After that, she could return to the Divine Kingdom, merge with the power it had accumulated, and take control of everything once more. Then she would unleash Eternal Night and bring this age to an end.
But the ritual was only halfway through when Ning Que appeared and interrupted it. Even facing enemies blanketing the mountains, he remained utterly fearless.
Inside the Hall of Light, Haotian watched everything coldly. She could not understand why these people groveled on the ground like dogs before her in ordinary times, yet chose to defy her behind a facade of obedience at a critical moment, allowing Ning Que to rampage across Peach Mountain.
Seeing that Chen Pipi, the intended sacrifice, was about to be rescued, Haotian could no longer sit still. But then something unexpected happened: because she was Ning Que's bonded object, he was actually able to draw on her to invoke the Apocalypse Divine Art.
Just as Haotian was about to strike again, a sword came from Southern Jin, from the Sword Garret, and flew toward the Hall of Light.
At that moment, Liu Bai, the world's greatest swordsman, chose to follow the path of Fuzi and Ke Haoran. He drew his sword against Heaven!
His act stunned everyone from Southern Jin and Xiling, because it meant Southern Jin would break with Xiling!
Haotian asked in an icy, merciless voice:
"Why have you come?"
Liu Bai answered in his own voice, "Because you are here. Since you are here, why can't I come?"
Liu Bai had broken through to the Sixth Realm. His sword tore through space! Peach Mountain trembled!
Only a few feet separated them, yet only Liu Bai knew the truth: those few feet spanned an entire mortal world.
He could clearly see her, and his sword kept advancing, yet