Chapter 582 - 424: Forcibly Evolving 7 Elements, Part 2

Time flowed on.

The battle between Xu Qing and the Taoist Ancestor grew ever more intense. Xu Qing unleashed all sorts of techniques, but the Taoist Ancestor remained cross-legged in his original spot, not moving an inch from start to finish.

Hah...

Xu Qing took a deep breath, his gaze solemn. Though he had anticipated it, the Taoist Ancestor’s strength still exceeded his expectations.

"What you have learned is far too muddled."

The Taoist Ancestor shook his head, able to perceive Xu Qing’s condition. "Although you have mastered numerous True Artifacts and many True Techniques..."

"...but..."

"...you haven’t organized or consolidated them systematically. You may appear to focus on the Sword Dao, having attained the Three Great Immortals, but you have failed to truly bring forth the Sword Dao’s potential."

"Sigh..."

The Taoist Ancestor sighed. "In the end, you are no match for me."

"This battle should be over."

The moment his voice fell.

BOOM!

Suddenly, an infinite light of the Dao erupted from the Taoist Ancestor’s body.

"Dao!"

BANG!

The next moment, the Taoist Ancestor uttered a single word, and everything poured into it. The infinite light of the Dao coalesced into the character for "Dao."

!!!

Xu Qing’s pupils contracted.

The endless light of the Dao condensed, forming the character "Dao." This single character pulsed with an inconceivable Mighty Power as it bore down on Xu Qing to suppress and kill him.

CRACK! CRACK!

Instantly, the Sword Array formed by the ’True Artifact: Thousand Dao Transformations’ shattered. The Space-Time Treasure Tower was suppressed, and the might of the various True Techniques Xu Qing had unleashed was crushed.

"What?!"

At that moment, Xu Qing’s heart trembled with terror. He felt a sense of utter shock, of disbelief.

After all, with his current Realm and combat strength, he had thought himself invincible below the Tenth Realm. He never imagined the Taoist Ancestor’s fighting power would be this immense.

It was inconceivable.

He simply couldn’t believe it.

But the truth was laid bare before his eyes.

Indeed.

The Taoist Ancestor hadn’t been wrong in the slightest.

From the very beginning, Xu Qing had never truly walked his own path. He had always been practicing Cultivation Techniques created by others, mastering the Magic Gates and Supreme Treasures of others.

Moreover, throughout his journey, Xu Qing had learned too many Magic Gates and too many Cultivation Techniques. They were indeed too muddled and had never been systematically integrated.

To put it bluntly,

Xu Qing had not forged a path that was truly his own.

Everything he was,

his ability to grow to his current state,

all relied on the ’Encyclopedia of All Things.’ He had leveraged its incredible power to continuously raise the Level of all things, thereby advancing his own Cultivation and Realm.

"The six great elements!!!"

BOOM!

At this moment of crisis, Xu Qing roared. With a single thought, he forcibly mobilized the Elemental Power of the six great elements within him: Primordial Blood, the Creation True Talisman, True Realm Gold, True Realm Wood, True Realm Water, and True Realm Fire.

The Elemental Power of six Level 10 elements erupted forth.

!!!

However, even with the Elemental Power of six Level 10 elements, the absence of the final element meant that this terrifying power still couldn’t increase Xu Qing’s own Power.

"Six great elements!"

The Taoist Ancestor’s tone finally showed a flicker of emotion, but it quickly calmed. "A pity. You only have six. If you had gathered all Seven Elements, I would be no match for you, even if you hadn’t truly stepped into the Tenth Realm."

"But you haven’t."

"Or rather,"

"everything has already been designed. The nine trials of the Only True Path only allow you to obtain six elements, not all seven."

"After passing the nine trials, there are only two choices."

"The first,"

"is to step onto the Rainbow Path and travel to the Unique True Realm."

"The second,"

"is to walk the Thorny Path, challenge the final trial, and obtain the last element, ’True Realm Soil’."

"In fact,"

"only the very first being to enter and pass the ninth trial of the Only True Path is qualified to have such a choice."

"Beyond that,"

"from the second person onward, none are qualified to choose. They won’t even know a second option exists. They can only step onto the Rainbow Path and proceed to the Unique True Realm."

"As for the difference between the two,"

"I do not know."

"You have lost."

BOOM!

The Taoist Ancestor let out a soft shout, and the "Dao" character pressed down on Xu Qing once more.

"Taoist Ancestor," Xu Qing roared, "It’s not over yet!"

"Power of All Things Atlas!"

BZZZT!

Finally, Xu Qing roared. He unleashed all the Power of All Things Atlas from within the Encyclopedia of All Things, using it to forcibly and temporarily substitute for True Realm Soil.

BZZZT! BZZZT! BZZZT!

And so, the Seven Elements were gathered.

At this instant, a resonance occurred within Xu Qing’s body. A brilliant, seven-colored light, like a magnificent rainbow, enveloped him completely.

"What?!"

The Taoist Ancestor’s eyes flew wide open. He turned around at this moment, but Xu Qing discovered something utterly terrifying—the Taoist Ancestor had no face.

Or rather, because he had spent far, far too long in this one-hundred-square-meter room, the Taoist Ancestor had undergone a grotesque transformation. His face had turned into Chaos, into a swirling mist.

His entire being seemed illusory, as if he didn’t exist at all.

"You! You!"

The Taoist Ancestor was utterly stunned.

"Impossible! This... this is impossible!!!"

The Taoist Ancestor truly lost his composure, roaring, "True Realm Soil! It really is the aura of True Realm Soil! So that’s how it is! That’s how it is!"

"So this is what you’ve truly relied on to get this far! No wonder someone like you, who hasn’t even truly set foot on his own ’path,’ was able to make it here."

"So that was it!!!"

Clearly, the Taoist Ancestor had discovered something.

"Unite!"

BZZZT!

Xu Qing felt the Elemental Power of the seven great elements. It was an inconceivable power that transcended the concept of the Sea of Chaos. This was the Power of the Unique True Realm.

More accurately, only by reaching the ’Tenth Realm’ could one touch upon the supreme mysteries of the Unique True Realm.

Finally, Xu Qing unleashed the Power of the Seven Elements, causing his own Three Great Immortals to begin to merge. This was a true, initial fusion.

"Break!"

BANG!

The sound of an explosion rang out.

Xu Qing gave a soft shout. He formed a Sword Pointing with his right hand and thrust it forward, transforming it into a beam of Extreme light shimmering with seven colors.

CRACK!

Xu Qing’s finger struck the Taoist Ancestor’s "Dao" character. Like a dagger piercing glass, the character shattered into pieces, unable to withstand this Mighty Power.

Furthermore, the seven-colored beam of light from his finger continued onward, piercing through the Taoist Ancestor’s body.

CRACK!

The next moment, the Mighty Power of this strike actually shattered the wall of the room, which was less than one hundred square meters.

"As expected."

The Taoist Ancestor paused, stunned. He looked at the hole in the wall, and a smile appeared on his face. "So this is Power truly approaching the Tenth Realm. This special room can only be damaged by the Power of the Tenth Realm."

"Hah..."

The Taoist Ancestor gazed at Xu Qing and fell silent for a moment. "Perhaps I was wrong. You have, in fact, walked your own path. Cultivating various different Magic Gates, practicing all sorts of Cultivation Techniques created by others, mastering numerous Supreme Treasures... it may seem muddled, but how is that not a ’path’ in its own right?"

"It’s just that..."

"...your ’path’ and our ’path’ are almost diametrically opposed."

"Therefore,"

"I don’t know if it is right or wrong."

"Taoist Ancestor, please have a safe journey."

PFFT!

Xu Qing coughed up blood. The Power of All Things Atlas was completely depleted, and he naturally suffered the corresponding backlash. His face was pale, utterly drained of color.

BZZZT! BZZZT! BZZZT!

Gradually, Xu Qing watched with his own eyes as the Taoist Ancestor turned into wisps of gray, misty smoke and dissipated, leaving behind only a Daoist Ancestor Jade Disc and a ’Dao Seal’.

...

Xu Qing stared at the scene.

Regardless,

Xu Qing had won.