Venerable Supreme of Myriad Dragons

"Taiyi Demon Suppression, Array of All Heavens!"

Shen Daoxing raised the Great Ming Demon Sparrow high into the air.

In that instant, his entire aura transformed. His white robes fluttered as he radiated a boundless light, slowly rising high into the sky. He met the gaze of Xu Hong’s enormous eyes with an indifferent expression, his presence not the least bit diminished. He was like a Venerable Supreme from a bygone era.

"SHHH!"

Without any warning, a great hole tore open in the sky. A massive Treasure Sword immediately filled the opening, plummeting like a meteor in the blink of an eye.

"BOOM!"

Dust and dirt flew into the air.

A giant Treasure Sword as tall as Xu Hong’s Heaven and Earth form was now deeply embedded in the ground.

But it wasn’t over.

The moment the giant Treasure Sword landed...

"SHHH! SHHH! SHHH..."

More great holes appeared in the sky without warning, and in each one, a giant Treasure Sword materialized, hanging high above.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

...

One, two, three... a total of nine giant Treasure Swords fell like meteors, crashing to the ground.

In the next moment, Xu Hong was completely surrounded by ten Treasure Swords.

Immediately after, a dazzling, splendid light flared.

"SHHH! SHHH! SHHH!"

The ten giant Treasure Swords shone with immense radiance. Countless streams of Sword Intent surged skyward, transforming into brilliant rays of light that converged at a single point in the center of the Sword Array.

ZZZZZTTT!

The myriad brilliant lights exploded, and in an instant, a colossal giant that seemed to touch the heavens appeared abruptly in the middle of the Sword Array, like a divine soldier descending from the sky.

Sword Intent flowed in its eyes. Its every move exuded an aura capable of annihilating all existence. With just a glance, two sharp streams of Sword Intent shot out from its eyes.

"You overestimate yourself!"

Xu Hong’s giant Golden Body Dharma Aspect merely gave a cold smile. The Celestial Pig Ruler in his hand swung out, cleaving heaven and earth like Tianze himself.

"CLANG!"

The crisp sound of metal striking metal rang out.

The two sharp streams of Sword Intent shattered instantly.

The next moment, Shen Daoxing abruptly flew up and merged into the Sword Intent Giant, appearing within its chest. He raised two fingers and pointed forward.

The Sword Intent Giant took a sudden step forward, reached out, and pulled up one of the massive swords at its side. As if splitting the heavens and earth, it brought the sword down in a single chop. A colossal beam of sword light, stretching across the entire Ancestor Mountain, appeared in a flash.

With a thought, Xu Hong hastily recalled his Celestial Pig Ruler to defend.

"BANG!"

An earth-shattering roar erupted.

The entire Ancestor Mountain trembled.

Shen Daoxing’s Sword Intent Giant and Xu Hong’s Golden Body Dharma Aspect were both forced back two steps.

"Oh?"

Xu Hong looked at Shen Daoxing within the Sword Intent Giant, a hint of surprise on his face. But his expression quickly returned to one of cold indifference. "But that’s the extent of your power."

In a daze, it was as if a magnificent Daoist hymn suddenly emanated from the world itself. It was faint, as though coming from an impossibly distant place, yet it also seemed to whisper right beside one’s ear, creating an irresistible urge to kneel in worship.

It was Xu Hong’s low murmur.

"The Highest One is without emotion. Seven Divine Commandments!"

Xu Hong placed one palm vertically before his chest and held up the Celestial Pig Ruler with the other. As he chanted, the Celestial Pig Ruler burst forth with a brilliant golden light. A series of ancient, profound scriptures emerged from it, illuminating the entire sky.

"Seven Divine Commandments, First Commandment: Abstinence from Sensuality!"

Xu Hong’s whisper echoed.

In a trance-like moment, two enormous chains suddenly descended from the sky.

"CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!"

The chains rattled through the air.

In a mere instant, the Sword Intent Giant’s hands and feet were bound.

Shen Daoxing, inside it, was also immobilized.

At the same time, the golden light from the Celestial Pig Ruler intensified. Amidst the string of ancient characters, a pair of enormous golden scissors wavered into existence.

The giant scissors opened, revealing their sharp blades.

"WHOOSH!"

They transformed into a sharp arrow, shooting straight toward Shen Daoxing in the chest of the Sword Intent Giant.

But at that very moment...

ZZZZT! ZZZZT! ZZZZT!

Black arcs of electricity suddenly flashed. The surrounding space distorted, and the massive chains binding the Sword Intent Giant’s hands shattered with a bang.

The next moment, the Sword Intent Giant swung the massive Treasure Sword in its hand, sending the golden scissors flying with a loud BANG.

But Xu Hong was still chanting.

"Seven Divine Commandments, Second Commandment: Humble!"

In a shimmering haze...

"RUMBLE!"

A colossal iron pillar suddenly erupted from the ground. The pillar was glowing red-hot, radiating waves of scorching heat. Chains abruptly shot out from it, flying in unison toward Shen Daoxing.

Shen Daoxing hurriedly controlled the Sword Intent Giant, swinging the massive Treasure Sword in its hand.

"CLATTER!"

The chains swirled through the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the giant Treasure Sword in the giant’s hand was entangled.

The next moment, the chains retracted with a WHOOSH, binding the massive Treasure Sword tightly to the red-hot pillar.

"Tssssss..."

A puff of black smoke rose. The giant Treasure Sword melted on the spot, shattering with a BANG and dissolving into streams of light.

Shen Daoxing was momentarily stunned. In that moment, the chains from the iron pillar attacked again, and at the same time, the golden scissors flew in to strike from the other side.

On Ancestor Mountain, Emperor Tianze, who had long since taken cover far away behind a giant boulder, was suddenly shocked.

’Th-this is the Seven Divine Commandments! It’s the unwritten Secret Technique of the Celestial Profound Sacred Land’s Jade Balance Mountain, a Forbidden Technique above the Celestial Tier! Xu Hong actually managed to learn it.’

’Even at my peak, I might not have been able to withstand the Seven Divine Commandments. This kid is finished.’ Emperor Tianze’s eyes widened.

However, within the Sword Array, Shen Daoxing merely gave a detached glance and pointed a finger forward.

In an instant, a dazzling white light erupted.

A mountain-sized Venerable Dharma Seal descended from the sky like a meteor and slammed down violently.

"BANG!"

"BANG!"

"BANG!"

The Venerable Dharma Seal rose and fell, delivering a series of heavy blows.

"WHOOSH!"

The red-hot iron pillar shuddered to a halt.

It was driven dozens of feet down, embedding it deep within the earth.

Meanwhile, the Sword Intent Giant turned and grabbed both blades of the golden scissors.

With a CREAK and a GROAN, the golden scissors were bent out of shape.

In just a few moments, Shen Daoxing had neutralized the attack from the Seven Divine Commandments.

But even now, Xu Hong’s chanting had not stopped.

"Seven Divine Commandments, Third Commandment: Fasting!"

"Seven Divine Commandments, Fourth Commandment: Avarice!"

In a daze, the Celestial Pig Ruler once again flared with brilliant golden light, and the ancient, profound scriptures flew from it.

The next moment, a giant wok of oil suddenly appeared in the sky, its contents bubbling and roiling.

The wok flew into the sky, positioned itself above Shen Daoxing, and tilted slightly. A sky-blotting deluge of boiling oil poured down.

At the same time, an instrument of torture—made of iron rods strung together by a red silk thread—suddenly flew out and wrapped itself around the Sword Intent Giant’s fingers.

The red silk thread pulled taut, and the Sword Intent Giant’s five fingers snapped off abruptly.

Shen Daoxing faltered for a second. Seeing that Xu Hong was still chanting, he knew he couldn’t just wait for death. With a thought, the Sword Intent Giant leaped up, dodging the torrent of oil, then threw a heavy punch with a BANG, blasting away the flying wok.

Shen Daoxing had the giant reach out and pull up another massive Treasure Sword from the side. It took a single stride to appear before Xu Hong. An incredibly brilliant light flared, and a beam of sword light that could cleave mountains descended.