Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 680 What Happened
The sound wasn't loud, but it silenced the entire Dongming Sacred Domain for a moment.

Even the bone dragon that guarded the Dongming Temple and moved through the dark clouds stopped swimming, its dark purple flames burning fiercely in its eye sockets.

Even though it had no flesh or skin on its body, a hint of astonishment was clearly visible at that moment.

In this Taiyi Realm, how dare a creature speak to its master like that?
The Holy Lord of Insight paused for a moment.

But after realizing what was happening, a smile appeared on his lips.

"If you can do it, feel free to give it a try."

Although the two people in front of him are both extraordinary beings at the level of 'top Saint King', he is the Insightful Saint Lord, one of the strongest beings in the Taiyi Realm.

Even if the two of them join forces, he is not afraid!
Not to mention this is his sacred domain!
Within the Holy Domain, he is the ruler!

"Xuanyin!"

Mysterious Sounds and Nine Luminaries Dispel Demons with Immortal Light!

Although she usually appears gentle and mild-mannered, Ning Wanzhu is decisive and ruthless when it comes to taking action.

clank!

A bright, dazzling celestial light swept across the heavens, capturing all the righteous energy that could kill.

It started as a small thing, but in the blink of an eye it has covered the entire world, tearing apart the dark clouds.

The once dark and gloomy Dongming Sacred Domain suddenly became bright, and the Xuan Yin Jiu Yao Dian Mo Xian Guang illuminated the earth, just like the blazing sunlight shining into a damp and dark remote corner.

Everything is being burned and evaporated...

The dark clouds surrounding the main hall dissipated, and the bone dragon guarding the hall let out painful roars, its huge and ferocious body twisting and struggling amidst the constant hissing sounds.

Even the incomparably majestic 'Dongming Sacred Manifestation,' which stood behind the curtain of heaven and coldly overlooked the entire Dongming Sacred Domain, seemed to be showing signs of dissipating.

Just as the Xuan Yin Nine Luminaries Demon-Dispelling Immortal Light spread out.

A water droplet appeared in Mingyu's palm, continuously extending and lengthening until it transformed into a blue spear with cloud patterns flowing across its shaft.

With a flick of his wrist, the spear unleashed a blindingly sharp edge capable of piercing through anything!

Following the momentum of the celestial light, it pierced towards the brow of 'Dongming Shengxian,' who overlooked the entire Dongming Sacred Domain behind the curtain of heaven.

"If that's all..."

The Holy Lord of Insight remained calm and composed, simply raising his right palm as the divine light and divine blades attacked.

The 'Insightful Manifestation' hidden behind the sky also raised its hand, slowly pressing down on the heavens below.

The once brighter Dongming Sacred Domain dimmed again, as if endless darkness was surging in from beyond the heavens, about to engulf everything.

All of this seems slow, but in reality it takes less than a fraction of a second.

The divine hand clashed with the celestial light and divine blade.

Everything seemed to freeze, and the very center of the surging power was reduced to an imperceptible dot.

Another one-hundred-billionth of a moment later.

boom!
An impact powerful enough to tear everything apart suddenly surged in all directions, carrying endless vibrant colors, like a colorful tsunami, overwhelming everything it touched!
Rumble!
If viewed from outside the Dongming Sacred Domain, one can see that the entire Dongming Sacred Domain has expanded.

The 'hurricane' formed by spatial turbulence has collapsed.

The sound vibrated incessantly.

Originally just a 'gap' between the Taiyi Continent and the Thirty-Sixth Heaven, it began to expand due to a spreading colorful shock.

The fact that the former Holy Lord of Insight could use the 108 Heavens of Taiyi Realm as a threat shows that he truly had the ability to destroy the 108 Heavens.

Now, Ming Yu and Ning Wanzhu may be a little weaker than him in cultivation, but they are still at the Tongxuan level!

It's perfectly normal for the aftermath of the confrontation to cause the 'gaps' to widen!

It seemed like an instant, yet also like a long time had passed, before the aftershocks of the three-way battle finally subsided.

And within the Holy Domain of Dongming.

The Holy Lord of Insight remained standing silently in the sky, looking down at the two of them. Behind him, the Holy Manifestation Shadow, exuding an aura of 'disorder' and 'chaos', had a cold gaze.

"This is a bit troublesome." Mingyu frowned slightly.

The 'Sage Manifestation' method of the Taiyi Realm is more mature than the 'Dharmakaya' method of the Taiping Realm, and in some respects it is even close to the 'Dharmakaya' of the Taixuan Realm.

These are all concrete manifestations of what practitioners or extraordinary individuals cultivate throughout their lives.

The characteristics of all dharmas.

In other words, they also need to activate their Dharma forms in order to confront the Holy Lord of Enlightenment head-on.

As for taking it down...

It's hard.

"You're going to..."

Mingyu looked at Ning Wanzhu and found that she had taken out a pure white jade pendant with three vertical marks engraved on it.

As one of the vertical marks burned away completely.

Zheng~!

With a strange sound, pure white light leaped out from the darkness, soaring into the sky and freezing everything in its path.

Mingyoujian, the Taiyi Continent, the thirty-six high heavens, the seventy-two low heavens, and even the entire Taiyi Realm and its surrounding world, all solidified under the illumination of this pure white light.

The power of penetrating truth!

Ning Wanyin left behind three chances!
At this moment, the Holy Lord of Insight froze completely. He stared blankly at the white light, feeling the higher-level power that was enough to erase him.

However, what arose in my heart was not fear, but confusion.

He felt he had the ability to avoid, or even resist, the forces he was now experiencing.

Or perhaps, this is exactly what he was hoping for.

But his past 'memories' and his reason told him that he was encountering a power on a higher level, one that he could neither avoid nor block.
In this state of bewilderment, the power of the True Insight finally descended.

It was as dazzling as a shooting star streaking across the night sky.

Everyone who has completed all the 'Stairs of Sainthood' witnessed this scene.

Some felt fear, some longing, and some rediscovered the motivation to move forward...

Almost all the extraordinary beings who witnessed this scene believed that the Holy Lord of Insight would perish under this 'meteor'.

but!

Just as the 'meteor' was falling, the Taiyi Realm, which had been solidified by the radiation of the power of the Cave Truth, broke free from this state.

The light of the world, which covered countless worlds, burst forth with unprecedented brilliance. Each world spontaneously began to operate, heading to its proper place, forming special 'nodes'.

These 'nodes' echo each other, ultimately constructing an incredibly vast and mysterious 'ritual' centered on the Taiyi Realm.

As the ceremony began, it was just like when Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu had entered the Taiyi Realm before.

The ritual constructed from the boundless world gradually devoured and absorbed the power of the Cavern Realm...

Due to the weakening of the power of Dongzhen, some areas of the frozen Taiyi Realm have begun to recover.

Gradually, more and more areas broke free from the frozen state.

Finally, the radiating power of the Insightful Realm is limited to the area of ​​the Insightful Sacred Domain, and it is constantly becoming weaker.

The Holy Lord of Insight stared intently at the white light falling toward him until it reached his brow, but at that moment the white light weakened to its extreme!
In that instant, he unleashed all the extraordinary power within him, briefly breaking free from the extremely weakened power of the True Insight.

"inverse!"

The Holy Manifestation, which had originally been hidden behind the sky and exuded chaos and disorder, switched places with him.

puff~
A very faint sound.

The 'Insightful Manifestation,' a manifestation of the pinnacle power of the Taiyi Realm, was pierced by that faint white light, just as a sharp blade pierced through tofu.

The entire Divine Manifestation vanished in an extremely short time, as fragile as a piece of paper that had been set on fire...

"puff--!"

Behind the celestial curtain, the once high and mighty Holy Lord of the Cavern, who reigned supreme over all races and ruled over all heavens, spat out a mouthful of blood like an ordinary person.

He was visibly weakened at that moment. With his body still intact, he took one last look at the Holy Domain of Insight with his now cloudy eyes, then turned and disappeared into the turbulent spatial currents.

Of course, Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu had no intention of pursuing them.

The two were still in a daze because their true power had just been absorbed.

After a while.

Ning Wanzhu put away the jade talisman:
"It seems that the situation in this world is far more complex than we currently know."

The jade talisman given by Senior Sister Wanyin contained the power of the Cave Truth, which was actually absorbed by the Taiyi Realm?!

But they were clearly able to enter the Taiyi Realm only because of the power of the Cave Truth within the jade tablet...

"If the Taiyi Realm could truly achieve this, then why did it do so back then..."

Ning Wanzhu frowned halfway through her sentence.

She thought of a possibility.

Mingyu had thought of that too.

If at that time……

Did Taiyi Realm deliberately let them in?

The two were silent for a while.

Finally, Mingyu took a deep breath:

"Let's go, let's check what Yuan left here first."

"Ah."

Immediately, the two headed towards the Dongming Temple, which was suspended in the dark clouds.

The bone dragons guarding the temple and weaving through the dark clouds were in a panic!
……

……

At the infinite heights of the Taiyi Realm.

Huo stood with his hands behind his back, observing the various events unfolding within the Taiyi Realm.

"I thought we'd have to fight before I used it..." He looked into the Insightful Sacred Domain.

Everything that just happened could not escape his eyes.

However, he had originally thought that these two juniors would have a major battle with the Holy Lord of Insight.

Unexpectedly, after failing to test him with a single supernatural power, that junior from Lingyin Pavilion directly used the jade tablet containing the power of the Cave Truth.

"He is decisive, which is somewhat reminiscent of Fellow Daoist Lingzu."

In fact, everything was just as they thought.

The reason they were able to enter the Taiyi Realm without being expelled was because the Taiyi Realm's Heavenly Will sensed that they possessed more 'True Power', but it was uncertain how much.

The Taiyi Realm is now just one step away from a leap in energy level.

Each additional bit of higher-level power increases the likelihood of the Taiyi Realm's energy level leaping forward.

If the Holy Lord of Insight had not been tricked into removing some 'unnecessary' memories and identity, he would have used the clues of 'Abyss' as bait to gradually guide Ning Wanzhu and Mingyu to use the power of Insight in the following process.

Once the two have exhausted their True Power, the Insightful Saint Lord, as the 'Child of the World,' will use the power of divine favor to kill them and replenish the world's foundation.

The understanding of different systems is still very useful to the world.

Furthermore, the reason why the Taiyi Realm connects to the Boundless World through the World Light and does not hide itself in the Chaos Sea is also for the purpose of energy level leap.

“Using ‘light’ as bait to fish for food and nurture the world…” Huo’s tone was tinged with sarcasm, “You’re quite the thinker.”

The light of this world that covers countless worlds is nothing more than 'bait' on the hook of the Taiyi Realm.

The reason why it doesn't hide itself like other high-energy worlds is that the Taiyi Realm wants to attract more worlds and beings capable of walking in the Chaos Sea by showing its light.

If it's the world that comes, then incorporate it into the system.

If it is a living being, then devour it and turn it into nourishment!

In this way, the Taiyi Realm has harmed many alien beings.

So much so that among the beings below the Tongxuan level who mistakenly entered the Taiyi Realm, only one managed to escape after causing a great disturbance.

It was the person who left behind the 'strange branch'.

A very interesting little fellow. Huo has decided that if he encounters him again, he will bestow upon him a great fortune.

but……

As the saying goes, "If you walk the dark road too often, you'll eventually encounter a ghost."

According to the timeline of the Taiyi Realm, it was about twenty-one years ago when a being who had reached the Dongzhen level was attracted here.

He immediately set his sights on the Taiyi Realm, intending to refine it into his own personal celestial abode.

The Taiyi Realm was naturally unwilling and resisted with all its might.

However, the will of heaven itself has many limitations. Even though it possesses a physique no less than that of an ordinary Cave True Being, the power it can exert is very limited. Therefore, it was repeatedly defeated by the attack of that Cave True Being.

And it was at that crucial moment...

“I told you long ago, your cheap sympathy will get you killed one day.”

Huo smiled and looked at one of the three great worlds outside the Taiyi Realm, his tone full of sarcasm.

but……

The emotions surging in his eyes were extremely complex.

"Heh." He looked away and chuckled self-deprecatingly. "I guess I'm not even in a position to judge you..."

……

……

At this moment, within the Dongming Sacred Domain.

Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu have arrived in front of the Dongming Temple.

The bone dragons hovering around the temple remained motionless, seemingly pretending to be nothing more than decorations.

This is a powerful expert at the Saint Lord level!

It can still bring the master...

Oh no!

An extremely powerful being who could drive away the Holy Lord of Insight!
It's just a small dragon that can't even be considered a 'Saint,' it would be foolish to fight them.

It's not the kind of extraordinary being that needs to practice its ideals to maintain itself; it's just an ordinary extraordinary creation, and there's no point in it fighting with humans.

It still wants to live...

So when the two arrived at the main hall, it thoughtfully opened the hall door and lit the torches on both sides of the passage for them.

"..."

Mingyu gave it a strange look.

The bone dragon immediately lowered its head, not daring to be taller than the two of them. Although its eyes were filled with flickering firelight, it still managed to project a fawning attitude.

This dragon is truly a human... a dragon in disguise.

Ignoring it, the two walked along the passage of the Dongming Temple towards the depths of the main hall.

Just after the two figures disappeared at the end of the passage, the docile bone dragon raised its head again, looking majestic.

When the master was not as powerful as the Holy Lord of Emptiness, he often made strategic retreats.

It's just a 'strategic bow' for now; its owner will forgive it when he finds out!

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