157: Zhan Tianyuan

The moment Lu Tianyuan's words fell, the Aura at the Peak of the immortal mountain instantly solidified.

The peaceful and gentle atmosphere from their earlier discussion vanished, replaced by a terrifying pressure that, while returning to simplicity, made the heavens and earth hold their breath.

There was no earth-shattering Aura explosion, no surging torrent of magical power.

Lu Tianyuan simply stood there, his plain white cloth robes unblemished, his empty eyes gazing at Xiao Zhuo.

However, Xiao Zhuo felt as if the space he occupied had turned into solidified crystal, making every movement incredibly difficult.

The Law's radiance he had just comprehended and activated, brought forth by the Dao Principle, was silently suppressed back into his body, as if smoothed down by an invisible giant hand!

This was the posture of the First Immortal of all ages in the Void Refining Realm!

Motionless as a mountain, yet already controlling the Universe!

"Please!" An unprecedented Battle Intent erupted in Xiao Zhuo's eyes as he forcefully broke free from the invisible restraint.

He knew that against such an opponent, any probing was superfluous. Only by giving his all would he have a sliver of hope!

Blood fiend soaring to the sky!

The Physical Body's Qi and blood of Void Refinement Peak roared like thunder, the crimson, viscous power of Divine Blood was fully activated, igniting God-Slaying Blood Flame on his body surface, forming a blurry but infinitely fierce giant's phantom behind him.

This giant phantom roared silently towards the sky; its mere existence caused ripples in the surrounding stable space.

At the same time, the chaotic magical power within his body circulated rapidly, transforming into purple-gold lightning, instantly traveling through Xiao Zhuo's entire body, bones, muscles, and flesh. Not only did it not conflict with the Blood Fiend power, but under the governance of the newly comprehended The Way of Freedom, they eerily underwent Fusion!

Crimson and purple-gold intertwined, forming a "Law-Breaking Blood Lightning" that contained both destructive and corrosive properties, coiling around Xiao Zhuo's fists.

As he clenched his fists, the space groaned under the unbearable pressure, and faint black cracks flickered around his knuckles.

Heaven-Observing Soul Lock!

In his Sea of Consciousness, his Divine Soul power transformed into dazzling golden light, and his Heaven-Observing Divine Eye operated at its Peak. It no longer attempted to analyze Lu Tianyuan's unfathomable "emptiness," but instead firmly locked onto every inch of space around him, capturing any imperceptible energy fluctuations and Law trajectories.

The power of Space Law remained hidden, ready to tear apart the solidified space for a deadly instantaneous surprise attack!

A Cultivator in the Void Refining Realm who comprehends his own Dao, although unable to control the middle-tier Laws, can still draw upon the power of Laws to empower himself.

Facing Xiao Zhuo's poised, Peak strike, which fused the power of five Daos, Lu Tianyuan finally moved.

He merely raised a single finger.

There was no light flowing from his fingertip, no earth-shattering might.

It was just an ordinary, gentle tap in Xiao Zhuo's direction.

Buzz—!

In that instant, Xiao Zhuo felt the entire world change!

Immortal mountain, spiritual mist, pavilions... all sights instantly blurred, twisted, and faded!

In their place, countless profound golden patterns appeared out of thin air, filling his entire vision!

These patterns were not static; they flowed, intertwined, and collided like living things. Each one contained an extremely pure Law Origin—power, speed, tenacity, sharpness, massiveness, creation and destruction, circulation... encompassing everything!

This was not a Domain, but rather the "Tianyuan Dao Pattern Array" that Lu Tianyuan, with his ultimate understanding of wan fa (myriad laws), effortlessly laid out around Xiao Zhuo, using his finger as a guide!

Each pattern represented a materialized attack of a Dao Principle. Together, they formed an impregnable, perfectly cyclical system of absolute suppression!

Xiao Zhuo's Peak punch, which had condensed Law-Breaking Blood Lightning and was capable of shattering stars, slammed out!

Boom!!!

Violent energy erupted, blood lightning raged, and spatial fragments flew chaotically!

However, those seemingly delicate golden Dao patterns remained as steady as a rock!

The destructive power of the Law-Breaking Blood Lightning collided with the "Tenacity" Dao pattern, being dissolved layer by layer.

The corrosive power touched the "Circulation" Dao pattern, being guided and dispersed.

The violent force impacted the "Massiveness" Dao pattern, like a mud ox entering the sea!

Countless Dao patterns flickered, echoing each other, forcefully decomposing and dissolving Xiao Zhuo's terrifying attack—which was enough to injure an ordinary Tribulation Stage Cultivator—into nothingness!

The rebound force even caused Xiao Zhuo's Qi and blood to churn, and his knuckles ached faintly!

"So strong!" Xiao Zhuo's heart was solemn; this was simply not a contest on the same level! He had to use all his strength to activate the power of five Laws.

Yet, his opponent, with a casual tap, activated the power of over a dozen of the most fundamental Laws of heaven and earth, constructing a nearly perfect system of defense and counterattack.

His figure flickered as Space Law activated, attempting to teleport to Lu Tianyuan's flank.

However, the moment his figure moved, the "Imprisonment" and "Delay" patterns among the flowing golden Dao patterns suddenly lit up!

Xiao Zhuo felt as if he had fallen into amber solidified for billions of years; the trajectory of his spatial teleportation was forcibly solidified and interrupted!

He was forced to reveal his figure, his speed sharply reduced.

Chirp, chirp, chirp!

At the same time, several golden Dao patterns representing "Sharpness" and "Penetration," like invisible divine spears, silently pierced towards Xiao Zhuo's vital points with the Law power to pierce through everything! Fast! So fast that it exceeded the limit of Divine Sense reaction!

Danger Perception warned frantically!

Heaven-Observing Divine Eye warned frantically!

Xiao Zhuo almost instinctively, with the ultimate burst of Body Refining power, twisted his body in an incredible way at the critical moment, while the Blood Fiend power formed the most condensed shield on his body surface.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Three blood flowers bloomed on his shoulder, under his ribs, and on his thigh!

The Law power contained in the "Sharpness" Dao pattern ignored his powerful Physical Body defense, directly acting on the Origin of his flesh and blood!

If he hadn't dodged fast enough and his Body Refining Foundation wasn't incredibly solid, those three strikes would have been enough to severely wound him and make him lose his Battle Intent!

The intense pain, however, ignited the ferocity deep within Xiao Zhuo!

"Break! Break for me!" Xiao Zhuo roared, no longer fixated on attacking Lu Tianyuan's Main Body.

He poured all his power, including the method of activating the Dao Principle he had just comprehended, frantically into his Heaven-Observing Divine Eye!

"The Way of Freedom, wan fa (myriad laws) are all for my use! Analyze this Dao pattern cage for me!"

In the golden pupil between his brows, the phantom of the Universe's creation and destruction spun wildly!

No longer analyzing a single target, but with the Free and Easy True Intent as the core, forcefully trying to understand, dismantle, and even attempt to "resonate" with this "Tianyuan Dao Pattern Array" formed by the intertwining of wan fa (myriad laws) activated by Lu Tianyuan!

The erosion of Blood Fiend, the destruction of lightning, the penetration of space, the bearing of Body Refining, the insight of Divine Soul... five powers, under the smelting of Free and Easy True Intent, transformed into a unique and domineering will, frantically impacting the golden Dao patterns flowing around him!

He no longer tried to resist all Dao Principles, but like the most cunning assassin, he searched for the one-in-a-billionth-of-a-second "gap" and "conflict point" in this perfect array diagram, arising from the differences in the characteristics of different Laws!

Found it!

At the moment when the "Sharpness" and "Massiveness" Dao patterns alternated in circulation, at the edge where the "Creation and Destruction" and "Circulation" Dao patterns ran parallel!

"Now! Law-Breaking Blood Lightning! Pierce!"

Xiao Zhuo poured all his strength, along with that trace of mixed but tenacious "Freedom" Dao Principle power he had activated, into his right fist!

On his fist, the Law-Breaking Blood Lightning, a Fusion of Blood Fiend and lightning, was no longer violently outward, but extremely condensed, transforming into a dark purple electric glow only as thick as a finger, yet containing the power to destroy all Law and order!

He ignored another "Sharpness" Dao pattern piercing towards his heart, his eyes only on the "Law conflict point" he had locked onto, and punched out! Transforming his body into a spear, using Dao to break Dao!

This punch was faster than lightning, utterly resolute, carrying the untamed spirit of breaking free from all restraints and shattering all shackles within Xiao Zhuo's "Freedom" True Intent!

Hiss—!

That supremely condensed Law-Breaking Blood Lightning precisely pierced into the node where billions of golden Dao patterns intertwined and operated!

The dark purple electric glow, like potent poison thrown into a calm lake, instantly erupted!

Buzz—!!!

The entire "Tianyuan Dao Pattern Array" trembled violently!

The perfect cycle was forcibly interrupted!