Han Xuanji's inquiry, tinged with a hint of doubt, echoed within this pale space.
He was indeed somewhat puzzled; he had thought that since the opponent was so arrogant, he would be incredibly powerful.
Is this it?
Han Xuanji's words reached the ears of the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, sounding more piercing than the most vicious curse, completely igniting his final fury.
Suppressing the astonishment in his heart, he suddenly pressed his palms together, condensing a tiny pale point of light between them.
Around the point of light, space did not shatter but vanished directly, leaving behind patches of pure 'nothingness'.
This was the ultimate killing move of the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, forced into a desperate situation where he did not hesitate to burn more of his Origin, potentially even shaking his own Dao foundation!
"Dao Venerable, be careful!"
Di Jiang, sensing the immense horror contained within that pale point of light, couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
He felt as if his own Divine Soul was about to be sucked away by that point of light and turned into nothingness.
However, facing this terrifying strike that seemed capable of causing the Immortal Realm to perish directly, the last trace of solemnity in Han Xuanji's eyes completely dissipated, leaving only a faint understanding and... a hint of boredom.
"So that's it. This is your full power?"
Han Xuanji shook his head slightly, appearing somewhat disappointed, and spoke:
"If it is only like this, then let it end here."
Then again, the opponent wasn't at his peak to begin with and couldn't exert much of his strength; he seemed to have worried too much.
Han Xuanji activated the chaos bell and taiji diagram, and the two great dao sacred artifacts burst with light, instantly sweeping away the pale point of light.
With his Divine Ability broken and his Qi backfiring, the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow; his body swayed violently, and his aura instantly withered by a large margin!
On his pale face, only blankness remained.
"No... it's not an illusion? This... this is all real?"
He finally had to accept this reality that overturned his understanding, his voice trembling,
"How is it possible... this doesn't fit the logic of the Great Dao!"
His Dao Heart suffered an unprecedented impact at this moment.
Han Xuanji looked at the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, whose aura was dissipating and whose Dao Heart was in disarray, and said no more.
He knew the outcome was decided.
He slowly raised his right hand, fingers spread and palm upward, making a gentle beckoning motion toward the damaged chaos prison suppressing stele.
"Stele, come."
Following his calm call, the massive, crack-filled chaos prison suppressing stele actually emitted a low hum, its body vibrating slightly in response.
Immediately after, under the disbelieving gazes of the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids and Di Jiang, the ancient and dim dao-marks upon the giant stele lit up one after another.
"Who exactly are you?"
The Lord of Ten Thousand Voids cried out, constantly performing Divine Abilities to try and break free, but an invisible force suppressed him, making him unable to move.
Han Xuanji, using the authority of the [Reincarnation Purgatory Restriction Core Dao-Seal], directly communicated with the remaining spirituality of this suppressing treasure, while passing along a strand of power to repair it, before speaking indifferently to the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids:
"Who I am is not important. You were born in Chaos, and your instinct tends towards 'Return to Silence' and 'Void'; this itself could be called your 'nature'. However, you wish to drag the entire vibrant Immortal Realm, which tends towards 'existence' and 'evolution', into 'Void'. Our positions are different and our Great Daos conflict; there is only battle."
Han Xuanji concluded at last, his tone decisive:
"You were suppressed by the Immortal Ancestor because you were not strong enough, and you had your power extracted by the Dao Ancestor because you had already become a prisoner."
"Now you have escaped amidst the Chaos to stir up trouble; if you truly were allowed to escape, you would only use the banner of revenge to try and destroy the Immortal Realm."
"I have felt your anger, and I have the ability to move this stumbling block aside, or... crush it."
"Suppress!"
As the last word was shouted, it was like a command of the Great Dao.
The dao-marks lit upon the chaos prison suppressing stele suddenly flared with light, and an ancient suppressing power originating from the blessings of the Immortal Ancestor and Dao Ancestor, mixed with Han Xuanji's own majestic Limitless Primordial power, transformed into a grayish but heavy divine sealing light that seemed capable of crushing the eternal blue heavens. It shot up from the top of the stele and then crashed down toward the withered and disheartened Lord of Ten Thousand Voids below!
Before the divine light even arrived, that supreme will to suppress everything had already locked onto the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, leaving him unable to do anything.
"No! I am unwilling! The Demon Ancestor has misled me!"
The Lord of Ten Thousand Voids let out a desperate and unwilling roar, exhausting the last of his Origin as his entire body erupted with a final pale light, attempting one last struggle.
However, everything was in vain.
The grayish divine sealing light fell like an invisible giant hand, suppressing him along with the last of the power he had erupted!
The pale figure of the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids twisted violently within the divine light, letting out a silent wail before finally being forcibly compressed into a fist-sized pale sphere. Inside the sphere, the hideous face of the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, shrunk countless times and filled with resentment and despair, was faintly visible.
With a thought from Han Xuanji, the divine light lifted this 'Lord of Ten Thousand Voids ball' and it slowly flew back, merging once again into the damaged chaos prison suppressing stele.
The cracks on the stele's body, guided by Han Xuanji's immortal power and the Dao-Seal, began to slowly mend and repair at a speed visible to the naked eye. Although it was still far from being fully restored, that power of void had been completely blocked off.
The stele's body emitted a hum of relief; though still broken, it no longer wailed in pain and instead radiated a steady suppressing dao-rhythm.
In the entire Ninth Level of Purgatory, the pervading paleness and silence began to slowly recede, and that desperate will of 'all things returning to void' vanished without a trace.
In the world, only Han Xuanji remained, standing upon the Green Lotus with his hands behind his back as the phantoms of the supreme treasures around him slowly faded away.
Relaxed and easy, it was as if he had only done a trivial little thing.
Di Jiang stood frozen on the spot, his mouth wide open, unable to close it for a long time.
Is it... over?
The Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, who made him feel instinctive fear and required the Immortal Ancestor to solemnly suppress him, was just... casually squeezed into a ball and stuffed back into the stele?
In the outside world, as the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids was suppressed, the projection also became clear.
Han Xuanji's final words were heard by everyone, and his absolutely invincible posture shocked countless people.
Looking at the re-sealed Lord of Ten Thousand Voids, the shock in the hearts of the Immortal Realm's countless Cultivators was beyond words; they felt that Han Xuanji's victory was almost unbelievably easy.
After a brief silence, the immortals and gods gave up on thinking.
"We... we won?"
"The Great Heavenly Venerable is indeed powerful!"
"Heavenly Venerable Han is invincible!"
Cheers like a mountain tsunami instantly swept through the entire Sea of Nether.
"Master is invincible!"
Lin Potian jumped straight up.
Li Taiqing let out a long sigh of relief, his tightly clenched fists finally relaxing.
Lu Fan, Jiang Hao, and the others smiled at each other, their hanging hearts finally settling down.
Even Xiao Bai, far away in the Xuantian Dao Palace, looked up as if it were the one who had suppressed the Lord of Ten Thousand Voids.
The Heavenly Emperor's tense expression finally relaxed completely, revealing a smile as if a heavy burden had been lifted, as he whispered with a sigh:
"Fellow Daoist Han... is truly a Divine Being."
Above the Sea of Nether, the haze completely dissipated, and it seemed as if even the sky had brightened a bit.
And Han Xuanji also breathed a sigh of relief; he could finally Sign In.
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