Dao Artifact

"Channeling the Grand Dao of the Void with merely a Golden Core body?! Is this... a supreme divine ability?!" Behind him, Wang Daoshu's pupils constricted the instant Yaoguang launched his counterattack. It was no treasure! It was a supreme divine ability that only true disciples were qualified to cultivate! An Incandescent White Golden Core wielding a supreme divine ability?! Furthermore, his attainment in this supreme divine ability was... Exceedingly profound! Wang Daoshu realized at once that he might have been used as a pawn—and an expendable one at that. Yet at this moment, he had no time to ponder further. He frantically mobilized the Void Sand Sea and the Void Sandstorm, desperately attempting to shred that Sky-Cleaving Strike which had condensed a void tsunami into a single focused point. "Not good!" The instant the two collided, his expression shifted drastically. In fact, he was struck with terror. The other party's supreme divine ability carried a unique frequency, precisely unraveling the spatial ripples he had raised. It rendered his grandiose divine ability akin to a sand sculpture erected upon the shoreline—swept by the waves, it shattered on the spot. And after crushing his divine ability's strangling force, the power of that strike drove straight in at an unbelievable speed, striking heavily against his body. His primal cavern, pushed to its utmost limit to counterattack and defend, became utterly unstable the moment it clashed with the spatial ripples stirred by this supreme divine ability. It could not even warp the surrounding space. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as this strike blasted into his primal cavern while he was practically defenseless... or rather, powerless to defend! The moment it hammered into his primal cavern, it was like a star struck by a photoid—the core within unleashed energy frantically like a storm of radiation rays, instantly shattering the equilibrium of his own power. "How could this be?!" Wang Daoshu's heart shuddered as he strained with all his might to stabilize the state of his primal cavern. However... Yaoguang, standing before him, was not about to just stand by and watch. While Wang Daoshu struggled desperately to regain control of his primal cavern, unable to spare attention for anything else, the Swimming Dragon Sword vibrated the void once more. The spatial ripples it stirred quickly formed a second Sky-Cleaving Strike, slamming further into Wang Daoshu's thoroughly destabilized primal cavern. This strike delivered a fatal finishing blow to this Void Piercing Battle Immortal. The primal cavern, already thrown off balance, erupted into total chaos. Boundless, maximally condensed energy erupted from his body, tearing his divine body—which had illuminated all one thousand and eighty acupoints—into shattered pieces in an instant. "I cannot accept this! My Wang family has yet to achieve complete resurgence through my hands! I haven't led my clan to become a new lineage of the Heavenly Dao Sect... I refuse to accept this..." The Void Piercing Battle Immortal let out a cry of despair. In the end... There was no longer any need for Yaoguang to strike again. In pursuit of immense power, his own primal cavern buried him. As Yaoguang activated the Two Realms Ruler and retreated frantically, the Void Piercing Battle Immortal's primal cavern went completely out of control, instantly converting into endless released energy that blasted outward in all directions. Even in an environment as formidable as Beihai Star, this violent release of energy still produced a dazzling, magnificent seven-colored rainbow arc across the sky. The rainbow light spanned three thousand li. Spreading outward like an explosive spatial shockwave, it ripped apart the nearly corporeal spiritual mist and clouds filling the sky, gouging out what seemed like a colossal grayish-brown hole in the firmament. ... The spatial ripples diffused, clearing away all spiritual energy and mist within three thousand li, and simultaneously exposing any living being concealed within this perimeter. "There's someone else?!" Having retreated a thousand li away, Yaoguang's gaze instantly landed on a figure in another direction. That figure was currently looking up at the seven-colored rainbow light spanning three thousand li across the void, a trace of terror in his eyes. It was none other than the Heavenly Dao Sect true disciple—Xuan Shuang. Lurking in the rear, this true disciple had originally intended to let Wang Daoshu capture Yaoguang if possible; if Wang Daoshu failed, Xuan Shuang would bide his time and strike, guaranteeing complete success. Yet he never could have imagined... In merely two clashes, Yaoguang had already captured the frequency of Wang Daoshu's primal cavern. And then... He had directly unleashed an offensive supreme divine ability whose combat power surged near the million-level mark, shattering Wang Daoshu's cavern equilibrium in just two blows and sending it spiraling into collapse. Such efficiency, such power... Even if Xuan Shuang had intervened personally, he likely could have achieved no better. Of course, Xuan Shuang could only achieve that because he already knew the frequency of Wang Daoshu's primal cavern. If Wang Daoshu were replaced by any other Void Piercing Battle Immortal... Unless he had no other choice, Xuan Shuang would retreat to the Heavenly Dao Sect as fast as possible. Looking down on Void Piercing Battle Immortals was one thing. Risking his life against a Void Piercing Battle Immortal... Was simply not worth it. Yet Yaoguang... Having engaged Wang Daoshu for the very first time, he had deciphered his black hole frequency so quickly and executed a lethal strike... Had his comprehension of primal caverns reached the pinnacle of perfection, or did he truly possess some unknown, extraordinary treasures?! Xuan Shuang leaned toward the latter. *Whoosh!* While Xuan Shuang was still reeling in shock, he saw Yaoguang on the other side activate the Two Realms Ruler once again, charging straight toward him amid a surge of spatial ripples. "A top-grade spirit treasure of at least the third or fourth generation! It's hardly inferior to a quasi-Dao artifact..." Xuan Shuang recognized the ruler's miraculous nature at once, and greed surged in his heart. Yet this greed was replaced within moments by a chill. Meeting Yaoguang's cold, sharp gaze, he suddenly realized something: *He wants to kill me?!* An inner disciple wanted to kill him, a true disciple?! However, Xuan Shuang had quietly trailed Wang Daoshu out of the Heavenly Dao Sect. Aside from his brother Xuan Mo, no one knew he had come out here. If he truly died here... Yaoguang, possessing merely the cultivation of an Incandescent White Golden Core, might not be immediately convicted of the crime! Perhaps that was why he dared to make a lethal move! However... That wasn't the point! The point was: did an Incandescent White Golden Core who had used a trick to dismantle a Void Piercing Battle Immortal's primal cavern naively believe he could stand against an Azure Blue Golden Core like him? "What insolence!" Although Xuan Shuang was wary of whatever hidden methods Yaoguang might hold, greed for Yaoguang's fortuitous encounters and absolute confidence in his own strength drove him to take the gamble. "I, Xuan Shuang, became a true disciple not by relying on connections or influence, but on absolute strength! So what if you possess a supreme divine ability? A supreme divine ability? Do you think I don't know one?!" In the next moment, a golden warblade appeared in his hand. Simultaneously, brilliant crimson-gold flames erupted from his body, manifesting as a pair of fiery wings. His body expanded with the wind, transforming like a crimson-gold flame giant, rapidly climbing to three meters, ten meters, thirty meters! And his own combat power soared rapidly along with this transformation: 660,000, 760,000, 860,000, 960,000... By the time he assumed the form of a thirty-meter-tall flame giant, his combat power had reached an astonishing 960,000! A true disciple! This was the strength of the one ranked thirty-fourth among the eighty-eight true disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect! Such a value was already the absolute peak that outside Azure Blue Golden Cores could ever achieve. Yet among the Heavenly Dao Sect's eighty-eight true disciples, it couldn't even make the top thirty. From this alone, one could see just how vast the chasm was between a premier sect's true disciples and the Azure Blue Golden Cores of the outside world. "The supreme divine ability—Scarlet Gold Divine Phoenix Body! A supreme divine ability pointing directly toward the Grand Dao of Nirvana! Not only does it grant immense flame power, but the flames also harbor terrifying vitality, making the cultivator nearly impossible to kill! It is virtually an amalgamation of the Grand Dao of Lihuo and the Grand Dao of Life!" Yaoguang recognized the origin of this divine ability at a glance. This was considered one of the strongest supreme divine abilities in the Heavenly Dao Sect. Even though Xuan Shuang's mastery of it was not yet perfected, a combat power of 960,000 was the best proof of his current might. *A true disciple? Can Jin Yuliu even order a true disciple around?* Yaoguang frowned. He hadn't expected that simply turning down an apprenticeship would bring about so much trouble. First a Void Piercing Battle Immortal, and now a true disciple lying in wait. However, whether a Void Piercing Battle Immortal or a true disciple, since he had made a move against Yaoguang, an irreconcilable enmity had been forged. And on Beihai Star, once a blood feud began, it could only end with the total death of one party. Reconciliation? Neither side would ever rest easy. *This place isn't too far from the Heavenly Dao Sect after all. The fall of that Void Piercing Battle Immortal just now caused quite a commotion. If I engage in a prolonged battle with this true disciple, it will inevitably draw the prying eyes of Heavenly Dao Sect elders. If it attracts Jin Yuliu and he arrests me under the pretext of 'cooperating with an investigation,' I'll be the meat on his chopping block. I must end this quickly!* Thoughts flashed through Yaoguang's mind. Facing this powerful true disciple in the form of the Scarlet Gold Divine Phoenix Body, he directly brought out the Dao artifact: the Heaven-Sealing Stele. The moment the Dao artifact appeared, its Dao charm swiftly stirred the surrounding void power. Further channeled by Yaoguang's Child of the Void trait, this void power directly formed a miniature world that sealed the void, descending over Xuan Shuang to envelop him. On the other side, seeing Yaoguang produce yet another treasure, Xuan Shuang's delight deepened. A top-grade spirit treasure ruler! A top-grade spirit treasure flying sword! And now, yet another spirit treasure?! Did this guy plunder the old lair of some fallen Void Piercer? When this supreme treasure released wisps of Dao charm, his joy instantly turned into shock and ecstatic mania! Dao charm?! This is... A quasi-Dao artifact?! Not only did this minor inner disciple possess top-grade spirit treasures, but he even had a quasi-Dao artifact that would tempt Void Piercers and even Void Refining Peak Masters?! I'm striking it rich! I, True Disciple Xuan Shuang, am going to strike it rich! Yet before his sudden ecstasy could fully bloom, the Dao charm on this "quasi-Dao artifact" surged frantically, even stirring the surrounding power of the void. This unexpected development caused the delight in his eyes to freeze. And when that void power stirred by the Dao charm formed a miniature world sealing the void under Yaoguang's guidance and descended upon him, the frozen delight on his face was instantly swallowed by sheer horror. "A Dao artifact! A Dao artifact! This is a genuine Dao artifact!" Xuan Shuang's mind reeled violently, his eyes filled with dread and disbelief. "You aren't even a Void Piercer, nor are you relying on an array formation—how could you possibly activate the might of a Dao artifact?!" Unfortunately, Yaoguang had no intention of giving him an answer. As the power of this Dao artifact was unleashed, the Heaven-Sealing Stele descended like a miniature world, instantly freezing Xuan Shuang—who had manifested the Scarlet Gold Divine Phoenix Body and whipped up torrential flames—along with the entire space around him.