Chapter 578

This all seemed slow, but in fact, from the Golden Light Holy Mother's shout to the Ten Heavenly Kings revealing their cultivation level, it was only a matter of an eye blink. And that golden light had already pressed upon Qin Wan Heavenly King!

Boom! Under everyone's gaze, Qin Wan and the other six Heavenly Kings wore solemn expressions, simultaneously unleashing powerful Divine Abilities—some cast golden long bridges, some condensed treasure seals, still others wind blades like knives, all bombarding the golden light together.

Strands of heavenly and earthly law power intertwined, erupting in the void with a heaven-shaking, earth-rumbling tremendous roar. Immediately after, violent aftershocks spread from the explosion center, seawater was rolled up and poured back, hurricanes were blown apart and scattered. Even the thunderclouds in the sky were instantly torn apart.

Although this destructive power could not compare to that of the Many Treasures Taoist, the collision of different heavenly and earthly law powers was nonetheless more splendid and colorful.

At this moment, the Grand Master Xuan Du, however, ceased his attack, his eyes coldly fixed on Qin Wan Heavenly King and the others, the corner of his mouth lifting in a confident smile. "As expected, you have concealed most of your cultivation level!" he said coldly, "Clearly you are mid-stage Golden Immortal of Luo Luo, yet you deliberately suppressed yourselves to early-stage Mystic Immortal—you truly can endure!"

The Grand Master Xuan Du was surrounded by killing intent, his murderous aura growing ever more intense. Fortunately, he did not underestimate the enemy, otherwise, once these ten mid-stage Luo Luo Golden Immortal cultivators suddenly erupted in a surprise assassination, even if they did not die, they would be severely wounded.

Yuan Shi Tian Zun and others observing the battle from afar also noticed this scene, their faces constantly changing, their chaotic eyes flashing with astonishment. Although they had guessed the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island might have concealed their cultivation level, they never imagined they would be so patient, suppressing their mid-stage Luo Luo Golden Immortal cultivation level down to early-stage Mystic Immortal—this was crossing three major realms!

Yuan Shi Tian Zun could not help but secretly rejoice, thanks to Laozi's final scheme sending out Xuan Du Grand Master; otherwise, if he had listened to Preparing to Raise and dispatched ten outstanding disciples of the Sect of Enlightenment to battle, they would likely have been instantly slain. Thinking this, he gave Preparing to Raise a meaningful glance, inwardly suspecting this fellow was a spy sent by the Sect of Severance.

Facing Yuan Shi Tian Zun's questioning gaze, Preparing to Raise's expression changed slightly, he solemnly transmitted via voice: "Yuan Shi Dao friend, although I made a misjudgment, I also said I was merely offering advice, the final decision rests in your hands."

Yuan Shi Tian Zun coldly snorted and said no more. Meanwhile, Laozi, after furrowing his brow in thought for a moment, transmitted via voice: "Let the past be the past. Surely Preparing to Raise Dao friend also acted for the victory of the Gods' Investiture. Moreover, now that the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island have revealed their cultivation level at the brink of life and death, it is not necessarily a bad thing."

Yuan Shi Tian Zun and others, upon hearing this, nodded slightly. Indeed, although the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island had concealed three major realms of cultivation level, shocking them and even surpassing that of one of the Seven Immortals in Attendance, the Black Cloud Immortal, reaching mid-stage Luo Luo Golden Immortal, this also meant their trump cards had been revealed. And as Xuan Du Grand Master, a supreme powerhouse of late-stage Luo Luo Golden Immortal, holding the supreme treasure personally bestowed by Laozi, his combat power is unmatched. Therefore, defeating the Ten Heavenly Kings remains a certainty.

Thinking this, Yuan Shi Tian Zun and the other four Heavenly Dao Saints unconsciously relaxed their brows.

Finally, the Sect of Enlightenment is to welcome a victory, and moreover, a one-time rout of the Severance Sect's Ten Heavenly Kings, whose status is second only to the Seven Immortals in Attendance!

Boom boom boom! The clamor of the great battle still rages, on the battlefield various Divine Abilities and arts intertwine and collide, magnificent heavenly and earthly order power runs rampant. After fully releasing their combat power, the Nine Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island joined forces to oppose Xuan Du Grand Master, while the Golden Light Holy Mother alone faced the nine relatively weak disciples of the Sect of Enlightenment.

Even so, the Golden Light Holy Mother still displayed formidable power, pressing the Sect of Enlightenment disciples into perilous straits. Had it not been for their continuous protection by Xuan Du Grand Master's law power, they would likely have already perished at the hands of the Golden Light Holy Mother.

The battle rages fiercely.

"Fellow martial brothers, lend me your aid!" At a certain moment, the Golden Light Holy Mother suddenly shouted delicately.

"Good!" The Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island, of one mind, all nodded in response.

Hum! Immediately after, strands of profound law power surged into the Golden Light Holy Mother's body, boosting her combat power once again.

"What?!" Seeing this, Xuan Du Grand Master, locked in fierce battle with the nine Heavenly Kings, felt his heart jolt, involuntarily exclaiming aloud. He never imagined the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island could actually share mana, gathering heavenly and earthly law power onto a single person. No wonder their coordination is so seamless—they must have cultivated some mysterious secret art!

Boom! Although Xuan Du Grand Master had already sensed the intention of the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island, but at this moment he was powerless to stop it. The Golden Light Holy Mother had already torn apart the protective energy shield he had laid for the Sect of Enlightenment disciples, her jade finger lightly tapping, condensing a radiant treasure seal from heavenly and earthly law power, which heavily bombarded the Sect of Enlightenment disciples.

Hum! Accompanied by a faint rumbling, the nine weak Sect of Enlightenment disciples were instantly slain, leaving only nine weak remnant souls drifting in the air.

"What audacity!" Yuan Shi Tian Zun witnessed this scene, although he had already anticipated sending these nine disciples might be a suicide mission, he still could not suppress his rising anger. The Sect of Enlightenment disciples are already few, now losing nine at once—how could he not be angry?

In an instant, Yuan Shi Tian Zun's killing intent rose, his chaotic eyes revealing intense murderous intent, unabashedly fixed on the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island.

"Yuan Shi, do you again intend to shamelessly attack Severance Sect disciples?" The Master of the Teaching of Penetration, ever vigilant of Yuan Shi Tian Zun's movements, upon seeing this, immediately spoke out in question.

Yuan Shi Tian Zun ignored the Master of the Teaching of Penetration, instead heavily spitting out a mouthful of turbid air, as if striving to suppress his inner anger. Thereafter, his eyes icy cold, he shouted at Xuan Du Grand Master: "Xuan Du, kill for me! Leave none!"

"As commanded!" Xuan Du Grand Master loudly responded. He too was furious, for before setting out he had promised Yuan Shi Tian Zun to look after the Sect of Enlightenment martial brothers. Now all the Sect of Enlightenment martial brothers had been slain, he also felt a great responsibility. Thus, his killing intent toward the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island grew even fiercer, his body intertwined with chilling cold light.

Boom! In an instant, Xuan Du Grand Master's surging mana fully erupted, heavenly and earthly law power coiling around him.

Hum! Immediately after, he waved his great hand, directly sacrificing a banner. This banner is crimson red, its surface engraved with clusters of blazing flames, as if it could ignite the void. With the banner's appearance, the void seemed truly scorched, yin and yang inverted, five elements in chaos, revealing its extraordinariness.

This is precisely the Li Di Yan Guang Banner, one of the Five Directions Heavenly Earth Banner, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, possessing the power to confuse yin and yang, invert the five elements, and repel all evils.

Seeing this, the Master of the Teaching of Penetration's expression changed slightly, he glared at Laozi and loudly rebuked: "Good you, old father, for victory you actually resort to such means, even bestowing the Li Di Yan Guang Banner upon Xuan Du!"

Facing the Master of the Teaching of Penetration's accusation, Laozi did not grow angry, instead lightly stroking his long white beard, revealing a smile. He glanced coolly at the Master of the Teaching of Penetration and said: "Merely the Li Di Yan Guang Banner? Not only that!"

"What do you mean?" The Master of the Teaching of Penetration frowned tightly, his face full of doubt.

Hum! As if responding to the Master of the Teaching of Penetration's words, after Xuan Du Grand Master sacrificed the Li Di Yan Guang Banner, his divine thought stirred. Only seen, a yellowish treasure tower slowly floated from between his brows, then swiftly flew to above his head, instantly swelling to tens of zhang in height.

Hum hum hum!

As Xuan Du Grand Master poured one after another of his law decrees into the treasure tower, the tower's mouth immediately gushed forth rolling, profoundly mysterious Xuan Huang Qi, tightly enveloping Xuan Du Grand Master. Those Xuan Huang Qi shimmered with soft and mysterious light, as if containing the merit power of heaven and earth, making Xuan Du Grand Master seem to dwell in a realm where all laws cannot invade and all evils cannot offend.

"This… could it be the Xuan Huang Ling Long Treasure Tower?!"

The Master of the Teaching of Penetration feigned shock, staring blankly at Laozi, "Old father, do you still want face? Actually bestowing upon Xuan Du the first merit treasure since the creation of heaven and earth—the Xuan Huang Ling Long Treasure Tower!"

"You truly have spared no expense!"

"Hahaha~!"

On another side, Yuan Shi Tian Zun and others, seeing the Master of the Teaching of Penetration so embarrassed, finally could not help but laugh aloud. Their laughter brimmed with pride and confidence, as if they already held victory in hand.

Indeed, their inner thoughts were exactly so. Xuan Du Grand Master not only possesses the top-grade innate spiritual treasure Li Di Yan Guang Banner with tremendous attack power, astonishing in might; more so, he has the merit treasure Xuan Huang Ling Long Treasure Tower protecting his person, nearly allowing him to stand invincible. Such a configuration—how could they not be full of confidence?

Furthermore, adding Xuan Du Grand Master's unfathomable mana, how could the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island possibly contend with him?

"Penetration, I have long advised you, Severance Sect disciples are mixed good and bad, numerous though they are, they only cause trouble!" Laozi lightly stroked his long white beard, speaking haughtily.

"Yet you stubbornly cling to your own views, never knowing repentance! The heavenly materials and earthly treasures you obtained at Dividing Treasure Cliff, though many, but how many could you actually distribute to disciples?"

"Look at me—my sect has only Xuan Du as a disciple; if I do not give my supreme treasures to him, to whom could I give them?"

Upon hearing this, the Master of the Teaching of Penetration's expression shifted unpredictably, but ultimately he remained silent.

At this moment, within the battle circle.

Seeing Xuan Du Grand Master successively sacrifice two supreme treasures, the Ten Heavenly Kings of Gold Ao Island's expressions instantly turned solemn.

Qin Wan Heavenly King said in a deep voice: "Fellow martial brothers and sisters, Xuan Du holds a supreme treasure, his power far surpasses that of the Sect of Enlightenment's senior brother, the South Pole Immortal Elder; we absolutely must not be careless!"

The Golden Light Holy Mother nodded in agreement: "Correct, since that is the case, we shall lay out the Ten Absolute Formation and fight him to the death!"

"Good!" The other Heavenly Kings all voiced their agreement.

Hum!

They no longer hesitated, each casting their profound law decrees, merging them into the void.

These law decrees operate according to a certain heavenly and earthly law; after a short while, an ancient and vast formation slowly emerged, enveloping the boundless void, naturally also trapping Xuan Du Grand Master within.

However, Xuan Du Grand Master showed no fear, instead coldly chuckling: "Ten Absolute Formation? I have long heard of it; today I shall let me break your formation!"

Boom!

After speaking, he held the Li Di Yan Guang Banner, mobilized heavenly and earthly law power to empower it, then suddenly swung it fiercely.

Immediately, layers of flame undulated on the Li Di Yan Guang Banner, transforming into seas of fire, sweeping toward the formation lines of the Ten Absolute Formation.

Wherever the fire seas passed, heaven and earth were dyed crimson, fire dragons roared within the fire seas, tearing and biting at the great formation.

But the Ten Absolutes Formation, as the killing weapon of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, naturally would not be easily broken.

The formation lines trembled slightly, and similarly surged forth rolling waves of water, opposing the sea of fire.

Boom—

For a time, the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital, relying solely on his own strength, engaged in a fierce contest with the Ten Absolutes Formation.

The Ten Absolutes Formation, composed of ten combined formations, contains various transformations such as killing formations, trapping formations, and illusion formations, and each formation can freely switch, its power boundless.

Under the powerful mana of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns, one great formation after another pressed down upon the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital.

The Vermilion Water Formation showered the sky with crimson water droplets, each as heavy as Mount Tai, shattering the void inch by inch; the Golden Light Formation burst forth with blinding golden light, each ray transforming into a sharp golden blade, shooting toward the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital; the Earth Flame Formation then rose with raging true fire, burning the void.

There were also the Heaven Severing Formation, Earth Blazing Formation, and Wind Howling Formation, among others, assisting in the encirclement and slaughter from the side.

If not for the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital possessing the primordial qi of heaven and earth merit and virtue protecting his body, he could almost stand in an invincible position; at this moment, he would likely have already fallen into desperation within the formation.

Even so, he still had to respond cautiously.

Because activating the supreme treasure of merit and virtue, the Heaven and Earth Mystic Yellow Lustrous Pagoda, consumes enormous mana, placing an immense burden on him.

But the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital likewise refused to show weakness, continuously waving his Earth Flame Banner in his hand, releasing an endless sea of fire.

The great battle continues!

It can be said that although this battle does not, like the clashes between the Manifold Treasure Daoist and the Burning Lamp Daoist, routinely annihilate primordial stars, it is yet more splendid and fraught with peril.

Whether it be the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns or the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital, a slight negligence could result in severe injury.

Boom—

After an unknown duration, the face of the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital turned pale, clearly indicating his divine essence had been greatly depleted.

The situation of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns is also not optimistic, especially Qin Wan, the Heavenly Sovereign in charge of the great killing formation, whose mouth had already oozed essence blood, his breath feeble and listless.

He is like a candle remnant in the wind, at any moment possibly to be blown out of the Ten Absolutes Formation by the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital.

Once Qin Wan is blown out, the power of the Ten Absolutes Formation will be greatly diminished!

"How can these disciples of the Sect of the Cutting Edge possess such formidable combat power!" The Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning, watching the battle, could not help but curse in a cold voice.

The face of Laozi beside him also darkened like water.

They originally thought that, with two supreme treasures in hand, the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital could swiftly defeat the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns.

However, only now have they seen signs of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns' defeat.

From this, it can be seen that the actual combat power of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns is also outstanding among mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivators.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the formidable power of the Ten Absolutes Formation.

"Fellow junior sect brothers and sisters, the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital is protected by the Heaven and Earth Mystic Yellow Lustrous Pagoda; we are not suited to engage him in a prolonged battle, we must fight quickly and decisively!" Qin Wan wiped away the essence blood from the corner of his mouth and shouted to the Golden Light Holy Mother and others.

"Good!" The crowd responded in unison.

Boom!

As the words fell, the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns again erupted with great combat power, madly activating the Ten Absolutes Formation to bombard the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital.

In an instant, they actually blasted apart the primordial yellow qi surrounding the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital and heavily shook him back.

But the situation of the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns is also extremely perilous.

Especially the formation master Qin Wan, whose fleshly body has already appeared with cracks, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Zhao Jiang, Dong Quan, and several other Heavenly Sovereigns have also suffered severe injuries, their breath feeble.

This battle has actually resulted in mutual destruction??

Upon witnessing the Ten Heavenly Sovereigns and the Grandmaster of the Mystic Capital nearly fight to a draw, the scene instantly erupted in an uproar; this result clearly exceeded everyone's expectations.