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The Great Void Art! An origin immortal art! It represented the most direct manifestation of the Grand Dao's might. This was true immortal power. Although Yaoguang had yet to become a true immortal, by relying on his mastery of the Grand Dao at the peak of the Dao Lord realm and his realm comprehension on par with an Immortal Venerable, he forced forth a level of power that belonged to an immortal ahead of his time. And such power... Was the watershed between a Dao Sovereign and a Dao Lord. Perhaps he was not yet comparable in every aspect to those ancient Dao Sovereigns who held sway over entire eras, but when unleashing his full might, he could bring forth power rivaling that of a Dao Sovereign—that was to say, immortal power. Against power like this, Dao Lord Xuanmang stood utterly helpless. Especially since he cultivated the Grand Dao of the Mind, which was poorly suited for direct frontal combat. The Grand Dao of the Void even stripped away the connection between him and the Grand Dao of the Mind. As the foundation that sustained the manifestation of all Great Daos, this strike of the Great Void Art directly tore away the conditions for the Grand Dao of the Mind to manifest in the world, forcibly dragging this Dao Lord down from his lofty realm of cultivation. In a single breath, it plummeted him to a state where he could not even sense any power at all—neither the Mind nor the Void. To some extent, his control over power fell all the way to the Golden Core realm, where he could not even stir the power of the void. At best... He was merely an exceptionally powerful Golden Core cultivator. Such was the terrifying nature of the Grand Dao of the Void! When the Grand Dao of the Void truly transformed into an origin Dao art and evolved into an immortal art, it finally unleashed its true might as one of the four supreme Grand Daos! Especially when combined with crushing superiority in realm, that might climbed to the absolute extreme. Without the slightest suspense, Dao Lord Xuanmang perished on the spot. In his desperation, he had tried to channel the Grand Dao of the Mind to unleash a Mind Shockwave Dao art. Yet, lacking any void capable of bearing the Grand Dao of the Mind, the technique was swallowed by nothingness the moment it began to take shape, never released at all. "Xuanmang!" Witnessing this, one of the Dao Lords let out a roar of shock and fury. Yet far more than shock, his heart was gripped by terror. For when Yaoguang had unleashed the Great Void Art just moments ago, this Void Dao Lord had clearly felt the utter helplessness of having the Grand Dao of the Void completely controlled and dominated. It was as if an exalted emperor had suddenly lost all authority over the imperial army and treasury—as if a ruler who could decide the life and death of hundreds of millions with a single word had been knocked into the dust, reduced to an ordinary mortal of mere flesh and blood. "This power..." He felt his very mind trembling. "A Dao Sovereign! A Dao Sovereign! This is the power of a Dao Sovereign!" *Buzz! Buzz!* Just as this Dao Lord was plunged into boundless panic, Yaoguang had already gathered the power of the void once more, launching another strike of the Great Void Art. Such an immortal art, reaching straight into the origin of the Grand Dao, expressed the properties of the Grand Dao of the Void to the fullest, leaving all other Great Daos in the world incapable of even manifesting. It was the equivalent of stripping the enemy general of his command before two armies clashed, forcing him to face an entire legion all alone. Such divine wonder displayed the sheer tyranny of a supreme Grand Dao! Under the Great Void Art, the several Dao Lords who had concurrently cultivated soul Dao arts were wiped out in an instant. The entire process was as effortless as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood. However, consecutively unleashing the Great Void Art took quite a toll on the current Yaoguang. He was not, after all, a true Immortal King reincarnated. Nor could he be considered a true Dao Sovereign. Moreover, none of the three semi-immortal artifacts he carried had yet transformed into a true immortal artifact. However... That was only temporary! With the four Dao Lords who concurrently cultivated soul Dao arts completely eradicated, the remaining nine Dao Lords were trapped within the Eight Desolations Heavenly Mirror and could not break free. Now... He had more than enough time and leeway to push the three semi-immortal artifacts in his possession through their transformations. "Dao sacrifice, an unorthodox art..." Yaoguang would never hunt other Dao Lords unprovoked merely to advance his Dao artifacts and semi-immortal artifacts. But under these circumstances... How could one distinguish between orthodox and unorthodox? In the end, it was simply the law of the jungle, putting everything to its best use. *Buzz! Buzz!* In the next instant, the true form of the Eight Desolations Heavenly Mirror revealed itself. As Yaoguang channeled the technique of Dao sacrifice, the remnant Great Daos of the Dao Lords he had just slain began to resonate. The leftover power of the Great Daos they had cultivated was stirred and channeled directly into the Eight Desolations Heavenly Mirror. Infused with the power of these Great Daos, the Eight Desolations Heavenly Mirror underwent a violent transformation, dense Dao rhythms diffusing outward from the body of this semi-immortal artifact. The first to be affected was the gray mist shrouding this stretch of the void. Previously, this area had been merely a domain of gray fog. Even if the Dao Lords' senses were clouded, had they frenziedly unleashed large-scale, high-yield destructive Dao arts, they might still have dispersed the foggy zone. Moreover, some Dao Lords who concurrently practiced soul Dao arts and could maintain their clarity needed only to bolt in a single direction to swiftly escape the mist. Yet now... The gray mist was gradually evolving into a domain of space! A world existing completely independently! This world was like a prison, trapping every living being inside. Even if they could see through the realm's interference with their perception and soul, they still would not necessarily be able to tear through this space to escape. Furthermore, as time went on, this power of disruption and interference against other Dao Lords would only grow stronger, until even Dao Lords who practiced soul Dao arts could not break free, doomed to sink into oblivion within it and be picked off one by one by the master of the immortal artifact. "Ten Directions Heavenly Realm," Yaoguang murmured softly. Locking down space and interfering with souls were merely secondary effects of this immortal artifact. Its true function lay in soul defense and curse defense. Yet even a secondary effect like the Ten Directions Heavenly Realm possessed such terrifying power when turned against ordinary Dao Lords... One could only imagine what level of might an immortal artifact forged purely for slaughter could attain. *A pity that for my next immortal artifact, I do not intend to refine the Wuji Sword,* Yaoguang thought to himself. At the same time, outside this world aboard the pinnacle Dao artifact warship lying in wait, a figure materialized. Shaohua. The moment this figure manifested, he tossed over a pinnacle Dao artifact that resembled a precious orb. The orb contained a river within, bearing the aura of countless ages past. This was... "The Spacetime Orb." Yaoguang looked at this pinnacle Dao artifact. This was a pinnacle Dao artifact capable of upgrading into an immortal artifact, which he had specifically refined on his way here from Beihai Star. Founded upon the Grand Dao of Time, it could disrupt the spacetime information of a region and trigger spacetime distortion. This interference manifested across the temporal plane. Just as mortals looking into the cosmic starry sky might witness a supernova explosion that had actually occurred ten thousand years prior, the Spacetime Orb could use the power of time to warp and veil news of the great battle taking place in this region, ensuring others would not perceive it until decades, centuries, or even millennia later. The exact duration depended on the power of the Spacetime Orb and the cultivation of the observer. Yaoguang had prepared this specifically for that terrifying existence suspected of being an Immortal King from the Immortal Realm who kept a constant eye on Beihai Star. The reason he chose the Grand Dao of Time to distort spacetime rather than the Soul Great Dao to conceal his aura was primarily because that Immortal King was a Void Immortal King. Heaven only knew to what depths an Immortal King–level existence could wield the power of the void. It was safer to rely on the Grand Dao of Time and a time-attribute immortal artifact, which also belonged to the four supreme Grand Daos. Besides, though his avatar Shaohua had not achieved Dao Integration, his realm was already comparable to an immortal's. Using a time immortal artifact, even if he could not warp an Immortal King's perception of spacetime for centuries or millennia, doing so for several decades or a century was well within his power. And with several decades or a century, Yaoguang would have long fled billions or even tens of billions of light-years away. Amidst these thoughts, Yaoguang's hands never slowed. Among the remaining nine Dao Lords, there were many formidable figures. One of them was even a pinnacle Dao Lord. Yet as they were partitioned one by one by the Ten Directions Heavenly Realm and forced into one-on-one combat against Yaoguang, they were swiftly slain under the might of his immortal arts and the advantage of his immortal artifact. Throughout the process... There was virtually no great peril. The only thing that could be considered dangerous was when the pinnacle Dao Lord serving as their leader attempted to detonate the Hundred Tribulations Realm Refining Formation surrounding the Star Gate, aiming to draw out and release all the energy originally fed into the Gate of the Immortal Realm. Had he truly succeeded... Whether such a move could have killed Yaoguang remained uncertain, but the instantaneous eruption of energy would surely have shaken the starry sky. Coupled with the consecutive falls of Dao Lords in this region... It likely would have drawn a massive number of Dao Lords to investigate. When that happened, the secret of this Gate of the Immortal Realm could no longer be kept. Fortunately, Yaoguang had been continuously observing and unraveling the formation throughout the battle. The moment he sensed the pinnacle Dao Lord's intent to bring down mutual destruction, he suppressed the operation of the Hundred Tribulations Realm Refining Formation while unleashing two consecutive strikes of the Great Void Art, achieving an absolute kill on the pinnacle Dao Lord and nipping the danger in the bud. As the remaining nine Dao Lords fell, the Dao rhythms from their bodies were drawn into the Spacetime Orb and refined. True to expectations, this pinnacle Dao artifact completed its transformation from a semi-immortal artifact into an immortal artifact. *Too fast.* Feeling the time Dao rhythm radiating from the Spacetime Orb, Yaoguang felt a shiver in his heart. This transformation... Was simply too fast. For an ordinary Dao Lord... No! Never mind a Dao Lord. Even for a true immortal possessing rank-sixteen Artifact Crafting, refining an immortal artifact typically required several thousand to ten thousand years. And yet... How long had it taken him!? Using nine Dao Lords in a Dao sacrifice, he had directly catapulted the Spacetime Orb from a pinnacle Dao artifact into an immortal artifact! This level of efficiency was terrifyingly fast. *No wonder so many choose to walk the demonic path and unorthodox ways... Compared to earning money and saving materials diligently and refining an immortal artifact step by step with one's own hands, slaughter and Dao sacrifice are far too efficient...* Yaoguang felt a grim weight in his heart. Yet his hands did not pause in the slightest. The power of the Spacetime Orb was swiftly activated, channeling the power of the Grand Dao of Time to wash over this stretch of the starry sky. Seizing this opportunity, Yaoguang also rapidly refined the shares of the three Void Dao Lords. Just as he had anticipated. This time, once his share of the Grand Dao of the Void broke past 9 parts per ten thousand, a change occurred. He sensed a pulling force. As long as he unleashed his full strength right now and shattered the void with the Great Void Art, he could rely on the Grand Dao of the Void to follow this pulling force and reach another realm. And as Yaoguang refined more and more of the share, that pulling force grew increasingly stronger. When the share he had refined reached 9.9 parts per ten thousand, he even needed to channel the power of the Grand Dao of the Void to stabilize himself. Otherwise, a single lapse in focus could shatter the void and cause him to be drawn away by the pulling force. *So, who said one must use a Gate of the Immortal Realm to ascend to the Immortal Realm?*