A strange, obscure chanting echoed through the air, and heaven and earth trembled.
Heaven Swallowing Toad Ancestor sat cross-legged, pain surfacing on his face as even his body quivered faintly.
It was not just him. Female Daoist Zhi Shui, Hong Taiyu, and the others nearby were all clearly suffering an indescribable impact upon their souls and states of mind.
Suddenly—
Bang!
Atop Small Hill, one figure seemed unable to endure any longer. He staggered and tumbled away.
It was a man in a Scarlet Daoist Robe. Blood spilled from his lips, and his face instantly turned pale and translucent.
Immediately afterward, cries of alarm rang out.
"Not good!"
"Suppress it quickly!"
"Quick!!"
...All those Grandmaster-level figures of Five Thunder Taoist Temple changed expression and struck out desperately.
The Five Thunder Divine Firmament Furnace was shaking violently. It was already on the verge of failing to suppress that Fragment of Heavenly Dao, which had taken the form of a scripture!
Heaven and earth shook wildly.
Divine radiance surged atop Small Hill, while streams of light and blazing flames intertwined.
Those Grandmaster-level figures of Five Thunder Taoist Temple exerted themselves with all their might, displaying divine powers as they desperately suppressed the Five Thunder Divine Firmament Furnace.
Su Yi watched from afar, deep in thought.
He was comparing the gap between Pseudo-Eternal and Half-Step Eternal.
Among the Grandmasters of Five Thunder Taoist Temple, the Middle-Aged Daoist and the tall old man were Pseudo-Eternal.
They had already set foot upon the Eternal Pathways, yet had not forged an Eternal Dao Root.
The Middle-Aged Daoist was very powerful. Pine cranes, lions and tigers, Auspicious Radiance, cloud patterns, and other totems emerged upon his black-jade Daoist robe, each one containing the aura of eternity.
As he acted, the totems upon him seemed to come alive,