Su Yun glanced at Baili Du beside him, deep in thought.
"Di Shu is crippled, and Di Hu's true body has become a huge empty skin. Neither can truly ascend the Imperial Throne."
Su Yun's expression was strange. "Otherwise, having a Great Emperor sitting on the throne with his skull peeled open and only half a brain left, or a Great Emperor with only a skin and no flesh or bones, would be far too shocking. Therefore, Di Hu did not use Di Shu and Di Hu themselves to seize the throne, but other Flesh and Blood Incarnations. Among those incarnations, the finest was likely Baili Du. Di Hu had pinned his hopes on this incarnation cultivating to the Ninth Heaven. But if Baili Du can be taken out..."
Baili Du noticed his gaze and looked over.
The two smiled at each other, each concealing his killing intent.
The closer they came to the Gate of Witch and Immortal, the more carefully they observed it, and the harder it became to glimpse its full form.
Yet the more closely they looked, the more they felt the outsiders' divine powers were vast beyond measure!
From afar, they could see an enormous gate, with two figures standing on either side of its central line. But from closer up, they saw only the towering majesty of the World Tree.
As they drew nearer still, they discovered that branches and boughs of the World Tree were rushing toward them. Every leaf was incomparably huge, and every branch twisted around another like dragons and floodwyrms entwined!
Closer still, they saw that each leaf contained endless patterns, their courses like mountains and rivers, concealing the mysteries of the great dao of Witch and Immortal.
If they came even closer, they could even see the details and