After guarding the gates for a hundred years, I drove the Heavenly Saint to madness.

The sky cracked open.

Those were terrifying scars left by the intertwining of the saint's great power.

In the primordial wilderness, before Jiepai Pass.

Not long ago, the Zhuxian Sword Formation set up by the Tongtian Sect Leader was forcibly broken by the Four Sages working together in this world, leaving behind a mess.

Even though the sage has departed, the lingering traces of destructive sword energy in the air still make the entire Jiepai Pass tremble in the cold wind.

Xiao Wuji stood atop the city wall, feeling the lingering, needle-like aftershocks.

He ran his fingertips along the lines on the general's seal, the cool touch from his palm calming his restless heart.

"The Jie Sect has ultimately been defeated."

Xiao Wuji looked at the heavy seal of the Jiepai Pass General in his palm and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Outside the city, the banners of Xiqi's million-strong army, like rolling black clouds, obscured the horizon.

Even from miles away, he could hear the war drums that shook the mountains and rivers.

The Chan Sect had been planning for this moment for a long time. In their eyes, this Jiepai Pass was nothing more than the last stepping stone to completely end the Jie Sect's fate.

"General, the vanguard of Xiqi has arrived at the pass."

Xu Gai, the deputy, hurriedly climbed the city wall, the sound of armor clashing against armor sounding particularly jarring in the deathly silent pass.

Xu Gai, the former commander of Jiepai Pass, is now just Xiao Wuji's deputy.

His face was pale, and his voice was filled with undisguised terror.

"That vanguard of Xiqi is Nezha, the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi."

"This boy is ruthless. The Universe Ring and the Hun Tian Ling were only swaying in mid-air for a moment, and my three thousand iron cavalry were so frightened that they dared not raise their heads."

Xiao Wuji remained silent.

If it were in the past, he might have fought to the death, but now?

The tide has turned; even the sage Tongtian has been defeated. What can a mere ant who has just entered the realm of true immortals do?

He had lingered on in this world for so many years, thinking that as a disciple of the Three Immortals, he could use his familiarity with the plot to defy fate and change his destiny during the great calamity.

Unfortunately, his own foundation was too weak. Even with countless elixirs and miraculous medicines given by the Three Immortals, his cultivation was always stuck at the True Immortal realm, unable to make any progress.

Later, during the battle of the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation, he witnessed his three masters being captured. The majestic and holy aura of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable made it impossible for him to even look directly at him.

Later, he placed his hopes on his grandmaster and on the Zhuxian Sword Formation, but it was all in vain.

The outcome was obvious: Tongtian was defeated, and the Zhuxian Sword Formation became a joke. The claim that it could not be broken without the Four Saints was simply a matter of the Four Saints. When the four saints gathered together, Tongtian was powerless to resist.

On that very day, he realized that he couldn't change anything at all; he was ultimately just a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

The overwhelming force of Heaven is overwhelming, and he, a mere ant, has absolutely no chance to resist.

"Xu Gai, pass down the order to disband the remaining troops. There's no point in continuing."

Xiao Wuji took a deep breath, a sense of relief in his eyes.

"I will no longer guard this Jiepai Pass. If the Chan Sect desires worldly wealth and prosperity, then let them have it."

"I suppose my crippled body can also be listed on the Investiture of the Gods and gain a divine position. It's better to be listed in the list physically than to have my soul scattered."

Xu Gai was stunned. He never expected that this commander-in-chief, who usually advocated for war, would choose to give up at this moment.

However, just as Xiao Wuji was about to abandon his command and surrender the city,

"Thump—!"

A deep, ancient bell tolled without warning, resounding in the deepest recesses of his soul.

The sound of the bell was incredibly loud, as if it had traveled across the river of time and space.

[Ding! Day 1 of defending the level is complete.]

[The system has detected that the host is the commander of Jiepai Pass and is facing an invasion from Xiqi.]

The ultimate tower defense system has awakened!

[By successfully defending the level, you can become stronger. The longer you defend, the richer the rewards.]

[Host successfully defended Jiepai Pass for the first day. First day achievement reward: Supreme Divine Power - Great Five Elements Technique!]

Xiao Wuji froze.

Immediately afterwards, an overwhelmingly powerful force of law poured directly into his eight extraordinary meridians like a raging torrent.

His cultivation, which had been stagnant within his body, suddenly erupted like withered trees coming back to life in the face of that pure Five Elements essence.

His bones were rumbling, his blood was roaring, and his skin was faintly radiant with five colors: blue, yellow, red, white, and black.

The Great Five Elements Technique!

All the myriad realms, including the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth), are within the five elements.

This is the supreme method that points directly to the origin of heaven and earth. Even among the self-proclaimed orthodox Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, very few can reach this level of power.

As the power of that law was poured in, five towering and earth-shattering demonic god phantoms appeared in Xiao Wuji's sea of ​​consciousness. These were the five great demonic gods of the Five Elements Technique.

The five terrifying demonic wills of the Eastern Green Emperor (Wood Emperor), the Southern Red Emperor (Fire Emperor), the Western White Emperor (Gold Emperor), the Northern Black Emperor (Water Emperor), and the Central Yellow Emperor (Earth Emperor) merged into his divine soul.

Once this technique is used, it becomes the ultimate combination of offense and defense.

After reaching the Great Perfection, the Qi of the Five Elements will condense into the Five Emperors Canopy above the head, with thousands of silk ribbons hanging down, like an auspicious sign of a supreme innate treasure falling down, impervious to all evil and unbreakable by any magic.

What shocked Xiao Wuji even more was that the restrained killing aura of the Great Five Elements Technique actually possessed the power of the legendary Five-Colored Divine Light of Kong Xuan.

The divine light swept across, brushing away everything. No matter how many spiritual treasures or magical techniques the opponent possessed, they would all be reduced to dust under the rotation of the five elements!

A moment later, Xiao Wuji slowly opened his eyes.

At that moment, the terrifying void rift that he had seen seemed to become a speck of dust that could be easily smoothed out.

The despondency in his eyes vanished, replaced by a terrifying radiance that made even the void tremble.

He looked at the million-strong army outside the city, a cold smile curving his lips.

Before I had a cheat system, I could just give up. But now that I have a cheat system, if I still give up, wouldn't my cheat system have been awakened for nothing?

At the same time, Xu Gai suddenly fell to the ground behind him, staring at the figure in horror.

He didn't quite understand why the commander-in-chief, who was just preparing to abandon the pass and surrender, had undergone such a dramatic change in demeanor in the blink of an eye.

The rising pressure made him feel as if he were facing not a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, but a supreme and powerful being!

The five-colored radiance, even just a wisp of its aura, caused the iron chains on the city tower to creak and groan, making it even more terrifying than the general Kong Xuan of Sanshan Pass whom he had met before.

"Great...General? What is this...?" Xu Gai asked, his voice trembling, even carrying a hint of awe.

Xiao Wuji didn't turn around, but simply uttered a sentence.

"Xu Gai, muster the troops and prepare for battle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wuji flicked his dark blue robe and stepped forward.

This step did not land on the ground, but instead landed directly on the void.

With each step, a five-colored lotus flower the size of a millstone quietly blooms beneath one's feet, embodying the principle of the mutual generation of the five elements.