Chapter 513 - 450: [Primordial]

The clear and resonant sound of the Dao lingered in the air. Like the fading toll of a primordial bell, it echoed endlessly throughout the transcendent and profound realm of All Marvelous Heaven.

BUZZ...

As the sound of the Dao flowed, the void that should have been completely annihilated began to shift. The purest of primal, multicolored light rushed madly from every corner of All Marvelous Heaven to gather there! The colorful light intertwined, spiraled, and condensed. In the center of the void baptized by lightning, it slowly outlined and shaped a tall, straight silhouette that resembled a solitary peak.

From void to reality. From Dao to Manifestation. Finally—

TAP.

A soft yet distinct sound of footsteps touching down echoed.

Qi Yun’s figure completely manifested above the void of All Marvelous Heaven.

He still wore that Deep Blue Daoist Robe, yet now it was spotless, flowing with a gentle, primal, multicolored luster. His loose black hair fluttered without wind, each strand seemingly containing the trajectory of a miniature Star River.

He floated silently in the void. Though he didn’t deliberately exude any pressure, his mere existence caused the flowing Dao Rhyme of the entire All Marvelous Heaven to faintly center around him.

He slowly raised his eyes. The sharp sword light and blazing battle intent from before were gone from his gaze. In their place were fathomless, primal, multicolored pupils that seemed to contain the birth and death of the myriad heavens and the convergence of the Ten Thousand Laws.

All around him, various Fruit Positions of different shapes and sizes hung high, each radiating a terrifyingly majestic Dao Rhyme and Supreme majesty. Qi Yun’s gaze calmly swept over these diverse Dao Fruits, a faint smile slowly appearing on his lips.

"The Ten Thousand Laws compete in their flow, each with its own path.

"However..."

He muttered softly, leaving the sentence unfinished.

Then, under the focused gaze of all the True Monarchs, he slowly raised his right hand, extending his index and middle fingers together like a sword. There was no sharp edge at his fingertips, only a highly condensed wisp of primal, multicolored light. It quietly swirled, containing all the colors and evolutionary profundities since the dawn of time.

As his fingers moved like dragons and snakes, Dao Rhyme naturally birthed.

SWISH!

Wherever his fingertips passed, two deep streaks naturally seeped out, flowing with endless primal, multicolored light!

The streaks intertwined, extended, and solidified. Ultimately, they transformed into two colossal, ancient, and vigorous Ancient Seal characters:

[Primordial]!

BOOM!!!

The moment the two characters were carved, the entirety of All Marvelous Heaven violently quaked!

The two characters for [Primordial] hung high in the center of All Marvelous Heaven. They shone brilliantly, radiating a boundless, Supreme Dao Rhyme and majesty that ruled over the Ten Thousand Laws here and encompassed all phenomena across the heavens! The intensity of their light and the fierceness of their Dao Rhyme made the True Monarch Dao Fruits around them—which had originally exuded a similarly magnificent aura—appear somewhat dim and insignificant!

Witnessing this unbelievable and unprecedented scene, the group of True Monarchs who had been quietly watching from afar simultaneously held their breath! The calm, complex, and scrutinizing expressions on their faces all turned into uncontainable shock and horror at this very moment.

"Carving the Celestial Dao with a Daoist Skill to brand one’s true name?!"

"He... He actually ’wrote’ his own Dao directly onto the origin of All Marvelous Heaven?!"

Although this was their first time seeing such a spectacle, a remarkably clear sensation and resonance stemming from the instinct of the Great Dao echoed like a massive bell in the deepest parts of every True Monarch’s Dao Heart. It reverberated endlessly.

They wondered if the Dao this person practiced and the path he walked were actually the correct ones.

This thought was like a wildfire, instantly igniting a spark in the eyes of all the True Monarchs! The shock gradually faded, replaced by an indescribable, burning curiosity and desire to investigate.

Qi Yun felt the burning, complex gazes surrounding him, but his expression remained calm. He slowly turned around, facing the group of True Monarchs with their unfathomable auras, and met their eyes candidly. Then, with a smooth yet invisibly majestic tone, he spoke aloud, his voice transmitting clearly into the ears of every True Monarch.

"I have undergone tribulations to seek the Dao and have observed the Ten Thousand Laws.

"Today, at the absolute peak of the Profound Yellow Realm, the Ten Thousand Laws converge, and the Primordial is first opened.

"Since the Great Dao is achieved, it must have its name, and it must have its place.

"My Dao Title is—"

He paused slightly and looked up. His gaze seemed to pierce through the True Monarchs before him, gazing toward the endless path of the Dao.

"Primordial.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoists."

As his words fell, the lingering echoes curled in the air.

Primordial!

This two-character Dao Title resonated with the hanging Ancient Seal characters for [Primordial] behind him, weighing heavily upon the heart of every True Monarch.

Looking at the towering figure before them—who was clearly overly young yet exuded a profound Dao Rhyme and invisible majesty that made even old monsters like them, who had lived for countless millennia, feel a sense of dread—the group of True Monarchs fell into a brief silence.

Qingyuan Dao Seeking True Monarch had a complicated look in his eyes, Vast Sea Dust True Monarch furrowed his brows slightly, King Saint True Monarch’s gaze was deep, and True Monarch Zhuanglun’s aura grew obscure.

Ultimately, it was True Monarch Wu Dao of the Holy Sect who took the lead in breaking the silence. The gray fog around him rippled slightly as he stepped forward. Facing Qi Yun, he slowly cupped his hands and bowed, performing a solemn greeting proper for peers. His voice transmitted calmly and candidly through the gray mist.

"Wu Dao... greets Fellow Daoist Primordial."

With someone taking the lead, the remaining True Monarchs—regardless of their inner thoughts—reined in their expressions and suppressed their personal motives in the face of this established fact and the invisible pressure of the word "Primordial."

Desolate Halberd True Monarch grinned, revealing a smile that was hard to decipher whether it was smug or sentimental, and followed suit by cupping his hands.

Qingyuan Dao Seeking True Monarch gave Qi Yun a deep look and also slowly cupped his hands.

Vast Sea Dust, King Saint, Zhuanglun... One by one, these Supreme Beings—who were renowned throughout the Profound Yellow Realm and commanded their own domains—simultaneously cupped their hands in return to Qi Yun.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Primordial!"

Though not perfectly unified, their converged voices carried an indescribable weight that faintly echoed throughout All Marvelous Heaven. This single address of "Fellow Daoist" meant they acknowledged Qi Yun’s equal standing with them!

Seeing this, Qi Yun nodded slightly as a return greeting.

He then shifted his gaze away from the True Monarchs and began to slowly survey this boundless expanse of All Marvelous Heaven, where Dao Rhyme flowed like an ocean. The primal, multicolored light swirled in his eyes once more, as if capable of piercing through all illusions to reach the essence of all things.

He saw that beneath the cover of the endless sea of Dao Rhyme light and the glow of the True Monarch Dao Fruits, the very edges and lowest foundational void barriers of All Marvelous Heaven had somehow been branded with countless Ancient Buddha Sanskrit characters! They were so miniscule they were almost unnoticeable, yet they radiated a faint golden hue.

These Sanskrit characters linked together, forming a colossal, invisible net that covered the entire perimeter of All Marvelous Heaven, completely sealing this place!

BUZZ!!

As if sensing the prying of Qi Yun’s gaze—which contained the "Primordial" Dao Rhyme—the originally hidden golden Sanskrit characters abruptly burst with brilliant light!

BOOM!

Endless golden Buddha Light erupted from the edge barriers of All Marvelous Heaven, soaring into the sky! Within the Buddha Light, countless Sanskrit characters danced, combined, and expanded!

In an instant, a towering, golden phantom of a Buddha manifested fiercely from the boundless Buddha Light. It was so massive it seemed capable of forcibly bursting the entirety of All Marvelous Heaven apart!

This Buddha was far more colossal, solid, and majestic than the avatar that had descended upon the West Sea using the body of Arhat Mola Pill!

Its face was gentle and full of Compassion, wearing a smile, yet the eyes that slowly opened revealed the freezing apathy of an entity looking down on all living beings with complete indifference! Deep within those pupils, countless miniature Buddha Countries seemed to be born and destroyed, and billions of believers could be heard chanting sutras. Furthermore, an unquestionable, terrifying pressure of acting on behalf of the heavens descended like physical mountains, locking firmly onto Qi Yun!

"Amitabha..."

The magnificent, vast chanting of the Buddha’s name, sounding as if it echoed from the end of primordial time, shook All Marvelous Heaven!

"You evil demon, who rebels against the Celestial Dao, wreaks havoc upon the Profound Yellow Realm, and steals a Fruit Position through treacherous means. You are a great omen of misfortune to all the heavens and myriad realms!

"Today, I shall suppress and obliterate your body to rectify the laws of heaven!"

Before its words had even finished echoing, the towering golden Buddha slowly raised a golden Buddha’s Hand—one capable of lifting billions of Star Rivers, with palm lines resembling mountain ranges and deep ravines!

In the center of the palm, a massive, slowly rotating Swastika Buddha Seal abruptly lit up!

The Buddha Seal contained boundless power of sealing, salvation, and Power of Destruction. Furthermore, it was intertwined with a vast ocean of faith, Wish Power, and Karma!

The unimaginably terrifying pressure locked Qi Yun in a death grip!

WHOOSH!

The robes of all the True Monarchs fluttered wildly, their expressions instantly hardening! Even they felt a strong sense of threat from the might of this Buddha’s avatar!

"Not good!" Desolate Halberd True Monarch frowned. He instantly gripped his Desolate Heaven Halberd, which let out a low thrum as he prepared to step forward.

However, True Monarch Wu Dao beside him revealed a strange divine light in his eyes. He raised a hand, gently stopping him.

"Don’t panic," True Monarch Wu Dao’s voice drifted through the gray fog, carrying a hint of imperceptible profound meaning. "Look closely."

"Look? Look at what?" Desolate Halberd True Monarch paused. Following True Monarch Wu Dao’s prompt, he raised his head and gazed intently once more.

With this look, his expression suddenly became even more stunned, even carrying a trace of disbelief.

He saw that facing the boundless Buddha’s Hand—which was about to slam down, connecting heaven and earth, and containing the might to destroy everything—Qi Yun’s expression remained calm.

He raised his eyes slightly. With those pupils reflecting primal, multicolored light, he plainly "glanced" at the enormous golden Buddha.

"I am an evil demon?

"Heh..."

A few soft chuckles, stripped of any discernible emotion, escaped his lips.

The next instant, the smile on Qi Yun’s face completely vanished!

The multicolored light in his eyes suddenly sharpened like an eternal, freezing blade. At the exact same moment, his voice pitched higher, growing colder, carrying an absolute dominance that looked down upon and disdained everything as it explosively roared out.

"I have always been an evil demon!

"If you have the ability, descend with your true body and kill me!"

BOOM!!!

The moment Qi Yun’s words fell, the void above the Celestial Vault of All Marvelous Heaven—which was illuminated by the light of the word "Primordial"—violently twisted and collapsed!

The next moment, a giant, multicolored hand—even more massive than the golden Buddha, entirely condensed from the purest, most majestic primal, multicolored light—boomed into existence directly above the golden Buddha’s head!

As soon as the giant multicolored hand appeared, it assumed an unrivaled, peerlessly domineering stance. With its five fingers spread wide, it ruthlessly grasped downward at the equally colossal golden Buddha below!

BUZZ!

The golden Buddha was firmly seized in the palm of this giant multicolored hand!

The next fraction of a second, the five fingers of the multicolored hand gripping the golden Buddha exerted a sudden, terrifying force!

RUMBLE!!!!

A horrifying blast, sounding as if the entire world were being crushed, fiercely detonated!

Under the shocked and stunned gazes of all the True Monarchs, that towering, infinitely powerful golden Buddha avatar—which represented a portion of the World Honored One’s will and power—was forcibly crushed to pieces by the giant multicolored hand!

Countless thick, golden cracks instantly covered the Buddha’s gigantic body!

The entire Buddha avatar explosively disintegrated! It transformed into boundless fragments of golden Buddha Light, like a shower of golden rain sweeping across all of All Marvelous Heaven. It showered down, mixed with specks of golden dust that were the remnants of faith, Wish Power, and Karma!

Wherever the golden light passed, the Ancient Buddha Sanskrit characters branded on the barriers of All Marvelous Heaven let out hissing wails. Their light quickly dimmed and faded, eventually completely vanishing into nothingness!

The invisible seal and sense of oppression that had shrouded All Marvelous Heaven for who knew how long instantly dissipated into thin air!

In this moment, the entirety of All Marvelous Heaven suddenly felt much lighter.

After crushing the Buddha, the giant multicolored hand slowly opened. It transformed into a sky full of primal, multicolored motes of light, merging into the surrounding void and disappearing from sight.

Only that figure in deep blue stood tall, his hands clasped behind his back, his expression calm.

His robes fluttered with Supreme majesty.

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