Red and blue lights intertwined in the air. The golden light was gone in a flash, leaving a trail of rainbow flames in its wake. In the blink of an eye it was upon Monarch's avatar.
Monarch's avatar's face fell. His body blurred as he tried to escape the sword's range.
Just then, a moving voice called out. "Learn from Roxanne. Carry a camera with you at all times."
Kacha!
Monarch's doppelganger froze in midair. The space around it froze as well. Only the dazzling beam of light pierced through the air.
In this critical moment, Monarch's avatar demonstrated its superiority in cultivation. Its body exploded with terrifying power.
It became a vortex of purple energy.
The frozen space around it shattered, and the avatar's body became a hurricane.
The avatar's body swelled to become a hurricane. Although it couldn't evade the Harmonious Swords, at least it only needed a part of its body to withstand the blow.
There was a flash of golden light, and the purple light dissipated to reveal Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin.
However, at this moment, a strange scene appeared.
A brilliant blue light suddenly burst out, followed by a white light.
The two beams of light intertwined with each other, rising into the sky.
In that instant, everything between heaven and earth seemed to fall into a state of stillness. An extremely wondrous aura suddenly burst forth from these two pillars of light.
It was a strange energy. The Paragons felt their bodies and minds clear, as if their souls had been cleansed. Their energies were cleansed as well.
The energy within them rose at an alarming rate.
That wasn't a temporary energy, but their own cultivation base was affected by that aura and was rapidly rising.
The Driver was the one who felt it the most. He felt as if the lightning within him was boiling, and his energy was rising.
It wasn't just the intensity of the energy, but the very nature of it.
Suddenly, the purple hue in the sky changed. It grew brighter, and a golden cloud appeared.
It illuminated the world below, down to the finest detail.
The purple light coalesced in the distance, and Monarch reappeared. Its eyes were bewildered.
What … what was this?
At this moment, there was another cracking sound.
Monarch's body froze again.
What was different from before was that Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin's Dual Sword Harmony had injured it to a certain extent. This time, it wasn't as easy to break free, and the binding feeling was even stronger.
Under the cover of the golden cloud, the nearby aliens acted as if they had met their nemesis. Not only did they not dare approach, but they fled as far away as they could.
Unfortunately, could they really avoid it?
The golden cloud expanded, and a large number of aliens fell from the sky. But as they fell they were reduced to ash.
On the ground, the carpet of fungi that was originally covered in a purplish-red color seemed to have been roasted by high temperature. The heart was broken, shriveled, and cracked.
In the distance, the giant blood vessels that were originally connected to the sky also began to twist slightly due to the appearance of the golden clouds.
A monstrous roar resounded from the other side.
The gigantic purplish-black creature slowly rose from the ground.
This purplish-black creature looked like a giant octopus, with tentacles supporting its body.
Its body was more than five thousand meters in diameter, and with the tentacles it was ten thousand meters long.
It covered a vast area.
It spat out a plume of purplish-black smoke that shot toward the golden cloud. It looked like it was trying to contaminate it.
However, when the purplish-black fog was still a certain distance away from the golden clouds, it had already dispersed.
It couldn't get close.
The Paragons could sense from the aura of its enormous form that this creature was no less powerful than Nirvana.
Just as they suspected, it was a progenitor of immense power.
This was the limit of what a progenitor could achieve. It was no wonder it was able to feed the alien home worlds.
The two beams of light that rose into the clouds slowly merged into one.
Everything around them began to change in a strange way.
Monarch's frozen avatar shook violently. It struggled to free itself from Roxanne's hold.
Roxanne quietly appeared beside the other Paragons.
None of the Paragons had any intention of attacking. Their energies and protogenia were rioting, and there was nothing they could do to help.
Their energies continued to rise, and every second they experienced was equivalent to a day's worth of hard work.
The Driver was the most affected, but it was the Pharmacist who reaped the benefits.
The Pharmacist's Slaughter Domain had forced her to become a Reflection of Heaven and Earth. Now, under the influence of the golden cloud, her Occisus pulsed with power. Combined with the strange aura, she was surprised to find that her Reflection of Heaven and Earth had solidified.
In other words, in the blink of an eye she had risen from Protogenia to a Reflection of Heaven and Earth.
If she had been a little more stable when she broke through to Paragon, she might have been able to reach the heavens in a single bound.
But it was a great leap forward. She hadn't expected it to be so easy.
As her Domain solidified, Occisus seemed to have undone another seal. The runes on the blade glowed brighter, and two more appeared.
Occisus pulsed with a powerful aura as it melded with the Pharmacist.
She floated in the air, but it was impossible to tell whether she was a sword or a person.
Monarch's avatar's eyes flashed with panic. The golden cloud in the sky filled him with dread.
The clouds and mist seemed to contain the power of the Universe's Laws. Furthermore, the Universe's Laws were constantly condensing.
Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin finally emerged from the pillar of light. Both sat cross-legged in the air.
Behind each of them, there was a sword floating in the air.
They were the Celestial Trapping Sword and the Celestial Slashing Sword.
The two divine swords exuded a faint halo of light, and faint golden veined patterns appeared on the swords' bodies.
Lan Jue sat in the same position, solemn and dignified. Behind him a silhouette of light slowly coalesced. It was ancient, and emanated a majestic aura.
Although it was illusory, it had a kind of feeling that made people want to worship it.
Zhou Qianlin had a similar silhouette behind her, but it looked more like her.
Lan Jue's chest glowed with a blue light. It grew clearer and clearer until he looked like a crystal of the same color.
Zhou Qianlin's body was surrounded by a misty cloud. The white mist made her look like a fairy descending to the mortal world.
The golden cloud grew larger and larger.
Monarch's avatar gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. His body began to swell, and a blinding purple-gold light burst forth from him.
He was using all his power.
But just as he was about to launch his attack, a deafening crack of thunder filled the skies.
Boom! Boom!
Monarch's avatar's energy dissipated in a deafening explosion.
As if frightened by something, the avatar turned tail and fled.
Amidst the golden cloud, a teardrop glimmered.
Monarch's avatar had already transformed into a beam of violet light and was gone in the blink of an eye.
The Void Mother, which was still baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, trembled violently when it heard the thunderous roar, and all its tentacles drooped down.
Monarch's avatar could run, but the progenitor could not!
It had taken root here, and its roots were deep.
There was no chance of escape.
"What is that?" The Pharmacist stared blankly at the golden cloud in the sky.
Without a doubt, Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin's Harmonious Swords were on the verge of becoming Paragons.
But even the Pharmacist didn't understand why such a grand spectacle would occur. No one knew what was going to happen during the process of ascension.
Luo Xianni originally wanted to give chase, but when she heard the thunder, her expression also became ugly. Her body trembled slightly, and she completely withdrew her aura.
"That's universal protogenia. It's like Tribulation Lightning from the ancient times." She couldn't be sure.
The Pharmacist gasped. "Tribulation Lightning?
How is that possible?
Isn't Tribulation Lightning the only way to become immortal? "
She hadn't even finished speaking when another thunderous roar filled the skies. A bolt of golden lightning fell from the heavens, heading straight for Lan Jue's direction.
Roxanne, the Pharmacist, the Pauper, and the Gourmet all plummeted to the ground.
It was as if a giant hammer had dropped from the sky and smashed them to the ground. It was an unstoppable force.
"It's really a Lightning Tribulation! Heavens!" Luo Xianni cried out involuntarily while struggling to resist the terrifying pressure.
She couldn't understand why Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin's ascension would be accompanied by Tribulation Lightning.
It was terrifying!
Were they even human?
Tribulation Lightning was a manifestation of universal protogenia, and its destructive power was unimaginable. How could Lan Jue withstand it?
Even he and Jue Di had a high chance of being turned to ash if they were to face it head on.
It was the first time she'd felt the presence of tribulation lightning. Even though it wasn't directed at her, the terrifying pressure of heaven and earth made it impossible for her to move a finger, let alone help Lan Jue.