Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren, the two Heavenly Ranking titans, were utterly shaken. It was only when engaging with Li Taishi that they startlingly realized his power was subtly beginning to rank among the top fifty on the Heavenly Ranking.

How could such a young figure possess such formidable strength! What in the world was happening?

The same profound query arose simultaneously in the minds of Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren. Yet, a shared resolve also ignited within the hearts of these two Heavenly Ranking titans.

They must slay Li Taishi; he could not be allowed to develop further. If Li Taishi were permitted to continue his ascent, the consequences would be dire.

There was only so much destiny available to challenge the Dao of Civilization; if one more person vied for it, it meant one less chance for them—it was a simple matter. Wang Xueze’s Civilization Killing Song and Zhu Tianren’s Civilization Killing Song resonated with each other, coalescing into a howling surge of killing intent.

Under the siege of these two titans, Lu Yuan, completely unfamiliar with the Civilization Killing Song, spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly sustaining grievous injuries. Truly severe injuries.

This was the misfortune of being unfamiliar with the combat methods of Heavenly Ranking titans. After coughing up blood, Lu Yuan wasn't overly anxious; he had already basically grasped the method for adapting the Civilization Killing Song.

Wang Xueze roared, his head materializing in the void: "Li Taishi, perish!" Zhu Tianren’s blood-light transformed into a blood-hued Silver Stream in the void, coiling in a silent vortex. He uttered no words, but his target was undeniably singular: the absolute execution of Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan raised the Chuanzheng Immortal Codex in his hand, retreating continuously as he called out, "Hey, Zhu Tianren, Wang Xueze, you don't actually think you’re the only ones who know the Civilization Killing Song, do you? I know it too." Before Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze could react, Lu Yuan likewise unleashed a Civilization Killing Song.

What a magnificent and terrifying Civilization Killing Song of killing intent this was! Within this Civilization Killing Song resided the grandeur and magnificent scale of Civilization itself.

The song chronicled the supreme mysteries of Civilization, praising its greatness and perfection, disseminating its essence to all things. All living beings fundamentally existed within Civilization.

Civilization encompassed everything, the universe contained within its embrace. In the sky, the musical movements of Civilization shimmered.

Notes, representing Civilization, danced across the heavens. But this was only the beginning.

Immediately, the dancing musical movements and notes in the sky transformed into an utterly terrifying surge of killing power. The more profound the original Song of Civilization, the more horrifying the resulting killing intent became.

That killing intent was as deep and boundless as an abyss of hell, as if legions of demon gods and demon ancestors from the deepest reaches were leaping out to surround and slay you—no, worse, it was as if the entire Hell itself was bearing down upon you. The closer one was to the Heavenly Threshold of Civilization, the more exaggerated this Hell became!

And now, the Musical Hell manifested by Lu Yuan’s Civilization Killing Song was exactly that exaggerated, almost as if the entire Hell had dropped from thin air, utterly eclipsing the Hells conjured by Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren, pushing their lesser domains entirely aside. And Lu Yuan, at this moment, was the Monarch of Hell!

This Hell was no ordinary place that merely interred mortals; this Hell could inter the Immortals, the Buddhas, the Demons, the Fiends, and the Gods. All things could be buried within it.

This power could inter beings who had not yet reached the level of Civilization. Within this Hell, Lu Yuan held an overwhelming advantage.

Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren’s expressions changed simultaneously. They both perceived that the Civilization Killing Song Lu Yuan unleashed, and the Hell it manifested, were vastly more terrifying than their own.

This implied that Li Taishi was closer to the Heavenly Threshold of Civilization than either of them—how was this possible! How could Li Taishi possibly be closer to the Heavenly Threshold of Civilization than they were?

That was the Heavenly Threshold of Civilization! Countless cultivators struggled for eons, finding it harder than scaling heaven just to move a single step closer.

Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren’s shock instantly vanished, for they had no time to spare. Lu Yuan held the absolute advantage now, and both Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren realized that if this continued, they would be defeated by Li Taishi, especially since Wang Xueze had already been wounded by Lu Yuan’s devastating initial sword strike.

At this juncture, Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren unleashed their strongest trump cards simultaneously. Wang Xueze deployed the Ancient Head Technique—a method derived from the head of an incorruptible being from a previous epoch.

This head contained a faint power of epochal creation and destruction. Wang Xueze was going all-in; if he didn't fight now, he feared he wouldn't get another chance.

Before attacking, he truly hadn't anticipated Li Taishi would be this strong. Zhu Tianren, too, deployed his ultimate, lifelong secret skill: the Blood-Colored Silver River!

This technique was mastered after he purged the population of the planet Fánruò Star River. Endless primal blood surged from his hands, striking toward Lu Yuan.

He, too, was now intent on fighting Lu Yuan to the death. Lu Yuan stepped forward, waving a large hand: "You two struggling, dying worms, dare to struggle?

Truly laughable." The Chuanzheng Immortal Codex materialized myriad Principles in the void. The Principles deemed it wrong to use a head as a weapon, thus Wang Xueze’s actions were fundamentally flawed.

The Principles also decreed that using blood as a weapon was erroneous, meaning Zhu Tianren was also wrong. This was the ultimate law: Heaven and Earth are vast, but Principle is the greatest!

Heaven and Earth are Vast, Principle is Greatest was a supreme killing move of the Confucian Civilization, not something easily imparted. However, since Lu Yuan had essentially mastered the entire Confucian Civilization Sword Dao, he had independently grasped this ultimate technique.

When employed from a position of advantage, this technique was virtually a move of certain execution. As soon as Lu Yuan invoked Heaven and Earth are Vast, Principle is Greatest, Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze fell into an absolute disadvantage.

Despite unleashing endless secret skills, they were powerless against this ultimate principle; they could only sustain attacks and be continually struck. They were Heavenly Ranking titans, yes, but they were not greater than Principle itself.

As Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze struggled ceaselessly, Lu Yuan’s body grew larger, and the Chuanzheng Immortal Codex expanded alongside him, stretching past one hundred zhang, then one thousand zhang. Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze were left struggling and resisting within the pages of the Codex, unleashing various killing moves that struck the pages, yet the parchment remained utterly unmoved.

Lu Yuan looked down at Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze trapped within the pages: "You two have wrought boundless slaughter. Today, I execute justice on behalf of Heaven and exterminate you both." The Chuanzheng Immortal Codex suddenly snapped shut with a deafening crash, pulverizing the two Heavenly Ranking titans between its pages into dust.

The two Heavenly Ranking titans died spectacularly! This was simply unbelievable!

Every Heavenly Ranking titan was an epoch-shaking figure. The names of the fifty titans flashed across the Central Celestial Dynasty and the Lost Lands.

Upon hearing of a Heavenly Ranking titan, everyone felt a sense of awe; the demise of any one titan was exceedingly difficult to bring about. And now, two Heavenly Ranking titans had been annihilated squarely at the hands of Li Taishi.

Who was Li Taishi? Reportedly hailing from the Civilization of Light, he was taken as a disciple by the Deputy Master of Confucian Civilization.

He was remarkably young and possessed the proven record of defeating the Son of Demon—a feat that astounded all four courts at the time. Now, having slain two Heavenly Ranking titans, the terror he inspired was boundless.

Li Taishi has slain Heavenly Ranking titans! Li Taishi has slain Heavenly Ranking titans!

In the minds, hearts, and spirits of countless observers, this single sentence echoed dully! No one could react immediately; for a moment, everything seemed frozen.

The visual shock of Heavenly Ranking titans perishing before their eyes was too immense—and not just one, but two simultaneously. The only one not stunned was Lu Yuan himself.

Slaying Heavenly Ranking titans was just that—slaying titans. Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren were figures drowning in monstrous sins; he had effectively eliminated two great scourges for Heaven and Earth.

Furthermore, while his Li Taishi persona lacked a killing move to match the 'Zheng' (righteousness), he had now comprehended one of the ultimate skills of Confucian Civilization: Heaven and Earth are Vast, Principle is Greatest, finally granting the Li Taishi identity a true decisive blow. Lu Yuan’s physical form and the Chuanzheng Immortal Codex simultaneously shrank back to their normal size.

Upon returning to normal, he sensed Civilization Fragments residing within his Chuanzheng Immortal Codex. A spark ignited in his heart: Civilization Fragments—precisely what he needed most.

Indeed, upon their deaths, Wang Xueze and Zhu Tianren, the two Heavenly Ranking experts, had left behind Civilization Fragments. Lu Yuan felt a surge of excitement.

In the Sacred Land of Civilization, his Disk of Civilization was currently about forty percent full. These remaining Fragments were finally arriving.

Lu Yuan noticed he had quite a few Fragments in hand; even accounting for the loss during the titans’ deaths, it was more than what he currently had on his Disk of Civilization. Ignoring everything else, Lu Yuan immediately attempted to load the Civilization Fragments obtained from Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze into his Disk of Civilization.

But upon attempting the integration, he found it impossible to fit them in. Correct, they simply could not be placed into his Disk of Civilization; there was a repulsive reaction.

What was going on? Could it be that he could not utilize these Civilization Fragments?

Lu Yuan paused for a brief period of contemplation and managed to figure out the reason. The Civilization Fragments from the Sacred Land of Civilization were called Chaos Civilization Fragments—the only Fragments belonging to the Chaos lineage among the various Civilization Masters.

It had been explained at the time that only Chaos Civilization Fragments were universally compatible, allowing anyone to integrate them; this was why everyone flocked to the Sacred Land. When he obtained the Chaos Civilization Fragments, their integration into his Disk of Civilization had been perfectly feasible.

Once those Chaos Civilization Fragments became his, they had acquired his specific attribute: the attribute of Righteousness. The Civilization Fragments from Zhu Tianren and Wang Xueze, however, were Blood attribute and Demonic attribute, respectively—neither possessed the Chaos attribute.

Thus, they were now repelled by his Disk of Civilization; they were not compatible. This explanation made perfect sense.