Translator: CinderTL
"We've finally arrived!" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling declared in a deep voice.
He glanced at Heng Guang and Boundless, the two Ultimate Powerhouses whose Essence, Qi, and Spirit seemed to have been diminished. "It's been hard on them, enduring for so long!"
Hearing this, Supreme Lawbringer and Order Ultimate Powerhouse exchanged odd looks.
So long?
It had only been three hours.
Such a brief span of time was nothing to these Ultimate Powerhouses, who had lived for billions of years. Even for an ordinary person, it was barely enough to watch a movie or binge-read a novel.
How could that be considered long?
Before they could voice their thoughts, Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse interjected gravely, "It's not that they've endured for so long. Progenitor Divine Being Li Chunjun has been 'learning' from them—specifically, their applications of the Flowing Light, Void, and Dream Great Daos—and deliberately allowed them to persist until now! Otherwise... the two Ultimate Powerhouses would likely have retreated long ago, avoiding his full force!"
The boundless supreme expert's mental power swept across the other Ultimate Powerhouses. "When I first saw Heng Guang struggling against Li Chunjun, I laughed, thinking Heng Guang was weak. But you'll only realize how terrifying this opponent truly is when you face him yourselves! His strength may not be invincible, but his growth rate is terrifyingly fast!"
The supreme expert's eyes turned icy. "This time, we must eliminate this progenitor divine being at all costs. Otherwise, his Void Power will completely devour and destroy the entire 'existence' world!"
Hearing the boundless supreme expert's words, Lawful Decree, Order, and Panwu Ultimate, the acknowledged strongest among the Human Race, formally declared their stance.
They knew the boundless supreme expert's character well.
Possessing the origins of two Great Daos, he was notoriously arrogant, refusing to acknowledge anyone's superiority. Even Panwu, who controlled three Great Dao sources and was hailed as the Human Race's strongest, might not have earned his respect.
For such a proud and haughty supreme expert to describe Li Chunjun as "terrifying" after their brief clash spoke volumes about the progenitor divine being's true power.
"Deploy the formation! The Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation!"
Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse waved his hand sharply.
Among the nine great ultimate powerhouses of the human race, Pan Wu was undoubtedly the foremost. However, when it came to strategic planning and tactical deployment, the Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse, renowned for his "omniscience and omnipotence," was the one most trusted.
Without the slightest hesitation, the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns swiftly coalesced into a unified formation.
Although they had no time to practice this Array Formation, the human race's historical experience in collectively hunting progenitor divine beings had honed their formation assembly efficiency to its peak. Once formed, the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns maintained seamless communication and coordination through secret Heart-Mind connection techniques, unaffected by the formation's complexity.
Li Chunjun observed this scene with detached amusement.
He made no attempt to intervene, allowing the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns to complete their Array Formation right under his nose.
This arrogance drew a cold snort from the Supreme Lawbringer and other ultimate powerhouses.
Yet Tian Wen, Gui Ling, Boundless, Heng Guang, and the others grew increasingly grave.
They understood that Li Chunjun's willingness to let them form the Array Formation stemmed from one of two possibilities: either he was utterly arrogant, believing himself invincible and dismissing their combined might, or he possessed genuine confidence in his overwhelming power, certain that no matter what tactics they employed, he would ultimately prevail.
Either...
He genuinely possessed absolute confidence in his own strength, firmly believing that no matter what tricks they devised, he would ultimately emerge victorious.
The former scenario would have been tolerable—merely a mindless brute.
But if it were the latter...
It would undoubtedly prove that Li Chunjun still held hidden cards, a third-tier form yet to be revealed.
Such a situation would truly be adding insult to injury.
As the Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse stood in solemn contemplation, Li Chunjun's mental power radiated outward. "Forty-nine great daos... complete."
He extended his hand, addressing the assembled forces. "Come! Unleash the full mysteries of the forty-nine great daos and crush me! Seize ultimate victory, or... I will return all things to void and restart the Cosmos!"
"Return all things to void and restart the Cosmos?!"
Gui Ling and Tian Wen exchanged a glance.
They had long suspected that Li Chunjun's void great dao, which he was born to inherit, was in fact the Cosmos's final failsafe mechanism.
A cleansing mechanism triggered when the number of immortals grew too great, and their mastery of Grand Dao Power began to disrupt the Cosmos's natural order.
This was why Tian Wen referred to Li Chunjun as the enemy of all "existence."
Now, hearing Li Chunjun personally acknowledge this claim, they harbored no remaining illusions.
"At this point, words are meaningless. In the end, only one outcome remains."
The mental power of the Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse resonated through each Ultimate Powerhouse and Supreme Sovereign: "Either we destroy him and continue our eternal existence, or he destroys us. Then, no force in the cosmos will be able to stop him from devouring the great dao, collapsing the great dao, and dragging the universe toward the void where all things return to nothingness!"
The other Ultimate Powerhouses understood this truth as well.
But...
"The void where all things return to nothingness, you say? I'll see if you truly have the power to achieve that!"
"Enough talk. This battle is not merely a clash of ideologies, but a struggle for the great dao itself—a fight for survival! Only one side can ultimately prevail!"
"We've never encountered a progenitor divine being like this before... I hope that through you, we can finally glimpse the mysteries of the Great Unification Realm and the Supreme Cosmic Realm!"
The Ultimate Powerhouses steeled their hearts, facing this life-or-death challenge with unwavering resolve.
The seven great supreme powerhouses, joined by forty-two supreme sovereigns, channeled all Grand Dao Power through the Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation. In an instant, as if conjured from nothingness within the Void, they forged a Great World.
As more Grand Dao Power poured in, this Great World expanded, growing ever more vast and boundless.
Unlike the mere "dead objects" of the three thousand great worlds, this Great World pulsed with life, effortlessly wielding its full power.
It was like comparing a mountain to a giant the size of a mountain—the scale of destruction and calamity they could unleash was worlds apart.
Once manifested, the Great World began to envelop Li Chunjun's figure, threatening to engulf him entirely and crush him under the combined might of its forty-nine great daos, devouring him utterly.
Yet Li Chunjun...
He barely evaded.
Nor did he immediately flee using the power of the void great dao, vanishing from the battlefield to regroup and strike later when the supreme sovereigns and ultimate powerhouses had dispersed.
By channeling his void great dao and his understanding of the forty-nine great daos, Li Chunjun formed his own Great World.
However, this Great World was far smaller than the one created by the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns using the Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation.
The intricate workings of the forty-nine great daos within his world also fell short of the Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation by a significant margin.
When the two worlds collided, Li Chunjun's world power was utterly crushed like dry leaves.
Despite his mastery of the Great Unification realm, which allowed him to coordinate the forty-nine great daos with exceptional efficiency, the disparity in their operational mastery of Grand Dao Power was simply too vast.
It was a gap that no amount of strategic coordination could bridge.
Even if both sides were fully armed, forty-nine elite ancient armies, no matter how battle-hardened, could never defeat forty-nine modern special forces units.
Realizing this, Li Chunjun shifted his tactics, abandoning direct confrontation with the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns.
"Death! Soul! Void! Creation! Nothingness!"
He wove these forces around himself, using the Void Power as his foundation to form an impenetrable defense.
To breach this barrier, the seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns first had to dismantle the four most resilient pillars: death, soul, void, and creation.
In response, the supreme powerhouses and sovereigns unleashed their full arsenal of techniques.
Life, reincarnation, time, chaos—the full spectrum of Grand Dao Power was unleashed.
Though their mastery of reincarnation and time fell short of the Great Dao Origin, their sheer numbers overwhelmed Li Chunjun's soul and void great dao mysteries, which had already rivaled those of Gui Ling and the Boundless Supreme Expert.
Under this relentless pressure, Li Chunjun's defensive small world was crushed layer by layer, its spatial fabric compressed beyond recovery.
Each time he attempted to manifest a world phantom, it was met with catastrophic destruction, leaving him no room to retaliate.
Despite this, Li Chunjun persisted, employing these desperate measures in a futile, cornered struggle.
He relentlessly sustained his final sanctuary with death, soul, Void, and creation, desperately preventing the overwhelming power of the Great World evolved from the Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation from crushing him completely.
"He can't hold on much longer!"
"This progenitor divine being is indeed formidable. Even three or five Ultimate Powerhouses might struggle to gain an advantage against him alone. But our Heavenly Evolution Forty-Nine Boundless Tribulation Formation, forged by seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns, is far superior!"
Supreme Lawbringer and Panwu Ultimate Powerhouse exclaimed in awe.
Yet Tian Wen and Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling grew increasingly solemn as the final moments approached.
"We must not let our guard down. Prepare your dao techniques of the Great Dao of Life and the Grand Dao of Karma. If he's defeated, he'll inevitably attempt to flee into the Void. The moment he tries, use the power of 'life' or 'creation' to anchor his 'existence,' then lock him down with karma power to deliver the final, decisive blow!" Supreme Powerhouse Gui Ling's Heart-Mind radiated outward.
"I'm already prepared!" Tian Wen Supreme Powerhouse echoed immediately.
Seeing the two supreme powerhouses so vigilant, the others understood the battle wasn't over. Until Li Chunjun was completely annihilated, there was no cause for celebration.
The remaining Ultimate Powerhouses and Supreme Sovereigns focused their full attention, channeling vast and boundless Grand Dao Power to completely crush the pillar formed by the four great daos of death, soul, void, and creation.
"So, in the end, it still comes down to overwhelming force... Is this the limit of the profound mysteries that the forty-nine great daos can manifest?"
As the four great dao pillars collapsed, no joy appeared on Li Chunjun's face.
He didn't want to be defeated by sheer numbers.
He sought a more refined application of the Dao, a more wondrous and profound understanding of its mysteries.
But...
There was nothing more.
The seven great supreme powerhouses and forty-two supreme sovereigns had already pushed themselves to their absolute limits.
Yet even at their peak, Li Chunjun still hadn't achieved the result he desired.
Placing his hopes on the power of the Dao...
Even with Great Unification-level Grand Dao Power, he still couldn't fulfill his lifelong goal of cultivation, break through his Heart Obstacle, or conquer his Heart Demon.
Unable to conquer his Heart Demon and unable to achieve Heart's Perfection, only one path remained for him.
The same path he had followed from the very beginning.
Pioneer the Dao!
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