Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

A blazing light flashed in Hong Zhenyang’s eyes, emitting an aura as scorching as the blazing sun!

Then, overwhelming flames erupted from Hong Zhenyang’s body, forming a pillar of fire that shot into the sky, piercing the clouds!

The surrounding void became a roiling sea of fire.

"Red Flame Heaven-Piercing Vault!!"

Hong Zhenyang spread his fingers into a palm. It held the purest flames, and the mere wisp that escaped was terrifying beyond belief!

He then clenched his hand into a fist. The incredibly terrifying flames warped the void, threatening to turn space itself to ash!

Faintly, deep, pitch-black fissures began to spread throughout the void,

as if space itself couldn’t withstand these unbelievably terrifying flames!

The next moment,

He threw a punch!!

Striking across the void!

Scorching through the firmament!!

The punch Hong Zhenyang threw transformed into a Fiery Flame Fist Seal thousands of feet wide. Like a colossal meteor, its immense power tore through layer after layer of the void.

Like a great, scorching sun streaking across the sky, it broke through the heavens, carrying an incomparably terrifying power as it hurtled toward Gu Yun above!!

Gu Yun stood firm in the sky, his body covered in wounds. His robes were tattered, his white garments soaked and dyed crimson with flowing blood.

His deep, dark eyes held traces of Thunder Arcs. His brow was furrowed, his expression exceptionally grave as he watched Hong Zhenyang’s thousands-of-feet-wide Fiery Flame Fist Seal—a blow powerful enough to shatter the very heavens!!

An unparalleled sense of pressure bore down on him.

The fiery aura had locked onto him from the unseen world.

It was as if a blazing sun was rolling over him!

This blow was like facing the Divine Power of the heavens themselves!!

There was no escape!!

There was no dodging!!

In that case!!

Then I’ll meet it head-on!!!

’You may shatter the heavens with a single punch!’

’But I have a palm to suppress the world!!’

At this moment,

an unprecedented light flashed in Gu Yun’s ink-black eyes.

Like a bolt of lightning tearing through the sky in the deepest darkness,

it illuminated the gloomy world!

Above the firmament, the blazing sun shone like a star, and fierce winds surged.

The corner of his blood-soaked robe whipped about, and his black hair danced wildly.

"Suppress the Heavens and Earth!"

Gu Yun opened his hand into a palm, as if to prop up the sky itself.

Suddenly, a brilliant golden light burst forth.

The celestial phenomena changed drastically. Within a radius of several miles, powerful cyclones gathered in the sky, stirring up ferocious gales.

They constantly devoured and expanded, seemingly forming a gigantic, tornado-like vortex that blotted out the sky!

Beneath the majestic display, the rolling sound of thunder rumbled.

Amidst the crackling, vibrating sparks and electric arcs, a massive, brilliant golden palm seemed to emerge from the outer void, crossing through countless other dimensions to arrive!

The dazzling, thousands-of-feet-wide golden palm blotted out the sky, as if it could suppress the entire world!!

Its terrifying power made the void tremble. It carried an incredibly tyrannical aura and boundless Divine Power, like a world-ending tsunami.

Vast and boundless, it pressed down toward the Fiery Flame Fist Seal below—which was like a great meteor, tearing through the void, rising against the tide, and breaking through the heavens!!

Seeing this, Hong Zhenyang, who stood in the void exuding an incomparably tyrannical aura,

felt his pupils shrink.

’This is too Heaven-Defying!!’

’Just how many more surprises is this guy going to give me?!’

’To use a Technique akin to Divine Abilities at the mere True Martial Realm!!’

’When I was in the True Martial Realm, I was also a supreme prodigy, but even so, I wasn’t as monstrously talented as Gu Yun!!’

Just as Hong Zhenyang was reeling in shock,

the vast golden palm that seemed to suppress everything collided violently with the Fiery Flame Fist Seal that was like a great meteor rising against the tide to break through the heavens!

RUMBLE!!!

This incomparably powerful collision illuminated the entire world with a blindingly brilliant light.

It was as if a dazzling Great Sun Divine Wheel had risen in the sky, its overwhelming light covering every corner of the world!!

As the light flooded the world, sound itself seemed to be completely drowned out.

Immediately after,

an unbelievably powerful and ocean-like shockwave spread rapidly, surging in all directions and sweeping over every corner of the world!

In that instant,

with the point of impact between the two supreme techniques as the epicenter,

space itself seemed to bulge outward in large swathes under the pressure of the annihilating energy, rising and falling dramatically.

Like one world-ending wave after another, it expanded and spread into the surrounding void, layer by layer!!

The void shattered like glass, becoming riddled with pitch-black spatial fissures that faintly leaked terrifying astral winds, a truly horrifying sight!!

Under the terrifying aftershocks,

the plains below, spanning several miles, collapsed in on themselves,

forming an enormous, dark abyss!!

Even dozens of miles beyond the black-hole-like abyss,

the violent winds peeled back layer after layer of the earth, as if to blot out the sun—a truly terrifying sight!!

Time slowly passed.

As the majestic golden palm that seemed to suppress the world and the Fiery Flame Fist Seal that sought to pierce the heavens intertwined,

in the next moment,

the Fiery Flame Fist Seal was suddenly crushed by the golden palm’s suppression.

Then, the incomparably vast palm continued on its path, pressing down on Hong Zhenyang!!

"Good kid!!"

"Not bad! Not bad at all!"

Seeing this, Hong Zhenyang’s

powerful, majestic voice thundered across the world.

The next instant, a sharp glint shot from his eyes.

He swiftly formed a hand seal.

"Red Refining Flame Dragon Shield!"

A colossal flame dragon instantly surged out from Hong Zhenyang’s body, blanketing the area.

The terrifying flames seemed to incinerate the very void!

"ROAR!"

With a furious roar, the massive flame dragon soared into the air.

Scorching the heavens, its Red Flame Dragon Body coiled around Hong Zhenyang, forming a majestic shield made from the terrifying flame dragon!!

The majestic golden palm, with its remaining energy, slammed into the shield, unleashing an incomparably tyrannical force that seemed to shake the entire world!

In the end,

the golden palm, with only its residual power, failed to shatter the Red Flame Dragon Body shield with overwhelming force.

It only managed to crack the shield before gradually dissipating into the void.

When everything had calmed down,

Hong Zhenyang waved his hand, dismissing the cracked Red Flame Dragon Body that had enveloped him.

He stood tall in the void, a terrifying aura emanating from him that faintly seemed to warp space itself. His majestic voice boomed:

"Kid, congratulations!"

"You’ve passed this trial!!"

"However, I’m afraid your trial ends here!"

"The one on the 8th Layer..."

"...is an existence that even I admire!"

Gu Yun stood in the sky, his tattered robes stained with blood. His long hair moved without wind and his clothes whipped about. He cupped his fist in his hand and said:

"Thank you for the information, Senior!"

He had given his all in this battle. Passing the trial meant he had earned his opponent’s recognition,

not that he had truly defeated him.

He could sense the incredibly vast energy within Hong Zhenyang. His opponent hadn’t used even a sliver of the Dao Rhythm of the Tongxuan Realm.

He had only fought at the same level as him, using only True Yuan, and had still beaten him to this state.

At the same time, a cold, mechanical voice sounded out.

[Challenger has successfully passed the seventh layer.]

[Choose to claim your rewards: the Dragon Soul Nine Heavens Pill and the Eight Desolates Spiritual Treasure Robe,]

[or choose to continue the trial?]

「At the same time.」

Far away on Flame Fire Dao Peak, in a grand, crimson palace,

a burly, well-built figure in fiery red robes sat cross-legged on a cushion, exuding a misty glow of Dao Rhythm.

The terrifying, flowing light of Dao Rhythm circulated around him. The merest sliver that leaked out seemed capable of crushing the entire world!!!

The figure in the fiery red robes, his face obscured by the misty light, suddenly opened his eyes. They seemed to contain two real, blazing suns.

Then, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he murmured to himself, "’An interesting fellow!’"