640: Chapter 640 The Land and the People

Below, Xuanyuan Ziyan's mouth opened slightly, her eyes wide as saucers, as if she had seen a ghost.

"He… he actually withstood it?" Her voice was dry, as if squeezed out from her throat.

By all accounts, no Integration Stage Cultivator should be able to block the methods of a Mahayana Cultivator.

Only one thought occupied her mind: This is wrong.

It was like seeing a Nascent Soul Cultivator block a Spirit Transformation Cultivator's Law Divine Ability with their Physical Body alone.

Dimensional reduction strikes had become a joke here.

She felt as if her understanding of reality had been shattered by something.

"His defense is this strong?" She muttered, repeating the sentence over and over.

Beside her, Venerable Cang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back. He watched the Profound Yellow Qi still lingering around you and narrowed his eyes—just for a moment.

"Origin of Chaos… chaos cloak…" His voice was very soft, audible only to himself. "Missing even one of these, he wouldn't have been able to block it."

He was right; without either one, you might have been crushed into a pulp of flesh.

The chaos cloak could block the Chaos Qi because the Chaos Qi considered the chaos cloak a part of itself and did not attack it.

It just so happened that you used the Origin of Chaos to activate the chaos cloak, pushing its defensive capabilities to the limit, which allowed you to withstand it.

Liu Tianxing and Elder Qi were equally shocked by your defensive methods. The two exchanged a look, seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.

"What is that defensive treasure of his? Can you tell?" Elder Qi asked.

Liu Tianxing shook his head, his expression grim.

Both were thinking the same thing in their minds: What kind of defensive treasure could possibly block a Mahayana Cultivator's Law Divine Ability?

It was simply inconceivable.

Indeed, Palm Overlord of Heaven and Earth was still a method on the level of Law.

Liu Xuerong had not used her full strength either.

She believed that this move was enough to crush you to death.

But the result was unexpected.

She did not attack again, but simply looked at you. Her gaze had changed—it was no longer condescending, no longer looking at an insect, but level, as if looking at someone who needed to be taken seriously.

"To be able to take one hit of my Palm Overlord of Heaven and Earth and not die." She spoke, her tone calmer than before.

It was not politeness; it was recognition.

She paused. "You are truly the number one Integration Stage Cultivator in the Immortal Domain."

Although this move, "Palm Overlord of Heaven and Earth," was only at thirty percent of her power, it was still not something an Integration Stage Cultivator could withstand.

After all, the Law Power mastered by a Mahayana Cultivator was several times that of an Integration Stage Cultivator. Coupled with the amplification of Law Divine Ability, an ordinary Integration Stage Cultivator would be easily crushed to pieces.

In fact, in previous simulations, you had been crushed to death by this move as well, but back then you were too weak and didn't even know where the opponent was.

You took a deep breath and looked at her calmly. "Little Liu, is that all?"

Liu Xuerong's expression turned cold, then she smiled indifferently.

"Good!"

She raised her hand.

This time, there were no Law fluctuations, no bursts of spiritual light.

Only an invisible force rose from her body.

A force far exceeding the previous one enveloped the entire world.

This force was not a change in quantity, but a change in quality.

It was not oppression, nor was it Killing Intent.

It was "Dao."

The Power of the Great Dao.

Ordinary Integration Stage Cultivators might not understand the terror of the "Power of the Great Dao."

But you did.

Because this was the very power channeled by your immortal slaying sword.

You had once used the immortal slaying sword formation to slaughter a group of Liu Clan higher-ups using this very power.

Before this power, those Liu Clan higher-ups couldn't even mobilize their Law Power, acting like ants waiting for you to slaughter them.

The hairs on your body stood up.

Your bones turned cold.

Every wisp of spiritual energy within you was screaming—run, run, run.

But you did not run.

You also wanted to see whose Power of the Great Dao was stronger: yours or hers.

You took a deep breath.

The xuantian treasure mirror accelerated frantically within you, and time seemed to stretch out.

The process of Liu Xuerong raising her hand became very slow, very slow in your eyes.

But you knew—it wasn't that she had slowed down; it was that you had sped up.

Enough for you to do what?

Enough to reveal all your trump cards.

With a thought—

You activated your Spotless Sword Body, and a humming of Sword Intent erupted from within you.

Six immortal slaying swords shot out from your body and hovered before you: Gold, Fire, Thunder, Ice, Wood, Water.

Six colors, six auras, six Sword Intents.

They lined up before you, sword tips pointing forward, the blades vibrating.

Liu Xuerong's pupils constricted slightly:

"immortal slaying sword?"

She paused, her voice slowly deepening. "The Qin Court stands where the Nine Heavens tilt, the stars shift as Ziwei moves. So, it was you they were talking about."

Then she smiled.

Not with contempt.

It was excitement.

Like a beast encountering its prey.

She raised her hand.

With the vast power of time amplifying her body, her speed increased as well.

A scroll slowly unfurled from her palm.

The scroll rod was black, not the black of ink—but the color of the starry sky.

The canvas was deep blue; there were no mountains, rivers, or people on it, only stars.

Densely packed stars.

It was as if someone had sealed a patch of the starry sky into this painting.

This was her Lifebound Treasure—the Mountain and River State Map.

The Lifebound Treasure of a Mahayana Cultivator was no less powerful than an Innate Spirit Treasure.

Just as the immortal slaying sword was your Lifebound Treasure.

Her hand gave a slight flick.

From the scroll, a patch of starry sky poured out.

It was not a painting; it was real.

Stars surged from the painting—ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand… covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

They were not smashing over.

They were sweeping over.

Like a galaxy made of stars, pouring down from above the Nine Heavens, carrying the power of the stars and crushing toward you.

Wherever it passed, the Void Realm collapsed, and Spiritual Qi was annihilated.

Even light twisted, deformed, and vanished within that patch of starry sky.

It was not blocked.

It was devoured.

The Mountain and River State Map opened its "mouth," and that patch of starry sky was its tongue.

Wherever it passed, everything was swept inside.

Space.

Spiritual Qi.

Law.

Everything.

All were swallowed into that painting, turning into a new star within it.

This was not an attack.

It was plunder.

It was devouring.

It was erasing this world.

You watched that sea of stars crushing toward you.

You knew—you couldn't dodge it.

That sea of stars covered the entire firmament, from east to west, from south to north, with no blind spots.

You took a deep breath.

The six immortal slaying swords hovered before you, their blades vibrating.

"Six—fold—Void—Breaker!"