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"Master!" Chu Liang hurried forward to greet her.
Indeed, in battle, his master never disappointed him. She was always ready to fight and destined to win.
"I was having a great time fighting when the spirit of the Qing Suo Sword suddenly told me you were in danger, so I rushed over," Di Nvfeng said, her eyes sparkling with excitement, her whole being seeming incredibly agitated. "Are you alright? If you're fine, I need to get back to the fight."
She was enveloped in flames, her urgency barely contained, the gleam in her eyes so sharp it was almost piercing. Chu Liang, having been at Silver Sword Peak for so long, had never seen his master so spirited.
It seemed she had fully unleashed her innate nature in the excitement of the grand battle.
Chu Liang handed over a yellow book, saying, "Disciple has found some secrets beneath the Cloud Sea."
Di Nvfeng swept her divine sense over it, not looking closely, and hastily put it away, saying, "Too many words, I'll find someone with a brain to read it later."
Beyond her clear self-awareness, she was more anxious to return to the battlefield, not wanting to miss too much.
Di Nvfeng was eager to fight!
Seeing her urgency, Chu Liang quickly asked, "How's the situation at Tongtian Peak?"
"The battle in the heavens is out of our reach, but we're winning on the ground, thanks in large part to your intelligence. We caught those from the Mingwang Sect by surprise," Di Nvfeng replied.
The battle in the heavens she referred to was naturally between those of the eighth realm, a high-level battle even she could only look up to and long for.
Below the eighth realm, Shu Mountain indeed held the advantage.
Chu Liang was quite relieved; his undercover efforts had not been in vain, and he could see the impact of intelligence in battle. With his fourth realm cultivation, how many demon cultivators could he kill through sheer effort? But such a small piece of intelligence could save many Shu Mountain disciples from massive casualties.
He then suggested, "If the situation at Tongtian Peak is stable, why not first visit Jianxia Peak? Elder Chuanjian is currently clashing with the Lord of Beiming Palace there."
Although Elder Chuanjian had the upper hand earlier, the Lord of Beiming Palace was also a renowned seventh realm expert with unpredictable methods. If the duel continued, Elder Chuanjian might be in danger.
It would be better for his master to go there, concentrate the superior forces to annihilate one front. Then, with Elder Chuanjian freed up, they could rush to the main battlefield at Tongtian Peak to provide greater assistance.
"Jianxia Peak, right?" Di Nvfeng glanced over, "No problem."
Before her words fell, she spread her fiery wings behind her, and in a roar, she transformed into a streak of firelight heading southwest, leaving behind air tinged with a burning sensation.
"Aunt Di Nvfeng…" Jiang Yuebai watched the fireball, blinking, "So fierce."
"Heh," Chu Liang chuckled awkwardly, "She's always been this desperate to protect Shu Mountain."
He felt somewhat ashamed as he spoke.
When Shu Mountain was in danger, Di Nvfeng would be the first to rush forward to resolve the threat; but when Shu Mountain was not in danger, Di Nvfeng might well be the greatest threat…
His gaze turned back to Tongtian Peak, and he said, "Let's hurry over too."
Jiang Yuebai looked at him, asking, "Can you still go on?"
Chu Liang had just used the Qing Suo Sword, which should have left him drained, yet under these circumstances, he was still able to perform the Dual Sword Unity once more, which was already astonishing.
If he could now rush back to Tongtian Peak and rejoin the battle, that would be… unimaginably enduring.
Chu Liang replied, "I just need a moment to regulate my breath."
With two top-quality Golden Elixirs and the presence of dragon blood crystals, he could almost always maintain peak condition. Even if he had just been drained, he would only need a moment to recover.
"Okay," Jiang Yuebai didn't dwell on it. Since he said he could, she naturally believed him.
Chu Liang was definitely not one to blindly overexert himself.
The two immediately flew side by side back to Tongtian Peak, but just as they rose, a loud boom came from that direction, the shockwaves so intense they could feel them from afar.
Then came a dizzying sensation, as if the world had turned upside down!
"This…"
Chu Liang stared in the direction of Tongtian Peak, his eyes wide!
Was this even possible by human means?
***
Ever since that ferocious face appeared from the clouds, a shadow seemed to cast over Shu Mountain, with dark clouds pressing down, a tremendous pressure slowly descending.
Thunder rumbled continuously.
Gradually, the neck, chest, and arms of the Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form began to emerge from the clouds, wrapped in countless thick, black chains inscribed with runes, all connected to above the clouds, trying to drag it back!
But thousands of chains could not restrain its movements! As the Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form pressed down, all thirty-six peaks of Shu Mountain began to quake, with the base trembling and the peaks crumbling…
One could imagine, if it fully descended, the thirty-six peaks of Shu Mountain would not escape destruction, and the entire mountain range would be leveled!
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—
Wen Yuan Senior naturally wouldn't stand by and watch this happen. With a wave of his sleeve, a mere gesture, he gathered the clouds in the sky!
In an instant, the sky cleared, cloudless!
The entire Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form was revealed, stretching across the sky, immense in size! Its head, limbs, and body were almost as large as the entire Shu Mountain!
But it was held back by countless chains, unable to press down immediately, and at the root of those chains was a swath of black void.
The terrifying weapon's appearance immediately caused a massive shock to the minds of all below!
This was the terror of one of the top ten divine artifacts in the mortal realm, where just a hint of oppressive force could make ordinary people's livers and gallbladders split in fear!
And there stood Wen Yuan Senior before it, tiny as a speck of dust.
But he fearlessly raised his hand, and the clouds he had gathered in the sky were released again! This time they formed a giant sword in the sky!
Compared to the Sky-Piercing Sword wielded by Yan Daoren, it was a hundred times larger! It was a true cloud-formed giant sword capable of cutting through the Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form!
But this was different from the Sky-Piercing Sword. Instead of tangible sword qi, this cloud sword contained more of the essence of the Dao.
It's said in the cultivation world that below the seventh realm, it's about magical powers, and above the seventh realm, it's about the Dao. But there's a great difference between the seventh and eighth realms.
The seventh realm cultivates a single Dao, while those in the eighth realm, the controllers of the primal element, have begun to integrate various Daos, creating their own domain.
Every minor collision between them seems to contain the clash of two worlds.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—
On this day, people in the southwest who looked up could witness a battle akin to one between gods.
The giant sword and the colossal statue, when the cloud sword approached, the seemingly inanimate Earth Store Bodhisattva suddenly moved! It no longer pressed down but raised its hands!
As it moved, the thunder in the sky reached its peak! Endless chains rattled loudly, the air churned, and the ground shook non-stop!
The might of a divine artifact!
BANG—
The Earth Store Bodhisattva's palms caught Wen Yuan Senior's cloud sword, held it for a moment, and then shattered it with a crash.
But the scattered clouds did not drift away; instead, they gathered again above the Earth Store Bodhisattva, quickly forming a continuous mountain range.
That shape… was identical to the thirty-six peaks of Shu Mountain below.
In the moment the cloud mountain took shape, Wen Yuan Senior flipped his hand, and the world suddenly turned upside down!
In that instant, as witnessed by Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai, they felt the shock of the eighth realm for the first time!
Wen Yuan Senior, with his own power, had caused the entire world to turn upside down! Everyone on Shu Mountain felt a moment of disorientation, but their positions remained unchanged.
The world, with the ground becoming the sky and the sky becoming the ground.
Turning the mortal world upside down?!
Chu Liang quickly realized that this couldn't possibly be a true reversal of the mortal world… It must be some kind of grand magical power based on Shu Mountain, perhaps similar to an illusion? But because Wen Yuan Senior was so powerful, it felt as if the real world had been turned upside down.
In this move, the only thing not reversed was the Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form.
It was originally pressing down on the real Shu Mountain, but after the reversal, it suddenly found itself pressing down on the cloud-formed Shu Mountain, thus the pressure on the real Shu Mountain disappeared instantly, and the trembling of the earth quieted down.
It must be that Wen Yuan Senior, concerned that the great battle would shatter the foundation of Shu Mountain, used this method to transfer the pressure from the Earth Store Bodhisattva's true form.
Confused by the flip, the Earth Store Bodhisattva responded immediately, no longer pressing down but exerting force upward… It wanted to stand up!
Every movement it made caused the heavens and the earth to tremble, the endless chains dragging it back, making it extremely difficult to stand. It took a moment before it finally stood upright in the clouds!
The Earth Store Bodhisattva stood up!
The oppressive force that had just eased in the heavens and earth tightened once again!
During this time, Wen Yuan Senior was not idle. He pointed at the solitary peak and said, "True Dragon, aid me."
When the True Dragon descended earlier, to prevent it from colliding with Shu Mountain, it was made to coil around the solitary peak. Now that Shu Mountain was in trouble, the True Dragon, which suppressed the luck of the land, was no longer willing to sit idly by, agitatedly striking against the restrictions, wanting to join the battle.
With Wen Yuan Senior's gesture, all restrictions on it were lifted.
"ROAR—" Accompanied by a dragon's cry, the majestic white dragon burst forth from the water, its appearance immediately dispelling the boundless yin and evil aura.
Wen Yuan Senior stepped onto the dragon's head, riding it swiftly upward! In the clear blue sky, he rode the dragon into the heavens.
Riding the dragon into the azure sky!