Chapter 669: Chapter 501: Dao Assembly
The passage of time, the rotation of stars, decades pass in a flicker.
In the Panwu Hall, Chen Sheng sat upright on the jade couch, a strand of purple-golden Dao pattern condensing in his palm, deducing the Array Dao amidst the void.
Countless mysterious runes swirled before him, weaving into intricate array maps, within which the phenomena of creation and destruction of the world subtly appeared.
Step— step— step—
Two steady footsteps came from outside the hall, Qi Mang and Qin Ping’an entered side by side.
Reaching the center of the hall, they bowed in unison, their voices sonorous and powerful:
"Greetings, Master!"
"Ping’an greets Grandfather!"
Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes, stars flickered in his gaze, and the array map in his palm instantly dispersed into a myriad of runes, melding into the Dao rhyme of the hall.
His gaze swept over the two, sensing their increasingly profound auras, he nodded with satisfaction:
"Hmm, are you both ready?"
Qi Mang raised his head:
"Disciple is fully prepared, and comes to bid farewell to Master, heading for the Dao Assembly venue."
Qin Ping’an also clasped his hands in response: "Ping’an will give it his all."
Chen Sheng nodded slightly, waved his hand, and two purple-golden Dao talismans flew into their hands respectively.
"These are protective talismans, to be used for self-protection."
"The Dao Assembly has three stages: prefectural, state, and domain. The first two are merely for screening prodigies, so I won’t attend."
"Ping’an, your cultivation time has been short, consider this an opportunity to broaden your horizons."
Qin Ping’an clasped his hands: "Understood."
Chen Sheng waved his hand, closed his eyes again, condensing runes in his palm once more to continue deducing the Array Dao:
"Go on, I’ll attend once the domain-level competition begins."
As his words fell, a faint barrier arose around him, isolating himself from the outside world, immersing in the mysteries of the Array Dao, with only the gentle sound of cascading runes left in the hall.
Qi Mang and Qin Ping’an exchanged a glance, bowed once more, then turned and strode out of the hall.
Swoosh— swoosh—
The two transformed into two streaks of light, one like a fierce tiger leaping across a stream, the other like a green blade piercing the clouds, rushing towards the venue.
...
The Trial Tower stood in the center of Yun State Prefecture, rising like a sky-piercing pillar, circulating ancient golden Dao light.
The heavy domain field power compressed the void around the tower slightly, marking the core of the state competition.
After tens of thousands of years, the rules now held some differences from Chen Sheng’s time.
Below the tower was already a sea of people, innumerable prodigies with fluttering garments, and sect elders with concentrated auras.
Tens of thousands of gazes focused like searchlights towards the top of the tower, with rising voices overshadowing the wind’s howl between heaven and earth.
Everyone’s heart spirit was tied to that green-black figure.
Qi Mang was facing what countless people faltered before, a ninth level that only a handful passed each session.
"Those who pass the ninth level are top prodigies."
"Even in the most competitive sessions, they rank in the top six of the state competition!"
...
In the ninth level of the Trial Tower, the space was filled with the pervasive Dao rhyme of destruction, twisting into bizarre vortices.
The astral winds, like tangible heavenly blades, could easily obliterate an ordinary Divinity Transformation cultivator’s body.
Qi Mang stood at the array hub’s center, his body enveloped by a faintly black Tribulation Dao Domain, which fell like a sky curtain, isolating the raging astral winds.
The "Ten Directions Refining Tribulation and Destiny Sword Body" was in operation around him, with gold and black intertwined sword patterns flowing beneath his skin, a phenomenon of the fusion of tribulation power and the sword body’s essence.
The guardian there donned black-golden battle armor, emitting a deathly aura of slaughter, wielding an earth-rending great axe thousands of feet long, its blade witheringly cold.
The guardian’s voice thundered like lightning:
"Challengers, halt here!"
Its encompassing domain field bore down on Qi Mang like Mount Tai, crushing violently, with the passing void shattering inch by inch.
As the great axe swung, it quietly evolved a destructive Dao domain, collapsing the void instantly, even the astral wind turned to dust in its blade’s wake, crashing down towards Qi Mang!
This axe was enough to leave ordinary Void Refining cultivators with no escape, leading to their death and Dao disappearance!
"Bring it on!"
Qi Mang neither dodged nor evaded, his right hand suddenly clawed.
Clang—!!!
The "Ten Directions Refining Tribulation and Destiny Sword Body" operated at full capacity, with demon power and Dao principles fully infused.
The claw shadow, swift as lightning, exceeded spatial limits, striking first, where the gold-black Sword Qi condensed at its fingertips collided thunderously with the descending great axe!
The world turned dark, as if returning to nothingness, without the sound of collision, no space, and seemingly no time, as if everything vanished!
Only the gold-black and pitch-black powers clashed silently within the void, devouring each other in silence.
Rumble!!
After a long while, an explosion resounded throughout the entire Trial Tower.
Ripple upon ripple of Dao rhyme surged outward like tides, sweeping every corner of the ninth level.
The astral winds on the ninth level were instantly extinguished, the ground fissuring into a web of cracks, spreading to the tower’s walls, with countless Dao principle runes flickering uncertainly amid the vibrations.
"A fine axe technique!"
Qi Mang’s form swayed slightly, his sword body trembling, as gold-black sword patterns flowed, instantly calming the disorder within him.
The guardian’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, evidently not expecting this cultivator before him to withstand his full strike.
Immediately, his battle intent surged, his destructive Dao domain expanding explosively.
The great axe swept across, countless axe shadows spread across the sky, sealing off all space around Qi Mang, leaving no path to evade!
Boom!
Boom!
Qi Mang’s Tribulation Dao Domain around him suddenly expanded, limitless Sword Qi enveloping him.
"Tiger Roar of Endless Tribulations Secret!"
Then a tiger’s roar, reverberating through the clouds, erupted from his mouth, not only shattering the sky full of axe shadows, but also stunning the guardian’s form.
In that brief moment of pause, Qi Mang leaped into the air, surrounded by vast gold-black Sword Qi crisscrossing like torrential rain.
Every strand of Sword Qi contained tribulation sharpness, striking the guardian’s black-golden battle armor.
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