Chapter 452: Not a God's God

“Thunder from all Directions!”

Xu Yang seized the opportunity and launched another fierce attack.

He raised one hand towards the empty sky above him, rapidly condensing a black essence.

High in the heavens, a deafening thunderclap exploded. The primal energy connected to Xu Yang’s palm quickly coalesced into an overwhelming, colossal net of lightning!

This web-like lightning locked onto the Night Monarch’s true form in front of him.

The terrifying display completely shook everyone watching below, especially the Five Element Elders.

“A great deity truly is a great deity! No matter what caliber of opponent he faces, he can always demonstrate an unparalleled suppressive ability. This is the true demeanor of a top-tier expert.”

Lei Zhen probably hadn't even realized that he had, without knowing it, become a loyal fan of Xu Yang.

Not just him, but Flame Maiden and others beside him also gazed at Xu Yang's imposing silhouette with expressions of adoration. This undoubtedly made Old Man Ice and Thunder Lord quite jealous.

Faced with the overwhelming, colossal net of lightning, the Night Monarch made no attempt to dodge or resist this time. Instead, he allowed the sky-filling lightning to strike him.

Not a trace of panic ever appeared on his face. Perhaps, in the Night Monarch's view, such a clash of power levels was merely a common occurrence during peak duels between tribulation-transcending cultivators.

Indeed, the Night Monarch had come prepared. Although he made no resistant moves, the moment the immense net enveloped his true form, a strange transformation occurred in his physical body, astonishing everyone.

His head, which had remained unchanged until then, was suddenly covered by an incredibly ferocious dragon’s head.

“My heavens, this guy can even dragonize his head! He's practically a true dragon, there's no difference!”

“As expected of one of the Night Dynasty’s twin stars back then. If he can revert to his human form with such talent, then this guy is already one of the continent’s strongest.”

This assessment was by no means Long Kun’s personal opinion; it aligned with the judgment criteria of every spectator present.

After all, throughout the continent’s million-year history, there had never been a cultivator known to truly achieve a fully dragonized state without losing their original soul.

Of course, even partial dragonization was something no cultivator with dragon lineage would willingly perform, as each transformation meant assimilation and depletion of their human bloodline, a process that was almost irreversible.

Unless, like Wushuang, one could obtain the most perfect dragon heritage and have their own internal essence formed from the true dragon’s primordial energy, in which case there would be no possibility of rejection.

When the Night Monarch’s head fully transformed into a dragon’s form, the immense heavenly lightning net that had been restraining his movements instantly vanished into thin air. In the very next moment, this colossal lightning net appeared around Xu Yang’s body instead.

“What! It's spatial power! To be able to transfer the primordial energy between heaven and earth using the void as a special medium... such a profound divine ability has perhaps surpassed the limits of what humanity can achieve.”

Yun Shu stared at the scene, dumbfounded. In truth, whether it was Xu Yang or the Night Monarch, the abilities and power reserves displayed by both individuals in today’s battle had exceeded the cognitive limits of their Profound Sect.

Although the Profound Sect was no stranger to even divine-level powers, they had always been skeptical about the limits humanity could reach. They even believed at one point that, in the face of divine beast bloodlines, humans could only serve as insignificant beings, like mere food.

But today, after witnessing Xu Yang’s strength firsthand, that perception was completely rewritten.

“As expected of one of the twin stars of that era. Your talent and abilities have truly opened my eyes. However, today I will prove one thing to you: no matter how powerful the dragon race’s strength is, it ultimately cannot surpass humanity, because that power has limits, while humans can constantly transcend them.”

Xu Yang’s words resonated with power and conviction. In the next instant, as he picked up the Asura Sword once more, his entire demeanor underwent another transformation.

If the previous time Xu Yang wielded the Asura Totem, he was merely a top-tier expert demonstrating his power through inherited means, then at this moment, Xu Yang was like the true embodiment of human cultivators, every one of his movements a perfect manifestation of humanity’s unparalleled creativity.

“Huh! Why is this energy fluctuation so strange? It seems to belong to no element or energy lineage!”

The Five Element Elders, all masters of elemental control, immediately recognized that Xu Yang’s current technique was completely different from conventional cultivation methods.

“That is... the aura of the Dao, the laws of heaven and earth, the myriad paths of the cosmos! It is that profound, ethereal, and elusive manifestation possessed by every purest primordial essence of heaven and earth!”

“If I'm not mistaken, Senior Xu Yang is actually *creating* laws at this moment!”

Everyone gasped upon hearing this.

“Creating laws? How is that possible? Is this guy truly a god?”

Even the usually taciturn Thunder Lord couldn't help but speak.

Although this individual was powerful, Thunder Lord was one of the very few theologians within the Profound Sect. He always believed that gods were not as ethereal as the continent’s inhabitants claimed, but merely products of a higher civilization existing above the continent. At this moment, seeing this individual in the sky capable of creating laws on his own, Thunder Lord instinctively thought Xu Yang was a true god.

Little did they know, Xu Yang had possessed this ability years ago, right after he emerged from his seclusion.

However, when a scene of a deity creating laws, previously only existing in legends, truly manifested before their eyes, everyone instinctively felt an incredible illusion.

A mighty rumble!

Soon, all sorts of elemental energies hidden within the void instinctively coalesced rapidly around Xu Yang. This was a special natural phenomenon, an instinctive attraction to the law about to take form.

At this point, the Night Monarch in front of him no longer seemed as composed as before.

He knew all too well what an opponent capable of creating their own laws meant.

Laws were originally the best synonym for the power of heaven and earth. Xu Yang personally creating laws meant he would possess the ability to directly guide and wield the power of heaven and earth, no longer limited to the scope of a single lineage’s inherited power.

In the very next moment, as the temporarily woven law perfectly took shape, Xu Yang, like a celestial being, emanated an incomparably dazzling and astonishing light from his true form.