Eight-Peak Mountain, Jiang Li faces two third-grade opponents alone.

Elder Da Kun roams mid-air, navigating the mighty waves, while Lingxuzi stands on solid ground, murder hidden beneath his gaze.

Above are torrents of waves, below rivers rising, and due to the loss of gravity, droplets of water float upward, with flying sand and rocks suspended as well, creating a scene where heaven and earth appear overturned.

Within this spectacle, Jiang Li must contend with Elder Da Kun from afar while remaining wary of the threat posed by Lingxuzi.

Jiang Li's keen spiritual sense detects an extremely sharp presence concealed within Lingxuzi, ready to be unleashed at any moment.

'Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber!'

Jiang Li knows exactly where this threat originates — the Upper Pure Sect's second-grade Daoist Artifact, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber.

During the battle against the Taiping Sect in Liangzhou Province, a fourth-grade elder from the Upper Pure Sect attempted to trap Jiang Li using a shadow split from the original of the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber, but because Primordial Lord Rain Master from the Taiping Sect was betraying from within, not only did the saber fail to harm Jiang Li, it ended up slashing Zhang Zhixuan's Daoist Soldier, the Giant Spirit Immortal.

The Giant Spirit Immortal, a dignified fourth-grade and Zhang Zhixuan's Daoist Soldier, was sliced in one strike by the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber, showcasing the formidable power of this Daoist Artifact.

And now, Jiang Li faces the genuine Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, the Divine Capital is in peril, yet you remain here to protect the Awakened. Aren't you afraid that the Great Zhou Capital might fall into someone else's hands?"

Lingxuzi's voice echoed from afar, carrying a tone that disturbed one's spirit, "You currently bear Great Zhou's Emperor Dao Fruit, and if anything happens to the Divine Capital, it might impact your very foundation. Moreover, we've come for the Awakened, yet there's no sign of Buddha Country elites, only you, an outsider, intercepting us. Isn't it laughable?"

Sect Leader Shangqing's words carried a tone of persuasion, urging Jiang Li to step back, yet the concealed sharpness grew ever colder with murderous intent.

The moment Jiang Li reveals a flaw, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber is poised to decapitate him.

When the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber is deployed, it first immobilizes the primordial spirit and power, prohibiting any changes. Severe cases might even result in chaotic primordial spirit and dizzy consciousness. Then comes the lethal strike.

Even a physical body cultivated with Eight-Nine Profound Skill cannot withstand the saber's edge — being hit is almost certain death.

In a sense, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber is the nemesis of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill. Once immobilized, profound skills are hard to alter, the primordial spirit is restricted, and the physical body cannot withstand the saber's edge, nearly guaranteeing death.

Yet others facing the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber are almost certain to perish, while those with Eight-Nine Profound Skill might linger a bit longer.

Lingxuzi's words sliced like a saber, aiming to expose a flaw in Jiang Li's spirit and allow the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber to immobilize his primordial spirit and power.

"You cannot withstand me and Elder Da Kun. Elder Da Kun only needs to take a step to reach the Mountain of Mind and Heart directly, and once I arrive, the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation will be initiated. At that point, Fellow Daoist, once trapped within the formation, escaping will be improbable."

Lingxuzi continued, the red gourd in his hand already shrouded in a metallic luster, sharp with the edge of slaughter.

Elder Da Kun's body can occupy a stretch of a thousand miles. If he uses divine skills, it can expand even further — stepping to the Mountain of Mind and Heart is akin to a regular person taking a small step.

The reason he doesn't go directly is firstly due to Jiang Li potentially delivering a fierce attack from behind, secondly...

He's a bit of a coward, afraid of the Awakened.

The Awakened withholding action is to guard against other supreme beings, not because they fear the current situation.

If Elder Da Kun were to charge forward, the Awakened certainly wouldn't hesitate to discuss Buddhist Law with him, a visitor from the Dragon Palace.

Hence, Elder Da Kun doesn't go.

He's here to trip the Awakened up, not to sacrifice himself. Without any benefits, why risk his life?

If Elder Da Kun dared risk his life, other third-grade beings would surely acclaim his great and noble spirit loudly, then joyfully send him off to sacrifice himself.

The notion of Elder Da Kun heading to the Mountain of Mind and Heart in Lingxuzi's words indeed sounds laughable.

However, when he mentioned the Divine Capital and Tianxuan, it seemed to touch Jiang Li's spirit.

Because of weightlessness, the floating droplets of water sunk slightly, though almost imperceptible and lasting only a moment, Lingxuzi seized this momentary opportunity.

His divine thought and spiritual sense constantly perceived his surroundings. When the droplets showed change, Lingxuzi's pure light flourished, raising his left hand.

A thread of bright light emerged from the red gourd, rising over three zhang high, with an object atop, seven inches in length, possessing eyebrows and eyes, two beams of white light emitted from the eyes, traversing hundreds of miles and pinning at Jiang Li's Mud Ball Palace.

Success!

Lingxuzi laughed heartily, bowing to let the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber shoot forth.

And simultaneously, that thread of light lightly raised, locking onto...

Elder Da Kun?

Though it pinned at Jiang Li's Mud Ball Palace, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber ends up targeting Elder Da Kun instead. This unbelievable sight leaves Lingxuzi momentarily stunned, halting his bowing body.

But while Lingxuzi hesitates, Jiang Li doesn't.

The Sun Dharma Form ascends, rapidly expanding, intense True Fire piercing through space, instantly evaporating the waves above, flames blazing straight towards Elder Da Kun.

"Boom!"

Outside Eight-Peak Mountain, a colossal and vile Demon God form emerged, its giant hand reaching out and swiftly enlarging to grasp the rising Great Sun.

"遮日挡月."

It is Luo Hou!

Luo Hou appeared with his vast Asura Demon Body, black and red qi blood floating like flames on his body, the shadow of the giant hand covering the Great Sun, even expanding alongside its growth.

As the Sun Wheel enlarges a step, the hand enlarges a step and a half.

This is exactly Luo Hou's divine skill.

However—

"Too weak."

True Sun Fire like light and sword pierced through Luo Hou's hand, evaporating the potent qi blood instantly, the hand subsequently turning to ashes.

Luo Hou's divine skills are indeed powerful, but his own strength is not equal to Jiang Li.

The Asura Demon Body retreated violently, flames soaring into the sky, but at the same time, Lingxuzi decisively retrieved the enlightenment light of the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber.

Elder Da Kun's scales stood erect all over its body, bursting forth with cerulean water element Qi from below, colliding with the True Sun Fire.

Subsequently, the Sun Dharma Form crashed into Elder Da Kun.

"Boom!"

Water and fire clashed, yet the True Sun Fire possessed the power to refine all things, fully displaying the prowess of "Qi Tomb". After the collision, the raging True Fire madly refined the water element Qi, rapidly contaminating and enveloping Elder Da Kun's body.

"Hoo—"

The Kun Fish let out a breath akin to a wind howl, suddenly its massive fish body bent, and it was blasted into the clouds.

A stream of light flew up from the Eight-Peak Mountain, piercing through the clouds, catching up with the Sun Dharma Form, and aimed to pursue and kill Elder Da Kun mercilessly.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay your hand."

A loud shout came, that familiar voice almost made Jiang Li truly turn his head.

[But, the one who spoke was not Shen Hou, but Lingxuzi.]

[This dispelled Jiang Li's intention to turn back and use the Sea Filling Eye on Shen Hou.]

The Karma Collection refreshed its texts as Jiang Li sensed Lingxuzi's approach.

The Sect Leader of Upper Pure Sect transformed into a streak of pure light, traversing through space, and with a flick of his wrist, sent out a Jade Talisman. The light intensified, manifesting a talisman shadow as long as a hundred meters, intertwining the Nine Palaces and Heavenly Stems, slicing the void to form an array.

"Nine Palace Sky Qian Talisman, grant clemency!"

Spatial overlaps formed a grid of Nine Palaces, enveloping Jiang Li, attempting to intercept his path.

With a thought, Jiang Li made the Sun Dharma Form confront the talisman array, True Fire bombarded, scorching the space, while he suddenly flickered.

"I shall be above Elder Da Kun."

As space twisted and transformed, Jiang Li unexpectedly appeared above Elder Da Kun, his form flickering, manifesting the body of Fatian Xiangdi.

"Taisu."

Raising his palm, the pure white Taixu Qi swirled around his hand, lifting to the sky, causing the firmament to crumble; with another press, it seemed as if the sky collapsed.

With an unrivaled great strength, a palm landed on Elder Da Kun's body, the Taixu Qi destroyed form, and with utmost simplicity and immense force, turned reversed gravity back to normal.

Elder Da Kun plummeted violently, like a comet crashing to the earth, shattering the Eight-Peak Mountain, smashing the corpse of the Giant Snake Baqi, breaking the land, and rupturing the earth veins.

"Boom!"

The earth cracked, flesh burst into a blood waterfall rising into the sky, staining the mountains and rivers in blood, even the wind carried a bloody scent.

A fierce earthquake swept across a thousand miles, ten thousand miles, even as Elder Da Kun strived to minimize damage by shrinking its body to the utmost, it still caused the earth to quake, almost collapsing the Spiritual Platform Mountain.

"Amitabha."

In critical moments, seven rays of Buddha Light rose from the top of Spiritual Platform Mountain, one solemn Buddha Image after another appeared, where Buddha's energy reached, the mountain calmed, the ground steadied, and the quake subsided.

"Seven Buddhas' Sin Erasure."

The past Seven Buddhas manifested together, stabilizing the Spiritual Platform Mountain, suppressing the earth veins, forcibly halting the earthquake.

But in the distance, the Heavenly Dragon Eight Peaks were all destroyed, Elder Da Kun's body had crashed to form a massive basin, its blood filling the ravines.

"Blood merges with the earth, water submerges into the ground."

Another voice of the Heavenly Decree echoed from the sky, blood and water rapidly merged into the earth, sinking beneath to prevent becoming the foundation of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation.

Jiang Li's figure appeared in the swirling clouds, a bright light emanating from the Heavenly Eye in his forehead, the luster of the Heavenly Mirror.

Lingxuzi did not know that Jiang Li's Mud Ball Palace concealed the Heavenly Mirror, thus when the enlightenment light of the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber fell into the Mud Ball Palace, it was redirected, stabilizing Elder Da Kun instead of Jiang Li, mistakenly wounding an ally.

A moment's encounter shifted the entire situation.

At this time, as Elder Da Kun fell to the ground, Jiang Li descended from the sky, the Golden Crow of the Sun Dharma Form behind him spread its wings, the world-consuming flame light descended from the sky dome.

The death of Elder Da Kun seemed like a preordained fact.

"Karma Tathagata."

At this moment, a clear shout resounded in the air like a thunderclap, summoning a key figure of turmoil in the Buddha Country.

A crack appeared in mid-air, yet it was not a change in space, more like a natural phenomenon.

A tumultuous roar emanated from the crack, followed by a raging flood of fury—a thousand tons, ten thousand tons, a million tons, an endless torrent gushed from the rift.

[This is water...]

[Yet not water...]

[This is the product of Karma Tathagata's visualization, he materialized the imaginary, visualizing a long river.]

The Karma Collection narrated the origin of this shocking scene, Jiang Li had already stopped in his tracks, watching the cascading water filling the crevices and ravines.

Even if Jiang Li reversed gravity again at this moment, he could not lift the river of water skyward, for this river was not real.

Yet it could replace a real river.

Ultimately, the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation was completed.

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