Above the vault of heaven, Blood Sun Great Sage stood supreme, peerless and invincible. Starlight flickered and fell from the sky. An inexplicable rain of blood descended, as though heaven and earth were weeping.

Arrogance and desire burned in her eyes. "The weak have no right to resist! Death is your only outcome!"

Then she turned north, licking her lips as if savoring an unparalleled delicacy. With the Devouring Origin Physique and the Primordial World, how far could she grow? It was impossible to imagine!

Her gaze pierced across ten thousand li, landing upon Qi Yuan in Feiwu City. "Submit to me. I shall make you my consort!"

Qi Yuan seemed helpless. "Do you not know that interrupting someone's funeral feast is extremely immoral? No respect for the dead at all. Be careful, Venerable Secret Wheel might crawl out of hell to take revenge on you."

His voice traveled across the four seas and eight wildernesses. All beings of the Mortal Heart World heard his words. Within their hearts, a quiet hope bloomed that he would bring down the terrifying figure. Yet they knew it was but a wistful dream.

As Blood Sun Great Sage swept her gaze over Feiwu City, a flicker of shock crossed her eyes. Each of those ancient gods seemed boundless in potential. As if that wasn’t enough, every Mythic appeared capable of suppressing her Mythic-era self! In ten thousand years, this was the first time she had been so moved.

Favored by fate, she was a prodigy who could enter the Yang Spirit realm. Even now, fortune had not abandoned her.

She trembled uncontrollably, overtook by ecstasy. "Hahaha! The Devouring Origin Physique, the ancient gods, every god you visualized—everything shall be mine!"

Qi Yuan's achievements could only be explained by the Devouring Origin Physique. She was sure of it.

Qi Yuan shot back. "A mere avatar dares to boast so wildly!"

Just as he had said, what he faced was only one of her avatars. Back then, the No-Food Goddess had faced nothing more than its projection.

She roared in fury, "This is my past body!"

To become a Yang Spirit, she had to sever her past self to attain her present self, in addition to walking the Seven Steps to Heaven. Newly ascended, her past body was weaker than the present one, yet still at the absolute peak of Mythic. Erasing Mythics with a flick of the finger was not beyond her. Her past body alone could conquer the Mortal Heart World.

Though there were many Mythics before her, but given time, she could slaughter them all. Mere Mythics couldn't compare to a Yang Spirit’s past body.

"I thought you were an avatar. Turns out you're just a corpse," Qi Yuan replied.

Wasn't a past body just a dead self?

A moment later, he struck. The profound meaning of the Three Pure Ones erupted in that instant.

Blood Sun Great Sage roared in rage, "You are courting death!"

A mere Mythic dared show her disrespect?! She opened her mouth. It split wider and wider, tearing back to her ears. Soon, the sky became nothing but a vast, blood-filled maw.

"I will devour you and perfect myself!"

The monstrous mouth snapped shut, as though swallowing heaven and earth whole. The world plunged into darkness.

Qi Yuan saw nothing but endless black. His eyes flickered with surprise. "You dare swallow even the Three Pure Ones? Who gave you the courage?!"

The true intent of the Three Pure Ones burst forth completely. Dao Births one, one births two, two births three! Behind Qi Yuan, three immense projections emerged one after another.

Primordial desolation, chaos, black and yellowÿ—all sorts of ancient, profound auras surged. The world trembled with fear of a higher plane of existence. The Three Pure Ones seemed seated across past, present, and future.

An ancient scripture once declared, From the Great Luo are born the mysterious primordial three qi, which transform into the heavens of the Three Pure Ones. The primordial qi becomes the Jade Pure One of the holy realm of jade purity; the origin qi becomes the Supreme Pure One of the heaven of highest clarity; and the mysterious qi becomes the Great Pure One of the great red heaven.

Thus, one qi transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Qi Yuan reached out, seizing the darkened sky. "Break!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The projections extended their hands as well. The primordial, mysterious, and origin qi surged forth from eternity, coiling around his palm.

Heavens blazed with light, illuminating the darkness. A streak of blood-red appeared, and a crack split the black sky. Light streamed through the fissure and fell into Qi Yuan's hand. Illumined by that radiance, he appeared divine and majestic.

The blood light expanded, forcing the fissure open.

"Nooo!" With a miserable shriek, Blood Sun Great Sage's past body exploded. "How is this possible?! What are those?!"

As she shattered, her eyes locked onto the three projections behind him. Even as a Yang Spirit, she couldn’t comprehend what kind of existences they were. All she knew was that her past body was annihilated the moment she tried to swallow them.

"That's it?" Qi Yuan rose into the sky. "Even Liang Jingru's courage wouldn't save you!"

Truthfully, even without the projections, he could have slain her past body with ease.

All the gods were silent, stunned and terrified.

"Heavenly Sovereign will triumph!"

"Heavenly Sovereign is unmatched!"

Thousands of gods in Feiqu City roared in unison. The first clash had ended in absolute victory.

Not a moment later, a hysterical voice resounded. "You destroyed my past body and wasted a hundred thousand years of cultivation. I won’t forgive you!"

The voice was hundreds of times more terrifying than before.

Everyone raised their heads. A pale hand had torn open the firmament. Through the gap, a gigantic pupil peered into their world.

Vast and profound, countless compound eyes layered within it. The crack widened, revealing more of the pupil. Less than one ten-thousandth of its whole was visible. Even if the entire sky were ripped away, the full eye would still remain unseen. One pupil was already larger than the Mortal Heart World itself. It locked onto Qi Yuan.

Instantly, he felt countless unseen hands gripping him from every invisible corner of reality. So this is a Yang Spirit.

His expression grew solemn unlike ever before.

The ancient gods dared not look directly at that eye.

"Even its eye is larger than the world!"

"How can something beyond True God be this powerful?!"

"How do we even fight this thing?!"

The strongest beings recorded in their world were Seventh Step Mythics. The realm above True Gods remained a matter of speculation. Even No-Food Goddess could only resist its projection for twenty breaths. Thus, the Mythic Plan was born. Let Mythics draw the attention of the transcendent being, buying time for World Seed to escape. At least, until they saw what a Yang Spirit truly was.

However, Qi Yuan remained calm. The oppressive chains around him shattered.

Blood Sun Great Sage’s all-encompassing roar echoed from beyond. "Do you dare to come out and fight?!"

She could not descend with her true body, as it would destroy the world. Until she finished devouring the Heavenly Dao, the world had to endure.

Qi Yuan's expression was tranquil. "Why would I not dare?"

There was no path of escape, only battle to the death. The ancient gods in Feiwu City surged with fighting spirits.

Thunder let out an earth-shaking cry. "I am willing to follow the Heavenly Sovereign to slay the evil god!"

Wang Song growled menacingly. "I will fight as well!"

Shi Zhongshan's voice was as deep as an enormous cave. "Me too!"

These were the oaths of the ancient gods.

"I am willing to die for you Heavenly Sovereign!"

With the heavens collapsed and all Mythics dead, Qiyuann Sovereign was their only hope. How could they abandon him?

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

Nearly five thousand Great Venerables roared. Their voices outshone a million celestial soldiers. The entire Mortal Heart World echoed with their cry. Their opponent could devour their world whole, yet no one shrank back. Without hesitation, every single one of his followers soared into the rift in the sky.

Qi Yuan's expression was as boundless as the sea. In an instant, he passed through the fissure and emerged into boundless chaos. Behind him, five thousand Great Venerables radiated terrifying power, ready to lay down their lives. In an ordinary world, any one of them would be among the absolute strongest. Each could even become a Yang Spirit given enough time. Such was the terror of primordial beings and the gods Qi Yuan had visualized.

Qi Yuan looked into the distance. The terrifying being stretched beyond sight, vast as a star. Moreover, there were two of them.

Yet he didn’t even blink, saying coldly, "When I was only at Foundation Establishment, I dared swallow stars. Now that I stand at peak Core Formation, what are two evil gods?"