Chapter 9: Rushing for Tai Chi Diagrams! Seeking collection! Seeking recommendations!

  Shi Zhong swung the Hunyuan sword at Hong Jun before he could even get close, despite knowing that the power of Hong Jun's Pangu flag was not to be underestimated. In fact, Shi Zhong had once believed that the Pangu flag was the most powerful treasure in the universe, capable of easily splitting open the chaos with its Hunyuan sword energy.

  Here is the translation:

  "Note that the world space is divided into: blessed land, cave heaven, half-plane, plane, small chiliocosm (can produce its own spiritual energy and be self-sufficient, but lacks development power because it doesn't have a cycle of rebirth), middle chiliocosm (generally speaking, if the master of the world doesn't exhaust their energy and die after opening up the world, they can establish a cycle of rebirth; to open up this kind of world, one must reach the cultivation level of a mixed yuan saint), great chiliocosm (in the chaos, most universes are great chiliocosms; it's rare to have a large world, and wanting to become a large world is difficult because if you haven't reached the heavenly way cultivation level, don't even think about opening up a great chiliocosm; even with heavenly way period cultivation, one must consider whether or not they want to open up a world, because if it's done poorly, it will end in downfall), and great world (the Pangu Honghuang world is a great world, but Pangu exhausted his energy and died after opening up the world, and no longer had the ability to complete the cycle of rebirth for the world; thus, the Pangu Honghuang world was only an incomplete great world, and it wasn't until later, after the Houtu wheel turned and the cycle of rebirth was completed, that it became a complete great world). Legend has it that in the chaos, there are also eternal worlds that will never perish, but no one has ever seen them."

  So when Hong Jun's Pangu fan's Hunyuan sword energy came, he took out the Hunyuan sword and used his tenth-level skill to slash at Hong Jun. This time, Hong Jun was in a bad situation. The Hunyuan sword's energy cut through Pangu fan's Hunyuan sword, leaving some residual energy that continued to attack Hong Jun. Hong Jun quickly circulated his energy and displayed the Taiji diagram around him. The Taiji diagram produced several Taiji-like patterns that kept the Hunyuan sword at bay outside his body. Although Hong Jun didn't suffer any injuries, he was still slashed by Shi Zhong's sword and became disoriented.

  Hong Jun saw himself being knocked flying by the opponent's sword, feeling both frightened and angry. He was afraid because he couldn't believe that Shi Zhong's cultivation was so strong, although it was still unclear what level of cultivation Shi Zhong had reached at this point. However, Hong Jun could clearly understand that Shi Zhong had used all his strength in that previous move, despite the fact that his opponent still had such a powerful treasure. Nevertheless, Hong Jun still believed that Shi Zhong would not be his match under the combined power of his two treasures.

  Hong Jun transformed the Taiji diagram on his body into a Taoist robe, which turned into a picture with a Taiji pattern. However, it seemed that this was not the end, as Shi Zhong soon saw the Taiji diagram transform into a golden bridge. At this moment, Hong Jun loudly shouted "Ding" (meaning "to fix" or "to stabilize"). Instantly, Shi Zhong felt his entire body being fixed in place, and he immediately thought of the Taiji diagram as something that Pangu used to stabilize the winds, fires, and waters when he opened up the sky and earth. This Taiji diagram not only contained a small universe within it, with strong defensive capabilities, but also had the function of stabilizing space. If one's cultivation was not strong enough or if they did not have a special spiritual treasure to protect them, it would be impossible to escape the spatial stabilization brought about by this Taiji diagram.

  Shi Zhong was immediately locked down by the strong spatial laws and yin-yang laws at the moment he was fixed. Shi Zhong saw that he didn't do anything, but his face showed a slightly flustered expression. In fact, Shi Zhong had used the power of the chaotic world in his body to ask for help from the golden bridge transformed by the Taiji diagram as soon as he was locked down. If Shi Zhong wanted to use his own magical powers, he could also break free, after all, Shi Zhong and Hong Jun's cultivation levels differed by a realm, which is not an ordinary realm, but a great realm!

  It's just that Shi Zhong has only recently broken through and hasn't consolidated his cultivation yet, so forcibly breaking through Hong Jun's attack would be quite difficult. Moreover, Shi Zhong doesn't want to let Hong Jun know that he has already escaped the Taiji Diagram's attack. This way, he can make Hong Jun relax his defenses and vigilance, giving himself a better opportunity for a sneak attack. In Shi Zhong's opinion, if Hong Jun can launch a sneak attack, why can't he? Besides, in the Honghuang world, it's survival of the fittest - the winner is king, the loser is a bandit. If you're still thinking about morality and fairness during battle, then you'll die countless times! As the saying goes: "A visible sword is easy to dodge, but an invisible arrow is hard to defend against!"

  As expected, Hong Jun's face immediately hung a sinister smile after seeing Shi Zhong's flustered expression. At the same time, Hong Jun also relaxed a lot towards Shi Zhong and raised the Pangu flag to make Shi Zhong disappear from this world. However, before Hong Jun could react, he saw that his innate treasure, the Taiji Diagram, was gone. Immediately, Hong Jun moved his heart to connect with the treasure to summon it back, but after using several heart connections, he tragically discovered that he had lost contact with his own innate treasure. At this time, Hong Jun saw Shi Zhong smiling at him with a full face of smiles.

  But Shi Zhong was about to put away the Taiji Diagram after breaking through its prohibition, after all, this is a pre-heavenly treasure! If he had this pre-heavenly treasure in the future, his combat power would increase by at least several times. So he immediately used his connection with the Chaos World to put away the Taiji Diagram. You should know that the Way of the World in the Chaos World is composed of how many laws, a total of 1,000 Dao Laws, although not all of them are complete, but just the number is not something you can compare to? Moreover, these Great Dao Laws have already been seen by Shi Zhong's own Great Dao in the Chaos World, and now this Great Dao is controlled by Shi Zhong, who can control the changes in the Chaos World at will. Including being able to use the power of the world in the Chaos World.

  So the Taiji Map was taken down by Shi Zhong without any reaction, and after Shi Zhong put the Taiji Map into the Chaotic World, he immediately used the world's power in the Chaotic World to destroy the last bit of Hong Jun's divine soul left in the Taiji Map. Suddenly, Hong Jun spat out a mouthful of golden red blood, which was caused by Shi Zhong destroying the last bit of Hong Jun's divine soul left in the Taiji Map, causing Hong Jun's original divine soul to suffer severe damage and spit up blood.

  Shi Zhong showed no mercy, and upon seeing Hong Jun's primordial spirit severely injured, he picked up the Hunyuan Sword and struck out with a slash of Hunyuan sword energy that contained his full force.

  Only to see a golden twelve-petaled lotus platform suddenly appear around Hong Jun's body on horseback, which is the twelve-petaled golden lotus born from one of the four great lotus seeds in the chaos - the golden lotus seed. It is worth knowing that this golden lotus is what Hong Jun uses to bestow upon the Western introducer. Shi Zhong looked at the golden lotus and secretly sighed, "Hong Jun's luck is indeed powerful!" Not only did he have two pre-heavenly treasures, but even one of the four great lotus platforms - the merit-gathering golden lotus - was found by him.

  The golden lotus pedestal emitted a golden light shield to protect Hong Jun. After the mixed yuan sword energy was installed on the twelve-product golden lotus, only a "click" sound was heard, and the twelve-product golden lotus shattered into two halves, turning into a nine-product golden lotus and a three-product golden lotus. Hong Jun also suffered serious injuries in Shi Zhong's blow, and after spitting out another mouthful of golden red blood, his face suddenly turned sallow and extremely unbearable.

  At this time, Hong Jun knew that if he didn't escape now, he would have no chance to escape. So, Hong Jun pretended to attack Shi Zhong, but actually used the Burning Essence and Blood Technique to flee. By the time Shi Zhong was ready to pursue, it was already too late. Although his cultivation was high and he had the powerful "Treading on Air Step", this burning of essence and blood wasn't something that ordinary people could keep up with. Moreover, Hong Jun was a top-tier innate demon god at the peak of the Golden Lotus Realm! Such innate demon gods all have their own innate divine abilities. Just now, when they exchanged blows, Shi Zhong didn't feel anything unusual about Hong Jun's technique. Therefore, Shi Zhong also didn't dare to be too rash.

  As Hong Jun escaped, a voice came back saying "Your Excellency, I will return today's battle". Shi Zhong didn't take Hong Jun's words to heart after hearing them. After all, he was already a cultivator who had obtained the Great Luo Dao Fruit. It wasn't impossible for him to obtain the Mixed Yuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Fruit in the Dragon and Phoenix Grand Tribulation. Shi Zhong knew from later generations that Hong Jun only obtained the Mixed Yuan Great Luo Golden Immortal after going through hundreds of epochs after the Dragon and Phoenix Grand Tribulation. Moreover, Hong Jun's primordial spirit had suffered heavy injuries this time, and he was burning his essence and blood. Now, if he went back to cultivate, as long as he didn't fall to the Golden Immortal stage, it would be a blessing from heaven. Without several epochs of time, it was impossible for him to recover to his previous peak cultivation. At that time, Shi Zhong might have had to take another step forward. After all, there was still the Causal Jade Butterfly!

  Shi Zhong picked up the two broken Golden Lotus platforms that Hong Jun hadn't had time to collect before escaping. As he collected them, Shi Zhong muttered to himself, "Ah, you don't cherish your wealth! Even if you have many treasures, you can't waste them like this! Since you don't want them, let me take them!" In Shi Zhong's view, as long as he could refine the origin of these two Golden Lotus platforms and use that origin to nourish his Chaos Green Lotus, he could make it advance again. To Hong Jun, the broken Golden Lotus might not be a treasure, but to Shi Zhong, it was more precious than the Primordial Spirit Treasure. With its origin, he could make his Chaos Green Lotus in the Chaos World advance, and after advancing, the Green Lotus would greatly help him in the Chaos World.