There were six gravestones in Gui Xu Burial Ground. One was missing above and one below, serving as the exit and entrance.
Inside the gravestones were several major regions. Beyond them lay a lead-gray forest known as Rotten Wood Earth.
Rotten Wood Earth was shrouded in gloom year-round, utterly devoid of life. Not only did the human race dislike this place—even the native races of Gui Xu Burial Ground detested it.
Hua Tianming performed Great Shift after Great Shift, racing toward Rotten Wood Earth.
Several Saints followed closely behind.
Although Hua Tianming had borne a thirty-third-rank Other Shore Token, his attainments in space were not much greater than those of the several Saints. They could still keep up with him.
"Buzz..."
High above Rotten Wood Earth, Hua Tianming and the several Saints filed out of a Space Channel.
Hua Tianming steadied his long sword and held it horizontally before himself. Taishang Laojun's figure rose from it once more. He glanced down, then said, "Use the central withered tree as the center and clear away all the withered trees within a radius of ten li."
As Taishang Laojun finished speaking, Han Jiu Yi smiled faintly. "Let me do it!"
Han Jiu Yi leaned backward and plummeted straight down into Rotten Wood Earth.
The instant she plunged into Rotten Wood Earth, vast swaths of Purple Mist billowed up from the ground.
The Purple Mist rapidly spread outward, forming a huge circle within Rotten Wood Earth and covering a radius of ten li.
Not one chi more, not one chi less.
"Whoosh!"
Then, surging sword intent shot into the sky.
Within that ten-li radius, every withered tree was pierced by a Purple Sword.
After shooting skyward, the Purple Swords flew straight toward Han Jiu Yi, ultimately converging entirely within her body.
The Purple