Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 691 - 687: Jade Emperor and Heaven-Reaching

Yet Lu Ren was watching like a tiger eyeing its prey from the side, which truly surprised him.

What he feared most was that without the protection of the Three Pristine Ones, although he claimed to be in the Celestial Immortal Realm, he was somewhat hesitant, as he discovered that once he used too much mana, those formidable Old Gods in the True Realm would be attracted, thus awakening.

By that time, instead of defeating his foes, he would have stirred a hornet's nest.

"Who are you?"

Upon hearing this, Tongtian's expression changed, and he abruptly turned to look behind him, only to see a middle-aged man in an Emperor's Robe gazing intently at him.

The visitor was none other than the Jade Emperor.

He frowned slightly, puzzled: "The aura on you is completely incompatible with this world; it seems you are an outsider."

Muttering to himself here, the Jade Emperor's face showed a hint of interest: "It seems you too have hit the limit of your realm, stuck at the Celestial Immortal Extreme Realm, unable to break free from your original world, and have come here, have you?"

Tongtian raised an eyebrow and said: "It seems you are not very resistant to visitors from the Exotic Realm?"

The Jade Emperor showed a faint smile, but revealed an earth-shattering secret with his words.

"If you speak from the root of the matter, I am not of this world either... However, after billions of years, the source imprint of this world has long since merged with me.

Are you here searching for a breakthrough opportunity?" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Seeing the Jade Emperor with a gentle demeanor, seemingly harmless to humans and animals, Tongtian speculated inwardly but was not confident to validate it, just staring intensely at the Jade Emperor. After all, at their level, their inner resolve and pursuit of Dao were incomparable; how could the Jade Emperor display his true feelings on the surface?

Tongtian's heart rose with a subconscious alertness, calmly saying: "All heavens and cosmos, myriad worlds, I am merely a traveler seeking transcendence opportunities, however..."

Tongtian's tone shifted, eyes profound: "If there's a chance for breakthrough, I will not shy away. All things in the world, the many living beings, are in a struggle to cross over, I am just one of them."

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but smile, yet his gaze suddenly turned icy, the chilling presence he exuded seemed to slowly solidify the surrounding void.

"It seems you also want to take a seat in this Enlightenment Land?"

Tongtian stood proudly at this moment, with four swords faintly floating behind him, their sword edges exuding an aura as if intending to annihilate all things.

Seeing Tongtian like this, a frigid air surfaced on the Jade Emperor's face, his hands naturally dropped long ago, yet the energy on his body was rapidly climbing at this moment.

"This Emperor would like to see, what unique points there are in the Immortal Path from outside the Exotic Realm."

Tongtian seemed intrigued, saying with interest: "You, a mere little Celestial Immortal, dare to take action against a Celestial Venerable, quite courageous."

"Celestial Venerable?"

The Jade Emperor pondered slightly, understanding that the power system mentioned by Tongtian was somewhat different from their world, yet he was too lazy to correct these things, since at a certain level, no matter what the realm's name is, only through combat can the outcome be determined.

"Perhaps you don't understand, the brilliant glory possessed by the path of Taoism Fruit is not something you can comprehend."

The Jade Emperor showed a faint smile, the condensed Taoism Fruit behind him suddenly shone brightly, under Tongtian's incredulous gaze, the Jade Emperor's energy rapidly ascended, in a blink stepping into his Celestial Venerable Extreme Realm, possessing unimaginable power.

"Do you think that little witchcraft brat didn't step forward because I and Tathagata form a pincer?"

The Jade Emperor's aura permeated the heavens, the boiling Heaven and Earth Essence Qi swept across the mountains like fire, even piercing through the Sea of Clouds to reveal the clear blue sky above and the blazing Great Sun high above.

The Celestial Emperor's Primordial Spirit immediately manifested, almost covering this entire area, enveloping everything within it, transforming it into his own domain.

"Primordial Spirit True Form!"

Tongtian's eyes were crystal clear, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords behind him let their sword lights rampage, Sword Qi filled the air, unexpectedly using Sword Qi to enact the earth, wind, water, and fire, transforming into endless legal principles.

Upon seeing the manifestation of the Jade Emperor's Primordial Spirit True Form, Tongtian finally understood that this world's path of Taoism Fruit truly walked the path of bringing all power to oneself, rather than relying on Taoist Artifacts and Magical Treasures to form combat strength.

In this world, the refinement of Taoist Artifacts was extremely difficult, the crafting of one required an extremely lengthy time, consuming endless effort and massive resources to be made.

Their quality, foundation, and potential were not inferior to the Innate Supreme Treasure.

Hence their own combat power is seen as more critical.

In thought, the Jade Emperor suddenly struck, a crystalline jade-like giant hand descended, carrying the Heaven-covering torrent of countless divine techniques flooding towards Tongtian.

After all, he hadn't truly returned to the Celestial Immortal Realm, using his own Taoism Fruit to forcibly recover to his original peak energy was already quite dangerous, if the battle wasn't resolved quickly, even without Tongtian's intervention, the Jade Emperor himself would fall into extreme danger.

Less than a thousandth of a moment passed, the surrounding void where Tongtian stood vanished into nothingness, everything within it dissipated.

The extremely terrifying aftershock of the divine technique submerged everything, destroying all, the land it spread across was pressure's dominion, merely a wisp of the aftershock crumbling mountains and shattering the earth around it.

With a sound like countless earthly dragons turning over, the ground transformed into a furious sea of waves, stirring up towering earthy tsunamis.

The void around the Ascension Platform suddenly lit up with an intersecting web of endless array marks, dissipating most of the aftershock.

If not for the array marks around the Ascension Platform, just this one strike from the Jade Emperor would have sunk this entire region of hundreds of thousands of miles in its entirety.

Even so, when the Power truly hit the ground, one could see wide cracks dozens of miles across spreading in all directions, some fissures even spreading towards the Ascension Platform.

But around the Ascension Platform, countless Immortal Buddhas upheld the formation to forcibly counteract the aftershock's Power, while also closing the spreading fissures.

The next second, four long swords reaching from heavens to earth, like divine light, pierced the darkness, shredding through the Heaven-covering torrent of divine techniques, breaking through the natural array marks formed by the Jade Emperor's pressed hand.

The brilliant stream like fire, enough to obliterate everything, the destructive Sword Intent showed its sinister fangs at this moment.

Returning to the Huaxia Territory, Lu Ren suddenly sensed the terrifying aura emanating from the direction of the Celestial Palace.

His gaze was as sharp as a torch, his sight piercing through infinite distances, witnessing the four Sword Qis demonstrating terrifying sword edges with a heaven-reaching force.

Where the Sword Intent passed, almost causing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to boil and burn, mountains toppled, the earth cracked, no matter the Jade Emperor's grasp, the Sword Qi river formed by these four Immortal Slaying Longswords still stood majestically in Changkong, resisting the torrents of divine techniques rolling in from all directions.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ren couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and finally, unable to conceal the smile any longer, he burst into hearty laughter.