129: There are four kinds of Dharma forms, and Taihe has many treasures.

Human Race Cultivators, depending on the level of their Cultivation Techniques and the foundation of their cultivation, will receive a Lifebound Treasure bestowed and condensed by the Heavenly Dao after breaking through to the Dharma Idol Realm!

The quality of the resulting Dharma Idol is also divided into four Ranks, which determine the future path of cultivation.

The Lower Grade Lingxu Dharma Idol can only be bestowed and wield one Lifebound Treasure. It has the lowest quality and the weakest Dao techniques and divine abilities; when the Dharma Idol is first born, most are only seven or eight hundred zhang tall.

Breaking through to the Middle Stage of the Dharma Idol Realm before the end of one's Lifespan is considered the limit; one could say there is no hope for the Primordial Spirit Realm.

For example, True Monarch Ming Gu.

The Medium Grade Xuanzhen Dharma Idol can wield one to two Lifebound Treasures. The Dharma Idol is a thousand zhang tall upon its birth, and its Dao techniques and divine abilities are stronger. There is hope of breaking through to the Late Stage of the Dharma Idol Realm before the end of one's Lifespan, though the hope of reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm remains slim.

For example, True Monarch Xue Po and True Monarch Youquan.

The Upper Grade Dongxian Dharma Idol can wield at least two Lifebound Treasures and is already considered a Prodigy within the Dharma Idol Realm. The Dharma Idol is fifteen hundred zhang tall upon its birth.

Barring any accidents, one can break through to the Peak of the Dharma Idol Realm before the end of their Lifespan, possessing the opportunity to charge toward the Primordial Spirit Realm!

For example, the Palace Master of Xuan Yin Palace, Spotless, and True Monarch Haoran from the Kunwu Continent.

Also, Dao Lord Jintuo, who ascended ten thousand years ago, only condensed an Upper Grade Dongxian Dharma Idol when he was in the Dharma Idol Realm.

As for the most powerful Perfected Hunyuan Dharma Idol, it can be bestowed at least three Lifebound Treasures. The Dharma Idol is at least two thousand zhang tall upon its birth; such a figure is a rare sight even in the entire Cangmang Realm, appearing perhaps once in tens of thousands of years!

They are much rarer than the Young Lords of the Mystic Fetus Realm.

As long as they grow steadily, the probability of a Hunyuan Dharma Idol achieving the Primordial Spirit Realm is at least fifty percent, or even higher!

Even becoming a Dao-Merging True Immortal is within reach.

However, in the current Cangmang Realm, no Perfected Hunyuan Dharma Idol exists!

True Monarch Taihe is also only an Upper Grade Dongxian Dharma Idol.

However, True Monarch Taihe has a strange peculiarity: he was bestowed with three Lifebound Treasures!

This is a treatment usually reserved only for a Hunyuan Dharma Idol.

Perhaps this indicates that the quality of his Dharma Idol is higher than ordinary Upper Grade ones, yet not quite at the level of a true Hunyuan Dharma Idol, hence this anomaly.

Therefore, this is also the reason why True Monarch Taihe can suppress the Xuan Yin Palace and has the courage to face a multitude alone!

...High in the sky for thousands of miles, a five-thousand-zhang-tall, crimson, majestic giant figure stood towering in the firmament.

Its entire body seemed condensed from pure, blazing geocentric molten core, with hair and eyebrows all crimson like burning torches. Its facial features were slightly blurred in the rising heat waves, leaving only a pair of molten gold eyes shining brilliantly; wherever its gaze fell, the air scorched and distorted.

It wore a Chixia Flowing Fire Robe, a Nine Suns Sky-Soaring Crown on its head, and a phantom of a three-legged furnace hung behind its head.

The Dharma Idol's left arm extended horizontally, with an octagonal red copper treasure mirror floating in the air in front of its palm.

Its right arm was raised high, with its palm supporting the miniature tai he precious mountain, which suddenly expanded to a massive ten thousand zhang, smashing down fiercely toward the Nine-Tailed Thunder Roc that was pouncing through the sky!

"A matter of the Human Race, and you, a demon, dare to interfere?!"

"Noisy!"

Lightning exploded in the eyes of the Nine-Tailed Thunder Roc.

Facing this world-shattering strike, it needed no words; the nine thunder tails behind it swung violently!

*Crack— Crack—*

Countless world-destroying thunderbolts of various colors, as thick as mountains, tore through the sky for a hundred miles, like countless thousand-zhang thunder dragons, striking toward the falling giant mountain in a triangular formation!

*Boom!!!*

A deafening roar echoed through the firmament as destructive lightning filled the sky, and Taihe Mountain was submerged in an endless ocean of thunder.

The thunder was the signal.

Spotless was the first to move.

He didn't make a sound, but behind him, a figure over four thousand zhang tall also rose. The gray longsword at his waist had somehow already fallen into the hands of his Dharma Idol.

With one step forward, sword lotuses bloomed beneath his feet.

His figure seemed to merge with the world, becoming incredibly blurred.

Only a ten-thousand-zhang sword light, pure and sharp to the extreme, seemed slow yet was fast, ignoring thousands of miles of void and instantly slashing directly toward the core of True Monarch Taihe's Dharma Idol!

"Wuchen Sword Technique? Humph!"

True Monarch Taihe snorted coldly. The octagonal red copper treasure mirror in his hand shone brilliantly, and the layer of liquid light-flame on the mirror's surface boiled violently, aiming at the crashing ten-thousand-zhang sword light.

Brilliant liquid light-flame gushed out, turning into a surging sea of fire that covered the sky. The sharp sword light quickly dimmed, being crazily decomposed and burned by the extreme heat and the power to incinerate illusions contained within the mirror!

At the same time.

The Palace Master of Xuan Yin Palace and True Monarch Haoran acted simultaneously!

*Clang—*

The myriad transformation return to origin bell in the palm of True Monarch Haoran's left hand swayed gently. Along with the grand and heavy sound of the bell, an indescribable "sinking sensation" suddenly descended!

It was as if the space for hundreds of miles around was "collapsing" downward as a whole, creating a massive gravity domain.

Within this domain, True Monarch Taihe felt the circulation of his power becoming increasingly sluggish.

Above his head, the Palace Master of Xuan Yin Palace laughed thrice, and a pale, ten-thousand-zhang giant bone palm descended from the sky, slapping down fiercely toward him!

The four great experts acted almost simultaneously.

They tacitly wove a web of certain death, shrouding that crimson majestic figure.

An indescribable, terrifying pressure, like overwhelming waves or the sky collapsing, crushed in crazily from all directions!

The flames in True Monarch Taihe's molten gold eyes leaped wildly. Facing this top-tier ambush of this world, his mind remained as calm as an abyss, and his arms jerked violently!

*Boom—!!!*

With him as the center, the power of the Dharma Idol was pushed to its limit!

Thousands of miles of sky were reflected in crimson, and a vast, burning sea of fire condensed in the firmament.

*Boom!!!*

The phantom of the three-legged furnace that had been hanging behind the Dharma Idol's head let out a deafening roar for the first time!

Purple flames soared from the mouth of the furnace, turning into a ten-thousand-zhang furnace phantom that connected heaven and earth, firmly protecting the Dharma Idol in the center, actually temporarily resisting True Monarch Haoran's gravity domain.

*Bang!!!*

The crimson mirror light exploded, directly shattering the giant bone palm. The tai he precious mountain was also recalled by him and smashed toward True Monarch Haoran.

"He indeed has some tricks."

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Nine-Tailed Thunder Roc, which was then replaced by even more intense brutality. "Let's see how long you can hold out!"

Its nine thunder tails rose simultaneously, each tip condensing a thousand-zhang lightning ball of completely different colors and attributes. They intertwined in the air into a Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Map that blotted out the sun, slowly pressing down.

"I may not have much else, but I have plenty of Magic Treasures!"

True Monarch Taihe laughed loudly as a crimson Rank 4 Magic Treasure spear appeared in his hand, and he thrust it upward with force.

*Whoosh—*

The scorching spear light traversed hundreds of miles, instantly piercing through the exploding Thunder Prison Map and completely shredding it!

True Monarch Haoran's expression remained calm. Looking at the ten-thousand-zhang divine mountain falling from the sky, he raised his right hand and drew in the air with his fingers like a brush.

As his fingertips passed, mysterious yellow spiritual light condensed into ancient and profound giant runes: "Strength," "Break," "Forbidden," "Lock," "Reverse," "Fissure"... Each rune contained the ultimate truths of heaven and earth, drawing upon the power of the surrounding mountains and the might of the four seas, merging into a thousand-zhang-diameter flow of mysterious light that surged upward to strike, holding the falling Taihe Mountain firmly in place.

Then, a white-haired whisk appeared in True Monarch Haoran's hand. Endless white silk threads suddenly expanded ten thousand zhang long, slapping down fiercely toward the top of True Monarch Taihe's head.

*Boom!!!*

Another Medium Grade Rank 4 Magic Treasure shield sacrificed by True Monarch Taihe was slapped a hundred miles away by True Monarch Haoran's whisk, falling to the ground covered in cracks and crashing into countless Baitu Hills.

"Fellow Daoist Taihe, why bother struggling?"

At the same time, Spotless's figure became increasingly ethereal in the clear sky. The longsword in his hand trembled slightly, one turning into three, three into nine, and nine into infinity!

In an instant, the sky was filled with that pure and flawless sword light.

Whether piercing straight, slashing diagonally, cutting horizontally, or slicing in circles... Wuchen Sword Domain: All Laws are Void!

"If we're fighting, then fight. Why all the nonsense?"

Another seemingly thin red Heavenly Robe Magic Treasure was sacrificed, turning into layers of spiritual light barriers that tightly enveloped True Monarch Taihe. Even the infinite sword light could not break through it in a short time.

*Swish swish—*

However, the sun-blotting thunder wings of the Nine-Tailed Thunder Roc had already arrived, like two ten-thousand-zhang heavenly blades slashing down in a cross.

The Palace Master of Xuan Yin Palace also pounced down simultaneously. Rolling Evil Qi intertwined and transformed into dense clusters of skulls, each a hundred zhang large, hissing and roaring as they poured down like a deluge.

Right from the start, True Monarch Taihe fell into a predicament!