Atop a lone cliff, the mountain wind howled, sharp and bitter as blades. Dense black Demonic Qi descended like the ghostly hands of hell, staining the vast cliff entirely black.
The Heavenly Demon Palace Lord drifted lightly onto a massive boulder. With a surge of power from the Myriad Dharma Body, he flung Yu Changkong, who had already lost the ability to move, onto the open ground before him. With a dull thud, had Yu Changkong's physique not been astonishing and nearly reached the Indestructible Diamond Body, an ordinary Innate martial artist would have had his internal organs shattered by that terrifying force and died on the spot.
Yu Changkong had suffered no injuries. He merely struggled to rise, his heavy breathing nearly drowning out the howling wind at the cliff's summit.
His mind was still muddled. He only remembered unleashing everything he had learned in his life and clashing head-on with the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord's Myriad Dharma Body. Then, with a sweep of black qi, it was as though lard had smeared over his heart. He no longer had the courage or thought to resist, his entire body went limp, and he was captured directly by the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.
By now, the mysteries of the Myriad Dharma Body had gradually faded, and Yu Changkong's consciousness had returned. Yet everything was already too late.
Endless Demonic Qi within Yu Changkong's body had formed twenty-eight demonic chains, locking him down. His Essence, Qi, and Spirit had been separated, like a complete carriage dismantled into scattered pieces. Even if every component remained, it could no longer run.
By the same token, Yu Changkong could no longer wield even a shred of martial power. Though his terrifying physique and stamina still placed him above ordinary martial artists, before a peerless