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

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Outside Jiepai Pass, heaven and earth seemed frozen in place.

Above the clouds, the incarnation of Laozi riding a green ox did not even open his eyes.

He didn't display any earth-shattering killing intent; he simply tossed the illusory Tai Chi diagram in his hand downwards with utter casualness.

"Splash—"

The scroll unfurled in the wind, transforming into a white jade and golden bridge connected end to end.

This golden bridge carries no destructive power; it represents the purest reason and order in the world, as well as ultimate suppression.

The Golden Bridge spans the void, pressing down directly above Jiepai Pass.

"Buzz..."

A deep, mournful cry came from underground.

The once incredibly powerful Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation stopped operating the moment it came into contact with the Golden Bridge.

The Yin and Yang energies forcefully cleared away the turbid evil energy, and the nodes of the great formation were forcibly locked by this rule of heaven, making it impossible to draw power from the earth's veins anymore.

The absolute defense that Jiepai Pass was so proud of was so easily dismantled, a result completely different from the previous encounter with Guang Chengzi and others.

Within the city, an atmosphere of despair instantly spread.

Lu Yue, the Plague God at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, suddenly collapsed onto the bluestone slab, his legs giving way.

He felt the irresistible aura of a saint, and his mouth was full of bitterness.

"With the arrival of the Grand Master and the benevolent corpse of Zhunti, wielding a sacred treasure, this matter is unlikely to end well," Lü Yue said with deep concern.

Master's Ten Thousand Immortals Formation has not yet been fully practiced. Now that the formation has been broken, even if Xiao Wuji has three heads and six arms, how could he possibly withstand the incarnation of a saint?

The glimmer of hope that the Jie Sect had so painstakingly rekindled is likely to be extinguished completely today.

In stark contrast to the deathly silence within the city, the Xiqi camp, thirty miles away, was filled with jubilation.

"It's broken! The tortoise shell has finally broken!"

Guang Chengzi stood on the high platform, staring intently at the Jiepai Pass, which was no longer shrouded in malevolent aura. He trembled with excitement, his eyes filled with the madness of revenge.

He had been struck by the Heaven-Turning Seal and slashed by the Immortal-Slaying Sword, suffering endless humiliation. Now that the great formation was broken, he wanted to see what Xiao Wuji would have left to be arrogant about!

Jiang Ziya also let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if a heavy weight had finally been lifted from his chest after months of hard work. The progress of the Investiture of the Gods could finally continue.

At this moment, another incarnation in the sky, Bodhi Patriarch, slowly took a step forward.

A compassionate smile graced his thin face, but his mind was racing with calculations.

"This child possesses extraordinary talent, it would be a pity to kill him. If we can seize this opportunity to break his spine and convert him back to our Western Paradise, he will surely become an unparalleled protector of our sect."

Having made up his mind, Patriarch Bodhi looked down, his voice gentle yet carrying an air of superior charity.

"Young friend Xiao, the great formation has been broken, and the will of Heaven cannot be defied. Surrender now."

"Without that tortoise shell, you are nothing but an ant that we can crush at will. Lay down your butcher's knife and come with me to the Western Paradise, and perhaps you can preserve your cultivation."

"If one remains stubbornly unrepentant, one may perish and vanish in an instant."

……

The words of the Bodhi Patriarch echoed both inside and outside Jiepai Pass.

All eyes were focused on the tightly closed gate of the General's Mansion.

"Creak—"

With a screeching sound, the heavy wooden door slowly opened to both sides, and a figure walked out from inside.

When they saw the man's attire, both Lü Yue inside the city and the immortals of the Chan Sect outside the city were stunned.

At this moment, Xiao Wuji was dressed very simply. He was not wearing the heavy armor of black iron, nor was he wearing the Chaos Bell on his head or holding the Immortal Execution Sword. He could not even see the Twelve-Petaled Pure World White Lotus under his feet.

He was dressed in a very ordinary plain linen outfit, and his black hair was casually tied back with a strip of cloth.

Even more strangely, not a single trace of magical power emanated from his entire body, and even the perfect Daoist aura of a Great Luo Golden Immortal had vanished.

With his hands empty, like a martial artist traveling in the mortal world, he stepped into the void, following the edge of the white jade and golden bridge, and walked to the opposite side of the two saintly incarnations.

"Is he... giving up?" Jiang Ziya sneered from afar.

Guang Chengzi also showed disdain: "He's smart enough to know that any magic weapon is useless in front of a sage's incarnation. He's just preparing to be slaughtered."

However, only Xiao Wuji himself knew just how terrifying his current state was.

magic weapon?

After completely integrating the twenty-four minor worlds with his own acupoints, his physical body became the most tyrannical treasure in this primordial world!

He now even feels that picking up the Zhuxian Sword would affect the speed at which he can draw his fist.

Seeing Xiao Wuji's arrogant attitude, Bodhi Patriarch could no longer maintain his compassionate expression, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Even facing death, how dare you disregard the majesty of a sage?

"Stubborn to the end! Then I shall first cripple your cultivation!"

Bodhi Patriarch snorted coldly, and the Seven Treasures Tree in his hand, which was flowing with seven-colored glazed light, swept down towards Xiao Wuji's head.

Let alone a Great Luo Golden Immortal, even a Quasi-Saint would suffer the fate of having his bones and flesh dissolved if he took this attack head-on.

Inside the city, Lü Yue closed his eyes in despair, unable to bear watching any longer.

Faced with this fatal blow that could knock down a quasi-saint.

Xiao Wuji stopped in his tracks. Instead of dodging, he showed disdain.

Then, in the next instant, he moved.

"Click-clack".

A crisp cracking sound rang out from the joints.

With this soft popping sound, the twenty-four worlds within Xiao Wuji's body, which had already been stabilized, simultaneously emitted a roar like ancient thunder, and endless world power frantically poured into his right arm.

Xiao Wuji raised his head, looked at the high and mighty Bodhi Patriarch, grinned, and his smile revealed a primal wildness.

"How dare these uncivilized people participate in the Investiture of the Gods? Aren't they afraid of dragging the West into an abyss of no return?"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Wuji pulled his right arm back and clenched his fist.

Without any fancy laws or light effects, he simply threw a straight punch at the oncoming seven-colored divine light.

boom--!!!

With a single punch, the void within a hundred feet in front of him was compressed into a solid vacuum plate by this pure and extreme power!

"Bang!!!"

A terrifyingly loud bang, so loud it seemed to shatter eardrums and turn the world upside down, exploded out.

In the horrified gazes of the immortals of the Chan Sect, that supposedly indestructible seven-colored divine light was like a fragile piece of glass that had collided with an ancient meteorite.

It was smashed to pieces on the spot by Xiao Wuji's fist!

The colorful lights and shadows scattered across the sky, like a dazzling meteor shower.

Xiao Wuji stood still, slowly withdrawing his fist. On the fist surface that was powerful enough to tear apart the Great Luo Golden Body, not even the slightest white mark was left.