Within one thousandth of a breath.
The Karma of the Profound Yin Jade in the white-haired Sage's hand lost all connection to him.
He was dazed for an instant, and in that very instant, he completely forgot the Dao artifact in his hand.
The Profound Yin Jade slipped from his hand and fell toward the ground.
In that same instant, all sixteen great cultivators of the true purity realm present realized what had happened.
The white-haired young man's pale red eyes gradually lowered from their level gaze.
Then he saw the ancient jade pendant falling.
The instant his gaze met the jade pendant, the Karma between them began to reconnect.
He hurriedly reached out to seize the Profound Yin Jade.
But an arrow of swift wind flashed past, knocking the Profound Yin Jade away.
The white-haired Sage raised his eyes, fixing his gaze on the Azure Mist Sage, who still held his fingers in a sword gesture nearby.
Then, in the next instant, three keen blades were laid against the white-haired Sage's neck at once.
At the same time, the Radiant Heavenly Fire nearby began spreading again. The Separation Fire Pearl once more transformed into the Heaven-Burning Great Sun, hanging high in the firmament.
Chen Yan also raised his eyes slightly, looking toward the Sages in the sky. At this moment, they seemed to have cast aside all their earlier disputes, as though the white-haired young man were the sole enemy of all fifteen Sages present.
...Fifteen Sages?
Chen Yan's gaze swept over the great cultivators of the true purity realm standing in the sky once more.
Only then did he finally realize that Pu Wenyu had vanished without a trace at some unknown point.
But now was not the time to concern himself with that.
Although the true purity