The comet remained silent, only relentlessly unleashing heavenly tribulations.

"No! No!"

Tu Xingsun grew increasingly impatient and waved his hand, as if shooing away a flying insect.

Song Yi stopped arguing with him, took out a golden edict from his sleeve, and slowly unfurled it: "This is a divine decree personally issued by the Heavenly Minister. Would the Star Lord be willing to take a look?"

Tu Xingsun glanced at the decree, his face devoid of any respect, and said indifferently, "Divine decrees are divine decrees, and the Tu Palace has its own rules. Broom Star Lord, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I truly can't."

Although his tone was indifferent, the arrogance in his eyes was undisguised.

Song Yi understood that this person was a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect, a disciple of the True Man Julu Sun, with profound roots and a reputation for arrogance. Let alone him, a seventh-rank Broom Star Lord, even an ordinary fourth-rank True God might not be able to get a second glance from him.

However, without earth-based magical artifacts, the process of excavating the river channel would likely be significantly delayed.

Just as he was pondering this, Tu Xingsun suddenly changed the subject: "I heard you obtained a primordial spiritual treasure containing Xuanhuang Qi. If you could lend it to me to play with, those earth-type magic weapons... well, I might consider it."

Song Yi's expression darkened.

He suddenly realized that Tu Xingsun had been making things difficult for him and making excuses at every turn ever since he stepped into Tu De Mansion. After going around in circles for so long, it turned out that he was actually after his Seven Treasures Xuanhuang Pagoda.

The Qi of Xuanhuang is the ultimate manifestation of the refined essence of Wutu (戊土), known as the mother Qi of all things, and is the most original and purest source of earth virtue in the world.

For the Earth Deity Star Lord, the Seven Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda was indeed a perfect treasure, as if it were tailor-made for him.

"No!" Song Yi's mind raced, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine. "Perhaps this is the doing of the True Man Ju Liusun behind Tu Xingsun!"

Once you reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, you must begin preparing to sever the Three Corpses.

Buddhist monks go through countless hardships to create a golden body, entrusting their obsessions to this golden form.

Immortals seek out innate spiritual treasures in the world to entrust their obsessions, severing the three corpses of good and evil self, only in this way can they attain great magical power and great freedom.

Although Liu Sun possessed the innate spiritual treasure, the Immortal Binding Rope, its nature was to imprison and was not suitable for the purpose of entrusting obsessions, so it could not be used to sever the corpse.

Although the Seven Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda is a low-grade innate spiritual treasure, its essence of profound yellow energy is perfectly suited to cultivators like Ju Liusun who cultivate the Great Dao of Earth.

It is perfectly suited for entrusting one's obsessions.

"So, the Earth Deity Star Lord has his eye on my magical treasure." Song Yi sneered. "Such behavior is utterly shameless!"

"You wicked jinx! How dare you defy your superior! I'll capture you and take you to the Heavenly Pivot Palace to be dealt with by Taibai!"

Tu Xingsun flew into a rage, his face darkening like water. He slammed his hand on the table, causing the incense burner to overturn and dust to fly everywhere.

He produced a steel rod in his hand, and in a flash, he transformed into a yellow shadow and pounced on Song Yi. The wind from the rod howled, carrying with it a heavy earth elemental energy, and aimed straight for Song Yi's face!

Song Yi sneered, made a hand seal with his left hand, and the Seven Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda appeared above his head, cascading down in rays of golden light.

On his right hand appeared a tree branch, with lush green leaves growing on it, as if it had just been broken off.

With a mere wave of his hand, boundless Yin energy surged forth like a burst dam, causing the temperature inside the hall to plummet.

This item is a magical artifact that I, the original being, spent a full sixty years refining from the branches of the Primordial Laurel Tree within the Primordial Cosmic Light Array.

The reason it is now used to deal with Tu Xingsun is not only because it is extremely powerful, but also because, in the Five Elements, wood overcomes earth.

Moreover, this tree branch was transformed from a small section of a top-grade innate spiritual root. The purity of its wood energy and the strength of its restraining power far surpass those of ordinary wood-type magic treasures.

The two instantly engaged in a fierce battle.

The shadows of laurel branches and iron rods intertwined, and a chill permeated the Tude Mansion, shrouded in swirling smoke and dust.

Although Tu Xingsun was only a Golden Immortal during the Investiture of the Gods period, he relied on his innate earth-遁 (earth-escaping) technique to repeatedly disrupt the army's formation during Jiang Shang's conquest of Zhou, causing them considerable trouble.

Now, he has been bestowed the title of Fourth-Rank Earth Star Lord, possessing the Fourth-Rank Innate Earth Dharma Image, and his strength is even greater than it was back then.

However, his true form resides on the Earth Palace Star, requiring constant operation of the stars to maintain the Nine Luminaries Grand Array, and cannot be moved lightly.

In other words, Song Yi's jinx is a "street hustler" in the vast void of space, with basically no special duties, and his clone can simply sit in charge.

The avatar before me is a fifth-grade Dharma form, capable of displaying the strength of a peak True Immortal, which is also extraordinary.

The reason he was not a fifth-rank Dharma Minister was because the Ministry of Finance was in the control of Zhao Gongming, so he naturally wouldn't care about the deities of the Jie Sect.

With the blessing of the Seven Treasures Xuanhuang Pagoda, Song Yi and the other man fought to a standstill, unable to determine a winner.

"A mere jinx dares to show off in front of me, the Star Lord!"

Tu Xingsun, unable to gain the upper hand after a prolonged battle, grew increasingly impatient and, unable to save face, shouted sternly, "Manifest your Dharma Form!"

In an instant, Tu Xingsun's body swelled up and transformed into a giant ape hundreds of feet long!

The ape was covered in reddish-brown fur, each hair standing up like a steel needle, and its eyes were like two blood-red lanterns, flashing with a violent and ferocious light.

His limbs were as thick as pillars supporting the sky, his tendons and bones were knotted, and his muscles bulged like mountains, every inch of which contained extremely terrifying power.

Atop the ape's head grows a pair of curved horns, resembling neither a cow nor an ape, exuding a savage and ferocious aura.

This is the fifth-rank Dharma image of the Heavenly Court, the Earth-Suppressing Mountain Ape.

Tu Xingsun, wielding a giant club, brought it down with a single blow.

The entire Tude Palace shook violently, with tiles falling from the roof and cracks spreading across the ground like a spider web.

Even the surrounding space seemed unable to withstand this terrifying pressure, and it distorted.

Song Yi dared not delay and urged the Seven Treasures Profound Yellow Pagoda to meet it.

boom!

A powerful burst of energy exploded at the point of contact between the two, and the huge collision sounded like thunder. The divine generals guarding the door didn't even have time to scream before they were blown away by the shockwave, clutching their ears in pain and collapsing to the ground.

Song Yi groaned, staggered back several steps, his chest heaving with blood and qi, the enormous backlash almost shattering his Dharma image on the spot.

But he was no ordinary person. He suppressed his surging blood and qi, flipped his right hand, and a round magic weapon appeared in his palm. It was about the size of a palm, silver-white in color, and had a faint, cold light flowing around it.

"Go!"

With a soft shout, Song Yi's silver-white magic weapon instantly transformed into a streak of light, as fast as lightning, and struck Tu Xingsun fiercely.

While Tu Xingsun's Wutu Zhenyue Ape Dharma Form is indeed mighty and powerful, with immense strength, its drawback is that it is clumsy and not agile enough.

Unable to dodge in time, he was struck squarely in the abdomen by the silver light.

Bang!

Where the abdomen was struck, the Dharma image nearly shattered, and a fierce burst of Yin cold energy exploded at the same time, surging and flowing along the meridians to the limbs and bones. Wherever it passed, even the essence of the Earth element was frozen solid.

"what!"

Tu Xingsun let out a painful roar.

He felt as if his own Dharma form had been frozen instantly, his limbs moving stiffly and clumsily, as if he had been trapped in ten thousand years of mysterious ice.