The Star River crossed the sky, cutting off above from below. The thunderous roars and the howls of the Fire Dragon were receding into the distance, and even the figures of Yin Tulong and his adversaries seemed to become infinitely distant, separated by the Star River.

The Star River Crossing the Sky, a thousand-year secret technique from the Kunxu Immortal Palace, it was said that once mastered, one could draw the Star River with a single hand, isolating two realms.

But for a thousand years, not a single soul from the Kunxu Immortal Palace had managed to master this technique, including the current Great Palace Master, the Immortal Queen. Gradually, the technique became but a mystical legend.

Now, however, the Star River Crossing the Sky appeared here, dividing the stone chamber into two separate worlds. At the same time, two beams of Divine Light sped from the opposite passageway towards the large cauldron.

If not for the Star River acting as a barrier, with a certain young hero's Wind and Fire Wheel, he needed only to will it to reach any location. But now Yin Tulong was blocked, and even if he wished to intervene, it would be difficult to cross the Star River under the assault of three fourth-rank attackers in a short span.

As the two beams of Divine Light were about to reach the large cauldron, Jiang Li's figure emerged, appearing to move slowly but actually quite swiftly, arriving in front of the cauldron.

His eyes flashed with strange light, magic arrays materialized, and runes moved around, quickly dispersing the two beams of Divine Light and revealing two burly figures.

Dressed in armor and wielding maces, they were two guests of the Shu Royal Mansion—Tang He and Ren Hai.

Boom!

The Divine Light vanished, and the Qi Force burst forth. The pair were met with a Force of unmatched great strength, forcibly repelled, flying back nearly ten feet. They landed heavily, with one foot pressing into the ground to stop their retreat, creating deep footprints.

"Interesting."

Jiang Li, with his left hand behind his back, looked at the two, "You two are guests of King Shu, and now you've taken action. But you're joining forces with King Shu's enemy. Have you two betrayed King Shu, or has King Shu betrayed us?"

The appearance of the Thunder God and the Mother of Lightning had pinned down the others as the enemy, also casting King Shu's stance in an ambiguous light.

He was dead, but his stance was not clear.

It was even unknown if King Shu was indeed dead.

Without a word, Tang and Ren shared a glance and then exhaled in unison.

"Hmph!"

Tang He snorted through his nostrils, his voice deep as a bell, two beams of white light shot out, soul-snatching.

"Ha!"

Ren Hai burst out, a surge of yellow Qi rising from his belly and erupting from his mouth, soul scattering.

As they both spoke out, white light and yellow Qi combined, instantly forcing a vague figure to emerge from Jiang Li's body.

Tang He and Ren Hai were using the Dao Fruit of the Heng and Ha generals, releasing hums and has that could snatch souls and scatter spirits. If one was unaware, a slight misstep could mean their Divine Soul leaving their body or their soul scattering.

At this moment, the two burly figures surged their blood and Qi, using the Fetal Breathing Technique to unleash the full might of their Physical Bodies. Their True Qi moved rapidly, turning into a cold gray color, resembling two copper statues.

With a rapid advance, their maces struck like wild dragons, compressing the air with such force it nearly solidified, only to be shattered violently with a crackling sound. The force of ten thousand jun concentrated on a single strike, aiming at Jiang Li's entire body.

If these two blows were to land, even a regular fifth-rank would be reduced to a bloody mist. What seemed like a simple blow contained an incomparable strength. Moreover, with the soul-snatching white light and yellow Qi, the opponent wouldn't even be able to block.

With Divine Skills combined with Strong Assault, the pair had relied on this method for years and had slain countless formidable adversaries. This time seemed no different.

Even if you, Jiang Li, are nearly unbeatable among fifth-ranks, should you encounter these Divine Skills, you would end up either dead or severely injured.

"Awooo—"

Just as the maces were about to hit, Innate Qi burst forth, manifesting into two Dragon Claws, perfectly timed, grasping the maces.

Boom!

A dull sound emerged within the Dragon Claws, the force of ten thousand jun unable to break their grip, and, in the background, Jiang Li's emergent Primordial Spirit dissipated into nothingness.

Fake!

Both attackers realized at the same moment that their proud Divine Skills had failed to force out Jiang Li's Primordial Spirit; the emerged phantom was just an illusion.

And the reason for creating this illusion was simply to allow them to get closer.

"Hmph!"

"Ha!"

Without time to ponder further, they exhaled once again, emitting white light and yellow Qi simultaneously. Their figures slightly elevated, they forcibly circulated their blood and Qi, merging with True Qi to form the Blood Qi True Gang. Their other hands also pressed down on their Demon-Subduing Pestles, drawing a blood mark upon the maces, pressing down with force.

Both being Body Refinement Martial Cultivators, their greatest strength was in their Physical Bodies, capable even of Essence and Qi Unification, merging Essence Element True Energy without distinction between themselves, pushing their Physical Bodies and True Qi to the extreme.

The great strength of the two clashed, the intense masculine Qi even emitting a fiery heat, with violent Qi Mechanism stirring.

But the Dragon Claws that held the maces did not show the slightest sign of faltering, and Jiang Li remained still, not moving an inch, with True Qi taking shape into Dragon Claws to resist the maces.

His Essence, Qi, and Spirit became a perfect unity, flawlessly intact, rendering the Divine Skills aimed at the Divine Soul useless against him.

"You've done your best."

Jiang Li spoke indifferently as the runes on the dragon claws activated, creating vortexes that absorbed the strength, slowly twisting it.

In a grating sound that set one's teeth on edge, the soldier's mace, forged from the essence of copper and iron, began to warp. The four iron arms resisted forcefully but still trembled, moving with the twisting of the mace.

With a forceful release from the vortex, the mace snapped with a loud noise, and two dragon claws simultaneously reached out—

"Boom!"

Both contenders nearly hesitated not at all to abandon their weapons, crossing their arms in front of their bodies. The two dragon claws struck their arms, with puffs of blood mist bursting out simultaneously. The capillaries on their arms burst at the same time, and their bones emitted sounds of being unable to bear the load.

In this brief exchange, both fifth-rank cultivators already sensed the approach of death. The invisible vortexes latched onto them, expelling strength once again, as if two walls—or rather, mountains—were crushing against each other, intending to grind the two into minced meat.

"In such a short time, you have recovered your power, truly living up to the Divine Farmer's appearance."

Just when they were about to be crushed, Jiang Li heard a strange voice emerge.

The voice was hollow and flat, like the wind passing through a cave, devoid of any sense of flesh and blood.

A flash passed between his brows as the invisible distortion entered Jiang Li's eyes.

Space was fluctuating and distorting as if an invisible monster, using space as its body, was rapidly approaching.

In the blink of an eye, the invisible entity arrived behind Heng and Ha, a tremendous force as vast as the heaven itself penetrated their bodies, countering the strength applied by Jiang Li.

Using their bodies as the battlefield, the majestic and enormous Qi mechanism formed into tangible waves, surging and stirring. The two tall and burly figures slowly lifted, as if two invisible hands were pulling them upwards.

"Ji Jiji?"

Jiang Li stared straight at the point of distortion and asked faintly.

"Ji Jiji... a long-forgotten appellation."

The strange voice echoed from the opposite direction, but in the next instant, it also appeared to Jiang Li's left and right, "It seems you know quite a bit."

Before the voice could fade, the distortion appeared on both sides, and Jiang Li, without any hesitation, brought his hands together. One hand directed a palm with Innate Water Qi swirling at its center, fending off the solid strength, while the other hand formed a fist, with the Innate True Body resisting the sharp edge, producing a sonorous clang.

But it was not over yet.

The surrounding space was as if swallowed by the invisible monster, with a great amount of distortion arising—sharp, overbearing, fierce, sinuous, agile, ethereal...

Formless and without shape, contortions that neither the naked eye nor Divine Sense might see appeared, with various attacks emerging simultaneously, akin to True Qi yet not quite. In an instant, it seemed like dozens of people were attacking Jiang Li at once.

Had it not been for Jiang Li's own heightened perception and housing a fragment of the Heavenly Mirror within his Mud Ball Palace, he might not have even noticed the existence of these attacks.

'Heavenly Dharma, it truly is Ji Jiji!' Jiang Li thought urgently, his Divine Sense fluctuating, with each attack clear in his mind.

Mysterious and mystical, elusive and formless, the peculiar essence of the Heavenly Dharma was present here.

As the thought passed, Jiang Li's arms danced like a blooming lotus, ethereal shadows materializing into substance. Arm after arm extended like a peacock spreading its feathers, meeting the bizarre attacks.

Outer Object Transformation, Divine Sense forming shapes!

Dao Fruit Divine Power, combined with the Moluo Sword Manual, in an instant, thirty-three arms materialized out of thin air, unleashing punches, palms, fingers, claws, blades, swords—all manner of techniques were abundant, meeting sharpness with sharpness, breaking overbearing with overbearing, and clashing fierce with fierce, encompassing all sorts of attacks.

"Wind Queen's Strange Gate."

The thirty-three arms moved, sketching out a complex Array Plate. Suddenly drawing together, Heaven, Earth, Man, and Divine—the four plates emerged simultaneously, further distorting space as two invisible forces collided.

Astounding intellect, open!

The formless force transformed in thousands of ways in an instant. Jiang Li twisted space with the Wind Queen's Strange Gate, responding to each variation, not falling short at all.

Meanwhile, within the dragon claws in front, the Eight Trigrams circulated.

"Collect."

"Transform."

"Operate."

"Release."

Collect, transform, operate, release; Life in Desolate Places, Unbeatable, the strength breathed in and out, absorbing the opponent's force and pushing back. The tumultuous force caused the bodies of Heng and Ha to swell continuously, turning into two balls of flesh, and then—

Bang! Bang!

Two loud noises merged into one, and under the fierce power, even their Body Refining Martial Cultivator's physiques could not withstand the destruction, ultimately exploding to their deaths.

Amid the flying flesh and blood, the invisible monster twisted and changed, and an indistinct human figure appeared within Jiang Li's perception.

At the same time, the Star River above fluctuated, with Jiang Li distinctly sensing a force separating from it and entering this human figure.

The Star River Crossing the Sky, that was his doing!

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