Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi's sudden escape left the eleven Eternals in the rear briefly stunned.
A moment later...
"Break through the Heavenly Palace at once and pursue them!"
The gaunt, ancient Buddha holding the lamp was the first to react.
The lotus platform beneath him flew forward, while the dim radiance from the archaic lotus lamp in his hand suddenly blazed brilliantly.
The light instantly enveloped the magnificent Heavenly Palace.
Sizzle!
The immortal light surrounding the Heavenly Palace melted away at incredible speed, like lingering snow beneath the blazing sun.
Immediately afterward...
The jade towers and splendid palaces, the immortal mountains and waterscapes, also slowly melted beneath the lamplight.
In the blink of an eye, they transformed into the purest "substance" and dripped into the River of Time.
The other Eternals surged forward one after another.
Daoist radiance, divine splendor, and chaos bloomed in succession!
In barely a dozen breaths, the Heavenly Palace that had severed the river and blocked the path of "transcendence" was thoroughly crushed into dust.
The host of Eternals crossed the stretch of river once occupied by the Heavenly Palace and rushed after Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi's retreating figures.
They had thought that, without the Heavenly Palace's protection, the pair would have nowhere left to hide before them and would be caught in an instant.
However, after pursuing them for a while, they were astonished to discover something.
The two sides were actually evenly matched in speed. They could not close the distance at all...
After following for another stretch, the faint compassionate smile vanished from the Ancient Buddha's face, replaced by solemnity.
"This woman is truly strange... Not only is she unafraid of the River of Time's erosion, she is also unaffected by its 'resistance.'"
On the other side, the imposing old