Qi Xing rotated the Sasa Moonlight Scimitar in his hand slightly, and immediately, waves of magnificent light erupted from it. Within that brilliance, there was both true light and shadow. The shadows seemed to be completely merged with the light; with a slight tear, they shattered Duo Chenzi’s cyan wings into pieces.

Upon seeing this, Duo Chenzi's expression remained unchanged, a smile still on her face. A [silver coin] lit up above her head; engraved upon it was an old man in robes, carrying a lone lantern and walking with a staff.

"Watch out, Qi Xing!" Before she had even exerted her power, Sasa warned in Qi Xing's ear, "That is the [silver coin] of [Time]! It is the [Hermit] from the Tarot cards!"

Time! No matter what kind of supernatural combat worldview it is, time abilities must never be underestimated!

Qi Xing immediately tensed, mobilizing all his senses and divine consciousness, guarding with everything he had.

The light from the [Hermit] silver coin above her head suddenly flared, and an ancient, solemn giant bronze bell appeared in the void. The tolling of the bell was distant and deep, as if the heavens and earth were first opening; a single vibration seemed to pierce through eternity.

As the bronze bell rang out with a roar, the sound waves transformed into a surging river of time, cascading down from the high heavens in an instant.

Qi Xing felt his vision blur. In that rushing river, a panoramic view of human civilization emerged—

The Stone Age, with crude flint axes and knives flying past, stained with blood; bronze chariots rumbling as they crushed everything in their path, with arrowheads and spears piercing the air; the phalanxes of the Great Qin legions, swords and spears slashing and thrusting in unison; the lances of medieval knights intertwined in chaos with the gunfire of black powder formations; and even modern tanks, machine guns, and missiles, emerging one after another from the torrent of time, transforming into a deluge of weaponry that swept toward Qi Xing with a roar!

The weapons of slaughter from tens of thousands of years of human civilization had become a roaring torrent. From ancient times to the present, they poured down upon Qi Xing without end.

This was the void outside the atmosphere. Without the obstruction of air, the torrent of weapons roared silently in the vacuum, yet the scene was all the more eerie and magnificent, as if the entirety of human history had transformed into a wave of destruction.

Qi Xing sneered, unleashing his [Illusion] power to meet this infinite bombardment from "Time." Countless fine shards of light appeared around him, overlapping and reflecting like mirror surfaces.

Ripples like those on a mirror's surface spread out, absorbing all the weapons within the torrent of time.

In the instant they touched him, countless weapons were swallowed by the illusion. Stone knives transformed into beam sabers, chariots twisted into humanoid mechs, and missiles were reshaped into torpedoes capable of tearing apart planets.

In a mere instant, all the weapons in the river of history were turned into illusions of the "future," transformed into unprecedented sci-fi weaponry—beams of light tore through the void, and energy storms erupted violently, colliding head-on with the "torrent of past history" summoned by Duo Chenzi.

Thus, in the dark universe, a shocking spectacle unfolded—the killing power of the past and the future intertwined and collided in that moment.

The slaughter of human history's past and humanity's fantasies of the future annihilated each other, erupting into storms of light that illuminated the darkness outside the atmosphere as if it were broad daylight.

"What are you trying to express, [Venerable Leipu]?" Duo Chenzi raised her eyebrows curiously. "Do you think that even if I create a new world, future humans will continue to develop new technologies and slaughter each other with even more advanced future tech? You don't believe in the future of humanity?"

"Nonsense." Qi Xing scoffed. "I don't trust anyone who is always babbling about either the past or the future."

As they spoke, the two supreme demon kings continued to wield the power of the Great Dao, bombarding each other. They were truly going to wear down the already tattered Great Dao.

By relying solely on the power of the [silver coins] to attack each other, neither of them could do anything to the other.

In the midst of this battle, Qi Xing vaguely noticed that what Duo Chenzi excelled at most were [silver coins] like [Samsara] and [Time]. However, why was she using [Time] in this way, instead of directly stopping Qi Xing's time or rewinding him?

"[Do you think [Silver Coin Messengers] can just use [Time] to rewind their opponents to the zygote stage and kill them?] Impossible, then there would be no fight."

"[So what are you asking for? Time stop is useless in a civil war between demon kings.]" Sasa retorted in Qi Xing's mind. "[—However, while you can't stop others, you can accelerate yourself.]"

As soon as the words fell, Duo Chenzi had already accelerated. It was not just by the power of the [silver coin], but by unleashing her own thoroughly honed swordsmanship to its fullest.

Qi Xing had spent ten years in life-and-death battles, his martial arts long since tempered to the pinnacle, and he had never shown fear when encountering an enemy. However, the moment their blades first crossed, he was slightly taken aback—her martial arts were truly unfathomable.

Peerless.

Each brought out their true skills, blade light and sword shadows crisscrossing. Her immortal sword qi was free and easy, rolling like clouds and smoke; Qi Xing's fist, foot, and blade techniques incorporated all the martial arts of the world. At times, he was as solid as a mountain, his presence concentrated; at other times, he was as fierce as a thunderbolt, with roaring thunder and lightning.

Once a move was finished, he created new ones on the fly; his sword strikes surpassed meteors, his blade wind could pierce the clouds, his punches acted like thunder, and his exhaled breath became arrows. It was just like a master calligrapher wielding a brush to write wild cursive script.

If one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who could believe that there were people in this world capable of such shocking martial arts, and that two of them were evenly matched?

However, as they fought, Qi Xing became increasingly puzzled, and couldn't help but ask Sasa in his mind: "[Is this Duo Chenzi really an immortal who has cultivated for thousands of years?]"

"[…Uh, strictly speaking, not exactly.]" Sasa frowned in his consciousness. "[Didn't you see it too? Her core [silver coin] is [Samsara]—or rather, [Cycle].]"

…In other words, this Duo Chenzi had already reincarnated who knows how many times.

Sasa's universe did not have reincarnation, at least not in the traditional sense; there was only the version from primitive Buddhism. That is to say, the "you" of the previous life was not truly the "you" of the next life; it was merely the flow of causality for all sentient beings, and there was no eternal self that reincarnated.

However, Duo Chenzi's core silver coin was the concept of [Samsara], or [Cycle]. She could, of course, maintain her original self; even if she died, she would reincarnate into the next body, reincarnating life after life without being extinguished.

Qi Xing couldn't help but click his tongue upon hearing this. This was indeed a [silver coin] very well-suited for a war of attrition.

"[…But with only [Samsara], why does she have such profound Buddhist and Daoist skills? The style doesn't match. Was she originally from the immortal cultivation faction?]"

"[Strictly speaking, not that either.]" Sasa hesitated for about a second, but since Elaine was not here, she had to be the one to explain: "[At the very beginning, a thousand years ago, when she first met me, she was a prophet and religious leader in the Middle East who worshipped the Peacock Angel.]"

"[I estimate that every time she reincarnates, she founds a new sect based on her previous life—constantly stacking and continuing, a special, yet not entirely different, new sect.]"

"[Her sect was introduced to the East during the Song Dynasty and was regarded by the Chinese as a variant of the Qin Religion (Zoroastrianism) and the █ Religion.]"

"[From the Song Dynasty to the present, the religion she founded has continued unbroken in China, never once completely disappearing.]"

"[In the Ming and Qing Dynasties and beyond, the final destination of the sect she founded was actually… the Luo | Sect.]"

Qi Xing: "…" Damn it, what the hell, the Luo | Sect. I am actually fighting the master of the founder of the Luo | Sect? What the hell is this?

—The Luo | Sect; interested readers can look it up themselves, so I won't explain it in detail here.

Qi Xing was not lacking in knowledge about Eastern religions and mysticism, so of course, he knew about the Luo | Sect system. He just never knew that the earliest origins of this series of sects had actually come from Western Asia and the Middle East.

The entity this religion worshipped, simply put, was called the "Wuji Saint Ancestor." The Wuji Saint Ancestor created all things and was the "Past Buddha" worshipped by the Luo | Sect.

They believed that human nature and its original face were the source of all things, the deepest self, existing forever. Worshipping Buddha statues and cultivating the Dao were merely attachments to forms; only through sudden enlightenment could one reach the state of "Emptiness," that absolute freedom.

The origin of heaven and earth was void, and only by cultivating the heart could one connect to the origin.

And this Wuji Saint Ancestor had another, more famous name, called "The Unborn Venerable Mother," who resided in the "Vacuum Hometown."

She was the ruler of all sentient beings and the creator of mortals. She could even conduct judgments related to a person's reincarnation after they died.

"The Unborn Venerable Mother, Vacuum Hometown," from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to this very day, had never truly disappeared, causing headaches for the authorities of every dynasty. Even bloody purges could not completely eradicate this faith.

…This so-called "The Unborn Venerable Mother" that Duo Chenzi had created was likely Sasa again.

As soon as Sasa mentioned this, Qi Xing immediately realized—no wonder "The Unborn Venerable Mother" had been passed down by word of mouth from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present; it simply could not be cut off.

Even without considering that he was currently evenly matched with Duo Chenzi, and even if both sides were going all out, even if Qi Xing could truly defeat Duo Chenzi once right now and blast her into ashes, she likely wouldn't truly die.

This demon king of [Samsara] and [Emptiness] would never be easily defeated and killed; she would definitely return again and again.

What a massive pain.

"[Sasa, get ready.]" After a moment of contemplation, Qi Xing made a decision. "[We're going to tie her up.]"

"[It's impossible to keep her tied up forever.]"

"[For a while is enough.]" Qi Xing sneered. "[Control her, and then we'll go raid her home.]"

Volume 7: The Age of Dharma Ending Apocalypse: 250: Karma

The two supreme demon kings fought outside the atmosphere, bombarding each other with the power of the Great Dao; they were truly going to wear the already tattered Great Dao into nothingness.

However, despite how intensely Qi Xing and Duo Chenzi were fighting—blades clashing, frequently unleashing beams of light thousands of miles long in satellite orbit, visible to countless people on the ground, making it look quite spectacular—in reality, neither Qi Xing nor Duo Chenzi had used their full strength.

Duo Chenzi had not yet transformed into her Mythical Form. And as everyone knew, in battles between demon kings, the Mythical Form was the beginning of bringing out real skills.

And what about Qi Xing? Although he had transformed into Mithra's battle armor and was holding the Sasa Moonlight Scimitar, he had not yet brought out his core [World (Sovereign)] silver coin.

Duo Chenzi had also once been a user of [World], and she knew deeply that [World] possessed infinite possibilities; she would certainly be on guard against Qi Xing's trump card.

…Precisely because of this, the aftermath of the battle between the two supreme demon kings had not spread to the ground, and had not killed another damned tens of millions of people.

Surprisingly, neither Qi Xing nor Duo Chenzi actually wanted to wipe out humanity. There was no need to mention Qi Xing; he now had very sufficient reasons to care about the humans of this world. And Duo Chenzi?

—Sigh, if there were no humans, no world, what would there be left for her to save?

So this arrogant demon king didn't want all of humanity to be slaughtered either.

Everyone was just fighting tentatively like this… until Duo Chenzi suddenly and keenly sensed that the aura on [Venerable Leipu] had changed.

Deactivating the [Truth] silver coin, Qi Xing continued to hold the Sasa scimitar in his right hand, while his left hand had already produced his core.

Sasa called it [Sovereign]. It was also [World]. The origin of the root power that governed the world.

Duo Chenzi didn't know what kind of trick Qi Xing wanted to play, but almost in an instant, she had tensed her nerves.

Let Qi Xing make his move? Then she would be a fool.

No sooner said than done, she raised her hand. In an instant, time flowed, as if thousands of generations had passed in a blink—vaguely, a giant hexagonal wheel with a radius of a full one hundred thousand miles actually emerged from behind Duo Chenzi, hovering in Earth's orbit.

The water of the Yellow Springs, rolling in from who knows where, began to flow out from this wheel that was at least the size of a continent.

This hexagonal wheel, every corner of which represented a path of Samsara. It rotated slowly, as if it held the Three Realms and Six Paths; all life and death, all souls and lives had to tremble because of it, and none could escape the fate of reincarnation! How terrifying!

Qi Xing raised an eyebrow, grasped the [World] silver coin, and unleashed a sky full of thunder and lightning toward the Samsara Disk, but he saw that the hexagonal wheel, as large as a continent, slowly rotated once.

It just rotated once.

But accompanied by a booming sound, Qi Xing's sky-filling thunder and lightning—a single bolt of which was enough to destroy a large city, more terrifying and powerful than any weapon of modern humans, and there were hundreds or thousands of them—began to disintegrate.

Under the rotation of this continent-sized wheel, any world-destroying attack would immediately be shattered.

Qi Xing's hundreds of bolts of lightning all rapidly shrank, shrank, and shrank again, cast into the endless space-time, sucked away by that Samsara Disk, leaving no trace.

Good, powerful!

Although it was only a phantom image, the power of this [Samsara] was incomparable and genuine.

It is embarrassing to say, but if Qi Xing did not have the seven [silver coins] and relied purely on his own immortal cultivation and magic power to resist this [Samsara], then no matter what kind of immortal undying body he had cultivated, or what magic spells or Daoist arts he knew, under this [Samsara] phantom, they would all be floating clouds. Just like floating clouds that scatter as soon as the wind blows.

Even those demon kings who possessed one [silver coin] might not be able to withstand it.

As the core silver coin, the power of [Samsara] that Duo Chenzi had cultivated and pondered for a thousand years was truly too great.

"[Watch out, Qi Xing. If you can't hold on and get sucked into this [Samsara], you will immediately be reincarnated thousands of times within the cycle. By then, Duo Chenzi can manipulate you however she pleases!]" Sasa warned immediately in Qi Xing's ear.

However, Qi Xing was not as nervous as Sasa.

If viewed from the perspective of Buddhist principles, the so-called [Samsara] was nothing but a dream, an illusion, a bubble, and a shadow. Then [Venerable Leipu], with his right hand holding Sasa's illusion blade and his left hand holding [World], possessing the determination and fighting spirit to command the world and dominate everything, could certainly resist this [Samsara].

"This kind of silver coin is more suitable for [Maitreya] to use." He even had the energy to be distracted and mock,