The mortal's candle dragon opens the sky

Chen Ruyan put away the Heavenly Dragon Oath and followed Xu Yang's gaze.

Not far from the azure water curtain, a dark red spatial passage was torn open, and three tiny figures hidden in the escape light emerged from the void turbulence. The dark red eyes and oval white jade tablet that were originally suspended in the void rolled rapidly and each plunged into one of the two figures.

Three figures then slowly flew towards this side. As if to show that they had no ill intentions, they did not reveal their spiritual domains, dharma forms, or immortal artifacts. However, the aura of laws that they openly displayed was extremely heavy. Wherever they went, the power of the Great Dao followed, and the laws of heaven and earth within the vast void twisted. Sometimes the phantom of the Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared and disappeared, sometimes their bodies became deathly still, and sometimes the vitality of the nearby void rapidly decayed. This indicated that they were all there in person.

"The Lord of Samsara Palace, along with Huangfu Yu and Jiu You, have come in person!? Every time they contacted me before, they possessed the Samsara Envoy. Why are they showing such sincerity today?"

Chen Ruyan was taken aback, her expression turning somewhat amused. She said softly, "Hehe, Chi Rong and Bai Yun just perished here, yet they dared to break through the void turbulence to meet us in person. Aren't they afraid we'll take advantage of our great victory to launch a counterattack?"

"They go around mountains and fill in depressions; they are wise and pragmatic! They know the unstoppable torrent is coming, and since they can't avoid it, they might as well show weakness and submit early on. Because the Lord of the Samsara Palace once obtained the Heavenly Bottle, he knows more information than you! He knows that he can no longer stop my rise!"

Xu Yang's expression shifted slightly, and he said calmly. He had long known that the Lord of Samsara Palace was not a persistent person, and that his personality was different from that of Han Li, who had changed his mind at the moment. So he did not hide anything from Chen Ruyan.

"Hasn't the Heavenly Bottle been in the hands of that strange fellow Li Yuanjiu ever since it was lost by the previous Heavenly Court ruler?"

Chen Ruyan's beautiful eyes widened in confusion, but as a member of the ancient True Dragon Clan, although she hadn't witnessed the era when True Dragons wielded the Heavenly Bottle, she still had some understanding of its three great divine abilities. The next moment, she realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise:
"The Lord of the Samsara Palace is a time traveler! No wonder he has always had the upper hand in his struggle against the Heavenly Court! What era is he from? Why do I have no recollection of him?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang smiled mysteriously, took out a small green bottle, waved it at Chen Ruyan, and laughed, "It's not his time yet!"

"I see!"

Chen Ruyan looked younger than Xuyang. At this moment, she had a thoughtful expression that was somewhat innocent and cute. Then she looked at Xuyang in surprise, as if she had seen something that would shatter her worldview.

"You know so much, could you also be from the future... Hmm?! No, that's not right! The divine power of reversing fate cannot change the predetermined destiny of the past. This was already verified by the Taiyi Ancestral Court in ancient times! Limitless beyond limitless, endless beyond endless. You have cultivated to this level of chaotic, heaven-defying divine power, fighting several ranks higher than others. Even though your true body wouldn't dare to act rashly in this past or present, you must have already transcended the constraints of reversing fate! This..."

"hehe!"

Xu Yang gave her an approving look and chuckled:

"Chaos separated into time and space, and time and space merged to form chaos. Before I was born, I looked towards the Realm of True Immortals. The long river of time in my eyes was like reading a book with space as its axis and time as its pages. I know that the limitless is endless, so I can naturally transcend it! It is only natural to master that kind of supernatural power. This is the chicken-and-egg principle. Creating something from nothing is a skill that only the creator can do. You and I are still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from that realm!"

"So there really are heavens beyond heavens!"

Like the Xuanwu Dao Master who was learning this news for the first time, Chen Ruyan was shocked beyond words. She couldn't help but yearn for that primitive world full of infinite possibilities and unknowns, and her beautiful eyes were filled with longing.

As they were talking, the three Lords of the Samsara Palace had already arrived in front of the azure water curtain. They stood outside with extremely low postures, being exceptionally humble and unassuming, and remained silent.

"Ha! They were polite first and wanted to resolve the conflict, so I shouldn't push my luck too far. Alright, Baiyun has been completely suppressed by the Xuanwu Dao Lord. Ruyan, you take back the Spirit Domain, let's meet them!"

Xu Yang sighed softly and gestured slightly forward. To be fair, the loyal and righteous Lord Han was much more likable than the old devil Han from later generations who would retreat behind everyone if things went wrong. Xu Yang was curious to hear what Lord Han had to say.

Standing there with his hands clasped, Hall Master Han was filled with a multitude of thoughts. For the first time since founding the Samsara Palace, he felt lost.

Just then, the sound of gushing waves suddenly arose in front of them, and the boundless blue tide rushed in one direction, disappearing completely in an instant.

Where the countless streams of true water disappeared, a young Taoist priest, a man and a woman with dragon horns on their heads, walked leisurely one after the other, stepping on the void. In the blink of an eye, they stood in front of the three of them, both smiling and nodding with amusement.

The three hall masters of the Samsara Palace exchanged a glance and smiled wryly.

Like the other three, the other party also did not release any spiritual domains, dharma forms, or immortal artifacts.

As one of the Seven Heavenly Sovereigns, it's not surprising that Chen Ruyan, the Origin Dao Ancestor, has such confidence. The young Daoist leading the group is the True Dragon he fought against several times before. Compared to a few days ago, this person's aura is now unfathomable. Chen Ruyan, one of the Seven Heavenly Sovereigns, actually took a slight step back.

Now that things have come to this, how could the three of them not understand that they have completely lost this time?

They understand the principle of accepting defeat and standing at attention when being beaten all too well!

The Lord of Samsara Palace removed the cloak he always wore, revealing his unassuming and simple face. He coughed lightly and then bowed, as if to say something. But before he could speak, Xu Yang spoke first, leisurely: "Fellow Daoist Han, how have you been? We meet again!"

Upon hearing this, the Lord of the Samsara Palace felt a sudden buzzing in his head, as if struck by lightning. He stood there stunned for several breaths before asking incredulously:

"How could you possibly know my name? I have never told anyone in my entire life! This is also the first time in tens of millions of years that I have taken off the Heaven-Covering Cloak! It was personally crafted by the old blind man of the Heaven-Mending Sect!"

Huangfu Yu and Emperor Jiuyou, who were standing to the side, were shocked to see their usually composed Palace Master so out of control. They looked at each other in surprise. As fellow Daoists and subordinates who had known their Palace Master for tens of millions of years, they had never known his name before, but now an outsider had revealed it to them.

"Impossible. Even if you have the Heavenly Bottle, it's impossible. The Heaven-Returning Divine Power has two forms: soul travel and physical travel. But before I traveled through the physical body, I was already wearing the Heaven-Covering Cloak, the relic of the old blind man. Even if you used soul travel and happened to meet 'me' in the past, you still couldn't know my name! Because I can't tell you my name."

Even if we take a step back and assume you obtained this information indirectly from my past self or through some kind of spell, once that past 'me' has seen you, with the timeline converging, the present 'me' will also gain the memories of the past and will definitely recognize you at a glance! But I don't know you!
Moreover, in the final moment before I separated from the Heavenly Bottle, I erased all the temporal and spatial nodes related to me from the River of Time, leaving only the scenes I had once glimpsed while concealing my true form, most of which were related to the True Word Sect! But even the old monk Mi Luo didn't know my true nature!

Two dark red vortexes spun wildly in the eyes of the Lord of Samsara Palace, and he muttered to himself with an incredulous expression.

Han, who couldn't figure out what was going on, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and looked up, staring intently at Xu Yang:

"Time and space are finite! But chaos is infinite! Did you enter the inner space of the Heavenly Bottle? And that's how you mastered the chaotic power within? But that's impossible. Anyone who hasn't mastered the power of chaos will surely die if they enter the inner space of the Heavenly Bottle, unless the bottle spirit helps and escorts you there. But the bottle spirit would never agree to that! Its lifelong wish is to break free of the bottle and go to the chaotic void, whose existence is uncertain! It would never sacrifice itself for the sake of others! Could it be that the bottle spirit told you? Yes! That's the only possibility! What else did it tell you? It swore to me that it would never reveal my specific information to anyone, or it would be punished by heaven."

Chen Ruyan, Huangfu Yu, and Jiuyou were also hearing such a huge amount of information for the first time. At this moment, they were all shocked and held their breath, afraid of missing a single detail.

Xu Yang looked at the other person, his gaze gradually turning to pity. He had no intention of lying to him and calmly said, "I have never been inside the Palm Heaven Bottle. Well, to be precise, I haven't had a chance to go in yet! Moreover, I haven't truly understood the Palm Heaven Bottle. Without certainty, I won't go in and put myself in danger! As for my ability to master the power of chaos, there are other reasons, which have nothing to do with the Palm Heaven Bottle. However, my rapid progress in cultivation is indeed largely due to the power of creation of the Palm Heaven Bottle. Well, I have no reason to lie to you."

The Lord of Samsara was taken aback. He could sense the sincerity in Xu Yang's words. Xu Yang was right; there was no need to lie to him. He stood there dumbfounded for a long time before giving a bitter smile: "Where is the bottle spirit? Could you please let it come out to see me?"

Xu Yang slowly shook his head: "The bottle spirit's goal is to seize the creation of heaven and earth to fulfill itself. The day its wish is fulfilled will be the day that the Heavenly Bottle, this object imbued with the spirit of heaven and earth, is completely destroyed! Such a wish is to seize the hearts of all spirits with one's own heart, which is of no benefit to this world and goes against the interests of all spirits. I cannot tolerate such a scourge. Its bottle spirit body has been completely refined by me and has now become the source of my law of destruction! Perhaps there is still a clone of it inside the Heavenly Bottle, which is why I do not enter the Heavenly Bottle in my true form. Its words are a mixture of truth and falsehood, and I do not believe it!"

"Refined!? The bottle spirit is gone? It's turned into the source of the Law of Destruction?"

The Lord of the Samsara Palace stared in disbelief, taking two steps back. After processing Xu Yang's words, his gaze towards Xu Yang changed, becoming extremely wary and even tinged with fear. He looked around but found nothing amiss in the void, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, saying:
"It seems I guessed wrong. Today, not only am I not spared, but I will also implicate fellow Daoists Huangfu Jiuyou! Coming here to apologize is like a lamb entering a tiger's den—no, a lamb entering a dragon's mouth! Since you have refined the Bottle Spirit, you have naturally obtained the Dao God Seal and the Three Thousand Dao God Array!"
The Three Thousand Dao Divine Array can manipulate the power of the Three Thousand Great Daos, reenacting the earth, wind, water, and fire, returning the entire world to chaos. The person who presides over the array can also use this to break through the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and become an existence above the Heavenly Dao!

Who wouldn't yearn for a higher realm? It seems you also intend to emulate that one in Heaven, destroying the heavens and earth and then creating a new world!
"But it doesn't matter. You've already established your power. Even the one in the Heavenly Court didn't master the power of chaos, and now you have it too. Plus, you have Fellow Daoist Chen Ruyan protecting you closely. The three of us can't possibly do anything to you. Even if we don't die today, we'll only live a few more days. It's better to witness the true power of chaos sooner rather than later."

As he spoke, an extremely intricate six-colored roulette wheel appeared in the hands of the Lord of Samsara Palace. The next moment, the Lord of Samsara Palace was enveloped by an extremely dense dark red power of law.

"Wasn't the plan to turn hostility into friendship? How come..."

The void was completely silent; you could hear a pin drop. Huangfu Jiuyou and the other man were both dumbfounded. The situation had changed too quickly, and they couldn't accept it for a while.

Chen Ruyan frowned slightly, and the next moment, the two second-grade Xuan treasures had already slipped into her palm. Behind her, the true water phantom churned, and the aura as vast as the ocean still rose.

Upon seeing this, Huangfu Jiuyou and the other exchanged a glance and slowly retreated, their auras beginning to rise.

Unexpectedly, the next moment Xu Yang slowly shook his head, waved his hand to signal Chen Ruyan to withdraw her supernatural power, then sighed and said to the Lord of the Samsara Palace with some helplessness:
"The most deadly thing is the unspoken assumption. Who said I was going to kill you all or destroy the world?"

The Lord of Samsara Palace was taken aback. Of course, he didn't believe it, but it would be better to avoid a fight. He also raised his hand to stop Huangfu Jiuyou and the other person from their actions and asked in return:
"Who wouldn't yearn for the higher realm of the strong, free from all constraints, no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao? There's only one way to break through the Heavenly Dao. Can you resist the temptation? Do you think we'll believe you when you say that?"

Xu Yang helplessly raised three fingers: "First! The laws you cultivate are either the same as mine or are lower-level laws of mine. You can't possibly be a match for us! I advise you not to make a mistake. Once is never enough. If you really make a move this time, I won't hold back!"
Secondly, I will not destroy the world. My Chaos Power is complete, and I can merge with Chaos and transcend the Heavenly Dao without the Three Thousand Dao Gods Formation! I have no reason to lie to you about this. In the near future, you will naturally know that what I said is true.

Third, Heaven has a spirit. Guess why, even though I possess the power to destroy the world, Heaven still favors me, even protecting me in many ways? If I intended to destroy the world, shouldn't Heaven immediately unleash a great calamity to nip this scourge in the bud?

"Hmm? That seems to make some sense."

Palace Master Han frowned deeply; these were also things he couldn't understand. With his guard slightly lowered, he continued, "But why were you willing to let me off the hook and not pursue the matter when I attacked you several times before? And how did you know my background?" (End of Chapter)