Chapter 1102: Slaying An Eternal, A Myth (1)

"The battle is about to begin."

"Devil Emperor Xia seems incredibly confident, boldly challenging two opponents simultaneously and even striking first."

"This is unquestionably the greatest confrontation in the Abyss." Devil Emperor Jian Long, Devil Emperor Ku Mu, and dozens of other Devil Emperors were scattered about in the distance, observing the battle. None dared to approach.

In the tumultuous Sector River, spacetime fractured.

"My fist conquers the heavens. I will strike you down!" Saint Da Yang's aura erupted skyward, darkness spreading like an infection through endless spacetime. Layer after layer of space shattered beneath his might.

He launched his fist forward.

Each punch seemed to forge a heaven and earth.

Nine fists converged, exploding with terrifying light. The power of countless Daos and Laws gathered, causing everything around them to darken subtly.

It was as if the very essence of heaven and earth had been extracted, drawn into those nine fists.

The nine fists stretched across the heavens, Xiantian spiritual qi swirling around them. Their force transcended the myriad Daos, crashing down ferociously toward Wu Yuan's head.

Saint Da Yang's true body stood merely a million li tall, while Wu Yuan towered at eight million li.

Yet in this moment, Saint Da Yang's aura resembled a massive dragon, while Wu Yuan's seemed like a small snake. The disparity between them appeared absolute.

"Radiant! Blood!" Saint Hong Yun, clad in crimson, joined the assault. Nine divine swords danced through the air, weaving what seemed the most beautiful spectacle in all creation.

Where the sword lights touched, the will of the Abyss and the pressure of the Great Daos retreated. Even the chains of order stemming from the Abyss's essence snapped apart.

Two vast, boundless auras erupted, powerful enough to shake the Abyss and nearly tear apart the entire River of Universes.

The two Eternals had made their move, unleashing their self-created Daos!

Their combined dominance created pressure so intense that it caused the Devil Emperors watching across endless spacetime to tremble inwardly, their very souls wavering.

Fortunately, they were Devil Emperors, standing at the pinnacle of sempiternal lifeforms. Had they been ordinary Sovereigns, they likely would have fallen to their knees instantly.

The radiance of their self-created Daos transcended the river of space and time, surpassing samsara.

In this moment, the two Eternals shone as the brightest beacons in this vast heaven and earth, embodying supreme strength. Greater Laws, heaven and earth's essence, the will of the Abyss—all were overshadowed by their radiance.

"Will Devil Emperor Xia be killed right away?"

"Is this the true power of Eternals? Even within the River of Universes, sempiternal lifeforms cannot match them."

All the Devil Emperors observing from afar held their breath.

None believed Devil Emperor Xia could withstand the combined onslaught of two Eternals. It seemed inconceivable, beyond what any sempiternal lifeform should be capable of.

But what happened next shocked all onlookers, as well as the hundreds of Devil Emperors and numerous True Saint Eternals watching through light screen projections.

Whoosh!

A resplendent, unending blade ray erupted, countless wondrous phenomena manifesting within it. The blade's sharpness sliced through the phenomena formed by the combined forces of the two Eternals. As Saint Da Yang and Saint Hong Yun watched in horror, the blade ray transformed, devouring everything around it like a miniature Abyss springing into existence.

Boom!

This miniature Abyss violently exploded outward. A supremely powerful blade ray cut through the void, cleaving into Saint Hong Yun's divine sword, sending her weapon flying as she staggered backward.

The blade ray's power remained undiminished. It tore through the radiance of the Eternals' self-created Daos, then collided directly with the nine incoming fists.

Wu Yuan's self-created eternal ultimate technique—Blade of the Abyss.

Rumble~

Blade met fist, a clash between two different types of eternal profundities. For an instant, a vast new world seemed to form, only to be instantly destroyed.

This heaven-shaking collision shattered and reformed spacetime. Only the radiance of their self-created Daos remained, transcending spacetime and illuminating everything.

Thud~

Saint Da Yang, whose aura had dominated heaven and earth and the Abyss, felt as though he had been struck by the heavens themselves. He was forced to retreat, his vast and endless vital aura wavering slightly.

Meanwhile, Wu Yuan's true body stood, towering eight million li high. He had withstood the onslaught of the nine fists. The surrounding spacetime in the Sector River seemed ready to collapse, yet his long hair danced wildly, his cloak billowing. His mighty form remained unshaken—like the legendary Tianzhu Mountain spanning heaven and earth. [1]

"Da Yang, Hong Yun, is this the extent of your strength?" Wu Yuan's voice boomed, filled with Dao Intent. It resonated like thunder from the heavens, shaking all of space and time. [2]

"What?"

"This!" Saint Da Yang and Saint Hong Yun stared at Wu Yuan in utter shock.

He had overpowered them both with a single strike. What level of strength was this?

"Devil Emperor Xia, have you already pioneered your own Dao?" Saint Da Yang's voice carried unmistakable disbelief.

"Fifth-stage Overlord?" A trace of panic flashed through Saint Hong Yun's heart.

The distinction between an eternal ultimate technique and a pioneered Dao was difficult to discern. Both possessed unique radiance and profundities, both transcended the Great Daos and surpassed heaven and earth.

Wu Yuan's ultimate technique drew upon insights from numerous Eternals, the profundities of the Abyss's operation, and the quintessence of the Great Dao of Creation. Though newly created, its power already approached the ultimate techniques of Dao Pioneer Eternals.

There were no superior or inferior Great Daos, but self-created Daos varied in strength.

Without a doubt, the path Wu Yuan had embarked upon belonged to the absolute pinnacle of Daos.

Wu Yuan deployed power from both the path of Laws and the path of matter simultaneously. Combined with the power of the Mo Yuan Sabers, his eternal ultimate technique finally broke through the shackles, reaching a new level—fifth-stage! The true peak of sempiternal lifeforms.

Moreover, as a sempiternal lifeform, Wu Yuan enjoyed the River of Universes' favor. No matter how much strength he unleashed, the River would not suppress him.

Within the River of Universes, sempiternal lifeforms held the home field advantage. Whereas powerhouses like Saint Da Yang and Saint Hong Yun were suppressed and weakened, losing the vast majority of their strength. Their maximum power only approached that of a fifth-stage Overlord. Thus, even two against one, they found themselves at a slight disadvantage.

"Pioneered his own Dao?" Saint Hong Yun was shocked, fear threading through her heart.

How long had it been since a sempiternal lifeform from the Abyss had pioneered their own Dao?

"If he hasn't pioneered his own Dao, how could he possess such tremendous strength?" Saint Da Yang's voice exploded through Dao fluctuations: "But so what if he's pioneered his own Dao? A sempiternal lifeform remains just a sempiternal lifeform. His mana is limited and won't last long."

"Attack!" Saint Da Yang moved again. Gauntlets materialized over his fists, nine in total, each emanating an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth—his primary battle weapons.

"Fist Pierces Nine Stars." Saint Da Yang roared. His arms expanded rapidly, containing infinite might. The nine fists no longer moved in unison but in sequence. Each punch resembled a supernova.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each subsequent punch far surpassed the previous, stacking force until the final punch reached unimaginable might.

Whoosh~

As the last fist smashed forward, it transformed, opening into a massive divine palm, sweeping in like an enormous cage to capture and suppress Wu Yuan.

This fist wasn't part of his physical body but created from the Dao fluctuations of his self-created Dao, containing supreme power.

"Suppress!" Saint Hong Yun erupted into action beside him. Chains flew out in all directions, their power world-shaking.

The two Eternals, realizing they couldn't kill Devil Emperor Xia, changed tactics to suppression instead, working together to restrain Wu Yuan.

"How laughable. When your strength is insufficient, what use are your arcane arts? All shall be destroyed." Wu Yuan's cold voice resounded through the ten directions of heaven and earth, containing supreme majesty like an ancient god.

"Shatter!" A ringing clash exploded forth.

Countless blade rays erupted, forming a vast world of blades. Within this world, creation itself seemed forged anew. An immensely powerful aura spread outward, protecting his body. Blade rays crisscrossed, blasting away the Xiantian chains. Then, they ripped the descending giant palm to shreds.

Too powerful. Wu Yuan hadn't even employed other teachings, merely wielding the Mo Yuan Sabers.

No matter what arcane arts they used, he destroyed all with a single saber—the true meaning of shattering all techniques with one blade.

"Die." As Wu Yuan strode across the heavens, the skies seemed to be trampled beneath his feet. His aura matched the heavens themselves. In this moment, his presence appeared more vast and majestic than the two Eternals combined.

Slash!

A blade ray streaked across the sky, and another miniature Abyss erupted, carrying the supreme power of the Daos and Laws Wu Yuan had comprehended, smashing toward Saint Hong Yun and Saint Da Yang.

"Retreat!"

"We can't block it head-on." Saint Da Yang and Saint Hong Yun's expressions shifted as they retreated, summoning their divine fists and divine swords to ward off the attack.

Boom!

Once again, earth-shattering devastation followed. The blade swept past the two Eternals, cleaving through the vast Sector River, as if splitting the void in two.

"Why retreat?! Come and fight!" Wu Yuan roared.

With a single step that shifted the stars, he pursued them.

As the three supreme powerhouses clashed, their surroundings were blasted into oblivion. Celestial bodies, matter, broken treasures floating in the void—all were obliterated to nothingness.

The observing Devil Emperors watched in shock. This was truly a battle for the ages, worthy of being recorded in the Eternal Register.

A sempiternal lifeform facing two Dao Pioneer Eternals, showing no weakness, growing more dominant as the fight progressed, overpowering them both.

What an earth-shattering sight, what a magnificent and epic legendary battle.

Sempiternal lifeforms were inherently inferior when facing Eternals. The so-called Overlords and Devil Emperors, those said to approach Eternals, could only compare to ordinary Perennial Eternals. How could they stand against Dao Pioneer Eternals?

Yet today, a Devil Emperor named 'Xia' created such a miracle.

Perhaps in records from countless samsara cycles ago, similar figures existed, but those tales were too distant. These Devil Emperors had only heard rumors, hardly daring to believe their authenticity.

Today, someone had turned a myth into reality!

Boom!

Wu Yuan's attacks defied the heavens. After taking Saint Da Yang's punch head-on, his saber cleaved past Saint Hong Yun's divine sword, then viciously slashed across her face.

Rip!

Flesh tore. Blood sprayed. An Eternal's peerless beauty shattered in an instant, blood splattering into the Abyss.

A wave of exclamations rose.

"An Eternal is wounded."

"Devil Emperor Xia emerged unscathed after withstanding a divine fist. What kind of physical defense is this? It's terrifying."

"Not even Eternals can harm him?" The Devil Emperors were no longer merely shocked, but filled with awe.

Had their strengths been comparable, they might have felt admiration mixed with envy. But with such a vast power gap, only reverence and fear remained.

"To wound means to kill!"

"Could Devil Emperor Xia create a legend today? Slaying an Eternal?" one Devil Emperor exclaimed.

No one responded.

All the Devil Emperors held their breath as they watched. Slaying an Eternal? That was myth! Legend! The supreme glory pursued by countless sempiternal lifeforms throughout the ages.

Could Devil Emperor Xia achieve it?

1. one of the holy mountains in China, in the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty (202 BC- AD 220)

http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/2018/tourism/202309/t20230904_800341213.html#:~:text=Tianzhu%20Mountain%20was%20named%20the,tip%20of%20a%20bamboo%20shoot

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2. The expression used to describe Wu Yuan’s shout is 十方万古.

十方 (shí fāng): literally "ten directions," which in Buddhist cosmology refers to all directions in space (north, south, east, west, northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, up, and down). It's often used to mean "all directions" or "everywhere."

万古 (wàn gǔ): literally "ten thousand antiquities," which is an idiom meaning "for all ages" or "for all eternity." ☜