Deep within the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
Beneath an azure barrier, two figures sat motionless.
Yet within that seemingly harmless stillness raged a battle between Body Integration cultivators at its most extreme.
Black and white Law Threads turned the space into a chessboard.
Grand Lord Tianyuan sat on the left, Yan Di of the Feather Race on the right.
Neither appeared to move, yet their Primordial Spirits were locked in a fierce struggle.
Heaven and earth were their board, their Primordial Spirits the pieces.
Every move took an immense toll on their Primordial Spirits.
Azure light spread from Yan Di's body, seeking to break the Extreme Void Heaven Origin Shield, which had once slain a Body Integration devil venerate in ages past.
The light was razor-sharp, seemingly able to cut through all things, and it was everywhere.
Like the wind, the most familiar thing in nature.
At times gentle, at times savage.
As it swept across the seated Daoist's face, it carved crack after crack.
But however sharp the azure light grew, Grand Lord Tianyuan remained seated, as though he meant to play until the seas dried up and the stones crumbled.
His escape thwarted, Yan Di did not panic.
Their battle had entered the deepest reaches of a Primordial Spirit struggle.
Though Grand Lord Tianyuan, like him, stood at the Late Body Integration Stage, he had cultivated for far less time, and his foundation was shallow.
His Primordial Spirit was nowhere near as strong as Yan Di's.
Even with the Extreme Void Heaven Origin Shield, even with his skill at Go, all he could do was delay the inevitable.
"Decisive of you, to trap me in the field you know best."
"But if this stalemate continues, either I exhaust your Primordial Spirit, or Qixia breaks the Extreme Void Heaven