Confronting the Saint King

"This... is the power of the Mighty Expert Realm!"

"He actually broke through to the Mighty Expert Realm!"

Outside the mirror, countless cultivators stared in horror at the youth within it, as though they were looking upon some monstrous prodigy.

"The Heavenly Emperor's cultivation talent is simply too terrifying. Without any means of ascension, he still reached the Mighty Expert Realm!"

"An eight-year-old Mighty Expert Realm expert—he must be the first in the entire ancient history of the Northern Profound Continent!"

Countless cultivators were stunned, yet an inexplicable sense of relief rose in their hearts.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Emperor's Dao foundation had been destroyed. Had he continued cultivating at that pace, he likely would have long since ascended to the Immortal Realm.

How could everyone have gathered here now to watch the Heavenly Emperor's past?

"Form the formation!"

A great shout suddenly rang out from within the mirror.

Countless white-robed cultivators arrived riding divine rainbows, gathering amid the heavens into an incomparably mysterious formation that enveloped Gu Changqing within.

Yet before a Mighty Expert consumed by fury, this obscure formation was no more than paper mache.

The woodcutter's axe was hurled into the sky.

This most commonplace of mortal tools could never have imagined that it would one day receive such an honor.

Endless laws of heaven and earth converged upon the axe.

At that moment, the woodcutter's axe was like a supreme imperial weapon leaping free from the River of Time and Space, severing a stretch of spacetime and suppressing all beneath heaven!

Those cultivators who had once stood so high above the Young Heavenly Emperor—

At this moment, beneath the cold edge of that woodcutter's axe, they fell one after another, their blood splattering across the skies.

"How dare you act so brazenly?!"

At the peak of the sacred land, a white-haired, white-robed elder suddenly tore open the void and sat cross-legged amid the firmament.

As that ancient roar rang out, an immense palm that crushed the heavenly vault descended from the Nine Heavens Above toward Gu Changqing.

The terrifying pressure burst apart the heavens; mountains and rivers shattered, and heaven and earth fell silent!

"Saint King!!"

Outside the mirror, every cultivator's pupils suddenly contracted.

They truly had not expected the foundation of a mere mortal sect to be so terrifying.

Its sect master was actually a Saint King-level existence!

"No wonder that even after the Heavenly Emperor broke through to the Mighty Expert Realm, his Dao foundation was still destroyed. Before a Saint King, a Mighty Expert is no different from an ant!"

After all, this was an existence two entire realms above the Mighty Expert Realm.

Beyond the mortal, into the saintly!

No matter how powerful one was below the Half-Saint Realm, one remained a mortal. Only upon reaching the Half-Saint Realm could one experience the wonders of sainthood!

"Could it have been this man who dug out the Heavenly Emperor's Immortal Root?"

"But why was the Heavenly Emperor still able to survive?"

Those words left everyone stunned.

That was right.

How could a Mighty Expert possibly survive at the hands of a Saint King?

Did this man hold back and deliberately spare the Heavenly Emperor's life, leaving the weeds uncut so that their roots remained? That was clearly impossible.

"It must have been Miss Youwei's master who appeared when he was on the brink of death."

Someone said.

The crowd nodded slightly.

At present, that seemed to be the only explanation.

"Break!"

Facing the Saint King's suppression, Gu Changqing not only did not evade, but charged straight toward it.

From within his body, the Immortal Root erupted with blazing divine radiance. Countless divine inscriptions spewed endless power of laws, linking heaven and earth together.

He drew upon the great force of heaven and earth, gathering it all into his fist.

Boom!

As that punch blasted forth, a deafening explosion shook heaven and earth. Sound waves swept in every direction, and in that instant, the entire Yuxu Sacred Land was reduced to scorched earth.

That palm which had suppressed heaven and earth cracked inch by inch.

Until it dissolved into mist.

"Hm?"

The White-robed Saint King in the skies could not help letting out a soft sound.

His aged face was filled with both surprise and shock.

Outside the mirror, the expressions of the many experts were almost identical to that of the White-robed Saint King.

No one had expected that the Young Heavenly Emperor, as a Mighty Expert, could actually shake a Saint King!

"This is fucking unreasonable."

Many people began to curse aloud.

Even if the White-robed Saint King had not used his full strength, how could a Mighty Expert block a Saint King's secret art?

That was a Saint King! Not some cabbage by the roadside!

"An Immortal Root? That was an Immortal Root??"

After his brief shock, boundless delight appeared on the White-robed Saint King's face.

"When this old man was young, I heard that those born with Immortal Roots were natural sovereigns. I spent half my life searching for one. I thought such divine things existed only in ancient texts, but I never imagined that, at death's door, I would be fortunate enough to see one."

"Heaven truly favors me!"

"With such a foundation, this old man will certainly become a supreme sovereign and shatter the limits of lifespan."

"Hahaha..."

As the White-robed Saint King laughed, the way he looked at Gu Changqing became kindly. "Hand it over."

He suddenly reached out.

A giant palm that blanketed the sky reached into the void and, in an instant, arrived before Gu Changqing.

Outside the mirror, everyone's emotions tightened at that moment.

They could roughly guess that it was at this very moment that the Young Heavenly Emperor's Dao foundation was destroyed and his Immortal Root was dug out.

"Master, if only you had appeared a little earlier."

Gu Youwei seemed unable to bear watching any longer and could not help murmuring.

Yet no one had expected it.

The next moment.

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After Mei Gongzi neutralized Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not immediately launch a counterattack. She merely stood still where she was.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception really so sharp? After he had formed armor from flames, he had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi followed up with an attack, he was confident that he could use those methods to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing his ability, which had been poised to strike, to break off.

The battle saber slashed out again, its fierce saber intent even stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, becoming one with it as he charged straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once more, and with an instantaneous shift, she switched positions. While neutralizing his attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed over Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed intent on competing with Cao Yuwei in endurance.

Yet no one doubted the source of this ability. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate talent was Stellar Transposition. Her technique possessed a similar marvel.

After Mei Gongzi neutralized Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not immediately launch a counterattack. She merely stood still where she was.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception really so sharp? After he had formed armor from flames, he had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi followed up with an attack, he was confident that he could use those methods to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing his ability, which had been poised to strike, to break off.

The battle saber slashed out again, its fierce saber intent even stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, becoming one with it as he charged straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once more, and with an instantaneous shift, she switched positions. While neutralizing his attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed over Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed intent on competing with Cao Yuwei in endurance.