CHAPTER 739: 679 RAID 1

Within the Myriad Phenomenon Pavilion.

In the courtyard, a shower of flowers falls from the trees like endless rain.

Daoist Tianyan stood with his back to the three, the flames on his long white hair growing more intense.

This person, one of the collectors of the Dao of Heaven and also the first Omniscient Li Chengyi had ever seen outside of his master.

Previously, not understanding the gap between the Omniscient, he had not felt much, but now, truly aware of the intricacies, Li Chengyi realized that in the eyes of the other, perhaps only those at the same level, and those who might become so in the future, would barely catch his notice.

He glanced at the other two.

Ning Hong was a monkey-faced, yellow-haired Taoist with a cold and solemn gaze, carrying a long sword on his back.

Tian Shu, on the other hand, was a fierce and beautiful Kun Daoist with a hand whisk, wearing a dark red robe, clearly not a benign figure.

"Has there been any movement from Divine Eagle Nation?" Daoist Tianyan was the first to look towards Ning Hong.

The monkey-faced Taoist bowed slightly, releasing a thread of his consciousness power invisibly, which flew towards Daoist Tianyan.

It was just a moment, but a wealth of information was transmitted unchanged through consciousness.

Daoist Tianyan pondered and narrowed his eyes in thought.

The consciousness of the two exchanged countless times in an instant, and soon after, his gaze shifted to the second one, Tian Shu.

"Did you verify the situation at the Behemoth Battlefield?"

"I have checked, the specifics have been saved, and the entire survey process was left without a single omission. Please review." Tian Shu bowed her head, and likewise, with a flick of her consciousness, sent a strand flying towards Daoist Tianyan.

Their consciousness connected, instantly exchanging a vast amount of memory information.

Two seconds later, Daoist Tianyan paused, then finally turned to Li Chengyi.

"As the Royal City Heir, can you sense if The First Generation is awakening?"

Clearly, he had listed The First Generation Flower Emperor as a suspect.

"Ancestor master, I cannot. In fact, the Flower Language Ability I inherited is only derived from The First Generation, and it is not complete. You should be able to deduce this from my past history," replied Li Chengyi respectfully.

"Currently within the pavilion, the three of you are most likely to step into Omniscience in a short time. When you move about, you must be particularly mindful of your safety," Daoist Tianyan advised.

"Yes." Li Chengyi responded.

"Especially you, Bai Lu," Daoist Tianyan said indifferently, "you carry an inheritance comparable to half an Omniscient’s, that is the Royal Castle System. If The First Generation wishes to return to his peak, he surely will not give up on you."

Li Chengyi felt a chill in his heart; clearly, there are few things in this world that could remain hidden for long.

In the eyes of an Omniscient, from the moment The First Generation made his move, he was exposed.

To the Omniscient, being exposed a little was no different from being completely exposed.

To think is to achieve; such is the natural ability of the Omniscient.

"If The First Generation were to take action against this disciple, how should I respond?" Li Chengyi thought for a moment before asking in a low voice.

"Your master has left a coordinate on you, so if something happens, because of the Royal City System within you, you don’t have to worry about him instantly killing you. As long as there’s the slightest buffer, it will be enough for Tian Xuanzi to intervene and slay," the Daoist Tianyan stated straightforwardly.

"I understand, ancestor master!" Li Chengyi nodded gravely.

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The Black Sea, Cyclical Seal crystal space.

Countless colored lights, like rivers of rainbows, shuttle and fly past Daoist Tianhong.

The lights seem ethereal, possessing no substance as they pass through him.

He floats quietly in the air, seemingly waiting for something.

The golden lotus crown on his head and the blue halo behind him take up a unique color amidst this endless flow of colorful torrents.

"Who do I owe the honor? It turns out to be the Eagle Sovereign Sukenila. Why are you not in your Divine Eagle Nation, but instead pulling me into this historical river?"

Daoist Tianhong’s gaze flickered as he looked ahead. This crystal space floated above the rainbow river and was only the size of a small house.

He was situated right below one of the walls of the crystal room.

The transparent walls thwarted any thoughts he had of leaving. Since he could not leave, it was time to see who was really pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Hiss.

As his words ended, a tall figure with the head of an eagle and the body of a man wearing golden armor appeared silently before Daoist Tianhong.

It was none other than the Eagle Sovereign of Divine Eagle Nation.

But this time, he was entirely different from when they had last met.

Golden text ribbons circled around him, swiftly flowing and shifting.

"It’s been a long time, Tianhong. I had planned to have a good chat with you later, but unfortunately, we are short on time," the Eagle Sovereign said coldly.

"Within this historical river, countless pieces of information stream and shuttle by every moment, making it more than suitable to block your Omniscient senses. The Wheel of Life and Death, the Way of Reincarnation, is also very useful when used to block perception."

At that moment, figures began appearing in the other three corners of the space.

The second figure, also humanoid, stood with crossed arms, clad in full white armor and draped in a pure white cape. However, the skin peeking from the armor was not human, but snow powder.

Indeed, streams of cold white snow powder continuously flowed from the person, falling to the ground.

"And the Third Generation Ice Emperor of Cha Gu from the Eternal Ice Sea..."

Daoist Tianhong shifted his gaze to the last person.

"Daoist Youhan, brother, even you have joined in?"

The last person wore a Taoist robe embroidered with a black yin-yang Tai Chi symbol, his entire body transparent, barely revealing his human silhouette.

This was the master of Serene Pavilion, Daoist Youhan, ranked fourth in the Lian City Association.

"Why can’t I join in?" Daoist Youhan said with a smile. "Tian Ju Pavilion has great ambitions. If you succeed, would there still be a path for us to survive in this known realm?"

"We hail from the same lineage, why must things escalate to this extent?" said Daoist Tianhong, his expression shifting subtly.

If he had some mental preparation for the first two, he had never anticipated the third, Quan Li.

The Serene Pavilion where Daoist Youhan resided often acted in unison with Tian Ju Pavilion to enforce the law, and the two great forces had detailed alliance pacts. But now... the pacts were ineffective.

"Throughout history’s river, each moment flows with innumerable bits of information, here capable of completely shielding any refined sensation from leaking to the outside world," said Daoist Youhan with a smile.

It was hard to discern his expressions from his transparent face, but his demeanor and voice suggested he was in quite a good mood.

"It seems unavoidable now..." Daoist Tianhong sighed. Once good friends, they were now forced into confrontation, something he had never wanted.

But the opponent had been calculating, had set the trap, and the outcome was already determined...

"So be it..."

He raised one hand.

Countless silver and golden armor pieces began to spread rapidly from his fingertips, swiftly covering his entire body.

At the same time, the other three Quan Li also raised their hands.

’Darkness of Extinguished Light.’

Four thoughts exploded in an instant.

Boom!!

Behind each of the four, enormous and ferocious silhouettes instantly materialized.

Behind Daoist Tianhong, an immense multicolored glazed buddha with countless arms, sitting on a black lotus dais, suddenly emerged from the void.

The Buddha’s face lacked normal facial features. Instead, countless blood-red mouths appeared and sank continuously every moment.

Its face seemed like a muddy quagmire, dark and ghastly.

"All Buddhas speak the way..." The gigantic Buddha brought its hands together, and a thunderous sound emitted from the numerous mouths on its face.

Ring after ring of sound waves turned into translucent ripples, instantly twisting the space within the surrounding crystals, rushing towards the other three Quan Li.

Hidden within those ripples were countless tiny ash-gray particles. As each particle grew swiftly, it became a vast sea of sound waves composed of minuscule ripples.

Each wave of sound was composed of Daoist Tianhong’s distorted voice.

As the chanting of these distorted voices continued, the space around the four, as well as the river of history below, began to surge with violent waves.

Daoist Tianhong’s voice kept spreading.

"Above is as below, there’s no difference between high and low."

"Vibration must not be allowed to decay."

"There should be currents within a vacuum."

"Wind cannot feed fire; combustion requires no medium."

"All things should not have gravity, but repulsion."

"Death is the start of rebirth, and by cycling 10 to the power of 45 times, one may reincarnate."

Under the influence of the distorted sounds, chaotic and indeterminate concepts and rules were forcibly twisted and changed.

Sometimes, changes imposed one moment were again shifted in another direction the next.

In the blink of an eye, there were countless conceptual changes and alternations, with laws and rules mutating accordingly. Some concepts vanished, while new ones were born.

The consequent emergence and destruction of countless seeds of potential blind spots also occurred.

Such chaotic and distorted sounds were the genuine trump card of the Quan Li.

Hum!!!

The transparent waves formed from the distorted sounds instantly collided with the other three Quan Li.

Between Quan Li, the speed at which one could process and adapt to changing concepts varied.

Under what seemed like a normal sound wave attack,

Daoist Youhan was the first among the three to take a step back, his complexion turning sour. Behind him, a rapid emergence of thousands of pure white arms, all making various hand seals stacked upon one another.

Moooo!

Innumerable seals spontaneously emitted vibrations, rapidly correcting and neutralizing the chaotic rules in the distorted sounds emitted by Daoist Tianhong.

Instantly, black blood faintly trickled from Daoist Youhan’s nostrils.

His originally transparent body gained more definition and seemed even darker than before.

The Ice Emperor of the Eternal Ice Sea’s armor bore cracks, but he too released a great amount of white powder from the fissures in his armor, which, together with the giant snowman phantom behind him, condensed a massive white shield in front of him.

The shield flickered rapidly with innumerable colorful patterns.

A special and exceptionally steadfast unshakeable absolute rule was continuously reinforced with the method of snow powder by him—only solidifying one concept, enhancing one law as his defense against Daoist Tianhong’s warped chant. Such was the style of the Eternal Ice Sea.

At this step, it was not a contest of computational power, but rather, the supply speed of unlimited energy.

In the third corner,

The Eagle Sovereign’s armor emitted a golden brilliance, transforming the light into tangible, pure gold ribbons weaving in front of him.

The ribbons were densely covered with innumerable black symbolic characters.

The characters squirmed and morphed, struggling to direct the incoming distorted sounds to disperse from the sides.

This was evasion.

The Divine Eagle Nation’s style was exactly this: within the warped rules and concepts of the adversary, seeking gaps and moving fluidly throughout.

After all, Omniscient computational power was limited—it couldn’t instantaneously change everything about the opponent. Where consciousness reached, that was where the rules and concepts were twisted.

And the Eagle Sovereign’s choice was to avoid the reach of the opponent’s consciousness.

For a time, within the small crystal quartet, the three great Quan Li utilized their own favored methods to avoid Daoist Tianhong’s full power eruption.