Gu Qingshan stepped aside, revealing Xie Daoling, who had just completed her Divine Skill.
In an instant, the entire world was shrouded in a dusky yellow.
The vast, boundless Great River, a solitary boat glimpsed through the haze, and the faint silhouette of a graceful woman gradually appeared.
The evil ghost leader took one look and cried out in alarm:
"Not good! This is a Divine Skill from the Yellow Springs Great World! Everyone—quick, use that spell!"
He tossed out a round mirror of icy, glassy light.
Dozens of evil ghosts chanted incantations in unison, their hands rapidly forming seals.
A slender phantom rose from their bodies and reached out to hold up the mirror.
All the evil ghosts roared together:
"With our Life Force, we resist the Six Paths spell. Descend!"
Streams of life force flew from above their heads and poured into the phantom.
As it absorbed such vast, potent Life Force, the phantom gradually became solid, revealing its true appearance.
It was a woman dressed in five-colored robes.
Her face expressionless, she aimed the mirror at the River of Forgetfulness in the sky.
Boundless, glimmering divine light burst from the mirror and shone upon the Great River of Forgetfulness.
The river, the solitary boat, and the graceful woman all froze in the sky, unable to descend.
—The Six Paths God Skill, the River of Forgetfulness, had been pinned in midair by a spell cast jointly by the evil ghosts!
Gu Qingshan and Xie Daoling stared in astonishment.
Xie Daoling tilted her head and asked, "Qingshan, in your travels across the myriad worlds, have you ever seen one spell pin another in place?"
Gu Qingshan shook his head repeatedly. "I've never heard of such a thing, let alone seen it. What about you, Master?"
"I haven't heard of