"Li Yun, you wretch! I'm back! Get out here and meet your death!"
In an instant.
Eclosion Heavenly Venerable transformed into a million-li Dao Body. His aura stretched across heaven and earth, and his roar exploded through the Zhoutian Sword Domain like a rolling tidal wave.
At that moment, the entire Zhoutian Sword Domain shook.
Everyone caught up in battle, secluded in cultivation, or searching for opportunities raised their heads in shock.
Across the Zhoutian Sword Domain, Heavenly Gold Divine Lords of the Eclosion Immortal Sect emerged from hiding one after another. They had suppressed their auras to the limit, but now they gazed at Eclosion Heavenly Venerable's million-li Dao Body with delight and fervor.
"It's the ancestor! The ancestor is back..."
"Lord Eclosion Heavenly Venerable is back! I knew that bastard Li Yun couldn't have truly defeated him!"
"Now that Lord Eclosion Heavenly Venerable has returned, the end has come for Li Yun, the thief who stole the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture!"
For a time.
The Heavenly Gold Divine Lords of the Eclosion Immortal Sect, along with those who revered Eclosion Heavenly Venerable most deeply, rushed into the sky.
In moments, more than two hundred Heavenly Gold Divine Lords had shifted into midair. They bowed toward Eclosion Heavenly Venerable and cried out with reverence.
"We welcome your return, Lord Heavenly Venerable!"
"Please set the Zhoutian Sword Domain to rights, Lord Heavenly Venerable!"
As their cries of homage spread, Heaven-Reaching Dao Venerable and Sacred Flame Dao Venerable emerged from the Purple Jade Cave Heaven. They stared at Eclosion Heavenly Venerable in surprise.
"Eclosion, you've come back?"
Eclosion Heavenly Venerable had clearly spotted them too. His expression darkened at once.
"So it's you two?"
"You just came out of the Heaven-and-Earth Main Aperture. Have you joined forces with that wretch Li Yun?"