Chaotic Wild Dragon was very strong.
His offense ranked first and his defense ranked second.
Within the same realm, killing him was very difficult.
Even if he were unconscious and allowed Calamity Great Supreme to attack freely, it would still take quite some effort to kill him.
Yet in Lin Moyu's eyes, Chaotic Wild Dragon's weakness was very obvious.
Chaotic Wild Dragon's weakness lay in his immense reliance on Heaven-and-Earth power.
Every move he made consumed boundless Heaven-and-Earth power.
As the strongest living being once nurtured by Heaven and Earth, Heaven and Earth were especially close to him, letting him freely draw on Heaven-and-Earth power for his own use.
This was one of the reasons for Chaotic Wild Dragon's great strength.
At the same time, by relying on this point, Chaotic Wild Dragon sought to merge into Heaven and Earth and had already merged partially, giving him access to even more Heaven-and-Earth power.
If he lost Heaven-and-Earth power, then Chaotic Wild Dragon's battle strength would drop sharply.
His attacks would lose force and his defense would weaken accordingly.
Lin Moyu knew very well that, with his current strength, killing Chaotic Wild Dragon would not be hard.
But he did not want to kill him.
The one who truly wanted to kill Chaotic Wild Dragon was someone else.
So all he needed to do was exhaust Chaotic Wild Dragon's power, turning him into a lamb waiting for the butcher's knife to fall.
The Undying Spirit Soldiers' attacks continued without pause and Chaotic Wild Dragon could not break out for a long time.
Time and again he exploded with terrifying power and the Undying Spirit Soldiers were slaughtered over and over, but no matter how he killed, he could not kill them all.
This kind of despair could only be truly felt by Chaotic Wild Dragon.
In the void, the giant eye sent up radiance.
With each opening and closing of the eye, the void shattered completely.
Dao was helping Chaotic Wild Dragon, killing large numbers of Undying Spirit Soldiers in an attempt to carve out a path for Chaotic Wild Dragon and help him break out.
Unfortunately the Undying Spirit Soldiers were too numerous.
Lin Moyu released over a hundred million more Undying Spirit Soldiers, further thickening the encirclement and giving Chaotic Wild Dragon no chance to escape.
A strange flower appeared within Dao's giant eye.
This flower was very peculiar.
It was incomplete, with missing petals and a damaged core, but that did not diminish its power.
Seeing only its phantom gave birth to an indescribable sense of oppression.
This is not something from this Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu was clear as a mirror.
With one glance he knew this thing did not originate in Chaotic Wild Desolation.
Chaotic Wild Desolation was a Four-Wheel Heaven and Earth and did not yet have the ability to nurture such a divine object.
If he was not mistaken, this flower should have come from the Heaven-and-Earth Wall.
It had only merged into Chaotic Wild Desolation and had not been nurtured by it.
It possessed power that surpassed Chaotic Wild Desolation.
After getting it, the Veil-Beast broke through the Great Supreme realm.
This flower was not whole.
If it were complete, Veil-Beast might truly have been able to rely on it to achieve the Dao.
What a pity.
Success came from this flower and failure also came from this flower.
After Veil-Beast obtained it, he lost his fleshly body and could only exist in the form of a soul, as if he had lost the very foundation for achieving the Dao.
Without a complete body, he could forget about becoming a Supreme.
If he still wanted to seek the Dao, he would have to reshape a body.
Yet he had already broken through the Great Supreme realm.
Reshaping a suitable body at that level was exceedingly difficult.
The broken tree root in this tribulation was his opportunity, so he would fight for it even at the cost of his life.
In the instant Lin Moyu saw the strange flower, he had already understood the causes and consequences and figured out everything.
In the ancient era, the flower they fought over so fiercely was both fate and calamity.
The strange flower slowly rotated in the giant eye.
The void shattered layer upon layer, forming a grinding power.
Countless Undying Spirit Soldiers were shredded by the void.
The grinding continued without end and wherever it passed, no Undying Spirit Soldier could survive.
As the giant eye opened and closed, the strange flower's rotation sped up and the void's shattering became ceaseless.
Even the Undying Spirit Soldiers that revived could no longer get close.
Two hundred million Undying Spirit Soldiers were completely wiped out in less than ten minutes.
Chaotic Wild Dragon temporarily gained a chance to breathe.
He let out a sigh of relief, dragon roars rolling out.
Those Undying Spirit Soldiers just now had made him feel stifled beyond belief: he could not kill them all and could not charge out, which was extremely frustrating.
Dao's giant eye opened and closed again and the space where Chaotic Wild Dragon was suddenly broke apart.
He fell into the shattered void and disappeared.
In the next breath, Chaotic Wild Dragon's shadow suddenly emerged behind Lin Moyu and a giant claw slammed forward.
Dao had used spatial power to help Chaotic Wild Dragon.
He had shredded all the Undying Spirit Soldiers, then sent Chaotic Wild Dragon into the deep layers of the void and opened a spatial passage so that Chaotic Wild Dragon could attack Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu seemed unaware and did not react at all to the claw.
But the instant the giant claw arrived, the Calamity Scepter suddenly appeared in front of it.
The Balance Gem shone brightly and the giant claw's aura plummeted as its power suddenly went out of control.
Chaotic Wild Dragon did not have time to pull his strength back and struck the Calamity Scepter squarely.
A miserable scream came from the depths of the void.
Cracks webbed over Chaotic Wild Dragon's supposedly indestructible giant claw and then, with a bang, it exploded.
If he had not pulled back slightly at the last moment, that claw would have been completely pulverized.
Going head to head with the Calamity Scepter, he was still a bit lacking.
Lin Moyu held the Calamity Scepter and smiled lightly at the giant eye.
"So that flower tastes like this.
"It seems that after all these years, you still have not refined it."
Flames rose in the giant eye and the void around it shattered incessantly as if he were somewhat enraged.
Lin Moyu knew he had struck a sore spot.
The flower indeed had not been refined, at least not fully.
The giant eye fixed on Lin Moyu.
The strange flower spun, releasing an overwhelming power.
"Die."
The low shout felt as though it came from the ancient past, crossing the river of time and falling upon Lin Moyu.
The space around him was instantly sliced into countless segments, each one shattered to a different degree.
It was as if Lin Moyu were simultaneously in countless different spaces and every inch of his body endured different strengths of attack and even different directions of force.
Under such circumstances, even the strongest fleshly body could be torn apart.
Lin Moyu's body twisted and warped, but it never broke.
Dao cried out again in shock.
"This is impossible.
"How can your fleshly body be this strong?"
Lin Moyu's laugh came from within the twisted space.
"There is nothing impossible.
"You have no body and still want to achieve the Dao.
"Aren't your expectations a bit too pretty?"
Having his sorest point struck, Dao was clearly enraged.
The strange flower in his eye bloomed with radiance.
The light bathed Lin Moyu and carried a strange power, as if trying to separate his soul from his body.
Soaking in the radiance, Lin Moyu said,
"So this is how your fleshly body was destroyed.
"This flower's power is truly interesting, actually separating soul and body.
"A pity it does not do much against me."
"Suppress."
With a low shout, his fleshly body suppressed Heaven and Earth and locked his soul firmly in place, immovable.
Dao cried out once more.
"This is impossible."
Lin Moyu shook his head and laughed softly.
"I already told you, there is nothing impossible."
As he spoke, he gently swung the Calamity Scepter.
In an instant, countless phantom Calamity Scepters appeared in the void.
One of the gems on the phantoms glowed.
The Domain Gem blossomed with ten thousand colors, like ten thousand Daos manifesting simultaneously.
This was the Domain Gem, which governed the birth and death of Domains and controlled the transformations of the Daos.
The Daos turned into a Domain and the Domain covered the void, then exploded, shattering the void along with it.
A muffled groan sounded.
Chaotic Wild Dragon, hidden in the deepest part of space, was forcibly blasted out.
The birth and destruction of the Domain had impacted him.
He was not severely injured, but he felt extremely uncomfortable.
In the next breath, a vast tide of Undying Spirit Soldiers surrounded him again as if everything had returned to the beginning.
In the brief moment that had passed, the claw Chaotic Wild Dragon had shattered before had already recovered.
As Heaven's favored child, his recovery speed was astonishing and he was monstrously hard to kill.
Dao's gaze was icy as he stared at Lin Moyu.
He was not only furious but, for the first time, found things tricky.
This Great Supreme Lin Moyu was completely different from other Great Supremes.
He could kill other Great Supremes easily enough, but Lin Moyu just stood there without moving and was extremely hard to kill.
Lin Moyu's fleshly body was so strong that it had already surpassed the Great Supreme level and he held the Calamity Scepter in his hand, a terrifying weapon that made him hard to handle.
It was precisely because Lin Moyu's body was too strong that Dao grew even angrier.
Back then, if he had possessed such a body, even after obtaining the strange flower he would not have had to abandon his flesh and could have avoided being forced into an existence of pure soul.
Now he had to think about how to kill Lin Moyu and found that this was not simple.
It was not only Dao who was shocked.
Calamity Great Supreme was also astonished.
The might of Lin Moyu's fleshly body exceeded his imagination as well.
Yet he still did not act.
Right now Lin Moyu was clashing with others and he wanted to see what other trump cards Lin Moyu had.
It is useless.
Calamity Great Supreme's eyes flickered.
He had confidence in his own trump cards and believed they were enough to handle Lin Moyu.
No matter how strong Lin Moyu's body was, and even with the Calamity Scepter in his hand and the chance to achieve the Dao before him, in the end, all of that would be his and could only be his.
Lin Moyu looked at the giant eye, his tone tinged with a bit of mockery.
"Do you have any other methods?
"You call yourself Dao, but you do not seem worthy of the name.
"If the so-called Dao of this Heaven and Earth is only at this level, it is rather disappointing."
Listening to Lin Moyu's taunts, flames surged in Dao's giant eye.
Fire wrapped around the strange flower, activating it once more.
The strange flower released a terrifying pressure, stirring up endless Heaven-and-Earth power that turned into a billion Daos, shining in the void like a galaxy.
"You deserve death."
The billion Daos became blade and spear, sweeping in from all directions.
The weapons formed from Daos each had different attributes, some colliding, some merging and growing stronger.
The Heaven-and-Earth Wings gave a light flutter.
They had been unfolded for some time and now blossomed with radiance, illuminating the void.
"Submit."
With a low shout, the Heaven-and-Earth Wings flared even brighter.
All the weapons formed from Daos that were bathed in the light immediately lost their momentum and reverted to pure Dao.
"This is impossible."
The shocked cry sounded once more in the void.
Lin Moyu laughed.
"Can you not change the words you use? You have said that phrase several times already.
"I am tired of hearing it.
"Your methods are just these, are they not?
"Manipulating Heaven-and-Earth Daos, wielding spatial power, and using that flower to enhance what you control.
"It does not seem all that remarkable."
"In that case, it is my turn to strike."
Deep contempt filled the giant eye.
"I am within Heaven and Earth, yet also everywhere.
"There is nowhere that is not my body, and nowhere that is my body.
"I have form and yet no form.
"What can you do to me?"
Having form and no form at once sounded troublesome.
Lin Moyu repeated Dao's words, as if he really were considering how to deal with him.
Dao's existence was exceedingly special.
He had only his soul left and that soul was scattered throughout Heaven and Earth.
Just as he had said, there was nowhere that was not his true body and nowhere that was.
He could exist anywhere and be dispersed anywhere.
Unless Heaven and Earth were destroyed completely, it would be hard to kill him.
Calamity Great Supreme's eyes narrowed.
He seemed to recall something, something that could kill Dao.
And he had given that thing to Lin Moyu.
He suddenly turned his head to stare at Destiny Venerable, as if asking whether it was that thing.
Destiny Venerable chuckled.
"Do not look at me. That flame is Fellow Daoist Lin's own. You and I cannot use it."
By peering into the future, he knew how to make the right choice.
A ball of flame leapt out of Lin Moyu's hand and then exploded with a boom.
In an instant, it became a sea of fire that swept through Heaven and Earth.
Dao spoke with disdain.
"You think that with this flame, you can burn me to death?
"I command the Daos. There is no flame in this Heaven and Earth that can burn me to death."
Lin Moyu replied lightly,
"You will know after we try."
The Heaven-and-Earth Wings kept flapping, suppressing all Heaven-and-Earth Daos and forcing them to submit.
The Nine Heavens Fate Technique followed, forcibly altering the Heaven-and-Earth rules.
"You are simply dispersed among the Daos and attached to the rules," Lin Moyu said calmly.
"If I drive you out of the Daos and rules, you will have nowhere to run."
With the Nine Heavens Fate Technique working together with the Heaven-and-Earth Wings, Lin Moyu acted with domineering force and drove Dao's soul out of the Daos and rules.
Dao's soul aura emerged from every corner, converging toward one point.
"This is impossible. Impossible." Dao screamed.
In that moment he lost his control over the Daos and could no longer command the Heaven-and-Earth rules.
He did not understand how Lin Moyu had done it, but the fact was that Lin Moyu had truly done so.
He kept activating the strange flower, trying to use it to regain command of the rules, but compared to Lin Moyu's Nine Heavens Fate Technique, his strength was simply not enough.
Lin Moyu sighed.
"If this flower were whole, you might still have a chance.
"Pity."
The sea of Worldburning Fire had already surged over.
Worldburning Fire was the ultimate weapon against souls.
After continuously refining Heaven and Earth, it had grown to a terrifying level.
Even Dao's soul could not withstand it.
The moment his soul was engulfed by the flames, a world-shaking scream rang out.
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"No different from the others.
"When it is time to scream, you scream all the same."
Once touched by Worldburning Fire, Dao almost had no chance of survival.
The outcome was already decided.
Dao was swallowed by the Worldburning Fire.
Chaotic Wild Dragon was ensnared by the Undying Spirit Soldiers.
With the body of a Great Supreme, Lin Moyu faced two top beings who had surpassed the Great Supreme realm and still held the upper hand.
The Heaven-and-Earth Venom Insect was being targeted by Heaven-and-Earth rules and was already badly wounded.
It could not last long.
Gold Great Supreme was likewise surrounded by Undying Spirit Soldiers and could stir up no waves.
Destiny Venerable watched all this and felt that his choice had been right.
Lin Moyu was a special person, of unknown origin and unpredictable fate.
To oppose him was, with high probability, to be finished.
So when fate finally presented him with a choice, Destiny Venerable had been very wise and chosen to give up rather than oppose Lin Moyu.
Living well was more important than anything.
Clap, clap, clap.
Applause rang out as Calamity Great Supreme smiled and clapped his hands.
"Impressive. Fellow Daoist Lin is indeed impressive.
"All of us underestimated you."
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"Fellow Daoist Destiny did not underestimate me, so your words are not quite right."
Calamity Great Supreme chuckled.
"He is merely timid."
Lin Moyu shook his head.
"That is not correct.
"I believe Fellow Daoist Destiny is someone who understands the times and knows how to weigh things.
"And you should not forget what he is best at.
"Most of the time, his choices will not be wrong."
Calamity Great Supreme said,
"There is no absolute in the world.
"Fate is not fixed and can always be changed.
"If he truly had that ability, this Heaven and Earth would already be his."
"Very well," Lin Moyu said with a smile.
"You and I each have our own view of the matter.
"Next, it is time to deal with our business.
"As for this opportunity to achieve the Dao, I will certainly take it.
"Do you intend to fight for it?"
Calamity Great Supreme shook his head.
"There is no need to fight.
"As long as you fall, this thing will be mine."
In his view, Dao was now being burned by Worldburning Fire and even if he survived, he would have no strength left to compete.
Gold Great Supreme was no longer a concern.
The only troublesome one was Chaotic Wild Dragon.
If Lin Moyu loosened the encirclement, Chaotic Wild Dragon could still cause him some trouble.
But he did not care.
He had his trump cards.
Lin Moyu looked at him.
"Do you really think you can kill me?"
Calamity Great Supreme smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Lin is an outsider, your fate hard to see and difficult to guess.
"Though I set up schemes and used you, I was also uneasy, so I drew you into my game, made all kinds of arrangements, and also took away your kin and friends as a form of control.
"Of course, you could harden your heart and ignore them, but I do not believe you are that sort of person."
Lin Moyu laughed.
"You are surprisingly honest now and no longer hiding."
Calamity Great Supreme said,
"At this point, there is no more need to hide.
"I am only curious as to when Fellow Daoist Lin learned everything."
Lin Moyu thought for a moment.
"I do not remember.
"In any case, it has been some time."
"In that case, why did you still act according to my plan?" Calamity Great Supreme asked.
"As you said, I am someone who remembers kindness and cares greatly about the lives of my friends and kin," Lin Moyu replied.
"For their sake, I was willing to act as a chess piece in your game for a time.
"However…"
Lin Moyu paused and his voice gained a few threads of killing intent.
"I also detest those who use this to threaten me.
"For anyone who does such a thing, I only do one thing.
"I kill."
Calamity Great Supreme smiled.
"Just as I thought.
"Fellow Daoist Lin is resolute in killing and your kin and friends are your only weakness.
"It is a pity they are in my hands."
Lin Moyu sighed.
"Yes.
"That is why I have not made a move on you.
"Say it then. What do you want?"
Calamity Great Supreme smiled happily.
His plan had succeeded and he had grasped Lin Moyu's weakness.
"Fellow Daoist Lin is straightforward.
"It is actually very simple.
"I ask that Fellow Daoist Lin activate the formations and attack that foolish dragon with full force.
"The stronger the formations, the stronger the backlash.
"If the formations are fully unleashed, the backlash is enough to severely wound or even kill a Great Supreme."
"Back then did you not intend to use the formations to deal with Dao?" Lin Moyu asked.
"What, you have changed your target?"
"Times have changed," Calamity Great Supreme said with a laugh.
"Back then I did not know there were others hiding, nor did I know your methods were so formidable.
"So now I can only change my target.
"Rest assured, as long as you do as I say, I will return the small world and guarantee that your friends and kin remain safe and sound."
Dao was no longer a threat.
It was Chaotic Wild Dragon who remained troublesome.
If he could make use of Lin Moyu and the power of the formations to heavily wound Chaotic Wild Dragon, and then obtain the Calamity Scepter, nothing could stop him afterward.
Calamity Great Supreme was very confident that Lin Moyu would do as he said.
He had been watching Lin Moyu and knew he valued emotions.
No matter how ruthless his methods were, as long as the small world was in his hands, he could to some extent control Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu agreed very decisively.
"Fine. We will do as you say.
"I hope you keep your word afterward."
His soul power stirred slightly and Lin Moyu began to activate the formations.
The twelve great arrays scattered across Chaotic Wild Desolation were activated one by one.
They left the spacetime interlayers and suddenly appeared in the void.
In West Extremity Pureland, East Extremity Sea of Fire, North Extremity Heart Domain, Divine Phoenix Ancestral Ground and Extreme Domain, the great arrays surfaced, erupting with terrifying auras.
These formations had been absorbing various variant Heaven-and-Earth powers and accumulating them over countless years.
Their strength had reached an unimaginable level.
Using the cross-domain grand formation as a link, they gathered their power and crossed space, able to strike any enemy anywhere in Chaotic Wild Desolation at any time.
Chaotic Wild Desolation roared and shook and the entire Heaven and Earth were affected.
The twelve formations did not actually need Lin Moyu to be activated, but their power would be greatly reduced.
Only with Lin Moyu, the formation master, activating them and driving them with all his strength could they reach their peak power and surpass the Great Supreme level.
At the same time, the one who controlled the formations had to endure a corresponding backlash.
Within the great arrays, Calamity Great Supreme's will was still hidden.
He could sense that Lin Moyu was indeed activating the formations without reservation and locking onto Chaotic Wild Dragon.
The corners of his mouth could not help but curl in a smile, as if everything was proceeding exactly as he had planned.
His schemes and layout were about to bear fruit.
He was about to stand at the highest position and become the true master of Heaven and Earth.
Destiny Venerable's gaze flickered.
He did nothing to stop Lin Moyu, believing that Lin Moyu had his own ideas.
Because Lin Moyu's identity was special, he could not see his future clearly.
Due to the influence of the tribulation, even the future he saw had become blurred.
Now he could only wait for a result.
Lin Moyu fully activated the formations.
All twelve arrays operated at full power and their immense force crossed space and gathered.
Behind Lin Moyu appeared a terrifying grand array with projections of the twelve formations.
These twelve formations looked very similar but were in fact each different.
Together they formed a complete grand array.
Its vast pressure swept through the void.
Even Calamity Great Supreme felt the strain.
He had a feeling that if he were struck by this array, he would be severely wounded.
If Chaotic Wild Dragon were hit, then no matter how strong his defense, he would not escape heavy injury.
By then, when Calamity Great Supreme went to deal with him, it would be much easier.
Even if he could not kill him outright, he could at least strip him of any chance to compete for the opportunity to achieve the Dao.
Once he himself became a Supreme, killing Chaotic Wild Dragon would be no problem at all.
He did not relax his vigilance.
He constantly watched the formations to make sure Lin Moyu would not suddenly go back on his word and use the array to attack him instead.
Thankfully, he did not.
Lin Moyu had been locking onto Chaotic Wild Dragon from start to finish.
Destiny Venerable was forced by the array's pressure to stand behind Eternal Wild Ox.
He was still only a Great Supreme and could not withstand such a formation.
The twelve formations gathered all the supreme powers of Heaven and Earth together and their strength reached its peak.
A huge rent appeared in the void and a beam of light shot out, slamming straight at Chaotic Wild Dragon.
When power reached the extreme, there was no need for anything ornate.
Everything became simple.
This was the meaning of the Dao being ultimately simple.
It was just a single beam of light, carrying endless power, that crashed onto Chaotic Wild Dragon.
A miserable scream rang out.
His flesh split open under the light.
His incomparably hard dragon scales shattered.
His body was pierced through and his soul was grievously wounded.
Calamity Great Supreme chuckled.
"There is no such thing as an invincible defense in this Heaven and Earth.
"As long as the power is strong enough, any defense can be broken."
He was clearly very satisfied with the formations' power.
Originally they were meant to deal with Dao and now, with the target changed, they were just as effective.
One strike left Chaotic Wild Dragon half crippled.
After the attack, the array was still running and a terrifying backlash surged forth.
Calamity Great Supreme looked toward Lin Moyu.
Next it would be Lin Moyu's turn to bear the backlash.
Everything is over.
Calamity Great Supreme said in his heart.
He was about to achieve the Dao.
Lin Moyu pointed at the distant void.
"Go."
The backlash instantly turned its spearhead and vanished into the void.