Jiangbei, Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching.
Clouds unfurled and gathered. The devil's den infamous throughout True History was, at this very moment, still an Immortal paradise, and Sacred Sect was even a term of praise.
Yet at that moment, clouds converged.
"Rumble!"
Rolling thunder resounded, its Dao cry startling Xuan. It surged forth from Jiangxi, bearing a vast majesty akin to Heavenly Duke's, as twelve stars lit up one after another across the dome of heaven.
Water and fire wrought disaster.
An all-encompassing radiance interwove in two colors, boundless and limitless. Without deviation, it drew upon immeasurable spiritual mechanisms and crashed thunderously onto the Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching.
Almost simultaneously, two figures emerged atop Sacred Fire Cliff.
"They've come indeed."
The First Generation Elixir Peak Master remained calm. Not only was he not the least bit flustered, but he even revealed a hint of eager anticipation as he looked directly at the twelve stars.
"Clearly not masters of Fruit Positions, yet they can wield the profundities of Fruit Positions."
"An impressive method."
As the First Generation Elixir Peak Master praised them, Butian Que had already activated the grand formation. The Cloud Sea churned, and the formation's light illuminated heaven and earth within and without in an instant.
Before their eyes, thirty-three formations crisscrossed one another, encompassing Myriad Forms. Vast beyond measure, they formed a chessboard. All external forces that entered the board immediately vanished without form, unable to stir even the slightest wave. They could only evolve into black stones traversing the board, competing through Dao attainment.
[Thirty-Three Heavens Chess Dao Formation]!
Once the chessboard rose, the contest between its two sides was no longer one of cultivation, nor of status, but of the depth of their Dao attainment. Whoever possessed the higher Dao attainment held the advantage.
Yet there were