Chapter 253

Fiery red and rose, originally the colors of blazing flames, but the Palace Master endowed them with lightning.

"The Power of the Five Absolutes" flashed forth from above the firmament! The same Five Absolutes, compared to the young palace master, what the Palace Master releases is a full ten million times greater!

Lightning filled the nine heavens, as if countless slender silver snakes were weaving through the cloud layers, entwining the heavy clouds above the sky and descending from heaven, seeking to devour everything between heaven and earth!

Upon making a move, the true essence is revealed!

There is not a trace of falsehood.

Tianming's expression was solemn, his demeanor tense; even when in the Heavenly Dao, he had already heard rumors of the Palace of the Five Absolutes and the Palace Master, but at that time he had always thought they were merely rumors. Only upon seeing them with his own eyes today did he realize that rumors can be true or false, and that both the Palace of the Five Absolutes and the Palace Master are real.

However, Tianming would not be intimidated by an opponent's strength; he is a person of the Heavenly Dao—how could he bow before mortals?

The Palace Master stood amidst the lightning, allowing the lightning to strike her body, allowing the lightning to envelop her! One could see that her head, hands, and feet—five points—were all emanating true qi, five strands of true qi differing in color and power!

The five strands of true qi surged from her crown, fingertips, and heels toward her lower abdomen!

"Five Qi Unite as One?" Tianming guessed. One person's body contains five strands of true qi and perfectly fuses them together—that is not something an ordinary person can achieve!

Ordinary martial practitioners usually train in a single martial art, specializing in it, reaching a level of proficiency; true qi is the same, increasing along with the advancement of martial skill and cultivation.

But the "Power of the Five Absolutes" is not like that! The Five Absolutes require a practitioner to cultivate five strands of true qi simultaneously, and each strand must reach a high level of proficiency! Each strand must not only be balanced, unbiased, rising equally, but also reach an extremely strong degree in order to truly manifest this divine power known as the Power of the Five Absolutes.

One can see how stringent it is; those able to cultivate the Power of the Five Absolutes can be called "one in ten thousand".

"This is not where you ought to be; go back where you came from!" the Palace Master warned Tianming, her lower abdomen glowing with colorful light, instantly erupting with powerful force that shot straight at Tianming!

The speed is too fast!

The power is too strong!

Tianming blocked with the blade of his Heaven's Mandate Blade!

"Clang!"

The Heaven's Mandate Blade is a divine weapon among the Heavenly Dao, capable of blocking the Palace Master's Power of the Five Absolutes; if replaced with a mundane weapon, it would be nearly impossible to find anything that could withstand such power!

The Power of the Five Absolutes was not dissipated, but was directly refracted outward!

The distant, layered mountain ridges were instantly sheared flat! Half of the mountain collapsed. Everywhere the strike hit was destroyed, leaving nothing intact.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

The incessant rumbling echoes can reflect the destructive power of the Power of the Five Absolutes, especially in the Palace Master's hands, making it hard to imagine.

Tianming felt his sword-wielding hand shake and burn with pain; he glared at the Palace Master and taunted, "I won't hold back just because you're a woman!" He then immediately brandished his sword and counterattacked, slashing at the Palace Master.

"Then that's perfect!" the Palace Master replied while meeting the attack.

The Palace Master opened with a move called "Five Absolutes Eight Directions"; the entire sky trembled! The power of lightning was wholly drawn into the palms of her hands by the Palace Master, and the strong gusts billowed her sleeves and tousled her hair.

It was clear that Tianming's blade was about to slash over!

At that moment, the Power of the Five Absolutes poured down like a waterfall, rushing toward the blade of Tianming's sword!

Tianming's sword qi is the purest power within the Heavenly Dao, distinct from the Dragon King's sword qi. His blade is steadier, faster, and stronger!

There once was an idiom, "a single glance spans ten thousand years," and these two have illustrated what "a single glance encompasses ten thousand techniques" means!

Even after ten thousand exchanges, victory remained undecided!

Suddenly, the Palace Master's fiery red skirt elongated to ten million times its length, covering the entire firmament from top to bottom; countless bolts of lightning streamed down along the skirt, attacking Tianming from all directions.

"Heh, do you think this can trap me?" Tianming let out a cold laugh, then swept his Heaven's Mandate Blade around his body in a wild frenzy! Though the sword moves appeared chaotic, they concealed hidden intricacies—each strike could accurately hit the lightning.

Not only did it block the lightning, it could also reflect the lightning back toward the Palace Master.

The Palace Master seemed to command heaven and earth; in her eyes, Tianming was but the tiniest speck!

Gathering the power of heaven and earth, she struck at Tianming alone!

Tianming unleashed his Heaven's Mandate Blade; the blade swelled, standing upright between heaven and earth, transforming into a pillar that propped up the sky and supported the ground! He intended to tear apart the sky-filling skirt and lightning!

The skirt sought to envelop all things, while the blade-pillar aimed to cleave the myriad beings!

For hundreds of li, even up to a thousand li, everything was shrouded by these two terrors!

The dominance of an absolute master, precisely speaking, is the dominance of a king.

"The term 'master' can no longer describe the Palace Master and Tianming; they are the strongest sovereigns in this world!

"Is this the power of the Heavenly Dao? It's truly terrifying—no wonder martial artists treat every plant and tree as a soldier!" the Palace Master reflected inwardly; she held nothing back, for such a formidable opponent was the first she had ever encountered in her lifetime.

"Heh, Palace Master, indeed your reputation is not unfounded!" Tianming, though risking his life in the fierce battle, was not overly panicked; he knew the Palace Master could not defeat him in a short while, and likewise, he had not yet secured a decisive victory, for in a short time he could not overcome her either.

"Enough talk, go die!" the Palace Master drew in both hands, twisted her wrist, and saw the sky-filling skirt, accompanied by lightning, contract in an instant, seeking to collapse around Tianming as its center!

The Palace Master intended to ensnare Tianming within the skirt and lightning!

She sought to refine Tianming alive!

"If I don't show some real skill, do you really think I'm easy to bully?" Tianming raised his Heaven's Mandate Blade; this sword named after him burst forth with pure white light—"Ruthless Heaven's Mandate"!

This move originates from the Heavenly Dao's sword techniques; it is the most ruthless sword technique in the mortal world!

Countless strands of sword light and sword qi shot from Tianming's blade, rushing toward the skirt and lightning. It was not merely to carve out a path of survival, but to slay the opponent!

In every direction, the eye was filled with Tianming's blades; every space was crowded with his blades!

The sword qi transmitted across ten million li!

"What is going on?"

"Why won't my blade obey?"

"What a powerful sword technique!"

In the martial world, every swordsman's blade trembled! It was their submission to the strongest sword technique; even their masters could not control them—all swordsmen could only watch their weapons shake.

The fiercest clash between heaven and earth!

In the autumnal mortal realm, which ought to have been tranquil and desolate, the clash between the Heavenly Dao and mortals has made it no longer peaceful, no longer lonely.