"Other than the power of the Heaven, Earth, and Profound Rankings, and killing those Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, is there no other way to stop the demonic qi from spreading?"
A voice rang out, questioning the figure standing at the very front.
"There is one more method that is not truly a method: merge oneself with the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Yu Realm and strengthen its power. But in doing so, one will lose oneself and one's Spiritual Wisdom."
The figure before them turned around and looked at the Sovereign Realm experts before him, his expression as still as an ancient well.
Venerable Tianxuan, the strongest among the Xuan Yu Realm's living beings, ranked second on the Heavenly Ranking. Yet his strength was not far behind that of the one ranked first.
But when the strong contended, they contended over precisely that tiny sliver of difference.
Having reached Venerable Tianxuan's Cultivation Realm, he had already tried every method capable of improving his combat strength. There was no better way left to raise it further.
In truth, the greater gap between Venerable Tianxuan and the one ranked first on the Heavenly Ranking lay in their knowledge and experience.
The one ranked first on the Heavenly Ranking came from beyond the Xuan Yu Realm—a truly vast and boundless world. The divine abilities and wondrous arts there surpassed those of the Xuan Yu Realm by an unknown extent.
Venerable Tianxuan could be said to have gathered the culmination of all cultivation in the Xuan Yu Realm. He had already advanced as far as he could. To transcend the boundaries of the Xuan Yu Realm and break through his own limits was not impossible for him, but it required a long stretch of time.
Yet given the current state of the Xuan Yu