Chapter 234: Multiverse: A Person in Zhetian, Becoming an Emperor by Refining Treasures Chapter 234 Long River of Years

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

In the blink of an eye, purple light suddenly appeared, and everyone felt the sky above their heads abruptly change; a vault of heaven hung overhead, flashing with purple radiance and intertwining electric light!

The second anomaly—changing Heaven and replacing Day!

The light of the purple vault slightly gathered, countless stars twinkled with cold radiance, appearing one after another; their number and brightness far exceeded what was usually seen, the vast stars interweaving with each other.

Legend has it that the third anomaly—stars shining into a sea!

The three anomalies appeared one after another; the Overlord had successfully entered the Legendary Stage!

Becoming the only transcendent existence since the Zhong Gu Era to prove the Legendary Stage through his own power!

"What a pity, truly lamentable!"

Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart; the Overlord's talent was unparalleled. A Legendary-stage Overlord compared to a Celestial Immortal Realm Overlord was simply worlds apart.

Even though the Overlord had just proven the Legendary Stage, he absolutely could not be a weakling among the Legendary Stage; he possessed an invincible posture! It was a pity that he could not escape the shackles of Fate.

"Congratulations, Overlord, on successfully proving the Legendary Stage! Such an achievement is unmatched among the Realms; I fear there will be no one after you!"

Jiang Xuan looked toward the Overlord, who stood amidst crisscrossing purple lightning at an immeasurably high and distant place, radiating supreme majesty, and offered his congratulations.

Until Meng Qi proved the Legendary Stage, the Overlord had always been the only one since the Zhong Gu Era with a confirmed record of proving the Legendary Stage himself.

As for those figures submerged in the Long River of Years and unknown to the World, they were never mentioned by the masses.

For any seeker of the Dao to glimpse the true principle of the Great Dao was a matter worthy of celebration.

Of course, the premise was that this person was not his Jiang Xuan's enemy. If they were an enemy, what celebration was there to speak of? Not going so far as to kick them while they were down was already not bad!

"Hahahaha, this time I must thank Fellow Daoist Hongmeng!"

The Overlord was in extremely high spirits. Although he had long had the confidence to prove the Legendary Stage himself, he originally still needed some time to settle and accumulate. He never expected that this battle with Jiang Xuan would actually let him cross this crucial step so quickly; naturally, he felt exhilarated in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Hongmeng, you are the most powerful person I have seen in my life below the Legendary Realm. This time I was able to prove the Legendary Stage so quickly, all thanks to you, Fellow Daoist. Earlier I was somewhat offensive; I hope you will forgive me."

"Brother Hongmeng, now that I have proven the Legendary Stage, you also possess strength not inferior to the Legendary Stage. Let us fight to our heart's content and determine the winner!" The Overlord no longer spoke words of advice; suddenly he shouted loudly, his voice rolling like thunder, instantly spreading throughout the Realms.

"The Overlord has truly proven the Legendary Stage!" In the True Realm, someone heard this cry; their tone carried a few parts of what should naturally be certainty, but more was still shock that could not be concealed. After all, this was the first person in the present age to prove the Legendary Stage himself!

"The Overlord is unparalleled..."

Someone among the crowd could not help but utter a heartfelt sigh.

Since the Overlord proved the Legendary Stage, his realm strength was no longer comparable to before; even if placed in the Ancient Era, such a cultivation level could be called a great power, enough to leave a resounding name in the Long River of Years.

"But who exactly is this 'Hongmeng'?"

Some gossip-loving onlookers came back to their senses from the initial shock; this name, heard for the first time, exuded an unusual flavor, instantly arousing everyone's curiosity.

"He can actually fight someone as strong as the Overlord? In the present age, there is actually such a formidable person?"

Everyone felt doubt in their hearts; driven by strong curiosity, they all rushed toward the direction from which the Overlord's voice came, each eager to see with their own eyes what the protagonist of this world-shocking battle looked like. After all, for these gossip-loving onlookers, nothing was more important than a wonderful "melon-eating spectacle."

Jiang Xuan gazed at the Overlord, blazing fighting spirit igniting in his eyes.

The Overlord was undoubtedly a top-tier expert; now that he had successfully proven the Legendary Stage, he was like a tiger given wings, becoming a formidable enemy on Jiang Xuan's path forward.

Jiang Xuan felt no fear in his heart. In an instant, the figures of Jiang Xuan and the Overlord simultaneously disappeared from their original spot, and in the blink of an eye appeared in the boundless, vast Universe.

"I am going to draw my blade!"

The Overlord gripped the Absolute Blade in his hand and looked straight at Jiang Xuan. After the Absolute Blade was still for a moment, it suddenly surged into motion, transforming from extreme stillness to extreme movement in an instant. A purple blade light, with the force of thunder too fast to cover one's ears, slashed toward Jiang Xuan.

At the same time, countless Overlord shadows appeared behind the Overlord. Each shadow waved the long blade in its hand and likewise slashed out this heaven-shaking, earth-startling strike.

In an instant, under the flashing purple blade light, all constraints in the World were severed by it. The order of law and principle crumbled one after another before this strike. The Void was like paper, easily torn apart. The purple blade radiance, carrying the momentum of Pangu's Axe, advanced toward Jiang Xuan with an unstoppable aura.

The first form of the Overlord Six Slashes—Driving to the Heavenly Court, Immortals and Gods Retreat!

The power displayed compared to when he was a Celestial Immortal was worlds apart.

The entire Star Sea trembled; countless star systems flickered uncertainly under this powerful force, bright one moment and dim the next.

The space around Jiang Xuan was imprisoned by an invisible force, trapped in a prison from which he could not break free. Everywhere was filled with omnipresent, dead-angled Sword Intent.

Jiang Xuan, under the cover of this terrifying blade momentum, remained calm, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile.

"The characteristics of this world are truly powerful, whether they are Legendary characteristics or Other Shore characteristics..."

Looking at the blade light spreading across the entire Universe like a surging tide, Jiang Xuan clenched his fist with one hand and suddenly struck horizontally.

In an instant, the entire Universe seemed to suffer a fatal impact, shaking violently and emitting mournful cries.

In the Void, cracks crisscrossed, countless in number.

This punch relied on no mysterious characteristics, nor did it show the slightest strange divine light; there was only pure and extreme powerful strength!

Although those mysterious characteristics were marvelous and extremely powerful, this did not mean that the power Jiang Xuan himself possessed was inferior by even half!

Fist and blade collided with a boom. In an instant, a deafening roar and explosion sound echoed through the Universe. Light and darkness flashed alternately; the Universe space here was constantly being opened up and then instantly annihilated.

"What a strongest divine body!"

The Overlord, witnessing the power of Jiang Xuan's punch, uttered a heartfelt praise. While Jiang Xuan marveled at the marvelous mystery of the Legendary Realm, was the Overlord not also amazed by Jiang Xuan?

This technique focused entirely on tempering oneself; the combat power it displayed could be called world-shocking and custom-defying!

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly, calmly accepting the Overlord's praise. Then his five fingers slowly opened, and with a majestic aura capable of suppressing Tian Di, he slapped toward the Overlord.

Between his palms, a dim light flickered, faintly revealing a mysterious Shen Yuan Zhi Jie, as if it could devour and destroy everything before it.

Under this palm, the Void constantly shattered and collapsed; the flow of time also became slow. The entire world seemed to be overturned, falling into endless Chaos.

Seeing this, the Overlord not only showed no fear, but instead looked up and laughed heartily. Advancing instead of retreating, the Absolute Blade in his hand instantly burst forth with unparalleled blade light, slashing upward to meet Jiang Xuan's palm.

At this moment, a Ling Shan stained with fresh blood appeared on the Absolute Blade. Numerous Bodhisattvas and Buddhas sat cross-legged upon it, then transformed into points of light rain, merging into this incomparably tyrannical strike.

The most brilliant and dazzling moment of collision erupted. Even just the spreading Aftermath had enough power to slay those so-called Celestial Immortal experts of the present age.

One void crack after another, like ferocious wounds, kept spreading outward; the two sides' forces collided, piercing who knew how many mysterious dimensions, their momentum shaking heaven and earth, making the entire universe tremble.

The Emperor Fist struck the Absolute Blade heavily, emitting a crisp ring, and Jiang Xuan and Overlord's silhouettes each flew backward.

Yet their gazes remained locked on each other, and smiles appeared at the corners of their mouths in unison.

The next moment, countless Overlord figures appeared in the void, halting their backward momentum, then raised the Absolute Blade and once again slashed toward Jiang Xuan.

As the blade light flashed, it gave rise to a feeling of nowhere to hide and no path to escape, as if Overlord had resolved to definitely cut Jiang Xuan down beneath the blade.

This strike was precisely Overlord's Reverse Slash!

The profundity of this blade even surpassed the fifth form of the Overlord Six Slashes, worthy of being the peak strike of Overlord at the Celestial Immortal Realm, causing heaven and earth to change color and ghosts and gods to be shocked!

Facing this fierce strike, Jiang Xuan neither dodged nor evaded; his hands danced rapidly, and the four great elements of earth, water, wind, and fire surged and roiled in his hands, while an illusory shadow of a world under his control kept opening and being annihilated.

Endless shadows of the world layered upon themselves before Jiang Xuan, successfully blocking Overlord's strike.

Under this powerful resistance, that blade that dominated Tianxia actually slowed down and could no longer be smoothly brought down.

Suddenly, a purple electric flash streaked past like lightning, and the Absolute Blade in Overlord's hand instantly vanished; when it appeared again, it was already before Jiang Xuan's eyes.

Jiang Xuan's expression was calm as water, his gaze deep as he stared at the Absolute Blade containing karmic power.

This was precisely the peak blade Overlord used when slashing the Demon Monarch, able to sever that ethereal yet omnipresent karma!

A faint glow slowly brightened in Jiang Xuan's palm; immediately after, he swung a fist, the fist seal seeming to contain the wondrous mystery of the Great Dao returning to its source and all things returning to their beginning, once again unleashed, directly meeting Overlord's blade.

At first, when the two collided, it was actually silent, and the entire universe seemed to fall into extreme stillness.

However, after an instant, a tremendous boom that tore heaven and earth suddenly exploded; wherever the sound passed, laws and principles were like fragile bubbles, directly shattered into annihilation and dissipation.

Endless waves of power, like a surging tsunami, rapidly spread in all directions of the universe.

At this moment, the Celestial Immortals who had been coming this way with great effort and eager anticipation, ready to eat some "melon," were caught off guard and struck by this powerful wave; each person was like a kite with a broken string, directly thrown far away, sent straight back to the True Realm.

Jiang Xuan and Overlord's control over their own power could be said to have reached the extreme; not a bit would go wrong, and even with such powerful aftermath spreading, it would not truly injure them.

In the True Realm, those Celestial Immortals and some Earth Immortals who mastered special methods looked at each other, for a while at a loss.

"Should we still watch the battle?"

Someone asked the question that everyone had been agonizing over in their hearts.

Once the words fell, everyone fell into silence.

A distance that strong men could cross with a casual step, they had to expend great effort flying through the air to cover, only to be blown back halfway by this sudden power—utterly embarrassing.

"Not going, not going!"

A Celestial Immortal made up his mind first, shaking his head as he said; in his view, it was just a bit of excitement, this melon could be eaten or not, no need to go through the trouble again.

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In the depths of the vast Heavenly Vault, the light of thunder and the cold blade radiance shone upon each other, forcibly replacing the eternal star sky laws.

The stars shifted positions, and all star systems evolved toward that majestic thunder world; Overlord's Dao resonance was like surging waves, freely roaring and spreading across every inch of the boundless universe, wherever it reached, all things submitted beneath it.

This was the legend!

Shaking ancient and modern times!

Jiang Xuan stood with hands behind his back, gazing at the startling changes between heaven and earth, his eyes calm without ripples.

If he proved the Dao with the One Life Law and reached such a height, it would be nothing more than acting as he pleased, like instinct driving him, natural and spontaneous.

Overlord gazed at Jiang Xuan from afar, and the battle intent in his eyes instantly blazed like fierce fire.

The person before him had not yet reached a realm equal to his own, but his combat power was shocking to the world, powerful enough to make this Overlord who dominated the universe feel both apprehension and excitement.

Overlord's peerless divine blade in hand slashed through the void, and the brilliant blade radiance tore open the Heavenly Vault.

The third and fourth forms were unleashed with ferocity; every blade contained peerless might transcending the mortal world, its power far exceeding the limits that ordinary beings could imagine.

The vast Star Sea trembled, thunder beasts roared, and booming sounds interwove and echoed; the time and space of the entire universe were shaken by this violent power until they hummed, emitting pained groans.

Next, the boundless Sea of Thunder descended like a world-annihilating heavenly tribulation, instantly enveloping the void where Jiang Xuan was; under the terrifying thunder might, the void was blasted into powder, dissipating into nothingness, and all vitality was mercilessly extinguished under the Sea of Thunder's rampage, as if nothing in the world could withstand this world-annihilating power.

Overlord narrowed his eyes slightly, held his long blade horizontally, and once again slashed out a blade radiance that destroyed heaven and earth, hacking toward Jiang Xuan.

With one blade, all things tangible and intangible scattered like smoke and clouds, leaving no trace.

On the Hazy Absolute Blade, purple light was clear and bright, heavy and grand.

Merely lying horizontally in the void, it carried the immense power to collapse the ages past; wherever it passed, the void collapsed, and all things converged toward a single point.

Endless destructive qi fiercely slashed toward the raging Sea of Thunder.

The moment they touched, they actually merged like water and milk; in an instant, even more terrifying energy fluctuations erupted within the Sea of Thunder, seeking to completely annihilate everything between heaven and earth, leaving not a trace of vitality.

Amidst the churning Sea of Thunder, Xuanhuang Qi hung down above Jiang Xuan's head, tightly guarding him within, making all laws unassailable; at the center of this violent energy storm, he still stood unmoving.

Suddenly, Jiang Xuan's expression shifted slightly, as if the sound of trickling water rang in his ears. In a trance, he seemed to keenly perceive a peerlessly sharp blade radiance slashing toward his former self. Jiang Xuan's eyes flashed, and immediately he felt absolute certainty in his heart—this must surely be an illusion.

"From beginning to end, you have held the initiative; now, it should be my turn to take the offensive." Jiang Xuan's lips curled, sketching a confident smile as he murmured softly; in his heart, all the changes in this world ultimately were nothing but the cycle of karma.

"Rumble!"

A clear sound broke the stillness of time and space, and an illusory, ethereal long river slowly emerged.

Jiang Xuan waved one hand, and the long river roared straight toward the Absolute Blade.

This was a Years Tributary, opened up by Jiang Xuan relying on his own extraordinary power.

If in the Zhetian World, such a method would definitely be difficult for him to employ, but being here, the situation was entirely different.

This was not due to the difference in strength between the two worlds, but actually because of the vast difference in world rules.

In this world, the manipulation of time was not completely prohibited; indeed, it could be said that time rules here were more lenient. And most crucially, this world's time system seemed to have already fallen into chaos, long since played with in the palms of various powerful beings, so Jiang Xuan could thereby display such wondrous time arts.

The fifth form of the Absolute Blade and the Years Tributary collided with a boom; for a while, the Sea of Thunder churned madly, constantly wearing away the blade radiance's power.

And the terrifying power contained in that fifth form—"all that has passed, scattered like smoke and clouds"—actually, under the influence of the Years Tributary, was gradually drawn into an invisible closed loop, ultimately becoming true past, dissipating into nothingness, as if it had never appeared in this world.

(Chapter End)