The True Immortal in the golden robe pointed his finger forward with a firm and powerful gesture.
Millions of sharp golden swords materialize, emitting Immortal Qi auras, shot toward the Immortal wearing a golden dragon robe.
The swords moved so fast that they appeared to be a stream of golden shooting stars.
The Immortal in the golden dragon robe skillfully flew through space, dodging millions of blades with a speed that could cross light-years with ease. He parried the undodgeable golden sword lights with his emperor sword.
In response to the Immortal in the golden robe’s attack, the Immortal in the golden dragon robe took an attack stance and swung his emperor sword in the enemy's direction.
The sword slash was unimaginably potent—it cut through space-time and then transformed into a Divine golden dragon when it reached the target.
The Divine golden dragon opened its mouth and attempted to bite down on its target.
However, before it could bite down, its head was cut off by a golden sword mark hidden within the space-time around the Immortal in the golden robe.
"That was useless, Emperor Jin, You would haven't died today if you had not sided with the Wu God," the Immortal in the golden robe said, his tone filled with disdain for the other side.
"Don't be so confident, Jian Huijian. Your sect’s rule will end soon," Emperor Jin replied. Without waiting for Jian Huijian's response, he summoned the divine discus—The Divine weapon that appeared above his head. As it began to rotate, it caused the entire space to rotate with it, distorting the laws and Dao of this isolated space, throwing them into chaos.
Jian Huijian was shocked by the appearance of the Divine weapon. Then, the Immortal Qi inside his body suddenly became unstable, as if he were struck by Qi deviation.
Jian Huijian coughed up blood, then raised his sword to defend himself against Emperor Jin's attack.
He countered by performing the Myriad Tidal Sword Technique—thousands of sword swings overlapped into a single strike aimed at Emperor Jin.
The massive sword slash appeared in the middle of the space as if it were dividing heaven and earth into two.
Emperor Jin was forced back a light-year away by the attack. His body was cut in half, and the Golden Divine blood leaked from the cut wound, but he did not die. As an Immortal-level being, bodily injuries were not always fatal—especially for him, as he was no ordinary Immortal but the Deva!
His severed body reconnected with instant speed. Then, he flew toward Jian Huijian again, unwilling to let him rest.
While Emperor Jin was away, Jian Huijian used the opportunity to summon his Dao Domain to solidify the space around him in order to fight against the distorted laws and Dao of the area.
The river of golden swords manifested in space, flowing around Jian Huijian while he commanded his Dao Domain to force the space to return to normal. It was a battle between the wheel and the river.
Emperor Jin saw the appearance of the Dao Domain and could not help but grit his teeth. To become the Deva, an Immortal-tier being within Wu God's authority, He had to give up everything as a cultivator, including His Dao.
Emperor Jin, filled with resentment toward the hateful Heaven that forced him to take this path, empowered his Divine Chakra through this intense emotion. He fed it all to the Divine Discus, causing it to rotate with greater force than ever before.
Jian Huijian’s face turned pale as he felt the pressure was increasing. He had not expected his opponent to possess the divine weapon of the Wu God and had a mastery over it to this extent, There was nothing he could do anymore.
Resolving himself, he summoned the Dharma Body—a projection of himself, a symbolic figure representing his cultivation path.
The golden immortal light gigantic version of Jian Huijian appeared with him at its center. It was as large as multiple galaxy clusters and held the golden river in its hand as if it were a sword, standing on the sea of stars.
"I am the Brilliant River Sword Immortal Jian Huijian, Remember my words. You shall not leave here unscathed!!!" Jian Huijian said, Then he burned his Immortal life essence to power the Golden River sword.
With his words fading, the golden river sword in the Dharma Body's hand swung at Emperor Jin with all its power.
Emperor Jin was shocked by the attack and brought out an imperial shield artifact to defend against the attack of the Golden River sword.
The golden river sword crashed against the imperial shield artifact and instantly destroyed it before the river sword swallowing Emperor Jin's body into the golden river's flow.
Emperor Jin's life essence largely was being washed away by the river flow, leaving him with severe injuries that would take a million years to heal—even with the trait of his Wu being characteristic.
The golden river of swords flows endlessly continuing to harm Emperor Jin's Life essence.
He endures the pain from being depleted of the life essence and performs a technique using the space layer as a shield, hidden from the river flow.
The Divine Discus finally reached its peak power. It began distorting Jian Huijian’s Dharma Body, twisting it into a spiral before squeezing it into a black hole and making it disappear into the void.
The Golden River sword vanished as well. Then, Emperor Jin flew out from the space where he had been hidden.
Emperor Jin roared in pain from his injuries. Even though his enemy was gone, he was still furious that Jian Huijian had dared to harm him to such an extent.
But he could not stay here for long—other Immortals from the Golden Sword Sect could arrive at any moment.
He waved his hand, opening a space rift, and stepped out of this isolated space.
The space he had been in while fighting with Jian Huijian was the Immortal Battlefield, a special dimensional space created by the cooperation of the Five Overlord faction to cover the entire Five Pillar Realm.
The reason they did that was simple If an Immortal-level powerhouse battle took place in the continent’s primary dimensional space, the destruction would be enough to render the land uninhabitable for a million years.
After moving through several levels of dimensional layers within space-time, Emperor Jin finally returned to the primary dimensional space.
Outside, the battlefield between the Golden Sword Sect army and the Heavenless Dao Cult army raged on, each fighting with all they had. The battle took place everywhere, ranging from the Qi Gathering cultivators to the Grand Unity Realm cultivators—even the Dao-level powerhouses were fighting, as the Dao Domain of the saints appeared here and there.
The False Immortal of the Golden Sword Sect, who oversaw the battlefield in place of Jian Huijian, suddenly noticed the appearance of Emperor Jin. His face turned pale, and he quickly grasped the Golden Sword Sect members and allies he could reach with his divine sense before fleeing.
Emperor Jin gazed at the battlefield before raising his hand and wiping out the remaining Golden Sword Sect soldiers. Then, he moved the Heavenless Dao Cult troops back to their main camp.
He did everything fast, as he was not ready to fight another true immortal cultivator due to the wound he had sustained from Jian Huijian’s attack, which had caused his battle power to drop severalfold.
"Just fighting with one true immortal cultivator—why are you injured so severely?" A man's voice, filled with a hint of mockery, spoke the moment Emperor Jin stepped into the main chamber of the war camp.
Emperor Jin gazed at the one who mocked him. It was the current Hall Master of the Iron Edge Hall—Bao Di.
"Jian Huijian performed a suicide attack on me," Emperor Jin said calmly, then continued,
"I will heal my injuries. You take charge from now on—we need to reach the Golden Pillar quickly." Emperor Jin did not wait for a reply and disappeared into the secret chamber to heal his wounds as soon as possible.
Bao Di watched Emperor Jin disappear with a dissatisfied expression, feeling that he had been ignored too much.
"Wei Beipan, let's move together. Judging by Emperor Jin's condition, it seems we have underestimated them too much," Bao Di said.
Wei Beipan, who sat on the other side of the chamber, showed a hint of disdain in his eyes.
"I won't join you. It's too slow if we do that. I think Emperor Jin was just being too careless, even though he has divine weapons," Wei Beipan said.
Wei Beipan also possessed a divine weapon, so he knew how potent they were. If Emperor Jin had used his from the start of the battle and not let the other side prepare, the battle would have ended before they even knew it.
"If you say so, then let's move quickly," Bao Di said. Even though he did not fully agree, he knew Wei Beipan might be right.
The two immediately led the Heavenless Dao Cult army to attack the outskirts of the Metal Flow Plain's central region from both sides.
The immortal cultivators from the Golden Sword Sect came to intercept them, but with the power of the divine weapons, they were easily forced to retreat—or even killed if they were too careless.
In a short time, the Heavenless Dao army finally reached the front gate of the Golden City!