"My eyes are the eyes of Heaven." "My hands are the hands of Heaven." "My feet are the feet of Heaven." "I am Heaven. Lu Yuan felt a vast and mighty surge of Dharma power circulating within his body.
In truth, his physical form was undergoing an extreme transformation, becoming incredibly solid. His very life form had undergone a massive shift just moments before, rendered utterly different from before.
Now, there was only one feeling: he was Heaven. The Heaven of this current Epoch.
There are two types of Heaven: the Lesser Heaven of this Epoch, And the Great Heaven that spans countless Epochs. He currently felt strongly that he was the Heaven of this Epoch.
So this was what the Civilization Realm felt like—so exhilarating, so overwhelmingly satisfying. Lu Yuan surveyed his four opponents.
Boom! The Deputy Commander of the Might Saint Civilization and the Deputy Commander of the Sword Suffering Civilization were smashed violently away.
As Zhou Qingxuan was hurled back, he spat out a mouthful of blood. In a true contest against the Might Saint Deputy Commander alone, he would not have been defeated so easily, but the issue was that he had already been injured by the attacks of the four, and now that injury was fully triggered, rendering him combat ineffective.
With Zhou Qingxuan heavily wounded and out of the fight, the situation became starkly clear: four against one. The Deputy Commander of the Desolate Eagle Civilization shouted coldly, "Lu Yuan, though you've ascended to the Civilization Realm, you are merely a newcomer to this Epoch.
To immediately face the combined assault of us four is your misfortune. Regrettably, you will die here today, without a burial place." As the Desolate Eagle Deputy Commander roared, he unleashed the Eagle Swallow Civilization Dual Kill.
He cast aside all restraint, holding nothing back, unleashing his most potent ultimate move, intending to slaughter Lu Yuan before he could even familiarize himself with the power of the Civilization Realm. Once his Eagle Swallow Civilization Dual Kill was invoked, this grand ultimate technique manifested in the sky as a Civilization Eagle and a Civilization Swallow.
The Civilization Eagle represented boundless power, descending with immeasurable momentum as if a massive raptor were diving, while the Civilization Swallow moved with unparalleled agility, manifested with exquisite grace. The Eagle Swallow Civilization Dual Kill—one of immense force, the other of supreme dexterity—intertwined in the sky, forming this strike known as the Civilization Dual Kill.
The Deputy Commander of the Octagonal Civilization looked at Lu Yuan: "Lu Yuan, you, will die, I forbid, your exis, tence." His speech retained its peculiar rhythm, yet the killing intent surging from him was monumental. All eight of his bronze spears were drawn—something he hadn't done previously, whether against the Martial Swallow Deputy Commander or the Sword Suffering Deputy Commander.
But now, to deal with Lu Yuan, all eight bronze spears were unsheathed, not one left behind. The names of his eight bronze spears were: 'Shading the Sun,' 'Severing Water,' 'Reversing Soul,' 'Hanging Shears,' 'Startling Marsh,' 'Extinguishing Soul,' 'Warding Evil,' and 'True Rigidity.' Together, these eight constituted the Octagonal Bronze, and now, deploying all eight simultaneously, he intended to execute his ultimate technique: the Eight Bronze Civilization Flow!
His Eight Bronze Civilization Flow was derived from the nature of the eight distinct spears. The Shading the Sun Bronze: Pointed at the sun, it darkens day into night.
Gold is Yin; when Yin prevails, Yang is extinguished. The Severing Water Bronze: Used to cleave water; once parted, it cannot rejoin.
The Reversing Soul Bronze: Pointed at the moon, causing the toad and rabbit within to turn backward. The Hanging Shears Bronze: Birds flying past, striking its edge results in immediate severance.
The Startling Marsh Bronze: Used to skim the sea, causing the leviathan-marsh to sink deep. The Extinguishing Soul Bronze: Carried while traveling at night, ensuring no specters are encountered.
The Warding Evil Bronze: Specters or demons seeing it are immediately subdued. The True Rigidity Bronze: Used to cut jade and cleave metal as easily as carving wood.
The Eight Bronze Civilization Flow harmonizes the energies of the eight directions, engaging myriad adversaries from all angles. With all eight spears flashing, the heavens overturned and the earth shifted.
The Son of Immortals was consumed by envy, jealousy, and hatred. He had possessed immense luck, finding Zhen Yuanzi's physical body and merging it completely with his own, thereby acquiring the Dharma power of one Epoch.
However, he lacked the Realm experience of that Epoch. This shortcut he took, while not inherently harmful, meant he missed the necessary experiential insights required to ascend to the Lord of Ten Epochs Civilization when the time came, making that future ascent immensely difficult.
Still, the Lord of Civilization was too distant a goal, so the Son of Immortals paid it no mind for now; he only focused on reaching the Deputy Commander rank first. And yet, Lu Yuan, the eighth child of destiny, had taken no shortcuts whatsoever.
He advanced through the honest path to attain the Civilization Realm, overtaking the Son of Immortals to become a Civilization Realm expert. For the Son of Immortals, this was an immense humiliation.
To be surpassed by Lu Yuan even while taking a shortcut—how could he bear it? Consumed by envy, jealousy, and hatred, the Son of Immortals resolved to annihilate Lu Yuan.
The immortal arts he wielded grew fiercer and more brutal; no longer the Hundred Layers of Earth, he now manifested One Hundred and Fifty Layers of Earth. The latter was vastly more arduous than the former.
The Son of Immortals pushed his Dharma power to the absolute limit, determined to shatter Lu Yuan. After unleashing the One Hundred and Fifty Layers of Earth, the Son of Immortals was still unsatisfied.
He then summoned the Immortal Sealing Altar—a supreme spiritual treasure from the original Fengshen legends, possessing staggering power—and pressed it down upon Lu Yuan. The Son of Immortals deployed every innate ability he possessed; his assault was now comparable to the full-force strike of the Desolate Eagle Deputy Commander.
The attacks from these three were truly terrifying! Yet, compared to them, the Might Saint Deputy Commander's attack was even more dreadful.
In fact, the Might Saint Deputy Commander's assault had fewer intricate flourishes than the other three; it was a single, simple axe swing. But this axe strike nearly channeled the authentic technique of Pangu himself, imbued with the profound mysteries of world creation.
The surging, majestic power of two Epochs of Dharma might, unleashed in this strike, was terrifyingly far beyond the power of one Epoch. Of the four great leaders' combined assault, the Might Saint Deputy Commander’s blow was the most savage and cruel.
All four titans struck Lu Yuan precisely at the moment he ascended to the Civilization Realm, clearly aiming to destroy him before he could properly utilize his new power. Throughout the annals of countless Epochs, there had indeed been instances where newly ascended Civilization Realm experts were ambushed and slain due to their unfamiliarity with their new strength.
In that recorded incident, the victim faced two experts of the one-Epoch Civilization Realm; Lu Yuan faced four, one of whom possessed the power of two Epochs. Thus, Lu Yuan’s situation was far more dire.
In this instant, Lu Yuan faced the most terrifying scenario imaginable. Every corner of the world was saturated with killing intent.
Every Civilization Deputy Commander seemed like the Heaven of this Epoch. And now, the combined assault of the four titans was aimed at patricide—the killing of Heaven itself.
Even a mere fraction of this scattered power could easily shred a Giant on the Heaven Ranking, let alone those at the lower levels of World Realm Tenth Heaven or Half-Step Civilization Realm. Witnessing this level of engagement would likely cause them to suffocate instantly, as the ferocity of this conflict was far beyond their comprehension.
This was a War of Civilizations! The Desolate Eagle Civilization's Eagle Swallow Civilization Dual Kill struck Lu Yuan heavily.
The Octagonal Deputy Commander’s eight divine bronzes all connected with Lu Yuan. The Son of Immortals' One Hundred and Fifty Layers of Earth slammed into him.
The Might Saint Deputy Commander's Pangu Divine Axe cleaved Lu Yuan cleanly in two. Lu Wu was dead!
Lu Yuan had died just like that! Having just reached the Civilization Realm, he had no time to react, no time to adapt to its power, and was killed.
The Martial Deputy Commander couldn't help but pause, startled. She had witnessed the birth of a miracle and then its destruction; for a moment, her heart felt empty.
Zhou Qingxuan, however, sat calmly cross-legged, circulating his energy. He was quite clear about Lu Yuan’s capabilities and remained composed.
The Desolate Eagle Deputy Commander roared with laughter, finally succeeding after pursuing Lu Yuan for so long; how could he not be triumphant? The Might Saint Deputy Commander frowned.
He sensed something subtly wrong. But the Son of Immortals, who knew Lu Yuan best, having been his rival and being intimately familiar with his records, shouted, "1 careful, this is Floating Life is Like a Dream, we haven't killed Lu Yuan at all." "Right, Floating Life is Like a Dream." A voice sounded near the Octagonal Deputy Commander.
Lu Yuan’s hand rested on his sword hilt as he stood beside the Octagonal Civilization Deputy Commander: "Octagonal Deputy Commander, you will be the first Deputy Commander to die by my hand." Lu Yuan’s killing aura was immense, clearly intending to execute the Octagonal Deputy Commander. The Octagonal Deputy Commander flared with anger: "I have entered the Civilization Realm for countless years; you have just arrived and dare to challenge me?
Preposterous." Lu Yuan flicked his left hand in the void: "Five." "What five?" the Octagonal Deputy Commander demanded. "In five moves, I will kill you," Lu Yuan stated.
"What? How arrogant!" The Octagonal Deputy Commander repeatedly cursed, deeming Lu Yuan utterly insane.
To dispatch him in five moves was the stuff of fantasy. "Don't believe me?
Then try me," Lu Yuan replied with an indifferent shrug. As Lu Yuan spoke, the attacks from the other Civilization Realm experts struck where he was, aimed at killing him, but they only hit phantoms; hitting them was almost the same as missing entirely.
The Martial Deputy Commander stared blankly at Lu Yuan’s figure. Was there such a technique?
This must be Floating Life is Like a Dream. Zhou Qingxuan seemed to grasp something; he had heard of the technique but was seeing it for the first time, realizing just how formidable it was.
The Desolate Eagle Deputy Commander and the Might Saint Deputy Commander realized that Lu Yuan possessing Floating Life is Like a Dream made him nearly untouchable. The Son of Immortals immediately transmitted a voice message to the Might Saint Deputy Commander: "Might Saint Deputy Commander, our Immortal Ancient Civilization possesses a technique that can counter Lu Yuan's Floating Life is Like a Dream—the Civilization Heavenly Lock.
I haven't fully activated it yet; you must execute it." "Agreed," the Might Saint Deputy Commander nodded. This technique, the Civilization Heavenly Lock, was precisely the ultimate move the Jade Emperor had used against Lu Yuan's Floating Life is Like a Dream in the Civilization Sacred Ground—a technique founded by the Lord of the Immortal Ancient Civilization.
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