Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1295 - 61: [The Winner Takes All], [Illuminating the Ten Directions]

Although Shen Hou is only of the third grade, fortunately, he doesn't need to exert real strength; as long as the God-beating Whip is there, it suffices.

Rather than needing Shen Hou, it is more accurate to say that the need is for the God-beating Whip to counter the enemy's cultivators on the Divine Path.

Shen Hou's role is equivalent to the framework for the God-beating Whip.

Now, the opponents Gongsun Qingyue, the Princess, and Yin Tulong, all three have incorporated the Divine Fruit, making the God-beating Whip exceptionally effective against them. However...

The Immortal Queen paused with some reluctance, pondered Shen Hou's misfortune, and in the end said nothing, directly heading three thousand miles away.

As for Shen Hou, he glanced at the Great Venerable's incarnation and obediently followed along.

After the two left, the Great Venerable's incarnation recalled the momentary pause from the Immortal Queen earlier, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Indeed, even the Immortal Queen knows how unlucky the Shen Gongbao Dao Fruit is.

This woman seems haughty and indifferent, as if disdainful of using scheming, yet she hides it deeply. If underestimated because she has been repeatedly plotted against by that master-disciple duo, in the future, one might just get backstabbed by her.

This world, indeed, is filled with tricky individuals, not a single good person among them.

The world's number one troublemaker sighed softly in his heart, gently rolled his sleeves, causing ripples to appear in the space beside him. Suddenly, the sword momentum broke through the ripples, surging like a long river. When it came close, multiple layers of sword shadows unfolded from the center like a blooming green lotus, with a green-clad swordsman standing at the center.

"With the Cosmic Light Technique aiding your progress, getting close to the realm of the Taibai True Monarch, now is the time for you to repay the favor, Li Qinglian."

The Great Venerable's incarnation called out his name blandly.

This swordsman, traversing through space, was precisely the independent incarnation that resulted from an error during the Taibai True Monarch's cultivation of the "One Qi to Three Pure Ones" technique—Li Qinglian.

Thanks to sharing the same origin with Taibai True Monarch, and Karma being a unified whole, Li Qinglian also possesses the Dao Fruit of Taibai True Monarch, and with the Great Venerable's assistance, Li Qinglian has now reached the third grade.

Originally an incarnation of Taibai True Monarch, he doesn't need to spend time advancing his realm; he merely needs time to cultivate, and he can seamlessly approach the realm of Taibai True Monarch.

And the Great Venerable, his greatest expertise is manipulating time.

Li Qinglian evidently knew the Great Venerable's assistance wasn't a gift falling from the sky, so he wasn't surprised, but he still reminded beforehand: "Assistance is acceptable, but there's one thing I must clarify, I will not act against my master."

"There's no need for you to act against the Daoist Lord; just do the thing you've always wanted to do at the right time," the Great Venerable's incarnation replied blandly.

"You've also sensed it; the Taibai True Monarch is close to entering the realm of the Supreme. This is when you should distinguish yourself from him. Otherwise, once he breaks through, it'll be time for you to return to his true body."

Li Qinglian is a product of an error in "One Qi to Three Pure Ones," and if Taibai True Monarch manages to rectify it, Li Qinglian would no longer be independent.

His very existence is one of the Three Pure Ones of the Taibai True Monarch.

Otherwise, how could Li Qinglian remain independent and share Taibai True Monarch's Dao Fruit? It is precisely because he is the initially separated Three Pure Ones of Taibai True Monarch.

When Taibai True Monarch made the cultivation error, the Great Venerable became aware and secretly orchestrated things, bringing Li Qinglian to the mountain to balance against the Daoist Lord in the future.

As for being cunning, the Great Venerable is not inferior to others.

If Li Qinglian were to distinguish himself from Taibai True Monarch, it would certainly draw the Daoist Lord's attention, and at that time, the Great Heavenly Venerate would seize the opportunity to act, by then...

'Almost there, getting closer and closer.'

The Great Venerable's incarnation murmured in his heart, speaking of the obsession he has persisted with for two hundred years.

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'Almost there.'

In the void, Jiang Li noted internally within the rapidly moving Sun Wheel.

In his hand, he held the Great Sun Tathagata's Fruit, with infinite light seeping through his fingers, yet at this moment it gradually dimmed.

The reason stemmed from the Karma Collection wherein Jiang Li previously extracted the Divine Skills of Black Emperor Zhuanxu.

[The Victorious King: The victor leads while the defeated follows. One can seize foundational skills and divine skills from the defeated, with the upper limit according to one's realm.]

This Divine Skill, aggregated from Black Emperor Zhuanxu's past Karma, stemmed from Zhuanxu usurping Gonggong's Water Virtue, becoming a Divinity of Yin and Yang.

The Heavenly Monarch of that time used this Divine Skill to seize the Divine Skills of King Shu, obtaining the ability of [Tri-legged Nine Provinces], and now, this Divine Skill belongs to Jiang Li.

With Black Emperor Zhuanxu, the Green Emperor, and Emperor Yan being fellow emperors, Jiang Li utilized this kinship to make the Divine Skill his own.

Now, utilizing [The Victorious King] Divine Skill, he seized one of the Divine Skills from the Great Sun Tathagata's Fruit.

——[Universal Illumination].

Jiang Li refrained from blindly overreaching; although he could undoubtedly seize the majority of the Great Sun Tathagata's Divine Skills, he did not act recklessly.

At his realm, the quantity of Divine Skills no longer holds importance; no matter how potent, they do not surpass [Pangu's Left Eye]. What truly matters is compatibility.

The Great Sun Tathagata's name of the Great Sun stems from his Prajnaparamita wisdom, omnipresent like the Great Sun, with Buddha Light illuminating the heavens and the earth like the Great Sun. [Universal Illumination] is the most emblematic Divine Skill of the Great Sun Tathagata.

Observing this Divine Skill, Jiang Li knew it resonated with him, hence he claimed it.

Throughout this journey, Jiang Li seized the Dao Fruit's Divine Skill and assimilated it, integrating it with his own [Pangu's Left Eye], allowing him to comprehend numerous mysteries.

[Universal Illumination: Infinite light, illuminating ten directions without bounds. Heaven, Earth, East, West, South, North, Life Gate, Death Position, past, future, wise thoughts reaching the ten directions, omnipresent.]

With wise thoughts permeating ten directions and the profound changes understood by wisdom, one can freely traverse, reaching the Six Harmonies and all directions, even reversing life and death, observing the past, concealing the future.

With the assistance of this Divine Skill, one's mind and Divine Sense are no longer constrained by external conditions and can even permeate space to comprehend the ten directions.

As for the omnipresent ability, it is merely an accessory.

Due to Jiang Li seizing this Divine Skill and integrating it with his own skills, his brilliance could first reach the mortal realm, allowing contemporary Supremes to vaguely sense it.

Likewise, when sensed, Jiang Li also sensed those Supremes.

Even without the Heavenly Mirror, he could perceive the changes in the Four Seas, even sensing the constant refining of the waters of the Four Seas through his Ten Suns Suppression.

Within these two days, the Queen Mother of the West further expanded the original ten-thousand-mile sea region to potentially twenty thousand miles.

'No wonder, as one of the most ancient deities, she truly possesses capability. If my True Body weren't present, I genuinely couldn't escape from the Queen Mother of the West and the Great Venerable's clutches.'

Thinking this way, the Sun Wheel's radiance became more dazzling, penetrating the void and shining into the mortal world.