184: A divine eye? A blind man? (Sixty-nine)

Zi Yuanxiao stared fixedly at You Chen, his Killing Intent fully exposed in his eyes.

That boundless arrogance, stemming from an ancient Prodigy, was completely ignited.

"The power of my Zi Clan is something you could never imagine!"

Boom!

The moment his voice fell.

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding what he had shown before, erupted from within Zi Yuanxiao's body.

He no longer held back any of his Heavenly God combat power.

Purple Divine Flames gushed out from every pore of his body, instantly turning the dao platform beneath his feet into a sea of purple fire.

Screech!

A shrill Phoenix cry resounded through the sky.

A massive phantom of a Divine Phoenix, with a wingspan exceeding a thousand zhang, slowly emerged behind Zi Yuanxiao and took form.

The Divine Phoenix was entirely composed of the purest purple Divine Flames, its eyes cold and filled with the majesty of judging all living beings.

The manifestation of the peerless Physique, the "Purple Phoenix Divine Body," was fully revealed.

In that moment, the temperature of the entire ice field rose sharply due to the appearance of this sea of fire.

The glaciers were melting, and the sky was dyed an eerie purple.

Below the dao platform, all the observing Northern Plains Cultivators wore expressions of horror and awe, frantically retreating for fear of being caught in the terrifying Divine Flames.

"This is Lord Zi Yuanxiao's true strength!"

"Heavenly God level! This is the combat power of the Heavenly God level!"

"That madman is dead! He will be burned to ashes in the Purple Phoenix Divine Flames!"

Bathing in the Divine Flames, with the Divine Phoenix phantom spreading its wings behind him, Zi Yuanxiao possessed overwhelming pressure.

He looked down at You Chen like a deity in control of fire.

He intended to use the most domineering and crushing method to completely eradicate this ignorant challenger and restore his reputation.

However.

Facing this terrifying scene.

You Chen remained standing calmly in place.

He allowed the purple Divine Flames, which were capable of melting divine metal, to engulf him.

Seeing this, the sneer on Zi Yuanxiao's face deepened.

"Foolish."

But the next moment, his smile froze.

You Chen stood in the center of the sea of fire, completely unharmed.

"This..."

Zi Yuanxiao's pupils constricted sharply.

You Chen raised his eyes and looked at him calmly.

That gaze held no pity, no mockery, only a dead and silent void.

"Is this your full power?"

You Chen's voice was not loud, yet it clearly overpowered the roar of the exploding Divine Flames.

"Too weak."

Before the words had even faded.

He moved.

It was still just a simple step forward.

But this step seemed to tread upon the veins of the Heaven and Earth Law.

The invisible "Domain of Extinction" around him quietly unfolded.

In an instant.

Zi Yuanxiao discovered with horror that his pride and joy, the Purple Phoenix Divine Flames capable of burning everything, had instantly lost control.

The Law that constituted the flames began to rapidly collapse and disintegrate under You Chen's Domain.

That towering sea of purple fire quickly dimmed and extinguished.

"How could this be..."

Zi Yuanxiao was deeply shaken.

The Divine Phoenix phantom behind him let out a reluctant cry of sorrow, then violently flapped its wings, diving toward You Chen with astonishing might.

This was an attack from the Origin of his Divine Body.

You Chen did not dodge.

He simply raised his hand and pointed a finger gently at the massive Divine Phoenix phantom.

It was just this understated gesture.

The peerlessly mighty Divine Phoenix phantom suddenly stalled in mid-air.

The next moment, its massive body began to shatter inch by inch, turning into spots of purple light that filled the sky and dissipated into the air.

Pfft!

With his manifestation broken, Zi Yuanxiao was severely injured.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura instantly withering.

He looked at You Chen in disbelief, his eyes filled with terror.

"Dao..."

"You... you have touched the 'Dao'!"

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

"You are only in the God Realm, how could you possibly have touched the threshold of the 'Dao'!"

He appeared as if he had gone mad.

As a Prodigy sealed away since ancient times, he knew better than anyone what comprehending the "Dao" meant.

That was a realm that only Saint Realm powerhouses could touch.

He had cultivated for hundreds of years and was still only at the level of "Momentum."

"It is over."

You Chen's figure instantly appeared before Zi Yuanxiao.

He reached out his hand and calmly pressed it against Zi Yuanxiao's forehead.

"No!"

Zi Yuanxiao let out a desperate roar, unleashing all the remaining Divine Power in his body in a final struggle.

But it was all in vain.

You Chen's hand ignored all his defenses and easily landed on his forehead.

In that instant, all of Zi Yuanxiao's power and all his life force were instantly erased by an incomprehensible force of "Extinction."

His body rapidly withered and weathered away.

In the final moment of his life, his eyes were filled only with endless regret and unwillingness.

He could not even see through what kind of Physique the person before him possessed.

Zi Yuanxiao's body completely turned to ash and dissipated on the dao platform.

A generation's Prodigy of the Northern Plains, the peerless Divine Body of the Ancient Saint Clan, had fallen.

On the ice field, all was silent.

Everyone was completely stunned by this reversal.

You Chen withdrew his hand, scanned the terrified faces below the platform, and his calm voice spread throughout the entire Northern Plains.

"The people of the Zi Clan are all good-for-nothings."

"Those who are unconvinced may come to this dao platform and battle me."

After speaking, he sat cross-legged in the center of the dao platform and closed his eyes.

Arrogant!

Too arrogant!

As soon as these words were spoken, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Northern Plains.

The Zi Clan was one of the oldest hidden Saint Clans in the Northern Plains, with a fearsome reputation and unfathomable foundations.

Yet now, they were being humiliated like this, right to their faces.

In You Chen's mind, the memory of being deceived by the Zi Clan back then, almost becoming a sacrificial key for a Half-Saint Legacy, surfaced.

If not for Big Brother Jun at the last moment...

And Zi Yuan risking her life to force them...

He would have long since died and vanished.

He had always remembered this debt.

Thinking of that woman in purple, with her aloof temperament, a complex emotion welled up in You Chen's heart.

He came this time for two reasons: one to seek revenge, and two... to resolve his Karma.

In the days that followed.

The eyes of the entire Northern Plains were focused on this glacier dao platform.

Sure enough.

Within three days.

The Zi Clan had experts descend once again.

This time, two Divine Body Prodigies, as renowned as Zi Yuanxiao, arrived together.

They were filled with Killing Intent, vowing to wash away the shame of the Zi Clan.

However, the result caused everyone to fall into silence once again.

The two arrogant Zi Clan Prodigies were killed by You Chen one after another.

After this battle, no one dared to come and challenge him again.

It was said that the strongest Saint Body existence of the current generation of the Zi Clan had personally given the order.

"This person has touched the 'Dao' and cannot be defeated by force; we shall temporarily yield in the Dao Platform Contest."

The last month of the Dao Platform Contest slowly passed in this eerie calm.

When the last day of the twelfth month ended.

Rumble!

The entire land of the Five Domains, and even the endless starry sky, trembled violently without warning.

Heaven and Earth were resonating.

Above the sky of the Five Domains, that illusory galaxy became completely solid in this moment.

A vast, ancient, and brilliant path, with no known beginning and no known end, spanned across the firmament.

It seemed to connect to the end of the world, leading to the ultimate transcendence.

At this moment, all the dao platforms dissolved into rain of light and vanished.

And those winners who had finally held their dao platforms saw a beam of guiding divine light appear beneath their feet, leading them toward that Ancient Starry Road.

The Ancient Starry Road had completely opened!