After returning to Thundercloud Gorge, Ling Tian sent Xuan Ci and the others to keep watch on the realm fusion. He told them to report any unusual developments.
Once the fusion was complete, Xuan Ci and the others reported back. Just as Ling Tian and the others had sensed earlier, the Heaven and North Yellow Realms had fused where they were, with only a few areas along their borders touching North Profound.
"Just as expected. This is actually a good thing. The less they border each other, the less contact they'll have, and the fewer chances there'll be for conflict. Let the cultivators from the Earth and Yellow Realms deal with Chi Xue and his people first. Didn't they question the strength of the Heaven Realm back then?" Ling Tian muttered to himself. Then, remembering something, he asked, "Brother Xuan Ci, what is the Natural Barrier this time?"
"It seems to be a kind of extremely powerful astral wind, containing vast amounts of Divine Yuan Power and strange Law Power," Xuan Ci said. He then gave a detailed description of what the wind looked like.
"That sounds like Black Sha Gang Wind. That wind is extraordinarily powerful." Ling Tian murmured, his expression turning grave. "I wonder whether our current strength is enough to cross this barrier."
"Brother Ling, surely it isn't that bad? Those winds are terrifying, but they don't seem strong enough to threaten you," Xuan Ci said. He then described how he had tested the astral wind by throwing stones into it.
"This Black Sha Gang Wind barrier seems weaker than the one we encountered before," Fairy Meng Shang said thoughtfully. "If we're protected by the Yin Yang Bagua Plate and the Yin Yang Guardian Array, and then add the various Law Powers into the array for further