Fantasy: I, the Great Celestial Venerable of the Dao

"But I will show you today,"

Dao Xuan took a step forward, already atop the giant beast's head. "What is... the Dao!"

Before the words were even finished, the Qiankun Seal slammed down!

The Taotie Sovereign roared with all nine heads and flapped its thirty-six pairs of bone wings at the same time, managing to withstand the suppression of the jade seal!

Its massive mouth opened, and a jet-black beam of light shot out.

Wherever it passed, space was annihilated, time stood still, and even the laws of nature were forcibly distorted and devoured!

"Well done!"

Dao Xuan neither dodged nor avoided, and the water and fire tai chi diagram behind him suddenly contracted.

He formed a hand seal, and the true fire of the sun and the true water of the moon gathered in his palms.

It transformed into a yin-yang thunder ball interwoven with red and blue.

"go!"

The lightning ball collided with the black light.

No sound.

Or rather, sound has transcended the realm of perception for ordinary living beings.

At the center of the collision, a black hole the size of a fist appeared.

That was true void shattering, an absolute nothingness where even light, sound, time, and space were completely annihilated!

The black hole expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it had grown to a radius of hundreds of feet!

Dao Xuan and the Taotie ruler retreated simultaneously.

Even someone as powerful as them wouldn't dare to be drawn into that black hole.

That is a forbidden domain where even Golden Immortals could perish.

"roar!"

The Taotie Overlord's eighteen giant eyes lit up simultaneously, each shooting out a beam of destructive light.

Eighteen beams of light intertwined in the air, transforming into a death net that covered the heavens and the earth.

Dao Xuan must be completely annihilated.

Dao Xuan's expression remained unchanged as the Qiankun Jade Seal flew back into his hand.

He bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of his life essence onto the jade seal.

"Buzz!"

The jade seal trembled violently, and the sun, moon, and star patterns on its surface came to life!

The sun rises in the east, the moon sets in the west, and the stars in the sky revolve endlessly!

An aura awakened from the jade seal; it was the true primordial power of the Qiankun Jade Seal.

A wisp of innate Daoist essence!

"Suppressing the World, Stabilizing Heaven and Earth!"

Dao Xuan tossed the jade seal high into the air.

The jade seal split in two in mid-air, then into four, then into eight...

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into sixty-four small seals, arranged according to the eight trigrams, surrounding the Taotie ruler.

Each small seal exudes the power to suppress a region.

The sixty-four seals trembled simultaneously, actually fixing the net of death in mid-air!

"How is this possible?!" A look of horror flashed across the eighteen giant eyes of the Gluttonous Overlord.

"This aura...it's a spiritual treasure?!"

It finally recognized it—this seemingly ordinary jade seal.

It was actually a spiritual treasure imbued with innate Daoist essence!

Although it was only crafted later, it incorporated innate elements, and its power has already touched the threshold of a spiritual treasure!

"It's too late to know now."

Dao Xuan spoke coldly, then suddenly pressed his hands down.

The sixty-four small seals of Qiankun simultaneously emitted light, transforming into sixty-four golden chains.

It coiled around the enormous body of the Taotie ruler!

The chains were covered with densely packed sealing runes.

Each one is derived from the Great Dao of Taiji by Dao Xuan, and is specifically designed to subdue all evil spirits and malevolent creatures.

"Roar—! I am the ancestor of the gluttonous beasts, the devourer of all realms! How dare you suppress me?!"

The gluttonous overlord struggled frantically.

The nine heads simultaneously spewed out black light, and the thirty-six pairs of bone wings flapped wildly.

They wanted to break free from their chains.

However, the chains formed by the Qiankun Jade Seal were incredibly strong, and no matter how it struggled, they only tightened their grip.

"it's over."

Dao Xuan took a deep breath, and the Water and Fire Taiji Diagram behind him unfolded once again. This time, he completely merged it with the Qiankun Jade Seal.

"Heaven and Earth Seal - Water and Fire Refine Demons!"

The sixty-four small seals simultaneously transformed into sixty-four furnaces of water and fire!

The thirty-two furnaces on the left are the true fire furnaces of the sun, where golden crows cry out; the thirty-two furnaces on the right are the true water furnaces of the moon, where jade toads float and sink.

Water and fire mingled, yin and yang complemented each other, completely enveloping the enormous body of the Taotie, the dominant beast.

"No……!!!"

The most agonizing screams echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

Under this innate Daoist principle that specifically restrains evil spirits.

Even the powerful Taotie Overlord, at the peak of the first realm of Golden Immortals, was powerless to reverse the situation.

Its body burned in real fire, froze in real water, and disintegrated inch by inch in the extreme torment of alternating water and fire.

The eighteen giant eyes dimmed one by one, the nine heads exploded one after another, and the thirty-six pairs of bone wings turned to ashes...

Ten breaths later, the screams stopped abruptly.

The colossal beast, towering at 250 feet, was completely transformed into a pool of black water.

It was evaporated by real fire and purified by real water, ultimately leaving not even a trace.

Their body and soul are destroyed, and they will never be reborn.

Dao Xuan slowly withdrew the Qiankun Jade Seal, his face turning slightly pale.

This battle may seem easy, but in reality, he has used all his trump cards.

The primordial power of one's life essence, the Taiji Dao, and the Qiankun Jade Seal...

If any link in the chain goes wrong, it could lead to utter ruin.

He looked down and saw the few remaining Taotie beasts trembling in fear, too afraid to even flee.

"The rest is up to you."

Dao Xuan's voice echoed across the battlefield.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, Chonglou, and others led their troops out to attack.

The morale of the Taotie clan collapsed after losing their ruler.

Two hours later, under the siege of the allied army, they were completely annihilated.

……

The following day, a grand celebration was held on the shores of the East China Sea.

Tens of millions of cultivators gathered, a sea of ​​people, banners obscuring the sun.

A massive arena, thousands of feet wide, was erected at the very center.

More than eight hundred Celestial Immortals sat around the table, with the head seat left empty, reserved for Dao Xuan.

When a figure in a green robe slowly ascended the high platform, the entire world fell silent.

Countless gazes focused on him, some with awe, some with admiration, some with gratitude, and some with... a complex mix of emotions.

Dao Xuan took his seat in the main position, his expression calm and indifferent.

As he gazed at the joyous scene below, something else was on his mind—

The Celestial Stele.

After defeating the Taotie Overlord, his ranking rose again, and he is now second on the Celestial Immortal Stele.

But... it was only second place.

"I still couldn't reach the top..." Dao Xuan sighed inwardly.

He has reached the limit of the Celestial Realm.

The magic power was tempered to its limit, and the foundation of the Dao was polished to perfection.

Even the ultimate powers such as the true fire of the sun and the true water of the moon have been completely integrated.

Even so, they were still just one step behind the first place.

That line was like an insurmountable chasm.

"Perhaps the true myriad realms are far more vast than I imagined," Dao Xuan said, his gaze profound.

"Those prodigies who can consistently rank at the top probably all come from the legendary 'Great Thousand World' or even the 'Primordial World'..."

Just as he was deep in thought, a soft cough interrupted his thoughts.

"Ahem!"

Gu Yuan rose, bowed respectfully to Dao Xuan, and wore a gentle smile on his face:

"Master, I have a request, and I hope you will grant it."

"Please speak, Elder Gu." Dao Xuan composed himself and gestured with his hand.