Not Over Yet

"Daoist Gu, please withdraw your divine powers; the grand hall is about to catch fire!"

A nearby expert in the Divine Realm suddenly spoke up.

It was only then that the crowd noticed, to their shock, that the grand hall they were in was already being scorched by the vision of flames, with wisps of smoke rising. A fire was imminent.

This discovery left everyone astonished. Who could have imagined that the phenomenon conjured by Gu Qingfeng, the newcomer, would be so powerful as to affect reality itself?

Hearing the exclamations of those around him, Gu Qingfeng, however, did not halt. Instead, he turned back, flashed a slight smile, exposing his gleaming white teeth, and said, "Not done yet."

Everyone froze, unsure what he meant, but soon, they realized.

Buzz——!

A grating, buzzing sound rang out!

The runes carved into the stone tablet began swirling into action once again, moving wildly.

Suddenly, gale-force winds erupted as countless streams of heavenly gales manifested from the surface of the tablet. These fierce winds surged through the entire grand hall, gradually converging.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, a devastating whirlwind began to take shape.

At the eye of this tornado, the faint figure of a divine entity born of wind seemed to be brewing.

Such a shocking scene left even this throng of Divine Realm experts—generally masters of their emotions—unable to remain calm. Many turned pale and cried out in alarm.

"Could this be... the Wind Constellation Physique?!"

"Impossible! How could one person possess two Heavenly Fate Physiques simultaneously? This defies all precedents—it's unheard of in all of history!"

"Wind and Fire Dual Constellation Physique! Who in the world is this newcomer?!"

The sound of sharp intakes of breath rose continuously.

Even Jue Mingzi and Wei Guyun, who were also contestants, had their expressions shift simultaneously. They looked at Gu Qingfeng, who now resembled a divine being of wind and fire, with terror and grave seriousness, as though facing a monumental enemy.

Even the typically composed Dark Emperor let an unusual glimmer flash through her eyes.

And amidst this atmosphere of utter disbelief, the vision created by Gu Qingfeng began undergoing another eerie transformation.

The endless flames and the gales that filled the space seemed to be merging under the control of the two divine entities.

The fire fed on the wind's might, and the wind fueled the fire's fury!

Boom——!

An unimaginably fierce fiery tempest took form in an instant!

The gale was so intense that no one could keep their eyes open, and their robes flapped violently in the turbulence.

The scorching waves made their hair begin to curl and shrivel, as if on the verge of igniting.

Faces changed drastically across the room as everyone activated their True Essence to form protective barriers in front of them.

While they managed to shield themselves, the grand hall was far less fortunate.

Chairs, candle stands, and curtains were swept high into the air by the fiery tempest, spinning madly in mid-air before igniting under the intense heat, transforming into frenziedly dancing fireballs.

The fire, like a spreading virus, began to engulf the entire grand hall. In the blink of an eye, flames consumed everything, threatening to reduce the structure to ashes.

At this point, Dark Emperor was compelled to intervene.

With a soft motion of her jade-like hand, an invisible wave emanated from her palm.

Instantly, the flames raging across the hall and the violent winds were snuffed out.

It was as though an unseen pair of colossal hands had appeared, gathering all the dispersed energy and containing it within the area around Gu Qingfeng, preventing its spread.

"Daoist Gu, that's enough," Dark Emperor said coolly.

Who could have known that upon hearing this, Gu Qingfeng would smile?

Against the backdrop of raging winds and blazing flames, his smile carried an air of profound mystery.

He slowly enunciated his words: “It’s not over yet.”

For the first time, the Dark Emperor’s serene, autumn-water-like eyes betrayed a storm of emotion. He stared unblinkingly at Gu Qingfeng.

“What!”

“Not over!?”

“Does this kid actually have a third Heaven’s Mandate Physique?”

The assembled god-realm experts could not stop themselves from crying out in astonishment.

This was a Heaven’s Mandate Physique we were talking about—the stuff of legends, not something as common as cabbage! We don’t even have one, and this guy… does he not know when to stop?!

As the crowd gasped in shock, yet another transformation took place!

The runes on the stone tablet erupted with an unprecedented frenzy, surging wildly. What’s more, the stone tablet itself began to tremble violently!

Crack! Boom!

A dazzling streak of lightning burst forth from the tablet like a frenzied dance of dragons and serpents!

As the lightning appeared, the previously invincible Wind and Fire Gods began to tamely pull back their power. The raging flames curled inward, and the howling winds grew feeble, as though they were afraid of this impending presence.

“Lightning? Could it be…”

“Does this kid also have a Thunder God Physique?!”

“Three Divine Physiques—Wind, Fire, and Thunder?! Is he even human?!”

“No! It’s not the Thunder God Physique!” One sharp-eyed god-realm expert suddenly cried out in horror as if he had uncovered something shocking.

“Look at those Wind and Fire Gods! They’re clearly terrified. If it were merely an equal-level Thunder God Physique, they wouldn’t show fear!”

Following his shout, the others quickly observed and found it to be true, their faces instantly turning pale with disbelief.

And just as all eyes locked onto Gu Qingfeng…

ROAR——!

A deafening dragon roar shattered the heavens like rolling thunder!

A colossal demon dragon, so vast it seemed capable of plucking stars and seizing the moon, materialized in an instant!

In that moment, the great hall could take no more. It collapsed with an earth-shattering crash, becoming a mere heap of rubble.

The sky darkened abruptly!

Every god-realm expert, and indeed every being in the entire Dark Realm, raised their heads in terrified awe, gazing upon this fierce, monstrous dragon engulfed in demonic energy!

From this dragon, everyone felt an overwhelming aura of annihilation—it seemed born solely for destruction.

That aura, the predatory dominance of an apex being, sent shivers down spines, a terror rising unbidden from the depths of their souls.

“This is… a Demon Dragon!”

“Impossible! Such a being, such a physique, far exceeds the conventions of the Qing Realm. This should belong to the Upper Realms!”

“What kind of physique is this?! There’s no record of this in all of the Heaven’s Mandate Physiques. Why would it manifest such a terrifying phenomenon? Even its mere presence makes the soul quiver with dread. How horrifying!”

At this moment, all the god-realm experts felt their divine egos utterly crushed before the colossal demon dragon. The superiority they held as gods scattered like ashes, leaving only the insignificance of ants.

Finally, they understood why the Wind and Fire Gods had shown such fear earlier.

The Dark Emperor’s gaze was heavy with layers of complexity as he looked intently at Gu Qingfeng. He asked, “What kind of physique is this?”

Gu Qingfeng smiled faintly and pronounced, word by word: “The Undying Demon Dragon Physique.”

“Undying… Demon Dragon…” the Dark Emperor murmured to himself, his eyes flickering with brilliance.

The assembled god-realm experts clearly heard Gu Qingfeng’s declaration and were collectively shaken to their cores.

“This is a physique of unprecedented power, a Heaven’s Mandate Physique that has never existed before!”

"To think it bears the title of being indestructible—just what kind of terrifying power does this physique hold?"

The Dark Emperor snapped back to her senses. She was about to say, "Alright, that's enough," but the words caught in her throat. She hesitated, because even she couldn’t be sure if Gu Qingfeng had any other extraordinary physiques to reveal.

What if the man turned around and said, “I’m not done yet”?

Truth be told, what the Dark Emperor wanted to say was exactly what all the other divine realm cultivators were dying to ask.

Finally, one of the more impatient divine realm experts couldn’t hold back and spoke up first. "Gu... Gu Daoist, if I may ask—do you have any more?"

Gu Qingfeng had just opened his mouth to respond when, unexpectedly, a sharp cracking noise suddenly interrupted him.

Slightly taken aback, he turned his head toward the source of the sound. To his surprise, he discovered that the sound was coming from the stone tablet.

The stone tablet had developed a crack.

That single crack seemed to be the harbinger of something far greater, like the first ripple in a calm pond. Soon, more and more cracks emerged, spreading across the surface until they covered the entire stone tablet in a dense, spiderweb-like pattern.

"What?! The stone tablet is breaking apart!"

"Could it be that it can’t handle the sheer might of the Indestructible Demon Dragon Physique, and so it’s...?"

*Crack!*

With a crisp shattering sound, the stone tablet could no longer bear the strain. It crumbled into countless fragments and collapsed to the ground in a thunderous crash.

Gu Qingfeng withdrew his hand, feeling a slight pang of regret. He thought to himself, *"That stone tablet was surprisingly perceptive. I didn't expect it to break just like that. What a pity—well, I guess it's still kind of worth it, considering my wife’s things are essentially my things."*

"Gu Daoist, you still haven’t answered my question! Do you or do you not have any other physiques?" The impatient divine realm expert pressed once more, evidently someone who did not shy away from being persistent.

The answer to this question was on everyone’s minds. After all, under ordinary circumstances, a person having one Heaven-bestowed physique would already be considered a blessing worthy of their ancestors’ fervent prayers. But Gu Qingfeng had audaciously revealed three such physiques in succession. Since the bounds of common sense had already been shattered, it was only natural for the crowd to wonder if he had more to unveil.

Gu Qingfeng scratched his head, about to deny it on instinct. But then he paused—wait a second.

*The stone tablet is broken anyway, so there’s no way to verify anything anymore. Why not put on a bit more of a show while I’m at it?*

His thoughts clear, he immediately changed his tune. Putting on an air of humility, he remarked, "Actually... there’s one more."