North Sea Dragon Palace, Mysterious Blue Dao Realm.
Nether Spring opened his palm. The wisp of the Grand Emperor Dao Foundation’s Qi mechanism, fished from the depths of the Blood Sea, had now condensed into a faint, thumb-sized silhouette shimmering with a profound light.
It was too weak.
Having sunk for countless eons, corroded day and night by the filth of the Blood Sea, even a Venerable Dao Foundation had been left shattered beyond repair.
Right now, it was merely a "seed," an imprint, a dying ember that stubbornly continued to burn despite being nearly extinguished.
But even so, as Nether Spring held the object in his palm,
the faint yet sharp imperial aura of slaughter, potent enough to sever one’s gaze, still caused the Blood Sea in his palm to spontaneously split open with a thin gash.
The Grand Emperor Profound Vault was second to none in offense.
Even in such a ruined state, it would not tolerate being slighted.
Nether Spring gazed at this wisp of the Dao Foundation’s remnant essence with his blood-red eyes. After a moment of silence, he spoke softly,
"Original Self, this object is of no use to me for now.
The convergence of Yin Yang and the sublimation of the Blood Sea are imminent. I must focus all my efforts on the Refinement of the Celestial Demon and cannot afford any distractions."
He paused.
"Besides, though it is a remnant, it is ultimately the foundation of a Venerable. If it remains in my hands, I may not be able to protect it."
From the depths of the Purple Mansion, the Heart and Spirit imprint of Qi Yun’s main body sent a reply—just a single word:
"Good."
In the next instant, the remnant of the Dao Foundation in Nether Spring’s palm was gently swept up by a beam of blazing white sunlight that descended from the void, vanishing in a flash.
...
Microcosmic Cave Heaven.
The Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch sat cross-legged upon the Golden Flame Lotus Platform. Behind his head, a great sun blazed, its light illuminating all.
He slowly opened his eyes and raised a hand.
A speck of profound light quietly appeared in his palm. At first, it was like a firefly’s glow, but it soon expanded to the size of a pigeon’s egg, hovering three inches above his palm and rotating slowly.
This was the item retrieved from the depths of the Blood Sea—
the [Grand Emperor Profound Vault Dao Foundation].
The Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch stared at the object, a solemn expression forming on his face.
Even in such a ruined state, even after sinking for countless eons, this wisp of the Dao Foundation’s remnant essence still emanated an almost instinctual sharpness and tyranny that lorded over all living things.
Hovering in the True Monarch’s palm, it faintly repelled the blazing, radiant Dao Fruit, like two kings meeting for the first time, each occupying their own territory and scrutinizing the other.
’A Venerable Dao Foundation... Truly extraordinary.’
The Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch murmured to himself. Wasting no more time, he rose, stepped out of the Cave Heaven, and transformed into a streak of Flowing Light, heading straight for the Northwest.
...
Wuji Holy Sect, in a quiet room at the Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple.
Qi Yun’s main body stood quietly before a window, his hands clasped behind his back as he gazed at the twilight-shrouded Celestial Vault.
He had sensed something and had come to the courtyard a step ahead to wait quietly.
A few breaths later, a gentle yet undeniable light spread silently from the northwestern horizon.
The Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch, walking barefoot on lotuses, emerged from the void. His robes fluttered, and light flowed around his body, coating the twilight of the Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple in a faint, golden-white brilliance.
He said nothing, merely raising a hand.
His palm opened.
The [Grand Emperor Dao Foundation], shimmering with profound light, hovered quietly above it.
Qi Yun’s gaze fell upon it.
In that very instant—
BZZZZ—!!!
The remnant of the Dao Foundation, which had been as silent as a dead thing, seemed to sense something and erupted with a world-shaking resonance!
It was no longer silent, no longer ruined, no longer weak!
It was like a monarch who had slumbered for eons and had just caught the scent of its own kind.
Both were Venerable, equal in Status.
Yet their Dao paths were different, their fundamental natures incompatible.
Grand Emperor Profound Vault: singular and absolute, proving its Dao through slaughter and destruction. Daluo Myriad Skills: all-encompassing, ascending through dominion and evolution.
This was the meeting of a blade’s edge and an emperor’s throne.
This was a contest of the Great Dao—between one who would slay all things and one who would rule them!
BOOM—!!!
A beam of Profound Emperor’s Killing Aura, condensed to the absolute limit, suddenly burst forth from the Grand Emperor Dao Foundation!
The killing aura was no thicker than a strand of hair, yet the moment it appeared, it instantly pierced a pin-sized hole through the condensed sunlight in the Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch’s palm!
It locked onto Qi Yun!
It recognized Qi Yun!
Its instincts told it—the person before it was one of its own kind, and also a rival on the Dao!
Qi Yun’s brow twitched slightly.
Just as this Grand Emperor’s killing aura was about to erupt—
the Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch’s expression hardened. He raised his left hand, his five fingers forming a loose cup.
"[Cave Heaven Dust Two Realms Technique]."
His voice was not loud, but it carried the supreme authority of a True Monarch, whose words were law.
Between his cupped fingers, the Grand Emperor Dao Foundation, along with Qi Yun’s main body, the small courtyard of the Cyan Mountain Daoist Temple, and the void within a ten-yard radius around them—
all abruptly collapsed!
They were peeled away from the Profound Yellow Great World and drawn into another Microcosmic Cave Heaven, a realm independent of karma and isolated from the Celestial Dao!
Outside, the cyan mountains remained, and the twilight was unchanged.
The courtyard was empty, as if no one had ever stood there.
...
Inside the Cave Heaven.
This was a microcosmic world that the Great Sun Purple Extreme True Monarch had temporarily created with a Supreme Divine Technique, specifically to contain the "clash of Venerable Dao Foundations."
The Celestial Vault had no sun or moon, only endless light flowing from the void—a projection of the Great Sun Purple Extreme Dao Fruit into this realm.
The earth had not yet taken form; it was just a chaotic expanse of milky-white brilliance, like a solidified sea of clouds, like purity and turbidity yet unseparated.
Qi Yun stood at the center of this world, his Deep Blue Daoist Robe hanging loosely, his aura as serene as an abyss.
Three feet in front of him, the Grand Emperor Dao Foundation hovered in the void, shimmering with profound light.
But now, that profound light was no longer "weak" and "ruined" as it had been moments ago.
It was awake!
BOOM—!!!
The first strange phenomenon erupted from the [Grand Emperor Profound Vault Dao Foundation]!
It was a sword.
No, it was not a sword.
It was a fissure—a crack that seemed to have existed since the dawn of Heaven and Earth, carrying the will of eons of slaughter!
The moment this mark appeared, the projection of the great sun on the Cave Heaven’s dome actually let out a faint hum, its light flickering as if stung by an invisible edge!
Deep within Qi Yun’s Purple Mansion, the [Daluo Heaven] that suppressed all and evolved the Ten Thousand Laws manifested of its own accord!
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