Blood and Qi surged like a giant dragon rising from the abyss, and the sound waves billowed like clouds hanging from the sky, boundless and limitless. The moment the sound arose, it seemed to have spread throughout tens of thousands of miles. In an instant, the entire Da Shi Mountain, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, buzzed and trembled.

Countless snowdrifts rose into the sky, like thousands of white dragons dancing wildly in the air.

Inside and outside Da Shi Mountain, whether human or beast, regardless of cultivation level, all felt a buzzing in their minds. The sound didn't seem to originate from their ears but exploded in their hearts.

They couldn't help but look at each other in horror.

"Feng Xinglie of Zhenlong Pass?! Legend says he's Senior Brother to Champion Marquis, the one who received the true inheritance of the Overlord?!"

"Seeking an audience with the Yuanyang King? Could it be that Feng Xinglie has broken through that barrier?! No, there's been no celestial change, and no sign of heavenly tribulation."

"A challenge! This is a challenge! A thousand years have passed, and finally someone is challenging the Yuanyang King?!"

...

After the shock came a deafening uproar. A heatwave soared into the sky from Da Shi Mountain, and countless experts emerged from their secluded retreats.

For a time, divine light surged, illuminating the mountains.

Some people gazed from the mountain peaks and could already see a towering figure stepping through the air like a mortal pilgrim in the distant.

"He hasn't broken through yet! Is he trying to break through that bottleneck by using the Yuanyang King's pressure?"

Fang Yingqiu stared into the distance, his pupils constricting.

Even with the changes in the world, becoming a Marquis was by no means easy. There were those in Da Shi Mountain who had achieved Marquis status, but unfortunately, he was not one of them.

Compared to a thousand years ago, he had become even more aged. Before the celestial change, he had already lived for two thousand years, and even with life-extending elixirs, he was approaching the end of his lifespan.

But his eyesight was excellent, and he did not sense the heavy pressure from Feng Xinglie that was as vast as the heavens, like that of the Yuanyang King.

"The younger generation is truly formidable."

Two figures, one tall and one short, landed on the mountain peak. The two Marquis-level elders gazed into the distance, both feeling a sense of emotion.

Their cultivation was higher, and their perception was deeper.

Feng Xinglie must have come prepared. The aura around him was definitely not something that could be gathered on a whim. It must have been accumulated over hundreds of years.

The two were impressed by his talent and even more so by his astonishing spirit.

To challenge the Yuanyang King, who could become a King despite the suppression of heaven and earth, with the body of a Marquis, was a spirit that the two naturally did not possess.

Otherwise, they would not have faked their deaths to avoid the tribulation and hidden in the grotto-heaven of the Da Shi Golden Bell back then.

"Senior Brother's spirit is indeed greater than mine..."

On a certain desolate mountain, Qu Yun sat cross-legged, gazing at Feng Xinglie, who was walking in front of Da Shi Mountain, his aura constantly rising, and sighed softly.

At the end of ancient times, the Overlord imparted his methods to the world, establishing checkpoints in various continents to suppress demons, dragons, and intimidate all races.

Naturally, they could all be considered disciples of the Overlord's lineage.

"Your Senior Brother is much more domineering than you."

Chu Yunyang leaned against an old tree, one hand stroking his cheek, where there was a deep knife scar:

"This blade almost chopped off this young master's head..."

Zhao Zhen stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the cliff, his expression slightly moved, as if he had sensed something: "After the celestial change, a day of cultivation is better than several days in the past. Our advancement over hundreds of years is no less than being trapped for three thousand years...

I also once intended to go to Da Shi Mountain, but ultimately, I didn't have Feng Daoyou's spirit..."

"What's the use of having spirit alone?"

Chu Yunyang shook his head: "Before absolute disparity, no amount of spirit will help! No one dared to challenge the Yuanyang King for a thousand years. Is it because all the cultivators in the world are afraid of death?

It's just that the great era is upon us, the road ahead is promising, and they don't want to do so!"

"In that case, isn't it even more amazing?"

Zhao Zhen turned back, glanced at Chu Yunyang, and said with a solemn expression: "If there's no way to go, one can go all out. It's even rarer to dare to go all out when there's a way out."

Chu Yunyang was slightly stunned.

Whoosh~

Qu Yun had already stood up, and as the biting cold wind howled, he stepped out and disappeared on the mountain peak.

Over the past thousand years, countless people had been watching Da Shi Mountain.

Feng Xinglie had not hidden his tracks along the way, and even invited many people to come and watch the battle. One told ten, and ten told a hundred.

At this time, there were definitely not a few experts gathered outside Da Shi Mountain.

Some admired, some disdained, some were indifferent, some were calm, some were filled with anticipation... Countless gazes converged, all looking at the approaching figure.

Everyone was waiting, watching.

They wanted to see if this most talented person of the younger generation could truly challenge the Yuanyang King.

Or if he would be crushed to death by a finger falling from the sky before he even reached the foot of the mountain.

Whoosh whoosh~

In the extremely distant wind and snow, Xiezhi slowly stood up, demon blood dripping from his palm. Beneath him, a scarlet array pattern flashed and disappeared.

"Lord Blood Spring truly has the ability to see through heavenly secrets! Just as he expected, there are a large number of experts gathered at this Da Shi Mountain. In the distance, there seem to be many more auras coming!"

Zhu Kong gazed at Da Shi Mountain from afar, his eyes flashing with a strange light.

"The speed is still not fast enough."

Xiezhi sighed: "If I could cultivate the Blood Sea Nether Path to great completion, I could activate eight hundred million blood gods with a single thought. Any formation could be set up with a flick of a finger..."

The Blood Sea Nether Path came from beyond the heavens. Its power was immeasurable and no less than any imperial scripture or holy method in this world, and even more bizarre because this world had never had such a divine power inheritance.

"With so many experts gathered here, even more blood gods would be useless."

Zhu Kong flicked his sleeve and scattered into the snow.

With their cultivation, they could create thousands of ordinary formations with a flick of their fingers, but this formation was different. It looked simple, but inside, there was another space-time.

Even with an array platform, it could not be completed in a short time.

"It seems that many experts are coming."

Xiezhi took a deep look at the sky and also disappeared into the wind and snow.

"Hmm? Who is spying on me?"

Yuan Duxiu, who was flying across the sky from further away, felt a movement in his heart. As if sensing something, he fell from the sky, looked around, and captured the strange aura.

"This aura seems unprecedented. Who is this..."

Yuan Duxiu's eyes opened and closed. For some reason, he always felt a sense of palpitations and unease.

But when he swept through with his divine sense, he found nothing.

He couldn't find the source of that aura at all.

"Did they run? Or..."

Yuan Duxiu muttered in his heart, his thoughts turning. He looked at Qi Cang and had an idea in his mind.

Cultivators trusted their intuition the most. He cultivated the method of deducing heavenly secrets and trusted his feelings even more. He had to find the things that made him feel uneasy.

"You?"

Sensing Yuan Duxiu's gaze, Qi Cang's heart also skipped a beat, faintly feeling uneasy:

"What do you want to do?"

Yuan Duxiu's eyes flashed, and he slowly said: "Before the unification of our fates, I still need you to do some things for me..."

...

Whoosh whoosh~

Endless snow rose into the sky but did not fall for a long time, as if lifted by an invisible hand, and the sky was white for a time.

Feng Xinglie walked unhurriedly on the earth.

He didn't care how much attention he attracted, he didn't care if anyone ridiculed or despised him, and he didn't care even if someone harbored evil intentions.

All his spirit, all his attention, was focused on this world.

Tongtian (Reaching the Heavens), as the name suggested, was to break the barrier between man and heaven, and to combine the human body with the vastness of heaven and earth.

In fact, from Wanfa (Ten Thousand Laws) to Tiangang (Heavenly Gang), from Dongtian (Grotto-Heaven) to Guiyi (Returning to One), there were similar practices.

Humans existed between heaven and earth, so they could not help but take heaven and earth as their model, just like the former True Form Heavenly Venerate, who modeled the various races to create the realm of True Form.

Whoosh whoosh~

Feeling the cold wind blowing, the extremely focused Feng Xinglie gradually lost his mind. In a trance, he seemed to feel the veins of the earth beneath his feet.

He felt the veins of heaven and earth.

Facing Da Shi Mountain directly, facing the most invincible enemy in the world, the immense pressure he faced at this moment allowed Feng Xinglie's divine will to condense to an unprecedented level.

For the first time, he grasped the opportunity to break through.

Step step!

Feng Xinglie stepped forward, neither fast nor slow, appearing to be lost in thought.

But no one dared to stop him where he passed, and even many cultivators thousands of miles away felt a deep pressure in their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe.

Whoosh~

Shadows hung down in front of the mountain. Zhu Dahai stood up from the foot of the mountain, looked at the petite young man who was no more than eight feet tall but had an extremely powerful aura, and said in a muffled voice:

"You're the one who wants to pay a visit?"

His voice was loud, like thunder.

Hearing this, Feng Xinglie slowly raised his head, and only when he felt the pure blood and Qi within the burly giant in front of him did his calm eyes move slightly:

"Are you going to stop me?"

Zhu Dahai shook his head: "Master invites you to enter the mountain."

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the little guy in front of him, he could only do as he was told since the master had ordered it.

Feng Xinglie lowered his eyes:

"Lead the way."

Zhu Dahai glanced at Feng Xinglie, shook his head, turned around and went up the mountain.

Under the gaze of many eyes, Feng Xinglie stepped into Da Shi Mountain, but Zhu Dahai seemed to remember something and turned back to say:

"Master said that those who arrive today can enter the mountain, and no one is allowed to stop them!"

"Hmm?"

"Huh?"

"What is Yuanyang King doing..."

Hearing this, the onlookers couldn't help but be surprised. It wasn't strange for the Yuanyang King to foresee someone coming to pay a visit.

But to let everyone in seemed...

Everyone had different thoughts, and someone had already stepped out of the air and landed in front of the mountain. It was Qu Yun.

He looked up at the endless Da Shi Mountain, and without any hesitation, he stepped into it.

One person moved, and everyone moved.

One after another, divine lights broke through the air and followed Qu Yun into the mountain.

"The third young master of the Overlord's Imperial Court, Zhao Zhen of Dingyuan City..."

Someone recognized the people among them and exclaimed.

The outside world was noisy, but the people who entered the mountain didn't know anything about it. Looking at the mountain from outside, the fog was hazy, and they only thought it was a great formation. But once they entered the mountain, all sounds disappeared.

In a trance, it was as if they had entered another completely different world!

Everyone was a Guiyi (Returning to One) level expert, but at this time, they only felt a white expanse in front of them, and they couldn't capture anything at all.

"The Grand Expanse Heaven?"

Feng Xinglie's eyes moved slightly.

As soon as the thought arose, he heard the sound of a bell flowing down from the high heavens, vast and melodious.

As the bell sound fell, in an instant, the hazy and invisible 'fog' in the mountains dissipated.

What replaced it was a towering pagoda cast in Xuanhuang, thirty-six stories high, like a celestial pillar standing in front!

On it, three large characters composed of Dao patterns shone with霞光:

Tongtian Pagoda!