"Boom!"
The void, which had just stabilized, was once again met with a colossal roar. Divine lights erupted in all directions, and dense cracks spread across tens of thousands of miles, shattering in an instant. Void energy surged like a sea.
"This is impossible!!"
The High Priest, sword in hand, looked at Xu Chu, who stood as firm as a mountain amidst the void energy. His eyes seemed on the verge of bursting from their sockets, desperate to understand.
To be at ease within the void energy meant that the cultivators of the lower realms had already surpassed the Unity Realm, integrating their previous cultivation systems to reach perfection in their current plane. This was the union of spirit and flesh, a return to unity, where the physical body perfectly resonated with spiritual energy, ascending to a higher tier of cultivation.
Breaking through the Unity Realm, igniting the flames of the physical body and divine soul, this realm was known as the Divine Fire Realm. The divine fire was meant to draw upon the power of the heavens. Only when the physical body was ignited with divine fire could one handle the void space with ease.
What kind of being was this Xu Chu? He was merely an ant in the martial arts of the Cangyuan Plane, who hadn't even had the time to integrate his previous cultivation system to reach perfection in his current plane, let alone ignite the divine fire. How could he be unharmed in the void space!
Xu Chu's eyes blazed with bloody light. The Fire Cloud Saber in his hand was engulfed by layers of crimson Nanming flame. The flames surged in all directions, startling the surrounding void energy into frantic retreat. His feet stood on the shattered void, and with a horizontal slash, his ferocious aura exploded towards the nine heavens.
"It's that flame, what kind of flame is that!"
The High Priest glanced at the crimson flame enveloping Xu Chu, but without careful inspection, he concentrated his strength, sending sword energy surging from his palm towards Xu Chu. The sword energy cut through the sky, unhesitatingly facing the fierce might of the saber intent. Wailing sounds assailed their ears.
"Boom~~"
The void of ten thousand miles seemed unable to withstand the impact of immense force. Within a certain spatial node, Yang Hao's imperial might suppressed the vast space, golden light permeated, and dragon roars suppressed the shattering void.
"Such a powerful physique!!"
Yang Hao murmured, observing the High Priest locked in a fierce battle with Xu Chu. Especially the flames that had ignited in his eyes earlier, they had made his own imperial might tremble faintly. At that moment, it felt as if one could see the supreme deities above the nine heavens by merely looking up.
"Why is this origin so important that beings from the upper realms would go to such lengths, even sacrificing their cultivation and expending immense effort, to collect the world origins of lower planes?"
Divine light erupted from Yang Hao's eyes as saber and sword intent surged in the void. Fragments of torn space, dotted with red light, converged. The battle between the two had long surpassed the pinnacle of martial arts in the lower realms. The tremors of the Cangyuan Plane constantly spoke of the terrifying combat prowess of the two.
"High Priest, take this blade!"
Xu Chu's eyes gleamed with bloody light. His feet trod on spatial fragments, and the fiery saber in his hand, carrying the might of the Blood Tiger and the flame of the Vermillion Bird, formed a rainbow bridge connecting the void, slashing forward.
"Such potent flames!"
The High Priest's expression turned grave as he looked at the blood-colored eyes behind the river of saber light, and the ever-burning crimson Nanming flame above the bloody river. A terrifying might, capable of making his heart palpitate, sent faint tremors through his physical body.
Although this physical body was not his true body forged by divine fire, his divine soul had indeed been tempered by the divine fire. Having undergone the refinement of divine fire, this was no longer a mortal body. How did this Xu Chu possess such immense strength that it threatened to shatter his physical body and make his divine soul tremble?
"Hmph!"
Sword energy swirled around his body, forcefully suppressing it. His killing intent, heavy and boundless, pressed against the ceaseless saber light. The High Priest held his sword with both hands, wielding it in all directions, and charged towards Xu Chu, who was cleaving down with fury.
"Boom~~ Crack!!"
The sky seemed on the verge of falling, but dense golden light streamed out, desperately mending the shattered nine heavens. On the peak of the firmament, the two, each wielding their respective weapons, furiously clashed. Their eyes met coldly, their figures blurred, sword light crisscrossed, saber light blazed, and the ten thousand miles of the nine heavens were filled with dense afterimages and deafening explosions. The entire void seemed like a rippling water surface, with waves surging everywhere, void energy flowing, and dense golden light flashing.
"Roar!!"
Tiger roars vibrated, and Vermillion Bird cries continued unabated!
As the high-intensity battle raged, Xu Chu's eyes became increasingly bloodshot. Behind Xu Chu, a multi-colored blood-red tiger reappeared in the void, its eyes resembling dying suns, deep crimson like blood, filling the sky with red light.
"Whoosh~~"
A vast sea of Yuan energy surged from a certain spatial node, flowing with passion and covering ten thousand miles of the nine heavens!
"Roar!"
The multi-colored blood tiger, hidden within the space, emerged. The void trembled with each step it took, the space cracking inch by inch. The thunderous sound struck the heart like a heavy hammer.
The sea surged, the void shook!
This was none other than Xu Chu's natal divine ability, brought forth from the Reincarnation Xuanhuang Tower: Tiger Sea Stepping the Heavens Art!
"What is this power!"
The High Priest, his long sword trembling in his hand, looked at the multi-colored blood-red tiger roaring from the spatial void, and the terrifying sea of Yuan energy. In Yuan energy-scarce Cangyuan, where did such pure and vast Yuan energy come from!
The fierce tiger stepped on the sea of Yuan energy. With every stride, the Nanming flame ignited on Xu Chu's Fire Cloud Saber intensified by a third, surging by a third. The terrifying saber intent vibrated, causing Xu Chu's hands to tremble incessantly. Drops of blood mist were forced out from his body. Such extreme ferocity of the saber edge made the High Priest's sword heart feel on the verge of shattering.
"Ant, how dare you shatter my Dao heart!!"
"Pfft!!"
Divine fire ignited once more between his eyes, and flames of condensation rained down under the vast sky. That flame pierced directly into one's soul, as if supplicating to a deity, making one's knees involuntarily bend in worship. An extreme yearning from the spirit urged one to offer their devotion.
"Suppress!"
Yang Hao roared, and nine dragons charged towards the heavens, shattering ten thousand miles of void!
Outside the space, Xu Chu's eyes were tightly shut, his tiger roars shaking the heavens. At a certain moment, his eyes snapped open, and two flames, similar in nature to those in the High Priest's eyes, ignited. The High Priest's face changed as he looked at the flames in Xu Chu's eyes.
"False fire, how can it compare to my divine fire!"
"Extinguish!"
Divine fire erupted, and sword energy crisscrossed. At this moment, the entire Cangyuan Plane rippled. Sword energy, empowered by divine fire, shot towards Xu Chu in the air.
"Roar!!"
The fierce tiger roared upwards with majestic authority. The Vermillion Bird spread its divine wings, showering divine fire. Xu Chu, holding his saber, exploded forward. The fierce tiger attacked like a beast descending from the mountain, its killing intent heavy. Above the nine heavens, the sea of Yuan energy surged in layers, and torrents of power, like mountains of force, continuously amplified the Fire Cloud Saber.
"Slash!"
Xu Chu roared, and the sky-filling fire light instantly merged into the saber in his hand. The fierce tiger roared, and the divine beast cried out!