Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 861 - 88: Treading on Lingxiao, Slaying the Jade Emperor! (Part 3)

The true self has unleashed its ultimate move!

As the Jade Emperor’s Divine Country dimensional rules shattered, Duncan’s human form let out a wild roar and directly smashed the Star Lord in front of him with a single strike.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor was not at his strongest. If he truly seized the position of the Heavenly Emperor, transformed the Divine Country of the Lingxiao Hall into the realm of the Heavenly Court, and then embedded himself into the hearts of the people through folklore and stories, becoming the common ruler of the heavens in the eyes of the common people, his power would be far beyond what it was now.

The Power of Belief itself is very subtle.

Some are worshipped because of their strength, while others are strong because they are worshipped.

This causal relationship can switch back and forth!

After Duncan’s primordial spirit pierced through the Divine Country laws of Lingxiao Hall with a single finger, the Jade Emperor’s expression turned to shock and anger. The heavenly gods he had summoned could no longer be resurrected, and it was almost impossible to suppress Duncan’s Law of Heaven and Earth with sheer numbers and the incense faith accumulated by the Taoist sect over the centuries.

The confidence to fight Duncan lay in the gradually perfected Heavenly Court mythology system of the Taoist sect since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Even the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns held a lower position in the Taoist mythology than this unknown Jade Emperor.

However, Huaxia’s myths are passed down in an orderly manner, especially the existence at the level of Heavenly Emperors, which are of ancient origin.

A sudden self-proclaimed Jade Emperor becoming the ruler of heaven and earth meant many didn’t recognize him at all, essentially a forcibly elevated divine rank by the Taoist sect.

The Taoist sect.

Or rather early Taoism, did many outrageous things, with many mixing Taoism with Taoist thought, but there’s actually a significant difference between the two.

This difference is like that between Laozi and Tai Shang Laojun.

"Laojun, help me!"

Facing Duncan’s Primordial Spirit utilizing the Sky-piercing Finger, a trace of fear appeared on the Jade Emperor’s face. He unhesitatingly poured his entire cultivation into a certain law image outside the Lingxiao Hall, and immediately, an old Taoist riding a green ox soared into the sky, calmly as if aligned with the Heavenly Dao Law. With a light flick of a duster, he extended a hand to hold Duncan’s immense descending finger, at least preventing him from piercing through the Lingxiao Hall in front of him with a single finger.

——Tai Shang Laojun (Tao Ancestor) (Heavenly Court Law Image) (Avatar) (???).

Laozi is the mortal form.

Tai Shang Laojun is the mythological face of the Taoist sect.

Normally, it should be Laozi first, then Taoist thought, followed by early Taoism, and then the formation of the ’Tai Shang Laojun’ mythological face through Taoist belief.

However, in Taoist mythology, the causal order is reversed.

They believe that Tai Shang Laojun came first, and then came his mortal form, the Laozi of the Spring and Autumn Era. This is religious dissemination’s reverse cause for effect, and under this premise, the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court also has the ability to command Tai Shang Laojun.

This is when Laozi does not reside in the world. If Laozi’s true self were still in the real world, with his terrifying cultivation, he wouldn’t hesitate to deal with the Jade Emperor in front of him.

Duncan can say this.

In the dimensional planes derived from the root, the mythological faces of Tai Shang Laojun are not necessarily stronger than Laozi’s true self, as Tai Shang Laojun is a fictional face by the Taoist sect, while Laozi genuinely wrote the Dao De Jing.

Laozi’s strength is determined by how high the world’s ceiling is.

It’s akin to the later commentary on Wang Yangming’s enlightenment in the Dragon Field, which would be an explosive matter in any world with supernatural power—reaching that state is no longer considered cultivation; in lower rule-limited planes, it’s almost a half-step to sainthood.

However, what’s even more explosive is Laozi writing the Dao De Jing, directly impacting the ideology of Huaxia civilization and infusing the ’Dao’ into Huaxia’s civilizational consciousness.

Tai Shang Laojun’s law image is like a rule card.

His strength is not determined by his power but by the world’s ceiling.

Duncan’s primordial spirit, known as the Great Freedom Celestial Demon Lord in the Taoist sect, is an existence transcending dimensional rules, unable to enter the reality, with one finger move to pierce the Jade Emperor’s Lingxiao Hall dimension.

His true form is like Sargeras in World of Warcraft; even if his body is as large as a planet, the power he can utilize in the reality dimension is limited.

No matter how much can enter, Tai Shang Laojun, or the Tao Ancestor’s law image, can block it.

This is the world’s rule.

At this moment, even the Heavenly Dao Law can’t aid Duncan, only at the instant of collision, Duncan’s consciousness is high above the dimension, feeling nothing but hitting something tough.

Indeed, Tai Shang Laojun is frighteningly strong!

A single law image can block his ultimate move.

However, within the Lingxiao Hall, the Jade Emperor Daoist Monarch, who summoned Tai Shang Laojun’s law image with Divine Power Cultivation, couldn’t help but turn pale and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Too strong!

The primordial spirit of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon Lord is too strong, likely approaching the level of the Three Pure Ones and at the manpower level of ancient mythological dimensions.

Duncan’s cheat isn’t about how strong his human form is, nor his capability to seize others’ cultivation and divine powers.

Instead, it’s about his innate status from the beginning, even when awakening next to a dung heap, draped in status approaching Creator level.