Taiyi Dao Fruit

His decisiveness also led Jiang Li and others from the rear to chase after Earth Uncle.

In a blink, they crossed several miles, and a towering tree entered everyone's field of vision. The huge canopy and vigorous vitality proved its uniqueness—it was the same ginseng fruit tree Jiang Li had seen before.

Only this time, the shape of the ginseng fruit tree seemed somewhat ethereal, like flowers in a mirror or the moon reflected in the water, giving it an unreal sensation.

Jiang Li's forehead glowed as he discerned the reality of the tree he sighed lightly and said, "It's just an imprint."

The genuine ginseng fruit tree was no longer in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, and it had left along with the Heavenly Monarch.

Beneath this illusory tree, a figure sat cross-legged, eyes closed, just as Jiang Li had seen him initially.

He was the Heavenly Incarnation, the physical body left by Ji Jiji.

The Heavenly Monarch had indeed killed the Heavenly Incarnation, achieving his goal.

But he didn't destroy the corpse...

"He must have left in a hurry,"

"He must have been seriously injured, so much so that he didn't even have time to destroy the body."

These guesses flashed through Jiang Li's mind, while Earth Uncle had already made his move.

Upon seeing this physical body, his eyes glinted red, Yin energy surged wildly, and a colossal Netherworld Dharma Body obstructed the front, his blood-soaked hand reaching towards the Heavenly Incarnation.

However—

"Stop!"

The Imperial College Sacrificial Officer shouted loudly, exhaling an ancient pictogram, precisely the character "Stop."

Using the Confucian School's "Word Follows Law" combined with the character, the enormous Dharma Body was instantly immobilized.

Seizing this opportunity, Tianxuan looked toward Gongsun Qingyue, master and disciple united in spirit, together invoking the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, "Heavenly Mountain Escape."

With the Dao Artifact carrying the Dao Fruit of the Nine Heavens, Mysterious Lady, the divination was arranged, and space began to change.

Heavenly Mountain Escape, all under heaven have mountains, the mountain rises, and heaven retreats, it is suitable for retreat, not advance. Used in Qimen, this is a strategy to protect oneself, when applied through the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, "All Under Heaven Escape" acted upon Earth Uncle, setting up a strategic relocation for him.

Only the Immortal Queen was observing indifferently all along.

At that moment, ripples appeared, and the spatial ripples washed over Earth Uncle's body.

"Hmph! Petty tricks."

Earth Uncle snorted coldly, unsurprised by the resistance behind him, his surrounding Yin energy boiling, bringing the horror of the Nine Netherworlds to the human world.

Tens of thousands of wailing sounds echoed, countless ghosts danced in turmoil, his bodily height swelling to one hundred and fifty Zhang, his sharp horns as though piercing the sky. In an instant, Earth Uncle's body expanded to two hundred Zhang, the dispersed spatial ripples were oppressively suppressed by the huge Dharma Body.

"Where my body resides, is the Nether Capital,"

The spring of the Netherworld-like Yin Qi wildly spread, the dark colors radiated from Earth Uncle at the center, dyeing Cave Heaven like ink painting the heavens and earth. Countless twisted ghost faces twisted in the surge of Yin Qi, issuing their mournful wails.

The Yin Law Department had been collecting Yin Souls, resentful spirits, and residual souls for years, not only for constructing Yin Soldiers but also to provide sustenance for Earth Uncle.

Countless soul bodies aided the growth of Earth Uncle's power, but due to the limitation of his Realm, Earth Uncle's power didn't grow unrestrictedly. However, the acquisition of the Yin Talisman Scripture allowed Earth Uncle's limit to increase, causing his power to surge tremendously.

Once deployed now, the Imperial College Sacrificial Officer's "Word Follows Law" was immediately broken free, Tianxuan's led "Heavenly Mountain Escape" was also suppressed by the manifested Netherworld Realm.

Earth Uncle sneered continuously, completely ignoring the strong opponents behind, his bloodied hand grabbing towards the physical remains left by the Heavenly Incarnation.

Since he had already gained the upper hand, he wouldn't let it slip away.

However, the interventions by the Imperial College Sacrificial Officer and Tianxuan clawed back some opportunity.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The coughing sound pierced through the thousands of wails, reaching Earth Uncle's ears, a blurred figure suddenly appeared behind the Heavenly Incarnation.

It was Jiang Li!

He had actually passed directly through the Netherworld Realm to arrive here.

"Heavenly Dharma!"

Earth Uncle's tiger face revealed a fierce expression, murderous intent erupting from his three eyes, "Little fool seeking death!"

Since he dared come before his eyes, then let him die.

On the bloodied hand emerged ghastly and terrifying talismans, lines and trails, emitting a faint glow, an endless dread poured out from the Handprint, capturing Jiang Li's heart and mind.

Jiang Li felt as if endless ghosts were stuffed into his mind, his Divine Soul violently shaken by the mournful and terrifying wails, the deathly aura from the Netherworld covering heaven and earth with that bloodied hand, unblockable as it clawed towards him.

Soul Suppressing, Life Stealing, within that palm contained the true essence of the Netherworld, the great terror of life and death.

Unfortunately, it was useless against Jiang Li.

"Earth Uncle, I say you can't handle it, and you really can't. You can't control the 'Yin Talisman Scripture,' but I can."

Jiang Li's eyes were clear, and his heart roamed freely, completely unaffected by the intimidating intent of the Netherworld. With both palms, he pressed against the back of the body that was sitting cross-legged.

Vast Primordial Qi poured into the lifeless physical body, and the Heavenly Incarnation's body suddenly opened its eyes, raising one hand.

This palm strike, was as if it encompassed a whole realm of heavens, boundlessly vast. Despite myriad changes in the atmosphere, at the intersection of all these meteors, there was only the majestic might of the heavens, distinct from the universe in the Heavenly Monarch's hand.

From the front, one could see that the palm of the Heavenly Incarnation was blank, devoid of any lines or palmistry, as if it existed beyond fate, not within its manipulation.

This Heavenly Palm containing infinite atmospheres clashed with a bloody hand from the Nine Netherworlds. Although they were starkly unequal in size—one as large as a mountain, the other the size of a normal human hand—when they collided, it gave a completely opposite sensation.

It seemed as if the two-hundred-zhang-tall Earth Uncle was the smaller one.

The contradictory perception seemed to represent the inversion of Heaven and Earth. Shortly, between the two palms, space annihilated, the Netherworld Realm was shaken, and fissures appeared in the surrounding darkness, with thousands of soul wailings erased by a profound force.

"Boom!"

Earth Uncle retreated a step, shattering the ground and causing fissures of dark Qi, making the earth rumble.

In the direct clash, he actually fell into a disadvantage.

Jiang Li's power drove this physical body, making it seem revived. The palm strike he launched directly repelled Earth Uncle, even causing the bloody hand to crack.

While Earth Uncle's retreat meant he could no longer advance.

Stars were aligned, Tianxuan had already arrived, and the Imperial College Sacrificial Officer was on his way.

"Detestable!"

Earth Uncle was full of rage, but he eventually did not lose his rationality. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, he persisted no longer.

His hooves stomped, breaking open a huge crack in the ground, his enormous body sinking into it, the chilling Yin energy receding like a tide. In the blink of an eye, Earth Uncle had already submerged underground, disappearing without a trace.

It seemed he had returned to the Yin Law Department.

"Cough cough cough."

Observing this, Jiang Li relaxed and coughed repeatedly, his hands dropping from the back of the Heavenly Incarnation.

And the physical body in front of him began to show cracks, splitting like porcelain.

Previously although the Heavenly Incarnation was killed, there was still some residual power left in his body, so the Heavenly Monarch did not have time to destroy the body and left. Because someone else had entered the Treasure Extreme Cave Heaven, and also because his own injuries were severe.

Jiang Li deduced from the undestroyed body and learned that the Heavenly Incarnation still had leftover strength, which he stimulated to make the advantage-holding Earth Uncle reluctantly leave.

'However, this also caused the Heavenly Incarnation to lose all his strength and begin to vanish. If I were the Heavenly Monarch...'

Jiang Li continued to cough, a faint trace of blood appearing on him, looking like adding frost to snow, yet it did not affect him from secretly operating True Qi.

The Heavenly Monarch had not gone far, and might even be spying in the dark. Now was an excellent time to act.

But when Tianxuan and Gongsun Qingyue and others arrived, Tianxuan supporting Jiang Li, the expected ambush never came.

'It's a fruitless endeavor again.'

Jiang Li had to admit, he hadn't caught the fish again.

It seemed that Jiang's cunning had been accepted by the Heavenly Monarch, and even such a Supreme being did not believe Jiang Li would reveal any flaws.

Of course, it was also possible that the Heavenly Monarch had already left, paying no heed to the Heavenly Incarnation's residual body.

Either way, it represented the troublesome nature of the Heavenly Monarch.

At that moment, the Heavenly Incarnation shattered into countless pieces, turning into slices of light feathers, drifting away with the wind.

What was left on the spot was only a faint trace of Qi Mechanism.

Following that, within that faint Qi Mechanism, a vast pupil slowly opened, meeting Jiang Li's gaze directly.

"Hm?"

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows.

Because he discovered this pupil was not Yellow Heaven's Eye, it lacked the swirling of Yellow Cloud.

This was Heaven!

He stopped avoiding it, gazing into this pupil, and numerous scenes entered Jiang Li's vision with the exchange of looks.

At the same time, a faint voice arose, "...Heaven's will."

"Heaven's will?" Jiang Li's eyes flickered, "Is it truly Heaven's will, or is Heaven acting deliberately?"

He looked up at the sky, trying to see that rumored Heaven that is devoid of self and emotion.