Chapter 2901: Taiji
As the Winged Radiant Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor charged at Desolate Heaven and self-detonated his Divine Source, the other two Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperors swiftly flew into the distance. Their two divine bodies collided and merged into one.
Within the Great Shang Divine Seal, a vast number of Supreme Inscription Runes dispersed, forming a shield before him.
"Boom!"
The destructive light formed by the self-detonation of the Divine Source shattered the Moyan Star, splitting it into ten pieces that flew in ten different directions.
They transformed into ten suns.
Above Xinghuantian, ten suns appeared in the sky.
The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor evaded the core area of the destructive force, using the Great Shang Divine Seal to block the impact, and was blasted a great distance away. His divine body was severely damaged, flesh and blood destroyed in large areas, exposing the skeletal framework.
"Whoosh!"
The Great Shang Divine Seal contracted, becoming only the size of a palm, and landed in his charred hand. His voice erupted with earth-shaking laughter: "No matter how stunning you are, Desolate Heaven, in the end, you are still making a wedding dress for me, the Emperor. All your Profound Meaning will belong to me, including Yu Baiwei."
The broken divine body emitted a bright light as flesh and blood regenerated.
In an instant, the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor recovered completely, his face resolute, his body majestic, clad in a Dragon Scale Purple Cloud Robe, wearing a White Jade Divine Crown, like a peerless imperial sovereign descending into the mortal world.
Now, he was the victor, brimming with confidence.
No matter how severe his injuries, he had to return to Xinghuantian in the posture of a victor, letting the gods of the Heavenly Court and Hell truly witness the splendor of a Divine Emperor.
At the core of the Divine Source's self-detonation, space collapsed, rules were chaotic, taking on a five-colored chaotic hue, with golden Buddha light, gray death qi, white life qi, the starlight of truth, and yellow stone qi.
It was like a huge hole had been torn in the universe.
He saw with his own eyes that Desolate Heaven's two divine bodies shattered in the divine power storm, turning into dust and divine qi.
Everything was settled!
The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor struck out with the Great Shang Divine Seal, flying it into the five-colored chaotic light mass, and roared: "Collect!"
This was the perfect moment to collect the Profound Meaning of Life and the Profound Meaning of Death.
But after the Great Shang Divine Seal flew in, it sank like a stone into the sea, losing contact with the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor.
"Not good!"
The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor sensed something was wrong and immediately stepped on the Divine Spirit Step, retreating backward.
At the same time, he manifested his Divine Realm World and began to derive divine abilities with his hands.
As he activated his divine qi, that five-colored chaotic light mass began to rotate, forming a vortex of surging energy in the starry sky, pulling at the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor who was trying to escape.
The area covered by the five-colored chaotic light mass grew wider and wider, and even using the Divine Spirit Step, he could not escape.
The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor sensed that at the center of the five-colored chaotic light mass, the aura of Desolate Heaven had reappeared. Although it was very faint, Desolate Heaven was clearly still alive.
"No! Impossible! How could you survive such a powerful destructive force?" The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor could not accept this result. A ruthless and cold expression appeared in his eyes. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging straight toward the center of the five-colored chaotic light mass.
Even if Desolate Heaven was still alive, he must be severely injured.
If he did not kill him today, when would he ever have another chance?
"Sizzle sizzle!"
At the center of the five-colored chaotic light mass, life qi and death qi intertwined, rising into a pillar of qi that rapidly contracted, condensing into a ten-thousand-zhang-tall, awe-inspiring demon god.
This demon god was completely petrified, like a statue.
The Great Shang Divine Seal that the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor had struck out earlier was trapped in the sea of life and death beneath his feet.
"Heaven-Seizer, if you had self-detonated all three of your divine bodies simultaneously, perhaps I truly would have fallen. But in the end, you still did not want to die, did not dare to die. Now, instead, it has allowed my Life-Death Divine Path to advance further, transforming from the separation of life and death into the state between life and death."
Desolate Heaven's voice exploded in the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor's ears like a world-shaking heavenly sound.
The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor's expression changed drastically, realizing he had fallen into a trap.
Desolate Heaven showed no sign of weakness; on the contrary, he was even more powerful than before!
Without any hesitation, the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor tore open space with a wave of his hand, divine flames burning on his body as he transformed into a fiery light shuttle, charging into the pitch-black and empty Void Space.
He intended to escape through the Void Space.
"Where do you think you're going?" Desolate Heaven's roar sounded.
Life Divine Light and Death Divine Light surged like a tidal wave into the Void Space, enveloping the Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor's divine body, giving him no chance to escape.
Desolate Heaven, following the Life Divine Light and Death Divine Light, disappeared into the cosmic space.
By the time space recovered, this vast star region was left only with surging five-colored chaotic currents. The residual divine power fluctuations left behind after the great god's battle made this place extremely dangerous.
Electric light capable of killing a Lower Deity flashed across thousands of miles, lingering for a long time without dissipating.
Divine flames that could refine a False God to death turned into patches of fire clouds hundreds of miles long, spreading across the entire star region.
...
This starry sky had become a forbidden zone.
At least for a thousand years, the residual divine power of the great god would not completely dissipate.
At the center of the five-colored chaotic light mass, a mass of golden Buddha light floated there.
At the center of the Buddha light sat a young and handsome man, his features as if meticulously carved by the hand of heaven, his long hair flowing, Sanskrit characters floating around him.
On the periphery of the Buddha light was an air shield woven from vast amounts of life qi and death qi, with countless life and death rules flowing within.
Suddenly, a circle that flickered between light and darkness appeared around him.
It was formed by life rules and death rules circulating according to some law of heaven, forming a circle. This circle coincided with the Taiji circle, overlapping.
Zhang Ruochen suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and changed the gestures of his hands.
"Whoosh!"
The life qi and death qi between heaven and earth, like rivers, surged wildly into the life-death circle.
The life-death circle grew larger and larger, spreading outward like light waves.
When Zhang Ruochen felt that his spiritual power and divine soul could no longer control the life-death circle, he muttered: "Withdraw!"
The life-death circle rapidly contracted, growing smaller and smaller, until finally it was drawn into Zhang Ruochen's body, suspended within the Xuan Tai.
The life qi and death qi naturally also entered the Xuan Tai.
Not only had Zhang Ruochen condensed his divine soul, but his bodily functions were also unprecedentedly powerful, his life qi vast as rivers and seas. His eyes were sharp as he looked around, feeling as if all life and death in the world were within his single thought.
"Today, I, Zhang Ruochen, return. The rules of the world will change because of me. I will embark on a completely new path of divine realm cultivation. I name this current realm Taiji. Taiji comes from Wuji, deriving all the unknowns of the world."
The obscure Heavenly Dao seemed to sense this.
The Heavenly River, spanning one hundred and eight thousand miles, flowed around the Heavenly Court, magnificent and turbulent, eternal.
Suddenly, the waters of the Heavenly River became calm, even coming to a standstill.
Bian Zhuang, the First War God of the Heavenly Palace guarding the Heavenly River, sensed this immediately. In his divine temple, he suddenly opened his eyes. The next moment, he was already standing above the Heavenly River, his cape fluttering in the wind, his eyes gazing at the countless stars in the vast universe.
No enemy could make the Heavenly River stand still.
Only the Heavenly Dao could.
What was this foretelling?
Unlike the Heavenly River, the ocean outside the Truth Divine Temple stirred up hundred-zhang waves, the sound shaking like thunder.
"Still!"
The Truth Temple Master stood atop the divine temple, his divine power covering the entire Truth Heaven Domain, forcibly suppressing the wind and waves on the Truth Sea.
"Greetings, Temple Master."
Below the divine temple.
Whether disciples of the Truth Divine Temple or cultivators from various realms of the Heavenly Court, all knelt and bowed.
Many cultivators were panicked, not knowing why the Truth Sea had suddenly erupted in a storm, even disturbing the Temple Master.
The Truth Temple Master was about to calm the crowd when, from the direction of the ancient relic "Sealing God Platform," a bell sound that shook heaven and earth rang out.
"Hum! Hum! Hum..."
The bell sounded seventy-two times in succession.
Each sound was stronger than the last.
When the last sound rang, it not only resounded throughout the entire Heavenly Court but could even be faintly heard in various major worlds and ancient civilizations.
"Is this the Heavenly Bell sealing a god? No, the Sealing God Platform was already destroyed long ago, and the Heavenly Bell was also shattered. Could the bell sound be coming from the distant past? Or from an unknown future?"
The Truth Temple Master flew toward the Sealing God Platform ruins, disappearing into the mist.
On the Wujin Square at the foot of the Fate Divine Mountain, a sound of collapse rang out.
The Gate of Destiny, which had stood for countless years, built and condensed from tens of thousands of star cores, collapsed, turning into ruins, startling all the gods in the divine mountain.
This was an ill omen!
Its impact was even greater than the "Reversal of the Fate Stream, Flooding the Divine Temple" incident from years past.
...
Various anomalies occurred across the Heavenly Court and Hell realms, shaking the world and unsettling the gods.
No one could deduce what had happened.
At the Weimian Manor in Xinghuantian, the drunkard who had been scolding two white geese suddenly brightened his eyes, looked up at the sky, and chuckled: "Interesting, it actually worked! That old bald Xumi is truly formidable, walking at the back, but it seems he's catching up from behind!"
The drunkard scratched his messy hair, a cunning look in his eyes as he laughed to himself.
He knew that to deal with the Calamity of Quantities, many old-timers were cultivating successors for the next generation, aiming to create supreme beings surpassing past and present.
Over the past three hundred thousand years, behind a large group of exceptionally talented cultivators like Xuan Yi, Xue Jue, Desolate Heaven, Huaying Qingchan, Yan Wushen, Bai Qinger, Que, Yin Yuanchen... there were shadows of All Heavens-level powerhouses.
Yu Yao stood not far away, but she could not smile at all. She said nervously: "The Heaven-Seizing Divine Emperor has been forced into a desperate situation; he will surely self-detonate his Divine Source again. I must go and help him."
She tore open space with her fingertip and stepped into the Void Space.
The drunkard rolled his eyes and snorted: "His Life-Death Divine Path has already reached the level between life and death. One more step and it will be without life or death. How could he die so easily? Even a God Venerable would find it extremely difficult to kill him now. What are you worried about? Eh... has it finally come?"
The drunkard's expression turned serious as he looked toward a certain direction in the starry sky.
There, beyond the infinitely distant star region, a pair of enormous divine eyes appeared. The two pupils seemed capable of holding two starry skies, able to peer into the farthest corners of the world and the edges of the universe.
Zhang Ruochen and the gods above Xinghuantian all saw those eyes suspended deep in the cosmos, as if possessing infinite demonic power, capable of devouring their divine souls, sending chills down their spines.