The Nascent Soul stage, where spiritual energy coalesces into an infant form, allowing comprehension of laws and the ability to shatter mountains and seas with a raised hand, is undeniably powerful.
The Nascent Soul True Cultivators of the upper realm, named Cangyun, were paragons among their peers. Furthermore, being within their home turf, amplified by a grand formation, their might appeared exceptionally daunting. As they charged forward, the entire world seemed to tremble.
In the azure sky, the previously clear heavens abruptly turned pitch black. Dark, ink-like clouds churned and converged, ultimately forming an incomparably ferocious and sinister giant dragon coiled in the sky. Endless dark energy dripped from its body, like an ancient malevolent beast descending, stoically gazing down at Yu Zhibo's golden Heavenly Emperor Susanoo.
Simultaneously, from the capital at the end of the plains, a black pillar of light shot into the sky, merging into the churning dark clouds that formed the dragon's body. Countless faces filled with resentment and ferocity then spread outwards from the pillar of light towards the black dragon's shell.
The faces were dense, covering every corner of the black dragon's body. Then, the dragon's eyes gradually lit up, gaining sentience.
Violent, fierce, indifferent – these were the emotions conveyed by those dragon eyes. At this moment, all the citizens within the capital had their eyes turn scarlet, their life force and emotions transformed into power, ascending towards the black dragon.
The black dragon's aura began to climb steadily.
"Die!"
The emperor, named Cangyun, clad in a black imperial robe embroidered with golden dragons, his gaze as violent and fierce as the black dragon's, floated above the capital. He had merged with the entire world transformed into a grand formation, like a god of this realm.
With a wave of his hand, the black dragon in the sky let out an enraged roar, opened its massive maw, and charged towards Yu Zhibo with world-shattering force.
"A mere spawn of a dragon..."
Yu Zhibo, standing within the forehead crystal of the Heavenly Emperor Susanoo, waved his sleeve. Susanoo's colossal body also moved abruptly. His right arm swung towards the dragon's maw.
The Heavenly Emperor Susanoo was a full thousand Zhang tall, but compared to the tens of thousands of Zhang long dragon, they were not on the same level. However, just as the Cangyun Emperor's lips curved into a sneer, a fierce gale arose with Susanoo's swing, followed by spatial fragmentation, and violent energy instantly swept across the entire sky.
The black dragon formed from the dark clouds was then unceremoniously shredded into a mass of irregular black mist by this casual swing.
The Cangyun Emperor's eyes narrowed, but he soon revealed indifference. "In my grand formation, I am god. Do not struggle in vain."
He stood with his hands behind his back. Without any visible action, the black mist that had previously condensed into the black dragon's body suddenly separated into countless house-sized masses of mist. Then, with a wriggle, they transformed into countless monsters that attacked Yu Zhibo.
These house-sized monsters were extremely terrifying. Each one possessed a fearsome aura, and with full power, they had the strength of a Nascent Soul strike.
One monster, wielding a mace, rushed before Yu Zhibo's Heavenly Emperor Susanoo. As the mace descended, Susanoo's body flashed golden, blocking the attack. However, the next moment, the monster exploded, causing ripples across the immensely defensive Susanoo's body.
After the self-destruction of this one monster, countless others followed suit, charging forward and detonating themselves. Soon, Yu Zhibo's Susanoo was battered and bruised.
It was only because this world's space was more stable than Earth's that it hadn't been destroyed by the simultaneous attacks of these monsters.
"Is this his formation soldiers? A truly interesting idea. First, use the grand formation to lock down the laws, preventing the enemy from using them, and then consume the enemy in a wave of exploding human bombs. But this is useless against me!"
"Because what I use are never the laws of this world!"
Yu Zhibo smiled slightly. Just as his Susanoo's body was about to collapse, a hint of purple began to expand from his pupils. Then, his entire eyes transformed into a purple vortex shape. Simultaneously, six tomoe slowly appeared within the third ring of his pupil pattern.
"Almighty Push!"
He brought his hands together, and a terrifying repulsive force erupted from the Heavenly Emperor Susanoo in all directions, shattering all attacks and sweeping towards the distant capital.
Yes, there were many citizens in the capital, but Yu Zhibo could see that these citizens had their life force drained to condense the black dragon, leaving them with no hope of survival.
This dog emperor was truly selfish and tyrannical to the extreme, treating his people as expendable resources for his formation attacks, and disposable ones at that.
Seeing the invisible repulsive force surge towards him, the dog emperor's expression changed. With a thought, seven Nascent Soul figures flew up from the city.
These Nascent Souls' auras were consistent with the aura Yu Zhibo had sensed not long ago. Their appearances were identical to the dog emperor's, but their hair and eye colors were gold, green, blue, red, brown, black, and white respectively, representing the powers of Yin, Yang, and the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
They struck out with expressionless palms, and in an instant, seven-colored energy illuminated the heavens and earth, ultimately forming a seven-colored great cauldron that enveloped the entire capital, forcefully resisting the repulsive force of Almighty Push.
"Father is so amazing!" Chen Kuhe stood behind Yu Zhibo, not only unafraid but watching with rapt attention.
"Yin-Yang Five Elements Clones? All flash, no substance!"
Yu Zhibo snorted. If he were at his peak, he could have directly erased his opponent with the overwhelming power of the Soul Transformation stage. But now, it would be a bit more troublesome.
With a thought, he began to forcibly activate the Yin-Yang world he had opened in his eyes during the Soul Transformation stage. In an instant, endless Yin-Yang laws surged forth from his body, available for him to command.
The familiar feeling of controlling laws had returned.
The Heavenly Emperor Susanoo held a massive Truth-Seeking Orb staff, and a suffocating pressure descended.
"What is this thing?"
Cangyun's expression changed. He could no longer hold back. A miniature Nascent Soul flew out from his brow, then split into seven, shooting towards the seven clones.
The moment the seven clones representing Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements came into contact with the splitting Nascent Soul, their bodies instantly turned to ash, leaving only seven differently colored light spots floating in mid-air.
"Starfall Annihilation Array! Activate!"
Cangyun roared. Instantly, the seven light spots transformed into seven light spheres, which then became seven miniature stars, flying towards specific positions.
The next moment, the entire grand formation, composed of the nation, seemed to be activated, with infinite power surging from all directions.
"Why is this so similar to the Grand Zhou Heavenly Star Array? Could there be a connection between them?" Yu Zhibo was stunned for a moment, a vague thought appearing in his mind, as if he were about to recall something, but it was erased by an irresistible force.
Immediately, he controlled the Heavenly Emperor Susanoo to swing the staff, and seven black spheres shot towards the seven stars.
"With my activation of the entire grand formation's power, I am now comparable to a Soul Transformation cultivator. What can you use to fight me?!"
The dog emperor sneered, transforming into the master of heaven and earth, forcefully holding the black spheres formed by the Truth-Seeking Orb in mid-air.
At the same time, Yu Zhibo felt an endless, mighty power descend. The surrounding air seemed to have turned into unmovable diamond, constantly compressing his Susanoo's body, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
This was the power of the Soul Transformation stage.
If the Nascent Soul stage was merely about comprehending and borrowing a portion of the laws, then the Soul Transformation stage was about completely transcending the laws, turning them into a little girl that could be molded at will.
With such immense power under control, the Nascent Soul stage had no chance of resisting.
"Really, why do you force me to do this."
As he murmured, his aura suddenly surged to the Soul Transformation level, and endless flames erupted around his body.