The Lord of Light became serious.
Boom!
In an instant, a mighty spiritual upheaval that shook heaven and earth erupted. With a thunderous roar, Chen Fan was sent flying backward, blood streaming from his seven orifices.
The Lord of Light was filled with boundless divine light.
The Lord of Light, appearing as a middle-aged scholar, no longer held back any of his power.
Grave spiritual fluctuations diffused outwards.
"Chen Fan, do you know what my greatest trump card is?"
He smiled and said, "For countless ages, everyone has known that I cultivate only the power of light."
"Did you truly think I only possessed such meager abilities? Wrong... the trump card of a ninth-tier being is beyond your imagination."
"Today, you shall witness my most potent technique. You die a worthy death..."
This technique, he had not employed even during the dire crisis in the Tenth Land.
And now, he finally revealed it without reservation.
As he spoke, a torrential spiritual fluctuation erupted once more.
With a thunderous boom, Chen Fan's newly healed body was assaulted by this powerful wave, his sea of consciousness shattering, his Great Dao showing cracks.
Yet, since Chen Fan dared to face the Lord of Light, he naturally had his own means.
In an instant, his two worlds materialized.
Boom.
The Light and Dark Realm, the Water Realm.
The twin realms descended, enveloping Chen Fan as if forming an impenetrable shield.
His inner cosmos bloomed.
Suddenly, the spiritual assault was dispersed.
On the opposite side, the Lord of Light's expression shifted slightly. He swept his gaze across the two worlds and said coldly, "Inner cosmos... impressive, and two of them manifest at once."
At his level, everything could be seen through at a glance.
The twin realms revolved, intending to suppress him.
The Lord of Light sneered, "An eighth-tier attempting to suppress a ninth-tier, what a joke. I am the Dao, and the Dao is me."
He strode towards Chen Fan, enduring the pressure of the two worlds.
To be honest, the Lord of Light himself was immensely surprised. He had never imagined that his opponent could manifest two inner cosmos.
More importantly, both had condensed their Dao Spirits.
This was something many ninth-tier beings could not achieve.
"Thunder Domain, hehe... indeed, they are all abominations."
The Lord of Light muttered to himself, "I should have annihilated the Thunder Domain long ago, allowing them to live for another million years. A pity."
As he spoke, torrents of power surged throughout the entire world.
Heaven and earth turned upside down.
Spiritual power merged with the power of light, transforming into something akin to a sea of consciousness.
At their current level, practically no one bothered to study the sea of consciousness anymore. As long as one became sufficiently strong, the sea of consciousness would continue to strengthen itself steadily.
The Lord of Light, evidently, did not need to.
His form... vanished.
In an instant, he reappeared, his spiritual energy surging like waves, carrying boundless light.
With a thunderous boom, the entire world was thrown into chaos.
"Inner cosmos? Divine Weapon? The Two Extremes Dao?" Words spewed forth.
Infused with killing intent, overwhelming killing intent, his divine fist descended.
Did you truly think I couldn't kill you?
A joke.
I can even suppress the Thunder Lord, so what are you?
"Underestimating a ninth-tier being will be the biggest regret of your life."
"Descend."
Boom!
With a deafening sound, under Chen Fan's awestruck gaze.
A world of light suddenly appeared above the Lord of Light's head. It rapidly shrank, descending from the heavens in a blink, carrying an unmatched, powerful aura that shook the world.
Tenth Land.
"Where is the World of Light? Why is it gone?"
The Immortal Emperor and the others were dumbfounded.
The scene before them was now empty.
The World of Light had simply vanished without a trace, without any prior warning.
Those who were exploring for treasures and cultivating within were all ejected and left stranded.
"What's going on?" Everyone was still reeling from the shock.
The sight before them was truly terrifying.
A ninth-tier great world had simply disappeared.
It wasn't just a mere loss of energy; the entire world had vanished.
Everything.
Whoosh.
The Sky-Piercing Rat traversed space and arrived.
Its voice rang out, "I sensed spatial fluctuations. It seems to be some kind of grand spatial formation, with the waves propagating to the Ninth Land."
The Sky-Piercing Rat excelled in the Great Dao of Space.
If it said so, it wouldn't be wrong.
Silence fell upon everyone.
"Ninth Land, what happened?" Cracked Heaven asked.
"Could it be..."
Seven Kill tentatively said, "The City Lord is pursuing the Lord of Light, and the Lord of Light, unable to defeat him, could only summon the World of Light to fight."
The World of Light, clearly, was a trump card left by the Lord of Light.
"..."
No one spoke.
Everyone looked at Seven Kill, their gazes conveying the question: "What are you thinking?"
They had witnessed the Lord of Light's power firsthand.
In the past, everyone had gambled their lives to inflict a serious injury upon the Lord of Light.
That was a ninth-tier being.
The City Lord was only seventh-tier when he left, and even if he had reached eighth-tier now.
Facing a ninth-tier, was this speculation truly possible?
It wasn't that they didn't believe the City Lord, but this speculation was too astounding.
Seven Kill smiled awkwardly, "I was just saying..."
Thinking about it, even though the City Lord was a prodigy, he wouldn't be so arrogant as to disregard a ninth-tier.
"Never mind."
Subsequently, everyone dispersed one by one.
The World of Light, if it was gone, then it was gone.
Those who needed to temper themselves had already done so, and those who needed to absorb energy had mostly done so.
...
Ninth Land, the Realm of Fate.
Boom!
The once colossal ninth-tier great world appeared in the Lord of Light's hand and was slammed onto Chen Fan's twin worlds.
With a thunderous roar, Chen Fan's body trembled violently, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
The entire sky was dyed crimson.
The enormous ninth-tier great world, in the hands of the Lord of Light, instantly shrunk, transforming into a radiant treasure seal, held in the Lord of Light's grasp.
He smiled slightly, holding the treasure seal, and said softly, "How is it? Are you satisfied now? This world was refined by me long ago."
"I intended to leave this world for you all, with the thought of returning in the future, but alas... I have had to use it now."
On this point, he did feel a twinge of regret.
He had originally planned to use the World of Light to directly teleport back in the future.
But now the world had been summoned.
"However, it's not all bad..."
After a moment of thought, a smile spread across the Lord of Light's face, "To gain the treasures and the power of the Great Dao from you is worth it. Without you, I can reclaim the Tenth Land at any time."
This was the confidence of a ninth-tier being.
The treasure seal in the Lord of Light's hand emanated an incredibly powerful aura.
At this moment, Chen Fan's figure reappeared. He looked at the other party, a hint of solemnity on his face.
Indeed, a ninth-tier being could not be underestimated.
Their means were inexhaustible.
Whether it was spiritual power or the World of Light, both were trump cards.
However, upon closer reflection, it was only natural.
How long had ninth-tier beings lived?
A million years was just the basic, and the Lord of Light had probably lived for nearly two million years.
Over such a vast expanse of time, it was natural to accumulate countless techniques.
Living for so long, having more trump cards was normal.
Otherwise, had all those countless years been lived in vain?