Black flames enveloped Heavenly Master Wang like armor. This chaotic power was forcibly constrained by him. The armor was breaking apart at every moment, like a set of old gear that hadn't been mended in decades, releasing many black sparks with the slightest movement. He roared, demanding of Ai Changyuan, "Let's see how you dodge this!"

Every inch of the island was enveloped in his laws. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth around the island was collapsing. Some of it was transformed into meaningless energy, while some was assimilated into a mysterious divine power. The spiritual essence was being destroyed, and the orderly nature of the cosmos was rapidly declining.

There was no sense of ghosts and goblins here, no way to hear the cries of the hidden spirits or see vague ghostly shadows. No one could feel an ounce of strange or chaotic energy here because demons and ghosts could not survive in this place.

This was absolute tranquility, absolute silence.

When chaos reached its peak, it was no longer bloody or disordered, but quiet. No meaningful movement could organize itself, and any meaningful energy was transformed; nothing would happen, nothing would stand.

The sky changed with heavenly tribulation imminent, the end of fortune drawing near; heaven and earth darkened, the sun and moon devoid of light.

World-Purifying True Flame, mortals tread where the Divine Lord had stepped, an endless paradise, the home of Hongyuan.

The Silent Annihilation Sky Burning Palm at its highest level might have effects even beyond this, reducing even time and space to meaninglessness. However, this Divine Descent Stage Witch had truly showcased such an astounding mental realm on this small island!

Ai Changyuan watched as the black smoke above slowly descended, once again crafting the Cave Heaven Ruler. It was an attack aimed directly at the consciousness. He wasn't adept in this area, only using the Cave Heaven Ruler to misalign his reference frame from that divine power. He indeed passed the test of "Newton's Apple," understanding the true intent of martial arts. But a test and an attack were two different things; no exams on earth were designed with the intent to kill the examinees.

Just as the second Shape Comparison Ruler was about to form, a golden light suddenly emerged from beneath Ai Changyuan's feet. A boundless heart power rose from the ground, majestic as the vast Great Dao, defying heaven and earth, resisting the endless divine power. This power had just surfaced when it was crushed by the Hongyuan True Intent. But the sheer volume of the golden light was terrifying, it confronted the mighty Hongyuan Divine Power with sheer numbers. Although the golden light appeared honest and righteous, like Vast Righteous Energy or demon-slaying golden light, it was even more malevolent and evil than the Hongyuan Divine Power. A stubborn maddening energy held up against the collapsing World-Purifying Divine Power, propping up a piece of the sky.

Then, as if the tune of a distant flute was winding around, a yellow figure pierced through the ground and rose slowly. His lower half had now turned into fog, and the entire figure posed with a preening posture—those from Earth would likely recognize it as the iconic pose of the Genie from Disney's classic animation "Aladdin," rather cheeky.

The Yellow Robed King laughed uproariously, "Golden goblets of wine cost ten thousand a battle, jade plates of exotic delicacies worth tens of thousands... Glasses must not cease, hands must not rest, keep fighting! Fight on!"

The Yellow Robed King is a manifestation of the Heart Demon, a creature like a spell spirit, but broadly speaking, he is a god. Heavenly Master Wang, being a Hongyuan Witch, was particularly sensitive to this. He frowned but was silently astonished by the formidable thoughts within the opponent's divine body.

Why do gods establish doctrines and teachings? It's to purify thoughts, to draw the faithful closer to them rather than being assimilated by the thoughts of all beings. However, the aura of the figure before him was strangely peculiar. To say his thoughts were pure would not be accurate, as the divine light revealed boundless desires, layers of Heart Demons. But if one were to say he was confused and scattered, it was clear that he had forged those Heart Demon thoughts into one, becoming utterly lucid.

"Is this the Pleiades monster Nie Tianren mentioned? Indeed not easy to deal with, and probably does possess combat power close to Divine Separation," mused the Divine Separation Stage Cultivator, feeling a touch of apprehension and halting momentarily to observe the opponent. The Yellow Robed King circled Ai Changyuan twice, laughing, "Ah hahaha, you're not dead yet!"

"You moved faster than I imagined."

"Ah hahaha, after observing their actions to unlock the seal, I had guessed you would make your move at this time," Wang Qi, the controller of the Yellow Robed King, communicated with Ai Changyuan, "Anyway, try to hold on a bit longer. It won't be much longer before I can take him down, lalala..."

After observing how the Ancient Method Practitioners unlocked the relics, Wang Qi realized he couldn't unlock the relics by conventional means. The thinking of the Primordial Demon Clan was vastly different from that of the present-day Human Clan. The only condition to unlocking this relic turned out to be the number of people. However, considering the current state of the relic, it made sense. No matter how tight the security, a sneaky way in could always be found. Even some weak creatures might be overlooked by the guards and accidentally infiltrate. But sneaking in hundreds of people was far-fetched and unrealistic. Wang Qi quickly abandoned any thought of rescuing those already inside and, taking with him as many of the Ancient Method Practitioners as he could, quietly moved from Dragon Five to Dragon Six Island.

Ai Changyuan smiled wryly, "I'm afraid I can't do that."

The Cave Heaven Comparison Ruler was indeed an absolute defense, but unlike other defensive abilities, it couldn't be used to stall for time. The change in the flow of time meant that battles of this nature often ended quickly.

"I'll help you then," offered the Yellow Robed King, twirling around Ai Changyuan like a dance before transforming into a hooded jacket that enveloped Ai Changyuan.

The Divine Separation Stage Cultivator was startled, his hands conjuring up ceremonial weapons. Several chains hung down from the void, each end of the chains adorned with flesh-hooking sickles, fire-branded coins, and other such torture devices. Each chain was entwined with boundless resentment, as if they had been soaked in the blood of the wronged. These were the worldly resentments condensed from the collective thoughts of beings. Ordinary spells upon meeting it might become tainted with its desires, ensnared by the chains. If Martial Arts True Intent were to be released, it would be deflected and shattered by the chain. The defense was almost inexistent; it would directly penetrate a target's acupoints, ensnaring and killing them.

The source of these chains was the Hongyun Divine Body that enveloped the entire island. This divine being had actually separated the harmful dregs within the Incense Fire Belief Power, condensing them into divine skills for combating foes.

But this object, though nefarious, was outdone in evil by something even more sinister. The Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror emitted a stubbornness that wouldn't budge even if a thousand people condemned it. It considered the mundane world as nothing and even deliberately defied common sentiments within the world, forcibly blocking those chains.

"I have resolved the defensive aspect for you, which should be about the level of a mid-Nascent Soul stage. However, since that guy is a Divine Tao Cultivator, my Divine Spirit System is more advanced than his and possesses the power to restrain him. On the other hand, the computational hub of this system is not with you, which inevitably leads to delays, so you must be very careful."

Ai Changyuan nodded, "Understood."

"Ultimately, can you immobilize him for a few seconds?"

"I can probably do that." Ai Changyuan didn't ask why. He knew that if Wang Qi said so, he must have a way to deal with a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator, "But, I can't guarantee it."

"No problem. When the time comes, get as far away as you can."

During their conversation, numerous imprints of the Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror appeared before Ai Changyuan, each neutralizing the spells from the Divine Separation Stage. Ai Changyuan then began to accumulate a new wave of gravity.

"To use 'Existence and Nonexistence Border' against a Divine Separation Stage... this really is a first."

Yes, Ai Changyuan did indeed have a way to temporarily restrain the opponent. Although all his mana was not enough to suppress a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator, he didn't necessarily need to rely on brute force.

Since he could change his own time flow to catch up to a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator, by the same logic, he could also alter the time flow around the enemy, creating an extremely localized spacetime anomaly, and freeze the adversary in that instant.

"His strength is simply too great, so I can only maintain it for a few seconds... and this is only because I have over a dozen Nascent Souls and a couple of hundred Golden Cores providing mana..."

"Moreover, this technique requires that I must plant a Seed Talisman inside his body and activate 'Existence and Nonexistence Border' before he reacts. Before that, I need to get close to him. Without a timescale difference of several hundred-fold, I might not have the chance to catch a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator."

"Without preparing a Cave Heaven Ruler capable of sustaining a hundred-fold timescale difference for several minutes, this plan cannot be executed. Furthermore, the Seed Talisman I plant could be destroyed by him, so I must make additional preparations."

As Ai Changyuan began accumulating strength, Heavenly Master Wang launched Divine Arts to probe continuously. The ferocious assaults surged toward Ai Changyuan like tidal waves, and the Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror, with its multiplied and overlapping power, firmly blocked the probing attacks of this Divine Descent Stage Cultivator. Finally, when the gathered mana reached its limit, the world sped away from Ai Changyuan once again.

He entered that scale once more. Space warped, and everything seemed to come to a standstill.

The countdown began, "Time."

Ai Changyuan swiftly rushed to Heavenly Master Wang's side and imprinted a Magic Seal into his body. Unexpectedly, under these conditions, Martial Arts True Intent was still active, causing the Magic Seal to almost collapse.

But it didn't matter. If one wasn't enough, then ten would suffice.

He then engraved a Gravity Field, causing spacetime to warp, with Heavenly Master Wang at its core, "dipping" into it.

Existence and Nonexistence Border is a three-dimensional boundary.

"You have only a few seconds... It's up to you now," Ai Changyuan thought as he felt his rapidly depleting mana nearly exhausted and deactivated the Cave Heaven Ruler. The Seeking Dao Jade at his waist flickered, as if reporting the location to Wang Qi.

In the distance, Wang Qi, standing atop the Spirit Tower, pulled the trigger. Sky Dragon Slaying Sword Qi tore through the skies, piercing the Divine Body, and struck precisely where the Heart Demon System and Seeking Dao Jade had indicated.

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