Chapter 1448: Who in History Can Match Me in a Fight

At this moment, the entire world truly watched in awe, and everyone erupted in excitement. Li's flamboyant and domineering presence resonated deeply with many.

For a long time, many in the Yang Realm had heard legends of him and knew of his invincible might. Even after so many years without his presence, countless people still waited, believing he wasn't dead and would eventually return.

Yet, when Li appeared today, he was aged and had been struck down by the Martial Madman. This was incredibly hard for many to accept, leading to profound despondency.

Although the Martial Sovereign was powerful and proclaimed invincible in his time,

he had, after all, been defeated by Li in the past, his forehead fractured. Those who favored Li today naturally found it difficult to accept reality, desperately hoping for Li's peak power to reappear, for his true return.

Now, Li was young and powerful, his vital energy nearly bursting through the starry sky and cracking the cosmos. This instantly ignited the fervor of countless people, prompting vast numbers of cultivators to cheer and shout.

"The strongest being of the prehistoric era has returned!""Li, unbeatable across heaven and earth, with no peer in the world!""Plants wither and then flourish again, and how I wish, Li, that you could truly live, not just be a fleeting spectacle.""We don't need you to just briefly defeat the Martial Madman; we hope you live and recover, not fight a bloody battle against all enemies right now!"

It can be said that Li had ignited the emotions of countless people; cheers and roars echoed through the heavens, reverberating among famous mountains and great rivers, sweeping across the four seas.

Even ancient monsters who had been dormant for years were affected, as if transported back to their youth, becoming hot-blooded, impulsive youths, eager to join the frantic shouts and calls for Li's name.

This was because many of them had lived through the prehistoric Li era, and some had even once admired Li Sanlong, a generational prodigy of that age.

"Who controlled the rise and fall in prehistoric times? Only I, the Black Hand!" someone even shouted.

Beyond the realm, in the shattered starry sky, Li stood holding a great banner, his heroic bearing awe-inspiring. Alone, he faced several figures in the dim void, his long hair flowing, his head held high and fearless.

"Li, you're too arrogant! They say the Martial Sovereign is mad, called a lunatic by many, but I see you as the truly unrestrained one. A mere obsession dares to turn the world upside down?!" someone shouted.

Li, wild and unrestrained, glared sideways at the speaker. "What, you're not convinced? It's not like I haven't beaten you before! Do you think I wouldn't recognize you just because you're hiding in the spatial shadows? Tai Heng, you're not worthy. You think being one of the dark sources from below makes you special? Tell your old man, Tai Yi, to get over here!"

The world fell silent. What had they just heard?

Tai Heng, one of the dark sources, had actually been dispatched, his true form arriving! And a being of such caliber was being reprimanded by Li. The Great Black Hand truly had a wildly unrestrained personality.

At this moment, people's hearts surged with emotion. From Li's words, it was finally confirmed that Tai Heng was indeed Tai Yi's second son, not merely a rumor.

In the starry sea, Tai Heng was fused with the darkness, his true appearance indiscernible. Yet, his disdainful snort conveyed his contempt. At this point, he truly didn't care much; it was meaningless to bicker with a dead man.

"All of you, stand back!" the Martial Sovereign interjected, his wildness undiminished, his dominance absolute, as mad as in prehistoric times. He was actually ordering those powerful figures.

He wanted to send Li on his way by himself, not through others.

Some were indifferent, others silent, but no one argued with him. If the Martial Madman wanted to act, then so be it; it saved them from having to intervene themselves.

"Li, I'll crush you with a flick of my hand; let's see how you defy the heavens!" The Martial Sovereign said with a cold expression, his hands behind his back. With a roar, the order of the heavens exploded as he took a step forward!

Some speculated that during his previous battle with Li, he hadn't yet perfected his flawless invincible realm, leaving a regret in his heart. He had always wanted to confront Li again at his most peak and blazing state.

"I hope you can awaken the hidden power from your lifetime and unleash your strongest attack!" the Martial Sovereign declared.

However, Li, at this moment, seemed even crazier than him. "One of you isn't enough; all of you come at me!"

He had no obligation to fulfill the Martial Sovereign's wish for a final, strongest battle. He lived only for himself; he was the unique Li, and no one could make him a mere backdrop.

At this moment, he was truly handsome, radiating light like the morning glow. Every gesture was brilliant, possessing an indescribable grace.

One could imagine that Li, in his prime, was an unparalleled paragon of beauty.

The Martial Sovereign said coldly, "Returning neither human nor ghost, was it Yin energy nourishing your remains, or vile things from the Great Underworld eroding your true spirit? I shall purify you, as an opponent, and send you on your way!"

The next moment, the temperature between heaven and earth became terrifyingly high. Space collapsed, melting away, and even the traces of the Great Dao were directly erased. The sky roared incessantly.

Even Tai Heng and the others disappeared instantly, leaving their original positions, as that energy could harm them. The entire Yang Realm seemed to have suddenly become a divine furnace, poised to incinerate all creation.

Beyond the realm, where it had been utterly dark, a single spark of fire abruptly leaped forth, like a lamp or a candle, instantly piercing through eternity and becoming the sole light in the cosmos.

Though it was just a small cluster, it was terrifying, capable of destroying everything.

Silently, this flickering fire, intending to burn through the Great Dao of heaven and earth, now began to corrode Li.

"Great Void Fire!"

Someone cried out softly. Even the faces of ancient monsters who had secluded themselves for millennia changed. This thing was too sinister, rumored to be unstoppable and capable of incinerating everything.

"The primal Great Void Fire is manageable, but once it's fed with high-level Great Dao fragments, it becomes unstoppable, capable of burning all living beings to death!"

A mythical-level expert from the prehistoric era spoke with a slight tremor in his voice; this fire was the bane of the strong.

Many had not expected the Martial Madman to control the Great Void Fire—the most terrifying of all, unquenchable, using the Great Dao as fuel to burn through all rules.

"Is he really treating Li as an evil being resurrected from a corpse, intending to burn through his remains?" someone exclaimed in awe.

The Martial Madman was brutal and wild; he unleashed his ultimate trump card at the slightest provocation. The Great Void Fire, rarely seen in the Yang Realm's history and almost impossible to find anywhere, had been unleashed!

The firelight incinerated heaven and earth; the depths of this universe actually became unstable, on the verge of collapse, affecting the balance of the greater world!

There, fragments of the Great Dao danced, burning away. All manner of order and countless rules were enveloped within, as if the entire Yang Realm was about to begin its path to destruction from this very point!

This was truly terrifying!

Chu Feng stood on the ground, feeling a burning sensation as he breathed, yet his entire body felt cold. Was this the true power of the Great Void Fire? Was this its proper way of use?

He was thankful that when he encountered it in the desolate land of the Grand Supreme Eight Trigrams Furnace, he hadn't fed it with Great Dao fragments, otherwise, the trouble would have been immense!

At the same time, it was fortunate that the stone jar had absorbed the Great Void Fire's energy.

At this moment, Li's true body was engulfed, standing in the firelight, still holding his great banner.

Any other person would have been terrified; this was a fatal trap, incredibly difficult to break. It was rumored that even those who had cultivated an eternally indomitable body would struggle to withstand it.

Yet now, Li was immortal within the firelight. Amidst the flickering kindling of the Great Dao, he exuded an aura of longevity, remaining brilliant and utterly fearless.

"Seeing this firelight, I'm reminded of the Time Furnace, a catalyst used long ago to set a trap, first allowing extreme evil energy to contaminate my body, leaving traces, which led to many events later. You possess the Great Void Fire; did you also participate back then?" Li spoke slowly, glancing at the Martial Sovereign, then suddenly turned his head to look in a certain direction in the Yang Realm, towards the root base of the Western Heaven organization.

The supreme expert hidden within that organization felt a terrifying beam of light flash before his eyes, more dazzling than lightning, scorching his bloodshot eyes and causing them to weep.

He was instantly terrified—was that Li's gaze?!

The Time Furnace was very evil and peculiar; none of its past owners had met a good end. Currently, it was in the hands of the Western Heaven organization.

"Those whom heaven struggles to bury, interred amidst the shifting soil of the four poles, chopping yin and yang as fuel..." Initially, this ancient sound originated from the Time Furnace, and not everyone could hear it; only extremely unusual cultivators could perceive it. Perhaps more precisely, only those who had obtained soul flesh, or Reincarnation Earth, could hear those words.

"Martial Madman, you alone are not enough!" Li roared at this moment, as if enraged, having recalled some unpleasant experience.

With a bang, he threw a punch, his fist print aimed at the Martial Sovereign's forehead, intending to sweep away all enemies as he had in prehistoric times!

People saw a layer of strange energy surrounding his body, twisting the Great Void Fire, evading the calamity of being incinerated, and capable of moving all things in the starry sky.

Even this section of the universe became twisted and chaotic, drawn in by Li to be injected into the Great Void Fire, offering effective resistance.

Boom! The Martial Sovereign was fierce; even in ancient times, he dared to directly confront Li, let alone now. He formed an enormous crimson-gold fist print and smashed it forward.

Heaven and earth roared, the starry sea boiled. Surrounding planets rapidly exploded, the devastation sweeping across all directions, countless stellar fragments scattering and spreading into the depths of the universe.

"All of you, come here too!" Li roared, his fist print obscuring the sky. Three dragons reared their heads, poised to swallow the cosmos in all directions.

The fist prints transformed into true dragons, surging out in clusters, wave after wave, each group comprising three dragons, sweeping across this starry sea and raging through this universe.

In an instant, whether Tai Heng and the others wanted to or not, they were all attacked and forced into battle. No one dared to underestimate Li's offensive power, even if he wasn't necessarily a living being at this moment.

It was a true creation of heaven and earth, a massive explosion of chaotic energy. This starry region was completely destroyed, and the intervention of several grand masters turned the cosmos into a desolate land.

Planets became like dust; as the waves of energy swept past, they successively exploded and then were annihilated.

Li went berserk. The tribulations of these past years seemed to have accumulated boundless rage within him, now erupting as he single-handedly faced a multitude of enemies.

"Li, I alone am enough to kill you!" The Martial Sovereign did not show weakness; even at this point, he still wished to suppress and kill Li by himself.

The others, however, had grim expressions. Li's provocation, attacking them all at once like this, was excessively disrespectful.

Boom! Tai Heng attacked, his glabella glowing as a purple light corroded his opponent's soul energy, aiming to fundamentally eliminate Li by destroying his soul.

"Come on, fighting one person isn't satisfying enough; fighting a group is truly exhilarating!" Li was almost delirious.

The next moment, people experienced his terror. A strange energy around Li's body transformed into Yin and Yang fuels, beginning to draw in the Great Void Fire, intending to snatch it for himself and incinerate all enemies.

Tai Heng and the others were moved; Li, in such a situation, still dared to so forcefully seize his opponent's supreme treasure fire?

The Martial Sovereign was enraged and also surprised. Li had once entered the Great Underworld; could he have indeed gathered the Yin and Yang fuels that were only found in legends?

Rumble! The firelight boiled, instantly soaring tens of thousands of feet high, with a portion of it being taken by Li for his own use.

"Explode for me!" the Martial Sovereign stated coldly. No one could snatch food from a tiger's mouth; how dare he try to seize his ultimate treasure?

The Great Void Fire rent the heavens, burning away the firmament. At this moment, it directly exploded, fragmenting into millions of parts, raging across the cosmic sea, utterly terrifying.

Even Tai Heng and the others were dodging, unwilling to be touched by a single wisp, for this thing was too troublesome and its power awe-inspiring.

Then, millions of tiny firelights reassembled, once again forming the blinding Great Void Fire, sweeping forward to burn away Li's Great Dao.

The Martial Madman was enraged. Simultaneously, dozens of layers of undying forms appeared, precisely the reappearance of the so-called Sixty-Three Death Bodies, collectively suppressing Li.

Moreover, each death body was wielding a portion of the Great Void Fire, intending to destroy everything.

"You claim dozens of true body-level combat strengths, but the world values balance; how could there be so many? You merely borrow the power of all things in heaven and earth. Watch as I fuse myriad Daos into one body, transform into a great furnace, and break you!"

Li roared. At this moment, the strange energy outside his body instantly erupted, then seemed to undergo refining and forging, emitting clanging metallic tremors. A furnace body appeared, carrying him as it slammed towards the Martial Sovereign.

Furthermore, this furnace body was actually absorbing the light of the Great Void Fire, drawing in energy, and also obstructing the Martial Sovereign's dozens of undying forms, weakening their spiritual essence.

"No one can sever my path!"

The Martial Madman spoke indifferently, still unconcerned. As he vibrated his body, the spiritual essence of his dozens of undying forms surged dramatically, not only fully recovering but also becoming even more formidable in aura.

Moreover, in an instant, a river of time appeared, flowing around the Martial Sovereign, revealing the most terrifying temporal energy.

The Martial Sovereign brought his hands together, and the Blade of Time flashed forth; he intended to directly slay Li!

After this blade appeared, everyone else felt their hair stand on end, quickly retreating, wishing to escape the battlefield for fear of being caught in the aftermath. For who would not be terrified, who would not be apprehensive, when energy involving time was at play?

"A blade forged from time fragments..." Li's pupils contracted. Even he had to become utterly serious, his gaze fixed on the gleaming blade in the Martial Sovereign's hand.

At this moment, dozens of Martial Madmen surrounded him, each wielding a Blade of Time, gathering energy, preparing to utterly blast Li to death in one fell swoop!

The Martial Madman now possessed absolute, unrivaled confidence, looking down upon the cosmos. "Li, you've returned too late! How many great eras have passed? You can no longer keep up with the times. I successively excavated several legendary, unshakable forbidden mountains in the Yang Realm, solely to seek wondrous arts. At my level, I also encountered unimaginable, terrifying remains—invincible corpses left from billions of years ago. Even I, powerful as I am, faced mortal peril, shuddering at the sight, but ultimately gained something: an invincible art ranked among the top three of all time!"

The Martial Sovereign's black hair streamed in the wind, the Blade of Time in his hand becoming increasingly resplendent. Once it struck, how many across past, present, and future could withstand it, or even survive?

He continued, "Who can grasp time, who can hold it firmly in their palm? I have mastered it! I obtained the Time Art, and with my reshaping, it now eclipses all of antiquity and modernity. There is no other art comparable, no method to oppose it, no Dao to obstruct it, the most supreme across heaven and earth! Who can stop me, who can suppress me? Looking through all time, who is worthy to be my enemy?!"

"The Time Art, excavated by you?" Li sighed, somewhat moved, and with a touch of emotion. But ultimately, an extremely powerful aura erupted from him. He remained confident, without a hint of despondency; on the contrary, the strange energy on his body grew even denser.

Moreover, he took the initiative to strike. A low roar reverberated throughout the myriad heavens.

At this moment, the Martial Sovereign was attacked, first silently, then like ultimate thunder, exploding deep within the victim's heart, shaking the Great Dao itself.

Everyone was horrified. Was the path of the Great Dao about to break? It felt so terrifying, as if the path of evolution led to... a cliff!

The Martial Sovereign's Blade of Time trembled, attempting to strike several times, but each time failing to complete that difficult ultimate slash!

"Li!"

And at this moment, other people roared in anger. Simultaneously, Li's voice accompanied them: "I told you I'd smash your dog heads. I can't go back on my word, can I?"

Everyone was horrified. What was happening?

In the cosmos, someone was coughing blood. More than that, his face and forehead were shattered, almost obliterated by Li's single punch!

Muffled grunts and furious roars erupted in an instant. More than one person was hit. Just now, as Li's fist print, like the very sky, descended, he had actually struck all enemies, an indiscriminate attack!

Someone's glabella split open, blood spattering. Another had a hole in their forehead, their soul-light flickering intensely in a rage beyond control. And still others were disheveled, their heads burst open!

"Smash your dog heads!" Li declared. At this moment, no one dared to take him lightly anymore!

The Martial Sovereign was relatively better off; he had evaded that incredible attack. At the same time, he finally delivered his ultimate slash.

"Through countless ages, the Great Dao has fallen. Who can withstand my blade? Who across all time is worthy to be my enemy?!"

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