Taiyi Dao Fruit

"Do you think we'll become the breaking point?"

Beside Jiang Li, Tianxuan, dressed in elaborate palace attire, asked with solemnity.

Theoretically speaking, whether the Eldest Prince and Second Prince from the Divine Capital make a move, or the Buddha Country stages a massive invasion, both are simpler than directly attacking Jiang Li here. As long as one party is provoked to act, breaking the stalemate, eventually all other parties will join the fray.

Comparatively, attacking Jiang Li carries greater risk than confronting other parties, without even considering the difficulty.

But in reality...

"Yesterday, a message came from the Divine Capital. The Eldest Prince visited the Meng Family and upon returning, immediately had his cultivation checked by an Imperial Physician. He endured it," Jiang Li replied, "This indicates that the Meng Family and the Eldest Prince feel like they're cowering."

Just being checked for cultivation on a trip out of the palace is already a great humiliation for someone of the Eldest Prince's status, yet he endured it.

Even Jiang Li couldn't help but admire these people's resilience.

Both the Eldest Prince and the Meng Family endured, and the other parties didn't want to be the first to act, leaving the situation in a stalemate. Even if someone incites them, they might continue to endure.

In this case, Jiang Li's side is more likely to become the breaking point.

But this is also the most difficult breaking point.

"Will the Heavenly Monarch who has recovered from his injuries continue to probe Heaven? Or will there be others... or entities...?"

Images from the encounter in Treasure Extreme Cave Heaven surfaced in Jiang Li's mind, recalling the scenes left by the Heavenly Incarnation.

Destiny, or perhaps Heaven's intentional design.

Jiang Li had kept a low profile for the past year, and it was obvious to discerning individuals. The Heavenly Monarch certainly wouldn't fail to notice. Jiang Li even suspects the Heavenly Monarch may have made arrangements in the Sect upon entering retreat.

It's just that, due to his injuries and concerns over Heaven's borrowed strength from Jiang Li, he has remained inactive.

But the Heavenly Monarch doesn't know, he fears Heaven, and Jiang Li might not completely trust Heaven either.

Unaware of Heaven's actions, Jiang Li knows that the emotionless Heaven seems to have made a move.

Therefore, Jiang Li knows that this stalemate is likely to change soon.

"In any case, let's have Master make your ascension first."

Jiang Li exhaled softly, his figure drifting upwards, riding the wind to land atop the massive Sword Peak, on the hilt of the Xuanyuan Sword.

A Seal Technique landed simultaneously on the Xuanyuan Sword, instantly projecting shadowy figures onto the surrounding mountain walls, displaying the scripture of the Chi You Three Disks.

The Chi You Three Disks contains methods of Sword Technique, True Body Refining Techniques, and the condensation of the All Heaven Divine Sha and the Jiuli Vast Sky Realm Law, each with immense power, even forbidden.

However, cultivating such demands substantial energy.

Jiang Li's cultivation of the Eight-Nine Profound Skill already consumes a lot of energy, and supporting these Forbidden Techniques might not hold even with a Divine Farmer's Cauldron. Luckily, he comprehends the Yin Yang Transformation and has researched converting Dirt Qi, barely supporting it.

However, transmuting a massive amount of spiritual mechanism causes noticeable disturbances that any keen observer would detect.

Thus, Jiang Li proactively released immense Qi Mechanism in recent times to stir up stormy clouds to cover his transformation of Five Vile Qi.

Additionally, after deeper research by Jiang Li and Tianxuan, they found that during the ascension to Third Grade Doumu Yuanjun, it would trigger star changes and anomalies occur, deciding for Tianxuan to ascend today.

Now, as Jiang Li operated his Mysterious Skill, the Divine Evil manifested, and Military God's Four Weapons simultaneously appeared, revolving around him.

Jiang Li extended his hand once more, causing the Great Circle Sword to manifest, ascending and transforming into a giant flag.

Military God's Four Weapons shot out Divine Evil, with blood-red elements brewing within.

The overwhelming aura further erupted, causing magma to surge below, and the skies' clouds to mutably shift.

Simultaneously, Tianxuan gently waved her sleeves, the starry sky manifested around her, an invisible repulsion pushing aside Primordial Lord Rain Master and Gongsun Qingyue.

A full moon rose, as the center of stars, revealing Divine Light within, descending into Tianxuan's Heavenly Spirit.

Doumu Yuanjun's Dao Fruit always resided within this full moon.

As the Dao Fruit entered her body, Tianxuan immediately donned the Ten Thousand Stars Robe, with the full moon as her crown, and the manifested starry sky rapidly expanded outward, turning the inside of the blood-red Heaven and Earth Furnace into pure darkness, with shining stars appearing.

[Third Grade Dao Fruit: Doumu Yuanjun]

[Category: Divinity]

[Fitting Conditions: Fourth-rank Divine Fruit, understands Star Dao, female]

[Promotion Ceremony: Open the starry sky, nurture all stars]

[Divine Skills: Mother of Star Fighting, Celestial Stars Body, Star Domain, Yin Qi Transmutation, Heaven and Earth Birth, Master of the Dipper Department]

Dou refers to the Star Battle, Mu is indeed Mother, Doumu is the Mother of Star Fighting, the Beidou Nine Emperors were all born of her, legend says, Doumu Yuanjun was formed by Yuanshi Tianzun's Yin Qi, master of all beings' birth.

To ascend to Doumu, naturally, one must start from the Mother of Star Fighting.

Tianxuan spent over twenty years secretly opening a Cave Heaven, nurturing stars with Taiwei Xuan Technique, completing the Dao Fruit Promotion Ceremony.

As she truly ascended to Third Grade, that Cave Heaven transformed into a Star Domain due to the Dao Fruit, celestial stars appeared in response to the real starry sky, daytime as it was, star radiance descended atop Dinghu.

However, before this star light penetrated the whistling stormy clouds, Jiang Li pressed his palm to the sky, vast Gang Sha arose from the open-sky Heaven and Earth Furnace, forming rolling Calamity Cloud, devouring the star radiance.

Clearly a divine ascension, with celestial star light descending, it now seemed as if a world-destroying demon emerged, dark clouds overshadowed the three lights.

It's just that the Chi You Three Disks was actually researched by the Yellow Emperor from Chi You's corpse, making the Chi You Phase one of Yellow Emperor's Six Ministers, otherwise the Xuanyuan Sword under Jiang Li's feet might awaken on its own, to slay demons.

Even as Celestial Stars radiance was devoured, it didn't impede Tianxuan's ascension, as the Star Domain evolved, manifested stars rotated around Tianxuan once, injecting three hundred sixty-five Star Essence into Tianxuan's major acupoints, sculpting Celestial Stars Body.

At the same time, Jiang Li's head received a drop of Evil Qi, as the flag formed by the sword entered his body, circulating through his limbs and bones, merging with Gang Sha, unleashing destruction's potential, last year's initial Evil Qi metamorphosed into Divine Evil, connecting to Nine Great Qi Seas.

The clouds above changed form, becoming increasingly malignant, the magma below seemed incited, washing over the Xuanyuan Sword stuck in the Earth Fire.

"Something's wrong."

Jiang Li suddenly gazed downward, his sight piercing through the magma, seeing a rising massive sphere.

A wild and mournful howl pierced through the rolling magma, echoing within the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

"So it has come."