He placed the two jade plates together within the Five Elements Ring, inside its elemental world. As for the rest of the items in the belt, He Yiming didn't recognize many, so he decided not to deal with them immediately, leaving them suspended in the spatial storage—they wouldn't spoil or rot anyway.
Having finished all this, he looked up to see the White Horse, the Treasure Pig, and the Dragon Serpent still communicating incessantly. Although the Dragon Serpent was trying its utmost to suppress its voice, the sounds it emitted, no matter how careful, were clearly earth-shattering roars, akin to a tiger's cry.
Its immense frame granted it unparalleled power; every breath caused the black mist on the mountain peak to churn and roll. Such a colossal entity, even if dropped into the Outer Sea, would surely rival the massive Saint Beast Kings in sheer size.
After a long while, the Dragon Serpent's large eyes finally fixed upon He Yiming, a strange hue seeming to ripple within their icy depths.
The Treasure Pig stepped forward and let out a few snorting sounds. He Yiming frowned slightly, turning his gaze toward Bai Lingba.
"This great serpent says there are forces on you that it dislikes and forces that it favors, and these two types of power cause it immense strain. Therefore, it wants to see precisely what those powers are," Bai Lingba translated slowly.
He Yiming’s heart clenched. This great serpent was indeed formidable, truly worthy of being an ancient being that had lived for thousands of years, actually discerning that he had merged Light and Dark into a single entity.
However, after only a brief moment of contemplation, he readily agreed. For even he himself desired to verify just how mighty the power he could unleash after fusing Light and Dark directly within his Dantian would be.
With a gentle wave of his hands, a peculiar energy was immediately released from his palms.
This was the power of the Light-Dark Union: possessing dazzling, eye-catching brilliance, coupled with the shadow hidden within that light, which almost no one could detect.
Light and dark are twin entities; where there is light, darkness must exist. Unless one reaches an impossibly extreme state, like that of the Western Pantheon, there is rarely such a pure essence of luminous power.
And now, the power He Yiming released was equally pure. Though Light and Dark had fused, it was the melding of their most refined essences. They not only retained their original characteristics but could also compensate for each other, possessing an endless, cyclical trend of transformation.
A look of solemnity instantly appeared in the Dragon Serpent’s huge eyes; even when facing the Yellow Springs Ancestor in direct confrontation before, it had never regarded anything with such seriousness.
A massive exhalation burst forth from the Dragon Serpent’s maw, sending a plume of exceptionally dense black mist rolling toward He Yiming.
This was the Dragon Serpent’s breath, condensed dark power forged from the most potent Yin Sha energy. If a Great Venerable were to be assailed by this force, the only outcome awaiting them would be madness and death.
Even the former Yellow Springs Ancestor dared not meet the Dragon Serpent’s breath head-on.
This Yin Sha energy, compressed to its absolute limit, was undeniably one of the most dreaded counteragents to any form of power.
Yet, He Yiming showed no fear. With a slight flick of his wrist, the power he released from his hands surged forward to meet the attack.
Then, the most bizarre thing happened.
The mighty breath force expelled by the Dragon Serpent dissipated under the influence of this Light-Dark Union power.
The dark energy acted like a colossal suction cup, firmly grasping the black mist dispersing in the air, while the radiant light flared up dramatically, utterly purifying the terrifying black fog. The entire process unfolded as smoothly as flowing water, without the slightest impediment.
The Yin Sha energy, capable of neutralizing the vast majority of powers in the world, possessed no strength to resist before the limitless light.
The Dragon Serpent opened its great mouth, but after a moment of hesitation, it did not unleash a second breath. In its eyes, however, lingered deep confusion and a faint shadow of apprehension.
How potent the power of light could be! Its own breath, before this energy, was like a child facing fully armed special forces—completely outmatched. For a Dragon Serpent that had survived millennia, this was a considerable blow to its pride.
He Yiming waved his hand, and the Light-Dark Union power enveloped him, appearing as if he were draped in a cloak of constantly shimmering light, causing his figure to flicker in and out of view, imbued with an air of profound mystery.
At this moment, his heart was a mix of astonishment and joy. While he had always known the Light-Dark Union must be overwhelmingly powerful, he had never imagined it reaching such heights.
In comparison, pure Light or pure Dark energy felt vastly inferior.
Although the Dragon Serpent’s breath was the pinnacle of dark energy, it was inherently countered by the Light-Dark Union. The reason the attack seemed soft and lacking force was that under the Union, the Light energy was actively purifying, while the Dark energy was simultaneously absorbing.
Caught in this pincer movement of purification and absorption, nothing short of a power of an equivalent tier could resist it. There was good reason why the Yellow Springs Ancestor had immediately fled upon seeing the two Western powerhouses initiate their Light-Dark Union.
After a moment of apparent deliberation, the ground at the mountaintop slowly began to bulge upward, and a massive serpent tail drilled out from beneath the earth. This tail then lashed out fiercely toward He Yiming.
The tail’s approach was not rapid, but He Yiming had no intention of evading, knowing this was the Dragon Serpent’s attempt to gauge the extent of his current strength.
With a flip of his wrist, the imitation Divine Artifact, the Five Elements Ring, materialized in He Yiming's hand.
To attempt a direct contest of pure strength against the Dragon Serpent would be foolish for He Yiming. But since he held the Five Elements Ring capable of amplifying his power fivefold, he might as well give the beast a shock.
As the thought crossed his mind, the True Qi within He Yiming surged violently toward the Five Elements World within the ring.
However, at that very moment, his expression abruptly changed, and his body swayed. Just as the Dragon Serpent’s tail was about to strike, he swiftly dodged clear.
He planted himself firmly dozens of feet away, his face extremely grim.
The Dragon Serpent, being an extremely intelligent creature, immediately ceased its attack. The White Horse and the others exchanged bewildered glances, uncertain what had befallen He Yiming.
Picking up the Five Elements Ring, He Yiming stared intensely at his arm, as if his hands held some ineffable secret.
In fact, when He Yiming had tried to send his Five Elements True Qi into the Five Elements World just now, he abruptly discovered that the True Qi he mobilized was not the colorful Five Elements energy, but rather the potent Light-Dark Union power once again.
This power was indeed mighty—even surpassing the Five Elements energy he currently possessed. But He Yiming held the Five Elements Ring, and to unleash its might, he required Five Elements energy.
Yet, no matter how he tried to command it, He Yiming discovered with dismay that all the energy in his body now seemed to have completely transformed into the Light-Dark Union. This meant that in any engagement, he would certainly deploy this power, and no other energy could be summoned.
The only solace for He Yiming was that his divine weapons remained fully operational. The Five Elements Ring and his two other divine artifacts were unrestricted, allowing him to summon them at will and soar through the sky using their divine light.
But that was the limit. The only power he could gather and release was the Light-Dark Union, and nothing else.
After a long pause, a helpless, bitter smile touched He Yiming's lips.
Before this day, he would never have imagined that the formation of the Light-Dark Union in his Dantian would suppress all his other powers.
This aggressively dominant effect possessed a characteristic eerily similar to that of pure Light energy.
The powerful exclusionary force, newly established after the Union, was now fiercely evident.
A feeling of annoyance mixed with helplessness stirred within him. With a casual sweep of his hand, he retracted the Five Elements Ring into his body. The Light-Dark Union power naturally coalesced before him, enveloping his entire form in this world of inherent contradiction.
Watching the strangely flickering power surrounding him, the White Horse and the others felt a deep chill.
After hesitating for a time, the Dragon Serpent attacked once more, its tail slicing through the air with a sharp, piercing shriek aimed directly at He Yiming.
Looking up, He Yiming took a deep breath; he was now unleashing the true extent of the Light-Dark Union power.
Without the five-fold amplification provided by the Five Elements Ring, the energy He Yiming used this time was his genuine core strength.
The Dragon Serpent’s massive tail suddenly slowed down. The Light-Dark Union power acted like an impenetrable wall; even the immense force possessed by the Dragon Serpent could not shatter it, but instead, it moved slower and slower through the air that felt as viscous as glue.
Finally, the tip of the enormous serpent tail reached He Yiming. He gently pushed it with his hand, and as if springing released from a taut coil, he flicked the tail high into the air.
A brilliant light flashed in He Yiming’s eyes as he looked at his hands, almost unable to believe what had just occurred.
He had actually repelled the Dragon Serpent’s massive tail with a mere push—what a staggering, unbelievable feat.
When had the strength possessed by a human ever been comparable to that of a primeval, top-tier Saint Beast...
The Dragon Serpent blinked its huge eyes twice, choosing not to attack again. In its gaze toward He Yiming, however, a distinct, subtle fear had begun to take root.
Even a being as mighty as the Dragon Serpent held trepidation toward the power of the Light-Dark Union.
After staying at Ghost Cry Ridge for several days, He Yiming bade farewell to the great serpent, accompanied by the Treasure Pig and the White Horse.
Though the three top-tier Saint Beasts exchanged reluctant goodbyes, the Dragon Serpent's sheer size made it impossible for it to ever appear openly in the world. Despite possessing immense power, it was doomed to live out its life confined to one lonely place. Until it achieved the rank of Divine Beast, even the Dragon Serpent could not alter this fate.
Several days later, He Yiming entered the Eastern Territories and finally returned safely to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall!
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