At Immortal Emperor Ling Yu's command, the fifty-six Immortal Lords immediately scattered, each taking up a position.
"Form the array!"
Following Immortal Emperor Ling Yu's thunderous shout, the fifty-six Immortal Lords simultaneously formed hand seals, pouring vast immortal essence into the spatial rift.
"Bzzz—"
Fifty-six pillars of light flared up at once, their dazzling radiance weaving into an array diagram that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.
At the center of the array diagram, the spatial rift began expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, a flicker of resolve flashed through Immortal Emperor Ling Yu's eyes.
He fiercely bit the tip of his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood essence onto his palm, then formed an ancient, intricate hand seal.
"With my blood, I shall link the two realms!"
"Open!"
Rumble—
Amid deafening roars, the spatial rift abruptly expanded into a pitch-black vortex a hundred zhang in diameter.
Deep within the vortex, the mountains and rivers of the Spirit Realm could vaguely be seen.
"It worked!" Immortal Lord Ziyang's voice trembled with excitement.
Yet Immortal Emperor Ling Yu frowned slightly. "It still isn't stable enough!"
His hands continued forming seals as enigmatic runes shot into the vortex one after another, stabilizing this hard-won passage.
"At most ten days, and the passage will be completely stabilized," Immortal Emperor Ling Yu said gravely. "Then I will personally descend upon the Spirit Realm!"
At those words, a fervent gleam flashed in every Immortal Lord's eyes.
After a hundred thousand years of waiting, the time for reckoning had finally come!
Yet what they did not know was that, even as Immortal Emperor Ling Yu poured all his strength into connecting the spatial passage, undercurrents were surging throughout the Immortal Realm.
In a hidden valley of the Seventeenth