Chapter 237: Seamless Conversion Between Dou Qi and Spiritual Energy!
Bang—
The enormous hand seal heavily blasted onto the ferocious, malevolent dark giant gate, instantly shaking the black demonic portal until cracks appeared all over it.
Jiang Yun's figure moved like lightning, akin to teleportation, shooting explosively towards Yun Yi. The qi of life and death circulated and flowed, directly and forcibly piercing right through that giant gate.
Swish!
Breaking through the dark gate, a flash of silver light suddenly appeared. Jiang Yun, wielding a sharp sword, abruptly materialized behind Yun Yi. Without the slightest courtesy, he heavily slashed onto the back of Yun Yi's heart.
Clang!
Sparks scattered and splashed. In his haste and urgency, Yun Yi brandished the black long halberd, barely managing to block this sword strike of Jiang Yun's. Yet the terrifying force still sent his figure shooting out in a wretched, disheveled state.
The terrifying flame even left a deep, scorched imprint on his back.
Rumble—
Jiang Yun's hands formed seals with lightning speed. His palm clenched. An ancient array of light shot forth violently from his hand, then swelled with the wind, expanding to a size of several thousand zhang.
The ancient array slowly rotated and operated. A pure, righteous, and ancient power radiated forth.
The ancient array operated. Strange, peculiar curtains of light poured down. The sky-covering demonic qi all showed signs of receding and retreating. As Jiang Yun's hand seals became slower and slower, vast, mighty elemental energy swept forth.
"Hand of Heaven and Earth!"
In the sky, the ancient array operated, trembling violently. Sky-covering, earth-blotting strange, peculiar light spread forth, actually transforming into a giant hand several thousand zhang in size. Upon the giant hand were ancient, archaic patterns of light.
The giant hand shot forth, directly piercing through space and viciously slapping down towards Yun Yi.
In his haste and urgency, within Yun Yi's eyes, pitch-black flames blazed. In the next instant, everyone could see a beam of light, permeated with an evil aura—as if it were the most evil beam of light in the world—shoot forth violently from his eyes. Finally, it heavily collided with that giant Hand of Heaven and Earth.
Rip!
The two made contact. No terrifying fluctuations transmitted forth. Immediately following, that beam of light began to tremble violently. As cracks appeared, with a bang, it was completely and utterly blasted apart by that giant Hand of Heaven and Earth.
Crack, crack, crack.
After shattering the evil beam of light, the giant hand's momentum continued undiminished. Tearing through the sky, swift as lightning, it viciously slammed onto Yun Yi's body.
Pfft—
A muffled groan suddenly came from Yun Yi's mouth. Cracking, shattering sounds transmitted from all over his body. His chest caved in. Pitch-black blood covered his entire body. He looked extremely horrifying and shocking.
Boom—
In the sky, around Yun Yi, curtains of pure white flame blazed. In the blink of an eye, they completely devoured the streaks of black flame pervading the sky.
These streaks of white flame formed line after line of array patterns, actually once again forming a grand array that seized the opportunity to completely envelop and wrap up Yun Yi.
"You want to refine me?!" Yun Yi glanced at this rising array with considerable wariness and dread. His eyes nearly splitting from rage, he stared at Jiang Yun high above, who was controlling the array. He sneered coldly, "Aren't you afraid of choking yourself to death?!"
Hearing Yun Yi's mocking and ridicule, a smile as pleasant as a spring breeze appeared on Jiang Yun's face. He said, "This array is named Heaven-Sealing Earth-Imprisoning. I have prepared for it for a long, long time. Just obediently enjoy your final moments!"
As his voice fell, the grand array rotated. A terrifying sealing and imprisoning force acted within the grand array, radiating a sensation that made one feel suffocated.
Sensing the gradually clarifying battle situation in the sky, even Dou Zongs and Dou Zuns could already see that Yun Yi was at the end of his road. Jiang Yun had already seized absolute initiative on the battlefield.
They thought of how this war that had plunged the world into chaos and calamity was finally about to end.
They had originally thought that Jiang Yun, like Hun Tiandi, being a Dou Di, would not be a match for Yun Yi, and that the final outcome would merely be everyone dying a little later.
Jiang Yun breaking through to Dou Di—the crowd had merely placed their final sliver of hope on him. As for the result... no one had any confidence in their hearts.
After all, Hun Tiandi had just failed!
Now, it was good. Jiang Yun was indeed more of a genius than Hun Tiandi. He told everyone: there are differences even between Dou Di and Dou Di. Just because Hun Tiandi couldn't do it didn't mean he couldn't. They didn't have to die!!!
Countless people trembled with excitement, watching this scene. That annihilating, destructive figure that had once made them feel utter despair... was now finally about to be subdued!
Faces like Xiao Yan's similarly surged with irrepressible joy and delight.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Kun also breathed a secret sigh of relief in his heart. Then he smiled as he looked at Jiang Yun and cursed with a laugh, "Truly not bad at all, you stinking brat!"
The four women—Zi Yan and the others—also watched Jiang Yun, who was displaying great and divine might in the sky, with expressions of intense emotion. Deep, thick pride flickered in their eyes.
Rebirth after despair made countless people so excited that tears streamed down their faces. Countless people trembled as they knelt and prostrated themselves, kowtowing towards Jiang Yun. Those cries of excitement, one after another, coalesced together, shaking heaven and earth.
At this moment, Jiang Yun seemed unable to hear the shouts of the crowd below. He concentrated wholeheartedly on dealing with Yun Yi within the grand array.
"Want to refine me?! Don't even dream of it!!!"
Sensing danger closing in, Yun Yi immediately erupted with a fierce, stern roar. In the next instant, overwhelming, sky-covering pitch-black demonic flames surged forth violently from within Yun Yi's body, endless and unceasing. In the blink of an eye, they had already covered the entire sky, surging forth as if connecting heaven and earth.
Boom! Boom!
The black-and-white flames viciously collided under everyone's watchful gazes.
The two, which had worked together intimately as one within the plane space earlier, were now like two vicious, evil dragons locked in desperate, deadly struggle, each trying only to tear off a bloody chunk of flesh and then swallow it whole.
Seeing this, Jiang Yun sneered coldly. Sitting cross-legged at the center of the grand array, he controlled the Undying Sacred Flame and launched a ferocious, fierce offensive against Yun Yi within the array.
He held the advantage of the array. Yun Yi was also heavily injured. At this moment, he was innately in an invincible position.
In the sky of the outside world, an enormous grand array slowly rotated there. Bizarre, unfathomable black flames and sacred, pure white flames were locked in deadly struggle, blanketing the entire sky and earth. Distinct and as clearly separated as the Jing and Wei rivers, mutually incompatible.
The devouring power that had once made people turn pale with fear at its mere mention now seemed to meet its natural nemesis in the face of the Undying Sacred Flame's life force. As the two clashed, they maintained a delicate, subtle equilibrium.
Yet at the same time, they acted as if they shared the hatred of a murdered father or a stolen wife—enemies whose eyes blazed red with fury the moment they met, wishing they could utterly exterminate the other, to eliminate future troubles.
The devouring between Heavenly Flames was inherently so merciless, cruel, and brutal. The weak would be mercilessly devoured by the strong. If two equally strong forces met... one was bound to fall.
Such a fiercely intense, violent struggle made the people below watch with hearts pounding and trembling with fear...
In the shadows, a pair of deep, profound eyes quietly watched this scene. Within those eyes flickered a light of restless, stirring intent, eager to make a move.
Boundless, endless darkness presented itself before Jiang Yun's eyes. There was no distinction between up, down, left, or right. This was a void space. In the next instant, a glimmer of light appeared. Yun Yi, clad in a white long robe, slowly walked towards Jiang Yun.
His expression was calm and tranquil. There wasn't the slightest trace of the feeling of having just fought Jiang Yun in a life-and-death struggle. If those in the outside world saw this, they would surely be utterly astonished and dumbfounded.
"That fellow is truly cautious! Things have already reached this point, and he still hasn't made a move!"
Yun Yi arrived beside Jiang Yun, standing behind him, quietly watching the dark space ahead.
At this moment, what was presented before the two was no longer a pitch-black void. Instead, every single movement and action of the outside world at this very moment was displayed within their line of sight.
Among them, the excited Zhu Kun, the marveling Xiao Yan, the worried Zi Yan and Medusa, and the expressions of the others were all fully visible and taken in.
"That fellow should be an acquaintance. That familiar feeling... it should be one of the two: the Heart Demon Clan or the Flame Demon Clan. I just don't know which one it is!" Jiang Yun calmly watched the scene ahead and slowly spoke.
"No matter which one it is, we absolutely cannot let him detect our true identities. Otherwise, what follows will be very troublesome!"
"Then just don't let him return!" A cold, sharp light flashed through Jiang Yun's calm eyes.
The Heart Demon Clan and the Flame Demon Clan were both among the thirty-two great clans of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Given their status, they would naturally know of the existence of the Evil Spirit Clan. If Jiang Yun's identity were exposed...
Then it would probably invite terrifying consequences. At present, he still didn't have the strength to face the Saint Demon Emperor or to free the Evil Spirit Clan from the shackles of fate.
"I'm rather curious—don't you regret it? Have you never once entertained the thought of rebelling?" Shifting his gaze, Jiang Yun looked at Yun Yi beside him and asked curiously.
It must be known that this Flame Spirit Clone of his possessed autonomous, independent consciousness. After experiencing the freedom of a living being, could he truly peacefully and willingly give up that hard-earned, precious freedom and return to his grasp?
Hearing Jiang Yun's words, Yun Yi was visibly taken aback. He turned his head to look at Jiang Yun and shook his head with a wry, helpless laugh, "I am merely a clone. Not to mention that my potential is limited—I have already reached the limit of this body's potential. Even if I could still grow, so what?"
"The difficulties we have to face—I cannot overcome them with my power alone. Only you have the chance..."
Hearing Yun Yi's words, Jiang Yun looked at him with some surprise. He hadn't expected the other to think this way.
Seeing the surprise in Jiang Yun's eyes, Yun Yi pursed his lips and smiled. Since transforming into this Flame Spirit Body, this was the first time he had revealed a smile that came from the bottom of his heart.
"What, surprised?"
"Don't forget—I share the exact same will as you. Only, I am the embodiment of your dark side. But... even as the dark side, the goal in our hearts will not change. For this..."
"I can pay any price—including losing my freedom!"
"So, you absolutely must succeed! Advance forward, carrying the goal of 'both of us'!"
After listening to Yun Yi's words, Jiang Yun stared blankly at him. Finally, a smile emerged on his face. He spoke softly, "You won't disappear. We are one. On the path to climbing to the peak, neither of us can be missing!"
"Then let us first deal with this 'old friend'!" Saying this, Yun Yi turned his head to look at the scene ahead. In a certain corner of the scene, a wisp of black mist quietly dispersed and permeated between heaven and earth.
Within the grand array, Jiang Yun sat quietly cross-legged. His face was calm and serene. His hands formed seals. A faint, dim light shot out from his storage ring, finally hovering before him. It was a pitch-black scroll—precisely the Flame Incantation he had obtained back then, which was also the incomplete cultivation fragment of the Myriad Flame Immortal Body.
Jiang Yun naturally would not cultivate the Myriad Flame Immortal Body. This was not his path. However, the profound mysteries within it, he could borrow from and reference, integrating them into the path of Dao he himself had comprehended and forged.
After the Flame Incantation appeared, Jiang Yun's hand seals changed. Black-and-white flames shot forth from within his body. The moment the Saint Demon Flame appeared, the energy fluctuations in the surrounding space continuously spread outwards. Faintly, the hua-la-la sound of water waves seemed to ring out. This was a manifestation of energy so vast and powerful it had reached a terrifying level.
Gazing at this flame that had achieved and shaped him, Jiang Yun's heart was as calm as still water. It was as if even the Dou Qi within his body was quietly withdrawing and condensing, like a deep, unfathomable dark pool.
Yet, within his dantian at this moment, towering, sky-high waves had begun to surge and churn.
Hua-la-la.
Within the vast, mighty black-and-white qi vortex, giant waves rose at this moment. The hua-la-la sound of water actually resounded. An enormous mass of Dou Qi condensed within.
Suddenly, the Dou Qi within his dantian began to quietly rotate. As the Dou Qi rotated, the Dou Qi energy became increasingly solid and condensed, as if transforming into an even higher-level energy.
If Zi Yan and Medusa were here, they would naturally be able to detect that this was the spiritual energy they had briefly cultivated back on the Relic Continent. Jiang Yun had actually transformed Dou Qi into the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy right here on the Dou Qi Continent!
This fundamentally, impossibly inconceivable thing had actually occurred within Jiang Yun's body.
Yet, Jiang Yun had genuinely and truly accomplished it.
An endless, continuous stream of refined, pure spiritual energy ceaselessly filled his body's needs. At this moment, within his Dou Qi vortex, at the very center, a subtle, slight distortion suddenly appeared.
When this distortion reached its extreme, abruptly, a tiny black dot materialized. That tiny black dot was extremely minuscule. A peculiar, unique fluctuation emanated from within it. Inside that tiny black dot, it was as if a strange, unique minor heaven and earth was hidden.
The moment that tiny black dot appeared, a terrifying suction force also erupted from within it. Instantly, the Dou Qi within Jiang Yun's body gradually converged towards that tiny black dot.
That was his Supreme Sea! Only by opening up the Supreme Sea and condensing a Supreme Dharma Body could one truly be considered to have stepped into the Supreme Realm.
Boom!
The space behind Jiang Yun suddenly distorted at this moment. Within that spatial distortion, it seemed as if a black-and-white ocean had materialized.
That was a vast, mighty ocean of spiritual energy, presenting black and white colors. Within it, dense, rich life force and eerie, bizarre death qi interwove within the Supreme Sea. It looked rather profound and abstruse.
As Jiang Yun smoothly entered the Supreme Realm, there was still an incomparably vast amount of Dou Qi within his body that hadn't been completely converted. By his estimation, once it was all converted, he could smoothly break through to the Earthly Sovereign level, or even further beyond.
The reason Jiang Yun could have such high cultivation right after conversion was that his Dou Qi itself had been tempered to be exceptionally solid and condensed—in no way inferior to spiritual energy.
This was what allowed him to have such a thick, solid foundation the moment he began cultivating the spiritual energy system, enabling him to一 in one bound break through to an even higher realm.
However, before that, he had to condense a Supreme Dharma Body. And to condense a Supreme Dharma Body... required an enormous, nearly terrifying amount of spiritual energy.
Jiang Yun looked at Yun Yi beside him, nodded, and said, "Are you ready?"
"Heh heh, I can't wait to witness 'his' emergence into the world!" Yun Yi chuckled lightly. With a wave of his hand, behind him, a vast, mighty, pitch-black lake of energy slowly materialized.
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