To Xie Buchen, completely buried in ice and snow, this sentence carried a vague, distant quality, yet its meaning was incomparably clear.

It sounded mad, yet was actually lucid!

Clearly such an arrogant statement, almost impossible to achieve, yet why did it cast a shadow over his firm dao heart at this moment?

This sentence was almost a declaration of her Way!

No one could deny her talent, and no one could deny her power.

As long as she didn’t die, she would certainly become one of those earth-shaking great powers in the future, possibly even the strongest among them.

She was his greatest nemesis in this life, and also his strongest rival!

“Rumble!”

His entire eardrum was shaken by the collapsing sound. The incomparably powerful force pressed down—even the Human Emperor Sword’s might couldn’t resist!

The Dharma King Hall behind him had already collapsed under this terrifying force, while his body was pressed down, uncontrollably smashing downward!

Like a meteor, like a stone!

Blood throughout his body almost instantly flowed backward. This sudden Heaven-Flipping Seal had shattered all his defenses. That pressure, powerful as heavenly will itself, made him lose even the strength to manipulate the Nine Doubts Cauldron!

“Bang!”

Upon impact, Xie Buchen clearly heard the sound of his own bones shattering.

Before his eyes was only that palm shadow cast in ice and snow, only the reflection of the entire Dharma King Hall building collapsing downward. In an instant, it blocked all moonlight, plunging the world into darkness.

At this moment, there was actually a moment of quiet atop the entire snowy domain peak.

Except for the Dakini Yangjin and Baoyin Dharma King who had moved to the other side of the ice plain through their combat, everyone else involuntarily stopped.

But when they turned their gazes to look, where the Dharma King Hall had originally stood was now a field of ruins!

No longer were there ice-carved, snow-built glazed rooftops and solemn walls. Even the Buddha statues enshrined within the hall had all been toppled by this palm. Though some hadn’t been ground to powder, they were all broken into pieces.

Where could one still see the appearance of Buddha statues?

Where could one still see the appearance of a sacred hall?!

This demoness who appeared from nowhere actually dared to demolish their sacred hall of faith before their very eyes?

The instant they saw that field of ruins, all New Esoteric cultivators were beside themselves with rage.

Even the Old Esoteric cultivators, who originally stood opposed to New Esoteric Buddhism, were somewhat dumbfounded.

Though New Esoteric Buddhism had been expelled from the Buddhist gate by Master Yichen’s single statement, the Buddha statues enshrined in that hall were still their Buddhist gate’s Buddhas, who had committed no wrong.

Yet they were just demolished like this…

Everyone’s hearts couldn’t help but feel complex, and their gazes toward that female cultivator’s shadow in mid-air became indescribable.

But just then, a sharp shout suddenly exploded beside their ears like thunder!

“What are you all standing around for! Quickly stop them!”

It was the old monk Huinian, who had neither acted nor spoken before!

Stop? Stop whom?

In that instant, the monks on the Chan Buddhist and Old Esoteric side were all stunned, then realized and quickly launched fierce attacks against those New Esoteric cultivators who were in a rage!

The battlefield, which had stalled momentarily due to the great commotion Jian Chou had caused, immediately returned to its original chaotic and intense state.

Poor New Esoteric monks!

Originally seeing two inexplicable people suddenly emerge from their rear, fighting and demolishing the Dharma King Hall, they were already furious beyond measure, wanting to turn back and deal with these two. But how could they have expected this old bald donkey Huinian to be so underhanded!

This was clearly taking advantage of their illness to demand their lives!

Launching attacks without a word, dragging down their snowy domain people first—how could they spare hands to deal with those two inexplicable little thieves behind them?

By the time they determined victory or defeat, the entire sacred hall would probably be demolished by them!

Countless people, holding devotion to the sacred hall, were about to spit blood from anger.

But what could they do?

The enemy’s life-threatening attacks were right before them. Even if they wanted to turn back to rescue, they were willing but powerless!

With nowhere to vent their anger, the New Esoteric monks fought with extreme frustration.

But the Chan Buddhist and Old Esoteric cultivators didn’t care about that. For them, this was simply the most suitable opportunity. While the other side’s rear was in chaos, their attacks became even fiercer!

In just two or three breaths, dozens of New Esoteric cultivators had already perished!

Crimson blood fell from mid-air, spreading over that transparent blue lake on the ice plain. Under the serene moonlight’s illumination, it actually presented a strange and magnificent deep purple color.

“Amitabha!”

A compassionate Buddhist chant rang out. Huinian, who had been standing beside Liao Kong, finally acted after chanting.

The prayer beads originally held in his palm actually emitted brilliant golden light, flying toward the sky!

Following closely was the old monk’s withered form!

Before Liao Kong could react, he had already chased that golden light, flying out and pointing directly at the Baoyin Dharma King who was fiercely battling Yangjin in the distance!

“Wow, Master-Uncle, you’re actually fighting two against one—how shameless!”

Seeing this, Liao Kong was completely dumbfounded. Too shocked to think carefully, he blurted out directly.

Huinian, still in mid-air, heard this and got a breath stuck in his throat. His originally straight form even shook twice, as if he might fall from the sky!

Even though the old monk was accomplished in cultivation, he was thoroughly angered by this foolish grand-nephew.

Without looking back, he said angrily: “The big picture cannot be disrupted—why aren’t you going?!”

Though the words were unclear, Liao Kong immediately understood. He said “oh,” scratched his head, quietly landed at the edge of the ice plain, and approached the sacred hall.

At this moment, the commotion from that Heaven-Flipping Seal had mostly subsided.

Jian Chou still stood proudly in mid-air, while Xie Buchen was nowhere to be seen, seemingly already crushed to powder and his soul scattered by this palm.

But Jian Chou’s body hadn’t relaxed because of this.

On the contrary, the palm that had just struck with the Heaven-Flipping Seal was still silently clenched, with faint spiritual energy flowing between her fingers.

Clearly ready to deliver another palm at any moment!

Jian Chou understood Xie Buchen too well.

Wholeheartedly killing his wife to prove the Way, even if he developed feelings for her again, he had never abandoned his killing intent. His dao heart was unshakeable, and with his exceptional talent, if after entering Kunwu and taking Hengxu Zhenren as master he had only learned this much and died under this palm—

It would be too unworthy of his heaven-blessed genius reputation!

Ultimately, though the Heaven-Flipping Seal was strong, she wasn’t arrogant enough to think she could kill Xie Buchen with this one palm.

So at this time, though she remained motionless in mid-air, her spiritual consciousness had already spread out, probing toward the field of ruins below.

All surrounding sounds didn’t enter her heart—before her eyes was only that field of broken walls and debris.

Where her spiritual consciousness covered, all minute changes were clear to her heart.

When it wandered to a certain mound of ice and snow, her eyes suddenly focused intensely. At this moment, almost by some instinctive intuition!

She struck down with a palm directly!

This palm naturally didn’t have the tremendous momentum of the previous one.

Time was rushed, and power hadn’t built up enough.

But it was fierce enough, fast enough!

Who could believe what struck down was actually a palm, rather than lightning, thunder?!

Xie Buchen had just been lurking hidden for a moment, confident his aura was flawless, yet unexpectedly she struck down directly with this palm!

At this time, there was truly nowhere to dodge, nowhere to hide!

His brow furrowed, adding several points of gravity. The Human Emperor Sword spun in the ice and snow—

Instantly, the entire vast deep pit of ruins filled with sword shadows!

“Bang!”

A tremendous crash! The endless ice and snow that had nearly buried the entire Dharma King Hall actually exploded under these countless sword shadows!

Shattered ice and flying snow scattered everywhere, reflecting moonlight in a sheet of crystalline white, as if falling from the ninth heaven!

Xie Buchen’s hunting azure robes rose with the wind amid this chaotic ice and snow, crystalline snow foam falling on his shoulders, hair, brows and eyes…

Though blood stains hadn’t dried on his body, he still looked like a banished immortal.

The Human Emperor Sword thrust out, actually forcibly receiving Jian Chou’s palm!

“Clang!”

The originally dragon-roaring, phoenix-singing sword cry now sounded faintly desolate, very much like a mournful wail!

“Crack…”

Such a fine sound normally couldn’t attract anyone’s attention during their exchange, yet it transmitted so clearly to Xie Buchen’s heart and Jian Chou’s ears.

The indestructible Human Emperor Sword actually couldn’t completely withstand this palm’s power!

A tiny crack, like spider silk on a web, quietly crept out from three inches below the sword tip, extending a full two inches down the blade!

Though seemingly insignificant, this was the Human Emperor Sword!

Borrowing the force from sword and palm collision, Xie Buchen spread his arms, his form like a cloud crane spreading wings, already retreating directly backward.

But his gaze remained fixed on Jian Chou’s face.

No joy as expected, not even satisfaction from a successful strike—on her face was only mockery that saw through everything.

“My strength is right here—what good end can testing bring?”

When she initially fought Xie Buchen, she only used seventy percent of her power, also harboring thoughts of seeing what his strength was like. But during combat, she easily sensed that Xie Buchen’s thoughts were exactly the same as hers!

Though the Human Emperor Sword seemed severely damaged just now, Jian Chou saw too clearly—

This wasn’t because Xie Buchen’s strength was insufficient!

On the contrary, he had strength in reserve, just hadn’t used it. Her previous palm could be said to have been received not by Xie Buchen, but by his Human Emperor Sword!

Purely activating the Human Emperor Sword’s own power, using the sword’s sharpness to forcibly resist one palm!

Thus, this indestructible sword was damaged.

Jian Chou had used this sword for a period in the Extreme Domain before—how could she not see the depth of this?

Since the Qingfeng Temple hidden realm, the Human Emperor Sword had been Xie Buchen’s only magical artifact. Yet at this moment, to block this palm, he actually didn’t hesitate to damage this sword?

If not absolutely necessary, then there was another trick!

Based on her understanding of Xie Buchen, it was naturally the latter!

With a cold laugh, Jian Chou’s form instantly vanished from its original position. After another spatial fluctuation, she was already before Xie Buchen in the blink of an eye. Her slender, straight leg lifted, carrying wind and thunder in a Heaven-Flipping Seal strike!

She didn’t intend to give Xie Buchen any breathing room!

Such fierce offensive momentum clearly left no margin.

Not even giving the opponent a chance to test strength!

This was clearly forcing him to use his full power to meet her attack, also preventing her trump cards from being seen through too early and causing variables in this battle.

Fighting a formidable enemy was not easy;

But if this formidable enemy also knew you inside and out, that was terrible enough to be called fearsome.

Like being bound by chains—not only restricted but also having that frustrating feeling that whatever you did, your opponent could predict it first!

This was precisely Xie Buchen’s feeling at this moment!

Long ago, he had recognized this; but never had this recognition come so oppressively, so intensely!

Jian Chou already understood him, and her strength was astonishing.

All along this journey, he had secretly observed her every word and action—but hadn’t Jian Chou also been scrutinizing his every move from the side?

Fighting someone who understood you too well made everything dangerous.

Xie Buchen was almost fighting on pure instinct.

The Human Emperor Sword had four realms: first, blood staining ten thousand li of rivers and mountains; second, all lands subject to the king, ten thousand bones withered; third, the supreme ruler’s golden jade laws; fourth, ruling all people under heaven’s mandate!

He had now cultivated to the third realm.

At this moment, as Jian Chou’s attack arrived, he guided his long sword. The originally pitch-black, lightless blade instantly gained a golden jade color, like a standard held in someone’s hands.

With a “whoosh,” the long sword moved, and sword wind arose!

Countless golden, ancient characters shot out from the sword light, gathering into a golden sword that met Jian Chou’s Heaven-Flipping Seal strike without retreating an inch!

Each ancient character was carved like jade, yet flowed with golden radiance outside.

Each ancient character radiated powerful pressure, even revealing suffocating prohibition and oppression!

Golden law and jade regulation!

Once spoken, none may violate!

Jian Chou, targeted by this sword, almost instantly felt unable to move, as if tough silken threads swarmed out from this sword’s intent, threading through the void to bind her!

Her originally swift movements became slow as if trapped in mud.

The sword intent filled with jade characters and golden text was like a cage, trapping her!

Thus in this instant, Xie Buchen had escaped the threat of Jian Chou’s Heaven-Flipping Seal, his entire person becoming a residual shadow as he retreated backward.

But what was terrifying wasn’t his speed, but the aura around his body!

That sword of golden jade law seemed to unlock some prohibition sealed in the depths, so hidden things all surged out like flood!

The aura surrounding Xie Buchen actually rose again and again!

What changed simultaneously was his current cultivation!

That day at Kunwu, his cultivation had grown from nothing to something, as if without barriers or bottlenecks, directly breaking through to Golden Core in one breath, reaching Golden Core peak!

Just that small step away from forming a Nascent Soul!

That was what Jian Chou had witnessed personally—a scene truly unforgettable for life!

But she hadn’t expected to witness a similar scene again!

After striking with the Heaven-Flipping Seal, she had already drawn the Deer-Cutting Blade again. Its fierce, proud blade light was about to shatter this “prison” formed by jade characters and golden text!

But Xie Buchen in the distance had already climbed up level by level in cultivation!

Golden Core peak, Golden Core great perfection…

In that instant, a massive golden battle disc finally bloomed in the sky. Thus, the puzzle that had troubled the entire Central Domain for decades finally revealed its answer in this vast snowy domain.

A three-zhang-five battle disc, with all kun lines lit, actually more brilliant than the silver river in the sky!

It was also a heaven disc.

Seeing this, Jian Chou wasn’t surprised at all, and even seeing the size of Xie Buchen’s battle disc brought no amazement. Her talent came from the legendary “out-of-body certain death” and unable to pass the “questioning heart dao tribulation” Celestial Void Body. Xie Buchen’s talent was perhaps truly heaven-blessed.

Judging by his strength, perhaps his initial cultivation talent disc was at least two zhang!

At this moment, she was actually admiring.

But Xie Buchen’s cultivation advancement wasn’t affected by others’ emotions.

Under the radiance of that battle disc at his feet, his entire figure appeared dark, yet gilded with golden light. Thus that nearly unfathomable aura became even more heart-trembling.

The heaven origin gathered with starlight almost instantly condensed together, rushing toward his brow!

Within his ancestral aperture, light suddenly blazed.

The fist-sized golden core shattered on cue, like a blooming azure lotus. After fragments peeled off like petals, only a finger-high Nascent Soul could be seen, one hand holding a sword, one hand grasping a ruler, sitting upright on the spirit platform.

Xie Buchen’s mind momentarily became extremely clear.

Though it was clearly a night with the cold moon hanging high and occasional dark clouds passing through the night sky, at this moment countless rosy clouds surged forth! As if that boundless firmament had suddenly been torn open with a brilliant crack!

Everyone turned to look!

The realm breakthrough happened in this instant, yet still no tribulation clouds, much less thunder!

When others broke through realms, they opposed heaven and earth, facing heaven and earth’s test.

But Xie Buchen didn’t.

As if heaven had already acknowledged him, as if his Way was the heavenly Way, needing no experience of tribulation lightning or enduring tests!

The originally three-zhang-five battle disc, when rosy light filled the firmament, suddenly blazed and absorbed spiritual energy from all directions, expanding outward.

In a blink, it was already an astounding four zhang!

His realm also slowly stabilized, remaining at early Nascent Soul, no longer rising.

This should be Xie Buchen’s true strength, right?

Back when she passed through Kunwu and witnessed his breakthrough, Jian Chou had suspected it, because his breakthrough through previous realms was really too easy, not at all like having no remaining strength to assault Nascent Soul stage.

His current state completely confirmed her guess!

“Crash!”

The blade energy she had just released didn’t pause because of Xie Buchen’s realm change, but followed Jian Chou’s movement, unstoppably splitting open the “cage” before her!

Countless flickering jade characters and golden text actually scattered like flowing water!

Thus Xie Buchen’s figure reappeared before her eyes without obstruction!

Appearing with him was also that ink ruler somehow now gripped in his palm—neither gold nor stone, about a ruler’s length. This material looked extremely special; with Jian Chou’s current eyesight, she couldn’t distinguish what it was made from.

But the aura attached to this ruler was even more dangerous than the original Human Emperor Sword!

No wonder—with such a sharp weapon in hand, abandoning a mere Human Emperor Sword was nothing!

Her previous doubts finally received answers. Jian Chou only felt her heart clear, having completely seen through Xie Buchen’s plan.

But she was fearless!

You scheme deeply, I too have strategies!

You have a four-zhang battle disc, I’m still first in Nascent Soul!

You bear sharp weapons, I myself am a sharp weapon!

When had she ever feared?

Why should she fear!

At such a moment, Jian Chou couldn’t help but look up and laugh heartily. She didn’t retreat momentarily to avoid his sharp edge, but directly transformed into a wild wind, rushing into that rosy light!

Instantly, that undispersed radiance submerged her figure.

In the vast heaven and earth, only the sounds of fierce battle and sword clashing could be heard endlessly. Occasionally, blade light and sword intent shot out—heaven-shocking, earth-moving!

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

“Rumble…”

Terrifying collision sounds continued without end.

Two Nascent Soul cultivators fighting, and moreover extremely intense life-or-death combat—the destructive power was simply astounding!

Not to mention Jian Chou’s Heaven-Flipping Seal.

Though used infrequently, palm after palm striking down, in just half a moment, she had already demolished most of the sacred hall!

Starting from the Dharma King Hall on the left, going west, all halls and pavilions had almost become ruins. Only a few special places protected by formations remained intact.

But even so, it looked truly terrifying.

Nothing else—the halls still stood, but the entire ground of the snowy domain peak had almost all been lifted up or slapped down by these two!

The ruins were chaotic beyond description.

Those halls still intact were either buried under ruins beyond recognition or suspended alone, becoming true “castles in the air”!

Even many New Esoteric disciples couldn’t avoid fast enough, swept by the aftershocks of their combat, dying and injured in large numbers!

Not only were New Esoteric monks spitting blood in anger, not knowing where these two evil stars came from, bringing down such an undeserved disaster, even Liao Kong who had quietly snuck over was dumbfounded, feeling sorry for the snowy domain in his heart.

Too pitiful.

Still fighting Chanzong and Old Esoteric Buddhism in front, yet their home base was demolished into ruins by these two benefactors from Kunwu and Yashan!

However…

For New Esoteric Buddhism, this was a disaster; for himself, this matter wasn’t any better.

Liao Kong looked up at the two in mid-air who showed no signs of stopping. Though Xie Buchen was at a disadvantage, he actually fought Jian Chou to a standstill with his early Nascent Soul cultivation!

What Master-Uncle Huinian had said before was for him to stop these two. After all, they were future pillars of Kunwu and Yashan—if something really happened here, initially it indeed wouldn’t cause any trouble.

But what about later?

How clever Master-Uncle Huinian was, Liao Kong didn’t feel much, but these words were all instructed by his master Yichen, and Liao Kong believed them completely.

But the problem was, with his current cultivation, how could he stop them?

He was one early Nascent Soul, his strength was also average, and he wasn’t good at fighting. He couldn’t just run between the two and recite sutras to them, persuading them to reform and stop fighting, right?

Sigh, Master-Uncle Huinian calling him up at this time—could he be holding a grudge because he accidentally said he was shameless earlier?

This was clearly very unfair…

Liao Kong’s face immediately wrinkled like a bitter gourd. In his turning thoughts, he remembered he indeed had something that could stop their battle.

But… would this method be too excessive?

Liao Kong opened his palm. Lying in his palm was something round, but really too small—at most one grain, yet its surface glowed with faint golden light, vaguely seeming to have sutras carved on it. But because it was too tiny, it couldn’t be seen clearly.

This thing actually looked quite unremarkable—if one wasn’t careful, it might be overlooked.

But Liao Kong taking out this object at this moment already proved its extraordinariness.

If any cultivator thoroughly familiar with Western Sea Chanzong or Chan Buddhist high monks were here, they would probably recognize at one glance that this was none other than one of Chanzong’s three great treasures—the Sumeru Mustard Seed!

Using a mustard seed’s minuteness to contain Sumeru’s realm.

This was a state of mind in Chanzong, also Chanzong’s technique, and moreover a treasure of unfathomable power!

With this in hand, Liao Kong felt he could stop this conflict, but when it came time to use it, he couldn’t help hesitating, unable to decide for a long time.

But the battle between Jian Chou and Xie Buchen didn’t wait for people.

Just in this time of his indecision, Jian Chou had already used her deeper cultivation to firmly suppress Xie Buchen!

The gap of two small realms couldn’t be made up by battle disc size alone.

Though Xie Buchen’s battle disc far exceeded ordinary people because his talent disc was large, in terms of cultivation growth after training, he still fell short of Jian Chou.

In comprehension of techniques and cultivation speed, he indeed surpassed Jian Chou.

But in depth of cultivation and battle experience, Jian Chou firmly exceeded him!

When they first exchanged blows, there was no feeling, but as battle time continued longer, the difference in superiority between them became more obvious.

When they fought back near the Saint’s Hall, Xie Buchen had blood at his lips and a pale face.

The rosy light from all directions had long since dispersed. Both their figures were again exposed under moonlight, both very clearly aware—

The time to determine victory and decide life and death had come!

“Rumble!”

In the sky, muffled thunder suddenly rolled.

Under the clearly bright moonlit night sky, countless thick purple lightning suddenly burst forth!

Electric light illuminated everyone’s faces, illuminated that sacred lake flowing with blood, and also illuminated that proud figure standing high above the sacred hall!

Golden brilliant light blazed like a blazing sun!

Between heaven and earth, there seemed to be Dijiang’s soaring song, shaking the wilderness. In the void, a golden dao seal lit up, outlining the shape of wings.

Then, countless purple lightning from the sky suddenly fell!

Like a rain of electricity!

Countless purple lightning, in this instant, actually gathered into one, falling like heavenly punishment, splitting open Jian Chou’s burning shoulder blade!

That golden wing shadow, bathed in purple lightning, finally emerged from her flesh and blood, extending toward the sky!

Life dao seal—Dijiang Wind-Thunder Wings!

At this moment, who didn’t know her identity?

Since entering the present age, the method of using monster beast blood essence to reverse-engineer life dao seals had been lost. Except for that Yashan Senior Sister Jian Chou who was widely renowned sixty years ago, how many people in the entire Nineteen Continents could possess a life dao seal?!

Moreover, such distinctive wind-thunder wings!

All New Esoteric cultivators stared stunned, almost immediately erupting in uproar, shouts and angry calls endless.

Liao Kong was also stunned.

But his stunning wasn’t from shock at Jian Chou’s identity, but at the killing intent surging between these two—that tragic killing intent!

This—wasn’t a battle, but a death match!

Though at a disadvantage, Xie Buchen was definitely not someone who would meekly submit to slaughter.

He swept the ink ruler once, blocking those spreading countless purple lightning outside the circle he drew, then pointed repeatedly with his index finger. Actually, a strange force arose from the void, bending this ink ruler between his fingers!

At this moment, in his deep, ink-like black eyes, three purple ancient seal characters shot out consecutively!

On the ink ruler that was neither gold nor stone, these three seal characters immediately appeared, even spinning rapidly. Golden afterimages, to human eyes, had already connected into a circle!

Growing larger and larger!

The instant Jian Chou’s wind-thunder wings flapped, Xie Buchen’s taut fingers also suddenly released!

Instantly, golden light filled the air, ruler shadows filled the sky!

When his five fingers released, that ink ruler bent by strange force and filled with power shot out like lightning, its trajectory unpredictably changing.

As it moved, it brought the golden phantom formed by those three seal characters, leaving countless dark shadows!

Wind-thunder wings rose with awesome might, terrifyingly imposing; but the ink regulation ruler emerged with ruler shadows filling heaven and earth, yielding nothing!

Neither had any retreat. At this life-or-death moment, they couldn’t even be distracted. They couldn’t see others’ life and death, couldn’t see heaven and earth’s changes!

But Liao Kong, who had been watching the battle situation throughout, looking at the sky, was suddenly startled.

At some unknown time, a huge jade bottle shadow was already suspended above Jian Chou and Xie Buchen! The bottle mouth was vast as an abyss, seemingly able to contain the entire heaven and earth!

Just as the two rapidly approached, about to collide—

That jade bottle shadow actually took the opportunity to directly cover them from above!

Baobing Dharma King!

Though he hadn’t seen the person, the instant Liao Kong saw this jade bottle shadow, he had already guessed the identity of the perpetrator behind it.

It was precisely the Baobing Dharma King who hadn’t appeared together with the Baoyin Dharma King before!

Whether he had been hiding in the shadows for long choosing this moment to act, or had just returned and happened to encounter these two in a death match and opportunistically acted, his intention was very clear!

This was to take the opportunity to catch both in one net!

Cold sweat immediately broke out on the back of Liao Kong’s head. At this moment, how could he have the mind to carefully consider the consequences of using the Sumeru Mustard Seed?

He only knew these two people could not have an accident!

“Go!”

An urgent voice, hoarse from anxiety.

Liao Kong flipped his palm, pointed and flicked. That tiny, golden-glowing mustard seed shot toward where Jian Chou and Xie Buchen were like a ray of sunlight!

Heaven and earth distant, all beings close at hand!

Really too close and too urgent!

No one knew whether Jian Chou and Xie Buchen’s wind-thunder wings and ink regulation ruler would first determine victory and life or death, or the Baobing Dharma King’s jade bottle would first catch both in one net, or Liao Kong’s Sumeru Mustard Seed would be first to rescue them both…

In this instant, Liao Kong’s entire brain was blank.

In the emptiness where countless forms had transformed to nothing, he was even somewhat bewildered, until from the ruins below, a figure shot out riding the wind like lightning, awakening him!

No one had expected that beneath those ruins, someone else was hidden!

Including Jian Chou, who had previously swept below with spiritual consciousness!

At such a dangerous moment when even the boundary between life and death was blurred, this suddenly appearing figure simply made everyone who witnessed it feel their scalps explode!

Moon-white clothing, dark hair like a waterfall!

Whether that upright figure or those delicate features, even the Riding Wind dao seal being used—all were exactly the same as Jian Chou, who was currently suspended between life and death!

It was a female cultivator identical to Jian Chou!

What shocked Liao Kong even more was her current direction!

Riding wind under the moon, ethereal immortal bearing, yet that pale white palm was actually reaching toward the Sumeru Mustard Seed that Liao Kong had desperately shot out!