From the moment she recognized Jiang Li's identity, the White Lotus Saint Mother had never intended to let Jiang Li escape. She did not initiate the attack but instead restrained from the side, carefully observing her prey until the appropriate moment arrived to make her move and capture Jiang Li.

Strangely enough, Jiang Li's target had always been the White Lotus Saint Mother.

After extracting information about the Precelestial Human Species Bag from the Joyful Arhat, he had been on guard, always keeping a trick up his sleeve, and then at the crucial moment, he pulled off a switch with the real Joyful Arhat.

The Joyful Arhat, having been invaded by the Innate Qi and corrupted by Sword Intent, still had his own consciousness, but in an inadvertent moment, Jiang Li forcibly controlled his physical body and True Qi, causing him to involuntarily flee and be captured by the Precelestial Bag.

With the Joyful Arhat serving as a scapegoat, Jiang Li, disguised as the Joyful Arhat, had the opportunity to make a move.

No matter how clever the White Lotus Saint Mother was, she had not anticipated that the one she had captured was the real Joyful Arhat, allowing herself to be flung away by the Ochre Whip.

Jiang Li, meanwhile, pursued like a shadow, stepping through the air, each step forming an array, the Eight Trigrams taking shape, converging into one, evolving layers of fog to obstruct the Arhats behind him, while his other hand formed a gesture, summoning the Great Circle Sword that responded to thought, with strands of thunder entwining around it.

This time, unlike during the previous exchange with Guangli Bodhisattva, Jiang Li didn't hold back but instead went all out, seeking a swift victory.

"Boom!"

Sword Qi carrying the roar of thunder, as swift as lightning, reached its target in a flash. Thunder Light exploded into dragon and snake-like flashes of electricity, twisting and scurrying about.

But the White Lotus Saint Mother seemed to be in another realm entirely, suddenly at a vastly greater distance, unreachable by the dragon and snake-like electrifying flashes and the domineering Sword Qi.

"True Void Home."

The External Dharma Form entered her body, creating a dark void around the White Lotus Saint Mother, within which white lotuses blossomed and countless praises echoed, proclaiming the mercy of the Lifeless Mother.

'Sure enough, it's the Dao Fruit of the Lifeless Mother,' Jiang Li finally confirmed.

The title known publicly by the White Lotus Saint Mother did not match the Dao Fruit she actually held. If Jiang Li's deduction was correct, her Dao Fruit belonged to the creator and Creator God of the Luo Sect, the Lifeless Mother who represents the teachings of the Three Religions—Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

Although called the Creator God, the true Realm of the Lifeless Mother clearly did not live up to this name, which is why the Dao Fruit she left behind was fourth-rank.

Even so, it made the White Lotus Saint Mother one of the foremost among those of the fourth rank, and the Incense Fire Thought Power she had gathered was several times more than that of the Eight Heavenly Dragons and Great Power Bodhisattva, with her usage of incense above that of Guangli Bodhisattva.

As the True Void Home evolved, the dark void withstood the Thunder Light and devoured the Sword Qi, rendering her immune to all forms of attack, displaying the profound mysteries of Divine Skills. However, as Jiang Li drew closer, the Ochre Whip struck again, causing visible ripples in the otherwise undisturbed True Void Home.

Innate Eight Qi surged into the Ochre Whip, and with one lash from Jiang Li, devoid of any flamboyance, it made the True Void Home, which felt as if in a different world, tremble and shake.

The Innate Eight Qi converged into a single point, using the Ochre Whip as the pivot to refine everything. Even the Divine Skills of a Fourth Grade Dao Fruit were not enough to entirely resist.

"Dragon Flower Treasure Tree."

The White Lotus Saint Mother, still in a seated position, pointed a finger, and from behind her, golden light flowed like water. A tall, majestic tree emerged, stabilizing the True Void Home.

Its flowering branches were like dragon heads, and its limbs were like precious dragons. It was the legendary tree under which Maitreya Bodhisattva was said to achieve enlightenment—the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree, as significant to Maitreya as the Bodhi Tree is to Shakyamuni.

What's more critical was that this treasure tree held the Maitreya Dao Fruit.

A hundred years ago, the Mahayana Sect used the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree as their support; however, after the plan to spread the Buddhist Law eastward failed, the Mahayana Sect faced destruction, its Sect Hierarch died under siege, and the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree vanished without a trace.

Unexpectedly, after a hundred years, the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree had returned to the hands of Buddha Country, and its holder was none other than the White Lotus Saint Mother.

The Dragon Flower Treasure Tree was also a third-grade Dao Artifact; with it suppressing the True Void Home, the tumultuous waves slowly calmed. But at the same time, complex arrays reflected in Jiang Li's eyes, with his thoughts materializing, transforming the array into reality.

A thick fog rose from the Heavenly Spirit atop his head, and Jiang Li exhausted all his abilities to plan with the wisdom near that of a Daoist Grandmaster. The four plates of heaven, earth, humanity, and divinity moved in unison, prying into space and causing a distortion in the True Void Home. Then Jiang Li's figure blurred.

He had breached the True Void Home!

Within the domain of the True Void Home, the surroundings were like a void, unaffected by force, seemingly empty and elusive, making it difficult to adapt. But Jiang Li possessed the ability of Unity, allowing him to quickly adapt to even the vilest of environments. Without pausing for even an instant, he released a streak of Sword Light.

Enhanced by the Ochre Whip, the Sky-reaching Spirit Sword.

The Dao Fruit Ability of Lu Dongbin was augmented to a fifth-grade Divine Power, and the Great Circle Sword moved with the speed of light, flashing by in an instant, snatching away the Precelestial Bag from the White Lotus Saint Mother's hand.

"Don't even think about it!"

The White Lotus Saint Mother's complexion shifted dramatically, and suddenly, the Dragon Flower Treasure Tree behind her transformed into a golden light, flew into her hand, and shrank to a suitable size, which she wielded to slash at the Sword Light. At that moment, the True Void Home suddenly experienced a tangible flow, and beneath the Treasure Tree, as if there were invisible whirlpools, pulling the Great Circle Sword and the Precelestial Bag towards collapse.

But Jiang Li took timely action.

With a flick of his other hand, the Divine Farmer's Cauldron flew out, suppressing the altering space while he struck with the Ochre Whip. The Innate Eight Qi surged like a wild dragon howling, rushing into the invisible whirlwind. Then—

The Ochre Whip suddenly pivoted, using itself as a pivot, turning clarity into turbidity, transforming all Primordial Qi into the Five Vile Qi. Visible collapses appeared under the Treasure Tree, enabling the Sword Light to escape while Jiang Li pursued victory.

"The Sun resides at Noon, Sunshine in the sky."

Luminous radiance burst forth from Jiang Li's entire body; he raised his hand up high, and boundless Primordial Qi formed countless runes, outlining the shape of the sun.

Form Tomb· Yang-shaped Sun.

Although he hadn't yet reached this realm, Jiang Li imitated the method and forcefully sketched runes on the outside of his body with Innate Fire Qi, meanwhile using "Outer Object Transformation" to solidify the Vast Sun.

An incomparably dazzling Great Sun appeared in Jiang Li's hands, with both the Divine Farmer's Cauldron and the Ochre Whip resonating together, a red glow enhancing Jiang Li's body, stirring an aura that reigned supreme and shone throughout the ages.

The abilities of the "Southern Heavenly Emperor" and "Sun God" from the Divine Farmer's Cauldron were invoked, making the Great Sun in his hands tend toward reality as Sunlight filled the True Void Home.

"Lifeless Mother, True Void Home."

In the White Lotus Saint Mother's eyes, the brilliant radiance was reflected clearly. No longer concerned about reclaiming the Precelestial Human Species Bag, she immediately stoked the Qi Mechanism, with innumerable white lotuses blooming. The True Void Home folded in upon itself, layer by layer collapsing, even the Sunlight became blurry, flowing back like water.

The Sun versus the void, as being meets non-being, the True Void Home twisted violently, ripples like water flickered. On one side was blinding radiance; on the other, all light had faded, as if a phantom realm of black and white. The two forces collided, light and shadow distorted, abruptly collapsing and then exploding outwards.

"Boom!"

The fierce Flame Wave shattered the concealment surrounding the mountains, breaking through the array behind, sending the Arhats flying like rag dolls.

The tumultuous waves crashed against the mountain, and with a thunderous roar, the mountaintop was sheared off, tossed into the air and back down, slamming into the trailing blast wave, breaking into countless stones which melted in the rolling hot currents.

For tens of miles around, the sky was tinted a scorched red by the reddish waves and it lingered for a long time.

At the center of the Flame Wave, a rainbow streaked across the sky, vaguely transforming into a dragon shape, roaring as it surged into the firmament, sweeping up winds and clouds for tens of miles around, vanishing into a tiny silhouette in the blink of an eye.

"White Lotus Saint Mother, thank you for lending me the treasure."

A distant echo came through the air, unceasingly reverberating, conveying Jiang Li's gratitude.

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