[Your clansman reports to you: Faced with the three choices presented by Li Chang'an, the Immortal Zhao Clan has ultimately chosen... a decisive battle!]
Li Wei stood holding twin spears. Within the Void Refining Space, the interface panel before his eyes was not particularly obtrusive.
In truth, he didn't need the panel to tell him.
The distance between the Ethereal Immortal Sect and the Immortal Domain was not actually very far.
The violent boom caused by the initial collision of over a million cultivators was enough for Li Wei's Divine Soul to perceive the dazzling radiance—resembling the Northern Lights—emanating from the direction of the Immortal Domain.
With five people present, the Void Refining Space appeared magnificently brilliant and complex due to the intermingling of everyone's Laws.
Grand Elder Puci's Law took the form of ethereal, drifting clouds.
The ten immortal mountains served as his Dharma Treasures, while his techniques formed ten divine statues that linked together to create formation runes.
Among everyone present, this old fogey was undoubtedly the one with the most 'immortal' air about him.
Li Yaozu, just like Li Wei, was a "False-Void Refining" cultivator.
His power of Law naturally originated from the "Yin Water Star"—a "Power of Glacial Cold" that froze the space into a domain of ice.
Li Yaozu's sword box hummed incessantly.
Over these years, his swordsmanship had become increasingly simple and unadorned; even his Primordial Spirit techniques were moves designed to kill the enemy in a single strike.
Among the Li clan members present, he was undoubtedly the one with the most lethal killing power.
Li Dalong, having returned from the Underworld, possessed an even colder and gloomier aura in battle.
Through his years of life in the Underworld, Li Dalong had become the first person in the family to truly break through to the Void Refining realm.
And his Void Refining Law caused the entire floor of the Void Refining Space to transform into a Sea of Blood!
[Your descendant, Li Dalong, through the "Void-Soul Exchanging Dao Technique," after years of slaughter in the Underworld and carrying the "Boundless Sea of Blood" with him, has gradually integrated the comprehended "Law of the Sea of Blood" into the foundation of the Glacial Space.
He has broken through to the Early Void Refining stage!]
[Obtained Void Refining Sea of Blood Space.
The Sea of Blood is a metamorphosis of the Boundless Sea of Blood. Within the Void Refining Space, he possesses the characteristics of the "Boundless Sea of Blood": as long as the Sea of Blood is not extinguished, his body will not perish.
The Sea of Blood can be converted into spiritual power, possessing the power of Laws such as "Corrosion, Darkness, and Virulent Poison."]
[Comprehended special Void Refining Space technique: Nether Subordination.
He can bestow the spiritual power of the Sea of Blood within the Void Refining Space upon races of the Underworld, thereby borrowing their strength for battle.]
However, this also confirmed Li Wei's earlier theory: for someone possessing the "False-Void Refining" realm, breaking through to the true Void Refining realm was only a matter of time.
As long as one was not too foolish, a thousand years was sufficient for a False-Void Refining cultivator to achieve the breakthrough on their own.
It was like two math problems of the same type, where only the numbers had changed.
For one of them, the steps to the solution were already written out in full.
If one still couldn't solve it... Well, that would actually require a rather impressive level of incompetence.
"Dalong, take the coffin."
The Storage Ring on Li Wei's hand flashed, and a silver coffin suddenly appeared before Li Dalong.
Stroking the familiar patterns on the surface of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin, Li Dalong's movements were gentle.
At this moment, he finally felt that after breaking through to Void Refining, he had once again become a complete ma... Coffin Master.
The Heaven-Piercing Coffin trembled in response, and Li Dalong bowed deeply.
"Thank you, Old Ancestor!"
He could feel that he would soon be able to enter the next layer of the space within the Heaven-Piercing Coffin!
All of this happened in an instant.
Zhao Tingyu was already clashing with Grand Elder Pu Ci inside the Void Refining Space.
Unless he shattered Pu Ci's ten immortal mountains, he could forget about ever escaping this Void Refining Space!
"A top-tier Void Refining Space!"
As Li Dalong summoned the Sea of Blood Space, a look of surprise flashed across Grand Elder Pu Ci's face.
Upon reaching the Void Refining realm, aside from the cultivation stage itself, there are usually no other clear distinctions—simply because those at this level rarely enter the secular world, making it impossible for ordinary cultivators to tell them apart.
However, in reality, the strength of one's Void Refining Space represents the strength of their initial combat power in the Void Refining realm.
This is exactly why cultivators in the Divinity Transformation realm often pay such close attention to the strength of their own Domains.
To a large extent, a Void Refining Space is built by expanding one's Domain step by step.
Among the three members of the Li family, the Void Refining Spaces of Li Wei and Li Yaozu were undoubtedly of the most rudimentary sort, possessing only the most ordinary ability to manipulate the power of Laws.
This is often the hallmark of someone who has newly entered the Void Refining realm and is unfamiliar with its depths.
Of course, those who can achieve the Void Refining realm are undoubtedly rare geniuses.
Over long periods of time, they utilize the Laws of Heaven and Earth to perfect their Void Refining Spaces step by step—whether to enhance their combat prowess, to assist in refining pills, or to serve as a reservoir for their own spiritual power.
Next up is the "Ordinary" Void Refining standard.
The spaces of these cultivators possess almost all of the aforementioned functions. However, they typically rely on the usage of a single Law.
For instance, Metal-attribute Laws are mostly used to perfect the lethality of techniques.
Wood-attribute Laws are used to refine one's own spiritual power.
Earth-attribute Laws are used to perfect one's defensive capabilities.
Such "Ordinary" Void Refining cultivators are the most common in the world.
Through years of seclusion, they have already acquired certain means of self-preservation.
Finally, there are the Top-tier Void Refining Spaces.
In these, the primary Law of the space has already begun to encompass other series of Laws.
Within Li Dalong's Law, the "Sea of Blood," there exist various other Laws!
"Just entered Void Refining, yet possessing a Top-tier Void Refining Space!"
How could Grand Elder Pu Ci know that Li Dalong had completely integrated the Sea of Blood from within the Heaven-Piercing Coffin into his Void Refining Space?
Yet even without knowing the cause, he could not stop the waves of shock from surging in his heart.
Generally, only Void Refining cultivators who have cultivated for over thirty thousand years—accumulating sufficient power of Laws to reach the Peak Void Refining stage and slowly perfecting their domain—can possess such a Top-tier Void Refining Space.
But Li Dalong... could he be the reincarnation of some Almighty Expert?!!
If that were the case, it would explain how the Li Clan reached such heights in less than seven hundred years.
"It seems I've chosen the right side once again." Grand Elder Pu Ci felt a wave of relief.
But in that brief moment of distraction...
Boom!
A saber strike slashed down, and one divine statue... shattered!
"Not good!" Grand Elder Pu Ci's expression changed drastically.
There was another Top-tier Void Refining cultivator present!
"Careful! He intends to shatter my formation and escape!"
"Brother Dalong, you and I must hold him back.
His spiritual power is tyrannical, and he excels in offensive warfare; he can cleave through even Low-grade Dharma Treasures with a single strike.
However, his physical body is fragile, and his reserves of spiritual power are insufficient.
Old Ancestor Li, Sword Venerable, you two have only just entered the Void Refining realm—you absolutely must not advance rashly.
Simply hold the line and harass him from the sidelines.
Within seven days, he is bound to perish here!"
Grand Elder Pu Ci's expression was grave.
The space was filled with formation patterns—patterns belonging to the Metal element, containing highly destructive Laws.
He was, after all, an experienced senior who had been immersed in the Void Refining realm for many years!
But...
"You think you can grind me to death with just the likes of you?" Zhao Tingyu laughed maniacally!
Li Dalong had been able to pursue him for three months only because he had used some unknown method to track his traces.
Coupled with Li Dalong's boundless Sea of Blood magical power, he could endure being hacked by Zhao Tingyu thousands of times; if it truly came down to a life-and-death struggle between them, the victor would be uncertain.
But as for the other three present, he did not place a single one of them in his eyes!
One was an "Ordinary" Void Refining cultivator.
Though his Dharma Treasures formed a formation, he was still nothing more than an average cultivator of the realm.
The other two from the Li family were merely novices who had barely scratched the surface of the Void Refining realm.
They possessed the spiritual power of the realm in vain, for they could not even fully utilize their Void Refining Spaces—having the power, but lacking the mastery of techniques.
"Celestial Rainbow Shadow-Sweeping Technique: Void Annihilation, Life Severing!"
A silver rainbow rose within the Void Refining Space.
Zhao Tingyu knew that a prolonged battle would be absolutely disadvantageous to him.
The Dharma Treasure long saber in his hand flew out, forming a silver arched bridge behind him.
The blade's edge was aimed directly at Grand Elder Pu Ci's nine remaining divine statue, immortal mountains!
Under the pressure of this technique, those nine divine statues actually trembled with fear, much like humans.
This alone demonstrated the ferocity of the technique; the power of Laws belonging to the other four people in the Void Refining Space was even swept aside by its sharp edge.
Li Yaozu unleashed a streak of sword radiance, but it shattered inch by inch before it could even get within three inches of the attack.
"Not good! He intends to break my formation and escape this place!"
"Brother Dalong, block this technique with me!"
In the heat of such a great battle, Li Dalong did not hesitate. Holding his coffin, he summoned the Sea of Blood.
But right at that moment, Grand Elder Pu Ci's expression changed drastically.
"Old Ancestor Li, what are you doing?!!"
They saw Li Wei, in his black mist form, silently withdraw one of his long spears.
Holding a pagoda in his left hand and a spear in his right, with the Yin-Yang Fish Diagram manifesting beneath his feet, he advanced step by step toward Zhao Tingyu!
It wasn't just that Old Ancestor Li's spiritual power was inferior to Zhao Tingyu's—even the gap between their Laws was as vast as the distance between clouds and mud!
However, recalling how Old Ancestor Li had returned from the dead during the battle at Prince Qian's Estate, Grand Elder Pu Ci frowned but said nothing more.
In this world, there were always certain cultivators who possessed special means; even some at the Divinity Transformation realm could not be underestimated.
"You seek death!"
Seeing the figure of black mist strolling toward him as leisurely as if walking in a courtyard, Zhao Tingyu let out a cold harrumph.
A long saber slashed toward his opponent, while his spell technique instantly launched out, intending to shatter those nine divine statues.
In an instant.
Within the space, the Sea of Blood collided with Zhao Tingyu's technique.
Zhao Tingyu certainly lived up to his reputation for tyrannical offensive power; Li Dalong's Boundless Sea of Blood could not hold out for long.
Myriad saber shadows from the Rainbow Bridge pierced into the Sea of Blood, clashing against the Heaven-Piercing Coffin with a ringing sound.
"A fine Dharma Treasure." Even Zhao Tingyu could not help but take a second look at that silver coffin—his technique had failed to leave even a scratch on it!
In the snap of a finger, the Rainbow Bridge saber shadows broke through the Sea of Blood, though their momentum was dampened, and swept toward the nine divine statues.
"Roar!"
Li Dalong's Boundless Sea of Blood was breached, but he did not hesitate.
In mid-air, he condensed the energy into the form of a blood dragon and struck at Zhao Tingyu.
Ever since the Heaven-Piercing Coffin had fallen into Li Dalong's hands, the lethality of the Blood Dragon had multiplied!
Ding-ling-ling!
"Trickster Flashstrike!"
At the same time, Li Yaozu, who had been holding the line from the sidelines, moved in an instant, causing Zhao Tingyu's expression to change.
Li Yaozu shook a bell in his hand—it was... Old Ancestor Wan's "Soul-Enrapturing Heart-Unraveling Bell"!
Even someone as powerful as Zhao Tingyu froze for a moment under the combined confusion of the bell and the "Trickster Flashstrike" sword technique, as killing intent affected his mind.
However, with a single slash of Zhao Tingyu's saber, Li Yaozu's sword was easily shattered.
Boom!
In this momentary exchange, Zhao Tingyu held the absolute upper hand.
Two more of Grand Elder Pu Ci's statues were destroyed, yet Zhao Tingyu had used merely ten percent of his spiritual power!
"There are eight divine statues left. Once I break three more, and I'll be completely free."
Just as the corners of Zhao Tingyu's mouth rose slightly and Grand Elder Pu Ci stared pale-faced at the shattered stone statues, both of them froze.
On the field, that Li Family Old Ancestor—who had been inconspicuous all along—had not suffered even a scratch under Zhao Tingyu's technique!
The Yin-Yang Fish Diagram expanded rapidly within this Void Refining Space.
The two carp, one black and one white, leapt joyfully as if in water.
"Heaven, Earth, and the Mortal Realm!"
"Myriad Dao Divine Bell Pagoda, Suppress!"
In the midst of this great battle, Li Wei moved like a god controlling space.
In a split second, he was already just a hundred meters in front of Zhao Tingyu!
The "Myriad Dao Divine Bell Pagoda"—the very foundation of the Li family used for their cultivators' training—suddenly grew to a height of a hundred meters, crashing down to suppress Zhao Tingyu.
A glint flashed from Li Wei's spear; in the snap of a finger, it was already before Zhao Tingyu's eyes, the spear tip expanding endlessly in his vision.
"Impossible!"
Zhao Tingyu stared at this spear in disbelief.
At the Void Refining realm, one could even sense fluctuations in space.
He had been able to detect Li Wei's movements through the teleportation technique of the Yin-Yang Fish Diagram.
But this spear strike... he hadn't sensed it at all.
It was as if, within this Void Refining Space, there was a segment of... vanished time!
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