Taiyi Dao Fruit

Sword light flickered, the field was formless, whether it was the thirty-six Heavenly Gang Sabers or the Wu Hook Double Swords, they were all forcibly condensed by the field, stagnating in front of Jiang Li.

No matter how fierce the swords were, they could hardly withstand the great strength suppressing them.

But at the same time, wind arose from all directions, clouds blurred the sky, and the cloudless sky suddenly became hazy, making directions indiscernible, even to the point of confusing and stirring the soul, muddling perception.

A peerless great strength burst forth from the surging clouds, forming a protruding column of mist that fiercely struck the formless field.

"Dragon Escape Pillar!" Gongsun Qing Yue softly exclaimed as a reminder.

In her hand, the Wordless Heavenly Scripture revealed the true form of the object within the column of mist—a dazzling golden pillar, encircled by three rings.

The pillar itself displayed dragon patterns, like a golden dragon coiling around the column, nine zhang in length, carrying an imposing majesty. It was the Dragon Escape Pillar from the lineage of Manjusri at the Yuxu Temple, one of the twelve veins. Observing its form, it was neither a Dao Artifact nor a Magic Artifact but rather transformed through the Dao Fruit Divine Power.

However, the Dao Fruit of Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun from Yuxu Temple had already been lost over a hundred years ago. At that time, a fourth-rank from Yuxu Temple, carrying the Dao Artifact of Manjusri's Dao Fruit, had battled against the powerful figures from Buddha Country and was accidentally defeated; the Dao Artifact was seized by Buddha Country, and its bearer also succumbed to serious injuries thereafter.

That Dao Artifact was later stirred by the causality of the Awakened of Buddha Country, bringing forth another aspect of the Dao Fruit, transforming Dao to Buddha, changing from the Dao Fruit of Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun to the Dao Fruit of Manjusri Bodhisattva, and the current Manjusri Bodhisattva was now bearing this Dao Fruit.

Since then, the lineage of Manjusri at Yuxu Temple was considered nominally extinct. Only because of a karmic connection with Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun, it was rumored that the Dao Fruit of Jin Zha, a disciple of Manjusri, was only of the fifth rank.

This individual, Thor Brother of Disciple Hui An Mu Zha, although they both belonged to the lineage of Three Altars Sea Meeting Great God, his strength was far less compared, and could only be described inadequately, with his Dao Fruit also being of the fifth rank.

Yet now, Jiang Biehe first unleashed the fifth-rank Dao Fruit, Mu Zha's Divine Skill of Heavenly Gang Saber, but then displayed the Dragon Escape Pillar that should belong to the fifth-rank Dao Fruit, Jin Zha, and its power far surpassed what was typical of the fifth rank.

The Dragon Escape Pillar pounded on the formless field, an unmatched force shattered the field, liberating the Heavenly Gang Saber and Wu Hook Double Swords, with thunderbolt lightning explosively rampaging, and fierce winds blasting.

The three rings on the Dragon Escape Pillar detached, transforming into rounds of golden radiance, carrying a whistling sound, sweeping across from three directions with chilling trajectories, looping towards Jiang Li. The Heavenly Gang Saber resonated sharply, thirty-six sword lights combined into a Thousand Leaf Lotus Platform, swiftly spinning and rushing forward, the Wu Hook Double Swords intersecting unleashing hundreds of sword Qi, contorting continuously, sweeping towards him like a fierce wind.

Members of the Jiang family who cultivated the "Qi Tomb" were nearly unmatched in power among those of the same grade, and Jiang Biehe was now using powerful ability to stimulate divine skills, attacking from three directions, with a killing intent as fierce as a tempest, incessantly emerging.

However, regrettably, in terms of power, Jiang Li was absolutely not inferior to Jiang Biehe who was of the fourth rank, and in terms of purity, he was even superior to the other.

Seeing the tri-directional offensive arriving simultaneously, Jiang Li reached out and grabbed, both the vast Long Wind and the Hanhai Cangming from the Innate Eight Sceneries manifested, then flowed back into Jiang Li's body.

"Boom!"

An unprecedented burst of Qi Mechanism erupted. Jiang Li's body shook, and Gang Wind burst forth, sweeping across heaven and earth.

Centered around him, the Primordial Qi spun rapidly like flowing water, raising Gang Wind, forming a massive vortex of wind. As soon as the Thousand Leaf Lotus Platform approached, it was shattered by the Gang Wind, breaking into numerous streaks of sword light, the fierce sword Qi storm and Gang Wind colliding and crumbling into one.

Jiang Li combined the Three Tombs to create the "Emperor's Pole Worldly Book," based on the Innate Eight Sceneries, but because his "Form Tomb" had only cultivated Wind Form Qi and Rain Form Cloud, causing only Two Sceneries to integrate into his body, far from Perfection.

Though it was thus, it was unparalleled.

This was Jiang Li aligning shocking wisdom, the teachings of Three Emperors, the power of the heavens, to deduce this foundational Daoist method.

"Boom!"

Gang Wind, carrying clouds of Primordial Qi, formed a ten-zhang-tall human silhouette outside, an exact replica of Jiang Li, almost as if Jiang Li himself had magnified. The final wave of the three-pronged attack hit the human silhouette, the whistling golden brilliance revealing its true form—the three golden rings.

As soon as the Dragon Escape Pillar was deployed, it bewildered all directions, confusing minds and souls, and immediately the three golden rings would fly out to ensnare and capture, asserting that even a True Dragon could not escape, hence named "Dragon Escape Pillar."

However, at this moment, the golden rings struck the human silhouette, but like sinking into mud, they were tightly entangled by the cloud Qi and Gang Wind, unable to advance further.

Seeming to be formed from Primordial Qi but as solid as reality, while Jiang Li's actual body became translucent, like a phantom.

Gang Wind burst forth from his acupoints all over his body, forming tornadoes. He grabbed his sword, the Great Circle Sword winding like a dragon, extending ten zhang in length, and with one sweeping strike, the bewildering clouds in all directions were cleared, the sword light chopping onto the Dragon Escape Pillar with a thunderous sound, blasting out a tremendous surge of Qi.

The nine-zhang-long golden pillar was cleaved away, the golden rings also shaken off, and subsequently crumbling gradually amidst the relentless Gang Wind, and the divine power transformed artifact was completely annihilated.

And in the dispersing clouds, the figure of Jiang Biehe appeared.

"How could this be?"

Jiang Biehe watched the scene with a shocked expression, completely unable to believe that this was the strength of a fifth rank.

The Gang Wind cleared a patch of clear sky above, but around it, dense Calamity Clouds appeared, surging like tidal waves, with countless snowflakes wildly dancing beneath the clouds.

In the past, Jiang Li could trigger changes in heavenly phenomena, and now, merely his existence alone drastically altered the heavenly phenomena, bringing natural disasters along with it.