Translator: CinderTL
"A Quasi-Immortal Artifact!"
In the distance, Huang Daozhen, Wu Chen, the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, and others who were being fiercely restrained by Vermilion Bird, Xuan Wu, Crimson Soul, Black Sea, and their allies, watched the taiji diagram transform a vast expanse of starry sky into chaos, obliterating all rules in that region. Pain flashed in their eyes.
"I knew it! Yuan Taiji wouldn't dare act so boldly without a trump card beyond our wildest imagination! Who would have thought it would be a Quasi-Immortal Artifact?"
This was the most powerful treasure that even Supreme Sages and Quasi-Tenth-Tier figures could access.
Immortal Artifacts, which surpassed this level, could only be wielded by those who had achieved dao unification.
For Supreme Sages, let alone possessing an Immortal Artifact, even possessing clues about one could invite catastrophic disaster.
Yet here was Yuan Taiji, a Supreme Sage who hadn't even achieved perfection in Qi, laws, or heart's perfection, wielding a Quasi-Immortal Artifact...
His combat power would now skyrocket to rival that of a Supreme Dharma Aspect!
While he might not reach Wu Tongtian's level, which nearly rivaled a Quasi-Tenth-Tier, he would undoubtedly surpass all other top-tier supreme sages.
"Quick, summon the profound yellow spirit!"
"Damn it! The Liuhe Void-Severing Formation is slowing our internal law circulation by at least twenty percent!"
"Sage Venerable Wu Chen! I'll hold off Black Sea. You distract Yuan Taiji to buy time for the profound yellow spirit to descend!"
As expressions of agony twisted their faces, the six Supreme Sages of the Profound Yellow Sect reacted with lightning speed.
Though Xun Feng, Kan Shan, and the others' Array Formation disrupted communication and mental power, and even influenced the flow of laws, the Profound Yellow Sect held a numerical advantage.
With Heavenly Sage Venerable intercepting the Black Sea Supreme Sage, Supreme Elder Wu Chen, whose combat power rivaled that of a top-tier supreme sage, had broken through the blockade and was charging straight toward Yuan Taiji.
However, Yuan Taiji, having already captured Li Chunjun within the Yin-Yang taiji diagram, remained composed. He calmly rolled up the Quasi-Immortal Artifact-level Supreme Treasure, preparing to tear through the Void and escape the battlefield.
After capturing Li Chunjun, he had no intention of returning to the Wu Ji Sect's mountain gate. Instead, he planned to take him directly out of the Profound Yellow Great World, find a secluded place to completely refine him, and then reappear at his leisure—even if the process took thousands or tens of thousands of years!
"Hmm!?"
But just then, Yuan Taiji sensed something was amiss.
He tried to roll up the taiji diagram in his hand...
Only to find that he couldn't move the space containing Li Chunjun.
It was as if some colossal, immovable object weighed down that area, its sheer mass solidifying the space. Even his Yin-Yang taiji diagram couldn't fully roll it up.
At that moment, Yuan Taiji sensed a void forming deep within his Yin-Yang taiji diagram.
It was as if a dark horned prison had been projected into the center of the Quasi-Immortal Artifact's domain, drawing, pulling, and compressing the surrounding space with the intent to...
completely compress and collapse this Void, including the taiji diagram, into a single point, devouring it all!
"How is this possible?!" Yuan Taiji exclaimed, his gaze sharpening.
He discovered that at the heart of the chaos region formed by the Yin-Yang taiji diagram, Li Chunjun stood with one hand extended, a luminous pearl rising and falling rhythmically in his palm.
The void escape pearl!
Of course, a mere Top-Tier Dao Artifact couldn't withstand the power of the Yin-Yang taiji diagram, a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
What truly transformed Li Chunjun into a divine sage were the concentric rings of seven-colored divine radiance that pulsed behind him.
Bathed in this radiance, even within the Yin-Yang taiji diagram's domain—now a realm of chaos, inverted heavenly secrets, and nonexistent order—the Void Law continued to coalesce around him.
Or rather, it was being drawn forth from a deeper plane—the Dao itself—and continuously converging upon him.
It was this Void Law, directly derived from the Dao, that anchored this Void like a divine sea-stabilizing pillar, rendering it utterly immovable by the Yin-Yang Limitless Diagram.
Unless Yuan Taiji possessed supreme Qi, capable of using the Yin-Yang Limitless Diagram to siphon away even the Grand Dao Power being drawn out, Li Chunjun, the sovereign of this Void, remained immovable by any external force.
Sensing Yuan Taiji's efforts, Li Chunjun looked up, his gaze locking onto him.
Their eyes met in the chaotic Void, locked in a fierce confrontation.
"A Quasi-Immortal Artifact! Now I understand the source of your courage. You've been hiding it well," Li Chunjun remarked.
He also understood that Yuan Taiji's reluctance to fully reveal the Yin-Yang taiji diagram wasn't solely to conceal his strength. It was also to avoid attracting the attention of Quasi-Tenth-Tier experts, who might resort to assassination and treasure theft.
A Quasi-Immortal Artifact in the hands of a top-tier supreme sage with a mere 330,000 combat power? The temptation was overwhelming!
"With the power amplification from this Quasi-Immortal Artifact, even a top-tier supreme sage would struggle to escape your grasp, let alone my Sovereign Dharma Manifestation. Had you acted decisively before I entered the dark horned prison, I would have been trapped without a chance of escape," Li Chunjun said, feeling both relief at his own foresight and regret for Yuan Taiji's lack of decisiveness.
So close!
If Yuan Taiji had been willing to risk everything back in the Star Abyss, betting it all on capturing him, Liu Yu might not have been able to intervene in time to save him.
Unfortunately, Yuan Taiji couldn't fully confirm Li Chunjun's status as an innate divine being at that time. He hesitated to reveal a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, fearing it would attract the attention of numerous Quasi-Tenth-Tier cultivators. He dared not unleash his full power against Li Chunjun!
Wait!
Even if Yuan Taiji had gone all out, Li Chunjun still possessed the Source of Time as his trump card. He could have held out until Liu Yu arrived.
The outcome...
would likely have remained unchanged.
In other words, the moment Li Chunjun entered the Star Abyss, his fate was already sealed.
One step behind, forever behind.
Rumble!
The Void trembled!
Endless chaos rules surged from all directions, violently assaulting the void solidification centered on Li Chunjun, which radiated with seven-colored divine radiance.
This chaos power sought to erode the mysteries of the Void Law, aiming to completely disperse the Void Power Li Chunjun had drawn upon, thereby restoring the region's dominion from the Void to chaos.
But...
Li Chunjun fully unleashed the profound mysteries of his innate void dao physique, complementing it with the absolute control over his power granted by the sovereign dharma manifestation. The void region he had solidified around himself not only resisted complete annihilation and erosion by the chaos law but continued to expand!
It threatened to engulf the entire chaos region, even reverse the situation, and draw the entirety of chaos space into the void, incorporating it into his own being.
"This Void Power..."
Yuan Taiji sensed the chaos region formed by the Yin-Yang taiji diagram collapsing in stages, its advance relentless and unstoppable. In a daze, he was reminded of his confrontation with the Heaven Origin Sword Master of the Taixu Sword Sect eighteen thousand years ago!
Back then, he had suffered the same gradual defeat under the Heaven Origin Sword Master's Sword Qi, collapsing with a single strike!
Though he had grown significantly stronger in the intervening millennia, the outcome...
remained unchanged!
"How is this possible...?"
A profound disbelief surged in Yuan Taiji's eyes.
He knew that innate divine beings were born embodying the Grand Dao, possessing divine abilities beyond mortal comprehension.
But Li Chunjun's current strength rivaled that of the Heaven Origin Sword Master, whose combat power exceeded 600,000!
"How could an innate divine being's divine abilities reach such a level?!"
To elevate a Dharma Manifestation—one with a combat power of barely 200,000—to over 600,000 in a single breath?!
Fortune favors the bold!
But this risk was terrifying!
It shattered his understanding of innate divine beings!
"Continue! I still prefer your earlier, untamed demeanor!"
Li Chunjun calmly displayed the divine abilities of his innate void dao physique, pushing his Sovereign Dharma Manifestation to its absolute limit, transforming completely into a void sovereign.
He didn't become a void storm, but instead used his immense Void Power to devour and control the chaos.
Hearing Li Chunjun's deliberately provocative words, Yuan Taiji showed no emotional disturbance. Instead, he instantly grasped the situation: "You want to seize my Yin-Yang taiji diagram!"
"..."
Li Chunjun remained silent.
This was the downside of scheming against a clever opponent.
Even the slightest anomaly would reveal his true intentions.
But...
Though he hadn't activated his innate destruction dao physique, Li Chunjun fully unleashed his innate void dao physique and Sovereign Dharma Manifestation.
He even utilized the mere ten percent amplification from the void escape pearl, a top-tier dao artifact, to its fullest extent, striving to bind, control, and ultimately devour the Yin-Yang taiji diagram—a Quasi-Immortal Artifact!
With over fifty percent of his combat power overwhelming Yuan Taiji, even when the latter reacted instantly and attempted to withdraw the Yin-Yang taiji diagram, it was already too late!
"Not good!"
Yuan Taiji's mental power and Qi erupted in full force, even sacrificing localized combustion, in a desperate attempt to wrench the Yin-Yang taiji diagram free from the void sovereign's dominion.
Yet no matter how fiercely he struggled, even causing vast swathes of void to collapse under Li Chunjun's divine radiance...
It was futile!
"Your calculations weren't flawed," Li Chunjun said, his voice resonating through the void. "Your only mistake was misjudging my true strength."
With a void hand, Li Chunjun clenched his fist.
The void laws drawn down by his divine radiance coalesced into a void far more efficient than the collapsing void itself!
The overwhelming disparity in their combat power meant that even the slightest misstep by Yuan Taiji would plunge him into eternal damnation.
His greatest miscalculation was attempting to capture and whisk away Li Chunjun using the Yin-Yang taiji diagram.
Hmm.
Even without that mistake, the outcome would have remained unchanged.
At most, Li Chunjun would have needed to exert more effort, potentially introducing some uncontrollable variables.
"Li Chunjun!"
Yuan Taiji watched helplessly as the Void Power completely overwhelmed the chaos law manifested by the Yin-Yang taiji diagram. His Heart-Mind erupted in fury: "This Quasi-Immortal Artifact was personally bestowed upon me by the Supreme Truth Sovereign! To seize it is an act of disrespect toward the Supreme Truth Sovereign himself!"
Li Chunjun remained silent, channeling the void divine radiance and the Sovereign Dharma Manifestation to their utmost limits.
Had Yuan Taiji been a true supreme disciple of the Supreme Truth Sovereign, his words might have carried significant deterrence.
But the bond between them, forged over an Immortal Artifact, had long since been exhausted when the Supreme Truth Sovereign accepted Yuan Guiyi as his disciple, granted him a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, and elevated the Wu Ji Sect to the Immortal Alliance Council.
As for now...
Rumble!
With the Void Power finally devouring and subjugating the last vestiges of chaos law, Li Chunjun abruptly clenched his void hand!
"No! My Yin-Yang taiji diagram!"
Amid Yuan Taiji's anguished, desperate cries, the chaos power that had formed the Yin-Yang taiji diagram swiftly reverted to the Quasi-Immortal Artifact itself. As Li Chunjun raised his hand, the artifact landed precisely in his palm.
"It's mine now."
(End of the Chapter)
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