A single light reprimand rang out. It was not a hysterical curse, but its weight was overwhelming, as if two great mountains had come crashing down on the hearts of all who heard it.

Immediately after—

“Rumble rumble rumble!”

The great river of purple qi that stretched from north to south suddenly split apart. One became two, two became three, and three gave birth to all things, spreading out into a web-like network of cracks.

In the next moment, those cracks turned into real, tangible rifts, tearing open the entire river of purple qi. And beyond the split purple qi, a pair of enormous eyes appeared, as if they occupied the entire sky. They were icy cold and emotionless, gazing down upon the world from above!

“Thud!”

In an instant, countless mortals and even Qi Refining cultivators collapsed to their knees, prostrating themselves without stop, unable to withstand the gaze of those eyes.

Only Foundation Establishment cultivators could barely manage to stay standing.

Even so, Lü Yang still felt an overwhelming pressure crashing down on him, falling upon his Sea of Consciousness, making him instinctively want to kneel.

‘What the hell is this!?’

Lü Yang was shaken to his core. It wasn’t like he had never seen a Golden Core True Lord make a move before—he had seen it twice. But not once had it left him this shocked!

After all, Golden Core True Lords still retained a somewhat human-like appearance. Even though their dharma bodies towered into the sky, they were still shaped like humans, just larger—comprehensible, in a way.

Yet the eyes that now appeared in the heavens had already completely transcended the human form!

In the next moment, the purple qi eyes slowly focused their gaze.

Immediately, that indescribably vast pressure crashed down onto Chong Guang’s body. With just one glance, the flying Chong Guang seemed to suffer a heavy blow.

“Crack!”

The 【Dongyang Blessed Land】, already reduced to just its core, shattered into countless cracks and seemed on the verge of being crushed by that gaze!

The difference in level was simply too vast.

But just at that moment, a heavy snowfall suddenly began to drift down from the heavens. A warm, jade-like hand suddenly pressed down onto the 【Dongyang Blessed Land】.

“Boom!”

The jade hand radiated divine light, and with unstoppable might, it instantly compressed the shattered 【Dongyang Blessed Land】 back together, smoothing out all its cracks.

Qingcheng Feixue True Lord!

At that moment, the infamous madwoman of the Primordial Saint Sect appeared with an excited expression, looking up at the purple qi eyes in the sky without the slightest trace of fear.

“So it really is Late Stage!”

As her words fell, a crimson light suddenly appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Then, she turned to look at Chong Guang and coldly ordered:

“You continue.”

Chong Guang True Person did not respond. Instead, he pushed forward with all his strength, reversing the 【Chen Earth】 and slowly ascending toward the direction of the 【Overturned Lantern Flame】.

“I want to see for myself if it’s really Ang Xiao!”

As soon as these words were spoken, True Lords from the Dao Court, Pure Land, Sword Pavilion, and Overseas all disappeared from their positions, replaced by the sudden brightening of stars in the heavens!

Every star that lit up represented a fruit position!

At that moment, all cultivators in the world felt the resonance. The falling starlight descended like chains, directly locking onto the purple qi eyes.

Under the oppression of this starlight, the vast river of purple qi that had stretched across the heavens began to shrink, retracting and converging. In the end, it condensed into an illusory figure. Its face was indistinct, its gender unrecognizable, and from it came a soft chuckle that seemed neither male nor female, neither old nor young:

“Why bother?”

This soft laugh was completely different from the earlier icy “seeking death”. It was no longer cold and indifferent, but carried a genuine human emotion.

In the next second, the world dimmed.

All karma and heavenly secrets were obscured in that moment. Nothing could be seen, not even Foundation Establishment cultivators could discern the battle occurring in the heavens.

‘Unbelievable, truly unbelievable.’

Lü Yang lowered his head, two lines of blood tears streaming from his eyes—this was the price of having directly gazed at the battlefield. But thanks to this, he had clearly seen one thing.

‘At least ten!’

Besides Qingcheng Feixue True Lord, the Primordial Saint Sect had another mysterious True Lord taking action. Meanwhile, the Pure Land, Dao Court, Sword Pavilion, and Overseas each had their own True Lord manifesting.

More than ten in total!

‘But… this is also my chance! With all heavenly secrets hidden, no one will be able to deduce what happens here afterward. This is the perfect opportunity for murder and robbery!’

In that instant, Lü Yang thought of many things.

It was obvious that the mysterious powerhouse who had reversed the 【Chen Earth】 had instantly become the target of all forces. No one was willing to let him go.

However, correspondingly—

‘The forces of all factions must be somewhat empty right now!’

Even the Pure Land!

At that moment, Lü Yang suddenly had a bold thought:

‘After a few more lifetimes, if I can seize this perfect opportunity, is it possible to take advantage of the Pure Land’s weakness… to extract the 【City Wall Earth】 fruit position?’

Although the Pure Land still had Dao Lords stationed there, the Primordial Saint Sect wasn’t without its own Dao Lords. The two would cancel each other out. What would be left to deal with would merely be the Bodhisattvas of the Pure Land.

If a daring True Lord was willing to cooperate, there might be a real chance to extract the 【City Wall Earth】!

‘But this can’t be rushed.’

Snatching the 【City Wall Earth】 would benefit the Primordial Saint Sect. Surely some True Lord would be willing to make the move, but Lü Yang had to demonstrate enough value—he needed to at least reach the peak of Foundation Establishment.

‘It would be best if I could immediately seek to form a Golden Core after snatching it.’

‘The 【City Wall Earth】 has been trapped for so long. As a hidden fruit position, and with me being the only one cultivating the related techniques, it would hardly reject me in any way.’

The difficulty all lay with the Pure Land.

But thinking from another angle, as long as the Pure Land’s forces could be neutralized and the 【City Wall Earth】 could be snatched, he would almost certainly become a True Lord, with even greater prospects than Chong Guang!

‘Even if I can’t take it out, as long as I get my hands on it—even if it remains in the Pure Land—I can simply start over and bring the fruit position back with me!’

Thinking of this, Lü Yang felt his mind clearing up.

‘Chong Guang Martial Uncle, you’ve done well!’

If it weren’t for Chong Guang True Person’s attempt to form a Golden Core and stirring up the reversal of the 【Chen Earth】, he would have had no choice but to give up on the 【City Wall Earth】 in the future.

But now, things had taken a new turn!

When he reached the peak of Foundation Establishment in the future, this could very well be a new path toward Golden Core! Although fraught with danger, the rewards would be equally rich if successful!

Just then, Lü Yang suddenly felt the void tremble. The next thing he knew, he found himself back in the Blessed Land… no, on a fragment of the Blessed Land. On the other side, he saw a sword light descending from the sky.

Chong Guang had actually kept his promise and sent Ye Guyue over!

However, Lü Yang soon frowned.

“She’s not alone…”

In addition to Ye Guyue, several other escape lights had followed and landed within the fragment of the Blessed Land as well.

Realizing this, Lü Yang immediately refocused his mind. He once again used the 【Star Concealing Radiance】 to mask his presence and quietly crept closer.

“…Let’s take care of business first!”

Ye Guyue still carried a second-grade true technique on her, and to fully leverage his peerless intelligence, the more reference materials he had, the better!

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