In the depths of space-time not far away, another stone platform stood atop a cloud of fire.
"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, what is your intention?"
Zhang Jian’s eyes were fixed on the unexpected obstacle that appeared midway, his brows slightly furrowed.
At this moment, all four tokens had fallen into the hands of Hongyun!
Hongyun Daoist casually stowed the four tokens away. Seeing this, Zhang Jian’s brows furrowed even tighter. Hongyun slowly turned around, his eyes landing on Zhang Jian, a hint of coldness appearing in his gaze.
"If you want to pass this gate, you must face the divine techniques in my hands!"
Zhang Jian sighed lightly, saying calmly,
"To my knowledge, His Majesty Fuxi does not have such rules!"
A dark gleam emerged in Hongyun’s eyes.
"These are my rules!"
Zhang Jian pondered; he hadn’t anticipated such a twist after breaking the Innate Five Great Array.
He and Hongyun had no grievances, yet this place sought trouble with him?
Could it be because he had formed the Great Sun Golden Crow Dharma Aspect?
But since the other party was determined to cause trouble, Zhang Jian was naturally unafraid.
His eyes fell on Hongyun, and suddenly he said,
"I’m curious, with your abilities, you could easily manipulate the Innate Five Great Array and ambush me just as I am about to emerge. Wouldn’t that be much more effective?"
"For you, there’s no need for me to do that!"
Hongyun’s expression was cold, yet his eyes brimmed with absolute confidence.
Zhang Jian laughed.
"Alright, just for that, I’ll go easy on you later!!"
"Arrogant!"
A chill flashed deep in Hongyun’s eyes, and in an instant, a fierce aura erupted from his gaze. He waved his hand, and in the void, countless red lights sped forth, like endless, scorching red sands rushing in from empty space, overwhelming everything.
It was a Tier Five Immortal Technique.
Moreover, it was a composite type of Tier Five Immortal Technique.
Hongyun’s cultivation was extraordinarily formidable, effortlessly wielding this composite type of immortal technique!
Zhang Jian looked up at the vast red light.
Within that vast red light, he sensed a familiar power.
Scattering Soul True Flame!
Each of those red sands contained the power of Scattering Soul True Flame. As they spun into existence, strange gravitational laws twisted among them. Their speed was astonishingly fast, with a unique corrosive force.
It was as if they could penetrate all things, dissolving souls and corroding bones.
With a thought, Zhang Jian unleashed a composite type of Tier Five Immortal Technique all around him.
Taiyin Refining Form Technique, Eastern Emperor Nine Yang Immortal Splitting Technique, Innate Yin Yang Extinction Divine Light.
The three-dimensional Tai Chi Dao Map appeared, and in an instant formed a divine bridge above Zhang Jian’s head. Where the bridge passed, time and space stagnated, the void collapsed, all things delayed, and countless Scattering Soul Divine Sands above were involuntarily transformed into the purest Yin and Yang Qi.
The majestic true intent of Innate Yin and Yang seemed to penetrate deep into Hongyun’s Divine Soul, intending to disassemble his Divine Soul and flesh body.
His eyes darkened slightly, and circles of innate divine light soared up around him.
It seemed to be another composite type of Tier Five Immortal Technique, imbued with the power of the Three Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity, immediately blocking the Innate Yin Yang Divine Light.
Witnessing this, he realized the situation was quite tricky.
The opponent was likely a Taiyi Celestial Immortal.
When two immortals have similar levels of magic, greater cultivation provides an advantage.
And with the Great Success of the Taiyi Celestial Immortal Dao Fruit, there would be many advantages in employing Tier Five Immortal Techniques.
Zhang Jian, at present, was merely relying on the unique essence of his Innate Primordial Spirit to use immortal techniques so effortlessly and to create them.
But in terms of the essence of the Innate Primordial Spirit, Dao Heart, and understanding of Dao Qi laws, there were still gaps.
Moreover, the opponent had the home-ground advantage.
Nevertheless, Zhang Jian excelled at creating advantages for himself.
His Map of Mountains and Rivers naturally excelled in this aspect.
At this moment, a thousand thunderous sounds seemed to rise around Hongyun, akin to the sound of great destruction.
Above his head appeared a grand divine map, instantly breaking through the Innate Yin Yang Divine Light.
Within the divine map, the scene of the Three Emperors attaining the Dao appeared.
Countless beings gathered, in reverence.
In an instant, the Three Emperors Divine Map intertwined, transforming into three divine lights drifting towards the landing point of Zhang Jian.
The divine light contained the absolute power of the Saint Emperor’s dominion. As the Three Emperors emerged, none among the Immortal Gods could obstruct such great momentum.
This was a Primordial Spirit Immortal Technique related to the Dao Heart. Once one’s Primordial Spirit was captivated by the power of the Three Emperors, it would naturally be like a lamb waiting for slaughter.
Moreover, a force of the Saint Emperor pervaded the void, suppressing immortal dao techniques and sealing laws!
Zhang Jian’s eyes swept over, and he also felt the great power contained within the Immortal Technique.
This confrontation, compared to the clash of Daoist practices and Immortal Techniques, was even more dangerous.
Reaching the realm of Zhang Jian and Hongyun’s cultivation, the battle between Dao Hearts had already reached a point where illusion and reality could be transformed.
Yet, where Zhang Jian landed, his figure suddenly transformed into hundreds of streams of light and vanished into thin air.
The original spot was filled with clouds and colorful rays, and the complex ’Zhang Jian’ was shattered into countless fragments by this strike.
Hongyun’s expression slightly changed.
He looked around, and the surrounding space-time shifted.
Unknowingly, he again found himself trapped within that grand Divine Map.
He had noticed Zhang Jian’s Map of Mountains and Rivers before and was prepared, yet he still fell for it!
He attempted to connect with the origin power of the Fire Cloud Grotto Heaven for support, but found his connection to it became faint, nearly severed completely.
Amidst the countless nine-colored divine lights, Zhang Jian manifested the Sheji Emperor’s Dharma Aspect, surrounded by endless purple and yellow divine lights. He glanced up and lightly sighed.
"There’s still a shortcoming after all!"
At this moment, the Map of Mountains and Rivers was undoubtedly extremely formidable. Having absorbed the ’Heart of the Dimension’, it had formed its own realm within, allowing him to amplify his magic’s power with many Heaven and Earth Treasures within the map.
However, in Zhang Jian’s view, its world system was still lacking in thoroughness.
Zhang Jian clearly felt a significant deficiency in it in terms of fate.
Hongyun was still able to establish a connection with the Fire Cloud Grotto Heaven, proving this point.
If a cultivator with profound Dao practice exploited this point from the outside, Hongyun could find this flaw and escape the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
"But now, you have no way to turn the tide!"
As Zhang Jian’s thoughts shifted, he utilized the power of the treasure "Heart of the Dimension" this time.
With a thought, the Map of Mountains and Rivers formed countless temporal storms and secret realms, with innumerable dimensional vortices taking shape under the support of the ’Heart of the Dimension’. These vortices spread across the cosmic dimension world.
Hongyun’s form turned into a red light, rushing like a ’fly’ within, yet he could never break the cosmic world formed by the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
Hongyun’s Dao practice was exceptionally formidable. Even as Zhang Jian repeatedly created abysses of space-time using the power of the treasure "Heart of the Dimension", the opponent quickly leaped out.
Moreover, more powerful Immortal Treasures around him unleashed extraordinary might, faintly causing significant damage to the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
Yet he still couldn’t escape.
At this moment, a red light blossomed from his waist.
It was a gourd.
The red light erupted, suddenly tearing through endless space-time, astonishingly flying out from the Map of Mountains and Rivers, heading straight towards Zhang Jian.
Zhang Jian’s brow furrowed, and the Sheji King Tripod emerged from above his head, but he still felt a chilling shiver deep in his soul.
At this moment, a faint voice emerged from the depths of the void.
"Hongyun, you’ve already lost!"
As the voice fell, the red light stalled in the void, ultimately landing in a hand.
The true form of the Fuxi Saint Emperor emerged from the void.
Hongyun also flew out from the gourd, looking at the form of the Fuxi Saint Emperor. He slightly bowed, standing to the side.
His eyes looked at Zhang Jian with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty Fuxi!"
At this moment, Zhang Jian also collected the Sheji King Tripod and slightly bowed.
The Fuxi Saint Emperor revealed no aura, yet merely grasping that gourd was enough to shock him.
If his speculation was correct, the gourd that broke through the Map of Mountains and Rivers just now was likely the mythical Innate Spiritual Treasure Soul-Scattering Gourd!
The Fuxi Saint Emperor’s gaze fell on Zhang Jian, and he nodded with a smile.
"Your Immortal Technique is good, your treasures are decent, and you are quite good! You’re very good!"
After a slight pause, the Fuxi Saint Emperor continued, "Hongyun’s strike at you was my oversight. I will punish him, and as compensation, I’ll grant you an additional five thousand years of stay!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Saint Emperor!"
Hearing this, Zhang Jian’s eyes brightened.
This battle wasn’t in vain.
If possible, he would hope to spar with Hongyun often!
Such sparring would be endless and beneficial!