Primordial Era: With unparalleled comprehension, I am the Ancestor of Stars.

Chapter 106 The Battle of Saints, Peak of the Primordial Chaos Realm

"Could it be... that he has some trump card up his sleeve?"

Just as Nuwa was thinking this, Laozi, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

However, he wasn't addressing Nuwa, but rather Huo Ling'er.

"We fought a long time ago, but the battle was never truly decided. Why don't we have another one now?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Huo Ling'er's eyes blazed with fighting spirit. Like her father, she also wanted to fight her opponent.

Before the primordial chaos was divided, Huo Ling'er and Laozi once fought a battle.

Although that battle ended with Huo Ling'er being injured, Laozi did not consider himself to have won; on the contrary, he believed he had lost completely.

Because he lost a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, namely the crooked flatbread that was separated from the Creation Green Lotus.

This event had a profound impact on Lao Tzu, and it could even be said that it directly led to his early attainment of enlightenment, causing him to give up the opportunity to become a human and establish a religion that was not a religion for humans, but a religion for Taoism.

Lao Tzu believed he had lost completely, and so did Huo Ling'er.

In Huo Ling'er's view, it was very wrong of her to be suppressed by Laozi after he attained enlightenment.

It's not that she felt she had to block powerful figures who had already attained enlightenment before she herself had, but rather that Huo Ling'er felt she had attained enlightenment too late.

If it had been a little earlier, Taihao wouldn't have had to stand up for him.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

Although she attained enlightenment earlier than her father, Huo Ling'er did not believe she would lose.

Because, just like Nuwa, Huo Ling'er's method of proving the Dao can, to some extent, be said to be proving the Dao through force, only a weakened version.

Even so, this method of attaining enlightenment is still beyond Lao Tzu's reach.

Although Lao Tzu was the first cultivator to attain enlightenment through merit, in reality, he wasn't much better than Yuan Shi and others.

The method of attaining enlightenment is still through merit.

The only thing that made him better than the others was that he didn't make grand ambitions, giving him more autonomy compared to the other four.

But since one proves one's Dao with purple qi and entrusts one's primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao of the Lesser Primordial World, where does true freedom and ease come from?

In this situation, four out of the five Hunyuan have already decided to engage in a battle of magic!

An earth-shattering battle is about to erupt.

However, before they even started fighting, strange things began to happen.

A giant hand suddenly emerged from the void, and before anyone could react, it directly altered the surrounding environment.

The battlefield shifted from the Taihao Realm to the depths of chaos.

At least that's the case for these four mixed battlefields.

This giant golden hand is none other than Taihao's.

He certainly couldn't allow four powerful beings of the Primordial Chaos realm to fight each other in the Taihao Realm.

After all, the primordial world in history was fragmented because of the Investiture of the Gods, which eventually led to the end of the Dharma era.

It can be said that the Great War of the Saints was the direct cause of the downgrading of the primordial world.

Although the Taihao Realm is vast, it is still inferior to the complete primordial world.

A battle of that scale would be difficult for even the entire primordial world to withstand, let alone the Taihao Realm.

Therefore, the only way is to shift the battlefield to chaos.

After the golden hand descended, the scene changed rapidly.

With Taihao's immense power, he could easily force the four Hunyuan to fight in a different location without any preparation.

In fact, if it weren't for Hongjun's interference, he could have directly attacked the Three Pure Ones without any problem.

But just after Taihao opened up the battlefield, strange things happened again.

For some unknown reason, Tongtian once again swung the Qingping Sword, unleashing an unparalleled sword light that slashed towards Hongyun.

This scene was extremely sudden. After Huo Ling'er and the other four Hunyuan were transferred away, no one could stop it, not even Xi He.

If this attack had been aimed at Xihe, she might have been able to defend against it.

However, when it comes to targeting Hongyun, there's not much that can be done.

For a moment, Hongyun actually took a direct hit from a saint!

With Hongyun's cultivation level, let alone taking it head-on, even just the aftershocks would be difficult for him to withstand!

At this moment, the difference between a Primordial Chaos cultivator and a Quasi-Saint was fully demonstrated.

Hongyun was almost completely unable to resist and died suddenly.

Only a wisp of his broken spirit indicated that he was still alive and pregnant just moments before.

The Primordial Purple Qi was also fragmented!

The events unfolded in an instant. Neither Tongtian's sudden attack nor Hongyun's abrupt demise were anticipated by anyone present.

Then it goes without saying that Hongyun herself was also in trouble.

He didn't even have time to scream before he became a victim of Tongtian's sword.

Only the damaged true spirit can prove that it once existed.

In the same instant, besides Hongyun's true spirit, the Primordial Purple Qi also became damaged!

To be precise, the total amount of Hongmeng Purple Qi has not changed.

However, under that sword intent, a single purple aura transformed into eight purple auras of varying lengths.

If you look closely, you can spot the three long and five short features.

There seems to be some deeper meaning behind it.

This scene happened extremely suddenly. Not to mention the demon cultivators, even Xihe was stunned for a moment before quickly coming to her senses.

Then, while Xihe was on guard, she was also inexplicably puzzled.

Whether it was her imagination or not, Xihe felt that Tongtian's sudden attack was not aimed at Hongyun, but at the Primordial Purple Qi!

However, since the Primordial Purple Qi was inside Hongyun's body, it was not so easy to take it out, so they simply dispersed it along with Hongyun!

From this perspective, Hongyun's death was very unjust.

However, if we take his fate into account, Hongyun's death is only natural, because his destiny had already been secretly arranged by some being!

But Xihe, of course, was unaware of all this.

In fact, let alone Xihe, even Tongtian didn't fully understand the trickery involved, and even...

He was even somewhat bewildered as to why he had taken action.

"Why did I suddenly attack Hongyun?"

At this moment, Tongtian felt not only surprise and doubt, but also a sense of fear.

Although he outwardly pretended to be calm and collected, he was actually more terrified than anyone else, even more so than those fearful demon cultivators.

Tongtian is actually very proud. Unless necessary, he will not attack cultivators with lower cultivation levels than himself. This is why, when he appeared, he did not attack me directly, but instead chose to erase Yihe's supernatural powers.

Given Tongtian's arrogance, it's highly unlikely he would lay a hand on Hongyun.

After all, he had no grudge against Hongyun.

Even so, he still swung the Qingping Sword in his hand. Although he did it against his will, in the eyes of others, Hongyun's death was inextricably linked to him.

However, like everyone else, Tongtian was terrified.

What are you so afraid of?

Terrified that even a saint could act out of control? Tongtian investigated further, and his true spirit trembled even more.

He was horrified to discover that what was wielding the Qingping Sword was not his physical body, but something residing in the void...

Primordial Spirit!

What?

His own primordial spirit was beyond his control?

This conclusion filled Tongtian with even greater horror.

He couldn't understand how this could happen to him as a Primordial Saint. Wasn't it said that after attaining enlightenment, one could become carefree and at ease?

Why is the situation different from what he expected?

Tongtian's eyes were sharp as he stared at the Primordial Purple Qi that had split into eight and vanished in an instant. A conjecture quietly arose in his mind.

"Could the reason be related to this?"

It must be said that Tongtian's conjecture is quite bold.

Thanks to his Hunyuan cultivation, he has come close to the truth to some extent.

However, Tongtian didn't dare to think any further.

What are you thinking?

To understand the source of the purple aura.

He wondered who was manipulating his primordial spirit from behind, causing the Qingping Sword to swing uncontrollably.

This led to the death of Hongyun and the shattering of Ziqi.

Even if Tongtian didn't want to, he already had the answer in his subconscious.

The existence he dared not even imagine was self-evident.

Hongjun!

At this very moment, in the chaos connecting the two realms, two incomparably vast and ineffable wills quietly descended, just as they had more than ten eons ago, causing the vast chaos to churn violently.

However, if we're really going to talk about it, there are still very obvious differences.

The time before the meeting, although it could also have such an effect, it was not by will alone, but required the descent of the real body.

This shows how much the two sides have improved in strength.

"Hongjun, I never expected you to have actually touched the threshold of the peak of the Primordial Chaos realm! This truly surprises me!"

In chaos.

Taihao spoke first.

Neither he nor Hongjun made a move immediately.

Because we don't lack that little bit of time.

Both sides are well aware that once this battle begins, they will be unable to consider anything else, and the battle will drag on for a long time, not to mention that the limitations of time and space will be broken.

It is chaos itself.

There's a possibility that they might not be able to withstand it!

Because Taihao and Hongjun are now at the late stage of Hunyuan cultivation, and have even touched the threshold of the peak of Hunyuan!

Peak Hunyuan and late Hunyuan are not the same concept.

Their strength is naturally incomparable.

After Taihao touched this threshold, he even wondered if Pangu might have been at the peak of Hunyuan before creating the world!

Taihao only touched the edge of that realm, yet his strength increased several times over. If he were to truly break through to that realm, his strength would be unimaginable.

Similarly, after Hongjun touched the edge of the peak of Hunyuan, his strength also increased significantly.

Compared to when Taihao broke through to the late stage of Hunyuan more than ten times before, the difference was so small that it was almost non-existent.

In terms of strength, the two have surprisingly returned to the same starting line.

(End of this chapter)