Above the nine heavens, deep within the spatial barrier.
A figure in azure robes—the Mystic Ice Palace's Seventh Elder—was attempting to tear open space and slip into the Third Heaven.
The moment his hand touched the barrier, his expression changed drastically.
The once clearly discernible "passage to the lower realm" had become a seething mass of spatial turbulence!
It had not been reinforced, but completely warped and overlaid, forming a spatial structure he had never seen before!
"This... this is..."
He struck out with all his might, holding nothing back of his mid-stage Emperor Venerable Realm cultivation.
His palm strike could have pulverized a small world, yet when it landed on the spatial barrier, it vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, without stirring so much as a ripple.
Instead, a bizarre recoil traced its way back along the spatial pathways, jolting his blood and vital energy into turmoil!
"How is this possible?!"
The Seventh Elder's pupils contracted. He finally realized what had happened!
Someone had locked down the Third Heaven at the very root of its space!
The path to the lower realm had been severed!
When word reached the Mystic Ice Palace in the Fifth Heaven, the entire great hall fell so silent that not even a crow could be heard.
Heavenly Venerable Ice Soul held the shattered Messaging Jade Talisman and remained silent for the time it took an entire stick of incense to burn.
Finally, he murmured:
"There is a formidable expert in the Third Heaven.
Have the Seventh Elder remain in the Fourth Heaven for now and closely monitor the Third Heaven for any unusual activity!
I'll see whether I can persuade an expert from the Sixth Heaven to act."
"Sect Master, won't this make those great figures think we're incapable?"
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