In an instant, it seemed as though a dark sun had bloomed on the earth, with the twisted light of a sinister mind illuminating the world, causing the flesh of all who looked directly to distort and their personalities to warp. "Close your eyes, it’s divine pollution!" Several kilometers away, Huai Xu and the other descenders erected spiritual barriers to protect the city, but still, a few natives couldn’t close their eyes in time and twisted into grotesque, nauseating creatures. At the center of the battlefield, the Orochi roared skyward, its body rapidly expanding, transforming in the blink of an eye into a towering giant reaching the clouds. Gazing at the sinister youth on the ground, Emperor Shitian’s eyes were calm and untroubled, while the merit ring behind his head roared and expanded infinitely outward, ultimately transforming into a blazing sun spanning thousands of miles, dominating the heavens and earth. "Fiend disturbing the mortal world, today I shall subdue you!" Disregarding the world’s capacity to bear it, Emperor Shitian invoked high-dimensional divine power beyond his heavenly position, with terrifying strength pressing down upon the heavens and causing all creation to wail. From the top of the firmament came a thunderous roar, rolling dark clouds gathered at a visible speed, flashing with blinding arcs of electricity within, as if brewing a terrible thunderstorm. Freed from its seal, endless energy resonated with his being, Zhu Haomiao glanced at the anomaly in the sky, sensing his spirit and body reacting with the laws of the entire world, undergoing an irreversible and mysterious transformation. A dim rift in space quietly opened, exerting an infinite pull on the black-clad youth, urging him to leave this world. "My time is running out, since you’re determined to die, I shall fulfill your wish." His gaze shifted slightly, and Zhu Haomiao looked at Emperor Shitian, cruelly curling the corners of his mouth. In the next moment, the majestic great sun and the dark sun collided with a thunderous impact, plunging the entire world into an eerie and deathly silence. An indescribable black-and-white light flickered, constantly appearing and disappearing, with the collision point at the center causing space and time within dozens of miles to ripple and undulate like illusory bubble-like waves. "When I attain Buddhahood, in my lands, all the palatial buildings, lotus pools, flowing waters, sacred flowers, and trees from the ground to the sky, will all be combined from countless and boundless treasures and scents, adorned with the special and marvelous spiritual treasures, surpassing all majesty of heaven and earth!" Amidst a melodious and pleasant murmur, a towering and sacred illusion of a Buddha country appeared over the battlefield, its extravagant and luxurious pavilions sprawling over dozens of miles, altering the world’s fundamental operating principles from the lowest level. An inexplicable suppressive force bound the spirit and body like shackles; as Zhu Haomiao felt his body suddenly become weak, a flash of realization crossed his mind. This is not a power that should appear at the initial heavenly position... This is the unique power of the high sky rank... Of course, limited by the second layer heaven’s restrictions, what Emperor Shitian unfurled was not a true [Divine Country], merely a prototype, at most could be considered an advanced [Domain]. But for the average martial artist, this law-level [Domain] suppression is almost an inescapable predicament. Fortunately, I am not an average martial artist... Narrowing his eyes, Zhu Haomiao raised a hand to summon a bronze giant cauldron towering like a mountain, appearing within the Buddha country, exuding an awe-inspiring divine authority that suppressed all. "National Guardian Nine Tripods..." In the air, Emperor Shitian’s gaze was filled with dread as he looked at the mysterious ancient inscriptions on the cauldron’s body. But soon, recognizing it was merely a [same phase isomer] of the [National Guardian Nine Tripods], Emperor Shitian quietly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it’s not the original, he was confident he could crush it! However, Zhu Haomiao’s actions didn’t stop; he raised his hand in a virtual grasp, his consciousness penetrating space-time barriers to establish a connection with two other divine tripods thousands of miles away. The giant cauldrons that were suppressing Langju Xushan and the Da Zhen Imperial City shook violently. In an instant, across the Anbei Protectorate, Anxi Protectorate, and the entire Da Zhen land spanning over ten thousand miles east to west and eight thousand miles north to south, a profound micro-light invisible to the naked eye bloomed. The majestic shadows of three colossal star-like giant cauldrons emerged within the Buddha country; Zhu Haomiao wielded the power of heaven and earth, pressing his hands down fiercely. A soul-shaking crash exploded in the air, tearing a massive rift in the exquisite and splendid Buddha country, and the suppressive force enveloping the body and mind lightened accordingly. In the next moment, the black-clad youth broke free from his bindings, raising his eyes suddenly, his greedy and cruel gaze fixing on his opponent like a serpent. Following the will of its main body, the Orochi’s neck snapped forward like lightning, viciously biting toward the ’arrogant sun’ in the sky. At that moment, a colossal six-tusked white elephant appeared under Emperor Shitian, with its massive trunk descending from the sky and clashing with destructive might against the serpent’s head. With unmatched strength, it blasted one of the snake heads, but the other heads bit fiercely into the six-tusked white elephant’s body, savagely tearing off chunks of flesh the size of small mountains. The elephant’s legs, akin to towering pillars, stomped down, unleashing a milky energy tsunami in the void, causing ripples of continuous waves throughout the entire Buddha country. Amidst deafening roars, the two ancient primordial beasts-like monsters entwined and fought, each movement shaking the ground and cracking space-time. And between the two gigantic creatures, Zhu Haomiao wielded the Eight-sided Han Sword, clashing fiercely with the Vajra Pestle in Emperor Shitian’s hands, both sides unleashing their power without reservation, the friction between their weapons sparking blinding divine light. "You stole my divinity, mimicked the power that restrains me the most, but today I will show you, I have no weaknesses!!" "Break all barriers!" A sinister smile lifted his perfect face, Emperor Shitian let out a low roar, the Vajra Pestle in his hand suddenly shock with irresistible force, hurling Zhu Haomiao away. With victory in hand, Emperor Shitian formed a magic formula, sprouting two pairs of long arms from his back, while a vertical slit opened in the center of his forehead, revealing an eye-like dark red gem. "Shariputra, under the power of Buddha, can illuminate the infinite countless unimaginable worlds of all Buddhas, killing demons and subduing monsters..." The dark red Shariputra in the center of his brow shot out, transforming into a streak of light heading toward Zhu Haomiao. Realizing that this high-dimensional divine attack could erase his very [existence], Zhu Haomiao’s mind was filled with a blessing, throwing the Eight-sided Han Sword in his hand to collide fiercely with the incoming dark red Shariputra. Blinding sparks exploded in the air, and the Eight-sided Han Sword and Shariputra seemed to gain lives of their own, transforming into two streaks of light, chasing and colliding with each other. The two streaks of light traversed thousands of miles instantaneously, appearing and disappearing in the heavens, each collision creating mountain-shattering shock waves before vanishing again.