The Willing Force Beads were among the most mysterious powers between heaven and earth. With willing force, one could manifest the inconceivable from nothingness. Gods themselves were not omnipotent, but willing force was capable of anything.
Through willing force beads, any material substance could be transmuted.
It was the most variable and most divine of all powers.
Thus, it was the willing force beads that were the true foundation of transformation.
Without a sufficient reserve of willing force beads, Xuanhuang City would not have had the confidence to evolve toward the Primordial level. But now, Yi Tianxing possessed such determination and conviction. Willing force beads continued to pour endlessly into the city's body. This was the accumulation of Dayi across a hundred years. This was the immense dividend brought by the Eternal Coins, which had spread across most of the Eternal World. In just a century, Eternal Coin had taken root in the hearts of countless beings, spreading across every domain.
The Eternal Coin Forges that had been disseminated were now flourishing everywhere.
Even many dynasties, despite knowing Eternal Coin was issued under Dayi's banner, could not help but secretly mint them. Often, Eternal Coin had already surpassed dynastic systems, becoming a currency truly recognized by all cultivators and all dynasties alike. In measuring value, people subconsciously calculated in Eternal Coin. Of all Eternal Coins circulating in the Eternal World, one-fifth originated from Dayi's own minting.
The remaining four-fifths came from the various powers and races of the Eternal World minting on their own.
The number was unimaginably vast.
Absorbed and gathered, this willing force condensed upon the Money Tree, which now dropped willing force beads like raindrops, unending and inexhaustible.
Were it not so, not even a thousand years would have been enough for Dayi to accumulate the resources required for promotion to the Primordial level, much less a mere century.
"The Palace-Treasure Tree has reached forty-nine tiers. The sixteen missing levels can now be developed into sixteen new Cloud Realms, as well as produce sixteen innate-treasure-grade Eternal Units. Truly, from Immortal to Primordial is a world-shaking metamorphosis."
Yi Tianxing silently mused, delight flickering across his heart. The benefits to Dayi were incalculable.
"Excellent! Sixteen more Cloud Realms—our sect absolutely qualifies to petition for territory there."
Many sects newly incorporated into Dayi revealed expectant expressions. The Cloud Realms brimmed with spiritual qi, even innate qi, a holy land of cultivation. Every sect longed for a foothold within.
The more Cloud Realms there were, the more resources available. This was an opportunity to reach the very core of Dayi.
At the same time, the Twelve Zodiac Statues fused into Xuanhuang Immortal City radiated divine light. As the city transformed, they too evolved. Bathed in a torrent of creation force, innate spiritual veins grew rapidly, runes multiplied across the statues, and their aura grew increasingly mighty. Even the Zodiac Battle Armors, innately tied to the statues, underwent rapid metamorphosis. Inborn divine prohibitions manifested within the armors.
Though the armors were not physically present, the mysterious link ensured their transformation continued.
Each prohibition added made them more mystical and powerful. Originally top-grade innate spirit treasures, they now faintly approached the level of innate treasures.
Boom!
Suddenly, the Zodiac Battle Armors erupted with dazzling divine light. An invisible pressure swept out—the armors had undergone fundamental transformation, ascending to the Innate Treasure level.
At the instant of promotion, every Zodiac Warrior clearly felt the immense new augmentation from the battle armors. Their strength surged to a new level—so much so that not only did they all possess Dao-Proving Realm strength, but each one felt they could, for a brief period, unleash Hunyuan Realm battle power. Though consumption was great and duration limited, their might had increased exponentially—far beyond mere doubling.
As they grew stronger, so too did the Zodiac Grand Array. What had previously struggled against Evil Heaven Dao Venerable, teetering on collapse, now surged in power, its spatial strength multiplied.
The situation reversed in an instant.
"Damn it—how can this be?"
Evil Heaven Dao Venerable sensed the shift, stunned by how a failing formation had suddenly strengthened so dramatically. Even Cthulhu could no longer easily break through. He was truly entangled now.
"Hmph. Even if you restrain me, don't think you can complete your ascension so easily. Did you think I was your only foe? Too naive."
With a cold laugh, Evil Heaven continued his assault.
Meanwhile, within Xuanhuang City, the Eternal Well frenziedly drew in heaven and earth qi, refining it into Eternal Power to temper the city. The Eternal Divine Furnace likewise devoured willing force beads, pouring boundless willing force into the city's body. External creation divine light and eternal radiance nurtured the city in a perfect environment for metamorphosis.
The aura of immortality within the city grew thicker. Immortal substance spread into every inch of the city, Dao patterns covered its form, and faint traces of more ancient Dao resonance emerged.
That was the aura of the Primordial.
Rumble!!
At that moment, a colossal Heaven-and-Earth Millstone manifested, radiating a Dao resonance that annihilated all things. This was none other than Qingtian Dao Venerable's life-bound treasure—the Heaven-and-Earth Millstone!
The upper disc was heaven, the lower disc was earth.Heaven and earth rotated, grinding all to dust.
Its destructive force swept forth. Creation divine light barely managed to block it, though with significant loss of power.
"Qing Heaven!!"
Yi Tianxing looked coldly toward the void.
Qingtian Dao Venerable's face was grim, space twisting around him. Suddenly, a gigantic Heavenly Demon God Weapons appeared—different from Cthulhu's form. This one was metallic, vast, ten thousand zhang tall, glowing with azure divine light, gleaming like polished steel.
What was most shocking was its form: humanoid, yet with ten thousand arms, each holding a divine weapon or treasure, and four heads upon its neck—a Four-Faced, Ten-Thousand-Armed Great Demon God. With no blind spots in any direction, its aura radiated the unmistakable presence of the Immortal level.
"This is an Immortal-level Heavenly Demon God Weapons."
"Qing Heaven Dao Venerable… you are also of Eternal Night."
Yi Tianxing's eyes narrowed gravely. Among the Nine Heavens Dao Venerables, not one but two were of Eternal Night. Whether there were still others remained unknown. Until exposed, it was nearly impossible to discern.
Qing Heaven's sudden revelation left no doubt: he intended to finish what Evil Heaven had failed to do—disrupt Xuanhuang City's ascension, exhaust its reserves of creation and eternal power, and force Dayi's promotion to fail.
For this, Eternal Night would pay any price.
"Eternity must ultimately return to Eternal Night. A Dao Dynasty cannot be allowed to exist. Today, I shall end this mistake myself."
Qing Heaven Dao Venerable sneered.
His body merged seamlessly with the Four-Faced, Ten-Thousand-Armed Great Demon God, their auras fusing and skyrocketing.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The countless divine weapons in its many hands—each no weaker than an innate spirit treasure—radiated terrifying light, as though they could unleash apocalyptic destruction at any moment.
Spears, blades, swords, hammers, halberds—ten thousand divine armaments blazed in its hands. Then, an unexpected move—
They were hurled like meteors.
But not toward Xuanhuang City. Instead, they rained down upon Dayi's many Immortal Cities scattered across its domain.
Each strike carried the destructive might of a full blow from a Hunyuan Saint—perhaps even greater.
Clearly, Qing Heaven's aim was to obliterate Dayi's foundation: to destroy its Immortal Cities, annihilate its people, and shatter its roots.
The act was too sudden, too unforeseen.
Even as the Immortal Cities fought endless battles of their own, there was no time to react. By the time they noticed, the attacks were already upon them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Devastating strikes landed squarely on Dayi's Immortal Cities.
"Xuanhuang Barrier, protect my city!"
City Lords, pale with horror, raised their city seals and roared.
The Xuanhuang Barriers blazed brilliantly, radiance at its extreme.
"Hold!!"
Within the cities, countless citizens and soldiers desperately channeled their cultivation, pouring their essence into the cities and into the barriers. Each one could feel the aura of death in the incoming blows. This was the moment of life and death. If they did not fight with everything—They would perish.
(End of Chapter)