A heavy atmosphere pressed down upon Xuandu City.

Beyond the great formation, Grand Magus and Kong Xuan joined forces to steadfastly repel the Outer Realm Demons mounting their renewed assault.

Throughout Xuandu City, countless eyes and immortal divine senses remained fixed upon the vortex at the city’s heart.

The several Dao Sect masters who had secretly positioned themselves throughout Xuandu City’s corners likewise felt this unprecedented tension. Even the typically composed True Lord Yu Ding and the cunning True Lord Taiyi found themselves unconsciously holding their breath, their focus absolute.

The immortals concealed within the Chaos Sea – Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and their companions – had already detected Kun Peng’s aura but could not yet pinpoint his exact location. Even in his eagerness, this Primordial Beast remained remarkably crafty.

“Has it arrived?” Quan Tong’s divine sense inquired for the twelfth time within half an hour.

“Not yet, about a quarter-hour more,” Li Changshou replied via divine consciousness. “Your Majesty need not be so anxious. This is fundamentally an encirclement to slay Kun Peng. All these intricate arrangements serve only to bait him.”

“I understand this well, but it just feels… quite extraordinary.”

Quan Tong paused, his brows furrowing slightly as he closed his eyes to sense the situation, muttering, “Strange, why has the Heavenly Dao suddenly grown turbulent?”

“It’s here.”

Li Changshou’s spirit surged as he immediately transmitted messages to various locations. Hearing this, Quan Tong secretly looked over.

The several Dao Sect masters hidden throughout the city felt their magical power surge as they readied themselves for immediate action.

In Xuandu City’s center, within the vortex connecting Heaven and Earth, a faint golden radiance quietly bloomed, as if something stirred within.

The power of the Heavenly Dao grew dense, forming what appeared to be a barrier. Yet that golden sphere of light effortlessly pierced through the barrier’s obstruction, manifesting somewhat abruptly within Xuandu City with barely a whisper!

Silence.

A complete stillness fell both inside and outside the city. Those Primordial experts and Chaos Demons awaiting the Purple Qi’s appearance, those sixteen or seventeen Dao Sect masters lying in ambush to slay Kun Peng – all their spirits tensed simultaneously.

Behold that sphere of light!

Its misty golden radiance signified merit completion, while within, a strand of Purple Qi coiled and rotated, containing the will of Heaven, Earth, and all living beings, concealing the mysteries of Dao, Law, and Nature.

The Primordial Purple Qi!

Almost instantly, dozens of Primordial experts and demons hiding in the Chaos Sea charged toward Xuandu City’s formation!

Dozens of Great Daos – some complete, some fragmentary, some ancient, some bizarre – spread out with various colored lights at the edges of Heaven, Earth, and the Chaos Sea, surging toward Xuandu City!

Dozens of gazes locked firmly onto that golden sphere!

Some elderly Daoists called out “Pardon the offense,” while demons roared “Make way!”

One by one, the immortal cultivators with their flowing robes and hair projected an imposing presence without anger. Dozens of Great Daos resonated and clashed, nearly causing Xuandu City’s composite formation to collapse instantly.

This formation, built with vast quantities of precious materials and capable of blocking countless Outer Realm Demons, now seemed as fragile as paper.

Moreover, nearly half of the several hundred soldiers atop Xuandu City’s walls were instantly dispersed…

These were the Primordial experts hidden beneath the radiance of the Six Sages of the Primordial Era!

This was the peril of the Primordial Era that Li Changshou had read about since his youth in the Du Xian Sect’s ancient texts!

Grand Magus of Xuandu and Kong Xuan, still battling the Outer Realm Demons, feigned shock – this situation was naturally within their predictions, and they had rehearsed it with Li Changshou dozens of times.

In fact, during each of Li Changshou’s simulations, he had estimated that even more experts would appear here, by several tenths more.

This was not the worst-case scenario they had anticipated.

The Grand Magus proclaimed loudly: “This is restricted ground in Xuandu City. Those who trespass must bear the consequences!”

Those dozens of figures remained unmoved, having already rushed to the formation from various directions. Several elderly Daoists even swept their sleeves, directly hurling away groups of Outer Realm Demons!

At this moment!

The Outer Realm Demons erupted in chaos as several massive, bizarre black shadows – ones that had previously appeared at Xuandu City – manifested once again outside the city, pressing down with their might.

The Grand Magus gritted his teeth and cursed at the assembled Primordial experts:

“Do not let yourselves be bewitched!”

Yet his figure shot directly into the Chaos Sea, the Taiji Diagram hovering above his head and the Heaven-Earth Ruler in his grip as he engaged those Primordial Divine Demons.

There were priorities to consider – as guardian of Xuandu City, he could not allow Primordial Divine Demons to cause chaos amid the turmoil.

That strand of Primordial Purple Qi surged upward within Xuandu City, racing from within toward the formation barrier at the city walls, seemingly intent on fleeing the realm of Heaven and Earth to disperse into Chaos.

To become the one that got away!

Kong Xuan, who had been at the Grand Magus’s side, suddenly turned and rushed into Xuandu City, her hands emanating Five-Colored Divine Light as she reached for the Primordial Purple Qi.

But in the instant Kong Xuan turned, over ten streams of light burst forth behind her, shooting toward her slender figure. Each beam seemed capable of destroying the Ancient Buzhou Mountain.

Even with Kong Xuan’s extraordinary abilities, she had no choice but to shift sideways, temporarily avoiding the deadly force.

Dozens of Great Daos pressed down, instantly shattering Xuandu City’s composite formation…

The Primordial Purple Qi was now less than ten li from this group of experts!

“Why did it arrive early?”

Li Changshou frowned as he muttered. In his arrangements for this operation, such a timing discrepancy represented a significant error.

His stone disguise had shifted by a hair’s breadth as he extended his immortal consciousness to its limits, sensing Kun Peng’s presence.

No matter how fiercely those great powers fought, he would not reveal himself until Kun Peng appeared.

Today was merely a trap, that Primordial Purple Qi was crafted by him and several Human Sovereigns together, perfectly replicating the form of the Primordial Purple Qi from when the Human Sovereigns had received theirs.

They had gathered water from the Heavenly River, collected the essence of stars, infused vast amounts of merit, and even used methods that defied Heaven to blend the qi of ancient precious materials into that strand of Purple Qi.

Several Emperor Lords had received the Primordial Purple Qi from the Heavenly Dao. With their painstaking creation, the final product was nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.

There! This time it was real!

Several of those dozens of experts had already reached Xuandu City’s walls. Those at the forefront both guarded against each other and remained wary of “fellow cultivators” striking from behind.

Earth Immortal Ancestor Zhenyuan Zi, who had arrived near Xuandu City at some unknown time, his hair and robes floating, seemed ready to release a pocket world from his sleeve to suppress all the experts present.

The black-armored general of Ancient Demon Ancestor Luohou, wearing a golden snake helmet and wielding a long blade, was surrounded by rolling black qi – a vengeful spirit from the ancient past who still refused to pass on.

The cold-faced female immortal was a Primordial expert who had briefly appeared in ancient times before quickly vanishing into obscurity. Now surrounded by sword qi, her Dao charm was incomparably sharp, her strength barely inferior to Zhenyuan Zi’s.

The Primordial Era held no stories of them, only traces of their Dao!

There was also that elderly woman who deliberately made her appearance extremely ugly, that old man holding a damaged pagoda, that scholar-dressed youth carrying an iron brush, and…

Behind these dozens of figures, beside where the Grand Magus battled several Primordial Divine Demons, loomed the shadow of a beast so massive its true form could not be perceived, completely covering Xuandu City.

Kun Peng had appeared!

Several of the hidden Dao Sect masters nearly failed to restrain themselves from attacking, fortunately held back by immortals at their sides.

However, in this breath, in this instant!

The situation in Xuandu City changed ten thousand times, and Li Changshou’s thoughts raced accordingly.

Something was wrong, very wrong!

Li Changshou’s spirit suddenly jolted, the taut string of his heart nearly snapping.

The Primordial Purple Qi had arrived, so why hadn’t Zhao Gongming, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Wudang Holy Mother emerged from the vortex in pursuit?

If something were amiss, Zhao Gongming would have crushed the jade talisman to signal a warning, and even if they encountered Sage’s interference, the three of them together should have been able to send out a call for help.

Countless thoughts flashed through Li Changshou’s mind in that instant.

At that very moment, that strand of Primordial Purple Qi seemed to possess consciousness, apparently realizing its path forward was completely blocked, and suddenly turned to retreat rapidly toward the side!

Those dozens of Primordial experts nearly twisted their old waists, and the impending conflict was temporarily suppressed as they rushed after the Primordial Purple Qi with renewed vigor.

The great battle would only truly erupt when someone approached the Primordial Purple Qi.

All those who had survived to this day in the Primordial Era were no fools. Faced with what might be the final chance for achieving Sagehood in Heaven and Earth, each had resolved to fight to the death!

Kong Xuan’s figure flew at the edge of the crowd of experts, maintaining the appearance of also wanting to compete for this strand of Primordial Purple Qi while circling the periphery to control the situation.

The Grand Magus, holding the Taiji Diagram and battling several Primordial Divine Demons, had deliberately moved away from Xuandu City to fight, planning to use the Taiji Diagram at the crucial moment to block Kun Peng’s path.

Those few Primordial Divine Demons were quite pitiful.

As beings of the Chaos Sea, they had no use for the Primordial Purple Qi. Today they had merely been driven here by Kun Peng to distract the cultivators, unexpectedly drawing a savage beating from the Grand Magus of Xuandu.

Now they could neither retreat – for retreat meant being devoured – nor advance.

Because dozens of experts in Xuandu City had simultaneously revealed their Great Daos, the Outer Realm Demons could not approach at all.

The mere aftershocks produced by the collision, turbulence, and compression of Dao principles were enough to completely shatter these Outer Realm Demons.

Yet even with dozens of experts of this caliber pursuing that golden sphere, they still could not catch up…

‘What is happening?’

Li Changshou’s Dao heart trembled continuously, raising waves in his Clear and Bright Dao heart, causing even his stone disguise to quiver slightly.

This was wrong – no matter how advanced the Human Sovereigns’ realm might be, they could not create a Primordial Purple Qi capable of toying with so many experts like this.

In his plan, this part was supposed to be temporarily contained by Elder Zhao’s Ocean Stabilizing Zhenzhu…

Where had things gone wrong?

He had spent twenty years laying out this plan, intending to eliminate the uncontrollable factors surrounding Kun Peng. Until now, every link has been perfectly executed. Only the final act remained – waiting for Kun Peng to make his move. Then Xuandu City would activate its layered formations, the hidden experts would surge forth together, with Patriarch Tongtian serving as the final safeguard…

Had that 0.2% possibility occurred?

That Primordial Purple Qi…

Li Changshou ‘looked up’ to see that golden sphere flash gently, passing through the local space-time without a trace, effortlessly slipping through more than ten grasping hands to appear several hundred zhang away.

If this thing wasn’t the counterfeit he had created;

If this was truly the eighth or ninth strand of Primordial Purple Qi!

Only the Dao Ancestor or the Heavenly Dao could release it!

No, that wasn’t right – only the Dao Ancestor could.

The eighth strand of Primordial Purple Qi had been divided by the Dao Ancestor back then. If a ninth strand truly existed, it would certainly be in the Dao Ancestor’s palm.

Why would the Dao Ancestor do this?

Did he think the fake Primordial Purple Qi couldn’t fool Kun Peng, or did he have other schemes?

Streams of light flashed through Li Changshou’s mind – these were the various possibilities he had contemplated over these twenty years, linking options together, simulating forward and tracing backward!

Could it be that the Dao Ancestor already knew he had noticed the Heavenly Dao’s anomaly?

In the darkness, Li Changshou waved his left hand, instantly dispersing those countless streams of light. He completely set aside his plan to capture Kun Peng, as two separate options surfaced in his mind.

First, this Primordial Purple Qi was the Dao Ancestor’s scheme to manipulate the Primordial experts, drawing out the demons hiding in the Chaos Sea to annihilate them in one stroke.

Second, this Primordial Purple Qi had come specifically seeking him, using this opportunity to let him grasp the chance for Sagehood.

If it was the former, it wouldn’t conflict with his plan to capture Kun Peng;

If it was the latter…

Should he accept it or not, should he take this Primordial Purple Qi or not?

Li Changshou ‘narrowed his eyes’ as he watched that continuously flickering golden sphere, its image imprinted in his heart with profound mysteriousness.

In the darkness, it was as if that imposing elderly Daoist appeared in his sitting posture, eyes slightly open, watching him with a peaceful gaze, waiting for him to make his choice.

Li Changshou felt neither conceit nor presumption.

But if this golden sphere being fought over by numerous experts truly came seeking him, he didn’t want to accept it.

Though the eighth or ninth strand of Primordial Purple Qi offered a chance for Sagehood, it could only elevate a Quasi-Sage who had severed the three corpses to the position of Half-Sage;

The price was being bound to Heaven and Earth by this strand of Primordial Purple Qi!

One’s Dao realm could not advance half a step further, one would be controlled by the Heavenly Dao, becoming a ‘minor’ cornerstone of the Heavenly Dao!

If what appeared today was the possibly non-existent ninth strand of Primordial Purple Qi, and the Dao Ancestor intended it for him, Li Changshou would not hesitate.

But this wasn’t.

This was merely one-ninth of a complete Primordial Purple Qi, yet it carried the same ‘side effects’ as a complete one.

At most reaching Half-Sage – how could one transcend?

Most troublesome was, if Ancestor Hongjun bestowed this strand of Primordial Purple Qi and he didn’t accept it, wouldn’t that reveal his hidden thoughts and wariness toward the Heavenly Dao?

Hesitation in crucial moments leads to chaos.

If the second hypothesis was correct, he absolutely could not accept it!

Moreover, he needed to devise a solution that satisfied both sides in the shortest time possible, finding the most stable path through this crisis!

Perhaps this was Ancestor Hongjun’s test of him…

Could his schemes since his master’s death have all been within the Dao Ancestor’s sight?

What to do?

If it truly was this worst-case scenario, how could he break through this predicament?

With the Investiture of the Gods approaching, the dawn of his escape from this Primordial Era quagmire had appeared on the path ahead…

“Changgeng! Changgeng!”

Suddenly a voice called from the stone beside him: “This is real Primordial Purple Qi! The Dao Ancestor has released the ninth strand of Primordial Purple Qi! It exists!”

Li Changshou inwardly sighed – with the Jade Emperor speaking up to remind him, he had no more room for delay.

The Dao Ancestor was watching.

After so many years of scheming and laying out so many plans, he had a moment where he needed to take it one step at a time.

Even he had such a day.

So be it then.

Li Changshou suddenly stood up, his transformation technique, illusion magic, and restoration technique instantly dispersing. With white hair and eyebrows, he stood in a corner of Xuandu City, his Daoist robe swaying slightly, his long hair disheveled by Xuandu City’s fierce winds.

A water-blue radiance forcefully squeezed between the dozens of Great Daos present!

The Dao of Balance!

At that very instant, the golden sphere that had been continuously evading the other experts’ pursuit trembled violently and shot toward Li Changshou!

Just as expected!

Just as expected!

Li Changshou’s Dao heart convulsed.

He was truly too naive compared to the Dao Ancestor.

This was true skill, this was true strategy!

One strand of Primordial Purple Qi, using truth to confound falsehood, forcing him to stand opposite the numerous experts, deeply binding him to the Heavenly Dao, locking down the greatest variable in Heaven and Earth at present!

Indeed, all that talk about treating outsiders equally, about all beings being the creation of Great Dao and True Spirit’s resonance…

How beautifully said!

Ah, that Senior Lang had truly caused his downfall.

Though Li Changshou’s thoughts were complex, his expression swiftly changed from shock to excitement as he cried out:

“This is real Primordial Purple Qi?!”

Before his words faded, his figure immediately flew toward the Primordial Purple Qi.

Kong Xuan instantly warned from the side: “Changgeng, be careful!”

The Five-Colored Divine Light immediately wrapped around Li Changshou for protection.

But as soon as the Five-Colored Divine Light bloomed, more than ten streams of light crashed toward Li Changshou’s figure, containing weapons, magical treasures, divine abilities, and even shadows formed from primordial spirit power.

Eight-Nine Mysteries Art!

Li Changshou let out a low shout, his entire Daoist robe billowing as streams of golden light surged around him, directly withstanding these attacks as his figure was sent flying backward.

He secretly borrowed the force to retreat, remaining as unharmed as a mountain rock; smoke-like blood qi rose from his head as thunder and wind sounds emerged from within his body.

That golden sphere suddenly flashed and continued pursuing Li Changshou’s figure.

The assembled experts’ eyes widened, each filled with unwillingness.

The treasure they had fought desperately to obtain was flying toward that upstart of its own accord!

Where was the justice?

In an instant, they all attacked, streams of light bombarding Li Changshou’s figure. Li Changshou summoned the Xuanhuang Pagoda above his head while urgently calling out to the Tower Lord in his heart.

Let them through!

Quickly let them through!

Though Tower Lord didn’t understand why, he immediately obeyed, humming contentedly in Li Changshou’s heart while carrying Li Changshou continuously backward amid the storm of attacks.

As Li Changshou’s figure flew backward, several inspirations flashed through his mind, the taut string of his heart playing out a general’s command.

Got it!

Kun Peng!

Li Changshou’s immortal consciousness searched with all its might, catching Kun Peng’s shadow streaking through the Chaos Sea at extreme speed!

In Li Changshou’s heart, a somewhat bold strategy had taken shape.

This time, he truly had no choice but to take risks. His chances were only around eighty percent, but if he succeeded, he might kill several birds with one stone!

The Xuanhuang Pagoda above his head was sent flying again by an attack. Li Changshou raised his hand toward the golden sphere, but before he could use any divine ability, layers of spatial folds suddenly appeared, completely separating him from the Primordial Purple Qi.

Li Changshou abruptly turned his head, ‘glaring’ at those Primordial experts blocking him from obtaining the Primordial Purple Qi, a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Several elderly Daoists showed hesitation.

As he flew backward, Li Changshou shouted:

“Senior brothers, please help me obtain the Purple Qi! The matter of Kun Peng can wait! Once I obtain this, there will certainly be generous rewards!

Please prioritize self-preservation! Focus on interfering with our fellow Daoists!”

Six auras instantly appeared in Xuandu City – from the Quanzhen Sect came True Lord Yu Ding, True Lord Taiyi, and True Lord Yellow Dragon; from the Severing Sect came Holy Mother Turtle Spirit and Yu Yuan; and from the Human Sect came the Mount White Marsh. They appeared simultaneously in six positions!

They acted together, each displaying their divine abilities, striving to entangle those Primordial experts.

By now, Kong Xuan had also realized something had changed – that Primordial Purple Qi seemed to be real and was singularly focused on finding Li Changshou.

Without hesitation, her Five-Colored Divine Light erupted, instantly sealing one expert and knocking the magical treasures from two other powerful practitioners’ hands.

The pressure on Li Changshou suddenly decreased as boundless waves of energy swept through Xuandu City, with pillars of various colors nearly piercing the Chaos Sea. The entire Primordial world could feel the trembling of the Great Dao in this place.

Yet still more than ten Primordial experts pursued the Primordial Purple Qi, preventing Li Changshou from merging with it.

From a corner of Xuandu City, Quan Tong rose to his full height, clad in battle armor and gripping a divine sword, shouting:

“Do you all dare to make enemies of my Celestial Court!”

Heaven’s might be manifested suddenly, suppressing the eight directions!

At that moment, from the vortex at Xuandu City’s entrance, a streak of golden light shot forth…

The fake Primordial Purple Qi had just arrived!

The assembled Daoists in the city were stunned. Some experts instantly understood the cause and effect, cursing: “The Celestial Court set a trap to kill Kun Peng, drawing us in as well!”

“Where did this real Purple Qi come from?”

“This Purple Qi shall be mine! A Heavenly Dao Sage is immortal and indestructible!”

The situation grew increasingly tense as the experts stopped holding back, making Li Changshou their common target!

Though protected externally by the Xuanhuang Pagoda and internally by the Eight-Nine Mysteries Art, Li Changshou’s qi and blood trembled as he suffered minor injuries, being constantly forced back into an extremely disheveled state.

Not only was he thrown back, but the various Primordial experts also used all sorts of methods to try to sever Li Changshou’s connection to the Primordial Purple Qi.

They sealed space-time, twisted the void, and even resorted to striking that sphere of light directly.

Li Changshou’s face showed urgency as his divine sense detected that the black shadow already stealthily reaching the city’s edge, about to launch its attack…

The moment had come!

Li Changshou’s hands flashed through seals, his eyes blazing with blue-green light as he shouted:

“Five Elements Return to Yin-Yang!

Heaven and Earth Under My Command!

Urgent as an Imperial Decree!”

Throughout Xuandu City, the power of the Five Elements suddenly erupted as space-time within a thousand li stagnated!

The Five Elements Yin-Yang Formation prepared for Kun Peng, along with more than ten supporting formations, was triggered early by Li Changshou!

The effect was indeed extraordinary.

The assembled experts’ figures simultaneously sank as they were momentarily suppressed by the formation, their attacks toward Li Changshou completely disappearing.

Li Changshou’s eyes gleamed with joy as he reached out to grab the light sphere racing toward him.

From the vortex at Xuandu City’s entrance, three streaks of light shot forth – naturally Zhao Gongming, Golden Spirit, and Wudang in pursuit.

Suddenly, Zhao Gongming felt a strand of divine thought transmitted to his mind. Looking up, his pupils contracted involuntarily.

Hmm—

With a deep call seemingly surging from the depths of the Chaos Sea, this instant was infinitely extended…

Zhao Gongming saw:

Above Xuandu City’s walls, beneath the boundless and endless Chaos Sea like a gray sky, Li Changshou with the Xuanhuang Pagoda above his head, his left hand reaching for the shining golden sphere before him…

A second golden sphere was racing toward the Chaos Sea…

The Five Elements power erupted, with no sign of Kun Peng yet, but their formations laid over years were already activated…

Just behind Li Changshou, a shadow like a curtain of sky appeared bizarrely, its incomparably massive body now showing only a huge pitch-black head, opening an abyssal maw!

Though so enormous, its speed was incredibly swift.

Demon Master Kun Peng!

Li Changshou’s pupils contracted sharply as he whirled around, his left hand only three zhang from that golden sphere.

But!

The abyss rushed toward him, about to swallow both Li Changshou and that golden sphere whole!

Compared to that giant mouth, Li Changshou’s figure was as tiny as dust. At this moment space-time was in chaos, and even his strongest escape technique could not dodge.

He suddenly turned, leaving the Primordial Purple Qi aside as his right hand gripped the God-Slaying Spear. Water-blue flames surged around him, his tattered Daoist robe bursting from his bulging muscles, his silver-white hair startlingly eye-catching!

Celestial Court Civil Official Li Changgeng!

Raising his spear and leaping forward, neither dead nor alive!

The giant maw instantly closed with a ‘whale cry’ belonging only to the Chaos Sea, directly biting away nearly half of Xuandu City!

“How dare you, beast!”

Suddenly feeling the Great Dao trembling, a blurry figure appeared at the edge of the Chaos Sea.

Why was it blurry? Because this figure had moved too swiftly for the Dao principles to manifest.

He held the Green Duckweed Sword and was about to slash downward, but suddenly golden light blazed before him as a figure stepped out from the void, seemingly having waited long yet also appearing to have just arrived.

A golden body six zhang tall – Zhunti of the West!

“Where to, friend!”

“Get lost!”

Four swords appeared behind Patriarch Tongtian as the Green Duckweed Sword’s scabbard flew directly into the Chaos Sea. Five swords rang out together!

Zhunti’s brows furrowed tightly, just about to speak some pleasantries.

Patriarch Tongtian’s expression was extremely cold as his sleeve swept out. The Severing Immortal Sword, Slaying Immortal Sword, Executing Immortal Sword, and Trapping Immortal Sword all flashed with light as Zhunti’s six-zhang golden body bizarrely vanished.

An ancient formation diagram appeared beneath Patriarch Tongtian – naturally the Immortal Execution Formation Diagram.

But just as Patriarch Tongtian was about to intercept the already retreating Kun Peng, divine light flashed before him as Lord Jieyin sat cross-legged in the clouds, blocking his path.

“Would friend please return my junior brother?”

Patriarch Tongtian laughed in extreme anger: “You just want Changgeng to die? You think my eldest senior brother has such a good temper?”

Lord Jieyin frowned and countered: “What are you saying, friend? I know nothing of this. Would you please return my junior brother?”

“If you want to fight then fight, spare the useless words! Otherwise today I shall slay the Sixth Sage!”

The Green Duckweed Sword in Patriarch Tongtian’s hand suddenly dispersed into streams of light as the four Immortal Execution Swords floated vertically around him. The formation diagram under his feet trembled constantly, as if some Sage within struggled continuously.

A faint bitter smile appeared on Jieyin’s lips as the Banner of Jieyin manifested behind him;

A cold smile appeared on Patriarch Tongtian’s lips, though he was no longer so urgent.

The two Sages’ figures vanished with a swoosh as the Chaos Sea suddenly trembled. Multicolored light surged throughout the Primordial world as two incomparably fierce Great Daos clashed head-on.

Looking back at Xuandu City.

Streams of light pounced toward Kun Peng as various experts unleashed their techniques, but still could not stop Kun Peng’s retreat.

In a flash, a green divine thunder splits the layers of chaos qi, striking Kun Peng’s back and splashing up arrows of blood.

It was the Green Duckweed Sword’s scabbard, buried to the hilt in Kun Peng’s body, releasing web-like green light that bound Kun Peng firmly.

At the same time, the Green Duckweed Sword that had vanished from Patriarch Tongtian’s hand transformed into another green lightning bolt, falling into the hands of a white figure frantically rushing toward Xuandu City…

Yunxiao’s right hand gripped the Green Duckweed Sword tightly. In the reflection of the sword light, that beautiful face showed only coldness, though her lovely eyes contained an uncontrollable fury.

Kun Peng…

Kun Peng!

Whoosh—

With the scabbard as a guide, the sword advanced as her flight speed suddenly increased by sixty percent!

Simultaneously!

The Taiji Diagram crossed the Chaos Sea, pressing down toward Kun Peng as the Grand Magus’s hair flew wildly, his eyes showing rare ferocity.

The Five-Colored Divine Light condensed into a five-colored divine phoenix, instantly growing to hundreds of li in size as it struck down at Kun Peng’s head!

Great Immortal Zhenyuan’s sleeves expanded enormously as chains flew out, instantly wrapping around Kun Peng’s head. This old Daoist’s eyes were filled with hatred.

“Changgeng!”

Zhao Gongming roared with wide eyes, immediately about to fly forward to surround Kun Peng, but the divine thought he had just received in his heart suddenly dispersed, transforming into Li Changshou’s voice:

[Elder brother, I’m fine. Everything is within my calculations, though some unexpected changes occurred that required immediate adaptation. Please stop Yunxiao and my senior brother, don’t let them get hurt, and don’t tell others about this message.]

“This…”

Zhao Gongming looked up at the immortal maiden charging with a sword toward Kun Peng, feeling his sister’s unprecedented anger, sensing that this immortal maiden who had called him and his siblings brother and sister since ancient times actually harbored such intense killing intent. His Adam’s apple bobbed repeatedly.

This… how could he dare try to stop her?