Limits

Chapter 273 Limits
Zixiao Dao Palace!

This treasure has been in Li Xian's possession for four months.

Four months later, he still hadn't made the Zixiao Dao Palace acknowledge him as its master.

However, even if a treasure of the Zixiao Dao Palace level does not recognize a master, its extraordinary power still far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

Although Li Xian could not summon the Daoist voice from the Dao Palace like the Demon Lord Rahu, which was so powerful that it could awe people, he could still do it by simply activating the domain that suppressed the void.

At best, he's like the Demon Lord Rahu...

It's just that the mental burden is extremely heavy.

However, through his own exploration and understanding of the void, he effectively reduced the consumption of the method of suppressing the void.

Therefore, even though he did not master the secret technique of unleashing divine sense, he could still barely summon the Purple Cloud Palace and perform a method to suppress the void. Moreover, the suppression effect was no less than that of the Demon Lord Rahu, who relied on secret techniques.

It's one thing for Heavenly Monarchs like Zhang Taiyuan and Song Yunqing who have mastered the Great Dao of Void or can simulate it, but people like Tianji, the Undying Black Dragon, and even Jiuling who mainly cultivates the Great Dao of Soul and Aolai who cultivates the Great Dao of Flowing Light are directly suppressed by this Void Domain and are like being stuck in a quagmire. Even moving around becomes extremely difficult.

"Purple Cloud Palace!"

Tianji let out a roar filled with resentment.

He was already prepared.

Once his senior sister Song Yunqing had diverted all of Zhang Taiyuan's attention, he drew his sword directly. With a sword strike that he had nurtured for thirty years, he slew the number one person on the Dao Realm Supreme Ranking with a force that shook the heavens and the gods, thus proclaiming the supreme prestige of their Tianyuan Sect as the number one sect in the world.

result……

Li Xian unleashed the Purple Cloud Dao Palace, using methods to suppress the void, which forcibly suppressed his entire body within this void domain.

Unless he's willing to draw his sword and waste the fatal blow originally intended for Zhang Taiyuan, otherwise...

He couldn't move an inch at all.

If the Heavenly Extreme is like this, then the Undying Black Dragon, Aolai, and Jiuling are no better off.

Damn it!

"It's this treasure!"

The demon race and the god race were also well aware of the formidable reputation of this treasure.

The Zixiao Dao Palace is stronger than a superior Dao artifact in some respects. Although its methods of suppressing the void are ineffective against cultivators who have mastered the void, they have an immediate effect on those who lack void techniques.

Furthermore, unlike other Dao artifacts, the void suppression brought about by the Zixiao Dao Palace domain is of a wide range.

One suppression can destroy an entire space.

Everyone around was subject to the suppression of this force.

However, while others struggled to move forward, Zhang Taiyuan, who had also cultivated the Great Dao of Void, burst into laughter after Li Xian unleashed the Purple Cloud Palace, a supreme treasure.

"Hahaha, I thought that Demon Lord Luo Hou died at the hands of Lu Linyuan of your Great Luo Immortal Sect, and that he also seized the Zixiao Dao Palace. I never thought that this treasure would fall into your hands? It's truly heaven's help!"

Zhang Taiyuan, wielding the Void Heaven Dharma Body, this supreme technique that combines the mysteries of chaos and void, though slightly affected by the Purple Cloud Palace's domain, still maintained its agility, leaping and traversing straight towards the Purple Cloud Dao Palace above Li Xian: "Such a treasure should rightfully belong to me!"

He spread his arms wide, and a Daoist artifact of the void flowed within his body, making him, who originally only possessed the chaotic Daoist body, seem to also have the abilities of the void Daoist body.

Moreover, his mastery of the power of the void is in no way inferior to that of a fully accomplished Dao Body.

However, as he charged toward the Zixiao Palace, Li Xian drew his sword.

The superior Dao artifact, the Flowing Void Sword, displayed dazzling sword brilliance.

The ninth level of the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, amplified by the near-perfect Void Dao Body, displayed power far exceeding any other supreme technique of the same realm.

The sword's edge was unstoppable, and at its very tip, it even cleaved through the void, enough to make anyone's heart tremble.

However, Zhang Taiyuan did not flinch in the face of such sword energy, which was enough to kill even a top True Monarch level cultivator head-on.

"You dare to show off your meager skills before an expert!"

His enormous Void Heaven Dharma Body suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed with his finger, as if he were using his flesh and blood to directly withstand the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi unleashed by Li Xian using a superior Dao artifact.

However, this completely incomparable collision caused the sword energy to crack inch by inch the moment it touched Zhang Taiyuan's Void Heaven Dharma Body.

The Great Disintegration Technique!

He has cultivated the Great Disintegration Technique to its tenth level!
Faced with this supreme and wondrous technique, although Li Xian's Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi had already surpassed the scope of ordinary nine-fold supreme techniques, it was still like a broken clay chicken or a clay dog. After crossing a sufficiently long distance, it could no longer maintain its true form and was directly shattered by Zhang Taiyuan's Void Heaven Dharma Body.

"roll!"

With a sudden flick of his sleeve, he shattered the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi that had been dispersed by the Great Disintegration Technique. Immediately afterward, the power of the void and the power of chaos flowed through his entire body.

Inside his Void Heaven Dharma Body, there were two great Dao artifacts, shining brightly.

Relying on his own magical skills and the power of the Dao artifact, he almost forcibly shouldered the suppressing domain of the Zixiao Dao Palace, suddenly stepped in front of this treasure, and used both hands to grasp the entire Dao Palace in his hands.

"This treasure is mine!"

Zhang Taiyuan burst into laughter.

But the moment he acquired the Zixiao Dao Palace, an indescribable heaviness suddenly pressed down on him.

This is the weight carried by this treasure slot.

However, before he could put his hands together to put away the Purple Cloud Palace and forcibly put away this treasure, another sharp force that solidified the void rolled over.

Despite Zhang Taiyuan's extreme confidence in his Void Heaven Dharma Body, he still had to withdraw his hand when he saw the gap that tore through the void at the very tip of the sword energy.

With the Dao artifact and the Void Heaven Dharma Body resonating simultaneously within his body, he pointed out again, and the Great Disintegration Technique erupted from his fingertip as if by innate instinct, utterly disintegrating the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi.

Furthermore, to prevent Li Xian from continuing his entanglement, he condensed a terrifyingly sharp destructive power into a spear in his left hand. With a flick of his wrist, this spear of destruction, whose power was no less than that of the Rahu Demon Lord's Heavenly Punishment World-Destroying Spear, pierced through the void and slammed towards Li Xian.

"Boom!"

The power of destruction and the power of the void collided violently, causing visible ripples to spread even in the celestial realm, a space far more solid and heavy than the outside world.

but……

The Immortal Realm is indeed the Immortal Realm!

This kind of attack, which would have cracked and shattered the void in the outside world, was quickly withstood by the powerful resilience of the Immortal Realm itself after it created ripples.

"The space itself is not shattered, so it cannot stir up a void storm!"

Li Xian stared intently at the destructive aftershocks.

Unless you happen to encounter a void ripple, otherwise...

Under normal circumstances, with the Immortal Realm space so stable, he wouldn't be able to unleash a void storm at all!

he……

The most powerful killing move was directly sealed and locked away by the unique environment of the Immortal Realm.

"Li Xian, can't you see it yet?"

Song Yunqing couldn't help but feel a shock in her mind: "Zhang Taiyuan is stronger than you, stronger than all of us. You're thinking of sealing off all of us to deal with him?!"

It was almost as if they were telling Li to release Tianji first, so that he could seize the opportunity to unleash his strongest sword strike.

In fact, she didn't need to say anything more.

When Zhang Taiyuan invoked the power of the void and clasped his hands together at the Zixiao Dao Palace, attempting to force him into a void with a diameter of 100 meters, Li Xian's divine sense, which was already barely activating the power of his domain, ultimately could not withstand the burden.

"Buzz!"

As he withdrew his divine sense, the seal imposed on this area by the Purple Cloud Dao Palace quickly dissipated and condensed in the void. Tianji, the Undying Black Dragon, Aolai, and Jiuling, who were almost unable to move, immediately recovered.

"In the end, it is something that has never recognized a master."

Li Xian thought to himself.

The same Zixiao Dao Palace, this supreme treasure in his hands and in the hands of the Demon Lord Luo Hou, the difficulty of using it and the diversity of supernatural powers it can generate are simply incomparable.

If it weren't for his high level of mastery of the void, he probably wouldn't even have been able to activate the void domain of the Zixiao Dao Palace.

"call out!"

Almost at the same time that Aolai and Jiuling regained their freedom, the Soul Shock and the Spear of Light had already reformed.

Their goal...

It remains very clear—Li Xian!
Meanwhile, the Undying Black Dragon and Song Yunqing also launched another attack while Zhang Taiyuan was trying to put away the Zixiao Dao Palace. The void Dao simulated by the Tianyuan Technique and the Yin-Yang Sun Stream shot out by the Undying Black Dragon directly bombarded Zhang Taiyuan.

However, Zhang Taiyuan's mental attention was focused on the Zixiao Dao Palace, and he couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to the man and the dragon.

With a low roar, the already demon-like Void Heaven Dharma Body suddenly grew another head whose appearance was indistinct, and a second pair of arms grew from under its armpits.

Two heads and four arms!

He still gripped the Purple Cloud Palace tightly with both hands, trying to put it away, while his other two hands were already using various techniques. He used the magic power to suppress the void to calm Song Yunqing's void strangulation technique, and with his other hand he made the Great Disintegration Technique to directly decompose and disperse the yin and yang energies shot out by the Undying Black Dragon.

The whole process was handled with ease.

And Mr. Li...

Without expending any effort to maintain the Zixiao Dao Palace's seal over the void, his divine sense was already flowing at full speed.

The sword intent erupted from the candlelight.

Before Jiu Ling's soul-shaking attack could penetrate his mental world, this sword intent technique, carrying the power to collapse souls and distort spacetime, struck first and cut into Jiu Ling's mental world.

The terrifying weight, distorted by the perception of time, seemed to transform into an unchanging mountain, suppressing all of Jiu Ling's thoughts.

Although it didn't render his thinking inoperable, it prevented him from concentrating his mind and using his soul to disturb Li Xian's mind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Xian, with the Chaos Pearl above his head and the Flowing Void Sword in his hand, seemed to traverse the void as he fiercely attacked Ao Lai.

Just as his spear of light was condensing, the Flowing Void Sword, carrying the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, rushed straight towards the entrance, forcing him to unleash his spell prematurely.

In an instant, terrifying energy and sword energy exploded as the two sides were within arm's reach.

Countless beams of intense light, flames, and high temperatures washed over Li Xian's dark golden body once more, but apart from ripples of golden light emanating from his body, slightly dimming it, they had no other effect.

Do not!
As the Great Devouring Technique was unleashed, the intense light, flames, and high temperatures that had been washing over and burning Li Xian's body were completely devoured. In just a moment, the Hunyuan Fuli True Body, which had just dimmed slightly, showed signs of recovery.

In contrast, consider Aolai.

As the two Heavenly Monarch-level attacks collided at close range, unleashing a torrent of energy and sword qi, he had no choice but to activate protective spells and defensive artifacts to counteract the damage caused by the dissipating power.

Sit down!

Just as Aolai was retreating rapidly, Li Xian moved forward again, the Flowing Void Sword tearing through the void and striking at his face once more. The sword energy on the blade, which tore through the void and formed spatial rifts, pierced towards him.

Damn it!

Ao Lai's expression changed slightly. He glanced at Jiu Ling, who was being suppressed by Li Xian's sword intent and could only defend himself, and retreated without hesitation.

However, almost as he retreated, the surrounding void suddenly froze.

Even though Li Xian did not summon the Purple Cloud Dao Palace at this moment, he still managed to condense Ao Lai in front of him by relying on the void techniques derived from the exploration of the void Dao Body, making Ao Lai almost helpless to watch the sharpness of the Flowing Void Sword get closer and closer to him!
"not good!"

Ao Lai's pupils shrank dramatically, but the third eye between his brows condensed a terrifying energy.

"Break!"

The next moment, a dazzling golden light burst forth from the body of this divine lord.

It's like condensing all the power into one, compressing it layer by layer, and then releasing it in an instant.

Supernatural power and magic—Supreme Divine Light!
That instant of supreme divine light contained an unprecedentedly terrifying energy impact, instantly filling the spatial rift formed by the tearing of the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, further shaking the body of the Flowing Void Sword, a superior Dao artifact, and even striking the Hunyuan Floating Dawn True Body with its remaining force.

Its terrifyingly high temperature and intense heat are like a detonated high-yield hydrogen bomb, enough to melt any substance.

Even the dark golden light of the Hunyuan Fuli True Body was no exception.

However, just as this dazzling and brilliant supreme divine light was about to incinerate Hunyuan Fuli's true form, a dim gray wave also erupted from the Hunyuan Pearl above his head.

Under the surging waves, the dazzling divine light that had just been so domineering and capable of burning and destroying everything vanished as quickly as a mud ox entering the sea, and was transformed into more gray air currents.

This is……

"The Great Chaos Technique!?" Ao Lai's eyelids twitched, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged into his heart.

The next moment, Li Xian, who had used the Great Chaos Technique to counteract the burst of Supreme Divine Light, suddenly stepped out of the chaotic airflow, enduring the burning aftershocks of the Supreme Divine Light, and once again rushed in front of Ao Lai, delivering a simple and unadorned straight thrust.

Having just experienced a burst of supreme divine light, Ao Lai was no longer able to condense a spear of light to deal with it. The only thing he could do was to push his protective divine power to its limit!

退？

Facing Li Xian, who can solidify the void, turning back only leads to certain death!
"Nine Spirits!"

As he pushed his protective spell to its limit, this divine lord of the divine race let out a loud shout.

Realizing the danger, Jiu Ling's third eye between his brows suddenly opened wide. The Dao artifact that evolved into an eye pupil emitted an unprecedented energy fluctuation, which actually lifted the dark particles that suppressed his spiritual world and finally shattered Li Xian's Candlelight Sword Intent.

but……

Almost at the same moment the candlelight sword intent was shattered, the power of time perception and confusion erupted in full force. In a daze, it seemed that only a moment had passed, but when he truly realized what was happening, he heard Ao Lai's unwilling shouts in his ears.

"Li Xian!"

With a quick glance, Li Xian's Flowing Void Sword tore apart Ao Lai's protective divine abilities and magical treasures with overwhelming force, piercing through his body...

"laugh!"

The next moment, sword energy erupted!

The wound that pierced Aolai's body was not like a sword wound, but a black hole.

A black hole that collapsed in an instant, swallowing up all surrounding matter, energy, flesh, and structure.

A powerful god, so powerful that he could be called a Heavenly Monarch, was killed on the spot and did not even escape with his life.

Li Xian's movements didn't falter at all when he killed Ao Lai.

Sword intent erupts!

The perfected sword intent soared into the sky, transforming into the Candlelight Sword Intent. This sword intent technique directly met the soul-shaking force unleashed by Jiu Ling's "Heavenly Eye," or rather...

Soul-Shattering Light.

Amplified by the special talent of the Three-Eyed Clan, the Soul-Shattering Light penetrated straight in, instantly shattering the dark particles that the Candlelight Sword Intent had just condensed. Even the spacetime distortion contained in the Candlelight Sword Intent did not significantly interfere with his perception.

but……

In a battle for life and death, every second counts.

The power of time is mysterious and unpredictable.

Even a momentary disturbance from the Nine Spirits, who had never been exposed to the power of time, was enough to determine life or death.

Just like now...

"call out!"

The Candlelight Sword Intent withstood the Soul-Shattering Light. In the instant that the perception of space and time was distorted, Li Xian's figure had already traversed the void with incredible speed. The Flowing Void Sword in his hand carried a spatial rift that shattered everything, and it ruthlessly pierced through a protective Dao artifact worn by Jiu Ling. Even as the Dao aura collapsed, the remaining force continued to pierce through his body.

"Boom!"

The next moment, the unstoppable Soul-Shattering Light completely shattered the Candlelight Sword Intent and crashed into Li Xian's mental world, almost causing his spirit to dissipate.

Despite his extremely resilient spiritual world after being tempered by the Daoist chants of the Purple Cloud Palace, he recovered in an instant, just as he had seized that precious opportunity at the last moment.

In the battle between the strong, life and death are but a fleeting moment.

When the sword intent that his spiritual world had re-condensed shattered the Soul-Destroying Light, which was now like a rootless duckweed, Li Xian's gaze also fell on the Divine Lord Jiu Ling, whose divine body was also beginning to collapse.

He stared intently at Li Xian, his eyes filled with pain and resentment.

Almost there!
seem……

It was just a tiny bit short!

If he could just a fraction faster, the Soul-Shattering Light would blast into Li Xian's mental world. At that point, the two would enter a war of attrition on a mental level, slowly wearing him down.

He firmly believed...

With his profound mastery of the Dao of the Soul, he will undoubtedly be the ultimate victor.

pity……

It was just a little bit short.

"Ok?"

Almost as Li Xian annihilated the two Divine Lords of the Divine Race in an extremely short time, a terrifying sword aura suddenly erupted from the battlefield not far away.

"That is!?"

A fleeting moment of brilliance and dazzling light created a sword light that seemed to illuminate the heavens and the earth.

At this moment, let alone others, even Li Xian himself, if he asked himself honestly, once he was struck by this sword, there would only be one outcome!
dead!
Just like when Rahu Demon Lord attacked him with the combination of Zixiao Dao Palace and the Spear of Godslaying, there was no possibility of him dying on the spot and being resurrected by the energy of Nirvana!
Of course, this is assuming you get hit by the blade.

His personal candlelight sword intent interferes with the enemy's perception of time; if they want to dodge...

He thought he had a chance to avoid the sword.

But just as the person who drew his sword at this moment did so at the most critical moment when Zhang Taiyuan, Song Yunqing, and the Undying Black Dragon were fighting, if someone were to risk their life to restrain him or take the initiative to withstand the sword intent of the candlelight, he would still only be able to rely on the energy of Nirvana.

Therefore, this sword strike can definitely be considered the strongest sword strike that Li Xian has ever encountered among all his opponents.

Such a terrifying sword strike was aimed not at him, but at Zhang Taiyuan, who was supposed to be his opponent!
"Boom!"

Watching the sword light, seemingly capable of tearing apart heaven and earth, slash towards Zhang Taiyuan...

An unprecedented excitement and exhilaration welled up in Li Xian's heart!

At that moment, he finally realized that he had his limits!
He thought he was fully capable and qualified to challenge for the title of the number one in the Dao Realm, but when he actually faced so many Heavenly Monarchs at the same time, he realized that he was not truly invincible in the Dao Realm either.

All the flaws were on full display in this ultimate showdown.

he……

He was unable to suppress the combined forces of six masters—Zhang Taiyuan, Song Yunqing, the Undying Black Dragon, Tianji, Aolai, and Jiuling—all by himself.

Even at the Dao Realm, there is still a long road ahead for him to walk.

In a one-on-one battle, he is no less capable than any Heavenly Emperor.

It could even kill any Heavenly Lord.

However, if they are besieged by many Heavenly Lords, they will be in danger of dying.

Not to mention, among these Heavenly Lords, there was one named Zhang Taiyuan, who far surpassed ordinary Heavenly Lords.

If Zhang Taiyuan were to truly join forces with these Heavenly Lords and engage in a desperate, all-out attack, he would face a near-certain death.

"My limit..."

Li Xian's thoughts surged, his blood boiled, and he strode forward, heading straight for the battlefield.

And on that battlefield...

The sword light, seemingly capable of tearing everything apart, unleashed sword energy that had already shattered the Void Heaven Dharma Body.

The torrent formed by the shattering of this supreme and wondrous method, which possessed both chaotic and void characteristics, transformed into an energy storm, sweeping wildly in all directions and covering dozens of miles.

Where the sword struck, even the most solid void was torn apart by tiny, visible cracks.

Like the cracks that spread out first when glass is about to shatter.

"He's dead! He's dead! He's been struck by my Heavenly Sword, which I've nurtured for thirty years. He's doomed!"

The words of Tianyuan Mountain are unmistakable.

I don't know if I'm saying this to myself or to someone else.

The three of them—Song Yunqing, Tianji, and the Undying Black Dragon—stared intently at the energy torrent formed by the collapse of the Void Heaven Dharma Body, not daring to blink...

Waiting for the energy to dissipate, the final result of this already strongest and most lethal sword strike will be revealed...

however……

"This sword..."

A voice suddenly emerged from the dissipating torrent of energy.

Upon hearing this voice, everyone, including Song Yunqing and Tianji of the Tianyuan Sect, as well as the Undying Black Dragon who claimed to be the offspring of the Demon God, all had their pupils shrink in shock.

His face was filled with disbelief.

As the torrent of energy dissipated, a figure stained with blood, with bits of flesh and blood still clinging to its forehead and brows, gradually emerged.

Zhang Taiyuan.

There is no cover from the Dharma Body of the Void Heaven.

Everyone could clearly see a sword mark that had almost severed half of his neck diagonally, but...

Just as it was about to shatter his upper body, it was stopped by a suit of armor with patterns of mountains and rivers.

"A top-tier defensive artifact, the Eight Desolate Primordial Armor!"

Song Yunqing opened her mouth, her voice hoarse, and recognized the treasure.

Top-tier Dao artifact!

In order to save Zhang Taiyuan's life, the Nine Heavens Holy Land actually bestowed upon him a top-tier Dao artifact for protection!
"It hurts so much."

It seems that they were using some kind of secret technique, or perhaps they possessed some kind of life-giving artifact.

When Zhang Taiyuan's figure reappeared from the gradually dissipating torrent of energy, the wound on his neck and other injuries on his body healed at an incredible speed.

Even the aura that had fallen significantly from his body was rising and ascending.

His blood-stained eyes were fixed on the sword-wielding Tianji, filled with disbelief.

"Do you know how much it hurts when you cut me!"

The next moment, the undisputed number one on the Dao Realm Supreme Ranking made a move.

Like an invincible and ferocious god, it suddenly rose up, carrying the slaughter of gods, and violently pounced towards the heavens.

"careful!"

Song Yunqing screamed in surprise.

She didn't need to remind me.

Tianji immediately withdrew and retreated!

but……

Too late!
Zhang Taiyuan is too fast!

The void travel was completed in an instant!
There's simply not enough time!
In an instant, this terrifying being, completely stained with blood, appeared before Tianji. Under his terrified gaze, it thrust out both hands, one on the left and one on the right, and pressed them hard against the temples on either side of his head...

"Senior sister, save me..."

Click!

Unleash your power!

"Go to hell!"

"Ahhh!"

Amidst the agonizing, desperate screams of the heavens…

"Oh!"

His head was crushed with pure violence, and blood and bits of flesh exploded out.

(End of this chapter)