A steep Sky-Supporting Peak towered into the heavens. At its foot stood an azure stone stele more than ten zhang tall. It had been severely weathered, and the writing on it could no longer be made out.
Everything above the mountainside was shrouded in azure mist, making it impossible to see what lay within.
Seven Deity Transformation Cultivators—five men and two women—stood atop a low earthen slope. A dense Red Light Curtain enveloped them, with a dolphin pattern on its surface. Each held a banner flickering with red light. At the forefront stood a coldly beautiful young woman in a golden skirt, who possessed Deity Transformation cultivation at the Grand Completion stage.
Countless Crimson Flames surged out of the void and transformed into enormous Crimson Fireballs, smashing toward the four men and one woman opposite them. Each of their clothes was embroidered with an Azure Lotus.
A dense Azure Light Barrier enveloped the four men and one woman. At the forefront stood a broad-shouldered, thick-waisted Green-Shirted Youth, whose body exuded a dense Killing Intent.
Wang Yongheng was a Body Cultivator and one of the Thirty-Six Outstanding Figures of the Wang Family. He had been away on business and had been unable to follow Wang Changsheng to Townsea Palace for the Mahayana celebration. He had not expected to arrive in time for the Secret Realm treasure hunt.
Judging by their numbers, the Fire Hog Clan had the advantage, but the Wang Family's Puppet Beasts were no mere decorations.
Twelve oddly shaped Puppet Beasts were attacking the Fire Hog Clan's cultivators. The Humanoid Puppets either opened their mouths and spewed thick golden light pillars or punched out fists of flashing golden light. With a gentle flap of its wings, the Azure Eagle Puppet released tornado after tornado of hazy azure wind. The