"I only wished for a quiet retreat; why must it be so difficult?"

As he spoke, the Bright Pearl at his brow spun and fell into the Spirit Platform.

"Enough, enough! Today, I shall make an example of you—kill the chicken to warn the monkeys."

"Strike first, lest a hundred fists follow!"

"Let all beings across the Three Realms know that there is now another Great Divine Ability User not to be provoked!"

As Lu Chengfeng's heart thought turned, he had already acted.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a massive hand imbued with the Yin Yang Two Qi was released from the Cyan Nether Palace, shattering Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, forging a pathway through the Chaos Qi, and the Cyan Nether Palace was shifted into the Void, instantly vanishing from its place.

Rumble!

The Realm King Fist caused the small world formed by Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind to completely collapse, Chaos surged, forming an immensely terrifying wave of destruction.

But the Cyan Nether Palace had already disappeared without a trace.

A White Ape appeared at the seabed, each hair on its body sparkling and translucent. Its form was not grand, only twelve feet tall, with the left hand holding a Mixed Iron Rod, and the right hand bearing the Cyan Nether Palace, now palm-sized.

This was one of Lu Chengfeng's three Heaven-Reaching Transformations—the White Ape Transformation.

The White Ape Transformation cultivated the Path of Yin Yang Void, mastering the Yin Yang Two Qi, and was adept at Void Shifting.

This White Ape honed an Undying body through Yin Yang, roamed the Three Realms with Void Shifting, could topple the Celestial Palace with a single strike, stir the Netherworld with another, traversing the heavens and earth, Biluo and Yellow Springs, nowhere was forbidden.

Free and unrestrained, boundless in its liberty!

"Ancient River, though the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate is absent, my Cyan Nether Palace is not yet so degraded as to be bullied by anyone. You dare act recklessly with just a single divine thought."

"Let your true self come meet me!"

Lu Chengfeng's White Ape form exuded an overwhelming aura against heaven and earth; when speaking, it carried with it a proud contempt and defiance of the Gods and Demons.

In ancient times, this White Ape was a wild and ferocious Great Demon King, and its Path of Yin Yang Void once made its name known across the Three Realms.

Ascend to probe Biluo; descend to disturb Yellow Springs.

The Path of Yin Yang Void is a dreadfully formidable Great Tao.

The White Ape was once venerated as the Chaos Heaven King, a Demon Race giant with hopes of attaining Great Saint enlightenment.

A Demon Saint is equivalent to a Celestial Venerate.

Humans call them Celestial Venerates; Demons call them Great Saints.

The Chaos Heaven King once astonished the Three Realms!

This moment seemed like the ancient White Ape had returned to the mortal world, its fur flowing with crystalline brilliance, its terrifying aura piercing the sky, standing upon the seabed yet cutting across the heavens, rivaling the Ancient River Divine King. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"What a formidable Demon King; I didn't expect such a figure still exists within the Three Realms," said Ancient River Divine King, eight arms reaching the heavens, wings obscuring the sun, eyes flowing with cold divine radiance.

Even with his divine techniques and Tao cultivation, he couldn't discern Lu Chengfeng's true form, instead mistaking him for a Demon King who had refined a Demon Core.

The Demon Race's cultivation differs from the Human Race; Humans practice Dharma Form, whereas Demons refine Inner Core.

Inner Core is also a fusion of Essence, Qi, and Spirit with the Great Tao, essentially no different from Dharma Form.

Those who refine Inner Core are called Demon Kings in the Demon Race.

In the heavens and earth, across the four seas and Eight Desolates, all sound disappeared, leaving the world in complete silence.

Many Great Powers observing were left breathless, a clash between two Divine Venerates-level Great Powers would inevitably lead to an earth-shattering battle.

"If you are willing to bow and submit, I shall spare your life!"

Ancient River Divine King stood there, tiger-headed, serpent-bodied, with wings and eight arms, eyes deep like the ancient starry sky, within them held scenes of creation, stars being born and dying.