The Karma He Owed

Qiu Zhi looked at Li Qi and said, "Ge Ritual was the symbol through which the ancient Sacred Emperors brought brand-new eras to later generations."

Yes, this was how the ancient Sacred Emperors defined "change." Every succession of an ancient Sacred Emperor marked the beginning of a new era.

Thus, Li Qi used Ge Ritual to symbolize his own capacity, preparing to use his "change" of Baiyue as a sacrifice and ultimately swallow the Sacred Emperor Relic whole.

When things reached their extreme, they reversed; when affairs reached their limit, they changed. What had become fixed to the utmost ought to change. The Hexagram "Change" said that change was transformation, the mutual overcoming of water and fire: water extinguished fire, fire dried up water, and thus they transformed one another. When an age had run its course, there must be one who changed and renewed it, receiving the Mandate of Heaven. Thus came transformation, what the world called revolution.

Since Li Qi had decided to create a brand-new era—

"Then why can't this brand-new era belong to humans?"

After saying that, he attacked.

Just like that, Qiu Zhi unleashed his full strength. Though this full strength was nothing compared to the battle sixty years ago, it still carried a might sufficient to crush the battlefield.

Endless slashes came one after another, growing ever more surging, wave upon wave, each higher than the last, linking into a long mountain range. The deep valleys between those mountains had already begun to inspire fear. Beneath the increasingly gloomy sky, every movement grew fiercer and every sound louder.

The war had begun.

Bai Di had suffered grievous injuries.

He could now barely feel the passage of time. He could only sense that he had seemingly been carried on all manner of stretchers for