Once the Array of God Slaying took shape, the towering mountain beneath Sage Dongsuo's feet vanished into ash.
Yet with a slight lift of Sage Dongsuo's finger, all eighteen God Slaying Blades inside the array froze at once!
Riiip!
The purple Daoist robe split in two. With a scream, Sage Liluo turned into a mist of blood, and his Saint Core fell into Sage Dongsuo's hand.
The Saint Core trembled violently, and Liluo's frantic cry rang out from within. "You dare merge with the Heavenly Dao of this realm! This is a betrayal of the Immortal Realm Great World..."
Sage Dongsuo held up the Saint Core and sighed softly. "I did not know beforehand that I would form karma with this realm's Heavenly Dao. Yet I must say, forming this karma is also a choice!"
With a crack, the Saint Core shattered and flowed like water into Sage Dongsuo's brow.
At the same time, Liluo's Primordial Spirit gradually dispersed. Its final wisp of voice echoed through the air. "Dongsuo, you will never return to the Immortal Realm Great World for the rest of your life, never..."
Sage Dongsuo said softly, "Yes. I can never return to the Immortal Realm Great World for the rest of my life. That is now set in stone. But what about you? Aren't you the same?"
The wind swept by, and a fine rain suddenly began to drift down from the cloudless sky.
The drizzle bore a faint crimson tint.
The long wind blew, like a funeral dirge.
A thousand miles away, atop Crane Cloud Peak, an old man stepped out of his Cave Mansion and gazed at the heavens. "Sage Liluo... has fallen?"
Ten thousand miles away, in the Phoenix Pavilion of Qifeng Mountain, the Phoenix Sage Clan Head abruptly opened her eyes. "Liluo...