False history, Immortal Nexus.
"Ah~~! . . !"
Across the vast celestial vault, Lu Yang's miserable shrieks rose and fell in succession, filled with a thick emotion of shock and anger, rapidly fleeing towards the direction of Jiangxi.
And behind him, the [Metal Element], [Wood Element], and [Earth Element] controlled by the Heavenly Lord, excluding a small number of Dao Fruits under Lu Yang's control, totaled fourteen Dao Fruits. At this moment, they linked into a single line, relentlessly pursuing like arrows released from a bowstring. It seemed they would intercept Lu Yang in the next second.
"Rumble!"
With a loud bang, the pursued Lu Yang immediately threw off a profound wonder. Among the twelve Water and Fire Dao Fruits controlled by him, one completely dimmed and lost its light.
However, he also used this to struggle out a path of survival.
"Heavenly Lord, you cannot kill me!"
Furious thunderous sounds rolled mightily, carrying an air of being fierce of visage but faint of heart, carrying exasperation: "Your victory this time is unjust. In the future, I will definitely make you repay a hundredfold!"
Before his voice faded, there was another loud bang.
Lu Yang's aura weakened by another chunk. At the same time, another Dao Fruit beside him completely dimmed, yet it once again bought him a gap to escape.
"Ahhhh!"
Lu Yang roared loudly, seemingly in a death struggle.
Miao Le, hiding in the dark, was somewhat unable to restrain himself. In his eyes, the current Lu Yang seemed like he would fall with a single push; all that was lacking was for him to make a move and join the battlefield.
Finally, seeing the Dao Fruits around Lu Yang dimming one by one, and the escaping light he transformed into getting closer and closer to Jiangxi, about to completely plunge into it. Pan Huang even soared into the sky, intending to block the Heavenly Lord for him. Miao Le, who originally wanted to wait a bit longer and observe, could finally restrain himself no longer.
All of this happened too fast.
From Lu Yang "losing" to fleeing to Jiangxi, from beginning to end, it was actually only an instant. It was merely slowed down countless times within the circulating divine senses of the numerous mighty figures.
But no matter how many times it was slowed down, the events that happened were still just this much.
Lu Yang fled, the Heavenly Lord pursued, and Lu Yang was about to escape successfully. Stuck at this critical juncture, there was no room for Miao Le to do any more superfluous thinking.
He had to make a decision.
"...Strike!"
Instantly, Miao Le moved.
Right at the split second before Lu Yang was about to fall into Jiangxi, a dreamy, illusory hazy light suddenly surfaced, appearing out of thin air between him and Jiangxi.
[Yellow Millet Dream]!
And in the center of this dream plane, a towering phantom pagoda stood. Every brick and stone of the pagoda was made of countless boiling consciousnesses and thoughts.
This was Miao Le. The peculiar beast named [Taiyi], an innate consciousness entity, using Dao Arts as a shell. At this moment, he was entirely superimposed onto the dream plane, manifesting an incredibly profound concept— viewing the mortal world as a dream, cultivation is nothing but sinking into oblivion; rather than clinging to it, it's better to let go, in exchange for an awakening from the dream.
"Let it go."
At this moment, a soft sigh sounded by Lu Yang's ear. Immediately after, an intense, indescribable concept of "awakening from a dream" filled his heart.
What is "awakening from a dream"?
Letting go of all past events, the physical body and soul, memories and thoughts, spiritual power and divine abilities. Viewing them as illusions in a dream, and instead seeking a real world outside the dream.
Called awakening from a dream, it is in fact death!
Miao Le didn't strike lightly. Once he struck, he went all out. However, he still kept his wits about him, only delivering a single strike, with no intention of lingering.
'This strike is enough.'
'Regardless of whether he still has any remaining strength, the worst-case scenario is nothing more than him breaking my strike and then escaping into Jiangxi. It is impossible for him to make me stay...'
Miao Le calculated very precisely.
And then he stood dumbfounded in place, watching as Lu Yang walked out from his all-out strike. Yet he didn't escape into Jiangxi, but looked towards him instead.
'What's going on?'
It wasn't that he didn't want to leave! He desperately wanted to leave, and even up to now he was still activating profound wonders, attempting to leave. But the problem was he already couldn't leave!
Above heaven and below earth, there was no path to walk.
[Boundless Dao]!
Raising his head, a deeper level of doubt surfaced in the depths of Miao Le's eyes. It was [Great Relay Earth] that blocked him, but that was a Dao Fruit controlled by the Heavenly Lord, right?
Why block me?
The target is over there!
In this instant, Miao Le even gave rise to the ridiculous thought of "did you hit the wrong person?" But soon he slayed the stray thoughts and rapidly grew suspicious.
'Something's not right...'
The thought flashed by and vanished. Before Miao Le could even sort out his thoughts, an earth-shattering, indescribably vast profound voice exploded at this moment!
At this very moment, Miao Le stood between Jiangxi and Lu Yang, with no path to walk. Behind him, Jiangxi, led by Patriarch Nether Whisper and Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon, all the Three Foundations cultivators who had switched to the Investiture of the Gods Method—reaching double digits of Perfected Lords and Great Perfected Lords—spared no effort and unleashed an all-out strike!
And in front of him, Lu Yang also went all out.
The Dao Fruit stars that had just dimmed lit up once again. The Great Hand Seal that blotted out the sky and covered the earth pushed across, and endless profound brilliant light almost submerged heaven and earth.
Instantly, instinct drove Miao Le to resist with all his might.
At the same time, he didn't forget to look at the Heavenly Lord closely following behind Lu Yang. Then he saw the other party join the battlefield without hesitation, and also attack him.
"...Ah?"
It wasn't until this instant that Miao Le finally understood what had happened. A look of sheer disbelief instantly climbed onto his face, ultimately transforming into sky-piercing fury.
You joined forces to deceive me!?
"Rumble!"
There was no suspense. Pinced from both sides, Miao Le bore the brunt of it. The [Yellow Millet Dream] dreamscape exploded on the spot, and he himself directly shattered into rosy light.
When the light dimmed and heaven and earth restored clarity, the phantom pagoda Miao Le had transformed into was no longer towering, only remaining the size of a palm.
And greeting him was a Great Hand Seal encompassing heaven and earth. In the palm of the hand lay a glaringly bright dharma decree, making it difficult for him to make any further moves.
[Imperial Decree: Taiyi Beast Miao Le, seek an audience at the Imperial Court!]
[Heavenly Fire]!
This Dao Fruit, which contained the concept of Inevitable Fate, merged at this moment with [Heaven within Palm], which similarly encompassed the concept of Inevitable Fate, almost locking all paths of survival.
"Welcome, Fellow Daoist, to take a tour within my palm."
A light chuckle drifted over.
To Miao Le, it was nothing more than his field of vision spinning. When he recovered his senses, only five towering immortal mountains remained before his eyes, as well as the sun and moon hanging high outside the mountains.
He was already controlled by another.
At this point, the final enemy in the false history Immortal Nexus was also subdued. Standing in the cloudy sky, an indescribable sense of great satisfaction abruptly arose in Lu Yang's heart.
'What remains is only time.'
To completely control the false history with the Investiture of the Gods Method, then flow downstream from the current point in time until the very end, and then reverse karma, returning the false history to the orthodox timeline!
If this were in the true history, a long period of time would be the easiest to breed variables.
However, the false history was different. The karma here already existed. Past, present, and future were not fixed; a hundred thousand years here could also be a single instant.
In other words:
"Everything is ready!"
Right when Lu Yang captured Miao Le, the already surging long river of the false history finally ushered in the largest karmic change in history.
"The main channel has changed!"
"The flow direction is completely fixed, leaving no room for adjustment. Yet the future presented is still blurred... Myriad Treasure, what exactly did you do inside?"
The World Honored One turned a deaf ear.
At this moment, he didn't even look at the false history, but looked towards the direction of the Netherworld. There, [Perfected Lord Azure Firmament Radiance] had already changed his attire.
[First-generation Pill Cauldron Peak Master].
Nascent Soul Pill!
Previously, the three Dao Lords had negotiated to secretly accelerate the refinement steps of the Nascent Soul Pill. Now the timing was perfect; the preparations for the deity transformation and ascension were all complete.
"Is it coming?"
The World Honored One looked up towards the end of [Paramita], at that unreachable diminutive figure. He didn't believe the Primordial Saint knew nothing about what they had done.
Yet he remained indifferent, he was dismissive.
Then bring it on.
'I don't believe you truly have the current sea of light completely in the palm of your hand!'
"Rumble!"
As if echoing the World Honored One's thoughts, that diminutive figure moved. Almost simultaneously, from the Netherworld, the light belonging to the Nascent Soul Pill crashed into the present world.
Deity Transformation and Ascension, start!