Monarch’s Daoist Body!

Wherever his fists and feet passed, Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s heaven-cleaving and earth-splitting halberd gleams were forcefully blasted apart!

His body withstood the chops and slashes of the Great Halberd head-on, emitting deafening sounds of clashing metal and scattering sparks in all directions, yet he showed no signs of damage!

The two of them fought from this patch of void to that one, battling from this realm heaven to another!

Wherever they passed, mountains and rivers were broken, and the sun and moon lost their luster!

Who knew how many uninhabited realm heavens shattered and vanished like fragile soap bubbles in the shockwaves of their clash!

The ancient battlefield phantom of Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s [World Domination] had a massive hole blasted through it by the coffin-bearing True Monarch’s punch!

The setting sun shattered, corpses and bones turned to ash, and the phantoms of countless weapons wailed as they dissipated!

Right in the center of the coffin-bearing True Monarch’s chest, the Great Halberd plowed open a gash so deep the bone was visible. Bizarre, dark green blood gurgled out, only to heal itself in the very next second!

Their life-and-death struggle had long exceeded the scope of Divine Techniques and entered the most primal, barbaric, and tragic phase—a brutal melee between Daoist Bodies!

Every one of their strikes used their own Dao Fruit as the guide and their lifelong Cultivation as the blade!

Every collision could damage their very foundations or even result in the eradication of their Dao and the death of their bodies!

Yet neither of them retreated even half a step!

"Hahaha—exhilarating! Exhilarating!!" Covered in blood, Desolate Halberd True Monarch threw his head back and laughed maniacally!

The wounds on his body grew more numerous, and the phantom of [World Domination] grew increasingly dim, but his battle intent burned fiercer than ever!

Across from him, the coffin-bearing True Monarch remained silent. However, the light deep within his cold eyes seemed to ripple slightly.

It seemed to be surprise.

Or perhaps... confusion.

Just as their deadly struggle reached a fever pitch and the entire void was on the verge of completely shattering, the Ancient Coffin, still suspended deep in the void, silently opened a crack between its lid and its body once more.

A slender, pale hand with crimson fingertips slowly extended from the gap.

It gave a gentle wave.

"Enough."

The word fell softly.

In an instant—

Heaven and Earth fell completely silent.

The Great Halberd swung by Desolate Halberd True Monarch froze in midair.

The fist thrown by the coffin-bearing True Monarch stopped three inches from Desolate Halberd True Monarch’s forehead.

All the collapsing space, churning Earth Fire, wind, and water, and the rampaging shockwaves of slaughter were entirely suspended in place.

It was as if time itself had been gently pressed down by that hand.

The hand withdrew. The coffin lid slowly closed.

The four coffin-bearing True Monarchs, along with the Ancient Coffin, began to fade and turn transparent, slowly merging into the void.

Only that faint, ephemeral voice continued to echo:

"Desolate Halberd...

"Next time, it will not merely be an expulsion."

As the voice faded, the Ancient Coffin and the four figures vanished completely.

The void slowly healed, and the Laws gradually returned to their rightful places.

All that remained was the devastated Lingyong Realm Heaven and the blood-soaked figure gasping for air in the void.

Desolate Halberd True Monarch gripped his Great Halberd. Standing in the center of the Broken void, he gazed in the direction where the Ancient Coffin had disappeared.

After a long while, he scoffed, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and murmured, "Next time?

"I’ll be waiting."

"He actually won..."

Stepping out of a grotto-heaven swirling with all kinds of radiance—a life-saving measure prepared in advance by Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch for his true body—Qi Yun’s eyes flickered.

He had personally witnessed the bizarre existence within that Ancient Coffin chasing True Monarch Wu Dao and the four Buddhist Cultivation Bodhisattvas, driving them all the way back to the Profound Yellow Origin Realm.

Yet today, facing Desolate Halberd True Monarch...

It had actually retreated?

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