Chen Wang faced Hua Cuoying and unexpectedly felt as though he were being suppressed.
This meant Hua Cuoying's true strength was surely above his own.
At this moment, Chen Wang said, "If Great Yan Heaven knows what is good for it, it would do well not to come to Dao Ning. Otherwise, I will wipe you out one by one."
Hua Cuoying was taken aback, then smiled sweetly. "This humble woman has offered you kind advice, yet you remain stubbornly obsessed. When heaven and earth change, can a mere Dao Ning stand against the Upper Realm?"
Chen Wang said calmly, "You are welcome to try."
Hua Cuoying shook her head and sighed. "We cultivators struggle against heaven for our fate, yet we must also follow the greater tide. Fellow Daoist, you are so obstinate that you are not one of our kind. What a pity."
Chen Wang frowned slightly. "Words are useless. Let us see the truth beneath our hands."
With a raised hand, he slashed out a fierce strand of Sword Qi.
The Sword Qi tore through the void and struck toward Hua Cuoying.
Hua Cuoying's figure suddenly shattered, evading the Sword Qi.
Then specks of starlight gathered once more, and Hua Cuoying smiled sweetly. "This humble woman is not your match at present. But when I descend to the lower realm in the future, you will no longer be my opponent. I look forward to our next meeting."
Immediately afterward, Hua Cuoying's figure burst apart with a bang. Starlight spread through the air before fading into the void.
This was power she had gathered in the lower realm.
Now that the Great Dao of heaven and earth had changed, tiny passages had appeared between the two realms. Hua Cuoying could use those passages to retrieve this power without