There were no spectators, nor were there cameras to preserve the moment.
If this had been in the human realm, two Great Saints going all out against each other—
—until even the Great Dao was ground to dust—would not have been an exaggeration.
Zhou Yun said solemnly,
"Saint Xu, when the Grand Ritual of Cosmic Salvation begins, I will come as well, representing Yan Hua."
Zhao Linyuan still needed time to break through the Eighth Limit. This year, it was most likely impossible.
By this November, he would return to the Sky Demon Realm garrison. When that happened, Xu Daoxian would be the one replacing him at Mount Taihang.
Zhou Yun had come from Yan Hua Martial Arts University. Although he had been giving back to his family all these years, Yan Hua Mountain still had no Great Saint. As one of Great Chu's foremost powers, it lacked a figurehead.
When the interests and resources of the Demon Nest were at stake, family came first.
That was the relationship between the small family and the greater one.
He could have chosen to remain in the Sky Demon Realm, but for the Grand Ritual of Cosmic Salvation, he had still decided to step forward.
Before matters of home and country, he represented Great Chu—and Yan Hua of the Buddhist sect.
For an event of such magnitude, if Yan Hua Martial University had no top-tier participant, it might cause some unrest. Even its title as a special-class Martial University could be shaken.
Xu Daoxian nodded.
"Good. Thank you."
"For Great Chu."
According to Zhao Linyuan himself, only one cultivation technique separated him from breaking through the Eighth Limit.
Everything else was already prepared.
Refine the sea into power, ascend to the throne of the Martial God!
But before that, Zhao Linyuan had