Chapter 745: Taiyi Battles Yandi and Xuanyuan, the Dragon Master's Curtain Falls

The Chaos Bell tolled the mournful song of the Dragon Master's downfall!

The emergence of this treasure struck just right, shaking the stability of the River of Time and severing the return path of the Dragon's Dharma Manifestation.

This state cannot last long; after a little more time, perhaps a solution will be found.

Moreover, the East Emperor is not without opponents.

Yandi and Xuanyuan watch and guard against him at all times!

When the Chaos Bell caused a great commotion at the source of the ages, several gazes lit up in the mist of light and shadow.

«Taiyi! »

Upon the Suiyue Changhe, the ancient god's roar echoed; the Time Great Sage with a human face and snake body, eyes upright, bore the starlight candle fire, as if transformed into boats and oars, crossing the eons of light and shadow, bearing the Human Emperor who holds the Blazing Fire Dao, surging upstream to strike the Great Sun Golden Crow!

Yandi has arrived!

After many years, during the time when the Nine Li lineage had broken away, serving as the main force contending with the Heavenly Court, the immense pressure had already turned his temples gray and pushed his hairline slightly upward.

Nevertheless, his spine remained straight, his gaze steadfast, with a spirit of ten deaths without regret.

When he perceived the East Emperor's move, he immediately acted, trying to do something to help the Dragon Master overcome the death tribulation.

And another who did so was… Xuanyuan!

The lord of this Cloud Master now activated the Human Dao War Chariot; the combination of two innate supreme treasures, though not as specialized in manipulating time as the Chaos Bell and the Candle Dragon Great Sage, still, with sheer force, could be described as charging straight ahead!

The Human Dao War Chariot smashed through the waves of the ages; its driver shut his eyes, yelling 'wawa', gripped the steering wheel, floored the accelerator—such a novice's reckless start, who knows how many veteran drivers it could scare off.

The young driver, sensing the bloodline and the road's allure, would not lose his way in the River of Time flowing in all directions, relying on intuition to pick the nearest shortcut, straight to the node where the Dragon's Dharma Manifestation is trapped.

These days, few possess such ability… and lo and behold, it is the Yinglong Divine General!

She was conscripted on the spot, driving the Human Dao's war chariot, carrying Xuanyuan, to go as heaven-sent reinforcements, seeking to rescue the Dragon Master from water and fire.

——This is absolutely due to her unique background; there is absolutely no hidden agenda behind it.

——Xuanyuan swears on the integrity of the Human Dao!

At the moment of human turmoil, at the point where the Dragon Master suffered disaster, the Fire Master and Cloud Master fulfilled their duties, setting aside possible internal conflicts among the human realms' great courts, and actively came to the rescue.

They aimed to shatter the Heavenly Court's conspiracy, trample the traps set by the East Emperor, and let the recklessly ensnared Dragon Master escape his predicament.

However……

«Hah! »

The East Emperor chuckled lightly, «This way is blocked! »

His silhouette manifested upon the Suiyue Changhe, hands behind his back; a vague ancient bell phantom hovered in the vast boundless Chaos auspicious clouds, tolling slowly, shaking the Three Realms and Six Paths, letting the Myriad Heavens arise and the Myriad Worlds perish!

«Dragon Master, to alter history, to rashly change the past, to bind great karma with heaven, earth, and the myriad beings—you shall suffer the tribulation of destruction! »

«The great trend is with me… do humans also wish to move against the trend? »

«Madmen speak dreams! »

Taiyi strolled softly, facing the upstream Yandi and Xuanyuan seeking the root; suddenly he raised a hand, clenched it into a fist, upright and proper—just a straight push—without fancy seals, yet it unleashed an inconceivable radiant divine might.

«Boom—! »

The upheaval shook the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Worlds; endless torrents swept over, Taiyi went with the flow, his will exalted above, obliterating countless future cosmic-light phantoms in the infinite splits, making the River of Time seem to have changed course!

Billowing waves, countless sprays flying, shining with eternal splendor—yet all bear the mark of the East Emperor's demeanor, becoming a myth sung through the ages in the Myriad Heavens!

Striking the nine heavens, suppressing the ten earths, traversing the universe—Taiyi Heavenly Emperor!

«Boom! »

Yandi and Xuanyuan joined forces, obliterating a chapter of history, wearing away the rise and fall of a span of time, letting time cease and fate never return.

Several peak masters of the present age, even if not at their strongest, though they gave much to seal the demon calamity, their clash still shook ancient and modern, the great collision tore Chaos, twisted the River of Time, broke a river channel, produced a vast void, as if everything were approaching the terrifying scene of annihilation.

«Cough! »

In the utmost collision, the three leaders, the three emperors, their bodies all trembled—some staggered, some coughed blood, some merely swayed slightly.

And clearly, Taiyi's condition is the best.

A single spark can start a prairie fire; clouds gather and disperse; Yandi and Xuanyuan each hold a universal path, yet now, facing the East Emperor, they seem somewhat powerless.

«I said it before, the great trend is with me. »

Taiyi wiped the blood from his corner of the mouth, smiling, he said, «This edge of the game, you have lost. »

«Lost, one must accept reality… stubborn and insensible, cannot change anything! »

The East Emperor sighed once, standing upon the ages, but the object of his words was no longer Yandi and Xuanyuan.

It seemed like a casual reminder at will, yet he precisely issued the order to the Yao Marshal and the Yao soldiers and generals.

«Go. »

«Indulge in slaughter, reap battle merits. »

«From top to bottom, utterly destroy the Dragon Master! »

«Cut down their leader. »

«Sweep away their elite. »

«Make our opponents utterly lose heart, abandon that unrealistic fantasy. »

In the dark, he backed the myriad troops and issued the order to exterminate them completely.

«Obey the edict of His Majesty the East Emperor! »

Fervent cries came from the light and shadow, from the land of the Eastern Barbarians Commander.

The feast of slaughter has begun!

……

«Kill! »

Vast expanses of land, boundless mountains and rivers, the Weak Water brings disaster, flooding the wilderness.

Taking advantage of this great trend, countless troops, akin to boundless armies, charge forward; they come from all directions, flooding into the Dragon Master's central core.

Countless siege weapons that had long been prepared were used, bombarding the place that had the most numerous and sturdy Great Wall defenses, breaching the Dragon Master's fortress.

Originally, this was a very difficult matter.

But… perhaps even the Dragon Ancestor who originally oversaw the casting never imagined it!

One day, the foundations defending the city will run into serious trouble!

The Dragon Master, to control water, exercised the authority of the waterways—a double-edged sword.

The enemy, who had long laid plans and calculations, seized the core, thereby inverting this place's layout and causing the sturdiest fortress to collapse from within.

A firewall that had blocked countless intrusions could not withstand the loss of backend management privileges, turning into an open invitation for thieves.

When the elite forces of the Heavenly Court, scattered and advancing through it, gathered together, after paying a sacrificial price, they broke through the outermost hardest defense and charged inside!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"All resources are obtained in slaughter!"

The Demon Race's war commander shouted, stirring the demon heart: "Immortality and eternal eternity are right before our eyes!"

As he spoke, filled with fervor, he led the charge, becoming one of the foremost breakthrough leaders, guiding his troops to the front of the assault.

Of course, there were radicals and also steady ones… among the Tianhe naval forces, there were indeed demon officers muttering, their expressions subtle.

"How does it feel… that the breakthrough is this easy?"

"Although it looks normal, I always feel… something is off."

The calm and rational hesitated.

However, on one hand they truly could see no problem; on the other, the rear military orders were as firm as a mountain, and, gritting their teeth, they joined the assault.

As for the invasion, the Dragon Master naturally had the firmest resistance.

Each warrior and soldier, facing the breached Great Wall and the enemies pouring in, feared nothing and retreated not, holding the resolve of "ten deaths, no life": "Every inch of land and river paid with an inch of blood—today, there is death, no life!"

"Kill one to break even, kill two for a small profit, kill three, four, five to revive the Dragon Master's might!"

"Kill!"

The Dragon Master's main base instantly became a world of blood and fire.

Tragic.

Mad.

This is the sole theme of this place.

And such a theme is not unique.

The Dragon Master, after all, is one of the four great pillars of humanity today!

Even though it has declined over these years!

Yet when such a massive force arises in turmoil, how could allies or enemies alike fail to notice?

The Fire Master and Cloud Master, aside from their leaders who have been contending over the years, the remaining senior officials and divine generals all reacted immediately, urgently drafting elite troops to rush to the rescue as swiftly as possible.

But the Heavenly Court will not stand by.

As one side that had long prepared contingency plans, they had already made layered interception preparations.

In an instant, the battlefield, centered on the Dragon Master, erupted in all directions; the Heavenly Court, using foresight against the unprepared, seized the initiative.

The Dragon Master must fall today—so says Taiyi!

Exterminate its lineage, slay its leader… the Eastern Emperor demands that even if the Dragon Ancestor returns, he will be a bare-bones commander, unable to affect the slightest bit of Pangu's chessboard!

To this end, besides infiltrating with heavy troops and creating a suitable opportunity to overturn the Dragon Master's lower-echelon elites, even figures like Dan Zhu and the Four Sea Dragon Kings were factored into the scheme, awaiting a single sweep to capture them all.

The two Yao Marshals lay hidden, lurking within the ages.

When the retreat path of the Dragon's Dharma Aspect was cut off, they launched merciless deadly strikes, fighting to the death in the confined, restricted arena, showing no quarter!

Their chances of victory are absolute.

The two great Yao Marshals are both supreme masters of mighty divine abilities.

One step further, and they become the colossal Taiyi that spans the ages!

And the opponent?

Nothing more than Dan Zhu and the Four Sea Dragon Kings!

At best, they are merely ordinary mighty ones who can bully common Luo cultivators, but in this death struggle they are destined to have death and no life.

"Hiss!"

Brilliant sword light flashed; Jimeng struck out forcefully, delivering his ultimate blow that ravaged the river of ages, crossing epochs of conquest, from the Chaos before heaven and earth were split, his power descended, slicing through the era of dragon and phoenix, twisting through the age of demons and ghosts.

Heaven and earth, all phenomena momentarily faded; in this battlefield, all things seemed to head toward oblivion, swallowed by a pall of dead silence—a profound despair deeper and emptier than black and white, as all vitality withered.

"Clang!"

The Yao Marshal Shangyang was not to be outdone; she drew a battle sword, its light piercing and dazzling, falling like a rainstorm across the sky, permeating every spatiotemporal dimension, nowhere to hide, nowhere to flee, mingled with corrosive annihilating power, she furiously hewed the great dragon's head.

"Roar!"

The Dragon's Dharma Aspect roared, struggling fiercely, yet unable to alter its wounded reality.

Claws and fangs were severed, scales peeled away… originally a condensation of illusory authority, it should not have a tangible form, yet on this battlefield even concepts can be solidified and cut, truly damaging sinew and bone, even taking life.

The Xuanhued "blood" spilled into the river of ages, speaking of sorrow, whispering despair.

"How hateful!"

The Dragon's Dharma Aspect wailed; trapped in the battlefield it could not escape, it fought repeatedly, lost repeatedly, fought again, yet could not change its plight of being outmatched.

"If the primordial Dragon were still here, how could my Dragon lineage be bullied by you lot!"

In the fury of its howls, the Dharma Aspect went berserk; countless blood boiled and burned, these remnants fallen outside exerted their last strength, soaking the river of time, relying on the Dragon clan's stake in heaven and earth to unleash power, letting the once most splendid scenery reappear!

—That was the Dragon Ancestor's most glorious moment!

—And also the peak performance of the Dragon's Great Dao!

In a daze, the spacetime of this place became disordered, as if it had reverted to an earlier moment, when the Azure Dragon Great Sage laughed proudly across the world, seizing the Heavenly Dao and the Legal Dao, condensing twelve golden dragons, intending to battle the Heavenly Dao and Pangu!

A world-shaking aura surged out, startling Jimeng and Shangyang.

Their heads weren't iron; they lacked much desire to surpass themselves and go against the Dao, and they had already prepared their defenses at once.

But soon they smirked and relaxed.

Just a lingering imprint of the ages…… It can scare people, but to actually act? Forget it!

Not bad.

Merely an illusion.

After all…… the times have changed!

Even the Dragon Ancestor was suppressed, sealed beneath the version of the times.

Even if the Dragon Dharma Aspect's sacrificial fire burns, what can be summoned, what can be re‑manifested…… is ultimately an illusory phantom!

I thought you could give me some surprise." Jimeng let out a faint sigh, his mood inexplicable, "Too bad…… there isn't any.

If that's the case, you don't need to keep making pointless struggles.

I'll send you on your way now.

Red Cloud's earlier demonstration gave us great inspiration…… If you want to advance, aside from bitter cultivation, the best shortcut is to inherit a legacy.

This perhaps is the grudge‑killing destiny left behind when the God Dao was born…… one radish, one hole.

Who let you master the Water Great Dao?

You've surpassed us in wind and rain, risen to the upper ranks…… when the ruler is weak and the minister strong, disaster will eventually come.

With your blood, help us reach shore!

Great Simplicity and Grand Beginning——that's the twofold heaven and earth!

Jimeng let out a long sigh.

His blade light rose again.

This time, it's extermination!

However.

And this is that moment.

The Dragon Dharma Aspect smiled.

It smiled brightly.

While smiling, it ignited.

Like a sacrificial rite, the holy fire blazed, locking onto cause and effect, fixing its direction, and it locked onto Jimeng.

Ignoring the descending blade light, it split the Dharma Aspect in two; a horrible wound appeared, and the light of life dimmed.

But it didn't care at all about its own life or death!

Only one steadfast will chose the 'Lucky One'.

Huh?

Jimeng shuddered, then went into a frantic retreat, trying to get away.

But it was useless!

The dragon will die.

But it won't die that easily.

There…… must be a burial companion!

The Dragon Dharma Aspect laughed brightly, "Fellow Daoist!"

You and I…… let's go together!

(End of chapter)