Before my eyes, the artifact spirit Li Tianjian was blasted to pieces, transforming into a splash of earth-vein essence that fell into the subterranean magma sea below. Yet I felt not the slightest joy, because Li Guxian was still frowning. Clearly, the other side would never die so easily.
Sure enough, enormous condensed earth-vein flying swords suddenly erupted from the sea's surface, blasting straight toward all of us!
The flying swords slammed into the Cauldron Suppressing the Boundary and sent it flying into the sky. But destroying this ancient divine cauldron was no easy feat. Li Zixin knocked one of the qi swords away with her own sword and said, "Master, we should be leaving soon. This place isn't exactly fun."
At that moment, the woman cast a spell that made Xuan Qingqing absorb the energy left behind by the Greater and Lesser Qingxiao, restoring her to the appearance she should originally have had. Xuan Qingqing now looked sixteen again, as though the Greater and Lesser Qingxiao had merged into one.
"We can leave. As long as the artifact isn't destroyed, the artifact spirit will remain undying," the woman said indifferently.
Li Zixin did not dare disobey. In fact, she feared this woman far more than she feared me. Thus, when the woman ordered her to teleport us, she moved everyone away without the slightest resistance.
When we appeared again, we were already atop the base of the Heavenly Lock. The woman looked at Xuan Qingqing, signaling for her to unlock it immediately.
Xuan Qingqing nodded, then quickly transformed into a beam of light and vanished into the clouds. Before long, a buzzing ripple surged out. The entire world suddenly seemed to lose its magic power, and even its energy began to rewind. I even discovered that the Cauldron Suppressing