On the mountain and beyond it, two figures faced off, each displaying his divine powers.
One had come calling; the other received his guest and returned the courtesy.
On Chen Ping'an's side, the Qingyi Taoist priest who had emerged from the wooden house appeared behind Tuoyue Mountain. He stood atop a five-colored peak like a god propping up heaven and earth, holding a Water Seal containing forty percent of the Yelu River's water fortune, with a radiant Rain-Prayer Incantation hanging at his waist.
Behind the ten-thousand-zhang Daoist manifestation stood a Golden Dharma Appearance in the form of a deity, fire dragons coiled around both arms and a White Jade Capital imitation beneath its feet. The imitation had manifested from the Jade Talisman Palace's former Mountain Suppressing Treasure. Within its Divine Firmament City stood a Sword Immortal Banner. The deity raised a Five Thunder Seal high into the air, where it hung at the very top of Cage Sparrow's Small World. Once Chen Ping'an had dotted the eyes of thirty-six deities, they roamed the six-thousand-li expanse alongside eighteen ethereal Sword Immortal heroic spirits in white, wantonly cutting down Demon Race Cultivators around Tuoyue Mountain.
After the thirty-six deities swept out of the seal, a great host followed each one, like flying figures from a mural, floating with immortal grace. The goddesses had long brows, slender eyes, full faces, and features of exquisite refinement.
Jeweled crowns adorned their heads, colored ribbons draped their shoulders, necklaces hung across their chests, and bracelets circled their arms. They trailed long, flame-shaped streaks as bright clouds spun and celestial flowers scattered throughout the Great Void.
It was as though a vast swarm of fireflies had suddenly flown into the night, their flowing light dazzling beyond compare.
The spectacle made the earlier scene of Immortal Hairpin City's