As Yang Budong surged forth, the Divine Rank law shrouding Vast Sun Sacred Mountain roared in response, pouring toward the sword in his grip.

Rumble—

The sword’s radiance intensified without end and its might swelled without limit, like an eternal sun rising to reign over the nine heavens. The aura it released was so astonishing that even Lin Xun couldn’t help but take notice.

Then he chuckled. “Even a treasure forged from the origin power of a Divine Rank law has been brought out. It seems like the Yang Clan really has few trump cards left.”

“It’s enough to kill you!” Yang Budong’s eyes blazed like furious flames, overflowing with hatred and murderous intent.

With that, he swung his sword to strike. That sword was like a blazing sun that cleaved through eternity. Violent, berserk sword intent erupted into boundless divine light, melting the void and burning all creation to ash.

An Eternal Realm powerhouse was burning everything he had and wielding a weapon formed from the origin power of a Divine Rank law, so how could such force be anything less than world-ending?

Now, Lin Xun truly understood. In that instant, it was as though he had been thrust into an eternal furnace. Blinding flames and sword qi raged in every direction. A strike like this could reduce a great world to ash and erase billions of living beings in a heartbeat!

Lin Xun did not dare show even the slightest negligence. He unleashed his cultivation to its absolute limit.

Clang! He swept his blade forth in fury, its edge blazing with the profound essence of Nirvana. Then, with a deafening roar, two utterly different sword intents collided. Heaven and earth convulsed, unable to withstand such destructive might. Peerless sword qi erupted outward, sweeping across the ten directions and plunging everything into chaos.

A sight terrifying beyond words! However, what Yang Budong could not accept was that even such a strike had been neutralized!

It should be noted that this sword was formed from the origin power of the Vast Sun Law and bolstered by his full Eternal Realm cultivation. Its might could wound even a Creation Realm Eternal!

“If you can hold this mountain gate for ten breaths, I’ll walk away immediately.” Lin Xun spoke casually as he raised his dao sword and stepped forward to strike.

Ten breaths! It was a simple statement, but to Yang Budong, it was sheer humiliation. Roaring with fury, he brandished his blade and charged straight at Lin Xun.

Boom!

The Vast Sun Law raged like a flood of stars, drawn into the blade as if a celestial river were surging through it. The sword intent it unleashed had reached an unimaginable peak. However, Lin Xun’s sword, infused with the profound essence of Nirvana, proved even more terrifying.

Clang!

On the first breath, the two swords collided, and a tidal wave of law light tore across the heavens, blasting Yang Budong backward in a stumbling retreat.

Lin Xun did not utter a single word. He advanced like a supreme ruler descending to claim the world. His figure towered like a divine mountain, radiance billowing to illuminate all heavens. His blade sang through the air, each stroke splitting sky from earth, sweeping mountains and rivers aside, while the Nirvana law crushed the Vast Sun Law into utter submission.

Under this onslaught, Yang Budong was like a leaf caught in a raging storm, battered by blows beyond anything he had ever endured. In his field of vision, there was nothing but a vast, sweeping tide of sword intent. Lin Xun’s figure loomed like an endless, towering sovereign. Every strike shook Yang Budong’s mind and crushed him with unprecedented pressure.

Pu!

On the fifth breath, Yang Budong violently spat blood. Although he managed to block every strike, the overwhelming force ravaged him, leaving his body gravely wounded.

“How...how can this be?!” His eyes bulged wide, and his heart trembled with shock. He simply could not comprehend how Lin Xun, who was only at the initial Law Transcendence Eternal Stage, could wield such heaven-defying power.

It should be understood that he possessed a perfect Law Transcendence Eternal Stage cultivation and was wielding the origin power of the Vast Sun Law. Under such conditions, he could even battle beings of the Creation Realm on equal footing.

Now, he was the one being overpowered by Lin Xun!

......

At the same time, deep within Vast Sun Sacred Mountain’s secret realm, chaos had erupted.

“Quick! Move!”

“Notify the Immortal-rank elders! Have them divide the clanspeople and send them all into the Great Yin-Yang Wheel!

“This is the patriarch’s order!”

“Hurry!”

Shouts overlapped in panic as the entire Yang Clan fell into chaos. Figures rushed frantically through the halls, their faces twisting with fear, shock and utter confusion.

What is happening? Could there be a disaster that threatens the survival of the clan?

Perhaps they had lived in peace for too long and were accustomed to standing above all beings and ruling without fear, now that disaster had fallen upon them, most of the Yang Clan simply couldn’t grasp the reality. To them, the idea was unthinkable. Who in this world would ever dare oppose the Yang Clan?

Now that the impossible was happening, they could only stare blankly, shocked and unable to accept the truth before their eyes. How could the Yang Clan...possibly be shaken by anyone? How could that be possible?

Even the patriarch, Yang Cangsheng, could never have imagined that this disaster would escalate into such a catastrophe. However, when he witnessed Yang Xietian’s defeat and the Heaven Subduing Array swallowed up right before his eyes...an unprecedented chill seized his heart.

Rage? Shock? Denial? None of that mattered anymore! Yang Cangsheng knew that if he hesitated even a moment longer, the Yang Clan, which had stood unshakable in the Ninth Heaven Domain for countless ages, might be wiped out today!

If that happened, his name would be condemned for all eternity, branded as the sinner who destroyed the clan. Was there still any hope left for the Yang Clan?

Yang Cangsheng had no answers. After all, he had just witnessed Old Ancestor Yang Budong being completely overpowered by Lin Xun while wielding the origin power of a Divine Rank law!

Everything unfolding before him felt like a nightmare, and he could barely believe it was real. Of course, whether he believed it or not, it was happening, so he had no choice but to prepare for the worst.

“Patriarch! Aside from those stationed across the various territories, all clansmen on Vast Sun Sacred Mountain have already been placed inside the Great Yin-Yang Wheel.” A hurried, trembling voice rang out, snapping Yang Cangsheng from his spiralling thoughts.

Some of the tension in his expression finally eased. “Bring me the Great Yin-Yang Wheel.”

An elderly servant rushed forward, presenting a treasure about the size of a palm, half black and half white, perfectly round like a twin-colored disc.

Yang Cangsheng took the treasure and put it away. Gritting his teeth, he said, “Send word to all clansmen stationed across the territories. Tell them...tell them to flee. As far as they possibly can!”

By the end, his voice cracked, unable to suppress the surge of sorrow within his heart. When had the Yang Clan ever fallen to such a state? They were an Eternal Divine Clan, an existence that had lived through endless ages, gazing proudly over all heavens, making the billions under heaven and every force in the world dare not provoke or offend it.

But now...

Yang Cangsheng’s fingers curled into trembling fists. He fought desperately to restrain the emotions threatening to spiral out of control.

At that moment, outside the mountain gate of Vast Sun Sacred Mountain, on the ninth breath, Yang Budong’s flesh split open in a web of cracks, blood spraying wildly into the air. Though battered all over, he suddenly let out a roar bordering on madness, “Lin Xun, I’ll kill you!”

His thin flame suddenly erupted into flames, and his bloodshot eyes blazed with hatred. As he flung out his arms, his Eternal Law surged madly, burning at its limit as he hurled himself toward Lin Xun.

He intended to drag Lin Xun down with him! When an Eternal Realm powerhouse cast aside their own life, the force they unleashed was terrifying beyond imagination. Lin Xun had seen it before.

Long ago, on the Thousand Stars Sea outside the Origin Sect, Jianan, the Present Age Buddha of the Zen Sect, had burned away his own cultivation and ignited the Brahma Lotus Lantern, the Zen Sect’s supreme treasure. In his desperate struggle, he became so terrifyingly powerful that even Lin Xun tasted the breath of death.

Now, for the second time, he witnessed an Eternal Realm being fighting with utter desperation. It was just as terrifying, just as bone-chilling.

This time, Lin Xun was prepared. He simply watched Yang Budong charge at him like a maddened beast, then flicked his sleeve.

His divine ability, Gate of Exile, suddenly manifested with deadly force, spanning the heavens and earth before Lin Xun. The thousand-foot-wide gate resembled a doorway leading straight into hell, and at that instant, it opened.

At that moment, Yang Budong lunged forward. Before he could even attempt to dodge, he was swept straight into the Gate of Exile...as if he had hurled himself into his own trap!

Rumble!

The Gate of Exile churned violently. After all, Yang Budong was an Eternal Realm powerhouse. His desperate struggle unleashed a terrifying force that struck the Gate of Exile with tremendous impact.

Of course, in the blink of an eye, the gate fell silent once more.

“The tenth breath...” Lin Xun said softly, his expression calm. Back when he faced Jianan, he had used the Gate of Exile as well. Now, he was simply repeating the same move.

Lin Xun reached out into the air. The dao sword forged from the Vast Sun Law’s origin power dropped neatly into his hand, as though he had seized the brightest stroke of light within time itself.

His gaze shifted toward the distant Vast Sun Sacred Mountain. “Yang Xietian and Yang Budong are gone. The Heaven Subduing Array and the Vast Sun Law have been suppressed. Tell me...does your Yang Clan have no trump cards left?”

Deep within the mountain, Yang Cangsheng, who had witnessed everything, was completely consumed by terror. In the very next instant, he chose to flee.

Long ago, the Yang Clan ancestors had carved out a secret escape route within their own territory. This ‘escape route’ was an ancient altar. Once someone stepped onto it, they would be instantly teleported out of the Ninth Heaven Domain.

Countless ages had passed, and the Yang Clan, one of the Eternal Divine Clans of the Ninth Heaven Domain, had never once faced true danger. Over time, this escape route was nearly forgotten.

However, as patriarch, Yang Cangsheng had never forgotten. He tore through the void, and in just a few steps arrived at the deepest reaches of the clan’s forbidden grounds. There, an ancient altar stood, long abandoned and thick with dust.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he darted toward it. As long as he reached that altar, the lives of everyone in the Yang Clan would be saved, and one day, they would surely rise again.

However, the instant he stepped forward, a terrifying surge of law power swept out like an invisible net, freezing the entire region in place. Yang Cangsheng’s body halted mid-stride, like an insect caught in a spider’s web, unable to move an inch.

His face was drained of all colors, his heart plunged, and a cold dread crawled through his bones. It was the power of the Vast Sun Law! With that...the Yang Clan’s final hope of escape was utterly destroyed!

“It seems your Yang Clan has truly reached the end of its road.”

Lin Xun emerged silently from the void, his gaze settling on the ashen-faced patriarch, who looked utterly shattered. Only then did he quietly exhale.

Previously, he had always remained wary that the Yang Clan might still possess hidden trump cards. After all, this was an Eternal Divine Clan that had accumulated countless ages of foundation. There was no guarantee they didn’t have other terrifying methods.

Now, it seemed he had been overthinking...