Boom! Boom! Boom!
Terrifying forces collided in the sky vault, True Essence Energy raging wildly and whipping up a storm overhead as thunder and lightning burst forth.
The mountains, forests, and earth below shook and trembled beneath the powerful impact; boulders quaked, split apart, and collapsed!
At the edge of the distant mountain range, everyone raised their heads. While avoiding the sweeping storm's impact, they stared fixedly at the two figures high in the sky, whose every gesture seemed to possess the terrifying power to rip apart the sky vault. Their eyes were full of shock.
Power of this level was simply too terrifying.
At this moment, any aftershock produced by the clash in the sky vault would be enough to blast any cultivator below the True Essence Ninth Layer into pieces!
"I never expected that after merely ten-odd years apart, Junior Brother Qingyuan would have already reached such heights."
"Compared to him, I've lived so many years in vain. It truly is shameful."
On a distant mountain peak, a group stood upon a cliff.
Looking out at the earth-shaking battle overhead, which emitted destructive power so immense it made one's heart pound with fear, Wang Yuènián, at the head of the group, could not help but sigh.
In a daze, the scene of his first encounter with the other party in the Sect Inner Sect several decades ago flashed before his eyes.
Back then, this kid had merely been at the Spirit Essence Realm Eighth Level. He had only just passed the Inner Sect Grand Competition and entered the inner sect. Though his performance had been more outstanding than that of others, he had not been particularly eye-catching.
Compared to geniuses like himself, who had long since achieved something, Zhang Qingyuan had then been nothing more than an inconspicuous