Translator: CinderTL
"My Life Level has increased."
Li Chunjun had anticipated that the Supreme Sage outside the dark horned prison would replenish the experience points needed to reach Life Level 42.
However, he only realized his Life Level had increased when he suddenly felt his condition improve dramatically, prompting him to check.
He glanced distractedly at the Human Emperor Banner.
"Killed a Level 39 creature, experience +220,115!"
"Killed a Level 38 creature, experience +44,985!"
[Life Level: 42 (71311/2000000)]
"The life level difference was so small that Yuan Taiji, a top-tier supreme sage, granted an excessive amount of experience," Li Chunjun murmured.
220,000!
This single kill had provided over one-fifth of the experience needed to level up from level 41.
With such a massive influx of experience, even if he wanted to stall his progress, he couldn't.
However...
The primary reason for stalling cultivation was to refine his Lifebound Flying Sword and Heavenly Treasures. But at his current cultivation level, he no longer needed to use his own Essence to refine anything below Immortal Artifact-grade materials or true great dao immortal artifacts.
So, whether he stalled or not made little difference.
"Advancing from level 41 to 42 has further reduced the difficulty of achieving perfection in the laws. This means the challenge of cultivating a primordial cycle of Qi has decreased again. If it would have taken decades before, now ten years should suffice."
Li Chunjun subtly sensed the changes within himself.
Although he hadn't even achieved dao unification, let alone reduced the difficulty of perfecting the laws to cultivate other great daos, saving decades of refining Qi and comprehending profound mysteries was still a welcome development.
Moreover...
Li Chunjun's mind stirred.
The divine radiance emanating from his Destruction Dao Body and Void Dao Body had dimmed significantly.
"Though my Void Dao Physique hasn't fully transformed into an Innate Dao Body, it can now conceal my divine radiance. This greatly reduces the risk of exposing my identity as an innate divine being when I unleash my full power in the future."
After briefly assessing these changes, Li Chunjun wasted no time.
The battle...
was far from over.
The Void Storm devoured the chaos formed by the taiji diagram, raging across the battlefield!
Even the Supreme Sages of the Profound Yellow Sect and Wu Ji Sect, locked in fierce combat, keenly sensed the shift in the situation.
When they saw the Void Storm, having annihilated the Dragon-Elephant Imperial Lord, showed no signs of slowing down and continued to spread toward their battlefield, everyone realized that the great battle between Li Chunjun and Yuan Taiji had ended with Li Chunjun's victory!
Though none could comprehend how Yuan Taiji, wielding a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and boasting nearly 430,000 combat power, could lose to a newly advanced Dharma Manifestation—even one as exceptionally powerful as this—now was clearly not the time for such questions!
"Retreat! Withdraw!"
"How is this possible?! Sect Master, you even used a Quasi-Immortal Artifact! How could you lose?! Why did you lose?!"
"What exactly happened?! Li Chunjun only just reached the Dharma Manifestation Realm! Can a Dharma Manifestation really possess such power? What kind of monster is he?!"
Among the ten Supreme Sages of the Wu Ji Sect, whether it was the quartet—Vermilion Bird, Xuan Wu, Black Sea, and Crimson Soul—entangled with the Profound Yellow Sect's sages, or the six who had deployed the Liuhe Void-Severing Formation—Xun Feng, Kan Shan, and the others—all, amidst their shock, chaos, confusion, and panic, unanimously made the same choice as the Demon-Quelling Great Emperor:
Escape!
First, flee this region and return to the Profound Yellow Great World, to the sect's Great Camp, before considering further action.
Of course, some realized that the tide had turned. Fleeing back to the sect might mean being trapped like turtles in a jar. Instead, they planned to flee to other Great Worlds, seeking refuge with Yuan Guiyi or Wu Tongtian—anything was better than facing Li Chunjun and the Profound Yellow Sect's wrath.
It wasn't just the Wu Ji Sect. The Heavenly Palace's forces, witnessing their Imperial Lord's death or flight, also fled in disarray, scattering into the depths of the starry sky.
However...
The Profound Yellow Sect's Supreme Sages reacted swiftly.
"Stop them!"
"We can't let them escape!"
"Now that our sect has declared war on the Wu Ji Sect, we must exhaust every means to weaken their forces. Kill as many as possible while we have the chance! If we can trap this entire group here, the Wu Ji Sect will suffer a crippling blow to their Primal Qi!"
One by one, the Supreme Sages unleashed their full power.
Only a handful of Supreme Sages remained in the Heavenly Palace, and their faction far surpassed the Wu Ji Sect in power. Thus, their escape from the Profound Yellow Sect went unopposed. However, the Wu Ji Sect's Ten Supreme Sages—Huang Daozhen, Wu Chen, and the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity—blocked their path with relentless determination.
In an instant, all the Wu Ji Sect's Supreme Sages activated their life-saving techniques, surging toward the edge of the starry sky at maximum speed.
While they entangled the Wu Ji Sect's sages, Li Chunjun, riding the Void Storm like a celestial calamity, arrived on the battlefield.
He glanced at the group of Supreme Sages, their combat power ranging from 200,000 to 300,000, locked in a desperate struggle that darkened the heavens and shook the earth. Seeing their life-or-death struggle, he showed no hesitation.
Each Wu Ji Sect Supreme Sage who fell to the Profound Yellow Sect's forces represented a loss of tens of thousands of experience points.
"Everyone, clear the area. Leave the rest to me."
Li Chunjun pressed down with a void hand. The Void Storm, manifested by his Sovereign Dharma Manifestation, roared with terrifying sharpness and destructive force, instantly engulfing both sides of the conflict.
Having undergone a transformation in his Mind Realm, he precisely controlled the sword qi storm to devour the Supreme Sages of both factions while simultaneously expelling Huang Daozhen, Wu Chen, and the Three Sages of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
As for the remaining Supreme Sages...
Whether they were as powerful as the Vermilion Bird and Xuan Wu, whose combat power exceeded 250,000, or those with combat power below 200,000, their fate was sealed the moment they were swept into the Sword Qi storm.
With double the combat power, one could already defeat ten opponents.
Li Chunjun's combat power was at least three times higher than the average combat power of the Wu Ji Sect's Supreme Sages!
Even if Crimson Soul and Xun Feng hadn't fled so quickly, leaving only eight of the Ten Supreme Sages, and even if their numbers had been doubled, the outcome would have remained unchanged.
Under the tearing force of the sword qi storm, each Supreme Sage struggled desperately, yet ultimately none could escape their fate of being torn apart by the tempest.
Before long, all eight of the Wu Ji Sect's Supreme Sages had been slaughtered.
Having annihilated these eight Supreme Sages, Li Chunjun didn't pause. He traversed the Void, following the void traces left by the two fleeing Supreme Sages as they fled deeper into the starry sky.
This display of overwhelming slaughter showcased a dominance that left the Profound Yellow Sect's Supreme Sages—Huang Daozhen, Wu Chen, Wild Earth, and the others—in a daze.
It felt like a dream, an illusion.
"Is... is that it?"
"Eight Supreme Sages! The Wu Ji Sect had eight Supreme Sages, and they were all annihilated in a few breaths, leaving not a single survivor?"
"Was that... was that really Supreme Elder Li? Or Princess Liuyu in disguise?"
The Divine Senses of the Supreme Sages surged.
Soon, they found themselves involuntarily exchanging glances.
They could naturally discern whether the Li Chunjun before them was the real deal or Liu Yu in disguise.
Though they couldn't fathom how Li Chunjun's combat power had skyrocketed to such heights after his visit to the dark horned prison, they all realized the same thing:
We're going to be rich!
The Profound Yellow Sect is going to prosper!
The combat power Li Chunjun had just displayed rivaled that of even the supreme sages!
The crucial point was that he was still only at the Dharma Manifestation Realm, having yet to undergo the transformation into a law-based life form to rapidly refine his Qi. He still had immense room for growth!
If given more time, once he truly ascended to the Supreme Sage realm and accumulated a hundred thousand years of Millennial Magic Power...
Just how terrifying would his combat power become?!
Quasi-Tenth-Tier?!
Comparable to the Heaven Origin Sword Master?!
Or...
Surpassing the Heaven Origin Sword Master to become the new strongest expert in the Profound Yellow Great World?!
In an instant, the Supreme Sages' breathing grew rapid.
"Now is not the time for celebration! There are still Void Refining and Dharma Aspect cultivators from the Wu Ji Sect on the battlefield!"
Huang Daozhen's gaze turned icy as he faced the Wu Ji Sect's warship. "Since the Profound Yellow Sect and the Wu Ji Sect have declared war, let's abandon any foolish sentimentality about being members of the Immortal Alliance. We must exhaust every means to weaken the Wu Ji Sect's living forces until we completely drive them out of the Profound Yellow Great World!"
The others nodded solemnly.
"Clear the field! Leave no one from the Wu Ji Sect alive!"
Immediately, the Supreme Sages changed direction, charging toward the Dharma Aspect and Void Refining cultivators on the Wu Ji Sect's warship to slaughter them.
As the Supreme Sages, Dharma Manifestation Realm experts, and Void Refining cultivators of the Profound Yellow Sect launched a full-scale pursuit of the Wu Ji Sect members, the Void Refining, Dharma Manifestation Realm, and Supreme Sage cultivators from various factions who had been observing from afar stirred with unease.
"They've gone completely mad! Venerable Li has gone completely mad! Eight Supreme Sages! Eight Supreme Sages just... gone! How many Supreme Sages are there in the entire Profound Yellow Great World?"
"The Profound Yellow Great World is about to undergo a cataclysmic change!"
"It's unbelievable! The ultimate victor is actually Venerable Li Chunjun? How could someone in the Dharma Manifestation Realm possibly possess such overwhelming power? Even Yuan Taiji, who wielded a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, fell as a mere soul in the sword qi storm! This defies all reason!"
"What's so unbelievable about it? There are beings in this world capable of such feats. That is..."
"Shut up! Let's get out of here! Stop watching! The Profound Yellow Sect and the Wu Ji Sect are now locked in a death feud. A full-scale war to annihilate each other's sects is likely imminent! We need to leave quickly to avoid being caught in the crossfire!"
These observers had initially relished the spectacle, eager for chaos.
But the situation had spiraled rapidly toward uncontrollable escalation.
Not only was a major war between the Profound Yellow Sect and the Wu Ji Sect inevitable, but more crucially...
The strangeness surrounding Li Chunjun was truly astonishing!
A Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator defeating a top-tier supreme sage in battle was already unheard of. What made it even more shocking was that the supreme sage had wielded a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
A top-tier supreme sage with a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, whose combat power exceeded 420,000, even reaching 430,000, had fallen to a newly advanced Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator...
What kind of Dharma Aspect could possess such power?!
No Special Life could possibly possess such divine abilities.
That left only two possibilities...
One: an Immortal Artifact!
Two: an innate divine being!
Either of these possibilities would shake the Immortal Alliance to its core, and even the entire Human Race.
It was clear that Li Chunjun, and perhaps the entire Profound Yellow Great World, would soon become the eye of a storm.
Countless top-tier supreme sages, supreme powerhouses, and Quasi-Tenth-Tier experts, all seeking to seize the Immortal Artifact or the innate divine being, would flood into this border Great World.
The existing order in the Profound Yellow Great World would be rapidly shattered.
No living being in the Profound Yellow Great World could remain untouched by the coming upheaval.
Under these circumstances, their interest in observing the spectacle vanished.
They only wished to return to their respective factions as quickly as possible, mentally preparing for the gathering of powerful figures, the drastic shift in the situation, and the impending storm.
(End of the Chapter)
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