"Come on."
In an instant, Pangu made his move. His expression grew serious as he gripped the Sky-Opening Axe tightly. From its depths, a terrifying power erupted, shaking the very fabric of existence.
Faintly, intricate patterns of Dao laws emerged from within the Sky-Opening Axe, each line brimming with unfathomable sharpness, capable of severing time and space, karma, life and death, even the cycle of samsara itself.
Whoosh!
The next moment, he moved. The Sky-Opening Axe in his hands slashed toward Gu Chuan.
A terrifying black light burst forth, vast and unstoppable. It surged forward like a blade cutting through the chaotic expanse, spanning millions of light-years.
The primordial chaos, the very essence of disorder, was unable to withstand this strike. The chaotic currents, which had never been separated before, were forcibly split apart under the force of the axe.
Had any demon god been watching from afar, they would have seen the chaotic space-time within a radius of millions of light-years cleaved in two, the cut extending from the very heart of the void.
In that instant, nothing else seemed to exist—only that terrifying black light, like the Dao's radiance, a scar left behind by the supreme principle itself.
"So strong!"
Gu Chuan's pupils contracted. To be honest, this was the most powerful attack he had ever witnessed since his birth. The Chaos World was split apart with a single stroke, its sheer sharpness capable of crushing countless demon gods.
Had he not attained enlightenment, even the residual shockwave of this strike would have been enough to reduce him to dust. This was the terrifying power of the Demon God Pangu—a force mighty enough to open the heavens.
"Multiple Karma Barrier Technique!"
Gu Chuan swiftly formed a mudra, mobilizing the entirety of his energy.
Rumble~~~
With a single breath, eighty First-Stage Karma Barriers manifested around him, each interwoven into an immense defensive formation, resembling an impenetrable tortoise shell stacked layer upon layer.
At this moment, his body was encased in what seemed to be an indestructible wall of karma, blocking all forces that sought to harm him.
This was the strongest Karma Barrier Technique he could currently wield. The eighty First-Stage Karma Barriers, when layered together, formed a defense so overwhelming it resembled an impenetrable fortress.
For most demon gods, even exhausting their strength would not be enough to shatter this wall. It was a barrier so formidable that it came to be known as the Wall of Sighs—for those who struck it could do nothing but sigh in despair.
Boom!
Pangu's Sky-Opening Axe descended mercilessly, colliding with the eighty First-Stage Karma Barriers with a deafening explosion.
Sparks scattered as divine power surged, seeking to obliterate the barriers completely.
The sharpness of the Sky-Opening Axe was terrifying beyond measure, as if it could bisect all of chaos with ease.
Rumble~~
Cracks spread across the Wall of Sighs as the layered barriers finally began to shatter, breaking apart like fragile glass.
Even with all his might, Gu Chuan's eighty-layered defense could barely withstand the Sky-Opening Axe's devastating blow. The barriers collapsed one after another, unable to reflect or deflect such overwhelming force.
However, the Wall of Sighs was not without merit. It had successfully absorbed the brunt of the attack, exhausting the full power of Pangu's strongest strike.
The greatest offense had clashed with the strongest defense, and in the end, they had neutralized each other.
The battle was at a standstill.
"Finally broke through your tortoise shell."
Pangu grinned, his voice carrying a sense of satisfaction.
"Really? Now it's my turn."
Gu Chuan smiled slightly.
What?!
Pangu's expression shifted. A sudden sense of foreboding crept over him, causing the hairs on his body to stand on end.
"Great Flames—Immeasurable Tribulation Fire!"
With a flick of his finger, Gu Chuan invoked his supranatural power—the Great Flame Technique.
Rumble~~
A sea of fire erupted, with Pangu at its center. The chaotic space within a radius of millions of light-years was instantly engulfed in endless flames.
But this was no ordinary fire.
Since advancing to the Saint Realm and mastering eighty-one Dao principles, the power of Gu Chuan's supernatural techniques had multiplied exponentially.
What was once merely Limitless Tribulation Fire had now evolved into the Great Flame—a divine fire birthed from the very Dao of Fire itself.
This was not just an ordinary flame—it was Divine Punishment Fire, a manifestation of the Dao's wrath. It burned not just the flesh, but the five internal organs, hastening the inevitable decay of even immortals.
Even the immortal bodies of demon gods would quickly melt into ashes beneath the flames of Dao Tribulation Fire. Countless Dao laws would be incinerated, their very structure collapsing into nothingness.
Once tainted by a single ember, there was no escape.
This was the horror of Dao Tribulation Fire—the flames of annihilation, carrying the boundless wrath of the Dao.
"Petty tricks! Watch me cleave them apart!"
Pangu roared, gripping his Sky-Opening Axe, preparing to split apart the raging sea of fire.
If he could split chaos itself, then mere flames meant nothing to him.
But then—
"Great Flood—Inanimate Tribulation Water!"
With another flick of his finger, Gu Chuan cast his second supranatural technique, invoking the Dao of Water.
Previously, this technique could only condense Inanimate Water, but now, it had evolved into something far greater—the Great Flood.
Clatter~~
From the deepest depths of chaos, endless black droplets began to emerge.
This was Inanimate Tribulation Water, gushing forth like the tears of the Chaos Source itself. Each drop carried the aura of destruction and calamity, as though heralding the end of all things.
The black droplets gathered into an ocean of darkness—the Boundless Black Sea.
From within its depths, countless shadowy figures emerged. Endless skeletal arms stretched out, writhing in the abyss, as if clawing their way out from the underworld.
The black tide surged forward, engulfing Pangu in an instant.
The skeletal arms of the Dao Tribulation Water coiled around Pangu's limbs, dragging him downward—toward the abyssal depths of destruction.
If this water completely submerged Pangu's body, even he would be corroded, his divine flesh dissolving like wax in fire, leaving behind nothing but emptiness.
In mere moments, Pangu found himself caught in a double-pronged attack—devoured by Dao Tribulation Water, consumed by Dao Tribulation Fire.
Fire and water—two opposing forces—should have clashed. Yet under Gu Chuan's absolute control, they moved in perfect harmony, intertwining like the Yin and Yang of annihilation.
Together, they sought to consume Pangu completely.