Chapter 476: Chapter 475: The Victory of the Heavenly Demon from Outside the Territory

Some Sect Disciples and imperial ministers noticed a hint of unspoken pride in the faces of the usually stoic Sect Master, Grand Elder, Supreme Elder, and Monarch.

This pride was hard to describe, like the satisfaction and honor one feels after accomplishing something as a group.

They looked up at the sky, at the two shadows on the horizon.

…

Bai Hongtu stood within the protective formation of the Nine Provinces, eyeing Jiang Li with hostility.

“Damn Heavenly Demon, daring to invade my Nine Provinces World!”

“…Really, is it necessary to be this dramatic?” Jiang Li was at a loss for words. Even if he was supposed to act the part, did he really need to start here?

“Shut up, don’t try to buddy up with me!” Bai Hongtu roared, his pupils blazing with fury, “As the guardian of the Nine Provinces, I am determined to protect the Nine Provinces with my life!”

“Isn’t the guardian of the Nine Provinces the Human Emperor? So, when did it fall to you?”

Bai Hongtu ignored him, completely immersed in the role he had created for himself: “You have the audacity to call yourself the guardian of the Nine Provinces? In the competition for the Human Emperor, I defeated Jiang Li and Yu Yin to become the 72nd Human Emperor. Of course, I’m the guardian of the Nine Provinces!”

Jiang Li felt that Bai Hongtu was inserting some personal sentiment into the situation.

Since Bai Hongtu was acting with such sincerity, Jiang Li had no choice but to follow suit.

A cruel smirk formed at the corner of Jiang Li’s mouth: “As an external Heavenly Demon invading the Ten Thousand Realms, the Nine Provinces World is nothing more than a small stumbling block for me. If you know what’s good for you, you’d better leave quickly. I can spare your life, but if you remain obstinate, be prepared to die with the Nine Provinces World.”

As Jiang Li spoke, he emitted a chilling aura and an atmosphere akin to fields of corpses and seas of blood, corroding the protective formation of the Nine Provinces, causing it to emit hissing noises.

The Sky Desolate Halberd, serving as the core of Nine Provinces World’s protective formation, was completely bewildered by the two’s convincing act.

Did I miss something?

“Enough talk, fight!”

Bai Hongtu activated the Spirit Plant Great Formation of the Nine Provinces. Centered around the Peach Tree from the Pure Land of Red Dust, countless Spirit Trees and Spirit Grasses emitted faint gleams of light, forming into a beautiful, otherworldly maze-like formation.

If anyone were to observe the back of the continent, they would find that the seaweed from the Four Seas also glowed, becoming a part of the great formation.

The intricacy, complexity, and the amount of calculations involved in the formation far surpassed that of the protective formation of the Nine Provinces. It was unknown how much effort Bai Hongtu had put into it.

This was the most complex and most powerful formation that Jiang Li had seen in the past five hundred years.

The formation that Honghu Messenger had set up in the Eira World couldn’t be compared to this at all.

Countless experts at the Body Integration Realm, as well as Yu Yin, Li Er and Sword Monarch—these Transcendance Tribulation Stage experts—placed their hands on a nearby Spirit Plant to infuse the formation with new energy.

Commander Liu pondered for a moment, then decided to contribute some of his power.

As a spirit of the willow tree, his power was very compatible with the Spirit Plant Formation, and the energy he infused into the formation experienced little loss.

“I’m only doing this to test the strength of the Spirit Plant Formation. I don’t have any other motives.” Commander Liu muttered to himself, convinced that Jiang Li would understand.

The power of Bai Hongtu climbed rapidly, reaching a certain threshold in no time.

“This power is stronger than Changcun Xian, it should be at the Heavenly Immortal level.” Bai Hongtu estimated his own power.

Upon fighting Bai Hongtu, Jiang Li found that Bai Hongtu’s power was stronger than Changcun Xian but weaker than the Red Dust Immortal, probably at the level of an ordinary Heavenly Immortal.

Jiang Li didn’t bully Bai Hongtu and suppressed his own power to match Bai Hongtu’s level.

Although this was practice, the grandeur of their battle could cause panic among the cultivators of the Nine Provinces. Therefore, both of them tore through space and jumped to fight on the edge of the universe.

Bai Hongtu pointed at the stars, and they shifted positions and changed their trajectory to form the Big Dipper. The Wolf and War God constellations erupted with endless intentions to kill.

Great Divine Power-Changing Stars and Moving Dipper.

The killing intent was chilling, forming a scythe that seized lives. This Divine Skill didn’t target the body but the spirit platform.

Yang spirit leapt from Jiang Li’s forehead, blocking the scythe formed by the killing intent with both hands.

Then, with a turn of his force, he cast the scythe toward the stars, breaking the formation of the Big Dipper.

Yin and Yang energies appeared in Jiang Li’s palm, they changed into Five Elements, and the Five Elements changed into everything. The Yin and Yang energies roamed around, and while creating everything, they would also destroy everything.

Bai Hongtu was trapped in the middle of the Yin and Yang energies. The Yin energy attacked his soul, and the Yang energy attacked his body. The strikingly different auras almost tore his soul apart.

Bai Hongtu formed two different seals with his hands, calling out the Sun and Moon, using the Yang energy from the sun to neutralize the Yin energy and the Yin energy in the moon to neutralize the Yang energy.

Great Divine Power-Calling Forth The Sun And Moon.

This Divine Skill doesn’t really call upon the Sun and the Moon, but instead uses them as a lead to call out the Yin and Yang they represent.

Before the Red Dust Immortal, no one in the Nine Provinces knew how to use the Tao of Yin and Yang, so the Dao Ancestor of the Nine Provinces created this Divine skill to approximate the Tao of Yin and Yang in the form of a Divine Skill.

They both fought using Martial Dao, with moves so exquisite that one couldn’t take their eyes off of. The splendid thing was that both could predict each other’s moves and respond in advance.

This Divine Skill is called “Budding,” and it’s able to sense what’s about to happen. Unlike the absolute accuracy of the Dao of Time, the Divine Skill “Budding” provides several possibilities, only one of which is the future.

The two were old rivals and could easily select the real future from several possibilities.

Bang——

Jiang Li hit Bai Hongtu’s chest, causing him to start turning to stone from the chest outwards. The petrification process was incredibly fast.

Bai Hongtu’s fingers flashed with five-colored lights. He touched his body, and the petrification disappeared.

Five-colored Divine Light, capable of eradicating Divine Skills.

Yuan Wuxing, who painstakingly learned the beginner-level Five-colored Divine Light, was barely a blip in the battle between these two. His Divine Skill was just a minor exchange of Divine Skills in the heat of the battle.

Jiang Li, having studied in the Dao Sect, had also transcended it. He claimed to have incidentally learned a few Divine Skills from the Taoist Scripture Library, but in reality, he had learned all the Divine Skills there.

Jiang Li took three breaths, spewing out the three calamities of fire, water, and wind mentioned in Buddhist scriptures.

Seven rounds of the sun appeared, burning the spiritual energy within Bai Hongtu’s body.

Black turtle dirty water dripped into the center of his forehead, tainting his spirit platform and causing his eyes to black out.

The Colorless Gangwind invaded his seven orifices, hurting his spirit and body, and threatening to blow up Bai Hongtu’s Yang spirit and internal organs.

Bai Hongtu, unwilling to be outdone, summoned Heavenly Dew to extinguish the seven suns and silently recited the “Bodhi Heart Sutra” to purify his spirit platform.

“The body is a Bodhi tree, the heart a bright mirror stand. The mirror is originally clear and clean, where could it be stained by dust!”

Using Sword Dao, Bai Hongtu severed the Colorless Gangwind and ingested the Great Recovery Pill to repair his Yang spirit and body.

The two continually executed and dismantled each other’s moves, and various Divine Skills and Dao Techniques that had been lost in the Nine Provinces for a long time frequently reappeared in their battle.

Bai Hongtu started to show signs of fatigue. Knowing that he was no match for Jiang Li, he roared: “The Nine Provinces lie behind me, and there is no way out. I can’t lose! Damned extraterritorial Heavenly Demon, even if I have to burn myself out, I won’t let you advance one step further!”

“Enough already, don’t get so into the act.”

Jiang Li used his finger as a sword and executed Heart Sword, chopping Bai Hongtu down to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

Eventually, Bai Hongtu was defeated by Jiang Li and fell in bitter defeat.

Jiang Li brought Bai Hongtu, who was like a beaten dog, back to the Nine Provinces.