Chapter 1358: Chapter 1358: Gathering at Demon Abyss

“Demonic enemy from beyond, as long as I am here, you cannot leave!”

The Master of the Rifting Sky was fully on guard, not daring to be careless for even a moment.

From their earlier clash, he already understood the immense power of this demonic enemy from beyond.

“Are you summoning your allies?”

Chu Yuan naturally sensed the powerful fluctuations sweeping through the void.

“The demonic enemy from beyond must die!”

He suddenly slashed forward with both claws, rending the air as space and time twisted and distorted around him.

The Master of the Rifting Sky was fully aware of the demonic enemy’s mastery over space-time manipulation and was determined not to let him wield the Path of Time-Space.

If he could hold out until reinforcements arrived, the enemy’s escape would be impossible.

“Great Cleave.”

Simultaneously, Chu Yuan’s hand turned into a sharp blade, slicing through the air with black light creating countless intersecting cuts.

In an instant, the two unparalleled powerhouses exchanged countless blows. The void became chaotic, filled with a terrifying aura of destruction.

The Master of the Rifting Sky was unnerved by the might of Chu Yuan’s Great Cleave Technique.

With one step across time and space, Chu Yuan condensed infinite power. With a single cleave, he sent an attack surging forward–a black line separating space into two halves.

The protective energy shielding the Master of the Rifting Sky shattered upon impact, forcing him to retreat several steps in shock.

“Soul Shock!”

It was as if a heavy hammer struck directly at the soul of the Master of the Rifting Sky. The force of the soul shock made him immediately activate his Heart of True Self for protection.

“As expected of a cultivator of the Fourth Realm of the Heavenly Dao, who has condensed the Heart of True Self and guards their mind with unwavering strength, able to resist my Great Soul Technique.”

Chu Yuan’s tone was composed.

If he had been in the Third Realm of the Heavenly Dao, a single shock would have left his soul in total disarray.

But, the Fourth Realm was different.

While the Fourth Realm’s power wasn’t vastly superior to the Third Realm’s, the mastery of the Heart of True Self allowed for an understanding of the Heavenly Dao that was many times deeper.

Their unshakable souls were almost immune to disturbance.

“Don’t give him the chance to escape!”

Boom!

The Master of the Rifting Sky’s hands flashed with frosty brilliance. Divine light shattered the heavens, forming a blade array. With a crushing motion, ten dazzling beams of light descended powerfully.

This extreme power aimed not only to tear apart the body but to obliterate the soul as well.

“Well done!”

Chu Yuan, however, treated the Master of the Rifting Sky as nothing more than a stepping stone in his trial of mastering the Heavenly Dao’s power.

He raised his hand, the Cutting Blade transforming into a divine weapon. A single ray of light slashed outward, fully exerting control over the surrounding space-time. With this strike, the Master of the Rifting Sky’s counterattack was completely neutralized.

The slashing power created cracks even in the Master of the Rifting Sky’s claws, which were reinforced with divine energy.

“Frenzied Form!”

Ignoring his dismay, the Master of the Rifting Sky launched into an unrelenting assault, moving like a raging storm. His claws tore the air ceaselessly in a fury so brutal that even those in the same realm would avoid clashing with him directly.

However, there was always a calm smile on Chu Yuan’s face.

An enormous power loomed over him like the Sovereign of Heaven and Earth. His Heavenly Dao divine strength combined with the might of his empire produced dazzling phenomena, forming an unstoppable counterattack.

The Master of the Rifting Sky, though spinning madly, suddenly felt like a lone man wielding a tiny shovel trying to move an immense mountain.

“Such power! Divine might like an ocean, force like a mountain!”

Though his attacks were ferocious, the Master of the Rifting Sky found himself utterly helpless against Chu Yuan.

“Heavenly Sovereign!”

The Emperor’s massive hand struck out. The overbearing might of the heavens descended forcefully, but the Master of the Rifting Sky, relying on his profound cultivation, managed to defend himself.

“Too overpowering!” he exclaimed in deep shock.

“Master of the Rifting Sky, I’ve arrived!”

A woman suddenly appeared. She too was a Fourth Realm cultivator, her expression cold and indifferent. With a wave of her hands, she unleashed the power of space-time confinement, instantly locking down Chu Yuan’s movements.

“The Master of Void Space from the Yuanchentian Sect!”

The Master of the Rifting Sky’s expression shifted dramatically.

This Master of Void Space wasn’t stronger than him in direct combat, but he knew that to deal with such a demonic enemy, raw power wasn’t enough. Someone like the Master of Void Space, who excelled at confinement, was indispensable.

“Space-time confinement, is it?”

Chu Yuan’s senses for space-time were extraordinarily sharp.

“Master of Void Space, you’ll lock him down while I attack head-on. Haha, soon, more reinforcements will arrive!”

The Master of the Rifting Sky deliberately raised his voice, attempting to destabilize Chu Yuan’s focus.

“Space-time, illusions.”

The Master of Void Space brought her hands together, summoning an illusory force that distorted one’s perception of space and time.

Within the illusions, whips of soul energy lashed out violently.

“The combination of space-time and illusions.”

Chu Yuan continued to smile at them both.

“Impossible! He’s completely unaffected by my space-time illusions. Even someone at the Celestial Fate level couldn’t resist this easily!”

The Master of Void Space was deeply stunned.

Her space-time illusions could create an entire illusory universe, deceive billions of people, and render reality indistinguishable from illusion–even capable of turning illusion into reality.

Yet Chu Yuan strode forward, unaffected, as if walking through a dream.

“Don’t let him get away!”

The Master of the Rifting Sky brought his claws slashing down, but his power struck only a phantom and passed through.

By now, Chu Yuan had pushed his mastery over space-time to its pinnacle, existing in a different temporal and spatial dimension. If someone with unparalleled vision peered into space-time,

they would see Chu Yuan forming a space-time corridor, surrounded by shimmering, dreamlike light.

Then, in an instant, he disappeared entirely from the presence of the two powerhouses.

Chu Yuan had no interest in entangling with them further. Although unafraid of them, he could neither kill nor seal them, and prolonging the battle would simply waste his time.

“He escaped again!”

The Master of the Rifting Sky gnashed his teeth in frustration. “Even with the Master of Void Space’s confinement, we still couldn’t seal him. His mastery over the Path of Time-Space is terrifying, I can’t even break through his spatial defenses!”

“The demonic enemy’s power is too elusive,”

the Master of Void Space transmitted her thoughts via Heavenly Dao. “Everyone, avoid coming here. The Master of the Rifting Sky and I cannot hold him off. His raw strength is secondary; what makes him truly terrifying is his command over space-time, rendering him impossible to seal!”

“If even this could not confine him, how difficult must it be to deal with this demonic enemy? From the will of the world, we sense he’s dangerously close to the Demon Abyss. If he enters, that’ll be a catastrophe!”

“But how can we seal him? Didn’t you see, even the Master of Void Space has no way to deal with him?”

The Yuanchentian powerhouses were filled with a collective sense of helplessness and frustration.

The Master of Void Space was one of the few in Yuanchentian proficient in advanced sealing techniques.

Even if a sect master-level figure arrived, they likely wouldn’t be able to stop him either.

Could they possibly call upon the Master of Yuanchentian?

Yet the demons beyond the Yuanchentian were not limited to one. Should the Master take action, another from the Demon Abyss might seize the opportunity to break free, unleashing even greater disaster.

A disaster Yuanchentian could not afford to endure again.

“There’s still hope. Gather outside the Demon Abyss, concentrate our strongest forces, and employ the Yuanchentian Diagram to suppress and seal him. No matter the cost, we must leave him no escape!”

“We cannot afford to fail again–the consequences are unthinkable!”

“To the Demon Abyss, everyone!”

They all understood that attempting to hunt down the demonic enemy in the outside world was futile. Better to concentrate their strongest powers and make their stand at the Demon Abyss.