"I felt it again—the wandering Dao power between heaven and earth, gradually recovering; the shattered Great Dao, slowly reassembling... I felt it—the life within my body..."
From inside the coffin came Dao Master Xuan Hong's voice, deep and unhurried. "Xu Ying, though you saved me, though you granted me the favor of remaking my life, I still have no choice but to kill you! The threat you pose to the Other Shore is simply too great!"
His Blood Sacrifice revival was almost complete, yet it was still short of a bit of sacrificial power.
Dao Master Xuan Hong froze. "What's going on?"
He had clearly sensed that once the two Dao Lords, Primordial Chaos and True Monarch Duyu, died, the Blood Sacrifice's power would be enough to revive him. Xu Ying had also eliminated the two Dao Lords, yet for some unknown reason, he was still just a little short of the power needed for revival!
"Who is scheming in the shadows? Could it be Dao Master Hua?"
Dao Master Xuan Hong felt a chill in his heart. "Could Dao Master Hua have been watching from the shadows all along, waiting for my revival as well? Does he intend to use me to resolve his tribulation karma?"
Xu Ying stood atop the sea of stars and sped away with a roar. By the time the surging wave crashed toward Lingxing Gate, he had also arrived before Lingxing Gate.
The colossal wave struck with enough force to shatter everything, yet it failed to shake the towering wooden gate in the slightest.
Xu Ying looked toward the wooden gate with awe in his eyes. He raised the Chaos-Molding Apricot Yellow Banner while preparing to sacrifice the Chaos Lotus at any moment.
He hurried beneath the gate and, seeing no movement from it,