Chapter 563: Refining Profound Yellow

They opened their eyes simultaneously.

“Someone… is attempting to break through to the Realm of Dao King,” the World Honored One’s voice echoed from the golden rift.

“It is that junior.” From within the dark red Blood Sea, a hoarse and low voice sounded. “We cannot let him succeed. If he becomes a Dao King, with his [Primordial] Dao, even if we join forces, we might not be able to take him down.”

“Then stop him.” Within the pitch-black rift, a pair of scarlet eyes narrowed slightly. “Kill him before he succeeds.”

“Kill him?” From the pale rift, the moon-white figure’s voice was clear but carried a faint trace of mockery. “It is not as if you didn’t try just now. With his [Primordial] Dao, combined with the Profound Yellow Origin, even I cannot do anything to him. Kill him? With what?”

“Then we join forces.” Within the deep blue rift, a vast ocean surged, and ice crystal chains rang out with a CLINK. “Could the seven of us combined fail to kill a junior who hasn’t even become a Dao King?”

Silence fell. The seven gazes met in the void, scrutinizing and weighing each other.

“Joining forces is acceptable,” the World Honored One finally spoke, his voice remaining peaceful. “But after the matter is settled, how shall we divide the Profound Yellow Origin?”

“Each to his own ability,” the hoarse voice in the dark red Blood Sea replied.

“Agreed.”

The seven gazes withdrew simultaneously.

In the next instant—

RUMBLE!!!

Above the Celestial Vault, the six rifts trembled in unison. Even the golden rift that had previously closed tore open once more!

The originally half-closed fissures were now stretched to their absolute limits. From deep within the rifts, seven boundlessly majestic figures who commanded Heaven and Earth were slowly walking forth. These were not projections or mere probes; they were their true, complete bodies, bearing the Dao Fruit of eternity. They stood above the Celestial Vault, before those seven rifts, within that void submerged by the great tide of time.

The World Honored One spoke, his voice peaceful yet carrying an unquestionable majesty:

“Little friend, stay your hand.

“If you stop now, I can promise not to harm a single blade of grass in Profound Yellow.

“As long as you hand over the Profound Yellow Origin, I will retreat.”

Deep within the Taixu Hall, inside a quiet room.

Qi Yun slowly opened his eyes. The colorful hues in his gaze had already faded, replaced by an abyss of fathomless primal chaos. Within that chaos lay the reflections of the sun, moon, and stars, the contours of mountains and rivers, that thriving Profound Yellow Treasure Tree, and that ripening Primordial Dao Fruit.

He heard the World Honored One’s words, but he did not answer. He merely raised his right hand, slightly spread his five fingers, and gently beckoned to his side.

BUZZ.

The Mountain and River Cauldron moved in response. The massive cauldron, its entire body circulating with a Profound Yellow luster and coiled by nine divine dragons, soared into the air from the corner of the courtyard.

On the cauldron, the nine divine dragons simultaneously raised their heads and let out a long cry. The dragon roars shook the nine heavens, causing the roof tiles of the Taixu Hall to rattle with a CLATTER.

The Mountain and River Cauldron suspended itself directly above the Profound Yellow Origin Realm. Beneath the cauldron, the nine divine dragons dove down at once. Their claws tore through the void, and their tails swept across the firmament, their roars converging into an earth-shattering bellow.

Centered around the Mountain and River Cauldron, they outlined a massive Array Map in the void that covered the entire Profound Yellow Origin Realm. Within the Array Map, phantoms of mountains and rivers surfaced, the contours of cities and fields became clear, and the imprints of all living beings flickered. The microcosm of all Heaven and Earth was forcibly branded into the void by the Mountain and River Cauldron’s supreme might.

The World Honored One’s gaze landed on the great cauldron, and a trace of fluctuation finally appeared in his peaceful voice.

“The Mountain and River Cauldron… Golden Tang Dynasty Imperial Soldiers. To think it actually recognized you as its master.”

Deep within the Taixu Hall, inside a quiet room.

Qi Yun withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes once more. His Heart and Spirit sank back into that seed.

The seed was trembling, struggling, and resisting. It possessed its own will, its own instincts, and its own choices. Qi Yun did not force it. He simply revealed his Dao to it, little by little. He displayed his [Primordial], displayed his azure sky, displayed his resolve, and displayed his conviction.

Finally—

BUZZ.

A clear and resonant chime echoed from deep within the seed. The sound was not loud, yet it pierced through the walls of the quiet room, ringing directly in the ears of every living being.

Qi Yun’s body trembled.

It was not a borrowing, but a possession. A true, complete, and inseparable possession. From this moment on, he was no longer someone who merely borrowed the Profound Yellow Origin. He *was* the Profound Yellow Origin. He was the true master of this Heaven and Earth.

He became the first existence since eternity to completely bind, fuse, and unify with the Profound Yellow Origin Realm.

…

Above the Celestial Vault, the gazes of the seven Dao Kings froze simultaneously. They felt it. That aura was not the aura of a Dao King. It was higher than a Dao King, stronger than a Dao King!

The World Honored One’s expression truly changed for the first time.

“Has he… refined the Profound Yellow Origin?”

“It is not Refinement.” Within the purple-gold rift, the figure wearing the Heaven-Peace Crown spoke. His voice was low and carried an indescribable complexity. “It is fusion. He and Profound Yellow have become one.”

“Then what is he now?” the hoarse voice in the dark red Blood Sea asked.

The purple-gold figure fell silent for a moment. “He is Profound Yellow. Profound Yellow is him.”

The seven Dao Kings fell silent in unison.

Above the Celestial Vault, the seven rifts began to tremble as they were actively pried open by the seven Dao Kings. They were going in. They intended to kill Qi Yun and seize the Profound Yellow Origin before his transformation was completely finished.

The rifts grew larger and larger.

The Mountain and River Cauldron trembled violently. The nine divine dragons let out furious roars, their claws tearing the void and their tails sweeping the firmament as they tried to halt the seven Dao Kings’ advance. But under the combined assault of the seven Dao Kings, its defense was being torn apart, disintegrated, and devoured bit by bit.

Before the Taixu Hall, dozens of True Monarchs rose to their feet simultaneously. Dozens of True Monarchs and dozens of Great Daos erupted all at once. They charged toward the Celestial Vault, toward the seven Dao Kings, and toward the void submerged by the great tide of time.

“Stop them!” Qingyuan Dao Seeking True Monarch shouted fiercely. An azure sword light shot into the sky, slashing straight toward that golden Buddha Light.

Desolate Halberd Splitting Sky True Monarch’s Great Halberd tore through the void, the True Monarch of No Dao Extreme Law’s Gui Wu Dao Rhyme devoured everything, and Lady Jiu Li’s crimson-gold fire dragons threatened to scorch the heavens and boil the seas…

But before the seven Dao Kings, their strength was like fireflies competing with the bright moon.

With a gentle wave of the World Honored One’s Buddha’s Hand, Qingyuan Dao Seeking True Monarch’s sword light shattered inch by inch. With a single press from the figure in the dark red Blood Sea, Desolate Halberd Splitting Sky True Monarch’s Great Halberd flew out of his grasp. With a slight flash of the Sword Intent from the blue-grey rift, the True Monarch of No Dao Extreme Law’s Gui Wu Dao Rhyme was severed in a single slash.

One strike. It was only one strike.

Dozens of True Monarchs were sent flying backward simultaneously, their blood spilling across the void. But they did not retreat.

Desolate Halberd Splitting Sky True Monarch wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gripped his Great Halberd tightly once more. Qingyuan Dao Seeking True Monarch steadied his posture, his Sword Intent piercing the heavens again. The True Monarch of No Dao Extreme Law stepped out from Gui Wu, his hands forming a virtual embrace once more…

They could not stop the Dao Kings, but they had to try. Because Qi Yun needed time.

In the quiet room, Qi Yun sat cross-legged.

That azure sky was operating frantically. The Reincarnation of the sun and moon sped up a thousandfold, the flickering frequency of the stars quickened ten-thousandfold, and the surging momentum of the mountains and rivers multiplied a hundred-thousandfold.

That Primordial Dao Fruit was ripening bit by bit.

Above the Celestial Vault, the seven Dao Kings had already bypassed the Mountain and River Cauldron’s defense line and the blockade of the dozens of True Monarchs, stepping into the sky above the Profound Yellow Origin Realm.

The World Honored One raised his Buddha’s Hand and pressed it gently toward the direction of the Taixu Hall.

“Little friend, it is over.”

At the exact same time!

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