Translator: CinderTL
"The Grand Void Ancestral Dragon Dharma Aspect..."
"Shattered?!"
In that instant, the Venerables' pupils constricted in unison.
The scene before them struck like an unprecedented informational shockwave, shattering their minds!
Horror, fear, awe, disbelief, incomprehension...
Countless thoughts stormed through their hearts, pushing their Heart-Minds beyond their limits, causing them to falter and even grind to a halt.
The Grand Void Ancestral Dragon Dharma Aspect!
This was the Supreme Dharma Aspect!
The true apex predator of the Dharma Aspect Realm!
A being whose emergence could illuminate an entire era!
Across the countless sects, large and small, of the Profound Yellow Great World, tens of thousands of dharma aspects were born every hundred thousand years!
Yet among these tens of thousands, fewer than a handful could cultivate the Supreme Dharma Aspect!
Less than one in a thousand!
These beings were the spiritual pillars of all dharma aspects, invincible and unmatched within their realm—the ultimate powerhouses!
Yet now, the renowned Supreme Dharma Aspect, the Grand Void Ancestral Dragon, had been crushed in a single exchange with Li Chunjun, who had harnessed the Void Power with devastating force!
The sensation...
It was as if a top-tier supreme sage, a figure comparable to the Heavenly Palace Great Emperor, had personally intervened, crushing the Grand Void Ancestral Dragon Dharma Aspect with overwhelming force!
No!
This was even stronger and more terrifying than a top-tier supreme sage or the Heavenly Palace Great Emperor!
Don't forget, his Void Storm Dharma Aspect was still engaged in combat against the Wu Ji Sect's fifty-eight great dharma aspects, united in their Battle Formation!
In other words, he was simultaneously fighting a massive enemy force, tearing apart the Great Void Ancestral Dragon at close range, and still maintaining absolute dominance, with no one able to stop him!
This level of power...
Even among top-tier supreme sages and Heavenly Palace Great Emperors, he would undoubtedly be considered a powerhouse!
Thoughts raced through their minds.
Faced with this terrifying spectacle, the spirits of all the dharma aspects endured unbearable torment.
"How is this possible...?"
The Universal Transformation Venerable stared fixedly at Li Chunjun's distant figure.
Just...
Just recently, in the Profound Yellow Vast Land, he hadn't even reached the Void Refining stage!
How could he have grown to this extent in such a short time?!
"How can a dharma aspect... be this strong?!"
"Special Life forms aren't this terrifying! Even dharma aspects cultivated by Special Life forms couldn't possess such combat power! Even if he wields a Top-Tier Dao Artifact, he couldn't possibly unleash such overwhelming power, surpassing even top-tier supreme sages! Either he's more than just a Special Life form, or..."
Divine Sage!
Quasi-Immortal Artifact!
Li Chunjun paid no heed to the inner thoughts of the Heavenly Palace and Wu Ji Sect's Dharma Aspects.
Having activated both his Void Dao Body and Destruction Dao Body, he now manifested his ultimate form—a Life Level 40 Supreme Dharma Aspect!
He reveled in his newfound power, feeling the Void Power and destruction power surging through him with every gesture.
After briefly acclimating to this transformation, he pressed down with a void hand.
The Void Storm Dharma Aspect, already raging with enough ferocity to suppress Yuan Shaoyang and the fifty-eight Venerables, suddenly surged with even greater might.
The terrifying storm, now infused with pure destruction power, transformed into a cosmic cataclysm capable of annihilating worlds. It relentlessly battered and tore apart the Wu Ji Sect's fifty-eight Dharma Aspects' battle formation.
Under the storm's relentless assault, the mighty Creation Qilin Dharma Aspect visibly crumbled, its flesh and blood stripped away inch by inch as if undergoing a slow, agonizing dismemberment.
Countless storm fragments pierced through the Qilin's defenses, striking the Wu Ji Sect's Dharma Manifestation Venerables and instantly unleashing a tempest of blood and gore.
As Dharma Aspects fell one by one, the Human Emperor Banner deep within his Heart-Mind billowed ceaselessly.
["Defeated a Level 37 creature! Experience +81,211!"]
["Defeated a Level 35 creature! Experience +13,482!"]
["Defeated a Level 36 creature! Experience +32,015!"]
[Life Level: 40 (264,985/1,000,000)]
After reaching Life Level 40, the experience granted by dharma aspects slightly decreased. However, due to the exceptional quality of this batch, each dharma aspect still provided the Human Emperor Banner with an average of over 20,000 experience points!
Long Xingyu, who had cultivated a Supreme Dharma Aspect and was classified as Level 37, alone granted him 81,000 experience points!
A steady stream of soul power was drawn in, refined, purified, and stored, awaiting the moment his Life Level advanced. This stored power would then be released, propelling his Life Essence to a higher realm.
Level 41, representing the dao unification realm, was now within reach.
"Not just Level 41," he thought. "By eliminating all these dharma aspects, my Life Level will ascend again, reaching Level 42!"
This was why he had entered the dark horned prison, challenging all the dharma aspects of the Heavenly Palace and Wu Ji Sect.
If he could safely escape the dark horned prison, all the current dangers and prying eyes would vanish like mist.
Even though some, like starlight, suspected he was an Innate Divine Being and sought to capture this young "Innate Divine Being" to gamble on a chance at dao unification, it was already too late.
His greatest advantage over others lay in his growth rate—a growth rate even faster than that of an Innate Divine Being!
As long as he continued to grow at this pace, his enemies would never catch up, nor could they scheme against him. Instead, they would only find themselves in greater peril.
One step ahead, always ahead—that was the key.
While Li Chunjun was gaining practical combat experience and sensing the increase in power brought about by his Life Level advancement, Yuan Shaoyang, witnessing his own dharma aspects being continuously shattered and annihilated, finally lost his composure.
"What are you all waiting for?!" he roared, his Divine Sense erupting toward the three blood eagles and the others. "Can't you see the situation by now?! Li Chunjun's hidden strength far exceeds our expectations! Now, the question isn't whether we can defeat him, but whether we can escape the dark horned prison alive! If we don't join forces and fight him with everything we have, we'll all die!"
The burst of divine sense power shook the Heart-Minds of the Heavenly Palace cultivators nearby, jolting them out of their earlier hesitation and lingering fear.
None who had cultivated a dharma aspect were fools.
But humans...
Often, they were too clever, overthinking everything to the point of believing themselves to be the protagonists of destiny, favored by fate, and destined to be the ultimate beneficiaries.
This was why, upon entering the dark horned prison, despite possessing the strength to challenge Li Chunjun, they had passively cooperated with him, refusing to unite and strike together. This allowed him to seize opportunities, gradually accumulate experience, and complete his Life Level advancement.
Only after his Life Level advancement revealed his overwhelming dominance did they finally grasp the true situation.
Urged by Yuan Shaoyang's cries and feeling the pressure, whether by necessity or choice, over a hundred dharma aspects unleashed their power.
"The Wu Ji Sect can't hold out much longer! What are you all waiting for?!"
"Kill! Today is the day we establish our glory!"
"Attack! Only by eliminating Li Chunjun can we escape the dark horned prison alive. Otherwise, death awaits us all!"
The Dharma Manifestation Venerables erupted with divine sense power, their bodies surging with turbulent Qi.
Over a hundred dao techniques erupted simultaneously, forming a torrential flood of Mystical Arts that swept across the sky and earth.
Yet, apart from these dao techniques, fewer than ten Dharma Manifestation Venerables dared to commit their actual dharma aspects to the battle.
Even now, everyone seemed to be waiting for someone else to make the first move, unwilling to be the one to stick their neck out.
Given Li Chunjun's overwhelming ferocity, which had already crushed the Wu Ji Sect's battle formation, anyone who dared to lead the charge would face certain death.
Over a hundred dao techniques streaked across the Void, their combined power...
...was utterly colossal.
Yet after unleashing their dao techniques, the Dharma Aspect cultivators exchanged silent glances, a hint of awkwardness creeping into their expressions.
They had spoken with such fiery passion just moments ago...
And this was the level of attack they could muster?
Dao techniques?
These were methods used by Void Refining cultivators!
This was barely a tickle.
As for this level of concentrated fire...
Li Chunjun waved his void hand, unleashing a storm that instantly dispersed and shattered the dozens, even hundreds, of dao techniques.
The flames and thunderous explosions from the dao techniques were like cannonballs striking a super sandstorm—they produced a brief flash of light but failed to slow the storm's advance by even a fraction.
Even the eight Venerables who charged forward with their dharma aspects were hurled back by the Void Storm's power.
Four of the weaker Venerables had their dharma aspects forcibly torn apart by a single wave of Li Chunjun's void hand.
This scene, though not entirely unexpected, sent a chill through the hearts of all who witnessed it.
"Originally, I only intended to use your combined power to break through my cultivation realm, then exchange your dharma aspects for sufficient cultivation resources. Whether to kill you all was still up for debate! But since you remain stubbornly deluded, you shall all perish here."
Li Chunjun's Divine Sense surged, splitting his Void Storm Dharma Aspect into two. One part continued to batter and tear apart the Wu Ji Sect's crumbling battle formation, while the other unexpectedly coiled toward the Heavenly Palace's dharma aspects.
"Stop him!"
"Li Chunjun, what do you mean by that?"
"Activate the array!"
Chaotic Divine Sense erupted from the Heavenly Palace's dharma aspects.
The Heavenly Palace's dharma aspects were already divided into two factions: those stationed in the Profound Yellow Great World and those dispatched at the invitation of the Yinglong Xiang Emperor Lord.
But the divisions didn't end there. Within each faction, further divisions existed.
For instance, Universal Transformation Venerable represented the Great Longevity Emperor's faction.
Other Venerables might represent different Imperial Lords or Great Emperors.
During their tenure on the Council of Elders, they had frequently sabotaged each other's efforts and undermined each other's plans.
As for the Dragon-Elephant Imperial Lord's side, the situation was even worse.
Hailing from all corners of the world, they lacked any semblance of coordination.
Occasionally, small groups of three to five individuals would form array formations, but these were merely small-scale formations and cliques.
These small formations and cliques distrusted outsiders, stubbornly insisting on advancing and retreating only with their familiar companions, further fragmenting their battle formation.
The Heavenly Palace's forces perfectly demonstrated the theory that numerical superiority doesn't necessarily translate to overall strength.
The only ones capable of withstanding the Void Storm Dharma Aspect's sweeping onslaught were the twelve great dharma aspects, led by the three blood eagles.
They had already activated their Heaven-Severing Soul-Refining Formation!
But as the formation activated, the three blood eagles quickly sensed something was amiss.
"The power of this formation..."
"Didn't Your Majesty say that with enough cultivator sacrifices, this formation could even refine and kill ordinary supreme sages? How... are we struggling so much to withstand even half—no, a quarter—of Li Chunjun's Void Storm power?!"
"Your Majesty miscalculated! No matter how powerful his treasures are, the most he can unleash in his hands is the might of a great emperor. In our hands, their power would likely diminish by another tier. Yet Li Chunjun's combat power... even among great emperors, he's a top-tier powerhouse!"
The three blood eagles, the six wind catchers, and the cloud mountain three venerables grew increasingly anxious.
Li Chunjun's strength far exceeded their expectations!
This level of combat power...
It must be well over 350,000!
Before such overwhelming power, their trump cards, meant to turn the tide, had become a joke!
(End of the Chapter)
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