Chapter 21: Exhausting All Means

In Baiji Commandery, that vast wilderness.

The war between the Voidgate Sect and Great Xia had reached an extreme frenzy, with both sides nearly equal in strength.

Ji Ning of Great Xia, the Celestial Punishment God, and the Voidgate Sect's Perfected Redbing kept each other in check.

The other five Celestial Punishment Gods of Great Xia and the five Celestial Punishment Puppets were besieged by two White-Faced Flood Dragons, six Celestial Punishment Puppets, and some Blood Cloud Puppets from the Voidgate Sect. The Blood Cloud Puppets, in particular, appeared and disappeared unpredictably, making things very difficult for the five Celestial Punishment Gods, though they were aided by other Celestial Immortals and Perfected Immortals on the side.

Especially the Xia Emperor, who held back most of the Blood Cloud Puppets; otherwise, Great Xia would have already lost another Celestial Punishment God.

Great Xia's strongest forces were the three Divine Demon Legions.

However, one of these legions was held back by Perfected Baiji alone, another was locked in battle with the Poison Que White-Faced Flood Dragon, and the last was entangled by eight Celestial Punishment Puppets from the Voidgate Sect, completely tied up. These black Celestial Punishment Puppets, unlike the Blood Cloud Puppets, were slower but very hard to destroy, and they managed to fully occupy that legion.

...

For a time, both sides fought with wild abandon.

They even fell into a stalemate, unable to crush the other. Both sides needed a force to break the balance.

Of course, among the six Celestial Punishment Gods, Ji Ning was the most frustrated, as he was held back by Perfected Redbing.

"Hmm?" Ji Ning suddenly sensed a powerful fluctuation of the world's power and looked up into the sky.

Not only Ji Ning, but everyone present sensed this terrifying fluctuation.

All noticed the scene in the sky.

"Rumble~~~"

A fearsome might gathered in the sky, forming dark red clouds, like tribulation clouds. Within the dark red clouds, red light flickered again and again, their power terrifying to the heart.

"The World-Suppressing Grand Formation!"

"It's the World-Suppressing Grand Formation!"

"The Xia Emperor has activated the World-Suppressing Grand Formation."

For a moment, the Voidgate Sect side was stifled, while Great Xia's side was stirred with excitement.

The fame of Great Xia's World-Suppressing Grand Formation was immense. Even Ji Ning had heard of it during the Immortal Fortune Assembly, though he hadn't understood its details then. Later, as his status rose, he learned the full information. This 'Great Xia World-Suppressing Grand Formation' used the Tianmang Hall Imperial Palace as its core and the prefectural cities of the three thousand six hundred commanderies as auxiliaries, gathering the power of all these cities to attack any location in the entire Great Xia world!

Once the tribulation clouds appeared, space was fixed.

There was no escape!

Its power was such that...

Celestial Immortals would surely die; even Celestial Gods and Perfected Immortals might only survive if their divine bodies were strong and they had protective divine abilities, while Pure Yang Perfected Immortals would almost certainly die! This power surpassed the Xia Emperor's own strength. Because of this 'Great Xia World-Suppressing Grand Formation', from its establishment, countless feudal lords in Great Xia dared not rebel, for within the Great Xia world, none could escape its attack. They could not forget... when the formation first displayed its might, it directly killed the rebellious leader, Pure Yang Perfected Immortal 'Perfected Quhai'.

"Finally used it." Perfected Baiji looked up with a cold smile, a gray fruit appearing in his hand. Suddenly, he crushed the gray fruit.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~

A vast amount of gray mist flew out from the fruit, surging upward and enveloping the dark red tribulation clouds in the sky!

"Oh?" The Xia Emperor frowned, then sneered, "Chaos Force? Baiji, do you think this wisp of Chaos Force, scattered into mist, can block my grand formation?"

Chaos Force...

was a power one could only gradually master after beginning to comprehend the Chaos Heavenly Dao. It was the truly supreme power in the Three Realms. Generally, after mastering a Heavenly Dao, True Gods and Dao Ancestors would gradually comprehend the Chaos Heavenly Dao. Among the ten Heavenly Daos, the Chaos Heavenly Dao was absolutely supreme. Whoever fully comprehended it could become the supreme 'Pangu God'. Pangu himself had mastered this Heavenly Dao, and Nuwa was even more formidable—among the ten Heavenly Daos, she mastered nine.

There was a saying: There are one hundred and eight thousand Daos in heaven and earth.

Nuwa mastered eighty-four thousand of them.

Such was her greatness!

It wasn't that Nuwa couldn't comprehend the last Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Daos were incomplete, making it impossible to fully comprehend all ten. Mastering nine was the limit!

"Haha, I admit your World-Suppressing Grand Formation is powerful, and this Chaos Force is indeed just a wisp," Perfected Baiji laughed, a hint of mockery in his eyes. "But even a wisp is still Chaos Force! After penetrating this Chaos Force, how much power will your formation have left? And this Great Xia World-Suppressing Grand Formation... its power is so great, covering an entire major world, far beyond what a Perfected Immortal should possess. Even for you, activating it once must come at a considerable cost."

Their Voidgate Sect had obtained intelligence.

The Xia Emperor could activate the World-Suppressing Grand Formation at most twice in a century. Perfected Baiji had even personally asked his master, the God King, who said: "The formation's range is beyond normal Celestial God or Perfected Immortal means. An attack covering an entire world is already the means of a True God or Dao Ancestor. Yinglong forged this formation mainly for deterrence. Since intelligence says the Xia Emperor can activate it at most twice in a century, I guess... he can only activate it once. If he pays a huge price, he might activate it twice. I'll grant you a Chaos Force fruit to weaken his grand formation."

...

"Hmph." The Xia Emperor coldly looked down.

The tribulation clouds of the World-Suppressing Grand Formation had enough power to kill any Pure Yang Perfected Immortal of the Voidgate Sect present. Celestial Gods might survive the attack due to their divine bodies and protective abilities, but Pure Yang Perfected Immortals would almost certainly die. The Xia Emperor had planned to directly attack Perfected Baiji, but now that the tribulation clouds were surrounded by 'Chaos Force', after penetrating it, their power would be greatly weakened!

For a strong cultivator like Perfected Baiji, repelling him was easy, but killing him was hard.

Celestial Gods and Perfected Immortals all had formidable life-preserving means...

"I guessed the Voidgate Sect would have countermeasures, but I didn't expect their Dao Ancestor to give this condensed Chaos Dao Fruit to Perfected Baiji. That Dao Ancestor is truly generous." The Xia Emperor secretly fumed. The Chaos Force fruit, also called the 'Chaos Dao Fruit', was not something a True God or Dao Ancestor could easily condense.

If it were that easy, by frantically condensing fruits and constantly recovering their Chaos Force, Chaos Dao Fruits would be everywhere.

But in reality...

To condense a Chaos Dao Fruit, one had to extract a sliver of their Chaos insights, cutting away those insights. Only then would the Chaos Force within those insights naturally condense and exist independently. Thus, the Chaos Force in such a fruit was very meager. In the great tribulation, for the sake of their own fortune, even if the great powers of the Voidgate Sect cut away their Chaos insights, they would only cut away an extremely small amount. Over a long time, they could recover. If they cut away too many insights, recovery would be difficult.

A wisp of Chaos Force was enough to weaken these tribulation clouds.

"Go." A cold light flashed in the Xia Emperor's eyes.

The tribulation clouds in the sky transformed into a rainbow light, shooting downward.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~

The gray mist tried its best to block, but though it was qualitatively astonishing, it was consumed in the blink of an eye. The rainbow light, originally a hundred zhang thick, was reduced to only about ten zhang thick, retaining only a tenth of its original power. This rainbow light was as fast as lightning.

Whoosh!

One of the White-Faced Flood Dragons fighting the Celestial Punishment Gods below suddenly let out a terrified roar, even raising its claws to block.

"Pfft."

The rainbow light pierced through, leaving a hole in its chest. Many Celestial Immortals and loose immortals inside died on the spot. The entire White-Faced Flood Dragon collapsed, and the numerous Celestial Immortals and loose immortals inside panicked, trying to flee.

"Kill."

The Celestial Punishment God fighting it, Tonghe, naturally fought fiercely to slaughter them.

Perfected Baiji in the distance watched coldly. All this was within his preparations. Sacrificing several hundred Celestial Immortals to withstand an attack from the 'Great Xia World-Suppressing Grand Formation' was not bad. Without the Chaos Dao Fruit, he himself might have died! After all, the Great Xia World-Suppressing Grand Formation was too terrifying, nearly matching the power of a Dao Ancestor.

"Xiamang, having used the World-Suppressing Grand Formation, you probably have only your Yinglong Guard left," Perfected Baiji transmitted, laughing. "You're destined to lose this battle."

"Come out!"

Perfected Baiji suddenly shouted.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, four towering figures appeared—four White-Faced Flood Dragons with overwhelming auras, each one extremely ferocious and brutal.

"What."

"Four more?"

"Four White-Faced Flood Dragons?"

Everyone on Great Xia's side felt their hearts sink.

Heavens.

One White-Faced Flood Dragon represented a thousand Celestial Immortals and a hundred thousand loose immortals. This meant the Voidgate Sect had sent at least another four thousand Celestial Immortals. The strength of these four White-Faced Flood Dragons was hard to tell; some might match the Poison Que White-Faced Flood Dragon.

"You Voidgate Sect think highly of me." The Xia Emperor smiled coldly. "Since you want the Yinglong Guard to come out, I'll grant your wish."

Whoosh.

In midair, an enormous divine dragon appeared. This dragon was special—compared to a normal dragon, it had an extra pair of huge wings. It was the legendary divine beast 'Yinglong'. Yinglong the Dao Ancestor was originally a divine beast, born extraordinary, and after great battles in ancient times, eventually became a True God and Dao Ancestor.

"Roar~~~" The enormous Yinglong flew downward.

"Haha, come on."

One of the White-Faced Flood Dragons let out a wild roar and charged to meet it.

Bang! Bang!

The Yinglong and the White-Faced Flood Dragon clashed directly. Though the Yinglong was slightly stronger, the White-Faced Flood Dragon could hold its ground.

"What, that White-Faced Flood Dragon is that strong? It must be led by a Celestial God or Perfected Immortal." Ji Ning and the others felt a chill in their hearts.

Their Yinglong Legion was only a match for one powerful White-Faced Flood Dragon.

What about the other three White-Faced Flood Dragons? Would another super-strong one appear? If so, they would be in big trouble.

The Xia Emperor watched coldly. He knew the war with the Voidgate Sect would be difficult, because their intelligence was too formidable. They had investigated all his methods, while he knew almost nothing about theirs. Now, he had exhausted all his forces, yet it seemed he was at a disadvantage!

"Xiamang, you've lost. This Great Xia will be my Baiji's Great Xia. No, then it won't be called the Great Xia world; it should be renamed the Baiji Great World." Perfected Baiji's aura was overwhelming, his arrogance unbounded.