Chapter 210 - 202: Dao Position Suppression
Having deduced the Flower Moon Hall Master’s precise location, Qi Yun casually formed a spell with one hand, and the vast, majestic Daluo Magical Power within him surged forth.
WHOOSH—
A stream of incomparably pure azure cloud qi materialized from thin air beneath his feet. It rapidly condensed and took shape, forming a solid yet ethereal azure cloud that steadily supported his body.
Ever since one’s Dao Foundation was established, breaking free from the shackles of the River of Heaven and Earth Years, a Foundation Establishment Master had already transcended the confinement of the earth’s magnetic forces.
With a mere thought, their Magical Power could transform into clouds, allowing them to gallop across Heaven and Earth and soar through the cosmos. They could tour the North Sea in the morning and Mount Cangwu at dusk, truly possessing the air of an immortal.
Qi Yun stood upon the azure cloud with his hands behind his back. Without even needing to deliberately urge it on, a slight stir of his will was enough for the cloud to carry him away as a streak of azure Flowing Light.
He covered a thousand miles in an instant, tearing through the sky straight toward the Flower Moon Hall!
His speed far surpassed any Escape Skill from the Qi Refining Stage.
Within a few breaths, a magnificent cluster of palaces, replete with grand halls and pavilions, came into view.
Qi Yun did not descend directly. Instead, he rode the azure cloud, hovering high above the Flower Moon Hall.
He didn’t deliberately release his oppressive aura.
But the moment his figure came to a halt in the air, an intangible yet terrifying pressure—as heavy as a mountain and as vast as the sea—naturally radiated from him, blanketing the entire Flower Moon Hall area!
VMM...
The Spiritual Light circulating around the palaces below instantly dimmed, as if suppressed by an unseen force.
Amidst the halls and pavilions, every disciple and servant, no matter what they were doing, felt their hearts sink. It was as if a giant boulder was crushing their chests, making it difficult to breathe.
The circulation of their Cultivation Skills stagnated, and they involuntarily stopped what they were doing, looking up at the sky with faces full of horror.
In the sky, the figure atop the azure cloud stood with his green robes fluttering gently. His face was calm, his gaze lowered, looking down on all below.
Sunlight spilled from behind him, gilding his silhouette with a golden edge that made it impossible to look at him directly.
One could only feel an absolute sense of suppression, originating from a higher level of existence and a superior Dao Position!
He just stood there, yet it was as if he had become the center of this Heaven and Earth.
All creation had to bow before him!
"Who dares to act so presumptuously at my Flower Moon Hall?!"
A sharp cry, filled with both shock and anger, erupted from the Main Hall below.
Immediately after, a streak of Flowing Light shot into the sky, materializing a short distance in front of Qi Yun.
It was none other than the Flower Moon Hall Master, his face sinister and his eyes filled with disbelief!
He stared fixedly at the young figure on the azure cloud, whose aura made his heart palpitate. His heart nearly stopped beating.
"It’s... it’s you?!"
"Qi Yun?!"
The Flower Moon Hall Master’s voice trembled slightly.
He couldn’t believe that the Outer Mansion junior from sixty years ago—an ant he could have crushed at will—was now his equal, a Foundation Establishment Master!
Moreover, this aura... so domineering, so brilliant!
It was far beyond that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator.
It was even more suffocating than the auras of some Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Masters he had encountered!
’This is definitely not an ordinary Dao Foundation! It must be an Upper Grade Dao Foundation at the very least!’ A thought he dared not dwell on surfaced, sending a chill down his spine.
’Sixty years... just sixty years! How could he have successfully reached Foundation Establishment from the Qi Refining Stage and forged such a terrifying Dao Foundation?’
’This brat... what are his origins?!’
The immense shock and disparity caused the rage and killing intent the Flower Moon Hall Master had accumulated for sixty years to be replaced by a far more intense fear and bewilderment.
After sensing the other’s unfathomable aura, all his previous schemes and thoughts of revenge now seemed laughable and pathetic.
Qi Yun calmly watched the Flower Moon Hall Master, whose expression flickered uncertainly, as if watching an insignificant farce.
He slowly opened his mouth, his voice not loud, but it carried clearly in all directions:
"Song Kun, it seems sixty years of confinement wasn’t enough to teach you a lesson. In my opinion, you should be locked up for another sixty!"
Even though he was unspeakably horrified by Qi Yun’s Foundation Establishment Realm and terrifying aura, hearing the other’s tone, like a teacher scolding an unruly junior—
Especially the words that casually sentenced him to another sixty years of confinement—
The resentment Flower Moon Hall Master Song Kun had built up for sixty years, along with his pride as a veteran Master, was instantly ignited!
"Insolent!"
Song Kun snorted in anger, the sound waves rolling out and causing the surrounding clouds to churn.
His hair and beard stood on end, flames of fury nearly bursting from his eyes as he glared at Qi Yun.
"You yellow-mouthed brat! Is my, Song Kun’s, name something you can say so freely?!"
"I have been cultivating for over four hundred years! When I was roaming the Northwest, you were probably still spinning in some reincarnation cycle!"
"In terms of seniority, you aren’t even worthy of carrying my shoes!"
The angrier he got, the more vicious his words became:
"A bastard with no upbringing!"
"Relying on some unknown luck to fluke your way into Foundation Establishment, and you dare be so audacious before me!"
"Do you really think reaching Foundation Establishment means you can defy all laws and principles?!"
"Are you even worthy?!"
It was a head-on confrontation, neither giving an inch!
Every word was like fuel to the fire, pushing the already tense atmosphere to the brink of explosion!
Their gazes clashed in midair.
An incredibly terrifying pressure, suppressed to its limit, centered on the two of them.
It fiercely collided and compressed!
VMMMM—!
The cluster of buildings in the Flower Moon Hall below groaned as if overburdened. The protective Array activated on its own, its screen of light flickering violently.
The disciples and servants in the hall felt as if they had been plunged into an ice cave. Their faces turned deathly pale, and those with low Cultivation collapsed to the ground, finding it extremely difficult to even breathe.
It felt as if their Divine Souls would be crushed by the two Master Level pressures in the next second.
Throughout the entire Flower Moon Hall area, the air froze.
All things fell silent. It was deathly still!
「Meanwhile」, in various parts of Taixu Mirror Heaven, and even in other regions of the Holy Sect, countless gazes converged, silently observing the standoff above the Flower Moon Hall.
These gazes from other Foundation Establishment Masters were filled with curiosity, amusement, and scrutiny, but not a single one intended to appear and intervene.
Within the Holy Sect, sparring among fellow disciples was a common occurrence.
As long as no one was killed, it wasn’t a big deal.
What’s more...
The Holy Sect Masters were all eager to see just how extraordinary the legendary Venerable Dao Foundation truly was.
They wanted to see what kind of power that Daluo Ten Thousand Laws Dao Foundation could display against a veteran Foundation Establishment Early Stage Master like Song Kun!
Seeing that a verbal clash was pointless, a sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Flower Moon Hall Master Song Kun, who had harbored a grudge for sixty years. He decided to let his strength do the talking.
He would make this arrogant junior, who didn’t know his place, understand.
That even between those at Foundation Establishment, there were vast chasms!
"Today, I’ll teach you a lesson, and let you know that not everyone in the Foundation Establishment Realm is on the same level!"
Song Kun was the first to attack!
He was a Sword Cultivator who had immersed himself in the Sword Dao his entire life.
The Dao Foundation he had forged was called the Star Sea Blue Moon Dao Foundation.
Although it was only a Middle Vehicle Dao Foundation, it was extremely compatible with his Sword Formulas.
He rapidly formed Sword Formulas with one hand, his Magical Power surging around him. The void behind him instantly twisted, and the brilliant points of light of the Big Dipper and the phantom of a cold, bright moon faintly appeared!
The Sword Formulas activated, and the Dao Foundation responded!
"The North Star resides, orbited by all stars;"
"The path of the Taiyin, gentle yet ultimately unyielding."
"Draw the essence of stars to temper its edge, absorb the soul of the moon to nourish its spirit..."
Reciting the general principles of the North Star Taiyin Sword Chapter, his Sword Momentum unfurled.
In that instant, he seemed to become the center of this small world.
The surrounding stars and moon all revolved around him, forming a powerful and unique force field that drew upon their brilliance!
Before the sword light even emerged, a majestic pressure—as heavy as falling star wreckage, yet as shifting as flowing moonlight—was already crushing down upon Qi Yun!
When the sword moves, the Star River flows; when its light chills, the Taiyin is desolate.
Once this sword is drawn, it can summon the might of the stars and moon.
Illuminating the Grand Thousand worlds, its pressure suppresses the heavens!
VMMMM—!
An incomparably condensed and brilliant Sword Gang, possessing both the majesty of the stars and the chilling cold of the Taiyin, burst forth from Song Kun’s fingertips!
The Sword Gang grew with the wind, transforming into a torrent like the Milky Way stretching across the sky. Countless miniature stars were born and died within it, and moonlight flowed, carrying the power to command the entire domain of stars and moon. With the momentum to tear space and annihilate all things, it blasted ferociously toward the motionless Qi Yun on his azure cloud!
This strike was fueled by Song Kun’s rage, its power sufficient to cleave mountains and evaporate rivers with ease!
He was confident that even if his opponent was also at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, he would have no way of withstanding this killing move, which Song Kun had honed for centuries!
However, what happened next made Song Kun’s pupils—and those of all the secretly watching Holy Sect Masters—shrink abruptly!
The Star Moon Sword Gang, so terrifyingly powerful that it would force any Foundation Establishment Master of the same rank to take it seriously, seemed to sink into an invisible mire as soon as it entered a certain range around Qi Yun.
Its brilliant light visibly and rapidly dimmed.
The immense Power of Stars and Moon contained within it melted away as swiftly as snow under a blazing sun!
The domain-commanding, mountain-like pressure disintegrated inch by inch, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall!
By the time the Sword Gang reached Qi Yun, less than a third of its power remained.
Qi Yun didn’t even raise his hand. The vast and mighty Magical Power inside him erupted, turning into a fierce shockwave that swept outwards, instantly obliterating the Sword Gang!
"This... This is... Dao Position suppression?!"
The sneer on Song Kun’s face froze instantly, replaced by sheer astonishment and disbelief as he cried out in shock!
’He and I are clearly both at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage!’
’Our Dao Positions should be similar!’
’How could this be...’
’Could it be he has the merit of a First Certificate?’
’But even with a First Certificate, the Dao Position is only half a level higher. The suppression shouldn’t be this overwhelming.’
’What in the world... what in the world is going on?!’
Song Kun’s Heart and Spirit trembled violently.
He felt like he wasn’t facing a Cultivator of the same rank, but Heaven and Earth itself.
In the shadows, the crowd of Holy Sect Masters were all equally shocked.
’So this is the power of the Venerable Dao Foundation?!’
’They are both at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, but Qi Yun’s Dao Position suppression over Song Kun is equivalent to that of a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, maybe even stronger.’
’A full realm’s worth of Dao Position suppression!’
’How is anyone supposed to fight this?’
Qi Yun remained standing calmly on the azure cloud, as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust.
He looked down at Song Kun, whose face was pale and whose Dao Heart was wavering, and said faintly:
"Your sword."
"Is not even qualified to approach me."
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