The clash was as tiny as a mustard seed, yet when the Great Circle Sword and the Jingu Bang collided, though their forms were unseen, a monstrous wave of energy was generated.

In the next instant, the two transformed back to human size, with sword light shooting forth, meeting the long staff, and with a clanging sound, the wave of energy was disrupted.

With exquisite and delicate transformations showcased in their exchange, their figures constantly changed, sometimes as giants, sometimes as small as birds, undergoing hundreds of transformations with a flick of a finger, their large and small forms flashing in mid-air, seemingly like two armies at battle.

Wuzhiqi's prowess had advanced compared to before, compounded by Jiang Li now being distracted by other matters, making it hard to force this monkey back for the time being.

Ideas raced through his mind, and while blocking the staff's shadow with a sword, he prepared to summon Xiao Tian, planning to release a dog to bite the monkey.

However, at that moment, green light quivered, shaking Jiang Li's figure; the Green Wood Tree he held in his other hand became active again, a stream of Jia Wood Essence Qi erupting from it, and the small tree rapidly enlarging.

It was the Immortal Queen!

The Immortal Queen, eager to ascend, decisively chose to send out a Second Grade Dao Artifact to compel Tianxuan to complete the transaction, but she wasn't truly sending it innocently. To prevent Jiang Li from using the Dao Artifact against her during her future ascension, she had made some tweaks to it.

Yet, the Immortal Queen hadn't anticipated that Jiang Li and Tianxuan were even less scrupulous than her, intending to take advantage without cost, causing her measures to activate now.

The formidable presence of the Second Grade Daoist Artifact was evident; even without an artifact wielder, it shook Jiang Li's hand open, revealing a flaw seen by Wuzhiqi.

"Hey!"

Wuzhiqi, with his Fire Eyes Golden Eyes and Six Ears, had perception not inferior to Jiang Li's, and naturally wouldn't pass up the opportunity. With a fierce shout, he swung the Jingu Bang with a force that could sweep across an army, its supreme power condensed in the radiant golden staff, as dense spatial cracks appeared in its sweeping path.

In a flash, Jiang Li used his mind to wield the sword, the Great Circle Sword automatically standing at the forefront, meeting the sweep of the Jingu Bang.

"Bang!"

Countless fragments flew.

Even though Jiang Li had refined the Sky Cluster Cloud Sword and achieved small success in Yuxu Temple's Refine Solid to Void, the Great Circle Sword still couldn't block this strike. The residual force of the Jingu Bang hadn't subsided, threatening to strike Jiang Li's body, but the Great Circle Sword had bought a moment.

Jiang Li raised his right hand, a Divine Evil manifesting, as he seized it with his bare palm, unflinchingly catching this space-crushing strike.

The hand wrapped in the All Heaven Divine Sha was unharmed in the shattering, exuding an indomitable aura, even absorbing the Vigorous Force on the Jingu Bang, rendering Wuzhiqi's move once again fruitless.

However, Wuzhiqi bore a sinister grin.

For Jiang Li's Qi Mechanism had erupted now, deploying the All Heaven Divine Sha which, while blocking the offensive, had shredded all concealment, leaving it impossible to evade Heaven's Punishment's lock. This monkey, possessing the 72 Transformations, naturally knew how to deal with divine powers similar to them, and his aim was never to harm Jiang Li, but to force him into exposure to Heaven's Punishment.

The monkey now seemed like the flute boy of an Awakened one, but he spared nothing when attacking Jiang Li. It was unclear if he harbored a grudge or simply was unaware of the connection between the Awakened and Jiang Li.

At the same time, the Green Wood Tree grew into a towering tree, levitating in mid-air, green Primordial Qi flooding the space and sealing off the Space Shifting escape route.

Like Wuzhiqi, the Immortal Queen also aimed to force the two into revealing their presence while cutting off their retreat.

"You toyed with me."

On the other side of the towering tree, the Immortal Queen's eyes were icy, crystalline as she raised a snow-white hand, gathering an astonishing formidable gleam, "But I will forgive you; no one holds grudges against a dead man."

"Heavenly Severity" rose once more, poised to strike down Tianxuan's life after Heaven's Punishment's descent.

"Boom!"

The sky dome quaked, an invisible great force assailing downwards, the spatial tremors causing the green Primordial Qi to roil relentlessly, the branches and leaves of the towering tree swaying as if they might snap at any moment. It was only due to the Second Grade Daoist Artifact's sturdiness that it remained whole, otherwise, this great tree would have perished first.

And as the target of Heaven's Punishment—

Jiang Li's figure was shattered into dust.

The Protective True Qi couldn't withstand this force, even when manifesting three thousand barriers, they were shattered instantaneously, and Jiang Li himself was broken and scattered in a moment.

Yet, Tianxuan remained unscathed.

[At the crucial moment, Jiang Li utilized the Karma Collection, harnessing the power of Cause and Effect to focus Heaven's Punishment upon himself, sparing Tianxuan as the initial target from disaster. This change prompted a shift in the situation.]

An unseen book was autonomously inscribing words as Tianxuan commanded starlight, arranging the Stars Array.

"To kill resides in absolute adversity, a short life like Yan Hui."

The Star Magic Domain ascended to the heavens, transforming into a starry sky within the quaking space, and a great star emerged, namely the Seven Killings Star.

Doumu Yuanjun, mother of star battles, can transform the stars, as Tianxuan utilized the Dao Fruit Divine Power, manifesting the Seven Killings, as though a genuine star descended to earth, the immense Seven Killings Star Power poured like Tianhe, transforming into seven torrential dragon-like qi columns, surging towards the Immortal Queen.

The Immortal Queen had to release her gathered Qi Blade, unleashing a world-shaking formidable gleam that slashed across the heavens, destroying all it touched, exhibiting Heavenly Severity's full lethal intent. Though Tianxuan seized the opportunity, he was still challenged by the Qi Blade's slaughter; all seven qi columns were severed, dissolving into countless star points falling.

Yet, "Heavenly Severity" also diminished greatly in its killing momentum.

At this moment, Tianxuan's wide sleeves danced, the star points re-formed, creating an array of one thousand and eighty, evolving into a quasi-miraculous anomaly, layered and interwoven. The Qi Blade entered it, only to be worn away repeatedly by the array, dissipating into invisibility.

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