You must know that among the younger generation, his strength was already considered top-tier.
“So this is their true strength,” Pure Water murmured to herself.
Thinking back to how she had once tried to challenge Xu Zimo, she couldn’t help but blush.
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Shattered void spread outward.
The sounds of “bang bang bang” explosions echoed all around.
Countless afterimages flickered before her eyes, and Pure Water could only judge their positions by following the sound of the blasts.
After more than a dozen breaths, with yet another violent explosion, Mo Tianming’s figure was seen flying backward from the aftermath.
“Brother Xu truly lives up to his reputation,” Mo Tianming steadied himself, wiped the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, and smiled faintly.
“You’re not bad either,” Xu Zimo replied calmly.
He wasn’t exaggerating, among all the young people he had fought, Mo Tianming’s skill in hand-to-hand combat and battle experience could rank in the top three.
“In that case, I won’t hold back anymore,” Mo Tianming said.
Behind him, as a powerful aura surged forth, his True Fate manifested. A sun and a moon rose from the void with overwhelming might.
Like a boundless tide descending from the heavens, sun and moon shone together, eclipsing the world, reflecting upon one another.
The cold moonlight intertwined with blazing sunlight.
The space behind him seemed to be divided into two realms.
A scorching sun hung high, a bright moon towered above.
Mo Tianming stepped into the air, his aura transforming. He seemed vast and majestic, as if he could pluck sun and moon with his hands and carry the heavens on his shoulders.
The spiritforce within him surged like a boundless sea, wave after wave crashing forth as he struck again.
“When you fought Ji Ruobing before, you didn’t show your true strength, did you?” Xu Zimo asked.
“She wasn’t worthy, but I believe Brother Xu is,” Mo Tianming smiled.
Both his fists struck toward Xu Zimo.
One fist like the blazing sun, the other like the shining moon.
The void along their path was melted and burned away.
Xu Zimo’s Heaven-Shattering Force surged within him.
He summoned the Heaven-Shattering Giant.
This giant, the embodiment of absolute strength, roared to the sky. Its mountain-like fists clashed with Mo Tianming’s blows.
Just in sheer size, it utterly crushed Mo Tianming.
When the two collided, there was even a brief moment of stillness.
The two forces were evenly matched, locked in place.
Shockwaves spread out in all directions.
The space around them cracked like a spiderweb, spreading outward from Xu Zimo’s giant and Mo Tianming as the center.
At last, unable to bear the strain, the space completely collapsed.
Countless chaotic space currents rampaged past, brushing against their bodies.
These currents could tear weaker cultivators apart instantly.
Xu Zimo smiled. He not only used the power of his Power Vortexes, but also opened his Strange Meridians.
Of the thirty-six Strange Meridians, with the aid of the Heaven-Earth God Stone, he had already opened twenty-five.
As the twenty-five meridians all flowed with energy, power circulated through every channel of his body.
The once-dull eyes of the Heaven-Shattering Giant suddenly flashed with brilliance.
The next instant, its fist wind howled forth, unstoppable, smashing Mo Tianming away with overwhelming might.
Mo Tianming’s body was sent flying, crashing heavily into a grand hall.
The sound of collapse rumbled as the hall fell completely into ruins amidst clouds of dust.
“If you leave now, I will spare your life,” Xu Zimo said indifferently.
He glanced back at the Myriad Treasures Tower. The tower was hidden within the void, and only by destroying the stone table in the tower, the core of the formation, could this independent space be broken open, revealing it.
Usually, the Myriad Treasures Tower was visible to all, but because the Heavenly Dao Academy faced great tribulation, it had been concealed.
“Just for those words alone, later I won’t kill you,” Mo Tianming stood up from the ruins, smiling faintly.
He stretched his body, his injuries healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“You’re that confident?” Xu Zimo smiled. “Your trump card is that imperial might, isn’t it?”
“So Brother Xu knows,” Mo Tianming replied.
As his voice fell, a vast and mighty power erupted from his body.
This power seemed to permeate every limb, every cell, elevating his entire being.
Imperial might poured forth.
The entire sky was blanketed beneath it.
Rivers of spiritforce flowed unceasingly, purple qi stretched three thousand miles, a great river of energy hung upside down from the southeastern horizon.
Centered on Mo Tianming, all the spiritforce in heaven and earth converged toward him.
In that moment, his aura transformed.
He seemed to stride out from the primordial wilderness.
Boundless imperial might showered down.
“Grand Emperor,” Xu Zimo murmured, staring at Mo Tianming above. But then he quickly shook his head. “No, compared to a Grand Emperor, you only have the form, not the essence. You’re still only at the God Meridian Realm.”
“Tell me, how does this compare to a young Grand Emperor?” Mo Tianming descended, laughing lightly.
He casually clenched his hand, and air itself solidified, space shattered.
Countless streams of air condensed into arrows, spraying out in all directions.
“Young Grand Emperor?” Xu Zimo smiled. “Yes, and no. To become an Emperor, it takes more than strength alone.”
“Brother Xu, try this instead,” Mo Tianming laughed aloud.
Behind him, both sun and moon became shrouded in imperial might.
The two began to merge.
Like a celestial beast devouring sun and moon.
At that moment, the entire world went pitch black.
“What’s happening?” Within the Heavenly Dao Academy, all those locked in battle were stunned.
They looked around in confusion.
“It feels like some power has veiled the heavenly runes, covering the sun and moon,” someone sensed and said calmly.
“Nine stars in a row,” came a low shout.
Xu Zimo suddenly felt himself locked by an immense force.
In his vision, aside from the world of darkness, nine stars appeared, lined up in a straight row.
Each of the nine stars represented a Particle World.
Each radiated destructive, world-shattering might.
Their light blazed forth, like meteorites crashing down, all striking toward Xu Zimo.
“Nine stars in a row… isn’t this the signature technique of the Supreme Void Emperor?” Xu Zimo muttered.
Nine stars in a row was originally a natural celestial phenomenon.
It was said that beyond the Primordial Heartlands, in the Infinite Void, lay countless hidden Particle Worlds.
Each Particle World followed its own unique trajectory.
Because the orbits were relative, these Particle Worlds could coexist peacefully, without collision, overlap, or spatial disorder.
But every hundred thousand years, these trajectories aligned, and the vision of nine stars in a row would appear.