Chapter 1415: Tai Chi Transforms Ten Thousand Paths

The two Ancient Gods of Taiji landed, blood spilling from the corners of their mouths. Having just emerged, encountering such a situation and being injured was quite a blow to them.

The two Ancient Gods of Taiji, a male and a female, wore black and white garments. They had unique appearances, both possessing human heads and torsos, but with snake tails.

The appearances of Ancient Gods are incredibly diverse; many were shaped by the primordial creators' imagination of deities in the ancient era, with historical factors playing a part.

The creators imagined deities possessing different Grand Dao principles and wielding different powers, whose forms and appearances would naturally differ from their own. This led to the creation of the Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and the Ancient Gods of the Celestial Constellations.

However, while those Ancient Gods were sacrificial deities, others, like Heavenly Lord, Earth Count, Heavenly Yin, and Empress, were born directly from the Grand Dao itself. Except for Earth Count, their appearances were relatively normal.

As for the Five Primordial States, their forms are truly difficult to comprehend.

Taiyi is formless and shapeless, capable of transforming into anything.

It represents an incomprehensible state.

Taisu has form but no substance; what one imagines is what one sees. It is also an ineffable form; whatever you imagine her to look like, that's what she will appear as.

Heavenly Emperor Taichu, however, gained form and substance because he was secretly ambushed by Tai Di, who manipulated the creators into sacrificing to him. While this gave him a physical body, it also simultaneously limited Taichu's power.

Taiji marks the genesis of Yin and Yang, and the beginning of the Grand Dao. The universe evolved from Taiyi's formlessness, shapelessness, and lack of energy, to Taichu's primordial qi, then to Taishi's form with no substance or body, followed by Taisu's form with substance but no body, and finally to Taiji. In Taiji, the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth emerged from the transformation of Yin and Yang, giving rise to heaven, earth, myriad things, and all sentient beings.

The forms of the Ancient Gods of Taiji are thus not as incomprehensible as the other four divine beings. However, they still possess peculiar appearances, combining human-like forms with the essence of the Dao.

Their snake tails are a manifestation of the Dao's form.

Shi Qiluo, Qiang Tianfei, and Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun attacked again. In reality, only two individuals controlled them: Madam Yuan Mu and Tai Di.

Madam Yuan Mu knew that if the newly emerged Ancient Gods of Taiji allied with the Empress, her own position would become extremely precarious. Therefore, she was determined to eliminate them at the first opportunity.

Tai Di, on the other hand, simply harbored a grudge against the Ancient Gods of Taiji, fearing they would seek revenge against him.

Yan Tianfei and the Empress rushed over, determined to protect the Ancient Gods of Taiji at all costs. The Empress, being one of the Ten Heavenly Venerates, knew that gaining the assistance of the Ancient Gods of Taiji would bring immense benefits.

Her influence would soar, making her the foremost power among the Ten Heavenly Venerates. Furthermore, if the Ancient Gods of Taiji helped her refine her sister, Madam Yuan Mu, her strength would likewise skyrocket, allowing her to achieve Great Heavenly Court cultivation in one fell swoop!

By then, for a woman to become the Heavenly Emperor would not be impossible!

"Though Heavenly Venerates are powerful," one of the Ancient Gods of Taiji remarked, "they do not understand the true profundity of the Dao."

The two Ancient Gods of Taiji exchanged a smile, then suddenly began to spin rapidly. The entire Taiji starfield instantly started to revolve wildly along with their bodies!

Shi Qiluo, Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, Qiang Tianfei, the Empress, and the others immediately lost their footing. Looking around, they could no longer see the mining area; in fact, they didn't even know where they were!

All around them, black and white sands converged and merged, spinning wildly. There was no sense of up or down, no heaven or earth!

From within the surging sands, overlapping male and female voices clearly reached their ears: "Heavenly Venerates are mere ordinary beings. Though their power is extraordinary and saintly, it is far from transcending."

"Though you can comprehend the Dao of Yin and Yang," the voices continued, "the Dao of Yin and Yang is not Taiji! What you call the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth merely originated from the Dao of Taiji!"

Shi Qiluo and the others' expressions changed drastically. Within the swirling sands, an incomparably tall and mighty figure loomed into view.

It was a Heavenly Lord.

With white eyebrows and a flowing white beard, his body was composed of countless swirling sands, and countless grains of sand transformed into billions of stars orbiting him.

His Heavenly Dao aura was incredibly potent, causing the eyes of the three Heavenly Venerates to twitch nervously.

"A Heavenly Lord," Qiang Tianfei whispered, "a fully formed Heavenly Lord..."

Qiang Tianfei's face blanched. This Heavenly Lord felt no less powerful than the one in Xuandu; his strength was truly formidable.

She decisively controlled Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun to charge towards this Heavenly Lord, while her true body instantly tore through the void and vanished into it.

The Heavenly Lord raised his hand, and forty-nine Heavenly Dao principles transformed into forty-nine Heavenly Dao treasures, which blasted into the void in a single strike!

The void violently trembled, and Qiang Tianfei was blasted out, her clothes disheveled and her face a mix of shock and uncertainty.

Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun charged towards the Heavenly Lord, but the next moment, it was struck down by the Heavenly Lord's gigantic fist. The single punch made its legs weak, forcing it to kneel on the ground, its hands propping up the Heavenly Lord's fist.

"Useless Tai Di," Madam Yuan Mu's voice thundered from within Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, "do you not even have the courage to fight? Get back here! With my primordial spirit and your divine sense, can't we subdue him? Let's go together!"

Her primordial spirit entered Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun's body, and her vast magic power erupted. Coupled with Qiang Tianfei's powerful divine sense, they together boosted Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun's strength to its absolute peak!

Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun roared, stood up, and lifted the Heavenly Lord's fist.

The Heavenly Lord retracted his fist and struck down with the other. The Heavenly Dao roared, and light filled the sky, illuminating countless galaxies in the starry void!

Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, truly worthy of being the Heavenly Court's strongest weapon, unleashed a divine light from behind its head. Madam Yuan Mu and Qiang Tianfei combined their powers, forcibly raising this divine artifact's combat strength to the pinnacle of the Great Heavenly Court, allowing it to directly confront the Heavenly Dao.

The next moment, the Heavenly Lord's fist exploded, scattering into countless swirling sands.

On the other side, Shi Qiluo attacked, wielding the twin lotuses of Guixu. As the lotuses moved, the Great Abyss of Guixu immediately began to devour all things, encompassing the Heavenly Lord!

Qiang Tianfei, meanwhile, surged her divine sense, assaulting the Heavenly Lord's glabella to disrupt his divine consciousness.

With the two Heavenly Venerates joining forces, the Great Abyss of Guixu immediately swallowed the Heavenly Lord's head, and most of his colossal body was instantly devoured.

Whoosh—

The Heavenly Lord, with his boundless body, was entirely swallowed by the Great Abyss of Guixu!

Qiang Tianfei watched, her heart pounding, developing a sense of awe for the Great Abyss of Guixu. However, the abyss suddenly trembled violently, convulsing incessantly, then split into two, becoming two Guixu Abysses, two great abysses!

Qiang Tianfei was stunned, and Shi Qiluo was equally dumbfounded, completely unprepared for this development!

From the other Great Abyss of Guixu, a goddess with two faces, wielding twin lotuses, emerged and attacked. With a single strike, she sent Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun flying!

Inside Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, Madam Yuan Mu's primordial spirit and Qiang Tianfei's divine sense were almost torn from its body. Both were utterly horrified.

The goddess with two faces wielded the power of life and death, demonstrating formidable might. After striking Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun away, she immediately slammed Shi Qiluo to the ground. With a flick of her lotus, countless petals flew out, surrounding Qiang Tianfei, attempting to refine and devour her.

"My Dao of divine sense comes from the Dao of Taichu; you cannot restrain me!" Qiang Tianfei shrieked, desperately fighting her way through the layers of petals. At the same time, Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun charged like a wild bull, crashing into the two-faced goddess and sending her flying. Countless divine abilities were unleashed relentlessly, blasting the goddess into the Great Abyss of Guixu.

Qiang Tianfei surged her divine sense, assaulting the Guixu Abyss. Meanwhile, Shi Qiluo leaped up, placing the twin lotuses into Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun's hands. Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun swept them powerfully, shattering that Great Abyss of Guixu!

The Empress and Yan Tianfei rushed to the vicinity but stopped upon seeing the situation, choosing not to attack Qiang Tianfei and Shi Qiluo.

She also wanted to see just how formidable the Ancient Gods of Taiji truly were.

The Great Abyss of Guixu shattered, turning into swirling sand. From within the swirling sand, a roar like a bull and a tiger suddenly emerged, and two sharp, multi-curved long horns pierced through.

Rivers of lava flowed along those two long horns, from the tips down to a jet-black head.

That colossal head slowly rose, getting higher and higher. Qiang Tianfei and Shi Qiluo stared blankly, their gaze involuntarily following the rising head. Gradually, they saw an Earth Count, commanding the sixty-four Great Daos of Youdu, wielding a Styx River whip.

Whoosh—

The long whip lashed out, striking Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, who had charged forward, and sending it flying.

Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun spun like a top, flying far away.

Shi Qiluo let out a piercing scream. Madam Yuan Mu's primordial spirit, still inside Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, was entangled by the Styx River whip. Her soul immediately suffered unimaginable torment, tearing her apart with inconceivable, heart-wrenching pain!

This whip strike nearly tore her primordial spirit apart. She hastily escaped from Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun's body, only to find her primordial spirit enveloped in raging demonic flames, impossible to extinguish!

Qiang Tianfei controlled Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun, unleashing Heavenly Dao divine abilities to suppress the Youdu Dao and extinguish the demonic flames on Madam Yuan Mu's primordial spirit.

Madam Yuan Mu's primordial spirit swiftly re-entered Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun's body, extremely fearful of Earth Count.

Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun roared as it charged towards Earth Count, declaring, "This time, I will lead! I have no primordial spirit! My Dao of divine sense fears not his Dao of Taiji!"

Madam Yuan Mu, still shaken by Earth Count, immediately stepped back, allowing Qiang Tianfei to take control of Divine Artifact Yu Tianzun.

The two, wielding three bodies, fiercely fought Earth Count in a circular motion, eventually shattering him. Suddenly, the desert in the Taiji starfield trembled, and a Primordial Wood appeared, towering to the heavens. Beneath the tree stood Earth Mother Yuanjun.

Around the canopy of the Primordial Wood, myriad worlds floated, emitting various colors of light.

Shi Qiluo and Qiang Tianfei felt despair and immediately abandoned the desire to continue fighting. They leaped away and fled.

Earth Mother Yuanjun did not stop them. Soon, the Primordial Wood collapsed like swirling sand, and the myriad worlds also vanished. The violent tremors in the desert subsided, slowly returning to tranquility, with the black sand desert on one side and the white sand desert on the other.

The figures of the two Ancient Gods of Taiji reappeared. Their auras were diminished, and their complexions were rather grim.

The two supported each other and walked towards Yan Tianfei, smiling wryly. "We have indeed been disturbed by the mortal world," they admitted, "preventing us from fully utilizing the Dao of Taiji. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been pushed to such an extent, nor would they have escaped."

Yan Tianfei laughed, "Your abilities, dear Daoist brothers, are extraordinary; I am utterly impressed. Your combined prowess is second to none among the Ten Heavenly Venerates; united, you are invincible. Even against an expert at the Great Heavenly Court Perfection realm, you two could have a full battle!"

"Madam, you flatter us..." the two Ancient Gods replied.

The two Ancient Gods glanced around, looking at their primordial stones and eggshells. Their expressions suddenly changed drastically as they exclaimed in unison, "Where are our eggshells?"

Yan Tianfei hastily looked. She saw that the seven Taiji primordial stones were still there, but the two eggshells from which the Ancient Gods of Taiji had emerged were already gone!

Yan Tianfei's expression changed, and she thought to herself: "What kind of thief is this? To be able to stealthily infiltrate the battlefield without a sound—such skill is truly a game-changer... But why would this thief not steal the Taiji divine stones, and instead take the most useless eggshells?"