Chapter 575: Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation, Harmony Dao

"Little Xiao Yuan, I admit that your strategies are indeed quite good, but the gap in strength cannot be bridged by strategy," Taixuan Laozu looked at Xiao Yuan, who was presiding over the situation at the top of the tower, his voice flat yet filled with menace, "Surrender now, and I can grant you a decent way to die."

"Senior Taixuan, I respect you as a senior of the Cultivation World, but when it comes to our ideals, we will never back down," Xiao Yuan stood up, and although her face was somewhat pale, her voice remained firm, "What we pursue is a better Cultivation World; this goal is worth us protecting with our lives."

"Stubborn and unyielding!" A flash of killing intent crossed Taixuan Laozu's eyes, "Since that is the case, then let me end this farce!"

"Taixuan True Art—Heaven and Earth Inverted!"

One could see Taixuan Laozu drawing a circle with both hands, and a massive Yin and Yang pattern emerged beneath his feet. But unlike Lin Xuan's Taiji Pattern, this pattern was filled with an aura of tyranny and destruction, as if it were about to turn the entire world upside down.

Sensing this terrifying power, Xiao Yuan knew that she could never withstand it with her own strength alone. She immediately sent a distress signal to all allies through their mental connection.

"Everyone, support my Harmony Dao with all your might!"

Taixuan Laozu hovered a hundred zhang in the air, his wide Daoist Robe snapping in the gale. His eyes were no longer their ordinary black, but flickering with silver-white lightning, as if two thunder beads were dancing in their sockets.

"Insolent brat!" Taixuan Laozu's voice was like thunder from the nine heavens, shaking the entire Qinglong Peak, "Today, I shall let you know what true strength is!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he began to circulate the Forbidden Technique of the Taixuan Sect. He slowly raised his hands, forming an ancient and mysterious hand seal. As the seal shifted, the sky began to undergo a violent transformation.

The previously clear sky was instantly covered by dark clouds; these were no ordinary clouds, but were condensed from pure lightning power. Electric light flashed within the cloud layers, and thunder rumbled continuously, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping within.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation—Heavenly Punishment Descends!"

Taixuan Laozu's voice resounded through the heavens, and his body began to resonate with the thunderclouds in the sky. This was the ultimate technique that only the successive Sect Leaders of the Taixuan Sect could cultivate, a terrifying Art of Techniques that legend said even great experts at the Tribulation Transcendence stage would fear.

"Master, is... is this the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation?" Shuiyun Xianzi looked at the churning thunderclouds in the sky, her voice beginning to tremble. As a member of the middle generation of the Cultivation World, she had naturally heard of this legendary Forbidden Technique.

"Indeed," Xingchenzi's expression was grave as never before, "The Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation borrows the power of heaven and earth for one's own use; its might is enough to destroy the world. Taixuan Laozu intends to perish together with us!"

A suffocating aura of destruction permeated the air, and even those cultivators who were still locked in fierce battle could not help but stop their movements, looking at the sky in terror.

Under this terrifying pressure, the morale of the Reform Alliance began to waver. Many cultivators with lower cultivation levels were already feeling their legs go weak, and some even wanted to turn and flee.

"It's over... how could we possibly withstand an attack of this magnitude..."

"Taixuan Laozu is getting serious; we are doomed..."

Panic spread through the crowd like a plague, and the formation of the Reform Alliance began to loosen.

"We cannot let fear defeat us!" Xiao Yuan felt the despair of her allies, and she knew that if this emotion were allowed to spread, the Reform Alliance would collapse on its own without Taixuan Laozu needing to strike.

She stood up, and although her body trembled slightly under Taixuan Laozu's pressure, the light in her eyes was more resolute than ever. "For our ideals, for the future of the Cultivation World, we must not fall here!"

"Harmony Dao—All Things Return to One!"

Xiao Yuan burned her mental energy without hesitation, elevating the "Harmony Dao" to an unprecedented limit. Pure white light erupted from her body, like a lamp lit in the darkness, instantly illuminating the entire battlefield.

This light was not merely bright to the eyes; more importantly, it could soothe the heart and dispel fear. Under the radiance of this light, the cultivators of the Reform Alliance regained their fighting spirit.

"We are not fighting alone!"

"For Junior Sister Xiao Yuan, for our ideals!"

"Reform Alliance, never admit defeat!"

However, even with Xiao Yuan giving her all, her power still seemed like a drop in the bucket when facing Taixuan Laozu's Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation. The thunderclouds in the sky gathered more and more, and the destructive power contained within them had reached a heart-palpitating level.

"Hmph, does the light of a firefly dare to compete with the bright moon?" Taixuan Laozu sneered, "Watch how I shatter your meager cultivation!"

He suddenly pressed his hands downward, and the thunderclouds in the sky immediately began to rotate, forming a massive lightning vortex. At the center of the vortex, a bolt of lightning as thick as a water barrel was condensing, and the power contained within it was enough to raze the entire Qinglong Peak to the ground.

"Xiao Yuan!" Seeing Xiao Yuan teetering under the immense pressure, Lin Xuan rushed over without hesitation. He grabbed Xiao Yuan's hand and poured his own Taiji True Qi into her without reservation.

"Senior Brother Lin, you..." Xiao Yuan felt Lin Xuan's True Qi, and a flash of emotion crossed her eyes.

"We are partners; if we are to fight, we fight together!" Lin Xuan said firmly, "Let us join forces and create a miracle!"

Their hands were clasped tightly together, and their powers began to merge. The Yin and Yang power of the Taiji and the inclusive power of the Harmony Dao echoed each other, unexpectedly producing a chemical reaction.

The pure white light originally emitted by Xiao Yuan began to change, with black and white streams of light appearing within it. These streams of light rotated slowly like a Taiji Pattern, yet contained the warmth and inclusivity of the Harmony Dao.

"This is... the Taiji Harmony Dao?" Huiming Fangzhang saw this strange sight, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes, "How can two completely different techniques merge so perfectly?"

Not only Huiming Fangzhang, but even Taixuan Laozu noticed this change. His brows furrowed, and he felt a faint sense of unease.

"Impossible! How could two different techniques merge so perfectly?"

But the fact was right before his eyes; Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan's powers merged seamlessly, as if they had always been one. Through their joint efforts, a massive Taiji Pattern began to manifest above Qinglong Peak.

This Taiji Pattern was fundamentally different from the one Lin Xuan had previously displayed. It not only possessed the Yin and Yang changes of the Taiji, but also incorporated the inclusivity and understanding of the Harmony Dao. The black and white colors in the pattern were no longer opposing, but interdependent and mutually reinforcing.

"Taiji Harmony Dao—Heaven and Earth One Heart!"