Three Prefectural Lords, Grandmaster's Mark

"..."

Zhou You could not speak. The moment he opened his mouth and leaked this breath, his golden body would surely break.

Seeing that he remained silent, the Prefectural Lord lightly released force from his palm and heavily blasted Zhou You, immediately provoking an even fiercer reaction from the golden body.

The jade armor was like an amplifier that magnified its power. The patterns of the Nine Tripods Golden Body grew clearer, thicker, and more dazzling.

The crisscrossing patterns reflected in the Prefectural Lord's pupils...

"This golden body is no ordinary thing. When the Northern Land's Nine Tripods descended into the world, what were you doing?"

The Prefectural Lord realized why it had looked familiar. The patterns on Zhou You's golden body were unmistakably the lines upon the Nine Tripods, containing the tripod inscriptions, the yin-yang sides, and the rises and falls of every part.

Tracing back from the time when his golden body had only recently condensed, it happened to coincide with when the Fuji Dao Master had established the Great Sacrifice of All Beings and summoned the Northern Land's Nine Tripods to descend upon the prefectural city.

"What's wrong with condensing a golden body?"

Feeling the pressure weaken slightly, Zhou You answered in a muffled voice. Seizing the chance, he stirred the power of his golden body and poured it into the Black Cloud Thirty-Six Jade Armor.

Golden light supported the jade armor, bringing the defensive power of this set to its fullest possible display.

The Prefectural Lord's palm was jolted upward, and his face filled with astonishment. "What an impressive Nine Tripods Golden Body."

He understood now. The timing of Zhou You's golden body condensation had happened to align with the descent of the Northern Land's Nine Tripods. By a stroke of providence, the golden body had