Chapter 309

White Xuan and the three others fled in disarray, the shockwaves they brought still not subsided, Wang Ping's news of crushing three Five Elements Clan Nascent Soul prodigies with a single Five Elements Divine Light spread like wings, astonishingly fast within the Ninth Dao Institute, and quickly spreading beyond.

For a time, "Wang Ping", "Chaotic Five Elements Nascent Soul", and "Five Elements Divine Light" became hotly discussed terms among the Ninth Dao Institute disciples and even cultivators in the surrounding areas.

Astonishment, admiration, curiosity, doubt... various emotions intertwined. But no matter what, Wang Ping's strength and status had, through this battle, received preliminary yet extraordinarily solid confirmation within the Ninth Dao Institute and even a broader scope.

However, just as Jiang Mingyuan had anticipated, and just as Wang Ping himself had sensed, the tree desires calm but the wind will not stop.

The Five Elements Clan's probing was easily crushed, not only failing to intimidate other interested parties, but instead, like throwing a larger stone onto a lake already surging with dark currents, it stirred up stronger ripples and attracted even greater predators.

Only two days later.

Outside the mountain gate of the Ninth Dao Institute, the ten-thousand-li clear sky was suddenly torn apart by two surges of immense, unstoppable demonic aura!

In the eastern sky, clouds surged, a high-pitched, majestic dragon's roar, seemingly from ancient primordial times, shook the universe! Only to see a virtual shadow of a giant dragon, a hundred zhang long, its entire body covered in jade-like green scales, breaking through the clouds and soaring over. Dragon might surged, sweeping the four directions, causing the hearts and spirits of disciples with slightly weaker cultivation near the mountain gate to tremble violently, nearly wanting to prostrate.

As the dragon shadow approached the mountain gate, it suddenly contracted, transforming into a stalwart youth with a rugged face, a pair of crystal-clear jade horns on his head, wearing a blue dragon-patterned battle robe, standing in the void.

His eyes were like lightning, his gaze carrying an aura of looking down upon the world, wind and thunder faintly following him—he was the young Nascent Soul prodigy of the Azure Dragon lineage of the demon race—AO Qing!

The western sky, however, was a splendid expanse of seven-colored rosy light, celestial music faintly audible, exotic fragrance assailing the nose. Within the rosy light, a virtual shadow of a celestial phoenix appeared, its wings spanning dozens of zhang, its entire body burning with unextinguished seven-colored divine flames, its tail feathers magnificently splendid, displaying an elegant and noble posture as it gracefully arrived. Noble, fervent, auspicious aura permeated, forming a stark contrast to the Azure Dragon's domineering majesty.

The phoenix shadow retracted, revealing a woman dressed in seven-colored feather robes, her face peerlessly beautiful, her bearing elegant and noble.

She stood barefoot in the void, her ankles adorned with golden bells, her eyes flowing as if flames danced within—she was the pearl of the Celestial Phoenix lineage of the demon race—FENG Ni!

Two top-tier prodigies of the younger generation of the demon race arrived together!

Unlike the Five Elements Clan's challenge under the guise of "discussing the Dao" and "seeking verification", AO Qing and FENG Ni's arrival carried the demon race's characteristic straightforwardness and wildness.

They did not conceal their aura; that immense demonic power and bloodline pressure, like two great mountains, pressed upon the Ninth Dao Institute's mountain gate above, drawing several powerful divine senses from deep within the institute to sweep over, carrying a warning meaning, but they did not directly act to drive them away. Evidently, the higher-ups were also observing.

"Where is Wang Ping of the Ninth Dao Institute?" AO Qing's voice rang like a great bell, rolling sound waves spreading inside and outside the mountain gate, "I am AO Qing of the Azure Dragon Clan, having heard you bear the True Sun Fire, your divine abilities are extraordinary. Today I have come specially to seek instruction, to see whether your human race's True Sun Fire is formidable, or whether my Azure Dragon Clan's innate dragon breath is stronger!"

FENG Ni's voice was clear and pleasant to hear, yet equally carried an undeniable haughtiness: "Celestial Phoenix Clan, FENG Ni. I have long heard Daoist Wang Ping's Five Elements Dao arts are exquisite, especially skilled in the Yin Wood Divine Thunder. My Celestial Phoenix Clan, born from bathing in fire, wields the True Flame of Nirvana, which most restrains the Wood attribute. Daoist, do you dare to fight me, to verify the Way of Water and Fire?"

Although the two's words did not explicitly state a challenge, that surging fighting spirit and their lofty posture had already revealed their intent. Moreover, they named Wang Ping's True Sun Fire and Yin Wood Divine Thunder as their targets, clearly indicating they had deeply understood Wang Ping's information, coming prepared.

Inside and outside the mountain gate, countless Ninth Dao Institute disciples looked up in anticipation, both nervous and excited. The Five Elements Clan had just been repelled, and now the two royal prodigies of the demon race followed closely! Wang Ping's martial uncle, can he continue the undefeated myth?

Inside the cave dwelling, Wang Ping slowly opened his eyes. After two days of adjusting his breath, his state had already returned to peak. He was not surprised by the arrival of AO Qing and FENG Ni.

The demon race venerates strength, the strong are honored. My fame has soared, and I have displayed powerful divine abilities that restrain the Five Elements (to some extent also restraining some demon race attributes), attracting the challenge of the demon race's top prodigies—this is perfectly normal.

"Good. The True Sun Fire and Yin Wood Divine Thunder have just broken through, and they need a suitable opponent for verification." Wang Ping rose to his full height, a flash of sharp light passing through his eyes. The battle with the Five Elements Clan was more about verifying the governing and suppressive power of the Five Elements Divine Light, while the battle with the demon race might better test the ultimate power of specific attribute divine abilities.

His body flickered, and he had already appeared above the mountain gate, facing off against AO Qing and FENG Ni from afar.

"Two Daoists have come from afar, Wang Mou has failed to welcome you properly." Wang Ping spoke calmly, facing the two demon race prodigies of noble bloodline and immense aura, his expression was tranquil, neither humble nor arrogant,

"Since it is for exchange and verification, Wang Mou will naturally accompany. May I ask which of you will come first? Or... shall you both bestow your instruction?" The last sentence carried a hint of a smile that was not quite a smile.

AO Qing raised his thick brows, a flash of anger and arrogance appearing in his dragon eyes: "To deal with you, why need to join forces? I will come first! Let you see what true dragon race power is!"

Having said that, he no longer wasted words, roaring toward the heavens with a heaven-shaking dragon's roar! His figure instantly expanded, actually directly manifesting part of the Azure Dragon's true form!

The upper body remained human-shaped, but his arms and back were already covered with heavy green dragon scales, his hands transformed into ferocious dragon claws, a thick dragon tail swayed behind him, whipping the air with crackling sounds!

Violent demonic power surged outward like a storm, dark clouds gathered in the sky, faintly with lightning flashing.

"Azure Dragon Explores Claw, Tears Heaven and Rends Earth!"

AO Qing roared, his right claw suddenly thrust out, instantly transforming into a virtual shadow of a terrifying dragon claw, tens of zhang in diameter, covered in hard dragon scales, entwined with green wind and thunder, carrying the supreme might to tear apart the firmament and shake the earth, descending upon Wang Ping's head!

Even before the claw wind arrived, that fierce sharpness and heavy pressure had already caused the mountain stones below to crack and trees to fall!

This claw had already surpassed the range of an ordinary early Nascent Soul, infinitely approaching the middle Nascent Soul!

AO Qing, as a prodigy of the Azure Dragon Clan, has a formidable physique, and his innate divine abilities are extraordinarily powerful; he unleashed a killing move as soon as he acted, obviously intending to crush Wang Ping with absolute power to recover the demon race's face possibly damaged after the Five Elements Clan's retreat.

"Well come!" Wang Ping's eyes flashed with sharp light, he advanced instead of retreating! Facing that sky-covering dragon claw, he made a virtual grasp with his right hand, and in his palm, a point of gold-red fire suddenly ignited!

"True Sun Fire, Gold Yang Burns Heaven!"

Hum!

That point of fire instantly expanded, forming a red-gold great sun several feet in diameter, purely composed of the True Sun Fire refined to the utmost! The light of this great sun was not particularly blinding, yet it emitted a supreme scorching heat and dominance originating from the source of the myriad stars in the heavens, purifying all things and burning away evil!

Wang Ping waved his arm, this red-gold great sun, like a meteor chasing the moon, fiercely collided with the incoming green dragon claw!

Fire against dragon claw!

Utmost heat and purifying power against utmost sharpness and strength!

Hiss——!!!

Like a red-hot iron block dropped into icy water, a piercing burning and energy annihilation sound exploded! That seemingly indestructible, wind-and-thunder-entwined green dragon claw virtual shadow, upon contacting the red-gold great sun, first had its wind-and-thunder power burned away, then immediately, the hard dragon claw virtual shadow began to rapidly soften, turn red, and then... melt!

True Sun Fire, the source of all fires, utmost yang and utmost rigid, specially restrains yin and evil, and also has an extremely strong restraining and purifying effect on most flesh, scale, and armor attributes! Although the Azure Dragon claw is strong, its power essence ultimately leans toward the "wood" and "water" generating wind and thunder and fleshly power, and in the face of the higher-grade True Sun Fire, it naturally suffers suppression!

"What?!" AO Qing's pupils suddenly contracted, he felt the power contained in his dragon claw divine ability being rapidly melted and purified by that golden flame! A scorching stabbing sensation followed the divine ability connection, leaving him both startled and angry.

He let out a furious roar, his Azure Dragon blood boiled, more demonic power frantically surged into the dragon claw virtual shadow, attempting to overwhelm with force, to crush that golden fireball.

However, Wang Ping's mastery of the True Sun Fire had long since changed from what it once was. With a slight thought, that red-gold great sun suddenly contracted inward, temperature and energy instantly condensed to the utmost, then—

Boom—exploded!

Not a dispersive explosion, but transformed into countless threads as fine as silk, yet condensed to the utmost, gold-red fire lines, like a violent rain, shooting toward the entire dragon claw virtual shadow, and toward AO Qing's true body behind it!

"Ten Thousand Fires Pierce the Heart!"

Pop pop pop pop!

Dense piercing sounds rang out! That enormous dragon claw virtual shadow was instantly pierced through by countless fire lines, like a giant sieve, full of holes, immediately completely collapsing, dissolving into scattered green spiritual light.

Some fire lines even pierced through the void, directly shooting at AO Qing! AO Qing's face changed greatly, his dragon tail fiercely swept, laying layer upon layer of green wind and thunder barriers before him, simultaneously his dragon scales radiated brilliance, defending with all his might.

Hiss hiss hiss!

The wind and thunder barriers were easily pierced and burned through by the fire lines! Finally, several fire lines still struck AO Qing's protective dragon scales, leaving specks of scorched black marks, although they did not truly break through the defense, that scorching stabbing pain and the unique purifying aura of the True Sun Fire invaded his body, causing his qi and blood to surge turbulently, extremely uncomfortable.

In the first round of clash, Wang Ping, with the True Sun Fire, directly broke through AO Qing's Azure Dragon Explores Claw, and even gained a slight advantage!

"True Sun Fire... truly domineering!" AO Qing shook his somewhat numb right arm (transformed from the dragon claw), his fighting intent grew stronger, yet he lost a few traces of contempt, "But if you think the dragon race only has this much ability, then you are gravely mistaken! Receive my innate divine ability—Azure Dragon Breath!"

AO Qing drew a deep breath, his chest bulging high as if he had swallowed an ocean. He opened his mouth and exhaled!

Boom!!!

A scorching dragon breath fire pillar, over a zhang in diameter, refined to the extreme, flickering with destructive azure lightning within, like a volcanic eruption, carrying the terrifying might of burning heavens and boiling seas, annihilating all things, surged toward Wang Ping!

This dragon breath was not mere flame, but a composite attack fusing the Azure Dragon's natal demonic fire, wind and thunder power, and a trace of draconic bloodline pressure, with astonishingly high temperature, strong corrosiveness and impact force, its power far surpassing the previous Azure Dragon Probe Claw!

"Now that's more like it." Wang Ping's expression remained calm, facing the heaven- and earth-destroying dragon breath fire pillar, he did not again use the Solar True Fire to clash head-on.

The previous strike had already tested the Solar True Fire's restraining effect on the dragon breath, but the dragon breath was too vast, and direct confrontation would incur great consumption.

His hands moved rapidly before his chest, tracing profound trajectories. The water-phase Nascent Soul within his body flickered slightly, generating a subtle resonance with the fire-phase (Solar True Fire).

"Water and fire in harmony, yin and yang giving birth! Solar True Fire, Lunar Yin Chill—Two Forms Annihilation!"

As Wang Ping uttered the low cry, a cluster of profound, deep azure, ultimate cold Lunar Yin Annihilation Chill appeared in his left palm, while his right palm bore the shrunken crimson-gold great sun. The next moment, his hands suddenly clasped together!

Ice and fire, extreme cold and extreme heat, the powers of two extreme attributes, under Wang Ping's exquisite and peerless control, were not a simple collision explosion, but at the moment of contact, a strange "annihilation" reaction occurred!

A grayish haze, as if capable of melting all energy and matter, carrying an aura of great annihilation, a strange halo spread from Wang Ping's palm, rushing toward the roaring Azure Dragon's breath!

The grayish haze halo met the azure dragon breath fire pillar.

No loud sound, no explosion.

Like a red-hot branding iron plunged into the absolute zero depths of icy abyss, or like a raging flood striking an invisible dam. The violent, fierce dragon breath, upon touching the grayish haze halo, had its internal energy structure seemingly "vetoed" and "dissolved" by some higher power, rapidly dimming, calming, and then... silently vanishing!

As if it had never existed!

Two Forms Annihilation, through the extreme clash of opposing attributes, simulates the momentary effect of "chaos returning to unity," specially breaking all energy-form aggregated attacks!

"This... what divine ability is this?!" Ao Qing stared dumbfounded, unable to believe that his full-force exhaled dragon breath had vanished so strangely. He felt the Dao resonance within the grayish haze halo made his soul tremble.

Wang Ping would not give him time to react. At the instant the dragon breath was shattered, his body like lightning, he had already pierced through the dissipating energy remnants, closing in on Ao Qing!

"Take another palm of mine! Five Phases Revolve, Break!"

Wang Ping's right palm struck out, five-colored light flowing in his palm, five-phase spiritual power instantly completing multiple cycles of mutual generation and restriction, power layered upon layer, finally condensing into an extremely refined five-colored palm print, imprinting toward Ao Qing's chest! This palm, though appearing simple, contained the ultimate truth of the five phases' mutual generation and restriction, instantly erupting the power of the five attributes in the most violent manner!

Ao Qing, in haste, crossed his arms to block, dragon scale light blazing to the extreme.

Boom!!!

A dull thud like striking leather! Ao Qing only felt a mountain-moving, sea-overturning force, also carrying the tearing and penetrating power of five different attributes, surge upon him, his arms in excruciating pain, dragon scales shattering in several pieces, his whole body as if struck by a primordial beast, he spat out a mouthful of dragon blood with faint golden specks, his form flying backward like a meteor for several hundred zhang before barely stabilizing, his breath already weakened and disordered, obviously having suffered serious internal injury.

Victory decided!

Wang Ping lowered his palm and stood, breath steady, as if that thunderous close-range strike just now had not cost him much strength.

"You're welcome." Wang Ping said lightly to Ao Qing, whose face was ashen and still unable to believe it.

Ao Qing stared fixedly at Wang Ping, his chest heaving violently, finally, he drew a deep breath, suppressed the surging qi and blood and humiliation, gritted his teeth and said:

"Solar True Fire, Five Phases Divine Ability... indeed lives up to its reputation! I, Ao Qing... have lost!" Having said that, he did not linger, took a deep look at Wang Ping, transformed into an azure dragon phantom, and tore through the void, his retreating figure carrying a touch of desolation and unwillingness.

Azure Dragon Clan Ao Qing, defeated!

The Dao Institute disciples watching below again erupted in earth-shaking cheers! Master Uncle Wang victorious in battle after battle, first defeated the Three Heavenly Pride of the Metal Clan, then defeated Ao Qing of the Azure Dragon Clan! What mighty and invincible prowess!

And at this moment, only Feng Ni of the Phoenix Clan remained in the arena.

Feng Ni had witnessed the clash between Ao Qing and Wang Ping from beginning to end, her beautiful eyes flashing with varied colors, both marveling at Wang Ping's strength and deeply wary of the Solar True Fire and that "Two Forms Annihilation" divine ability. She had originally planned to challenge Wang Ping's Yin Wood Divine Thunder, but seeing Wang Ping so powerfully defeat Ao Qing, the pride of her Phoenix bloodline in her heart was instead utterly ignited.

"Daoist Wang, your divine abilities are vast, Feng Ni admires you." Feng Ni stepped forward gracefully, her voice still clear, yet with a hint of solemnity, "However, my Phoenix Clan also possesses dignity and strength not to be lightly insulted. Daoist, you just displayed Solar True Fire, its power peerless. But I wonder, is your Yin Wood Divine Thunder also as legendary, able to restrain my Phoenix Clan's Nirvana True Flame?"

As she spoke, seven-colored divine flames rose around her, behind her a vast Phoenix phantom faintly unfurled its wings, noble and fervent. The temperature in the air rose sharply, even space slightly twisted. She obviously had elevated her state to peak, preparing to give her all.

Wang Ping looked toward Feng Ni, able to feel the surging and pure fire-origin power within her body, which also contained a trace of the strange "Nirvana," "Rebirth" artistic conception, indeed extraordinary.

"Daoist Feng Ni, since you have this elegant interest, I, Wang, shall naturally accompany you. Please." Wang Ping gestured with his hand.

"Be careful!" Feng Ni said no more, her jade hand lightly raised, seven-colored divine flames instantly boiling over her body!

"Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens!"

Her figure began to dance gracefully, like a nine-heavens fairy descending to the mortal realm, her dance posture peerlessly beautiful, yet carrying deadly danger! As she danced, countless seven-colored fire feather plumes detached from her body, transforming into streaks of fierce, scorching fire-flowing light, covering the sky and earth as they shot toward Wang Ping!

These fire feathers were not only extremely hot, but their trajectories were erratic, carrying the momentum of wind and fire, and moreover bore a strange rhythm that disturbed the mind and lured one into depravity, precisely one of the slaughter arts famed in the spiritual realm by the Phoenix Clan!

The sky-filling fire feathers, like a gorgeous yet deadly meteor shower, sealed off all of Wang Ping's evasion space!

Wang Ping's expression unchanged, he did not even move his feet. He slowly raised his right index finger, fingertip a vivid, dripping green, full of vitality yet harboring destructive aura, lightning quietly leaping.

"Yin Wood Divine Thunder, endless life."

He pointed lightly into the void ahead.

This point, like a point dropped into the center of a calm lake.

Hum!

With Wang Ping's fingertip as center, rings of verdant lightning ripples spread like water waves, quickly expanding to a radius of a hundred zhang! Where the ripples passed, the void seemed infused with endless vitality, yet also as if stirred by the most primal destruction.

Those seven-colored fire feather plumes shooting toward them, upon contacting the verdant lightning ripples, did not, like the previous Azure Dragon's breath, get directly "annihilated." On the contrary, they seemed infused with excessive "vitality," their internal stable burning fire structure forcibly altered, catalyzed, expanded!

Wood generates fire, which is natural mutual generation. But the "wood-phase vitality" contained in the Yin Wood Divine Thunder is truly too pure, too overbearing, while Feng Ni's seven-colored divine flames, though strong, ultimately have a "fire" foundation. Under the frenzied injection of excessive and mutually generating "wood-phase vitality," part of the fire feather plumes violently expanded, then... lost control and exploded!

Another part became abnormally "lively," their trajectories utterly disordered, colliding with each other, even rolling back!

Boom boom boom! Hiss hiss hiss!

The sky-filling fire feathers, before even approaching within ten zhang of Wang Ping, had already exploded on their own, disordered, and annihilated most of themselves! The remaining scattered attacks were also easily swept away by the five-colored divine light that automatically appeared on Wang Ping's body surface!

Feng Ni's dance posture paused slightly, a flash of shock in her beautiful eyes. Her "Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens" divine ability, its essence lies in using dance posture to draw upon the fire spirits of heaven and earth, forming a sky-covering, all-penetrating fire domain attack.

It also possesses the effect of disturbing the mind. Never had she thought she would be so easily broken by this "catalyzing vitality, drawing upon fire phase disorder" method!

"What an excellent Yin Wood Divine Thunder! Actually applying the wood-generates-fire principle to such an extent, counteracting our clan's divine flame!" Feng Ni lightly bit her silver teeth, knowing ordinary divine abilities would not prevail. Behind her, the Phoenix phantom let out a cry, her wings suddenly flapped!

"Nirvana True Flame, Burn the World!"

A point of pure white flame, pure to the extreme, as if able to cleanse all worldly filth, yet also carrying the artistic conception of burning all things to return to emptiness, slowly spat out from the Phoenix phantom's mouth.

This flame was initially only thumb-sized, but upon its appearance, the light of the entire heaven and earth seemed to dim for an instant, as if all brilliance were absorbed by it. A terrifyingly high temperature, far surpassing the previous seven-colored divine flames, with an aura of purification and destruction, spread out!

Nirvana True Flame! The Phoenix Clan's box-bottom natal true fire! Legend says this fire can burn all things to extinction, yet also from ashes generate a trace of Nirvana vitality, its power boundless!

That point of pure white flame slowly drifted toward Wang Ping, not fast, yet carrying a strange feeling of locking onto the soul, unavoidable. Where it passed, space was scorched with faint black traces, long unable to heal.

Facing this legendary Phoenix true fire, Wang Ping's eyes finally flashed with a trace of solemnity. He could feel that the essence of this Nirvana True Flame was extremely high, even not inferior to his own Solar True Fire, and its properties strange; pure Yin Wood Divine Thunder catalysis would likely be ineffective, possibly even countered (fire overcomes wood).

"Looks like I need to bring out some real skill." Wang Ping muttered to himself, his hands again forming seals.

This time, he simultaneously activated the power of the Wood-element Nascent Soul and the Fire-element Nascent Soul (True Solar Fire), and further infused a thread of insight into "the cycle of life and death" and "nirvana rebirth."

"Yin Wood Divine Thunder, True Solar Fire—cycle of life and death, thunder and fire purgatory!"

Wang Ping pushed forward with both palms! In his left palm, the verdant Yin Wood Divine Thunder was no longer gentle, but transformed into countless furious azure thunder dragons, roaring forth and intertwining into a sea of thunder brimming with destructive vitality! In his right palm, the crimson-gold True Solar Fire surged and billowed, transforming into countless golden fire crows filling the sky, shrieking and dancing, forming a world of flames that burned the heavens and boiled the seas!

The thunder sea and fire sea did not merge, but under Wang Ping's precise control, they circled, collided, and rubbed against each other along a mysterious trajectory! Thunder and fire, two equally violent forces, in their fierce clash and collision, produced countless tiny, ash-black electric sparks containing the artistic conception of "annihilation," "end," and yet secretly harboring a thread of new life!

These ash-black electric sparks, dense and numerous, instantly filled the vast space before Wang Ping, forming a chaotic, violent domain brimming with destructive energy—the "Thunderfire Purgatory"!

That slowly drifting speck of pure white nirvana true flame head-on collided into this "Thunderfire Purgatory"!

Zizi——!!!

The ear-piercing sound of energy annihilation and collision pierced the clouds! Pure white flame and ash-black electric sparks madly entwined, tore, and annihilated! The Nirvana True Flame sought to purify and incinerate all, while the Thunderfire Purgatory opposed it with endless violence and conflict, subjecting it to the most savage erosion and offset!

This was a clash of essence, a collision of Dao and法!

Feng Ni's face turned pale as she strained to maintain the output of the Nirvana True Flame. She had not expected Wang Ping to simultaneously control the Yin Wood Divine Thunder and True Solar Fire to such a exquisite degree, and moreover, to simulate a destructive domain akin to "heavenly tribulation thunder" or "declining dharma" through this extreme opposition, to counter her Nirvana True Flame!

Wang Ping likewise felt immense pressure, simultaneously maintaining high-intensity output and exquisite control of two top-tier spiritual objects, the consumption of spiritual power and mind being terrifying. But his gaze was firm, the chaotic five elements Nascent Soul slightly rotating, providing an endless stream of pure spiritual power and Dao support.

The stalemate lasted approximately ten breaths.

After ten breaths, that speck of pure white Nirvana True Flame, ultimately too little in quantity, under the boundless, endless erosion of the Thunderfire Purgatory, gradually dimmed its light, and finally with a "pfft," was completely annihilated.

And Wang Ping's Thunderfire Purgatory likewise gradually dissipated.

Both withdrew their hands, their breaths somewhat fluctuating.

Feng Ni's chest rose and fell slightly, sweat beading her brow, her gaze toward Wang Ping filled with complexity. She knew her strongest innate true flame had been broken by the opponent, she had indeed lost. The opponent's means of simultaneously commanding two top-tier spiritual objects and simulating a domain of life-and-death destruction was truly unheard of and unseen.

"Daoist Wang, your divine powers are unmatched under heaven, Feng Ni… willingly bows before you." Feng Ni let out a soft sigh, withdrew her divine flames and the phantom behind her, and bowed slightly to Wang Ping, her tone much more sincere, "Today's battle, I have benefited greatly. Your understanding of the five elements, thunder and fire, and the way of birth and destruction, is admirable. If fate permits in the future, I hope to again discuss the Dao with you, Daoist."

"Daoist, you are too kind. The True Flame of the Heavenly Phoenix lives up to its name." Wang Ping likewise returned the salute with clasped fists. His impression of Feng Ni was not bad; though she was proud, her conduct was still fairly upright.

Feng Ni nodded, said no more, transformed into a streak of seven-colored rosy light, and departed gracefully, her posture still elegant, but lacking the initial air of superiority.

The Heavenly Phoenix Clan's Feng Ni, also defeated!

Thus, the young Nascent Soul heaven's pride of the two great royal clans of the demon race, Azure Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix, who came to challenge, were all defeated by Wang Ping!

Inside and outside the mountain gate, after a brief silence, erupted a wave of cheers that nearly overturned the heavens!

"Won! Won again!"

"Martial Uncle Wang is invincible!"

"Five Elements Divine Light! True Solar Fire! Yin Wood Divine Thunder! And that mysterious Two Instruments Annihilation and Thunderfire Purgatory… so strong!"

"My Ninth Dao Institute, having such a heaven's pride, what is there to worry about not flourishing!"

Countless disciples of the Dao Institute, excited to the point of flushed ears and red faces, waving hands and stomping feet, happier than if they themselves had broken through. Even some instructors and elders of Nascent Soul stage who rushed over upon hearing the news, gazing at the blue-robed figure in the sky, were filled with shock and relief.

After this series of battles, Wang Ping first defeated the three heaven's pride of the Five Elements Clan, then defeated the demon race's Ao Qing and Feng Ni, five battles, five victories, and all were won with an almost crushing superiority! His displayed strength, divine powers, and profound understanding of the Dao had already completely conquered all onlookers, and firmly established his title of "Unrivaled Heaven's Pride"!

It can be foreseen that after today, the name "Wang Ping," together with his signature divine powers such as the "Chaotic Five Elements Nascent Soul," "Five Elements Divine Light," "True Solar Fire," and "Yin Wood Divine Thunder," will spread like wildfire throughout the younger generation of the spiritual realm!

The title "Five Elements Dao Son" may thus spread without legs, truly resonating throughout the spiritual realm!

Wang Ping stood suspended in the void, feeling the tidal cheers from below and the various gazes from all directions, yet his heart remained largely undisturbed. Victory was certainly gratifying, but this was only the beginning. He knew that the stronger the potential and strength he displayed, the greater the challenges and dangers he would face in the future, and they would inevitably become more severe.

After the demon race, there are still the Yin Nether, Heavenly Punishment, Fallen Immortal, Ancient Gods…… and those ancient inheritances hidden from the world…… and other unrivaled heaven's pride of the Ten Great Dao Institutes…… the road ahead is long, strong enemies surround.

But, what of it?

Wang Ping's gaze swept over the cheering crowd, gazing toward the distant horizon, where clouds rolled and unfolded, the Dao boundless.

His Dao heart, tempered by heavenly tribulation, had long been as firm as a rock.

His path had already become clear and resolute.

"Come on." Wang Ping silently murmured in his heart, a challenge to the future, and also confidence in his own boundless potential.

"Let me see, just how vast this spiritual realm is, how many heaven's pride there are, ultimately who can walk with me to pursue the absolute peak of the Dao!"

His figure slowly descended, disappearing from the crowd's sight, returning to his cave dwelling to continue his cultivation and precipitation.

However, the storm stirred in the outside world because of him, has only just begun.