It was in that instant that Hong Xuanji lost her composure!
Ying Zheng immediately issued the order, "Mental Scale System, activate."
"Supreme Spiritual Enslavement Technique, activated!"
The core system of the Disc of Civilization, that supreme divine path that can transform energy into spirit and evolve into various spiritual powers, roared into operation!
A barely visible spiritual rune flashed across Ying Zheng's brow.
His raised finger was still pointing at Hong Xuanji's brow.
But this time, what surged at his fingertips was no longer the suppressive will of the Emperor of Heaven, but a more bizarre and domineering enslaving power that was enough to distort the will of a living being from the root!
Buzz!
An invisible torrent of spirit surged from Ying Zheng's fingertips and crashed into Hong Xuanji's soul and consciousness!
"ah!!!"
Hong Xuanji let out a heart-wrenching scream.
This kind of pain far surpasses the physical agony of being torn apart a thousand times; it is an erosion and defilement from the deepest part of the soul!
He could "see" it clearly.
A will that did not belong to me has intruded into my mental world.
His thoughts, his ideas, his memories.
Under the influence of this enslaving force, everything began to be forcibly altered, distorted, and reshaped!
Scenes flashed rapidly through his mind.
He joined the Da Luo Sect in his youth, determined to reach the pinnacle of martial arts.
His first encounter with Yang Pan was marked by a harmonious relationship between ruler and subject, and a spirited ambition to conquer the world together.
For the sake of building a great dynasty, he was willing to risk his life and bear eternal infamy.
His relationship with Yang Pan was that of ruler and subject, but also that of close friends!
Yang Pan's ambition is his ambition!
Yang Pan's will is his will!
But now, these memories he cherishes most are being forcibly altered by an external force.
The image of Yang Pan in my memory began to blur, and in its place appeared a face with a cold and dignified expression, dressed in a black dragon robe.
That face belongs to Qin Shi Huang!
The "Great Gan Dynasty" for which he dedicated his life is now being overshadowed by the concept of the "Great Qin Immortal Dynasty".
His belief in loyalty to the emperor and serving the country did not disappear; only the object of his loyalty was forcibly replaced!
No! No!
Hong Xuanji's soul roared, and his martial will, which shattered the vacuum, resisted fiercely.
Within his divine soul and sea of consciousness, the illusory image of the "Wheel of Life and Death of All Heavens," representing the pinnacle of his martial arts, erupted with dazzling golden light, attempting to crush those invading spiritual scales.
"Resist?"
Ying Zheng's expression remained unchanged; he simply increased the energy output of the God Engine.
"The Great Law of Civilization Creation: Evolution!"
More energy was transformed into pure spiritual power, surging into Hong Xuanji's sea of consciousness.
Those mental runes began to merge and evolve.
Ultimately, it transformed into an imperial phantom exactly like Ying Zheng, occupying the center of Hong Xuanji's divine soul world.
The illusory image of the emperor simply sat there quietly, yet it exuded an unparalleled majesty that commanded all realms and dominated all civilizations.
Hong Xuanji's "Wheel of Life and Death of All Heavens" was like a subject meeting an emperor in front of that emperor's phantom. The domineering fist intent flowing on it began to subside on its own, and even showed a tendency to bow down in worship!
"How could this be... my martial arts... my fist intent..."
Hong Xuanji's consciousness was plunged into chaos and despair.
His martial arts were his proudest achievement, a supreme and domineering spirit that shattered everything and acted on behalf of Heaven.
But now, he has the thought of submitting to another being!
This enraged him.
"Smash! Smash it!"
Hong Xuanji used his last bit of strength to activate the Wheel of Life and Death, crashing it into the illusory image of the emperor.
He would rather perish, soul and body, than have his martial arts tarnished!
However.
The illusory image of the emperor merely glanced at the oncoming roulette wheel, and a mighty voice resounded, "I am the source of civilization."
"Your martial arts are also a form of civilization."
"Submit, or have your existence erased from my sight."
boom!
The Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens came to a sudden halt three feet away from the Emperor's illusory figure, unable to advance any further.
On the roulette wheel, that domineering intent that could crush everything was completely suppressed and disintegrated!
Immediately afterwards.
The emperor's phantom extended a finger and touched the center of the Wheel of Life and Death.
Click!
The wheel, which condensed Hong Xuanji's lifelong martial arts knowledge, shattered with a crash, transforming into the purest martial arts insights and spiritual imprints, all of which were absorbed by the illusory figure of the emperor.
Hong Xuanji gradually calmed down.
The crimson in his eyes was replaced by absolute loyalty.
He knelt on one knee in the void and respectfully bowed to Ying Zheng before him, "Your subject, Hong Xuanji... pays respects to Your Majesty!"
An unparalleled martial artist who shattered the vacuum, one of the top combat forces in the Yangshen world.
They thus completely surrendered.
Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction, "Get up!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hong Xuanji stood up and stood quietly behind Ying Zheng, his domineering aura completely subdued.
Ying Zheng gazed at the Yangshen World and said, "Hong Xuanji."
"Your subject is present."
"For me, I will flatten this world."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Hong Xuanji suddenly turned around, looked up at the sky and roared, his golden blood energy soaring into the sky once again!
"The Wheel of Life and Death in All Heavens!"
A giant golden roulette wheel reappeared behind him.
But this time...
On the roulette wheel, there are no longer gods and Buddhas, or the life and death of all living beings.
Instead, they were figures of Qin warriors and a black Xuan Bird battle flag fluttering in the wind!
"kill!"
Hong Xuanji roared and threw a punch.
The golden wheel-shaped seal flew out of his hand and slammed into a dragon vein at the deepest part of Jade Capital City!
Boom!!!
The golden wheel of death pierced through layers of space and array restrictions, striking the ancient dragon vein that slumbered deep within the earth with unparalleled precision.
roar!
A mournful dragon's roar echoed from the depths of the earth, resounding throughout the entire Central Plains.
That dragon vein, stretching for tens of thousands of miles and gathering the core of the human destiny of the Yangshen world, was actually broken in half by this domineering and unparalleled punch!
A dense, tangible golden aura surged forth from the fracture, only to be completely swallowed up by an invisible force in the void.
It was transmitted to that unyielding gate to the heavens.
One punch, and the dragon vein is severed!
The entire Yangshen World trembled violently.
Hong Xuanji unleashed both fists simultaneously, and the illusory image of the Wheel of Life and Death behind him spun wildly, with wheel imprints of life and death, fierce and gentle, bombarding all directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Centered on the city of Yujing, he wreaked havoc on everything in this world.
Ying Zheng, on the other hand, stood behind her with his hands behind his back, using the Heavenly Secrets Operating System of the Civilization Disc to precisely identify one of the most valuable targets for Hong Xuanji after another.
Plunder! Destroy! Devour!
Countless precious natural treasures.
Countless sacred sites have accumulated thousands of years of classic texts and resources.
All of it transformed into the purest torrent of energy, continuously flowing into the Qin Realm.
It will become the resources for the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty to continue to grow stronger.
...
Chaotic battlefield.
"roar!!!"
The Heavenly Emperor, who was fighting Zhao Feng, let out a painful roar that shook the entire Chaos Sea.
Its body, formed from the laws of nature, flickered with light, and its aura rapidly declined at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If Yang Pan's demise was merely the loss of an arm, then...
So now, Hong Xuanji's defection and frantic destruction of the world's origin is like stabbing it in the heart!
He could sense that his connection with the origin of the world was being forcibly weakened.
The foundations of the world are crumbling!
If this continues, it will collapse due to the depletion of its source energy before Zhao Feng can kill it!
The Heavenly Emperor went completely berserk, shouting, "Die! All of you, die before me!"
It recklessly burned the remaining essence of the world, and thick chains of divine laws transformed into a world-destroying tidal wave, lashing wildly at Zhao Feng.
However.
Its weakness could not be hidden from Zhao Feng.
"Hahaha! Finally couldn't hold on any longer?"
Zhao Feng's wild laughter shook the chaos, and the Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand shone even more brightly.
The opportunity has arrived!
"Take this axe!"
With a roar, Zhao Feng channeled all the power of his massive, ten-million-foot-tall Chaos Giant body into the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe in his hand, and cleaved it down at the Heavenly Emperor!
The greatest truths are the simplest!
This axe strike, returning to simplicity, is the purest power of "creating the world"!
Wherever the axe blade passed, chaos was split in two, spacetime was completely severed, and cause and effect were forcibly broken.
Fear was revealed in the eyes of the Heavenly Emperor, which were composed of the sun, moon, and stars.
It can sense it.
This axe blow has completely blocked all its escape routes.
There's no way to avoid it, no way to stop it!
Amidst a desperate roar, the simple, unadorned giant axe struck the Heavenly Emperor squarely between the eyebrows.
Pfft!
A soft sound.
The colossal body of the Heavenly Emperor suddenly stiffened.
A line of blood ran from its brow down to its chest, abdomen, and eventually across its entire body.
The next moment.
Boom!!!
The body of the Heavenly Emperor suddenly split open from the middle.
Zhao Feng cleaved it in two with a single axe stroke!
Golden divine blood, mixed with the shattered fundamental laws of the world, poured out, staining this chaotic land.
Although in the next instant.
The body that had been split in two was then healed again under the pull of the Yangshen World's origin.
But everyone could see it.
The Heavenly Dao of the Yang God has already suffered a severe blow!
Its aura has fallen from the fifth level of the Heavenly Dao Realm to the fourth level, and it continues to weaken!
Defeat is only a matter of time!
"good!"
"The might of the Realm Lord!"
Upon witnessing this scene, the powerful figures of the Qin Realm were greatly encouraged, and their attacks became even more ferocious.
Meanwhile, the powerful figures in the Yangshen world felt a chill in their hearts.
Has Heaven's Way... been defeated?
This thought caused their beliefs to begin to waver.
Zhao Feng succeeded with a single axe stroke, and, having gained the upper hand, he showed no mercy.
With one step forward, he intended to seize the moment when the Heavenly Emperor was healing to swing his axe again and completely annihilate him!
However, at this very moment...
Hong Yi stepped forward, blocking the path of the Heavenly Emperor.
In his hands, an ancient book, simple and heavy, seemingly bearing all the wisdom and changes since the birth of the universe, slowly emerged.
On the book's cover are two symbols interwoven with the oldest Taoist patterns.
One is yang, and the other is yin.
It was he who gathered all his knowledge and integrated the ideas of various schools of thought to finally achieve the foundation of the supreme Dao—the Book of Changes!
"Change means alteration."
Hong Yi's voice echoed in the chaos.
"All things in heaven and earth, the birth and death of the universe, are in a state of constant change."
"Fellow Daoist's power to create the world can certainly sever everything and destroy everything."
"But everything that exists has its own trajectory, its own fixed number, and its own variables."
With his words.
The ancient Book of Changes moved on its own without any wind, its pages rustling as it turned rapidly.
Mysterious hexagram symbols flew out of the book and surrounded Hong Yi.
Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui...
Eight basic hexagrams evolved into sixty-four hexagrams, and from these sixty-four hexagrams, endless variations were deduced.
In an instant.
Centered on Hong Yi, the surrounding chaos seemed to be endowed with entirely new "rules".
The spacetime here is no longer stable, and the laws here are no longer constant.
Everything became unpredictable and full of variables.
"Playing tricks!"
Zhao Feng snorted coldly, "I'd like to see if your book can withstand my axe!"
Zhao Feng roared and raised the Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand once more, slashing down fiercely at Hong Yi!
The axe blade possesses an unparalleled sharpness capable of splitting the heavens and earth, enough to make any expert at the fifth level of the Heavenly Dao Realm change color!
However.
Faced with this devastating axe blow, Hong Yi remained standing still, neither dodging nor avoiding it.
He simply extended his finger and lightly touched the rapidly turning pages of the I Ching.
"Qian represents Heaven, Kun represents Earth; Heaven and Earth are thus positioned."
Buzz!
Two ancient hexagram symbols flew out of the book.
It was instantly imprinted in the chaotic void between Zhao Feng and Hong Yi.
The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
The giant axe that Zhao Feng wielded, capable of carving out a vast world, suddenly sank the moment it cleaved into that area!
It was as if what he struck was no longer the void of chaos, but a truly complete world with laws that were extremely solid!
That sharp edge, capable of cutting through anything, was forcibly stripped away by the invisible power of heaven and earth, losing most of its strength.
"Um?"
Zhao Feng raised an eyebrow and exerted force in his arm again.
boom!
The Heaven-Opening Axe unleashed its divine power, forcefully cleaving that invisible world in two!
But the axe's momentum was thus slowed down for a moment.
"Kan represents water, Li represents fire, and water and fire do not clash."
Hong Yi tapped his finger again.
The Kan and Li trigrams fly out.
Between the split heaven and earth, endless innate divine water and world-destroying heavenly fire instantly evolved.
Water and fire intertwined, transforming into a giant Tai Chi millstone, frantically eroding the power of the Heaven-Opening Axe.
After passing through this millstone of water and fire, Zhao Feng's axe was weakened once again.
Immediately afterwards.
“Zhen represents thunder, Xun represents wind, and wind and thunder interact.”
“Gen represents a mountain, and Dui represents a marsh; mountains and marshes communicate with each other.”
...
One after another, hexagrams flew out from the Book of Changes, evolving into world after world on the path of the Heaven-Opening Axe, laying down layer upon layer of obstacles.
Zhao Feng felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire composed of infinite worlds.
For every inch he advances, he has to expend tremendous effort to break through the obstacles in his path.
The power of creation contained in his axe strike was constantly deduced and analyzed in this process, and then resolved layer by layer using the principles of mutual generation and restraint.
When the Heaven-Opening Axe finally struck Hong Yi, its power had been weakened by 99%!
...(End of this chapter)
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