From within an ancient pyramid, a figure suddenly emerged. Its eye sockets were sunken, its face like a desiccated corpse, and its body so gaunt that the Secret Gold Divine Robe hanging from it looked utterly empty.
Yet its imposing aura was exceedingly powerful. The moment it stepped out of the tower, the gray clouds in the surrounding void rumbled as they retreated of their own accord for tens of thousands of miles.
As though they could not withstand the Dao Might emanating from its body.
Buzz!
Ripples spread behind the gaunt figure, and nine magnificent gray-gold moons appeared, like enormous golden halos encircling and guarding it, making no one dare look directly at it.
"I waited five years before Ra permitted me to act! If not for weakening the Western Heaven's forces, Akshobhya Buddha and I could have joined hands five years ago to easily break that great formation, suppress Qingyun Heaven, and trample the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos..."
This existence was the revered Nine-Ring Quasi-Saint Jia You. Standing at the ninth ring, his cultivation even faintly surpassed Akshobhya Buddha's by a thread. He was one of the six most powerful beings on the Ruined Void level!
Jia You regarded the rolling gray-cloud barrier as nothing. His golden robe swayed as he crossed the vast void, arriving outside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterward, a six-ring Sacred Hall Clan Quasi-Saint arrived as well. It was Jia Cang, whom Li Qingyun had seen before—the one whose will had been destroyed in the Burial Abyss.
The Sacred Hall Clan now had only two Quasi-Saints at the Ruined Void level, but Jia You alone was enough to ensure that no one dared underestimate the clan in the slightest.
"Before coming, I notified Akshobhya Buddha