After absorbing the Human Emperor Dao Fruit from the Golden Virtue Heavenly Queen, Taiyi's aura intensified, emanating an aura of eternal immortality.
Hongjun Laozu, who had been smiling at Taiyi and his wife, suddenly changed his expression.
Taiyi's figure suddenly disintegrated, transforming into a ball of Taiyi Xuan Yuan Qi, which merged into the Chaos Bell.
The Chaos Bell suddenly shone brightly, and its surface was enveloped in a layer of misty white vapor.
"Knock knock knock..."
As the Chaos Bell rang, the entire Nine Heavens spacetime suddenly froze, and the Chaos Bell then grew larger, engulfing the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Realm within its bell.
At this moment, the Chaos Bell had merged with all the cultivation of Taiyi and his wife, and had also swallowed the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, so its power had reached an unbelievable level.
"Thump!"
The Chaos Bell shook, shattering space and time, and instantly appeared before Hongjun, crashing into him while enveloped in a cloud of chaotic energy.
All living beings were watching this scene. As the first Primordial Saint in the Primordial World, Hongjun Ancestor would not lose his saintly prestige.
Facing the oncoming Chaos Bell, he neither dodged nor avoided it, but instead produced a purple bamboo staff in his palm and struck the Chaos Bell directly.
Thump!
A loud bang.
The Chaos Bell paused for a moment, and Hongjun Ancestor's expression tightened.
The next instant, the bamboo staff in his hand shattered, turning into countless fragments that shot out.
This bamboo staff was his artifact for proving his Dao. He had only just achieved the Hunyuan realm, and the bamboo staff had not yet been reforged, so it could not be considered a sage's artifact.
Therefore, after colliding with the Chaos Bell, it naturally could not withstand the impact.
After the Chaos Bell shattered the bamboo staff, its momentum continued, crashing towards Hongjun Ancestor.
Upon seeing this, Hongjun Laozu frowned slightly and gently pushed out a palm, striking the Chaos Bell.
The sage's supernatural powers were indeed extraordinary; the Chaos Bell immediately froze in place, unable to move forward even an inch.
"Fellow Daoist! Without becoming a saint, one's merit cannot be achieved!"
Hongjun Laozu smiled faintly, but before he finished speaking, Taiyi's figure suddenly emerged from the Chaos Bell and pounced on Hongjun Laozu.
boom!
Taiyi's primordial spirit and physical body exploded at this moment, instantly engulfing Hongjun Ancestor.
The destructive blow, containing the power of countless eons of Taiyi's cultivation, was too much for the entire Jade Capital Mountain to withstand, and it shattered into nothingness in an instant, turning into a landscape of earth, fire, water, and wind.
This mountain, which could have been called the first immortal mountain and blessed land in the primordial world, was destroyed at this moment, and all the creatures in the mountain were turned to ashes.
As the first to be affected, Hongjun Laozu naturally did not fare well either.
At the epicenter of the destruction, Hongjun Ancestor's body also trembled violently. He barely managed to release a ball of mysterious light to protect himself, but the Chaos Bell crashed into him again.
With a loud bang.
The light shattered, and the Chaos Bell slammed into Hongjun Ancestor.
The Chaos Bell not only contains the lifelong cultivation of Taiyi and Jinde Tianhou, but also has the blessing of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, so its power should not be underestimated.
Even though Hongjun Laozu had condensed a Hunyuan Dharma Body, he could not withstand it and suddenly turned into Yuan Qi and scattered. Before he could re-condense, he was hit by the destructive power of Taiyi's self-destruction and instantly turned into nothingness.
Having lost his physical body, Hongjun Laozu was also suffering from his primordial spirit, so he immediately tried to escape while carrying a Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
Suddenly, Empress Jinde emerged from the Chaos Bell, glanced coldly at Ancestor Hongjun, and with a loud bang, also self-destructed.
Both Jin De Tianhou and Taiyi failed in their attempts to forcibly attain the Primordial Chaos Realm and suffered a backlash from the Heavenly Dao. Although they were on the verge of death, their cultivation and magical power remained, and were even stronger than before.
It is only a hair's breadth away from the true Primordial Dao Fruit.
After the two burned away their cultivation and essence, the power generated by their self-destruction was actually equivalent to the full-force attack of a Primordial Saint.
However, it was only this one strike, but it was enough.
"I underestimated you all after all!"
Hongjun Laozu's primordial spirit was injured once again, and he sighed deeply.
Just then, a white jade bridge flew in, spanning the void, its five-colored rays illuminating the heavens. Wherever the bridge passed, the raging earth, fire, water, and wind gradually subsided.
The Chaos Bell suddenly spun rapidly and disappeared into the void.
The Three Pure Ones arrived together, traversing earth, fire, water, and wind, and came before Hongjun, the Ancestor. Upon seeing his miserable state, they all frowned.
"Teacher." The Three Pure Ones stepped forward, bowed, and greeted him.
Hongjun Patriarch nodded slightly to the three of them, "I am seriously injured and need to go to the Heavenly Dao to reshape my body and restore my Primordial Dao Fruit. From now on, I will leave the affairs of the Xuanmen to you."
"yes."
The three of them agreed in unison.
The primordial spirit of a sage is entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, thus achieving immortality and indestructibility. However, this does not mean that the sage is immune to injury. Of course, if injured, the sage can recover by entering the Heavenly Dao and recuperating for some time.
As for the recovery time, that depends on the severity of the injury.
Seeing that the three had agreed, Hongjun Laozu's figure gradually faded away and disappeared into nothingness.
At this moment, seeing that the earth, fire, water, and wind had completely subsided, the Taoist Taiqing pointed at the golden bridge. The golden bridge shook and transformed into a Taiji diagram, which fell into his hand.
He shook the scroll, dispelling the boundless earth, fire, water, and wind, turning the surrounding billions of miles into a deathly silence and nothingness.
Fortunately, Yujing Mountain was located in a separate space outside the primordial wilderness.
Therefore, even if Yujing Mountain is completely destroyed, it will not cause damage to the prehistoric world.
The Three Pure Ones recalled the time they listened to the Dao at Jade Capital Mountain, and were deeply saddened by the mountain's destruction...
...
The Chaos Bell escaped the suppression of the Taiji Diagram and flew back to the summit of Buzhou Mountain. It ascended all the way to a void, where it gently shook and spat out the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm.
Due to the backlash from the previous clash with Hongjun Ancestor, the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm is now riddled with damage.
The once majestic Heavenly Palace has been reduced to almost nothing but ruins.
Some unfortunate heavenly soldiers, generals, and gods were also injured or even perished.
Outside the Tongming Hall.
After Hu Le and Ziwei were revived, they didn't bother to check the collapsed palace behind them. Instead, they immediately began searching for the whereabouts of Taiyi and his wife.
Just then, the Chaos Bell suddenly flew in from the sky, swaying, and hovered in front of everyone.
"Thump!"
A melodious bell rang out, and a ray of spiritual light shot out from the bell. After transforming in the wind, it revealed the figure of Taiyi.
"Father!"
When Ziwei and her brothers saw Taiyi, they excitedly rushed to greet him.
Upon seeing this, Hu Le immediately noticed something amiss. He could clearly see that Taiyi's body was formed from a remnant soul, and it obviously couldn't hold on for much longer.
Once the magical power contained within the remnant soul is exhausted, this wisp of soul will likely dissipate with the wind...
"Teacher, why go to such lengths!"
Hu Le had already guessed why Taiyi had fallen to such a state. He walked up to him, took Taiyi's hand, and transferred a stream of magic power to him, wanting to help him hold on a little longer...
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