A Step Away from Entering Volcano Ridge!

819—One Step Short of Entering Volcano Ridge!

"Roar—!"

A dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth sent the skies and land within several thousand li of the War God Saint Palace into a frenzy of wind and clouds. The vast tones of the Great Dao resonated together, as if an ancient heavenly bell had been struck. Black-and-white Great Dao power surged toward the valley behind the Saint Palace from every direction, then fused into a colossal heavenly chart. This was not Chen Yun's true heavenly chart, but one he had evolved through the power of the Great Dao.

"Just one step short! Yet I've been unable to take it for so long. Could the aura of the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation be suppressing even formation cultivation, preventing me from fully merging with the Nine Absolute Inheritance?"

Chen Yun stood with his hands behind his back atop the heavenly chart evolved from the mighty power of the Great Dao, his brows tightly furrowed as he muttered under his breath. After ten years of seclusion, he had almost completely fused with the Nine Absolute Inheritance, and his formation cultivation had grown increasingly profound. He could now produce talismans in the shape of heavenly dragons, but no matter what he did, he could not set up the Nine-Corner Starburst Formation. An invisible, mysterious aura was affecting him, preventing him from taking that final step.

"Daddy—!"

The intimate summons carried through their bloodline, and Long Xing impatiently shot into the sky. The golden dragon spear in his hand let out a dragon's roar. However, with his strength, he had barely risen a short distance before the Great Dao pressure filling the skies and land for thousands of li knocked him back down.

"Ah!"

Long Xing felt as if his father had become a