Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 89: The Great Dao is all external; strength lies within oneself, not in the strength of the Dao itself. (This is followed by an unrelated sentence about killing Hongjun.)

In this collision, Di Qing shattered the illusory primordial history, and also destroyed the weight of history, turning it into endless fragments that flowed into the years and disappeared into nothingness.

However, Di Qing's fist also bled, and his body couldn't help but feel immense pressure. But Di Qing ultimately withstood it and finally destroyed the technique.

Finally, the fist clashed with the sword of time.

A cracking sound rang out, and Hongjun was stunned, his mind reeling: "What?"

Yet, Hongjun's three innate treasures, which housed his three corpses, and his natal spiritual treasure, forged from the sacrificial Time Demon God, were shattered by a single punch from Di Qing. These treasures contained elements of chaos, their quality comparable to a half-step Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

A shattering sound rang out, and it broke into many fragments that scattered across the chaotic layer.

However, at the moment of shattering, Di Qing's fist also pierced into Hongjun's body.

An overwhelming and powerful force instantly enveloped Hongjun.

With a deafening roar, Hongjun tore through the chaos, retreating into the endless land, and finally disappearing into the end of time. His body crumbled, cracks faintly appearing, and scattered blood flowed like a long river.

"How could this be!" Hongjun was stunned. Although he knew he was no match for Di Qing, he never expected to be defeated so thoroughly and so quickly. He also never expected that his defeat would be so devastating, with even his natal spiritual treasure being shattered and his Dao body being severely injured.

Hongjun coughed up blood, looking at Di Qing who was also bleeding, clearly defeated: "How can you be so strong? And without relying on the Great Dao, relying solely on yourself, you've reached this level of power?"

Di Qing wiped the blood from his fist and coldly said, "My strength lies within myself, not in the Great Dao. The Great Dao gave birth to chaos and was nurtured by the Chaos God. How can the possessions of others compare to one's own?"

"You, you actually regard the Great Dao as something external. You..." Hongjun never expected that Di Qing would think this way. He actually regarded the Great Dao as something external.

Di Qing laughed, "Haha... The Great Dao, this external thing, is not bad either. As long as it can make me stronger, I will come into contact with it and cultivate it. I think I will cultivate it in the future. But my foundation is still myself. Right now, you have lost."

"I've lost. Yes, I've lost!" Hongjun couldn't muster the strength to resist. He had tried his best, but he couldn't budge Di Qing in the slightest. Di Qing's strength seemed unfathomable, and he couldn't see the bottom at all.

Hongjun was powerless to resist, but Di Qing stepped forward, arriving before him. His slightly raised hand, carrying immense power, slammed down: "Since you've lost, then die!"

Di Qing never showed mercy to his enemies. Even if the person before him was Hongjun, even if the Hongjun in his memories was the Dao Ancestor, Di Qing would still kill him.

Hongjun faced a life-or-death crisis and desperately wanted to resist. But his resistance was futile against Di Qing. Even as his palm struck, it shattered Hongjun's physical body.

Under the overwhelming power, even though the end of time exploded, Hongjun's physical body also shattered. Even the Great Dao of Time that he was bound to could not withstand Di Qing's ultimate power and exploded.

In an instant, countless cultivators of the Celestial Human System felt a deep sense of sorrow. They felt the imprint in their hearts dissipate, as if the Celestial Human System had been annihilated, their cultivation levels collapsed, and their strength declined sharply.

This change turned many of the already massacred Celestial cultivators into lambs to the slaughter, leaving them utterly powerless to resist.

"Haha... borrowed power is ultimately just borrowed. When the entity that lent you this power disappears, can you still stand up? Unlike us, who have integrated great power into ourselves, we are not afraid of the changes of time or the alteration of all things." Di Jiang and the others laughed heartily as they watched countless Celestial cultivators fall in droves.

Of course, Taiqing, who had fought alongside Dijiang, was also severely injured. However, despite not having cultivated the Celestial Human System, his cultivation level remained undiminished. Yet, his eyes held a sense of loss and frustration: "Master has lost, he has actually lost."

"Both of us were at the Primordial Chaos Realm, so why did Master lose so quickly and so completely?" Yuanshi Tianzun gazed at the sky, unable to understand.

As they pondered, countless cultivators of the Celestial Being system perished. However, after a short while, many of the Celestial Being cultivators who had fled or awaited slaughter regained their formidable aura. Their previously weakened cultivation returned. They were once again able to draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

This change caught many of the immortal cultivators who had been slaughtered off guard.

Not to mention they were caught off guard, even many Celestial Realm cultivators were bewildered by this change.

Little did they know that Hongjun, whom Di Qing had just killed, had reappeared.

Hongjun's shattered physical body is now in Di Qing's hands, but even though the Hongjun that appears before them is only slightly dissipated in aura, it is still the real Hongjun.

"You're not dead? No, you've been resurrected? Resurrected by the Heavenly Dao?" Di Qing saw through the truth of Hongjun's resurrection at a glance. It was clear that he had just killed Hongjun, but had been resurrected by the Heavenly Dao.

Di Qing's eyes flashed with danger. With a cold snort, he casually tossed Hongjun's shattered body into the Destruction Bell. After all, Hongjun had undergone the baptism of the Great Dao and the transformation of chaos, so his body was still considered an extremely powerful divine material.

With a wave of his hand, Di Qing unleashed another torrent of supreme power. Hongjun roared, "Di Qing, you can't kill me!"

"Hmph... I'd like to see how many times you can be resurrected by the Heavenly Dao." Di Qing's palm fell, accompanied by a power that could overturn everything, even destroying Hongjun's body.

This time, Di Qing was really going all out. After shattering Hongjun's body, he went even further, pursuing the remaining aura of Hongjun and annihilating everything related to Hongjun in this place.

But before Di Qing could annihilate everything, Hong Jun was resurrected again, with the same aura as before. His Great Dao had not collapsed; at most, his aura was scattered and his physical body was very weak.

Di Qing frowned, his eyes narrowed slightly, and without giving Hongjun a chance to speak, he shattered Hongjun once again.

Not long after the collapse, Hongjun was resurrected again. This resurrection happened 99 times in a row, which annoyed even Di Qing.

Especially towards the end, Hongjun's shattered body transformed directly into a unique wisp of spiritual energy. Even Di Qing couldn't collect Hongjun's physical body. And even if he did manage to collect it, a body formed from spiritual energy would be of little value.

Of course, Hongjun's death and resurrection eighty-one times in a row must have been a great hardship for many celestial cultivators.

Each time Hongjun perished, they lost the blessings of heaven and earth, the assistance of the Heavenly Dao, and their cultivation was severely diminished. Then they were hunted down by countless immortal and Buddhist cultivators.

After Hongjun was resurrected, they once again received the help of heaven and earth and the blessing of the Heavenly Dao. They then prepared to counterattack, but after a moment, they were gone again.

This repeated cycle completely broke the morale of countless Celestial cultivators. Many chose to give up resisting, simply surrendering and allowing the Immortal cultivators to slaughter them.

(End of this chapter)