Come! Come! Come! Come! Come!

The Great Venerable's reverberations echoed in the storm and whirlpool, circulating in the gaps between the universe and space, turning everything into black and white, like a Chinese ink painting. The storm ceased at that moment; the raging waves were frozen in time.

Wind and water transformed into simple lines as if they existed within a painting, resembling a long river in time.

Within those simple lines, several black and white figures had also stopped.

Thunder God, Mother of Lightning, Yun Fei, and even King Shu, who was still in his corpse, were all frozen in this moment, like figures in a painting.

The sole exception, perhaps, was the Four-faced God.

The Four-faced God, now reduced to the height of an ordinary human, strained to lift his head, his eyes nearly transparent, filled with countless rays of light, stared fixedly at the approaching Dragon Claw, wanting to resist but unable to do so.

With his abilities, fleeing required but a thought, and no one could stop him. However, at this moment, what stopped him was not someone else, but

"Let me see your true face."

As the Dragon Claw approached, the paint-like space rippled, and illusions flickered across Ji Jiji, as if the river of time was flowing in reverse.

Following the connection between this body and his true form, a scene slowly emerged. There stood a figure, seemingly atop a peak.

The perspective quickly zoomed in, and suddenly turned to reveal the figure's face.

At that moment, the figure also turned around, and suddenly, the scene shifted from a figure to a gigantic eye.

Its shape was like a boat, with a round pupil, almost colorless, filled with loftiness and indifference.

Heavenly Eye—when this eye appeared, everyone spontaneously thought of this term.

The eye before them was indeed identical to the legendary Heavenly Eye.

"Great Venerable!"

A voice from beyond, as if coming from outside the heavens, distant and profound, the images rapidly collapsing, centering on this eye.

It was like a black hole, devouring everything, until at last, even the eye itself collapsed and was drawn in.

But, at that moment, the Dragon Claw fiercely grasped, capturing Ji Jiji, who had transformed into the Four-faced God, and parts of the collapsing images were also pulled down. The black and white of the ink painting quickly faded, and the Dragon Claw retracted, taking Ji Jiji's figure across the storm.

In the blink of an eye, the storm and the raging currents moved again, and everyone else regained their ability to move.

"This…"

Thunder God and Mother of Lightning noticed Ji Jiji's disappearance, their expressions drastically changed, but it was impossible for them to snatch him back from the hands of the Great Venerable.

"Let's leave."

From King Shu's corpse, a hoarse voice spoke, "The Great Venerable has spared us, go!"

He himself had suffered a blow from the Battle Halberd and his newly reincarnated body was severely wounded. It was time for healing, and the rest, too, were severely depleted and injured, equally unable to fight any longer.

Staying could well cost them their lives.

The woman in palace attire did not hesitate; using her long sleeves, she scooped up King Shu's corpse and vanished in a flash of light.

Thunder God and Mother of Lightning saw this and silently nodded, splitting the cyclone with thunder and lightning, and swiftly retreated.

The water currents violently surged, and the storm swiftly rotated, grinding rocks to smithereens, causing the rock layers to collapse further.

If one's view were pulled to the riverbed, one could see a large area of the riverbed collapsing, the raging current diving into the underground space, forming a rapid undercurrent.

A gun light burst from the undercurrent, severing the water flow, and shattering a falling giant rock, as two figures swiftly fled along the path opened by the gun light, quickly approaching the surface.

"Boom!"

They burst from the water, their eyes caught by a moving water cyclone, carrying huge floods rolling to the west.

Above in the sky, a vast shadow was stirring Essence Qi, colliding with the stars—it was clearly Elder Da Kun battling.

The sky was dark, the earth somber, the torrential river surged between the mountains, rushing forward, the water level rising above the surrounding mountainsides—an apocalyptic scene.

Yin Tulong, standing on his Wind and Fire Wheel, grasped Jiang Li, landing on a nearby mountain peak, both gasping for air, somewhat bedraggled.

Jiang Li held a bronze-colored Battle Halberd, blood energy still flowing into his body, madly cleansing his flesh, but he himself was somewhat unable to bear it.

The previous move had exhausted much of his Three Elements, already surpassing the limit of the "One-foot Hammer," his strength no longer at its peak.

He planted the Battle Halberd into the ground, releasing his hand, breaking the connection; the bloody halo around the Battle Halberd gradually calmed, the blood energy also progressively settling. Then, Jiang Li, ignoring his disheveled appearance, reached out and a beam of red light flew from his forehead, landing in his hand, transforming into a small dog.

Jiang Li grabbed the small dog by the neck and extracted demon energy, integrating it into his body, and simultaneously took out a bottle of Red Cloud Pills, swallowing them all at once and quickly refining them.

Meanwhile, the small red dog became listless and unenergetic.

Yin Tulong did not consume any Elixirs; he retracted his Three Heads and Six Arms, yet still wore the close-fitting Lotus Pattern Battle Armor, holding a Red Tassel Spear, the Qiankun Ring slanted across his upper body, a red silk wrapping around his arms, very much fitting Jiang Li's stereotypical impression.

Although Jiang Li nearly strangled King Shu's new body in the womb... no, it should be said, in the father's womb, King Shu ultimately did not die, and the others were also unaware of the situation, plus there was the Great Venerable stirring things up...

Speaking of stirring things up, as soon as it was mentioned, shadows flickered in black and white, and two figures emerged from them, one of whose figure was blurred, shrouded in clouds and mist, revealing only a pair of crimson vertical pupils.

The other person was Witch Di, wearing a bone mask.

Even without seeing the true face, just by Witch Di's presence, one could guess his identity.

He was the Great Venerable.

"What a fine play," the man with crimson eyes said, smiling as he stroked his palms. "King Shu blatantly built his plank road while clandestinely crossing the Chencang pass, the Ji Family's old monster coveted the Soldiers of the Military God hidden beneath the Golden Dam, the result was King Shu succeeded, but also did not, blocked at the last step, with the Soldiers of the Military God ending up in your hands."

In just a few words, the Great Venerable revealed the general information, while also informing Jiang Li of Ji Jiji's intentions.

Ji Jiji was after that Battle Halberd.

Of course, it did not rule out that he also wanted the Golden Dam to collapse.

"But King Shu ultimately did not die, and the Golden Dam is also going to collapse," Jiang Li said, watching the Great Venerable.

Did King Shu and Ji Jiji's plot succeed? It was half-successful; as for the other half, it was ruined by Jiang Li's hand.

Was Jiang Li's action successful? That too, was half-successful; through the previous information conveyed by Tianxuan, he took the Battle Halberd but could not stop the collapse of the Golden Dam.

Taking the Battle Halberd was an inevitable move. If the situation was unfavorable, Jiang Li would even actively push forward, destroy the large cauldron, and seize the Battle Halberd.

Once the Battle Halberd emerged, it signified that the collapse of the Golden Dam was inevitable.

Although the Golden Dam itself was still solid, after losing the Yu King Dao Fruit, it no longer had fourth-rank indestructible ability. Not to mention Wuzhiqi, even a group of Water Demons might push the flood and break through the remaining two dams.

"Yes, the Golden Dam can no longer be saved," the Great Venerable said lightly, nodding.

As his voice fell, a loud booming noise came, and amid the earth-shattering noise was the tumultuous surge of the Flood.

With Jiang Li's eye power, he could clearly see a city wall-like dam collapsing in the distance, a three-hundred-chan long structure being breached by the Flood which then stretched for thousands of miles, the water level that used to reach the mid-mountain rapidly declining.

And behind that dam... was Shu County.

Shu County was in a low-lying area, once a marsh before the Golden Dam existed, allowing the city to be established only due to the dam. Now, with the destruction of the Golden Dam, this county would also be destroyed in an instant.

Boom!

Yin Tulong struck the ground with his spear, fire flaring from his bright eyes, his long spear wriggling impatiently in his hand, filled with murderous intent that enveloped even the Great Venerable.

"Wanting to kill me?" noticing the murderous intent, the Great Venerable chuckled, "This is actually somewhat undue. Even without me, King Shu would eventually cause the Golden Dam to collapse. Moreover, if you want to kill me, you need to take a number, as my enemies are everywhere across the Four Seas and the Nine Provinces."

Saying so, the Great Venerable waved his finger, gesturing it wasn't your turn yet.

Seeing this, the flames in Yin Tulong's eyes burned fiercely, nearly bursting forth.

Continuing like this, this person might just directly explode at the Great Venerable.

"The Great Venerable came here for more than just chit-chat, didn't he?" Jiang Li decisively took over the conversation, saying, "I guess, the Great Venerable wants to see if Heaven's Punishment will come."

He met those crimson dragon eyes with a deep and unfathomable gaze, "The Great Venerable wants to see if Ji Jiji has suffered the Heaven's Punishment, right?"

Once violating the oath of mutual assistance between the two clans, Heaven would examine the cause and effect and make the corresponding judgment.

This confrontation was mainly Ji Jiji's responsibility. If Heaven's Punishment were to come, it would fall on Ji Jiji. And Jiang Li would also sense this.

However, the reality was—

"No."

Jiang Li shook his head, "I feel nothing."

Feeling nothing meant there was no Heaven's Punishment, Ji Jiji's action against Jiang Li required no cost.

There were probably only three reasons for such a result.

One, Ji Jiji's Qi Shu 가, Realm, and status were far superior to Jiang Li's, his weight heavier than Jiang Li's, so dealing with Jiang Li required no price.

Two, Ji Jiji possessed the Law of Cause and Effect, allowing him to be unaffected by the oath.

Three, Ji Jiji was no longer associated with the Ji Family, naturally not bound by the oath.

The first reason was virtually impossible; there simply was no such person in the Ji Family currently.

Jiang Li consumed the Qi Shu of Three Clans; putting it less nicely, he was a servant of three surnames. There were people stronger than him, people of higher status than him, but none with a higher Qi Shu.

And the third reason...

'If I guessed that man to be Ji Jiji, he should still be a person of the Ji Family, even if making a comeback, he still can't sever ties with the Ji Family,' thoughts crossed Jiang Li's mind.

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