"That wasn't how we planned it!"
Atop a towering sand dune in the desert lay the rendezvous point Venerable Wanfa and Evil Ksitigarbha had agreed upon after their escape. Though the two had met here, the process had taken a few more twists and turns than expected.
"It was only natural for Shushan to send reinforcements. After the Celestial Pivot Pavilion was wiped out, it would have been stranger if the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had done nothing." Venerable Wanfa smiled. "You said dealing with Threshold Walkers would be no problem for you. I never expected the Lord of Burning Firmament to beat you into this state."
Evil Ksitigarbha, standing opposite him, was blackened all over, his shell cracked open. He looked more miserable than ever before.
That was all thanks to the newly ascended Lord of Burning Firmament among the Shushan reinforcements who had arrived later.
She hit far too hard.
The surging Samadhi Divine Fire had caught Evil Ksitigarbha right in his weakened period and nearly beaten him so badly he could not return.
Of course, that was also because he himself had been insufficiently capable. He had thought Evil Ksitigarbha could easily possess the Azure Dragon Venerable and snatch away the East Sea Cosmos Wheel by surprise. Who would have thought that the Azure Dragon Venerable would shake him out of his Primordial Spirit possession state, forcing him to intervene personally?
That was how Empress Feng caught him.
It was fortunate, too, that the Dao commanded by the Azure Dragon Venerable did not mesh with the East Sea Cosmos Wheel. Only then had he truly succeeded. If the Daoist of All Beings were still alive and wielded the East Sea Cosmos Wheel through the Boundless Dao, he might even have suppressed Evil Ksitigarbha in reverse.
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