The East Sea Fisherman was a seasoned Grandmaster on the Heavenly List.
But alas, he was tracked down by the Divine Capture Sect and had no choice but to accept the imperial court’s cooperation.
At this point, he was dispatched to besiege the Undying Evil Emperor.
It could be said that Zhong Shenxiu, playing the role of the Undying Evil Emperor, was enjoying the same treatment as the Saint Monk from the Stone Buddha Temple.
The East Sea Fisherman, who usually lived in seclusion by the East Sea and enjoyed fishing for whales using regular fishing gear, wielded a divine weapon as a fishing rod. Made from East Sea Coral Gold amalgamated with Hundred-year-old Snow Silkworm Silk, it could be cast a hundred yards with a flick.
Hidden a hundred yards away from the battlefield, the East Sea Fisherman threaded the hook past the energy confrontation of the three Grandmasters, delivering it directly in front of Zhong Shenxiu!
He was confident that his fully powered sneak attack would break the Stone Buddha Temple’s Stone Buddha Invincible Divine Skill!
After all, there were still two Grandmasters desperately restraining the Undying Evil Emperor for him!
Zhong Shenxiu felt the threat of a hook piercing his brain.
Even if the Stone Buddha Unbreakable Divine Power was broken and his head was blown open by a fishing hook, it would only mean resurrecting once more...
In the nick of time, Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes suddenly burst forth with a divine light like Yin Yang Tai Chi.
Ordinary martial artists practice palm force, fist force, leg force...
Superior martial artists focus on inner strength, blade energy, sword qi...
Grandmasters begin to engage with artistic conception, giving prominence to spiritual contests, also known as ’willpower’.
But Zhong Shenxiu had reached the limits of being a Grandmaster and started exploring ’Divine Power’.
Or you might say...spirit directly interfering with matter!
At this time, one eye emitted Yin force, the other Yang, as the spirit surged forth, forming a vortex shape at the brow center.
Yin and Yang, the doctrine of the Five Elements, were the foundation of his martial arts in this life!
The East Sea Fisherman’s sneak attack, once it entered the vortex, was relentlessly grinded down by a great Yin Yang mill that stripped away most of its force.
What remained of the Hundred-refined Mysterious Gold Hook, barely breaking the vortex, struck Zhong Shenxiu’s forehead, eliciting only a clang of metal on metal, unable to breach the defense.
After this move passed, Mu Tianliu and the Marquis in Bloody Attire were repelled by Zhong Shenxiu.
The three Grandmasters slowly steadied themselves, enclosing Zhong Shenxiu within.
Zhong Shenxiu stood unruffled, glancing around, "Indeed... the Court’s Grandmasters are nearly extinct. The ones left on the Heavenly List are the only Grandmasters remaining. Why isn’t the Great Tributor present?"
"The Great Tributor is a person of high honor, how could he stoop so low to deal with you... The three of us are already more than enough."
A trace of blood appeared on the Marquis in Bloody Attire’s brow.
Although the East Sea Fisherman’s sneak attack had failed, he still had confidence.
The combined strength of three Grandmasters had been enough to beat the Saint Monk to death — why not the Undying Evil Emperor?
Just now, had it not been for the strange move by the Undying Evil Emperor, he might have lost a life already.
As long as they were cautious of the opponent’s peculiar Divine Skills and were able to trap him, killing him multiple times, next year on this day would mark the death anniversary of the Undying Evil Emperor!
However, the Marquis in Bloody Attire didn’t know that Zhong Shenxiu across from him...hadn’t even used his full power.
The reason he held back was to guard against that fabled most mysterious Great Tributor.
Zhong Shenxiu slowly breathed in and out.
The omnipresent universal energy was absorbed by his spirit, turning into a ceaseless source of vitality to replenish his physical exhaustion.
The three Grandmasters surrounding him had joined forces to lock down this patch of heaven and earth with their divine sense, aiming to trap him here.
Even with the three of them working together, in terms of integrating with heaven and earth, they were only on par with Zhong Shenxiu.
"It’s time to end this."
Zhong Shenxiu’s hands formed into palms, raising the right and pressing down with the left, between movement and stillness, the clear and the turbid parted, forming the binary opposition, and Yin and Yang emerged!
Heaven and Earth could be formed of Yin and Yang, or the Five Elements, or even the tiniest creatures!
Every martial arts school has its distinct philosophy and understanding, yet they are all akin to blind people touching an elephant—eventually, all must return to chaos.
"Yin and yang give rise to each other, the principle of action and stillness is indeed the most suitable concept for explaining chaos..."
In the eyes of Zhong Shenxiu, what is chaos?
It is the Dao, the supreme, the origin of the world!
Once you contemplate its nature, trying to forcefully define it, you are already on the wrong path!
Hence, ordinary people have various concepts of yin and yang, solidity and void, the Five Elements.
Yet at the pinnacle of these concepts lies the possibility of ’approaching the Dao.’
How to break through these shackles is the process of transcending the world, which might be called—shattering the void!
Only by transcending the world can one truly witness the great Dao! This is a martial arts realm that is higher by half a step than that of a great grandmaster!
Zhong Shenxiu had not reached this step, but through the passage of the gate of ten thousand gates, he had forcibly elevated himself to this realm.
Therefore, the moves he created were not truly shattering the void, yet they could still be called—a move approaching the Dao!
To the senses of the marquis in bloody clothes, Mu Tianliu, and the East Sea Fisherman, the statue representing Zhong Shenxiu suddenly collapsed, followed by the emergence of two immense spirits.
One was the Yin God, attaining the realm of the Ultimate Yin, drawing in the world’s utmost yin energy.
The other was the Yang God, attaining the realm of the Ultimate Yang, drawing in the fierce yang energy.
Using one’s spirit to harness the power of heaven and earth, turning it into invisible Qi soldiers, that could be a ferocious weapon capable of killing a great grandmaster!
At this moment, Zhong Shenxiu had in his hands two mysterious invisible Qi soldiers.
One yin, one yang; one firm, one gentle; they seemed to represent two parallel lines that would never intersect, each telling a profound truth of the universe.
No weapon could describe their form, for the great forces of nature cannot be encompassed by any man-made weapon.
The marquis in bloody clothes looked stunned, feeling only the wind—a golden hurricane that could erode one’s flesh and bolster one’s bones!
And like a deluge of heavy rain, the jade dew that could freeze one’s soul!
Zhong Shenxiu brought his hands together, the two forces representing yin and yang merged, one red, one white, entwining and rippling an indescribable aura around.
When golden wind meets jade dew, they outshine countless things in the mortal world!
Heaven and earth reacted, and thunder roared.
Beneath the dazzling lightning, Zhong Shenxiu saw the pale faces of the three great grandmasters.
He struck out with a palm.
A bolt of lightning fell, as if the whole world collaborated with his move—not a mere illusory blessing, but real lightning striking down!
Three palms struck out, followed by three bolts of lightning!
And the three great grandmasters were completely obliterated, reduced to dust under the might of the heavens!
[Heavenly Show Points +300]
Zhong Shenxiu looked at this scene, feeling the joy of heaven and earth.
’Is this... the way the world celebrates for me?’
He murmured to himself, suddenly understanding something.
’The great grandmasters are minions of the Evil God, a poison of heaven and earth, or perhaps... a kind of marker! Although since Shang Jun, the infiltration of this world has become inevitable, the presence of great grandmasters accelerates this process...’
’This world, if it has a will, surely desires to sever the path of heaven and earth, wishing for the death of all great grandmasters...’
What about Grandmasters? Merely ants, their significance is too minuscule to be seen by both the Evil God and this world.
’Am I, to some extent, enforcing the will of heaven? And the sudden increase in Heavenly Show Points might also confirm this speculation... Do these points truly relate to the origin of the world?’
’But when I killed the Undying Evil Emperor before, it didn’t surge ... Could there be other factors at play?’