The shift was immediate and devastating. His Sea of Qi ruptured, its golden brilliance dispersing as pure Chaos Qi poured into every fiber of his being—his blood, bones, skin, and soul all reshaped by its overwhelming force.
RUMBLE!
The newly formed Sea of Qi no longer resembled a sea. It was now a boundless starry void, stretching infinitely, with celestial bodies of condensed Chaos Qi drifting through the darkness. At its center, a sinister flame ignited—the Demon Heart Flame.
BOOM!
A forbidden flame ranked among the most nefarious on the Heavenly Flame list. The Earth Flame had survived Dao Wei's near-death experience at the Zara World, evolving into something far beyond its previous state. Now, it burned at the core of his newly reborn cultivation.
Back in the real world, Dao Wei's broken body was mended at a terrifying rate. The gruesome wounds, the fractured meridians—all healed as if they had never existed. The transformation left him standing bare-chested, his robes incinerated by the Demon Heart Flame's aura. His physique had undergone a terrifying refinement—his muscles sculpted to perfection, veins brimming with newfound power.
Boom!
A waterfall of divine light cascaded from the heavens, bathing him in a celestial glow.
DONG!
The Heavenly Bell rang, its toll reverberating across the entire Southern Vast Desert. This was no ordinary breakthrough. It was an Ultimate Realm breakthrough—an anomaly rarely seen throughout history.
Dao Wei had attained the pinnacle of the Nascent Spirit Realm.
Diteyi involuntarily took a step back, his face pale.
"W-What is going on?" he stammered.
RUMBLE!
The only answer was the oppressive force emanating from Dao Wei's very presence.
Dao Wei slowly opened his eyes—his pupils flickering with a darkness deeper than the abyss itself.
"My turn."
BOOM!
Diteyi's Hell Serpent Zodiac roared, launching itself at Dao Wei in a desperate assault. The battlefield was consumed in black flames as the monstrous serpent lunged forward.
CLANG!
Dao Wei's figure blurred. The instant he moved, the desert trembled. He met the beast's charge head-on with a single flicker of his sword, Skyfall.
BOOM!
A titanic explosion of Qi and force shattered the very fabric of space. The shockwave flattened sand dunes miles away.
Diteyi's eyes widened.
Dao Wei was no longer just fast—he was omnipresent, his attacks coming from every direction at once. His control over the Six Laws had reached an unimaginable level. It was as if Diteyi was fighting six different versions of him, each wielding a separate element—Water, Metal, Lightning, Space, Light, and Darkness—all seamlessly integrated into his combat.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Diteyi was forced on the defensive, his movements becoming erratic under the relentless onslaught.
"How?! S-Six Laws?! That's—impossible!" Diteyi bellowed in disbelief, his voice cracking.
CRASH!
A towering wave of primordial water crashed into him.
BZZT!
Lightning arced through the air, striking with pinpoint precision.
"Take that!"
BOOM!
A crescent arc of sword Qi, infused with Light and Darkness, sliced through space, cleaving a massive gash into the Hell Serpent Zodiac.
Diteyi stumbled, blood spurting from his mouth. His once-dominant presence was now utterly overshadowed. "H-How?"
"Guess." Dao Wei smirked, his nonchalant tone dripping with condescension.
SHING!
Skyfall sliced through the air, its edge gleaming with death's certainty.
BOOM!
The impact forced the Hell Serpent Zodiac back, its massive body writhing in pain.
Diteyi gritted his teeth, his body trembling. He had already bested Dao Wei once. He could do it again—he had to!
"RAAAHHH!" With a deafening roar, Diteyi pushed past his limits, summoning every ounce of power he had left.
RUMBLE!
His aura twisted and distorted, black flames surging wildly. His body began to undergo a terrifying transformation—his limbs elongating, his muscles swelling with demonic force. The overwhelming aura of pure darkness engulfed him.
A sinister laughter echoed through the vast desert.
"This is not over yet," Diteyi growled, his voice now layered with a deep, abyssal resonance.
BOOM!
The desert quaked as Diteyi's form underwent its final metamorphosis—his true power unleashed. The battle had only just begun.
Rumble!
The heavens rumbled as Diteyi's transformation reached its peak. A blood-red aura burst from his body, consuming the battlefield in a storm of demonic energy. His flesh twisted and expanded, veins glowing with an ominous black light as bone-like armor grew across his skin. His once-proud visage was now monstrous—a visage of pure evil. Four jagged horns sprouted from his forehead, curving backward like the blades of a reaper. His eyes, now endless pools of abyssal darkness, held no trace of humanity.
Massive skeletal wings, adorned with seething black flames, erupted from his back, spreading wide as if to block out the sky. His arms thickened, his claws extending into curved talons capable of rending mountains asunder. Every muscle, every fiber of his being pulsated with sheer, unrelenting power. The Hell Serpent Zodiac Guardian slithered into his form, merging with his body. His voice, now an unholy chorus, echoed across the land.
"This is my ultimate form, Dao Wei." Diteyi's voice rang with the weight of gods and devils alike. "You should feel honored. No one has ever pushed me this far."
Dao Wei remained still, his expression unreadable, his presence unwavering. He gazed upon Diteyi's terrifying form with the same calm he had carried since the start of their battle. Even as the immense pressure threatened to crack the very ground beneath them, he did not flinch.
"Impressive," Dao Wei murmured, tilting his head slightly. "But you still talk too much."
Crack!
The sky fractured as Dao Wei's aura surged in response, a formless tempest that seemed to swallow even the light itself. The clash of their energies twisted time and space, distorting the very fabric of reality. The air screamed as their wills collided—Diteyi's boundless fury against Dao Wei's eerie calm.
Diteyi sneered and raised a single-clawed hand. "Then let's see if you can talk after this!"
Rumble!
The void itself trembled as the Asura Curse took shape. Shadowy hands, twisted and grotesque, crawled out of the abyss beneath them, reaching with clawed fingers to drag Dao Wei into oblivion. They shrieked in agony, embodying the suffering of countless tormented souls, their wails merging into a deathly symphony of despair.
Dao Wei narrowed his eyes.
Clang!
Skyfall hummed in his grip, a whisper of steel and destruction. At that moment, his Sword Dao surged, ascending beyond mortal limitations. The Eternal Sword Concept—the Third Stage of Sword Dao—unfolded like an ancient scripture inscribed upon the heavens themselves. The very air around his blade twisted into fine lines of light, as if acknowledging the birth of a true Sword Sovereign.
Flames flickered along Skyfall's edge, but they were no ordinary flames. No, these were the flames of the Demon Heart, birthed from the abyss yet untainted by its malice. They coiled around the blade like living serpents, carrying both the will of destruction and the serenity of nothingness.
Diteyi's expression darkened as he felt the overwhelming power rising from Dao Wei.
"Tch!" He clicked his tongue in annoyance. He had already reached the peak. He had already surpassed all limits. So why—why did this man still stand before him?
"You should be kneeling before me," Diteyi snarled. "I'll make sure you do."
With a deafening roar, he lunged, his massive clawed hand aiming to crush Dao Wei under its might.
Dao Wei's smirk never wavered. The wind whispered as he stepped forward—an imperceptible movement.
BOOM!
Diteyi's claw struck empty air.
In an instant, Dao Wei had reappeared above him, Skyfall tracing a luminous arc through the sky. The moment of the blade's descent stretched into eternity, as if the very concept of time had yielded before his mastery.
Slash!
The world trembled as a crescent arc of light, imbued with the laws of Lightning and Light, tore through the battlefield, splitting the very heavens apart. Diteyi barely had time to raise his arm before the force of the attack sent him hurtling backward, his armor sizzling from the cut.
Diteyi gritted his teeth. "Enough of this!"
His aura swelled once more as he roared to the heavens. His body morphed further, the skeletal wings unfurling into grotesque spires of abyssal energy. Crimson veins pulsed across his form, and his Hell Serpent roared in unison with him.
This was it—his final form, his last stand.
The world held its breath.
And then, Dao Wei whispered. "My turn."
BOOM!
An explosion of light erupted from his body. A silver halo manifested behind him, an ethereal ring adorned with six shimmering orbs, each radiating an elemental force beyond mortal comprehension.
Water. Metal. Lightning. Space. Light. Darkness.
They revolved slowly, exuding an aura that shattered the laws of the universe itself. The manifestation of Dao Wei's Chaos Body Martial Soul had begun.
Diteyi's eyes widened in disbelief. "What… is that?"
Dao Wei exhaled slowly, his nonchalant demeanor never fading. "Something beyond that thick skull of yours."
As the celestial orbs pulsed with primordial energy, a sense of inevitable doom descended upon the battlefield.
The true battle was only about to begin, and there was no more holding back.