With a sweep of his hand, Little Stone Emperor sent Xiao Chen off the path. Xiao Chen's cultivation was still somewhat lacking.
Just as Little Stone Emperor, Chang Feng, and the mighty figures of Jiuzhou pressed onward, about to enter the gate at the end of the path—
A powerful aura emerged behind them. Chang Feng and the others looked up at the same instant, turning toward an enormous altar.
Rumble!
The Heavens and Myriad Worlds shook as though vast armies were charging through them. Billowing clouds churned, surging toward them like a tsunami.
This was the altar Lu Zhan had built to open the stone gate beyond the Ninety-Nine Steps. He had even sacrificed dozens of great worlds for it.
Now, a blood-red fissure appeared and spread across the highest heavens. An enormous claw reached out amid an unending roar, as though an unrivaled figure were about to break through the world barrier of the Unique True Realm and emerge.
Five dazzling rays of light appeared. They were manifestations of supreme Great Dao essences, illuminating the Heavens and Myriad Worlds and shaking past, present, and future.
The five rays instantly merged into one, plunging into the small world formed by the sacred relics of the heavens and hurtling toward Chang Feng and the others.
Boom!
The present incarnations of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were instantly knocked aside by the impact of that light.
Chang Feng's face turned icy. He struck out with his palm, stirring the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind and cleaving apart the two principles of yin and yang as he moved to suppress the light.
His palm struck the light in an instant. It trembled incessantly before finally reverting to five Great Dao essences, which were shattered utterly.
Yet that powerful