Above Fuyu Mountain Island, three Grandmasters stood suspended in the air.
Their auras were like three towering mountains.
Xie Mingyan of the Cloudwater Supreme Sect was a thin old woman dressed in a plain gray cloth robe. Her graying hair was tied into a simple bun behind her head, secured with nothing more than an inconspicuous wooden hairpin.
She held no weapon. Her ten fingers merely formed profound seals like butterflies flitting among flowers, drawing in the Water Element Qi between heaven and earth and transforming it into torrents of clear azure water. Like the Milky Way pouring down from the nine heavens, they continuously washed away the thick, ink-black earth baleful aura.
Opposite her stood Wei Donglei, one of the Tianxing Alliance's three Grandmasters.
He too was an old man, but his build was far more imposing than Xie Mingyan's. His complexion was ruddy, and though his beard and hair were white, every strand gleamed like silver thread.
He wore a dark-purple robe embroidered with intricate star patterns and a tall crown set with a massive pearl. In every glance and gesture, he carried the majestic bearing of one long accustomed to high office.
The True Origin surrounding him shone in brilliant violet-gold, blazing and forceful, as though it contained the essence of the Great Sun.
Last was Han Guxi, Pulse Master of the True Martial lineage. His aura was upright and placid, yet vast and majestic.
"Bzzzz—!"
As the three Grandmaster experts exerted their full strength, the black baleful aura soaring into the sky finally dispersed between heaven and earth.
Once the baleful aura had cleared, dazzling golden radiance suddenly erupted from the depths of the valley fissure below, illuminating half the sky in resplendent gold!
The golden light was not blinding, but warm and rich, like flowing