"Today, I shall tear your soul apart and take over your flesh. From now on, there will be no more of you in this world."

As he spoke, the Corpse Demon's figure swelled incessantly. Red hair grew outwardly all over his skin, and the dense, rotten stench of corpse qi permeated the air.

"I will now..." Just as Nie Biao was about to make his move, a figure in a white robe—tall and indifferent—slowly walked out from behind Qi Xiu.

His words cut off abruptly. Nie Biao's pupils shrank as he looked at the two Qi Xius, who appeared identical yet had vastly different demeanors.

"What kind of trickery is this?" Staring at the two Qi Xius, Nie Biao thought this must be some cunning technique employed by Qi Xiu.

"Will you do it, or shall I?" Taiyang Daoist asked softly, standing with his hands behind his back next to the original body.

"You go ahead; I've not yet witnessed you in action." Smiling faintly, Qi Xiu stepped back, looking at Nie Biao with interest, his eyes subtly conveying a clear message: *You're finished!*

"Pretending to be gods and tricksters! I will now... tear you apart!" With vicious light splitting the heavens in his eyes, Nie Biao roared angrily. His terrifying body, reminiscent of an ancient Asura, erupted with billowing black flames that engulfed a vast expanse of the sky. His vital blood, bursting forth violently, reached for the heavens.

The power to overturn mountains and seas condensed within this body! With a stomp in mid-air, Nie Biao charged forth with a thunderous roar!

"I'll borrow your body for a moment." Muttering to his original body, Taiyang Daoist took a step forward. Suddenly, endless radiant colors filled his surroundings, flowing continuously into his body.

Without a physical body, Taiyang Daoist could only rely on borrowing the original body to unleash the power of the "Great Solar Sole Self True Scripture" he had created!

Spirit and flesh unite! The moment Taiyang Daoist took over the physical body, the heavenly rainbows vanished instantly. They were replaced by a resplendent great sun that hung high in all the heavens, shining brightly over all the land.

The great sun hangs high! In my sole dominion!

Taiyang Daoist's eyes lit up with a hint of the golden-red color of the morning sun. He took a deep breath, and the next second, he suddenly vanished.

「In the blink of an eye!」

A cataclysmic collision occurred as two vastly different fists, one large and one small, slammed into each other. Overwhelmingly strong forces clashed as though tens of thousands of volcanoes had erupted at once, and the void blurred and crumbled under the powerful shockwaves.

Every inch of space filled with the overpowering forces of both parties, constantly warping and distorting.

A terrifying shockwave swept through. Qi Xiu brushed his sleeve to disperse it, his eyes revealing a divine light as he watched Taiyang Daoist, who had become two afterimages, violently colliding with Nie Biao at high speed.

Is this the "Great Solar Sole Self True Scripture"?

BANG!

With a dominant palm strike that seemed to envelop the force capable of overturning mountains and seas, Taiyang Daoist's expression remained serene and indifferent. Each punch and kick he delivered was simple and grand, without any hint of intricate skillfulness. Yet, he was evenly matched with Nie Biao, even gradually gaining the upper hand!

Casting aside all superfluous techniques and focusing all effort on refining one's own body and soul, using the mightiest strength to overpower everything! This is the so-called 'Great Solar Sole Self'!

Muttering the essence of the "Great Solar Sole Self True Scripture," Taiyang Daoist casually threw out a palm. A vast, majestic handprint, blazing with golden light and surging with flames, powerfully blasted forth.

The Handprint of Sole Dominance! A powerful attack formed by an intense will, akin to the Buddha's Mount Wuzhi, thunderously descended!

PUFF! Thick black smoke spewed from his seven orifices as Nie Biao, bearing the massive palm, arched his back like a bow. His face twisted in ferocity, his knees involuntarily buckled, and his flesh quivered like waves; he was being pressed down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was unimaginable. The incredible force contained within this massive handprint! And this force, like a tsunami, surged higher with each wave, constantly and furiously assaulting Nie Biao below!

"I refuse to accept this!" Roaring hoarsely, filled with a dense, unwilling rage, Nie Biao struggled wildly in a frenzy.

"If you won't accept it, then die!" With a cold gaze, Taiyang Daoist's figure flickered, appearing before Nie Biao as if he had teleported.

His fingers clenched into a fist. Endless brilliance, resplendent beyond measure, gathered upon it, the fist erupting with streaks of golden light.

It was as if the fist embodied the blazing great sun hanging high in the Nine Heavens!

The essence of extreme Yang and rigidity was released. Before it even made impact, Nie Biao's body was scorched with countless tiny holes.

"ARGH!" With a scream of extreme agony, Nie Biao felt like a skinned toad left to dry under the scorching sun.

The dazzling light continued to obliterate his soul.

"Impossible! Such a high and supreme artistic conception! How could you, merely at the First Heavenly Layer of Blood Stain, possess..." Crying out in resentment, Nie Biao's eyes held disbelief and a deep, envious jealousy.

Taiyang Daoist clenched his fist, looking as if he wielded the light of the world. His hair danced wildly, and his eyes shone with golden light.

He threw a punch at Nie Biao!

"NO!!!"

In a ten-thousandth of a second, the fist landed on Nie Biao's body.

BOOM—

Endless light and heat instantly submerged Nie Biao's soul.

"AHHH!!!" Letting out a supremely tragic wail, Nie Biao's soul-body quickly dissolved in the sweeping golden light, as large plumes of black smoke billowed up from it, evaporating into nothingness.

"I am not content..." Struggling to reach out and grasp at Taiyang Daoist in front of him, Nie Biao's half-melted face was filled with an indescribably complex expression.

He had never imagined that even after playing his last card, he would still be defeated by this young Daoist.

HISS—

His entire soul-body was completely melted away by Taiyang Daoist.

The Golden Armored Corpse Demon, who had roamed the paths of demons in Dianchuan for more than two hundred years and on whom numerous great sects and powerful families had issued kill orders, had met his end. He died at the hands of a young Daoist he had never truly regarded as a threat, one who was only at the First Heavenly Layer of Blood Stain.

Applause sounded from behind him. Qi Xiu approached, clapping his hands gently, and nodded. "Impressive, indeed. This brutal and unrivaled method of completely overpowering others with sheer strength is astoundingly domineering. It's only because my flesh can't fully adapt to your Great Solar Sole Self True Scripture. If you could have a body like Tai Yin, I fear your combat strength would far surpass mine."

Taiyang Daoist's "Great Solar Sole Self True Scripture" is acknowledged as the pinnacle of power. As he said, abandoning all superfluous techniques, all his energy was devoted to refining the body and soul. As a result, he achieved an unparalleled combat strength that is hard to find in the world.

"The Three Thousand Grand Paths each have their own strengths. I walk the path of ultimate power, aiming to cross the bitter sea by sheer strength, seeking to prove the Dao with might. As for the original body... To be honest, I can't see your future."

Brushing away a pinch of Nie Biao's remaining ashes with a flick of his sleeve, Taiyang Daoist released his control over the original body.

"What, you think my prospects are bleak?" Qi Xiu raised an eyebrow, asking with a smile.

"It's not that your future is bleak, but that it's far too distant. Innate Hunyuan, the root of all qi. To command all paths and control the Ten Thousand Laws—this is something not even myths and legends dare to casually write about. Yet you, you're treading this path, advancing with difficulty."

Sitting back at the stone table, Taiyang Daoist's gaze was like a tranquil, still lake as he quietly observed his original body.

"You're saying the goal I've set is too grand, and I might end up with nothing?" Qi Xiu, gathering his sleeves, sat down, leaning somewhat languidly against the stone table.

"Isn't that so? The Hunyuan Dragon and Tiger Scripture is far too ambitious; you must have already noticed, original body. After stepping into the Fifth Realm, your cultivation progress in this True Scripture Volume has become extremely slow. Breaking through to the Sixth Realm seems an eternity away. It can be said that if not for the Divine Marvel of skill proficiency, this True Scripture Volume would have reached its limit at the Fifth Realm—no, even at the Fourth Realm. Going further, the energy required for each realm could be a thousand, ten thousand, or even a million times that of other True Scriptures. This also means it requires an immense amount of time. In the Blood-Stained Realm, one's lifespan is up to eight hundred years; in the Dao Body Realm, one enjoys a grand lifespan of three thousand years. Although there are no lifespan limits in the Primordial Spirit Realm, one must face calamities. Failing to overcome them means the death of both body and Dao. Original body, how far do you think you can endure?"

Taiyang Daoist's words were somewhat blunt and rigid. But it couldn't be denied that every sentence he uttered cut to the core, poignant and direct.

Qi Xiu was well aware of the increasingly sluggish progress of the Hunyuan Dragon Tiger Scripture Mystery. But this True Scripture Volume was the work of his life's blood. It was also the foundation of all his cultivation. Asking him to discard this True Scripture Volume and switch to another True Scripture would be worse than death to him.

And as his Avatar, Taiyang Daoist naturally wouldn't do something that contradicted his own existence.

"So what you're saying is..." Staring at Taiyang Daoist in front of him, Qi Xiu slowly began to speak.

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