Chapter 512: The Greatest Battle of the Ages!

A golden rainbow streaked across the sky, crashing into the azure giant like a vast, surging river of heaven.

This heavenly river coiled twice around the giant, binding it tight.

The monk, clad in a kasaya, possessed knotted muscles and a faint golden glow radiating from his entire body, exuding a sense of immense power.

Compared to the giant formed by the military formation, his figure was like an ant, yet every simple punch and kick he threw forced the giant to retreat repeatedly, shattering the Dragon-Coiling Star Armor in multiple places!

"Thanks to His Majesty's grace, you Buddhists were permitted to build more temples. Truly, all you bald donkeys deserve to die—"

Huang Qiyuan's voice boomed from within the military formation.

He had always loathed the Buddhist sect, and now that they stood with the First Imperial Prince, in his eyes, it was no different from treason.

Naturally, his hatred ran even deeper.

"Amitabha."

The Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King did not look as benevolent as the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King; instead, he bore the fierce, majestic countenance of a Vajra.

As he swung a fist toward the giant before him, he spoke:

"If you want this poor monk dead, you'll have to see if you have the ability, Benefactor!"

He had attained sainthood a century ago. It was precisely because he had successfully broken through, granting the Buddhist sect another peak expert, that the Emperor Wencheng of that era grew deeply wary and planned to "exterminate Buddhism"!

In the end, it was only after the Abbot of Pudu Temple personally brought a massive quantity of gold, silver, jewels, heavenly treasures, vast cultivation resources, and various secret Buddhist manuals to Lanling City that the monarch's fury was quelled.

But even with Pudu Temple making such a gesture, Emperor Wencheng still decreed that the number of temples in the world could not exceed one hundred and eight.

Once this decree was issued, a great number of monks were displaced and forced to return to secular life.

Many Buddhist places of cultivation were either annexed or had their lineages directly severed.

The Buddhist sect's influence suffered a heavy blow, and for the century that followed, it remained in decline.

This matter had started because of the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King, and he viewed it as a supreme humiliation for the Buddhist sect!

He felt both guilt and rage, and naturally, he held no affection for the imperial court.

Thus, he held nothing back in his attacks, fighting with great satisfaction!

Huang Qiyuan had previously allowed the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King to strike in order to suppress Qin Mingli, thereby losing the initiative and falling into a disadvantage.

However, bolstered by the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi sent from Lanling City, he still had a chance to turn the tide.

No longer targeting Qin Mingli, Huang Qiyuan freed his hands to focus entirely on the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King.

Bolts of golden thunder fell like a waterfall, striking the golden river.

Starlight, sharp as blades, continuously sliced through the river.

Among natural phenomena, thunder and starlight were supreme, and the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi was also channeled through these two forces; thus, Huang Qiyuan now activated the 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】, focusing solely on utilizing the power of thunder and stars.

The golden river coiled around the giant was gradually worn down. Within the river were countless human figures, like the sands of the Ganges, each practicing different Buddhist martial arts techniques.

This river was the manifestation of the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King's Dao law, named—【Ganges Martial Suppression】!

The more Buddhist martial arts existed in this world, and the more profound they were,

the more people practiced them, and the higher their cultivation realms,

the stronger the power of this river became!

This was a Martial Dao river symbolizing the Buddhist martial arts!

With a thousand-year heritage, the Buddhist sect was the force with the longest-standing Martial Dao tradition in the world; the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King was effectively attaining the Dao by leveraging the Buddhist sect's thousand-year foundation of martial arts.

Hence, the moment he broke through, his strength and realm were already comparable to the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King, who had broken through much earlier.

Moreover, his Martial Dao ceiling was the highest the Buddhist sect had seen in a thousand years!

If he could make all the martial arts in the world revolve around Buddhism, have the vast majority of martial artists practice Buddhist techniques, and have the Buddhist sect produce a few more Martial Saints,

the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King would even have the chance to step beyond the peak!

This Martial Dao river could attack, defend, seal, heal, and cultivate—it was truly inexhaustible in its utility.

Every force that struck the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King would be transferred to the river.

As long as the river did not dry up, the Heavenly King's physical body would not perish!

Therefore, Huang Qiyuan struck directly at this Martial Dao river, with both sides exhausting each other through the power of Dao laws.

Thunder and starlight fell continuously, rapidly wearing down the figures within the river.

The Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King continued to throw punches, and countless figures flew out from his body, merging into that Martial Dao river.

The river surged, never ceasing.

How could the Buddhist sect's thousand-year foundation be so easily worn away?

The golden river still firmly bound the azure giant, and the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King threw punch after punch, shaking the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi and the military formation!

On the other side, Wen Ren Zheng and Qin Mingli had already engaged in battle.

Although Qin Mingli was older than Wen Ren Zheng and held a higher seniority, he was a junior in terms of Martial Dao realm, having broken through to become a Martial Saint only thirty-some years ago—the least experienced among the "Seven Martial Saints."

Wen Ren Zheng, however, had already broken through to sainthood before the current Emperor ascended the throne, more than twenty years earlier than Qin Mingli.

Because this "God of War" of the Great Lan Dynasty had a illustrious reputation and numerous battle achievements, there was a vague consensus that he was the "First of the Seven Martial Saints."

But the "Seven Martial Saints" had never officially fought each other, and Wen Ren Zheng being the "First of the Seven Martial Saints" was merely a rumor in the Jianghu.

No force or individual dared to be so reckless as to rank these seven.

Whether Wen Ren Zheng was truly the strongest Martial Saint might find a chance for proof today!

Clouds and mist swirled around the golden dragon, and water waves surged.

The clouds and mist suddenly transformed into boiling lead and mercury. As thousands of rivers surged wildly, the golden dragon's scales erupted with light, and a tail sweep, as if carrying ten thousand acres of the vast ocean, lashed out horizontally toward Wen Ren Zheng!

Wen Ren Zheng did not dodge or evade; he simply swung a single arm and threw a punch.

The fist force tore through the sky, shattering rivers into crystal fragments, and a massive black hole collapsed at the center of the cloud vortex!

The dragon tail collided with the fist aura, and thousands of scales shattered like a meteor shower. Dragon blood erupted from the golden dragon's throat, and its entire body shuddered as if struck by lightning.

Boom!!!

It was not until the golden dragon was sent flying back hundreds of meters that the massive explosion finally echoed out.

Li Fei, standing behind Wen Ren Zheng, felt that with that single punch, the entire world had trembled!

Wen Ren Zheng's expression remained calm. He took a step, appearing above the golden dragon's head as if by teleportation.

Li Fei saw it clearly: the other party did not possess a divine ability like 【No Distance】; it was simply because his speed was truly too fast.

Crossing the sky in a human body at at least five times the speed of sound!

Wen Ren Zheng stomped down, crushing the dragon's head; the two horns turned to dust, and the dragon's head became a bloody mess.

However, the golden dragon's injuries were not as severe as they had just appeared; 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】 could distribute force to the most minute details, highly suppressing the Ninth-Grade True Dragon's healing ability.

Often, a single move would fundamentally sever the connection between a portion of flesh and the body, forcing Qin Mingli to expend more power to recover.

While the output of Wen Ren Zheng's punches and kicks was stronger than that of the azure giant, the lethal effect was not as great.

This was why the strongest, the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King, had immediately moved to entangle Huang Qiyuan and the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry, leaving Qin Mingli and the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King to deal with Wen Ren Zheng.

This was a pre-determined strategy!

The white light of 【Taiyi Water-Merging】 swept over Wen Ren Zheng; this "God of War" was wearing an Eighth-Grade Divine Garment.

Yet, under the power of 【Taiyi Water-Merging】, this divine garment actually showed signs of melting into molten iron!

However, Wen Ren Zheng's Martial Saint body remained completely unaffected.

He stretched his muscles and bones, his Qi and blood burning like the great sun, his joints popping like thunder!

Phantoms of mountain peaks, rivers, and cities condensed from every acupuncture point on his body.

These were the rivers and cities he had once led troops to fight over, conquer, and where the flames of war had roared!

Wen Ren Zheng was hailed as the "God of War," and naturally, he cultivated the Dao of the Military; his Dao law was named—【Beacon Fire Extreme Saint】.

This power was primarily used to strengthen Wen Ren Zheng's Martial Saint body.

The more rivers and mountains he had traversed leading troops, and the more cities he had conquered, the stronger his Martial Saint body became!

The Founding Emperor had spent his life on horseback. Only after conquering the entire Central Plains, the grasslands, the Southern Desert, and the Northern Barbarians did he gain enlightenment and summarize a set of techniques named the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art."

And in it, he left a note:

"If I could have used this technique as a foundation from the start to sweep across the six directions and attain the Dao, perhaps I could have gone even further!"

The Founding Emperor's Martial Dao foundation was the "True Dragon Seven Wu Gong," and the Dao law he attained was unrelated to the military Dao.

He only realized the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art" after he had achieved fame and success.

If he had cultivated this technique from the beginning, attaining sainthood through the military Dao, given his record of sweeping across the six directions and conquering the four corners, he might have had a chance to step beyond the peak!

Although the Founding Emperor left behind such a technique, almost no imperial descendants of the later Great Lan Dynasty cultivated the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art."

Firstly, imperial descendants rarely had the chance to lead troops in battle, and there was little territory left for them to conquer.

Secondly, the power of the "True Dragon Seven Wu Gong" was still above the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art." If someone could bear the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, ascend to the throne, and simultaneously become a Martial Saint, they could reach the peak of Martial Sainthood just like the Founding Emperor!

Therefore, for generations, as long as their aptitude allowed, the first choice for imperial descendants was to cultivate the "True Dragon Seven Wu Gong."

As for Wen Ren Zheng, he was not of the imperial family and had no qualification to receive the "True Dragon Seven Wu Gong" inheritance, but because his talent was extremely high and he was loyal, he was bestowed the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art."

Before becoming the Grand Marshal of the Military, Wen Ren Zheng had led troops to the grasslands, fought the Northern Barbarians, and ventured deep into the Southern Desert, achieving illustrious battle merits and winning every battle!

Only then did he earn the name "God of War."

He also became the first person to use the "Beacon Fire Wolf Smoke Art" as a foundation to condense a Dao law and become a Martial Saint.

Bolstered by 【Beacon Fire Extreme Saint】, the strength of his Martial Saint body was arguably the best in the world!

His Dao law power did not have as many profound changes as other peak experts—the ability to merge all things, master natural phenomena, or perceive everything.

【Beacon Fire Extreme Saint】 brought extreme offense and defense!

【Taiyi Water-Merging】 could even refine an Eighth-Grade Divine Garment into molten iron, yet it failed to shake Wen Ren Zheng's Martial Saint body.

Just as the golden dragon was stomped down by him, nine more rays of Buddhist light descended from the sky.

One ray of Buddhist light landed on the injured golden dragon, while the other eight targeted Li Fei and the other seven, as well as Mi Han's natal flying sword.

Mi Han spat out a mouthful of blood, and his natal flying sword let out a mournful cry.

White clouds surged, dyed golden, and within Ji Yifan's 【Cloud Heart Carefree Heaven】, bursts of Sanskrit sounds actually rang out.

Rocks flew, mountains shook, and atop the central mountain of Ban Yanyang's 【Tilled Earth Floating Mountain Domain】, a Buddha statue appeared, sitting on the peak.

Within the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】, golden Buddhist light and golden sword Qi shone brilliantly, and the sun and moon in the sky were also stained with a golden glow.

Within the sword realm, bursts of Sanskrit sounds lingered, and golden lotus flowers bloomed.

Li Fei's heart sank as he discovered he was gradually losing control of the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】.

Qin Mingli's 【Taiyi Water-Merging】 only wanted to melt his sword realm and turn it into water-attribute power, but the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King actually wanted to directly seize his sword realm!

Moreover, the other party's methods appeared overbearing, but in reality, they were like spring rain moistening all things, causing no direct harm to Li Fei; he couldn't even use the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl to transfer the Dao law power.

"I thought that with the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, I could barely trade blows with peak experts, but in the end, I still underestimated the profundity of Dao laws."

Li Fei reflected inwardly.

At the same time, the acupuncture points all over Wen Ren Zheng's body shone brightly; mountain peaks, rivers, and mountain passes all connected into one, like a map of the nation's mountains and rivers!

The firmament shook, and nine fist auras severed the nine descending rays of Buddhist light.

Above the sea of clouds, that massive Buddha statue looked compassionate, and the vertical eye between its brows released another ray of Buddhist light.

This time, the Buddhist light was like rain, rendering the firmament golden.

Enveloped by the Buddhist light, although Li Fei and the others' Martial Dao domains were not at risk of being seized, they became extremely unstable.

A golden wave rolled toward the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】; it was Qin Mingli, having recovered, borrowing the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King's power and using 【Taiyi Water-Merging】 for his own ends, striking at Li Fei once more!

A flash of anger crossed Wen Ren Zheng's eyes.

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King and Qin Mingli were two against one, yet they didn't target him directly, instead repeatedly striking at the others, forcing him to save them.

If it were someone else, Wen Ren Zheng might not have cared, and could have seized the chance to trade, sacrificing the life of a Grandmaster to severely injure Qin Mingli!

But Qin Mingli knew very well who Wen Ren Zheng and the Emperor truly cared about; he knew Wen Ren Zheng couldn't sit by and watch Li Fei be killed by him, so he kept targeting Li Fei.

Boom—

The golden wave was blasted apart by the fist aura, and the surging spray was blocked by cities appearing out of thin air, not a single drop staining Li Fei's 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】.

Wen Ren Zheng beckoned with one hand, and seven streams of Sha Qi flew in from afar.

These were the seven thousand-man military formations on the plains, once again activating Sha Qi to attack.

These seven streams of Sha Qi, possessing the power of Grandmasters, were like living creatures in Wen Ren Zheng's hands, circling him, full of spirituality.

"Kill—"

With Wen Ren Zheng's command, the seven streams of Sha Qi were like an army of seven hundred thousand, carrying the aura of golden spears and iron horses as they charged toward the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King in the sky!

The Grand Marshal of the Military had the authority to mobilize the world's troops.

【Beacon Fire Extreme Saint】 was naturally the peak of the military Dao!

Even though Wen Ren Zheng was not personally presiding over the military formations, merely remotely controlling the seven streams of Sha Qi, he still allowed the seven military formations to exert power greater than before.

"You all go and block the enemy's Imperial Camp Army!"

Wen Ren Zheng sent a voice transmission to Li Fei and the others.

Six Grandmasters plus one top-tier True Person, and Li Fei, this anomaly.

In terms of paper combat power, they were certainly stronger than the seven thousand-plus Imperial Camp soldiers.

But these people all had their own agendas; those truly willing to fight to the death were probably only two or three.

So Wen Ren Zheng made a decisive choice: he would control the seven thousand-man Imperial Camp formations to deal with the two Martial Saints, and send Li Fei and the others to block the opposing Imperial Camp Army.

Li Fei used 【No Distance】 to leave without hesitation, and the others also scattered away from this peak battlefield.

Several thousand meters away, over five thousand Imperial Camp cavalry began their charge.

The black Sha Qi connected into one, forming a surging wave a hundred meters high, sweeping toward the north!

Of these five thousand-plus Imperial Camp soldiers, over three thousand belonged to the Southern Border Army, and the rest had "abandoned darkness for light" from several provinces.

Five thousand-man military formations were activated, their momentum vast.

"Everyone, be careful. Since the Buddhist sect has made a move, the enemy's combat power won't just be this!"

Ban Yanyang, Vice Pavilion Master of the Zhige Pavilion, reminded everyone via voice transmission.

After seeing the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King and the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King appear, Li Fei knew that the number of peak combatants on the enemy side must have differed greatly from pre-battle estimates.

Pudu Temple alone had one Buddha and two Martial Saints.

How could the number of Grandmasters and top-tier True Persons below them be small?

One must know, before Qing Xu rebelled and the Daluo Sect was severely injured,

the combined power of the three Daoist sects could only barely suppress Pudu Temple!

Li Fei still took the lead, using the 【No Distance】 divine ability to intercept the Sha Qi wave first.

The setting sun was like blood; on the plains, a torrent of a thousand cavalry trampled the grass, the sound of hooves shaking the earth until it cracked. The black-armored cavalry lined up like a wall, the surging Sha Qi like a sea tide!

The Sha Qi wave appeared to be connected, but in reality, it was still divided into five parts.

Li Fei targeted one of the military formations, the golden light sphere transformed from the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】 blocking the front, suddenly erupting with light!

Thousands of sword Qi were like a waterfall, following Li Fei's intent, crashing toward the Sha Qi directly in front.

The Imperial Camp general leading the front saw this and immediately activated the military formation to change:

The black Sha Qi condensed into a blood-colored gale, carrying the neighing of horses and the whistling of blades, bringing with it the stench of rotting bones and fresh blood, stirring the dust within a hundred-zhang radius into a vortex!

In an instant, the golden sword tide collided with the blood-colored gale, and a thunderous humming tremor echoed between heaven and earth.

The air waves tore through the air, sand and stones flew like bullets, and the earth was shaken with spiderweb-like cracks!

With this move, Li Fei combined 【Infinite Brightness Fire】 with the sword realm, practicing a second Xuanjing-level Dao power.

【Mixed Heaven Golden Palace】 could rapidly absorb the heaven and earth's origin energy, so Li Fei, in executing Xuanjing-level Dao power, borrowed more and stronger heaven and earth power than anyone else!

However, the sword Qi was eventually worn away by the blood-colored gale, and the gale rolled into the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】.

Li Fei stepped forward and charged.

With the addition of the 【Sword Sacrifice】 divine ability, his physical strength had once again improved, and his Blood Rage limit had increased from 1,100 to 1,200.

When he struck at Qin Mingli just now, he had entered the "Blood Demon State," consuming 1,200 Blood Souls to execute 【Blood Rage】, then executing the 【Dragon Elephant】 divine ability.

His extreme "base strength" reached an astonishing 3,000 units of Blood Rage power, and with the addition of the Dragon Elephant power, it had now reached a 3x multiplier!

Letting the thousand cavalry charge into his sword realm with the momentum to crush mountains and shatter seas, Li Fei gripped his Ghost-Slaying Blade with both hands, twisted his waist, swung his arms, and swept horizontally forward.

The golden blade aura, carrying a terrifying explosive force of tens of millions of jin, instantly tore through the blood-colored gale, broke through the protective Sha Qi, and swept into the Imperial Camp soldiers within!

The heavy Sha-weapon armor was like paper under this blade aura; a golden light flashed, and the thirty-some cavalry at the very front instantly froze.

Blood mist erupted from the horses' necks, the knights' heads and torsos separated like wheat being harvested, their armor shattered like porcelain, and the sound of severed limbs hitting the ground became a continuous tide!

A gap appeared in the thousand-cavalry formation; Li Fei stood in this gap and raised his blade to strike again.

These Imperial Camp soldiers had little will to fight to begin with, and seeing Li Fei break through the military formation's defense so easily, the rest immediately lost their will.

While activating Sha Qi to protect their bodies, they drove their exotic beast mounts to flee, attempting to rush out of this sword realm.

Li Fei's intent shifted, and countless sword Qi circled, forming a wall of sword Qi, blocking these iron cavalry.

He appeared at the rear of the ranks with 【No Distance】, slashed down, tore open the outer Sha Qi, and dismembered a dozen more Imperial Camp soldiers!

"I am the Marquis of Jing'an; those who surrender shall not be killed—"

Li Fei's voice was like thunder, echoing in the ears of these thousand cavalry.

The name of the Marquis of Jing'an was like thunder to the ears, and many were shaken.

"Amitabha, I ask the Marquis of Jing'an to put down the butcher's knife and abandon darkness for light."

A gentle voice suddenly rang out in this small world.

Li Fei looked up and saw a string of Buddhist beads intrude into the sword realm.

Breaking out of a Martial Dao domain from the inside is very difficult.

But coming in from the outside is very easy.

This string of Buddhist beads was clearly a magic treasure, and as the voice came from within, dazzling light bloomed from the beads.

One hundred and eight Buddha statues appeared out of thin air, standing in all directions. Golden lotus flowers rained down from the sky, and square barriers appeared within the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】.

Pure Land Barrier!

Buddhist Dao cultivation and Daoist cultivation have many similarities, such as advancing step by step from a Xuan-level magic treasure to a Heaven-level magic treasure, which also requires gathering one hundred and eight types of implants to finally form a formation.

The Daoist sect calls it the Tiangang Earth Sha formation, while the Buddhist sect calls it the Pure Land Barrier.

One hundred and eight Buddha statues guarding the Pure Land meant that the person who made the move was a Great Luo Han who had cultivated to the "Zen Fruit Realm"!

The titles of the Buddhist and Daoist sects are different; a Daoist True Person corresponds to what the Buddhist sect calls an Luo Han.

A top-tier True Person is a Great Luo Han.

"Sure enough, both Heavenly Kings have arrived; how could the rest of the Buddhist sect's experts not be here?"

Li Fei was not surprised that someone intervened, he just wanted to know how many experts Pudu Temple had sent to the scene?

Pudu Temple's peak combat power was one Buddha and two Heavenly Kings.

Below them were five Temple-Protecting Vajras and six Great Arhats.

That is, five Grandmasters and six top-tier True Persons!

Further down, there were over twenty Martial Dao Masters and over a dozen Arhats.

With such a lineup, if they were all here today, Li Fei and the others would inevitably be at a complete disadvantage in high-end combat power!

"This old monk is Jing Lian. If the Marquis of Jing'an is willing to turn back, this old monk will implore my Abbot brother to personally welcome you into our Buddhist sect to learn supreme wonderful methods."

The gentle voice came from the Buddhist beads again.

The seniority of Pudu Temple is ranked in the order of "Zhen Ru Xing Hai, Ji Zhao Pu Tong, Zhi Hui Qing Jing, Wu Ming Hui Chang."

Currently, the highest seniority is the "Jing" generation, and the lowest is the "Chang" generation.

So this Jing Lian was already one of the highest-ranking people in Pudu Temple.

"Your Buddhist sect speaks of compassion, yet you help the tyrant, actively provoke war, and create slaughter; how hypocritical!"

Li Fei sneered.

He knew these Buddhist masters were unparalleled in debate, so he didn't waste words with the other party, directly activating the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】 to form a counter-clash with the other party's Pure Land Barrier, while simultaneously using 【No Distance】 to reach the sky and swing his blade at a Buddha statue.

Earth-level magic treasures correspond to Grandmasters of the Shengji Realm.

Heaven-level magic treasures correspond to Grandmasters of the Shenyan Realm.

The Tiangang Earth Sha Great Perfection corresponds to Grandmasters of the Lidao Realm.

Jing Lian, who was attacking Li Fei at this time, had one hundred and eight Buddha statues in his Pure Land Barrier, and his natal Buddhist beads were already a Heaven-level magic treasure, equivalent to a Grandmaster of the Shenyan Realm, far higher than Li Fei in realm.

As a result, when the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】 clashed with his Pure Land Barrier, it was only slightly inferior, and he couldn't suppress Li Fei too much.

"Worthy of being the first in history."

Jing Lian sighed.

In an instant, one hundred and eight Buddha statues chanted Buddhist scriptures simultaneously, and countless golden characters flew out from the bodies of these statues, connecting with each other in the air, filling the entire Pure Land Barrier.

These scriptures bring peace to the mind and spirit, capable of dissolving the hostility and killing intent within one's heart.

Divine Ability—【Sanskrit Sound Pure Land】!

This divine ability could influence others' states of mind and bolster the Pure Land Barrier; the longer it lasted, the deeper the Buddhist power accumulated.

"Benefactor, your obsession is too deep, the karmic fire is hard to extinguish; turn back to the shore!"

Jing Lian's voice echoed through the two small worlds.

With Sanskrit sounds ringing in his ears, Li Fei remained unmoved; the cold moonlight shone on him, and his fighting intent did not diminish in the slightest.

He slashed at a Buddha statue, the blade edge breaking through the Buddhist light, shattering countless golden characters, and slashing from the top of the Buddha statue all the way through the lotus throne below.

Snap—

After one slash, the Buddha statue turned into golden fragments filling the sky.

"Screw your 'turn back to the shore'!!"

Just as Li Fei was fighting the Pudu Temple Great Luo Han Jing Lian, Ban Yanyang and the others also engaged the remaining Imperial Camp soldiers.

Six Grandmasters, one top-tier True Person, among whom three were Grandmasters of the Shenyan Realm, and Mi Han was a top-tier True Person who had completed the Tiangang Earth Sha Great Array.

This lineup against four thousand-man military formations could be said to have no pressure.

But as soon as the two sides clashed, three figures leaped out from the void and attacked them!

This was someone hiding on an invisible flying magic treasure, suddenly launching a sneak attack.

Fortunately, the few had been on guard and held back a lot of power, so they didn't fall for it.

The three who suddenly appeared were all Grandmasters!

One was Hong Zhi, the ancestor of Mount Baituo who escaped that night, a Grandmaster of the Shenyan Realm.

One was Yuan Jingchuan, the president of Taiwei University, who was recruited by the First Imperial Prince's maternal clan, a Grandmaster of the Shengji Realm.

The last one was Wu Yan, a Temple-Protecting Vajra of Pudu Temple, a Grandmaster of the Shenyan Realm.

Although Hong Zhi was at the peak of the Shenyan Realm, his injuries from last time had not yet healed.

Him, plus Yuan Jingchuan and Wu Yan, and four thousand-man Imperial Camp formations, fighting Ban Yanyang and the others.

Actually, they should have been at a disadvantage.

But Ban Yanyang and the others, knowing that the Buddhist sect had experts still lurking in the dark, didn't dare to strike with full force, so for a while, they were evenly matched.

On the other battlefield, Shi Caiming led a group of Martial Dao Masters and True Persons to join the battle.

They also encountered experts sent by Pudu Temple.

In terms of combat power at the level of Martial Dao Masters and True Persons, the number of people in the rebel-suppression army was more than twice that of the enemy.

Even with Pudu Temple's support, the rebel-suppression army still had the upper hand in the number of experts.

As soon as they clashed, Shi Caiming keenly sensed the key to the battle.

"To cover their tracks, Pudu Temple must have used large flying magic treasures to bring a small number of elites here, so our main force is still in the upper hand!"

"The key lies in the peak combat power at the level of Grandmasters and top-tier True Persons; Wen Ren Zheng borrowed seven Imperial Camp formations, we are already short of people, plus Pudu Temple's peak experts..."

Shi Caiming made a decisive choice, immediately calling several Martial Dao Masters to break away from the battle and rush toward the direction of Li Fei and the others.

As the president of Wuan University, the only person he could command on the battlefield was originally Qin Zhen.

However, before the battle, Li Fei had let Master Jiming of Lei Chan Temple, the rogue cultivator Yu Lei, and Wang Yilong, the sect master of the Long Hu Gate, all follow Shi Caiming.

Besides that, Shen Zhen, a True Person of the Mengyan Sect, also brought people to participate in the battle.

The Qing Province where the Mengyan Sect was located was not among the six provinces ordered by the imperial court; sending people to participate this time was purely for the friendship of Li Fei returning the Dream Token back then.

Shen Zhen also followed Shi Caiming.

As a True Person, she was not good at close combat, and her physical body was weak, so following Martial Dao experts on the battlefield was the best choice.

Following Shi Caiming's order, four Martial Dao Masters and one True Person followed him out of the battle.

Xiao Xiao Xiao Ruixing on the other side also realized the key to this battle.

The rebel-suppression army was still in the upper hand at the levels of ordinary soldiers, martial artists, and Dao-Foundation experts, with more people.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of two Buddhist Martial Saints, the enemy's main force would have been crushed long ago!

Now that their own main force was still suppressing the opposite side, they could completely spare manpower to help the experts at the level of Martial Dao Masters and True Persons.

So Xiao Xiao Xiao Ruixing also quickly broke away from the battle with Xiao Tao and several experts of the Xiao family.

His goal was the same as Shi Caiming's: to go and help Li Fei's side.

Once that side was crushed, the first thing it would affect would be the peak experts' battlefield!

But before the two sides could arrive, a force had already killed their way over from that side.

It was precisely the thousand-plus Imperial Camp soldiers that Li Fei had intercepted earlier.

With Jing Lian holding Li Fei back, using the Pure Land Barrier to form a counter-clash with the 【Mixed Origin Sword Realm】, this Imperial Camp force easily killed their way out.

Their order was to scatter the enemy's main army!

Dealing with peak experts, these Imperial Camp soldiers had no will to fight.

But charging into battle and sweeping the battlefield was the Imperial Camp's specialty!

"Stop them—"

Shi Caiming frowned, immediately taking people to change direction and intercept this Imperial Camp force.

The Imperial Camp's strongest point was never dueling with experts, but sweeping the battlefield.

Once this Imperial Camp force was allowed to kill their way into the main army, their own main army would very likely be crushed!

Shi Caiming's injuries had not healed, and he couldn't last long using his Martial Dao domain, so he could only use divine abilities to fight the enemy.

Asking him to block this Imperial Camp force in his current state was asking too much.

Fortunately, he still had a few people with him.

After the thousand-man military formation was activated, Sha Qi also had a suppressive effect on divine abilities, just not as strong as the suppression of a Martial Dao domain or formation.

So Shi Caiming, taking Qin Zhen and the others, was enough to clash with a thousand-man military formation.

Xiao Xiao Xiao Ruixing on the other side saw this and immediately took Xiao Tao, a Martial Dao Master guest of the Xiao family, and a True Person of the Xiao family to rush over, wanting to join forces with Shi Caiming and the others to solve this Imperial Camp force first.

Iron cavalry tore through the wilderness, Sha Qi like a dragon!

Ten experts collided head-on.

The golden river was still coiled around the azure giant, countless figures being worn away in the river, but more figures were born in the river in a continuous stream.

Above the firmament, rays of starlight and thunder fell.

And there was Buddhist light mixed in, falling on the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King and the azure giant at the same time.

This was the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King also making a move on this battlefield!

His Dao law was named—【Ten Thousand Lights Return to Buddha】.

It could convert all things with Buddhist light, making them convert to the Buddhist sect!

The Buddhist light shot from his Buddha eyes could even turn others' Martial Dao domains into his own Buddhist domain!

Besides that, this Buddhist light could suppress and heal, also having various wonderful uses.

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King sat high above the sea of clouds, standing on the palm of the Buddha statue, while using Buddhist light to assist Qin Mingli in firmly entangling Wen Ren Zheng, and using Buddhist light to help the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King deal with the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry.

All three Martial Saints knew very well that Wen Ren Zheng, who possessed 【Beacon Fire Extreme Saint】, was hard to kill, so they all placed the breakthrough point on the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry side.

Qin Mingli, incarnated as a Ninth-Grade True Dragon, also had top-tier life-saving ability!

He didn't seek to defeat Wen Ren Zheng, just to join forces with the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King to firmly entangle the other party.

And on the other side, the strongest, the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King, had already gained the upper hand by virtue of his initial initiative.

Now with the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King's assistance, he gave Huang Qiyuan and the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry no chance at all!

Even with Huang Qiyuan bolstered by the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, he was dealing with it very reluctantly under the joint attack of two Martial Saints.

His military Dao cultivation was not at the "Commander level"; once the number of deaths among the 12,000 Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry in the military formation exceeded 4,000, the ten-thousand-man military formation could no longer be maintained, and he would no longer be able to control the military formation to condense Dao laws.

At that time, the peak combat power on the battlefield would be three against one!

If it were only the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King alone, wanting to kill the 4,000 Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry in the military formation would also require paying a great price and wearing away much of his cultivation.

Not to mention the other party had the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi, making it even harder to fight.

However, the Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King was not fighting alone; besides the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King, he had helpers:

When Jing Lian and Wu Yan appeared on that battlefield, someone also joined this battlefield.

One person swung his blade to slash out ten thousand waves, the blade momentum like an angry sea abyss.

One person thrust his spear toward the azure giant's head, the spear momentum driving thousands of dragon shadows, the roar shaking the sky.

One person struck with a palm like pushing a mountain, a Buddhist kingdom evolving in the palm, a glazed Pure Land...

Cao Xinghan, the Southern Border Provincial Military Commander!

Four Pudu Temple Temple-Protecting Vajras!

A total of five Grandmasters appeared.

Two of the Shengji Realm, two of the Shenyan Realm, one of the Lidao Realm!

After these five appeared, layers of mountain shadows carrying thousands of rivers descended from the sky, crashing layer by layer onto the azure giant's Dragon-Coiling Star Armor.

In the end, countless high mountains and rivers all converged into a single sword light!

After one sword, a hole appeared in the Dragon-Coiling Star Armor!

Before the hole, a gray-robed man stood in the void, holding a three-foot green blade.

Hook-Deep Sword Master—Bai Chen!

Clouds and mist swirled around him, mountain shadows and rivers overlapped, and his sword intent was extremely heavy, actually distorting the surrounding space!

This was a phenomenon where the Martial Dao domain was condensed and compressed to the extreme.

The Shengji Realm expanded the coverage and power of the Martial Dao domain.

The Shenyan Realm derived new changes and profundities with various divine abilities.

The Lidao Realm highly compressed and condensed the Martial Dao domain, covering it on the surface of the body, multiplying its power.

Having had his response body and report body slashed away one after another, Bai Chen's final Dharma body had already broken through the Shenyan Realm and stepped into the Lidao Realm!

He turned his head to look at Wen Ren Zheng on the other battlefield, his eyes complex.

According to the initial plan, his goal of "slashing his own body to attain the Dao" was the "God of War" Wen Ren Zheng!

The other party was a Martial Saint and cultivated the military Dao, with a heavy burden of slaughter, even more than those two demonic Martial Saints.

Bai Chen's "slashing his own body to attain the Dao" had its core divine ability from the Buddhist sect.

So it not only required the target's strength and realm to be as high as possible, but also required a causal connection and sufficient karmic obstacles.

So Wen Ren Zheng became the most suitable target.

According to Bai Chen's plan, he should have had his two clones slashed away by Wen Ren Zheng in succession, and finally, he would join forces with the others to slay Wen Ren Zheng with his Dharma body, thereby breaking through to the Martial Saint realm in one fell swoop!

But his response body and report body had already been slashed away by others, causing Bai Chen's plan to fall short.

His final Dharma body should have been at the peak of the Lidao Realm, or even the half-step Martial Saint realm!

But now it had only barely broken through to the Lidao Realm.

Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Chen suddenly turned and flew away.

The Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King, stepping on the river, frowned slightly.

According to the plan, Bai Chen should have joined the siege of the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry with the others, but for some reason, the other party didn't follow the plan.

However, even with one less Lidao Realm Grandmaster, Huang Qiyuan and the Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry's situation remained very difficult.

The Jianghe-Suppressing Heavenly King attacked, the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King contained, and five Grandmasters assisted!

Even with the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi's support, Sky-Blue Iron Cavalry began to die in the military formation one after another.

If this continued, the collapse of the ten-thousand-man military formation was only a matter of time.

Pudu Temple hadn't even shown its full combat power, and the rebel-suppression army was already on the verge of defeat.

Boom!!!

Suddenly, another thick golden thunderbolt carrying infinite starlight descended from the sky.

The target of this thunderbolt was the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King, located at the highest point of the entire battlefield.

Huang Qiyuan once again used 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】 to borrow the Son of Heaven's Dragon Qi to drop the thunderbolt, and this strike had been charging for a long time.

As the thunderbolt fell, strands of extremely minute power suddenly erupted from within the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King's body.

These powers were what Huang Qiyuan had quietly planted within the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King's body using 【Heavenly Dry Divine Micro】.

"Good method."

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King praised.

His Buddhist light also had the ability to perceive, yet he still failed to detect these lurking powers.

The golden thunderbolt struck the massive Buddha statue behind him.

The Buddha statue shook violently, covered in cracks, and bolts of lightning like small golden snakes covered the entire statue.

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King still looked compassionate, his hands pressed together.

His eyes closed, and a vertical eye constructed of Buddhist light appeared between his brows, infinite Buddhist light shining down on the Buddha statue.

The golden lightning covering the Buddha statue was soon "converted" one by one, incorporated into the Pure Land.

"Hmm?"

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King's closed eyes suddenly opened, his gaze solemn.

Ripples suddenly appeared in the space around the Buddha statue.

Immediately after, heaven and earth inverted!

The Buddha statue behind the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King turned upside down, the lotus throne on top.

Below, stars twinkled, and above was an endless sea surface.

"Mirror Sea Heaven, Starry Earth, Inverted Five Elements Array?"

The Buddha-Eye Heavenly King muttered.

"Good insight."

An ethereal voice rang out in this world.

Even though he had been hit and was in the great array, the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King remained calm:

"I didn't expect that True Lord Xuanxin would also come."

True Lord Xuanxin, one of the three Daoist sects, Sect Master of the Shangqing Sect!

This True Lord was proficient in arrays and was hailed as the number one array master of the current age!

From the Shangqing Sect to the Bai Feng Plains was thousands of miles apart; even if True Lord Xuanxin had the heart to help, he couldn't have arrived so promptly.

That he could make a move now to trap the Buddha-Eye Heavenly King with an array meant he had been waiting on the sidelines, waiting for the best opportunity.

In today's battle, not only had the Buddhist sect entered the game long ago, but the Daoist sect had also entered the game long ago!

With True Lord Xuanxin making a move, there were already four Martial Saints and one True Lord on the Bai Feng Plains.

From ancient times to the present, no battle had ever involved so many peak experts at the same time.

This was the greatest battle of the ages!

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