Chapter 819: Hahaha!

This solemnity caused the nearby Primordial Supremes—such as the Ominous Lord, the Calamity Lord, the End Times Lord, and the like—to feel a faint alarm in their hearts.

What kind of being is the Bizarre Lord?

The Bizarre Lord is a ruthless figure that even the Ten Prime Primordials deem an Absolute Peak; his bizarre power exceeds the bounds of normal logic and cognition, causing countless peers to feel a shiver of dread.

Opponents that can make him display a solemn hue are few enough to count on the fingers across the Zhutian Wanjie.

And the Painter, without doubt, is one of them.

The Bizarre Lord knows more clearly than anyone the terror of the white‑haired elder before him.

In the great war that, before the Endless Ages, nearly overturned the entire epoch, he once faced the Painter head‑on.

In that battle, his bizarre power could not fully manifest before the Painter's Great Dao Painting.

His bizarre power relies on "anti‑reason," "anti‑logic," and "anti‑rules," whereas the Painter's Great Dao Painting recreates on the canvas a set of "reason," a set of "logic," and a set of "rules"—the Painter uses his Painting Dao law to forcibly frame the Bizarre Lord's incomprehensible bizarre power within a "understandable" framework.

Once the bizarre is understood, it ceases to be bizarre and becomes merely an ordinary force that can be defended against and countered.

That is the Defying Heaven aspect of the Painting Dao.

It does not directly confront the bizarre; instead it "defines" the bizarre on the canvas, turning it into part of the painting and forcing it to obey the painting's laws.

This method is essentially the natural nemesis of bizarre power.

The Bizarre Lord knows that the Painter's Defying Heaven Combat Power is certainly not below his own.

They had already been on the verge of subduing the Honghuang Longzu; the dragon body spanning the Void was about to be completely eroded by the Bizarre Lord's bizarre power, and the Void Lord's Void Power was about to turn the Honghuang Longzu's Dragon Soul into nothingness, when suddenly a Painter who had hidden away for the Endless Ages emerged.

Now that's trouble.

Attempting to kill the Honghuang Longzu again will be very difficult.

Unless—after the Reincarnation Lord and the Soul Lord finish healing, they rush here to provide support!

The Bizarre Lord's gaze swiftly sweeps over the Reincarnation Lord and the Soul Lord, who are seated in the Void, healing.

The silver‑white Order Rift on the Reincarnation Lord's chest continues to pulse and burn; although the Undying Reincarnation Tower spins incessantly, the healing speed is clearly slower than expected.

The Soul Lord's condition is worse; in dozens of holes pierced by Order Divine Chains, the Order Fire burns relentlessly, continuously stripping away large swathes of spiritual bodies after ordering them.

Given their current wound‑healing rates, completing recovery in the short term is absolutely impossible, let alone joining the battle here immediately.

At present, the Bizarre Lord and the Void Lord can only face the Painter and the Honghuang Longzu in a two‑versus‑two showdown.

The situation instantly shifted from ten‑to‑nine certainty to evenly matched.

On the battlefield, although the Painter is aged, he possesses a world‑shattering Defying Heaven Combat Power.

His Painting Dao has already transcended mere painting, reaching the supreme realm where painting enters the Dao and the Dao commands all laws.

Under his brush, heaven, earth, and all things can be drawn into the painting, and once inside, they become his to wield.

He has extrapolated a stroke of painting to an unimaginable Defying Heaven level; now he stands proudly atop the Diagram of Ten Thousand Dragons Soaring, his right‑hand brush flinging like a dragon, his left arm's painting board's rice paper fluttering, each stroke birthing a Great Dao Painting, each Great Dao Painting transforming into a peerless divine skill.

At this moment, three Defying Heaven paintings burst forth across the sky!

The first is a vast Space‑Time River!

The Painter uses the Space‑Time Law as ink and the ages of eternity as brush, blending the entire essence and divine rhythm of the Space‑Time River into this scroll!

The moment the scroll unfurls, a genuine Space‑Time River surges out of the painting—created ex nihilo by the Painter's Painting Dao power!

The river roars; each drop reflects a complete epoch, each wave swirls with countless timelines!

This painted Space‑Time River flows simultaneously with the real Space‑Time River; the two rivers shine upon each other, their powers stacking, directly crushing that region of space‑time under a double‑space‑time onslaught!

The second is an infinitely vast Zhutian Huanyu!

The Painter merges all the Star Rivers, star systems, Star Domains, and great worlds he has ever seen in his life into this scroll!

When the scroll unfurls, a miniature yet complete Zhutian Huanyu rises from the painting—a "Painted Zhutian" created by the Painter's Painting Dao power!

Although this Painted Zhutian lacks the boundless infinity of the true Zhutian Wanjie, it contains the cosmic Primordial, the Star River Law, and the Wanjie Dao Rhythm, all of which are real and possess actual lethal power!

The entire Painted Zhutian resembles an enormous cosmic millstone, crushing toward the Bizarre Lord!

The third is an infinitely sharp terrifying Sword Formation!

The Painter uses the Sword Dao Law as ink and Peerless Sword Intent as brush, blending all the sword‑path divine skills, all peerless sword techniques, and all sword‑path principles he has witnessed over the Endless Ages into this scroll!

When the scroll unfurls, countless sword lights blaze out of the painting—some sword light domineering as the Heavenly Emperor descends, some ethereal as an exiled immortal appears, some murderous as an Asura manifests, some fierce as a heavenly tribulation judges!

Each sword light represents a distinct pinnacle of sword‑path mastery; all the sword lights intertwine into a terrifying Sword Formation capable of exterminating ten thousand ages, its sword qi criss‑crossing, its sword intent soaring to the heavens, even the Void is torn into fragments!

The three Defying Heaven paintings—Space‑Time River! Zhutian Huanyu! Terrifying Sword Formation!

Now the paintings have become tangible entities, like three world‑ending divine mountains, bearing down upon the Bizarre Lord!

On the Bizarre Lord's visage, which bears countless bizarre faces, the solemn hue deepens; innumerable faces howl in unison, the bizarre power erupts wildly like a volcanic eruption, and he rushes to meet the fight!

On the other side, the Honghuang Longzu's pressure suddenly lessens.

The Void Lord's Void Corrosion and the Bizarre Lord's bizarre incursion—those two terrifying forces that had nearly taken his life—are now all absorbed by the Painter's Great Dao Painting.

He only feels the two invisible great mountains that pressed upon his dragon body, deep within his Dragon Soul, and at the core of his Dao Foundation, suddenly shifted aside.

The life force that had nearly been cut off finally gains room to breathe.

The Dao Foundation that had nearly collapsed finally finds a chance to stabilize.

"Hahaha!"

The Honghuang Longzu looks to the heavens and lets out a laugh that shakes the ages; the laughter brims with the ecstatic joy of rebirth from a dire plight, gratitude for the Painter's timely arrival, and the long‑suppressed, towering battle fervor finally finding a cathartic outlet!

His aged yet still sharp dragon eyes lock steadfastly onto the Void Lord.