Chapter 741: Cripple Him!

"This… no… this is impossible!"

The Dark Flying Ancestor let out an incredulous shout!

Within his nine vertical pupils, endless shock, terror and disbelief instantly filled them!

He finally realized that the being before his eyes was not an ordinary Ultimate Leap master; its power far surpassed his Extinction Sequence!

He frantically tried to resist, to evade, to retract his Dark Sea Tide.

But he found that his body, his Dao Rule, his Primordial, even his thoughts were completely shackled by the Dao Rule emanating from the Initial Great Hand Seal!

He could not move at all, could not dodge, not even burn Primordial!

He could only watch helplessly as the terrifying Great Hand Seal, bearing the supreme Great Power of Open Heaven and Split Earth, thundered onto the Dark Sea Tide and then slammed down fiercely onto his Extinction Demon Aspect!

"No—!!!"

The Dark Flying Ancestor let out a hysterical roar full of despair and resentment; the roar shattered Eternal Time and Space, echoed across the entire Dark Main Road, even reaching the deepest parts of the Dark Divine Mountain!

But the roar was instantly crushed to nothing before the Great Power of the Initial Great Hand Seal!

Boom—!!!

Only then did the world‑shattering roar finally erupt!

The roar did not originate from a single place; it came from the entire Infinite Void, from every Space-Time River, from every universe, from every corner of the Zhutian Wanjie!

All of the Zhutian Wanjie, every universe, every living being, heard the roar at that moment and felt the terrifying tremor!

Countless stars exploded instantly within the roar, countless Star Domains shattered in the tremor, countless Heavenly Dao Laws quivered and buzzed wildly under the impact of that Great Power!

The world‑sweeping Dark Sea Tide, before the Initial Great Hand Seal, was like a paper wall, instantly pierced and crushed!

The boundless Dark Sea, under the Great Hand Seal's strike, instantly vaporized and vanished, leaving not a single drop of water!

The ninety‑thousand Dark Rivers, under the washing of the Initial Dao Principles, instantly fractured and collapsed; the Wraiths within were liberated by the Initial Dao Principles and vanished between heaven and earth, while the shattered Heavenly Dao Laws, nourished by the Initial Dao Principles, regained vitality and returned to the Zhutian Wanjie.

Immediately thereafter, the Initial Great Hand Seal, unimpeded, thundered onto the Dark Flying Ancestor's Extinction Demon Aspect!

The demon aspect body, towering millions of miles, was instantly blown into countless fragments by this terrifying Great Power!

Each fragment contained the terrifying Dark Origin, but under the washing of the Initial Dao Principles, the fragments were instantly erased and melted away without a trace!

His ninety‑thousand pairs of sky‑covering dark wings bore the brunt!

Under the Great Power of the Initial Great Hand Seal, pair after pair were thunderously shattered!

From the first pair to the ninety‑thousandth, almost simultaneously more than 99% were rendered useless!

Only a handful of ragged wings remained, barely clinging to life, already riddled with spider‑web cracks; the Dark Origin inside had almost completely drained, unable even to achieve basic flight, let alone condense Dark Rivers or unleash Extinction Power!

More terrifying, his Dao Fruit, forged over countless epochs by devouring three thousand whole Great Universes, was also thunderously shattered by this strike!

A Dao Fruit is a cultivator's foundation, the core of one's cultivation.

Especially for Ultimate Leap‑level masters, the Dao Fruit is their life, their Dao; as long as the Dao Fruit remains intact, they are immortal, able to reconstitute instantly even if their bodies are shattered billions of times!

But now, the Dark Flying Ancestor's Dao Fruit was directly blasted open by Tai Shi's First Seal!

The Dao Fruit was riddled with countless cracks, its Primordial Power wildly leaking, and his cultivation was plummeting at a visibly rapid rate!

From the Ultimate Leap realm he fell precipitously, even the Supreme Boundless Great Perfection realm was on the brink of collapse!

"Ah—! My Dao Fruit! My Dao!"

The Dark Flying Ancestor's Remnant Soul, clutching the shattered Dao Fruit, let out a gut‑wrenching scream.

The scream was filled with extreme pain, despair, and endless hatred!

He knew his Dao Fruit was broken, that his countless epochs of arduous cultivation had been almost entirely destroyed in an instant!

He went from a lofty Extinction Sequence elder to an instant wreck!

Even if he survived, he could never return to the Ultimate Leap realm in this life, let alone ever attain the Supreme Boundless Great Perfection!

He stared at the Tai Shi before him, his gaze filled with venomous resentment, unwillingness, and extreme fear.

He knew he was no match for Tai Shi; staying here would only lead to his complete annihilation—body and spirit—leaving no chance of reincarnation.

Without any hesitation, the Dark Flying Ancestor burned everything he had left!

He burned his last Primordial, his broken Dao Fruit, even his soul imprint!

He exchanged all future cultivation paths and possibilities for a moment of ultimate speed and a final sliver of escape!

"Tai Shi!! I will remember you!! Today's humiliation I shall repay a hundredfold!!"

The Dark Flying Ancestor's Remnant Soul let out a venom‑filled roar to the extreme, its howl brimming with hysterical madness and hatred.

"Dark Clan, will not let you go!! All of Zhutian Wanjie will pay the price for your deeds today!!"

The moment the words fell, his Remnant Soul turned into a jet of black light, racing beyond space and time toward the depths of the No Return Path's Dark Main Road, toward the eternally ancient Dark Divine Mountain, fleeing!

Tai Shi watched his direction of escape, his gaze unruffled, not even raising a hand to block.

He did not pursue.

Or rather, in his view, there was no longer any need to chase.

The Dark Flying Ancestor burned everything, his Dao Fruit shattered, his Primordial lost, becoming a complete wreck; even if he survived, he could achieve nothing else in this life, posing no threat to Zhutian Wanjie.

Moreover, even if he caught up and killed the Dark Flying Ancestor, it would be meaningless, only to stir the grass and awaken even more terrifying beings deep within the Dark Divine Mountain.

His primary task now is to protect Ye Wuque and the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor, not to chase a already ruined clown.

Moreover, he knew clearly that the Dark Flying Ancestor's escape was only a beginning.

Today he crippled a Extinction Sequence of the Dark Clan; the sleeping demonic heads deep in the Dark Divine Mountain will certainly not be satisfied.

A world‑shaking storm sweeping the entire Zhutian Wanjie has become inevitable.

Tai Shi slowly withdrew the Initial Great Hand Seal, his surrounding Initial Dao Principles gradually receded, and the terrifying pressure that had shrouded the entire Infinite Void slowly dissipated.

He turned, looking at Ye Wuque and the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor behind him, a gentle smile appearing on his face, a stark contrast to the world‑shattering arrogance he had just displayed.

Only then did Ye Wuque and the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor finally sigh in relief, their nerves, previously stretched to the limit, finally relaxing.

Both of them had just prepared for certain death, even ready to burn their own Primordial and fight the Dark Flying Ancestor to the death; they did not expect Tai Shi's arrival to instantly reverse the whole situation, using only two moves to cripple the Extinction Sequence elder that had driven them to despair!

Ye Wuque took a deep breath, suppressed the shock and excitement in his heart, straightened his robes, then faced Tai Shi, respectfully bowed and clasped his hands, performing the highest courtesy a junior can give a senior, and loudly said: "I, Ye Wuque, thank you, senior, for stepping in to rescue me! This grace I shall never forget! In the future, should the senior give any command, I will not refuse even ten thousand deaths!"

His voice was respectful and steady, without any flattery, only heartfelt gratitude and reverence.

The scene of Tai Shi's intervention had already been deeply etched into his soul, becoming the goal and direction for his future cultivation path.

The Nine Sky Dragon Emperor beside him was even more excited, his whole body trembling.

He has lived countless Epochs, witnessed countless epochal changes, seen countless peerless strongmen, yet he has never before encountered a being as powerful as Tai Shi!

He is the Great Emperor of the Dragon Clan, the renowned Nine Sky Dragon Emperor of the Zhutian Wanjie; normally in the Zhutian Wanjie he is a revered supreme being, but before Tai Shi he feels as insignificant as a grain of sand in the vast sea.

He also hurriedly faced Tai Shi, respectfully bowed and performed the ritual, his dragon head lowered, his voice carrying excitement and reverence, even a faint, barely perceptible tremor.

I, the junior Nine Sky Dragon Emperor, present myself… senior Tai Shi! Thank you for intervening to save the lives of this junior and Ye Xiaoyou! The great kindness of the senior, my entire Dragon Clan will never forget for eternity!