"Fellow Daoist Qingyun, our battle long ago ended without a victor. Today is the perfect day to settle it!"
The one blocking Shen Mo's path was none other than Patriarch Wuchen, lord of Little Penglai. This man had clearly also pledged allegiance to the Immortal Court—or rather, reached an agreement with the Transcendence faction. He sought to seize the Immortal Court's opportunity for transcendence to attain the Great Luo Dao, yet had now been dispatched to eradicate the source of the Great Dao vines.
He had not come merely to determine victory or defeat, but to take Shen Mo's life.
Besides Shen Mo, True Immortals such as Daoist Jinguang, Lingxiaozi, and Venerable Spirit Crane, who were stationed within the Grand Array of the Circumferential Heavens and Stars, were likewise targets Patriarch Wuchen intended to kill. Their own Great Daos had similarly transformed into vine nets, binding the entire Immortal Court world to death while drawing cosmic origin from it in reverse.
Only by eliminating the sources of the Great Dao vines and killing Shen Mo and the others until their bodies and Dao both perished could the Immortal Court world continue absorbing cosmic origin and complete its final transcendence.
As he spoke, immortal light surged around Patriarch Wuchen. He had already brought forth an ancient and elegant lotus-shaped oil lamp and cast a spell to ignite its wick. Beneath its faint flame, his soul body, immortal power, and all else were maintained at their peak state!
This lamp was called the Eternal Immortal Lamp. It was a high-grade immortal artifact possessing exceptionally wondrous and formidable Dao-rule properties.
Once Patriarch Wuchen ignited it, every aspect of his condition would be completely locked. No matter how the outside world attacked, he would not suffer the slightest injury. Furthermore, whenever he cast a