Chapter 1534: The Great Battle of the Tianwangs

"What?!"

Hearing Li Jun's words, Li Luo couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart—Li Jun was actually planning to help him seize the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase"?

This instantly set his heart ablaze.

A supreme treasure like the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase" was the rarest and most powerful treasure Li Luo had ever seen. Earlier, he had only used the Myriad Phase Wheel to draw from it briefly, and that alone had already pushed the "Crystal Ice Phase" within him to Reached Seventh Rank, saving him an untold amount of bitter cultivation time.

So at this moment, Li Luo's craving for the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase" had reached its absolute peak.

But craving was one thing. Earlier, while Void Li Tianwang was held off by Cloud Li Tianwang, he had still dared to sneak a few bites. But now that Void Li Tianwang had broken free of Cloud Li Tianwang and was acting personally, Li Luo no longer dared to reach out and steal a taste. After all, the wrath of a Li Tianwang was something his mere Marquis Realm self could never bear.

So he had almost given up coveting the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase," only hoping that Void Li Tianwang would spare them, these tiny ants.

But now, his own patriarch was about to make a move to fight for a share of fortune for him—this undoubtedly reignited the hope within Li Luo's heart.

"That Void Li Tianwang is no ordinary figure. Can our patriarch handle him?" Li Luo asked worriedly.

The Coiling Dragon Golden Staff in Li Jun's hand swung lightly; the invisible void seemed to turn into flowing water, viscous and trailing along the staff's shadow. His handsome face, once bearing a smiling, genial expression, turned solemn: "If not for that black coffin being so wary, this Void Li Tianwang would have fled the moment he saw me."

Li Luo gave a thumbs-up. The patriarch was domineering. It seemed that even within the Li Tianwang realm, there were highs and lows, and his own patriarch should count as top-tier among them.

Li Jun turned around. His golden staff swept out a streak of golden light that shattered the distant void, and purple clouds spread forth from within. A human figure took shape as the cloud Qi coalesced.

It was precisely Cloud Li Tianwang, who had earlier been temporarily banished into the void by Void Li Tianwang with the aid of the black coffin.

Cloud Li Tianwang stepped forward, appearing beside Li Jun, and said with some apology: "Thanks to Li Li Tianwang arriving in time, otherwise today this Void Li Tianwang would have trampled all over our Academy Alliance's face."

Li Jun waved his hand. Those world-weary eyes flashed with a sharp gaze as they cast toward Void Li Tianwang in the distant void, and he said lightly: "Void Li Tianwang, it's time you left."

Void Li Tianwang's eyes were dark and abyssal. He looked at Li Jun and said: "Li Li Tianwang, do you truly wish to meddle in the affairs between my Return Society and the Academy Alliance? I can take a step back and let you take the juniors of your Li Li Tianwang lineage away."

Li Jun said with a half-smile: "Do you think that's possible?"

Void Li Tianwang said in a cold, sinister voice: "Li Li Tianwang, don't push your luck. If you truly anger my Return Society, we wouldn't mind destroying another Li Tianwang lineage."

His words brimmed with a chilling, threatening intent.

The Return Society had existed for an extremely long time. Across those endless years, Li Tianwang-level powers had been overthrown by it—so no one dared take Void Li Tianwang's words lightly.

Facing Void Li Tianwang's threat, Li Jun said lightly: "The Return Society may be strong, but my Li Li Tianwang lineage is no soft persimmon either. If you truly dare to come, you must be prepared to pay the price of a Li Tianwang's fall."

"What big talk!" Void Li Tianwang laughed in fury, but he also understood that shaking Li Jun into retreat was impossible. Since that was the case, then there was nothing for it but to fight.

Void Li Tianwang's hands suddenly formed seals. The "Ancient Green Stone Seal" swirling in the void erupted with dazzling radiance at this moment, and this ancient seal—representing the Sect Master of the Faceless Holy Sect—actually split apart. Piece after piece combined, and in the blink of an eye, transformed into a special green stone lotus platform.

And when the green stone lotus platform appeared, the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase" seemed to be drawn by some special attraction, suddenly transforming into brilliant radiance that shot skyward, about to fall into that green stone lotus platform.

"He wants to take the 'Divine Fruit Crystal Phase' and leave!" Cloud Li Tianwang saw what was happening and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Void Li Tianwang clearly had the intention to retreat—but before leaving, he meant to take the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase" with him.

Li Jun said nothing, and simply hurled the Coiling Dragon Golden Staff in his hand. In that instant, vast, boundless golden light split heaven and earth. The golden staff transformed into a golden Heavenly Dragon with no visible end, carrying the might to destroy heaven and earth, directly spreading its dragon claws and slamming down toward Void Li Tianwang.

Cloud Li Tianwang also struck in concert. A clone stepped out from the purple clouds, once again condensing into an incomparably massive purple sword. Upon it, stars and a reflected bright moon shone, while Layer upon Layer of illusory worlds rose and fell within.

Two Tianwangs struck simultaneously. The might caused even this Sky Mirror Pagoda to wail. Fortunately, Cloud Li Tianwang had long since deployed his Cloud Diagram to protect the Sky Mirror Pagoda—otherwise the pagoda would likely have suffered severe damage.

And Void Li Tianwang likewise wore an Expression Turns Solemn. Two Tianwangs joining forces was something he alone could not resist—but fortunately, he still had that black coffin in his hands.

He formed a seal with one hand before his chest and gave the black coffin a slight bow.

The black coffin immediately emitted a faint rumble, extraordinarily ancient, as if it came from some distant time and space beyond, filled with the marks of mottled years.

Wisps of dim light peeled off from the black coffin, then formed a black seal bearing endless mountains. The black seal carried an unimaginable weight, and as it slowly descended, the void let out a wail.

The two sides' attacks collided. The heavens collapsed, the void was annihilated, and the world's energy was stripped of its attributes.

The world itself seemed to return to primordial chaos at this moment.

The black seal was blocked by the Heavenly Dragon and the purple sword, unable to descend.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Void Li Tianwang took the opportunity to use the "Green Stone Lotus Platform" to collect the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase."

But Li Jun snorted coldly at this moment. He split off a portion of his focus, and one of his arms suddenly grew longer and larger, as if transforming into a giant arm that blotted out the heavens. Dragon scales grew out upon that giant arm, and its palm became a sharp, massive claw capable of plucking stars, sun, and moon.

The giant claw reached into the void and fiercely seized the "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase" that was flying toward the "Green Stone Lotus Platform."

The "Divine Fruit Crystal Phase," held between two forces, was tugged back and forth ceaselessly in the void.

Cloud Li Tianwang saw what was happening and pressed his palms together to form a seal. Vast purple Qi could be seen rolling up from above his head, transforming into a purple Qi lotus flower that covered thousands of miles.

Upon every petal of the purple Qi lotus flower were inscribed hundreds of millions of talismanic sigils, each one flowing with boundless, mighty power.

The purple Qi lotus flower rose and struck the black seal. The two sides' forces rapidly dissolved each other.

"You seek death!"

Void Li Tianwang was furious. Clearly, he had not expected Li Jun and Cloud Li Tianwang to be so troublesome. He immediately gritted his teeth and actually bent forward to bow heavily toward the black coffin.

With this bow of his, countless ancient, obscure light patterns immediately surged forth upon the black coffin. These light patterns intertwined and ultimately converged at the coffin lid.

Creak—

A faint, strange sound rang out between heaven and earth.

The sound was not obvious, yet at this moment it caused the pupils of both Li Jun and Cloud Li Tianwang to shrink abruptly, because that sound was the coffin lid grinding.

They cast their gazes over and indeed saw that the lid of that mysterious, eerie black coffin had quietly shifted a sliver at this moment, faintly revealing the boundless darkness within.

The darkness was so thick that even beings like Li Jun and Cloud Li Tianwang felt an inexplicable chill.

What on earth was inside the black coffin?!