The sky was a single hue, an endless expanse of azure blue.
The great wind howled, killing intent congealing in the air.
Two Immortal Gu Houses faced each other.
One was a grand palace, resplendent in orange-golden radiance, magnificent and imposing: Dragon Palace. The other was a two-story bamboo pavilion, brimming with vitality, elegant and refined: Jade Clear Drip Wind Small Bamboo House.
The two Rank 8 Immortal Gu Houses each carried numerous Gu Immortals.
Wu Shuai sat in the seat of honor. The Two Heavens Gu Immortals stood in separate rows within the hall. On the left were Ice Crystal Immortal King and others; on the right was Xiao Hejian, the wood path great expert and little person Gu Immortal who had just joined them. Immortal Fairy Han Hui, Lord Night Heavenly Wolf, and others were mingled among them as well.
Not long ago, Wu Shuai had summoned Xiao Hejian. After the two sides reached an agreement, they swiftly set off, dispatching their forces toward Qi Absolute Grotto-Heaven.
Elsewhere, Wu Yong of the Southern Alliance also understood that troops must move with lightning speed. He immediately mobilized Jade Clear Drip Wind Small Bamboo House, along with the Gu Immortals of the Wu and Luo clans, and headed for Primeval White Heaven.
Jade Clear Drip Wind Small Bamboo House was far faster than Dragon Palace. Though Wu Yong set out later, he arrived first. Yet Qi Absolute Grotto-Heaven could not be entered or exited at will. Just as Wu Yong and the others waited for a chance to enter, Wu Shuai arrived aboard Dragon Palace.
The two sides met in White Heaven and immediately confronted one another.
"Wu Yong." Wu Shuai spoke from within Dragon Palace, his voice rippling through the battlefield. "The Qi Absolute True Inheritance is right before