Chapter 707: From Today On, the Great Wilderness Has Only Five Saints

Between heaven and earth, endless grids materialized.

The power of the Heavenly Way gathered toward this place, condensing into boundless barriers that repeatedly reinforced the universe here.

The innate treasure, Hun Dun Zhong, directly enveloped Zhao Gongming and Jin Ling Shengmu, activating its divine abilities and retreating slightly, joining forces with the defensive treasure Li Di Yan Guang Qi to firmly protect this pair of Jie Jiao's top disciples.

Li Changshou leaped upward!

Like an eagle striking the sky!

High above, the Taiqing Saint had his eyes tightly closed, his emaciated left hand raised high, transforming the surrounding dozens of miles of universe into a cage.

A cage even saints could not escape.

With his right hand pressing down, his palm contained the rhythms of yin and yang.

The Tai Ji Tu unleashed its full power to shield Li Changshou's body!

The universe posed no resistance to Li Changshou; instead, it protected his form.

The saints of Western Religion turned pale with shock. Jie Yin and Zhun Ti exchanged a glance, and their dharma bodies instantly dispersed!

The former shot toward the sky, while the latter manifested his zhangliu golden body and charged straight at Li Changshou.

Jie Yin Dao Ren shouted:

“Taiqing Shixiong, we do not wish to be your enemies. Today's matter is our wrongdoing.”

“Shut up.”

The Taiqing Saint uttered these words with effort, then his figure trembled slightly, and three figures emerged from behind him, all in the form of elderly daoists.

One Qi Transforming into Three Purities!

These three figures acted simultaneously, pointing a finger, striking with a palm, and flinging yin-yang energy.

Jie Yin Dao Ren's figure was instantly pinned in place. As he tried to speak, he was directly suppressed by the sudden assault, left with no choice but to resist with all his might.

The Taiqing Saint did not do more; he merely restrained Jie Yin in the high sky, his gaze shifting downward.

His disciple had said he wanted to kill two saints, so he would let his disciple do it.

If the anger was not vented, it could lead to stagnation in the Dao heart.

Just watch!

In the instant Li Changshou and Zhun Ti were about to collide, two great daos manifested behind them!

Zhun Ti's dao condensed into a golden Buddha statue, indestructible, unbreakable, eternal, and imperishable—this was the essence of a saint.

But in the next moment, Li Changshou spread his left hand, and the balance beam behind him gained a weight, gently glowing.

A vague Buddha statue appeared behind Li Changshou, and Zhun Ti's dao rhythms, aura, power, and momentum instantly weakened!

Meanwhile, Li Changshou's own strength surged!

Equilibrium: Dao Realm!

Li Changshou was burning his primordial spirit not only to forcibly enhance the Ba Jiu Xuan Gong, but precisely for this moment!

A saint is a Hun Yuan Wu Ji Da Luo Jin Xian, fundamentally a Da Luo Jin Xian, but their dao is already complete and boundless. Achieving equilibrium with it is extremely difficult.

Yet today, Li Changshou dared to speak of slaying a saint because he had kept this ace up his sleeve.

After stepping into the Da Luo Jin Xian realm, even without reaching its pinnacle or attaining Hun Yuan Da Luo, he could, by burning his primordial spirit and risking his life source, forcibly balance the dao realm of the sixth saint!

Saints have their strengths and weaknesses!

And this was the weakest one!

All of this happened in a flash, and as the two figures collided in the high sky, it was like two stars crashing, erupting in boundless light.

In the next instant, to the horror of all the immortals present,

The one sent flying was the sixth saint!

Li Changshou remained in place, his body surging with vital energy, his eyes bloodshot from the rush of blood, his surrounding dao rhythms exploding and then rapidly reconverging.

Zhun Ti's zhangliu golden body flew backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief.

A saint.

The era had changed.

Li Changshou gritted his teeth and charged forward, suppressing his injuries and seizing every opportunity!

This state of burning his primordial spirit could not last long. If he could not severely wound Zhun Ti quickly, killing a saint would be nothing but a delusion.

A hint of ferocity flashed in Zhun Ti's eyes as he forcibly halted his body and lunged at Li Changshou again!

Li Changshou thrust his Lu Shen Qiang, unleashing countless black shadows, while his figure vanished beneath them in an instant.

Wind Escape!

Qian Kun Escape!

No one can block my escapes, but this is an escape only when I'm fleeing!

When advancing, it becomes a charge!

Too slow—the saint's reactions are truly too slow!

Zhun Ti blocked the black shadows rushing from below with his arm, only to realize they were feints with little force.

He whipped around, but it was too late to react. The daoist who had appeared behind him, clad in tattered robes, gripped the black divine spear with both hands and smashed it down!

Blood burst from Zhun Ti's forehead as his body was hurled toward the ground!

The Qian Kun was split by the spear into a deep fissure, but the Heavenly Way's power swiftly surged in, filling the crack.

Li Changshou took a light breath and dove headfirst, giving Zhun Ti no chance to adjust his position.

Riding the wind!

Controlling the air!

The art of escape, perfected!

Yang Jian watched as Zhun Ti Dao Ren hovered in midair, the black shadow leaving endless afterimages, bombarding him with spear strikes from all directions, riddling the saint's body with dents.

What shocked Yang Jian most was that Zhun Ti's figure seemed frozen, tossed around within a ten-zhang radius in the air, unable to find any opening to counterattack.

This was...

Tai Bai Jin Xing!

Yang Jian's eyes burned with fervor and anger as he yearned to rush into the sky, yet he could find no way to intervene.

In the distant Zhou army camp,

Most of the Chan Jiao immortals were bewildered.

The universe before them was distorted, a cage upheld by the Taiqing Saint, like viewing through a watery curtain, barely making out the battle.

They saw the great saint of Western Religion pinned in the sky, which seemed reasonable and expected.

Their granduncle, who had unleashed One Qi Transforming into Three Purities, could potentially take on the other five saints alone.

But now, the second saint of Western Religion...

They knew the Equilibrium Great Dao was powerful, yet they never imagined that in such a short cultivation time, the Taiqing disciple could balance the dao realm of the sixth saint.

They also knew Li Changgeng was protected by the fully activated Tai Ji Tu, making him untouchable even by the sixth saint's full assault.

But in this situation, the Tai Ji Tu was irrelevant.

Was Tai Bai Jin Xing truly not the reincarnation of the Demon Ancestor?

Now, wielding the Lu Shen Qiang and leaving countless afterimages in heaven and earth, he had left Zhun Ti Dao Ren without any power to fight back.

Man Shu and Pu Xian, the two daoists, frowned and stepped forward, but a flash of fire appeared as Nezha, holding his Huo Jian Qiang and standing on Feng Huo Lun, blocked the Chan Jiao immortals.

“Everyone, no need to go,” little Nezha said with a smile. “I know you all want to help Chang'an Shushu fight the villains, but since he hasn't called for us, let's just watch.”

Yu Ding Zhen Ren said, “Since Chan Jiao has chosen not to intervene, we should see it through to the end.”

Guang Cheng Zi's expression was complex as he gazed at Li Changshou's figure, lost in thought for a moment.

Chi Jing Zi whispered, “Slaying a saint... Even if we suppress the saint now, how can we truly kill one? Even if Changgeng Shidi has burned most of his primordial spirit, he can probably only gravely wound the saint, not destroy him.”

“Indeed,” Tai Yi Zhen Ren sighed slowly, for once serious. “Undeath and indestructibility, sealed by the Heavenly Way—killing a saint requires surpassing the Heavenly Way's power, which is no easy feat.”

“No need,” Yu Ding Zhen Ren said, staring at the lingering afterimages left by Li Changshou. “Changgeng must have a way.”

The Chan Jiao immortals fell silent.

Just then, from the east, a massive stream of light arrived, tearing open a hole in the Qian Kun as dozens of figures surged out, stunned by the scene before them.

Yun Xiao's face turned pale as she desperately tried to rush forward, only to be blocked by the barrier set by the Taiqing Saint.

The Jie Jiao immortals now witnessed it: their granduncle from Ren Jiao and their junior brother were suppressing the two saints of Western Religion, one large and one small.

Countless divine abilities and treasures had been unveiled today.

Yet they could do nothing to help.

“Yun Xiao, no need to worry,” Duobao Dao Ren said firmly. “The Tai Ji Tu is protecting Changgeng, and with granduncle empowering it, no one can break through!”

Then, Duobao Dao Ren narrowed his eyes at Zhun Ti.

If he could rush in now and unleash all the treasures from his treasury, he could surely blast him into severe injury, perhaps even shatter that so-called undeath.

However, the Taiqing Saint showed no intention of allowing entry.

This battle to slay the saint belonged to Li Changshou—it was for Zhao Gongming!

“Big brother, big brother, if you can hear me, nod.”

From within the Hun Dun Zhong, Li Changshou's voice rang out, and Zhao Gongming nodded vigorously.

“I can hear you! I can hear you!”

Two Nine-Turn Golden Pills flew out from inside the Hun Dun Zhong. Zhao Gongming grabbed them without hesitation and popped one into his and Jin Ling Shengmu's mouths.

“Just stabilize your injuries. I can't spare attention right now and can't respond to you. You just need to listen and answer yes or no.”

“Big brother, you can go all out—whatever it takes!”

“No, we're killing a saint. You don't need to die.”

Li Changshou's voice carried a hint of coldness, his words coming quickly but unevenly.

“Old brother, killing a saint isn't just about saying it. Saints are connected to the heavens' origin, which is the only reason they are undying and indestructible.

But this is different from ancient times. Back when the six saints first attained sainthood, they were the foundation of the Heavenly Way, and touching them meant shaking its roots.

Now, with the Heavenly Court established, the six saints no longer constrain the Heavenly Way—in other words, they are no longer essential foundations.

A saint's destruction won't affect the stability of heaven and earth, but they can still rely on their connection to the heavens' origin to remain undying.

So, we need to reach or nearly reach their level, establish a connection with the heavens' origin, and sever the saint's link. Only then can we kill them!

Old brother, do you understand?”

Zhao Gongming nodded vigorously. “Yes!”

Beside him, Jin Ling Shengmu supported his arm, channeling her remaining magic into spiritual energy for him, while his left arm rapidly regenerated.

After a pause, Li Changshou's voice came again:

“Old brother, I need you to connect with the heavens' origin. I have other things to do and can't be trapped by the Heavenly Way.

I've had you study the Ding Hai Shen Zhu and Qian Kun Chi for so long—you should have seen the path.

The path to transform the Ding Hai Shen Zhu into a great thousand world.

Yes or no?”

“Yes!” Zhao Gongming answered firmly, then added, “But I don't know how to proceed.”

“I'll teach you. Don't rush.

First, I need to try my best to shatter Zhun Ti's golden body.”

Li Changshou fell silent for a moment, then continued:

“After you do this, you'll enter the Heavenly Way's sequence and be deeply bound to it. You and Jin Ling Shijie must go to the Feng Shen Tai and live there, without interfering in the Feng Shen Great Calamity.

Otherwise, it will anger the Dao Ancestor, and all our efforts will be for nothing.

You two can nurture your child in the Feng Shen Tai and wait for the great calamity to end. Today, by evolving the twenty-four Ding Hai Shen Zhu, you're completing the Heavenly Way, so Jie Jiao will gain great luck to offset some of the calamity's force.

Of course, the Heavenly Way will become more perfect, making my future tasks harder, but that's fine—I have backup plans.

Entering the Heavenly Way's sequence—yes or no?”

Zhao Gongming's eyes reddened, his voice choked. “Yes! Changgeng... we've made such a mess for you...”

“That's what brothers are for—to clean up the mess.”

Li Changshou fell silent again, and at the top of the Hun Dun Zhong's interior, a cluster of purple flame slowly descended, enveloped in a ring of water-blue light.

Li Changshou said:

“This is one of my trump cards—a wisp of Hong Meng Zi Qi.

I originally placed it in Kun Peng's primordial spirit, then secretly retrieved it when I erased his nature and sealed it in Kun Peng's simulated primordial spirit, bringing it back to the primordial world.

Swallow the simulated primordial spirit—that water orb—directly. It will replenish your primordial spirit and help you connect with the heavens' origin.

The opportunity will come in an instant.

Before that, you need to shout a few lines as a promise to the Dao Ancestor.

Repeat after me...”

And so, word by word, Li Changshou guided him.

Inside the Hun Dun Zhong, Zhao Gongming followed the instructions, holding the water orb.

Soon, Li Changshou's voice returned:

“Three... two... one.”

Dong—

The Hun Dun Zhong rang out and shifted slightly to the side, taking Jin Ling Shengmu with it.

Zhao Gongming stood there blankly, looking up at the sky full of afterimages, his pupils contracting as he shouted through bloodied lips:

“Jie Jiao disciple Zhao Gongming!

Today, I wish to complete the Heavenly Way and the Heavenly Court! From now on, my wife Jin Ling and I will enter the Feng Shen Tai!

I seek the approval of our ancestral master!”

With that, Zhao Gongming shoved the blue-purple water orb into his mouth. His figure was instantly wrapped in golden light, and he stamped the ground fiercely, soaring toward the heavens!

The twenty-four Ding Hai Shen Zhu shot out from around him, and the Qian Kun Chi suddenly shattered, transforming into twenty-four streams of light that merged into the Ding Hai Shen Zhu.

Zhao Gongming hovered below Jie Yin Dao Ren, surging with waves of purple light under Jie Yin's gaze, as if about to explode.

His hands rapidly formed seals, and the twenty-four Ding Hai Shen Zhu trembled violently, arranging themselves in a vertical line behind him!

Heaven and earth are not mine alone!

Heavenly principles uphold the firmament!

The myriad numbers of the Zhou Yi are mine to command.

The endless realms, infinite creation!

The myriad heavens!

Zhao Gongming held his right sword finger before his nose, his left hand gripping his right wrist tightly, his skin cracking with fissures as endless purple, gold, and water-blue light poured out!

Merging with the dao through his body!

The myriad heavens!

“Open!”

Weng—

Zhao Gongming's figure erupted in layers of light waves, his body directly shattering. As the twenty-four layers of waves spread, the twenty-four Ding Hai Shen Zhu behind him vanished.

Twenty-four scrolls!

Twenty-four layers of heaven!

They unfolded with the light!

In an instant, twenty-four great thousand worlds, similar to the current nine heavens, appeared between heaven and earth—layer upon layer, orderly and vast, with endless immortal mountains and countless immortal spirits!

At that moment, the Heavenly Way's power surged several levels!

At that moment, the old daoist in Zi Xiao Gong smiled in satisfaction, only to frown slightly, sensing something slipping out of control.

At that moment!

Zhun Ti sensed a intense crisis, his body erupting in black and golden light as he burned his magic recklessly to temporarily hold off Li Changshou's assault.

But Li Changshou's figure did not stop; he even narrowed his attack range, roaring lowly as he confined Zhun Ti within a ten-zhang radius!

Above the twenty-four layers of heaven, Zhao Gongming, clad in robes stained red with blood, spat out a mouthful of blood and inhaled deeply, his aura swelling as his dao realm soared!

He pressed his hand down, and the twenty-four layers of heaven descended directly!

Zhun Ti's face changed drastically, manifesting the shadow of the Pu Ti tree behind him. The great tree seemed infinite, full of boundless vitality and the recitations of countless beings.

Zhun Ti turned and fled under the Pu Ti tree, but as soon as he did, a long spear struck from the side.

I say, the great dao has no superiority; it should maintain equilibrium.

Great dao in equilibrium! All daos equal!

Zhun Ti's eyes widened in rage, about to beg for mercy, when a black spear shot from the front, piercing his chest and nailing into the Pu Ti tree's trunk!

This spear!

For the Yang family tragedy!

For the celestial gods of the Heavenly Court you slaughtered!

For the people of the incense god nations who starved to death, for the spirits lost due to your selfish whims!

A saint without virtue shall be slain by the spirits!

When the Heavenly Way is unbalanced, it will be set right!

The twenty-four myriad heavens!

A shockwave rippled from the northwest of the southern continent, instantly spreading across the five continents, the three thousand worlds, the primordial world, and stirring the Chaos Sea!

Blood rain fell from the sky, but before it could touch the ground, Li Changshou waved his hand, dispersing the dark clouds.

This saint's fall was not worth heaven's lament.

Thus!

Li Changshou's fury leads to slaying the saint, the Equilibrium Great Dao severs the saint's heart!

Zhao Gongming merges with the dao to manifest the myriad heavens, borrowing heaven and earth's power to shake Zhun Ti!

The saint-slayer!

Tai Bai Jin Xing, Li Changshou!

Dragon and Tiger Mystic Altar, Zhao Gongming!