On the fifth layer of the [Paramita].
Standing temporarily in this realm, Sword Lord knit her beautiful brows slightly and turned her gaze toward Lu Yang beyond the heavens. She then pinched her fingers to perform a calculation, illuminating the shifting future with [Destiny].
'A new future has appeared.'
Within the river of fate, one new future scene after another surfaced. They were impossible to suppress entirely, forcing her to watch as the False History began to change accordingly.
[Delete]!
Lu Yang's palm slowly swept over the sword-strike that Sword Lord had previously cast into the False History to intercept Myriad Laws and Du Xuan. The originally dazzling sword-light instantly vanished into nothingness.
Clearly, Lu Yang's entry became the decisive weight on the scales. With his support, Myriad Laws and Du Xuan traced further back into the False History, forcing Sword Lord to turn back and strike to block them. As the situation shifted, it was actually the Primordial Saint who found a moment of respite.
However, he was unable to attend to anything else.
In the spark of a flint, the Primordial Saint revealed his Dao Lord true body. Densely packed rings of time and space surfaced around him, constructing a towering silhouette.
"RUMBLE."
Vast majesty from [Inevitable Fate] fell upon the Ancestral Dragon seal. This seal had previously been used to prevent the Ancestral Dragon from causing the [Five Elements] to go on a rampage.
Now, however, this seal became the key to reinforcing the [Five Elements]. After all, if the [Five Elements] collapsed, the seal would shatter with them. By using [Inevitable Fate] to forcibly maintain the seal, the Primordial Saint was indirectly protecting the [Five Elements], preventing the [Paramita] from falling further.
Yet, doing so incurred a massive consumption.
To put it bluntly, the current seven layers of the [Paramita] and the current world of the sea of light were almost entirely pressing down on his shoulders, each burden heavier than the last.
But he could not ignore it.
There was still a Lu Yang watching like a tiger eyeing its prey. If the Saint did nothing and let the [Paramita] fall, he would inevitably face eternal damnation.
Sword Lord had calculated exactly for this point.
'These are all hidden dangers from the past...'
In the past, he would have naturally dismissed them with a sneer, but now his state was poor, and the hidden dangers erupted all at once, leaving him somewhat overtaxed.
Simultaneously, the turbulence within the False History intensified.
"Cang Hao!"
At Sword Lord's call, Cang Hao finally intervened. Together with Lu Yang, Myriad Laws, and Du Xuan, the majesty of five Dao Lords whistled within the False History.
Seeing this, Sword Lord, whose beautiful eyes had been flickering with uncertainty, regained her composure. She abandoned the thought of using the [Threads of Affection] on Myriad Laws. That trump card was meant to guard against Cang Hao and was not to be revealed unless necessary; the current situation was still within her control.
Beyond the sea of light, Lu Yang stepped forward.
"RUMBLE!"
Light of Order covered the heavens and earth, defining myriad phenomena and turning the Dark Void into a complete mess. Heavenly secrets and Karma became chaotic, making it difficult to investigate the changes.
Almost simultaneously, the World Honored One struck. Though he had fallen to the first layer, he was still a Dao Lord and held sufficient weight in this great battle.
The scales tilted once more.
Yet at that moment, the Primordial Saint, who had finally stabilized the [Paramita], suddenly extended a finger, blocking the World Honored One's path toward the False History.
"BANG!"
The golden-bodied Buddha was sent flying on the spot.
Under the Primordial Saint's interference, the balance centered on the False History was pushed back to its original track. All the Dao Lords consequently stopped their movements in unison.
More accurately, it was Lu Yang who stopped.
Once he stopped, Myriad Laws and Du Xuan knew the matter was impossible and ceased their actions; Sword Lord and Cang Hao were happy to see this result, and the Primordial Saint could not spare any further strength.
Everything was tied to him.
In the next second, Lu Yang took a deep look at the Primordial Saint: 'This old bastard stays silent at the critical moment. Does he hope I will just keep stubbornly holding on like this?'
If his side stubbornly continued to charge into the False History, it would only force Sword Lord and Cang Hao closer to the Primordial Saint. Even though they had been fighting tooth and nail just moments ago, Dao Lords only cared about interests; the style of laughing one moment and killing a whole family the next was a basic quality of a Dao Lord.
Should he stop then?
Lu Yang took a step back, signaling he would no longer strike. The originally tense atmosphere instantly eased, though the Primordial Saint's gaze still held inquiry and doubt.
'Is that all?'
'Granted, this three-sided bloom forced me down another layer, further closing the gap, but he doesn't seem to have done much'.
The three-sided bloom had actually been initiated by Sword Lord. It was her causing the collapse of the [Paramita] that allowed the World Honored One, Myriad Laws, Du Xuan, and others to find an opportunity, with Lu Yang only intervening at the end.
But thinking carefully, there seemed to be no problem with that. Since Sword Lord was the instigator and Lu Yang was just picking up scraps, it was only natural for him to quit while he was ahead. Furthermore, given the current situation, the Primordial Saint felt there was nothing more that could be done.
'No, that's not right.'
At this thought, the Primordial Saint's gaze narrowed slightly as he looked at Lu Yang: 'This person still has chips. Beast Taming... why didn't Beast Taming participate in this chaotic battle?'
The Primordial Saint intended to calculate the Karma.
However, until this moment, the aftershocks of the Dao Lord collision were still turbulent, Karma was in disarray, and heavenly secrets were difficult to fathom. Having dropped in layers, he strikingly could not calculate it.
Not only that.
'There is one more... the mysterious Primordial Spirit glimpsed earlier in Jiangnan. Who is he? Could he be an outsider cultivator like Xuande?'
Just then.
"RUMBLE!"
Abruptly, within the river formed by the False History's Karma, a mass of death-qi surfaced, rushing against time. As a new weight, it ruthlessly shook the balance of the scales.
Dao Tianqi!
At this moment, the scales tilted again, and the great battle erupted once more. However, the Primordial Saint was not shocked by this scene; his furrowed brows instead relaxed.
This was more like it!
Since that was the case, only that mysterious Primordial Spirit remained.
The Primordial Saint's gaze was like a torch. He completely ignored Dao Tianqi's strike; at most, a first-layer [Paramita] Lord of the Netherworld was not enough to thoroughly change the entire situation.
It wasn't a lack of strength.
In fact, Lu Yang's side had now gathered five Dao Lords. Although they could not match the combined quality of the Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and Primordial Saint alliance, they had two more in number.
Theoretically, as long as the others paid a small price to temporarily tie down the Primordial Saint's trio, having even one Dao Lord free would be completely sufficient.
However, that was where the problem lay.
Who would pay that price?
Of the five Dao Lords, Myriad Laws and Du Xuan were on the fourth and third layers respectively. If they were to tie down the Primordial Saint's trio, they would inevitably be the first to face the brunt of it.
They hesitated.
Rescuing Sisui was important, but was it worth facing the counterattack of Sword Lord and the others? Even if they didn't die, would they drop in realm like the World Honored One?
And even if they were willing to pay the price, it didn't guarantee Sisui would be rescued.
What if they paid the price and still failed?
With so many hesitations, the two Dao Lords were somewhat undecided.
Myriad Laws thought for a long time and was inclined to take a gamble.
The problem lay with Du Xuan.
He already had hidden issues within him; if his realm dropped further, the impact would be even greater. At this thought, he was even less willing to stake his life for this.
Thus, the chaotic situation gradually subsided.
None of the Dao Lords gained an advantage. After the scales shook a few times, they returned to a balance where no one could do anything to the other.
Is this the end?