# Chapter 1871: Severing the Dao Domain
"Whoosh."
The *Red Sun Divine River Diagram* unfolded once again, floating dozens of feet above the ground. The red sun radiated dazzling brilliance, and the wide divine river flowed around Heavenly Beginning Fairy and the others, keeping the Blood Emperor Bees at bay.
Zhang Ruochen suddenly understood why the Blood Bee Shura King was hesitant to act. He instructed the True Wonderful Little Daoist, "Protect the Hundred Flowers Immortal. Don't let any other cultivators ambush her."
Then, Zhang Ruochen summoned the Black Phoenix, White Vermilion Bird, and Li Miaohan from the Qiankun Realm, ordering them to join Heavenly Beginning Fairy in resisting the attacks of the Blood Emperor Bees and Emperor Zu Prince and his group.
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen crossed the divine river and advanced toward Divine Cliff Scholar's position.
"Zhang Ruochen."
Heavenly Beginning Fairy called out to him, worried that Zhang Ruochen alone would be unable to handle both the Traveler and the Walker.
Zhang Ruochen sent a mental message back to Heavenly Beginning Fairy: "The key to victory in today's battle rests entirely on the Hundred Flowers Immortal. Life and death hang in the balance. So I must go and help her. Once Divine Cliff Scholar is killed, the scales of victory will tip in our favor."
Heavenly Beginning Fairy knew Zhang Ruochen was telling the truth, but when she heard the words "the key to victory rests entirely on the Hundred Flowers Immortal," a slight bitterness stirred in her heart. Unconsciously, she bit her lower lip.
As a celestial maiden of an ancient civilization, Heavenly Beginning Fairy also had her moments of vulnerability.
Especially when standing before the Hundred Flowers Immortal, who was her equal in fame.
And the one who spoke those words was Zhang Ruochen, with whom she shared a past connection. When Zhang Ruochen had earlier called the Hundred Flowers Immortal his confidante, it had touched something in Heavenly Beginning Fairy's heart as well.
But Heavenly Beginning Fairy was no ordinary woman. Her mind quickly calmed, and she controlled the winding divine river, sending Lion Green God Son flying backward with a collision, injuring him.
Blood Bee Shura King glanced at Zhang Ruochen as he rushed out of the divine river but paid him no attention.
In his view, the Traveler and the Walker were strong enough to deal with Zhang Ruochen. Zhang Ruochen posed no threat to Divine Cliff Scholar.
True enough, the Traveler and the Walker—one stayed by Divine Cliff Scholar's side, while the other attacked Zhang Ruochen.
The one attacking Zhang Ruochen was the Traveler. He used five sacred artifacts to protect his body, and from within him surged a mass of black qi cloud, from which a demonic hand dozens of feet long extended.
Zhang Ruochen unleashed the Azure Heaven Burial Tower, shattering the demonic hand with one strike. The massive tower body crashed toward the Traveler's true form.
Knowing the fearsome power of a supreme sacred artifact, the Traveler spat a mouthful of sacred blood onto a white bone.
It was the skull fragment of a god. After absorbing the Traveler's sacred blood, thick divine power surged from within the bone.
Meanwhile, the Walker, who had been guarding Divine Cliff Scholar, formed a golden Buddha hand seal as massive as a mountain and struck down at Zhang Ruochen from above.
"Boom."
The Azure Heaven Burial Tower clashed with the divine skull fragment, and earth-shaking sacred power erupted in all directions.
To block the supreme sacred artifact, the Traveler activated a secret technique. His body swelled like a balloon, growing dozens of feet tall, transforming into a human-shaped mountain.
"Stomp, stomp."
Even so, the Traveler was pushed back, retreating more than ten steps.
Zhang Ruochen wanted to press his advantage, but the Walker's golden Buddha hand seal came crashing down from above, putting considerable pressure on him.
The Azure Heaven Burial Tower flew upward, shattering the hand seal into a rain of golden light.
Then Zhang Ruochen threw out the Yi Emperor Bone Staff, saying, "If you kill the Walker, I will find enough divine blood and Great Saint sacred sources to forge you a new body."
"Deal."
The evil spirit within the bone staff cackled, transforming into a black skeleton that attacked the Walker.
The Walker quickly activated his dao domain and pointed a Buddhist finger at the black skeleton.
From his fingertip surged immense power, causing the air to explode with rumbling sounds.
The black skeleton punched out, meeting the finger force head-on.
Below.
The Traveler's heart sank. Alone against Zhang Ruochen, who wielded a supreme sacred artifact, he lacked confidence.
Before the Traveler could think further, Zhang Ruochen controlled the Azure Heaven Burial Tower and attacked with the force of thunder.
"Bang."
With this strike, the divine power on the surface of the divine skull fragment scattered.
Blood seeped from the Traveler's hands, numb with pain, and the divine skull fragment nearly flew out of his grasp.
"A dao domain cultivator is nothing special."
Zhang Ruochen's battle intent blazed, killing aura surging. The Azure Heaven Burial Tower's surface emitted azure light, turning the earth blue.
The supreme sacred artifact's power pressed down heavily on the Traveler. He hurriedly activated his dao domain and launched the divine skull fragment along with his five sacred artifacts to clash with the Azure Heaven Burial Tower.
"Bang, bang."
All five sacred artifacts shattered, as fragile as pottery before the supreme sacred artifact.
"Pfft."
The Traveler spat blood, his hair disheveled, retreating in disarray.
From a distance, Blood Bee Shura King was disappointed that the Traveler had lost so quickly. He twitched his fingers.
Immediately, two queen bees led over three hundred Blood Emperor Bees toward Zhang Ruochen.
Each queen bee possessed combat power close to that of a dao domain cultivator, with intelligence rivaling humans.
From the swarm flew countless blood-colored threads converging on Zhang Ruochen.
Each blood-colored thread was a bee stinger, its penetrating power comparable to a Sword Saint's sword. With hundreds of stingers flying, even a high-level cultivator would have to avoid their edge.
Zhang Ruochen's figure flickered, hiding behind the Azure Heaven Burial Tower.
"Bang, bang."
A dense series of explosions rang out against the Azure Heaven Burial Tower, causing it to sway slightly.
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen emerged from behind the tower, unfurling the Eight Dragon Umbrella. With a soft shout: "Collect."
All the Blood Emperor Bees were sucked into the umbrella, including the two queen bees.
Knowing full well that with his current cultivation he couldn't suppress so many queen bees, Zhang Ruochen directly tossed the Eight Dragon Umbrella into the Qiankun Realm, letting the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood suppress them.
"Crackle."
Seizing the opportunity, the Traveler mobilized his palm dao rules and lightning rules, grabbing thousands of bolts of lightning. His figure merged with the lightning as he flew forward, striking both palms at Zhang Ruochen's back.
Zhang Ruochen spun around abruptly, meeting the Traveler's palms with his own.
Without activating his truth rules, Zhang Ruochen's palm force was far weaker than the Traveler's. His body flew back like an arrow from a bowstring, crashing heavily into a small mountain.
The mountain was pierced through.
"Die."
The Traveler pressed his advantage, descending from the sky amid flashing lightning, striking down at Zhang Ruochen on the ground.
Before the palm force even landed, the ground began to sink.
"Boom."
Zhang Ruochen lay on the ground, meeting the Traveler's palms again.
But this time, he activated his truth rules, unleashing a sevenfold attack power. He matched the Traveler blow for blow.
In the brief stalemate, the Abyssal Ancient Sword, controlled by its sword spirit, flew out from Zhang Ruochen's body and struck the Traveler's chest.
The sword was blocked by the dao domain.
But the sword tip still inched closer to the Traveler's chest.
The Traveler's expression shifted in alarm. He immediately withdrew his palms and retreated explosively.
"Bang."
Zhang Ruochen flipped up from the ground, grabbed the Abyssal Ancient Sword, and executed Sword Nine. Transforming into a beam of sword light, he thrust straight at the Traveler.
The Abyssal Ancient Sword was again blocked by the dao domain. The dao domain, formed by the sacred dao rules within the Traveler's body combined with the heaven and earth rules of this region, possessed astonishing offensive and defensive power.
At the moment the sword clashed with the dao domain, a figure flew out from Zhang Ruochen's body, charging into the dao domain and thrusting a sword at the Traveler's brow.
"You've cultivated a sword soul..."
The Traveler's eyes widened, unable to block the sword soul in time.
Zhang Ruochen's sword soul pierced through the Traveler's head.
The Traveler's head remained intact, but his sacred soul was shattered by the single strike.
The dao domain vanished.
The Traveler stood motionless, losing all signs of life.
The sword soul flew back into Zhang Ruochen's body. He stored away the Traveler's corpse and looked upward. There, the Walker was being completely suppressed by the black skeleton. Defeat was only a matter of time.
Before Zhang Ruochen could attack Divine Cliff Scholar, Blood Bee Shura King locked onto him with his mental power.
Blood Bee Shura King's mental strength was inferior to Ji Fanxin's and Divine Cliff Scholar's, but being able to control a large swarm of Blood Emperor Bees meant his mental power was still considerable.
"Impressive. At just the Eighth-Step Saint King level, you can overpower two dao domain experts. If your cultivation advances further, even I might not be sure I could kill you," Blood Bee Shura King said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly. "You think you can kill me now?"
Blood Bee Shura King said, "Your cultivation is too low. Even with a supreme sacred artifact, you can't stop me. If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't survive three strikes."
"Let's try, then."
Zhang Ruochen made an inviting gesture.
Blood Bee Shura King's gaze flicked briefly toward Ji Fanxin and Divine Cliff Scholar. He could see that their magical duel had entered a critical phase and couldn't be interrupted.
Now was the perfect time for him to strike.
"Fine. Let this king see what the so-called Heir of Time and Space is capable of."
Blood Bee Shura King's figure blurred, and the next instant, he appeared directly in front of Zhang Ruochen, a long sword path beneath his feet.
Zhang Ruochen had already grasped the *Space-Time Secret Scripture* in his hand, about to open it.
"Whoosh."
A majestic figure flashed out from behind Zhang Ruochen—broad-shouldered and thick-set. He struck out with a palm, meeting Blood Bee Shura King's war sword head-on.
A contest of pure strength.
"Boom."
Blood Bee Shura King was sent flying backward, landing on the ground and sliding back three miles before stopping.
After steadying himself, Blood Bee Shura King felt pain throughout his internal organs. He was deeply shocked—someone had actually repelled him in a direct martial confrontation.
He looked up at the man opposite.
The man clasped his hands and bowed to Zhang Ruochen. "Your Highness, the Crown Prince. I am late in coming to your defense. Please forgive my offense."