"See that? This immortal can control his actions whenever I want," Immortal Fairy said smugly. "So, want me to make him slap himself a couple more times?"

Lu Yang: "..." "Eldest Senior Sister wants Senior Hanhai to get some practice in. Fairy, you'd better behave yourself." Immediately afterward, another thought struck Lu Yang. "Doesn't a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit mean that once he condenses a Dao fruit, he'll possess both the abilities of the Immortal Dao fruit and the Suiyue Dao fruit?" That was simply terrifying. "In theory, yes, but a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit has serious flaws." "First, although he possesses the trait of 'immortality,' it falls far short of Third-in-Command's ability to self-detonate and recover at will. At most, he can survive a few fatal blows without dying. Nor can his ability to manipulate time compare to a rudimentary Suiyue Dao fruit." "Back in ancient times, a half-immortal with a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit died at the hands of Immortal Suiyue when the latter was still just a half-immortal." "Second, as long as this immortal and Immortal Suiyue exist, he will never be able to condense that Dao fruit." "Third, our Immortal Lineage has very high demands on character and temperament. With a state of mind like his, he could never condense a Dao fruit." "Once you reach the half-immortal realm, blindly meditating in seclusion is useless. What matters is enlightenment. An everyday triviality might grant you an epiphany, parting the clouds over your cultivation path and advancing your cultivation." "Cultivation isn't something that yields results merely by piling on time." "Even so, a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit is still incredible. Can Senior Hanhai really win?" Lu Yang was deeply worried, and not without reason. Between time manipulation and immortality, how could anyone fight that? "He can win." ... Neither half-immortal—one from antiquity, the other from the present age—dwelled on why Daoist Lord Wanfa had suddenly slapped himself. They resumed their ferocious battle. "Tempestuous Waves!" Daoist Lord Hanhai extended two fingers and performed Shift Form and Swap Shadow, summoning the waters of the East Sea. He had once roved the East Sea and left an imprint on the seabed, allowing him to summon the waters above that mark at any time. The waters of the East Sea poured down from the sky, surging violently toward Daoist Lord Wanfa. Even though Daoist Lord Wanfa could manipulate time, escaping a spell of such massive scale was exceedingly difficult unless he fled beyond the Dao Seeking Sect—which would defeat his original purpose. An invisible barrier held the sea in place, suspending the waters of the East Sea high in the air and submerging both Daoist Lord Hanhai and Daoist Lord Wanfa. Daoist Lord Wanfa produced a spear—a magic treasure he took immense pride in, only a single step shy of becoming an immortal artifact. Carved into the spearhead was a Reverse Five Elements seal, capable of sundering anything governed by the Five Elements, including the waters of the East Sea. Time accelerated. Moving invisibly fast, the Reverse Five Elements Spear parted the seawater and thrust straight toward Daoist Lord Hanhai's back! "Freeze!" Daoist Lord Hanhai had long since noticed the spear. With a soft shout, the seawater turned to ice, transforming into a colossal iceberg whose radiating chill could be felt even by the Tribulation Transcendence and Body Integration cultivators battling below. Ice was also governed by the Five Elements, falling squarely within what the Reverse Five Elements Spear could sunder. The spear punched clean through Daoist Lord Hanhai's body, the immense shockwave splitting the iceberg in two. Yet unexpectedly, Daoist Lord Hanhai was completely unharmed, while a fist-sized puncture wound appeared on Daoist Lord Wanfa's abdomen. "Grafting one branch onto another... No, this is a spatial technique!" Daoist Lord Wanfa coughed up blood. No one understood the power of the Reverse Five Elements Spear better than he did. At first, he assumed Daoist Lord Hanhai had transferred the injury onto him, but he quickly realized that was impossible. Executing Grafting Branches required numerous conditions, none of which had been met just now! He had used a spatial technique! What had appeared to be the spear impaling Daoist Lord Hanhai was actually Daoist Lord Hanhai displacing the portion of space where the spear pierced him straight onto Daoist Lord Wanfa! A rudimentary Spatial Dao fruit!