Emperor Jiayou's retreat did not surprise Lu Yang.
Though it was somewhat unexpected, luckily I had prepared for it. World Honored One should take the matter on for me. Dao Tianqi's credit is far too useful.
As he pondered, a wave of excruciating pain struck him.
This was no ordinary pain, but a stabbing ache that came from the depths of his soul. In particular, Mu Changsheng's [Divine Offering] was now covered in cracks, on the verge of shattering.
As expected, it was still overloaded.
Using the human heart in place of Heaven's heart—heaven and earth, mountains and rivers—was still too vast for one person. And this was only the tiny patch of land that was the Immortal Alliance. If it were the entire Light Sea...
At that thought, Lu Yang understood that the Heaven-Changing Earth-Shifting Method still had room for improvement.
But that was only natural. After all, relying on it, Mu Changsheng had nearly used the cultivation of a Heretical True Lord to forcibly withstand a blow from Emperor Jiayou, a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator.
That had already completely surpassed all reason. It had only been possible because Lu Yang had fought in his stead and taken a shortcut.
Yet shortcuts always came with a price, sooner or later.
Better let someone else bear it.
Lu Yang decisively withdrew his consciousness. The rainbow light in Mu Changsheng's eyes swiftly dimmed, then he let out a howl and collapsed to the ground, twitching violently.
Seeing him in such agony, Lu Yang immediately felt much more at ease.
"With this battle, [Non-Existent Heaven] has thoroughly made its name through live advertisement. Won't those Heretical True Lords from the Immortal Pivot come running over obediently to seek instruction?"
A Heretical True Lord had forcibly resisted an orthodox True Lord—and one