Through Shattered Aeons, My Dharma Stands; Alone I Uphold the Cosmos, Establishing the Sovereign Path

"Alas, must it come to this?"

The Scarlet Heaven Immortal Emperor sighed softly, as billions of radiant lights surged like an inverted ocean, dissolving the might of the two great halberds with utmost gentleness.

"The laws of this realm are reversed!"

Chen Yi spoke calmly, activating the Void Syntax System in an instant. The extreme softness transformed into unyielding rigidity, and the billions of radiant lights turned into needles of cosmic law.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The overwhelming force of the halberds shattered the billions of rigid needles, scattering them like splashing water!

Meanwhile, Cui Changsheng unfurled a vast net of Dao Rhyme, enveloping the heavens and earth, blocking every stray needle.

Yet Chen Yi pressed on, his halberds still unstoppable, descending mercilessly toward Scarlet Heaven.

Truth be told, these unorthodox systems devised by the Flying Star Heavenly Dao were incredibly effective. If he had relied solely on brute force as before, Scarlet Heaven’s technique would have sapped away a tenth of his power. Pushing forward under the weight of higher-tier mechanisms, he might have exhausted himself before even reaching Scarlet Heaven!

This was the insidious nature of mechanisms—without overwhelming power to crush them, victory would always belong to the one who mastered the mechanisms.

Thus, only mechanisms could counter mechanisms!

Just like now. Chen Yi employed the alternative systems derived from the Flying Star Heavenly Dao to counter Scarlet Heaven’s mechanisms. Though still unrefined, their transcendent and unorthodox nature allowed him to dismantle Scarlet Heaven’s defenses instantly, reducing the halberd’s dissipation to less than a ten-thousandth of its original force!

The contrast was stark.

BOOM!!!

The halberds descended with unstoppable grandeur. No matter what techniques Scarlet Heaven deployed, none could hold them back.

"What kind of power is this? Why is it so bizarre?"

Scarlet Heaven’s pupils contracted as he watched his own attacks unravel inexplicably.

Unfortunately, Chen Yi gave him no time to ponder. He activated the Topological Folding System to disrupt Scarlet Heaven’s perceptual observation state, preventing him from deciphering Flying Star’s Dao.

For a titan standing at the pinnacle of the Dao, unraveling an unheard-of system was no great challenge. With accurate observation, he could swiftly grasp its essence and counter it!

Chen Yi merely had the advantage of striking first. He wouldn’t let Scarlet Heaven turn the tables.

DUANG!!!

THUD!!!

Blinded by the disrupted perception, Scarlet Heaven failed to block the twin halberds. One strike landed on his head, shattering his thoughts, while the other pierced his chest, pinning him helplessly in the void!

In this first battle using the Flying Star Heavenly Dao’s derived systems, Chen Yi achieved a resounding victory!

"Tsk—"

Cui Changsheng, watching from the periphery, couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.

He had expected Chen Yi to win—but not so decisively!

Scarlet Heaven’s perception had been impaired, but Cui Changsheng’s remained intact. He saw Chen Yi’s maneuvers clearly, along with that irregular, unorthodox power.

He knew better than anyone: this was not a power Chen Yi should possess. Or rather, it was not a power Chen Yi could have derived on his own!

His investigations into Chen Yi ran deep. He knew full well that this man lacked the capability to devise so many heretical systems. Yet just now, Chen Yi had employed at least five distinct unorthodox systems!

Chen Yi couldn’t have done this. Though he had forged his own unique path, he was bound to it. Attempting to derive other systems would only lead to self-interference, assimilation by his own Dao—never yielding such novel, divergent, and outright rebellious paths!

Therefore, behind Chen Yi’s increasingly monstrous strength, there had to be another unorthodox and equally monstrous Heavenly Dao!

The Purple Star Heavenly Dao couldn’t achieve this. Though it had nurtured a heretic like Chen Yi, it remained fundamentally orthodox, incapable of spawning such blasphemous systems!

So then—

Flying Star!

It had to be Flying Star!

The one who had copied its core driver for the Purple Star Heavenly Dao, freeing it from its shackles and granting it rebirth!

Chen Yi was a variable, and Flying Star was another—both rebellious anomalies defying orthodoxy!

In the orthodox Immortal Realm, the peak was unshakable, the Infinite stood as emperor—an insurmountable mountain. Within orthodoxy, they were invincible.

But beyond orthodoxy? The Immortal Realm could no longer exert its dimensional supremacy. And once such power grew, it would become another towering peak—far superior to trembling under the Immortal Realm’s shadow, scrambling for scraps!

At this realization, Cui Changsheng’s consciousness seemed to ascend in an instant. For a fleeting moment, he glimpsed a dazzling future unfurling before him!

"Hahaha! Excellent, truly excellent!"

Cui Changsheng couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Yet at that very moment—

Scarlet Heaven, still pinned by the halberds in the void, suddenly laughed as well and chanted:

"A finger shatters heaven, bones crack the stars,

Ten thousand laws are shackles, binding the Dao’s truth.

A sea of blood churns, devouring sun and moon,

A lone peak sits in solitude, steadying the cosmos.

"Life hangs by a wisp, transforming golden scales,

A single thought soars, knocking at the gate of life.

Shatter a thousand calamities to forge my law,

Alone I uphold the universe, standing as Dao’s sovereign!"

In an instant, a terrifying aura erupted from Scarlet Heaven’s body, shattering the halberds’ suppression and flooding outward, annihilating all in its path!

Chen Yi’s expression darkened. Even two six-star avatars couldn’t suppress this former Immortal Emperor!

It seemed...

His true self would have to step in after all!