"Hiss."
There was no earth-shaking collision.
The cracks in the void, brewing ominous and uncanny forces, were like the last snow under the scorching sun, swiftly vanishing without a sound.
The twisted shadows didn't even get a chance to manifest their true forms before Ye Xuan's invisible aura crushed them into nothingness.
The world was clear once more. Not a single trace of the Ominous dared disturb Shi Hao as he broke through.
With Ye Xuan's protection and the nourishment of the Longevity Liquid, Shi Hao finally let loose.
He let out a long howl, his voice shattering the silver mist above the Immortal Pond.
"Gather!"
Shi Hao shouted and clenched both fists.
His bones cracked like popping beans, and his blood surged through his veins at a terrifying speed.
At that very moment, a fluctuation wholly unlike the Pure White Immortal Qi within him burst forth from the depths of his body.
Accompanied by a low, mysterious rhythm of the Great Dao, a jet-black mist slowly rose from the crown of Shi Hao's head.
This newly formed immortal qi was so profound it seemed capable of swallowing all light.
It radiated an aura of the netherworld and destruction, like the abyssal waters of the Nine Underworlds, carrying an overbearing force that made the soul tremble.
The moment the black immortal qi appeared, it resonated with the Pure White Immortal Qi around Shi Hao's body.
One black, one white; one yin, one yang.
They represented life and death, creation and destruction.
The two streams of immortal qi coiled around each other like True Dragons, circling Shi Hao as they flowed. Their radiance complemented each other, making him seem like an ancient deity who commanded life and death across heaven and earth.
The second immortal qi had formed.
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