On both sides of the boundless Red Lake, two gigantic hands suddenly appeared.

One was pale, the other fiery red.

One was forged by wind and snow, the other molded by blazing fire.

As soon as these two hands appeared, the radiance of the Red Lake dimmed, as if two sky-reaching walls had risen from the ground, encasing the lake within them.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble——"

The two hands gathered countless phantoms of Holy Knights charging on the lake’s surface into their palms!

Gu Shen slowly clasped his hands together, and as his palms pressed down, the surface of the Red Lake completely flipped, truly like a folding mirror, being gathered up—

The thunderous roar of the charge did not diminish in the slightest!

The illusory clones within Jia Wei’s [Light Break] domain were crushed and ground into pieces by the two enormous mirrors, but the scattered starlight instead became more solid!

The two hands slowly merged, and Jia Wei’s charging figure gradually shattered and shrank!

Ultimately, the mirror was completely folded up.

The last line of radiant light was also submerged.

The entire Red Lake fell into absolute Silent Annihilation.

...

...

This battle had already exceeded everyone’s understanding.

None of the spectators by the lakeside today had ever witnessed a true "Divine War."

But in their eyes.

This battle was comparable to a "Divine War."

Whether it was Gu Shen or Jia Wei, the techniques they employed had surpassed the boundaries of mortal comprehension, likely representing the pinnacle that Transcendents could reach without tapping into "Divine Power."

"What a breathtaking battle this is, that we are fortunate enough to witness?"

"The Red Lake... has truly been folded over a large part!"

Among the crowd, there were many similar murmurs.

The expressions of the Holy Judges were quite grim.

In contrast, the Gu Family Envoy members looked entirely different, as the scene clearly showed Gu Shen having the upper hand.

However, Luo Yu and Zhong Fan had serious expressions.

Transcendents who had reached the fourth tier and possessed strong perceptive abilities... could see the deeper nuances of this battle.

"The starlight... is increasing steadily."

Zhong Fan observed the section of the Red Lake that had been folded; Jia Wei’s figure was submerged within the folded water, but the Starlight Power between the heavens and earth had not decreased.

If Gu Shen had already won this battle.

The starlight summoned by [Light Break] would only decrease more and more.

But now it was completely the opposite—

"Jia Wei is assaulting Gu Shen’s domain!"

Zhong Fan, tense, murmured, "Can Mr. Xiao Gu withstand it?"

"Folding the Red Lake may indeed appear grand, but... it’s impractical."

Beside him, Luo Yu showed a hint of regret, sighing softly, "I am aware of my prowess, insufficient to judge Gu Shen, but he is not a so-called Divine Throne, so why would he respond to Jia Wei’s concentrated starlight strike with such an ’outlandish’ method?"

Ordinary Transcendents wouldn’t possess so much spiritual power.

But Gu Shen did—

This was also something Luo Yu couldn’t comprehend.

If he had so much spiritual power, wouldn’t it be better to straightforwardly clash with Jia Wei, constantly consuming each other?

Zhong Fan, hearing this, fell into contemplation.

He had once seen Gu Shen in action at the [Ice Sea Ruins], where Gu Shen, masked then, had dominantly wielded two domains, killing both the Xuan Turtle and the Great Deer, two Titled ones, in mere moments.

Obviously.

Jia Wei was far stronger than the likes of Xuan Turtle and Great Deer!

But he knew... with Gu Shen’s combat genius, he would never do anything meaningless.

"Lord Luo Yu, what if ’folding the Red Lake’ is to achieve domain fusion?"

Zhong Fan suddenly said, causing Luo Yu to freeze.

He stood there in shock.

Gu Shen’s two domains had not been a special secret in Changye six years ago; many had seen Gu Shen’s tranquil frozen land of fluttering Wind Snow, and many mistakenly believed it was Gu Shen’s primary domain. In truth, only a very few key personnel knew that this was a blessing left to Gu Shen by Mr. Gu Changzhi.

For the Gu Family, it wasn’t a secret.

So... Luo Yu knew.

Gu Shen’s two domains, which didn’t have a primary or secondary relation, were completely independent, even opposing domains!

"Forcibly merging two opposing domains?"

Luo Yu murmured, "Has such a thing ever occurred in history?"

"...No."

Zhong Fan shook his head, having read extensively. In the past six hundred years across the Five Continents, none of the great Transcendents had ever accomplished such a feat. There were a handful who were fortunate to possess domains of two different origins, yet later... there were no precedents.

The elements of the Extraordinary Realm adhered to the ironclad law of mutual reinforcement and counteraction.

Completely opposing energies cannot merge, and at the moment of "unification," they would generate a violent explosion.

This explosion often occurs within the body of the Transcendent.

Transcendents carry their domains through their physical bodies, controlling them with spiritual power... and if the domain explodes, the body of the Transcendent is the first to be harmed!

"Sizzle"!

All by the banks of Red Lake heard the faint sound of something tearing.

Gu Shen’s clothing, at the shoulder, suddenly tore open to reveal a bloody gash.

The closed waters of the Red Lake, akin to a block of tofu, were now torn open.

A burning spear tip emerged slowly from the wound!

A Great Knight clad in heavy armor advanced very slowly amidst the engulfing domains, appearing as a blurry phantom in the void.

The phantoms conjured by the [Light Break] domain were all shattered, leaving only one remaining.