At Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain, Venerable Primordial kept his eyes fixed on the Eastern Sea.
For some reason, a layer of mist seemed to shroud the sea.
Even he, a mighty Saint, couldn't see through it, and the message he'd sent to Guang Chengzi had vanished without a trace.
Venerable Primordial closed his eyes, and images of the Primordial World flashed through his mind.
He could see the course of all things, yet the Eastern Sea was a blank he couldn't divine.
He suddenly opened his eyes, gripped by a sense of foreboding.
"Randeng, go save Guang Chengzi at once!"
Waves churned across the Eastern Sea. Guang Chengzi sped over the water, slashing down a sea beast as it leapt at him with the Male-Female Sword in his hand.
Blood immediately stained the water red, and countless fish and shrimp tore at the flesh that fell into the sea.
Guang Chengzi poured everything into his escape technique and flew tens of millions of miles in the blink of an eye.
He could just make out the coastline. If he could get beyond the Eastern Sea, he would be safe.
Whoosh!
A pearl glowing blue shot toward his back with blinding speed.
Guang Chengzi turned and slashed, sending a streak of sword light crashing into the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
Under the force of the four seas contained in the pearls, he was sent flying backward—closer to the shore!
Splash!
The sea suddenly churned, surging into towering waves that formed a watery cage around Guang Chengzi.
The Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls joined to form a formation, their water defenses unbreakable.
With no other choice, Guang Chengzi once again summoned the Fan Tian Seal. It transformed into a mountain and crashed into the watery cage.
The Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls all glimmered at once, sharing the force of the blow. Ripples merely shivered across the water walls.
If the Fan Tian Seal was unmatched in attack, the very embodiment of strength, then the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls were the height of softness and yin.
Softness overcame strength!
Seeing that even his trump card couldn't free him, Guang Chengzi put away the Fan Tian Seal and taunted Zhao Gongming and San Xiao outside.
"Hmph! Relying on magic treasures—what kind of hero does that make you?"
"Outnumbering me, are you? Do you dare face me in a fair, honorable duel?"
As he baited them, Guang Chengzi watched his surroundings.
If they accepted, he'd seize his chance and escape at once.
He was betting on the pride and arrogance of the Jie Sect Disciples.
Zhao Gongming and San Xiao sneered. Perhaps they would have fallen for that trick once.
But they had been completely transformed!
"Chan Sect scum, die!"
Bixiao charged first, swinging her fists.
Ever since the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect had arrived on the island, she'd been simmering with anger.
The group's jeering insults against Senior Disciple Brother still rang in her ears.
Thud, thud, thud!
The battle erupted. Certain of victory, Guang Chengzi was left dumbfounded.
They'd agreed to a duel, so how had it turned into a group beating? In just a few breaths, he'd taken countless punches.
By the time the searing pain hit, his face had swollen into a pig's head.
"You... how despicable!" Guang Chengzi snarled, pointing at Zhao Gongming and the others through his swollen lips.
Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Qiongxiao were just as furious. Ignoring his accusations, they pounded him mercilessly.
The exalted, enlightened immortal fought like a street thug, every punch landing flush.
"Enough!"
With a furious shout, Guang Chengzi drove the four of them back with several sword strikes.
As a Pangu Orthodox Lineage disciple of Chan Sect, he had never suffered such humiliation. Now he was ready to fight to the death.
"Go!"
A golden bell flew from his mouth and hovered above his head. Its toll echoed through the cage.
The Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Falling Spirit Bell. Its toll could rob people of their senses and leave them disoriented.
Sure enough, Zhao Gongming and San Xiao went blank-eyed at the sound. This was Guang Chengzi's chance to strike back.
Guang Chengzi hurled the Fan Tian Seal and poured all his magic power into it. In an instant, a massive mountain loomed over the entire Eastern Sea.
Boom!
A thunderous crash triggered a tsunami. Towering waves swept across the sea, carrying immense force as they engulfed everything in their path.
Crack!
The formation of Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls suddenly shattered, and Guang Chengzi seized the chance to flee.
The Primordial World was just ahead. Once he reached shore, he could use another escape technique to shake them off.
"I made it out..."
Guang Chengzi took his final step, about to set foot on the land of the Primordial World. He couldn't help feeling pleased with himself.
He had faced four Quasi-Saints alone and still escaped. He'd have a tale to brag about for the rest of his life.
For a moment, he even thought that Ye Changqing's sword strike, which had driven back three Quasi-Saints, was nothing special.
He felt invincible again!
Whoosh!
In the next instant, Guang Chengzi felt an invisible hand seize him from behind. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free. He was dragged back.
"Primordial Unity Golden Dou!"
Yunxiao cried out. She and Qiongxiao summoned their magic treasures together.
The Primordial Unity Golden Dou held immense spatial power, its capacity as vast as the four seas of Qiankun.
This Dou had existed since the world was created, and its mysteries were endless. It could hold every treasure beneath heaven, and its pull could not be resisted. Once its golden light appeared, none could escape their fate.
Guang Chengzi saw a flash of golden light and was dragged back into the Eastern Sea. Then came another savage beating at the hands of the others.
Zhao Gongming and San Xiao followed Ye Changqing's instructions: all they had to do was leave Guang Chengzi alive enough to make it back.
Like cats playing with a mouse, they toyed with Guang Chengzi, tormenting him in body and spirit.
Crack, crack!
San Xiao wielded the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, snipping Guang Chengzi's body to pieces bit by bit until only his head remained.
"What are you going to do?"
Seeing the sneer at the corner of Zhao Gongming's mouth, Guang Chengzi sensed something terrible was about to happen. His voice trembled as he spoke.
Zhao Gongming chuckled, gathering magic power in his foot before kicking Guang Chengzi's head away like a ball.
"Ah..."
Guang Chengzi's anguished scream rang through the sky, raising goosebumps.
If Ye Changqing hadn't told them to spare his life, he would already have perished.
After all, the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation hadn't begun yet, and they hadn't fallen out with Venerable Primordial.
Officially, the Chan Sect and Interception Sect were still allies.
Zhao Gongming and San Xiao beamed. So this was how much fun it was to gang up on someone.
They were already imagining the day when ten thousand Interception Sect immortals would swarm the Chan Sect disciples.
The Interception Sect had numbers on its side. Why fight them one-on-one?
Thinking of the Ten Heavenly Lords, who did nothing but set up formations and wait for others to break them, they felt they were so stupid it made them want to cry.
Meanwhile, Daoist Randeng had received Venerable Primordial's order and gone to the Eastern Sea shore to await Guang Chengzi.
But after waiting a long time, he still hadn't seen Guang Chengzi.
Suddenly, the image of Ye Changqing's sword strike surfaced in his mind for no apparent reason, and he shivered.
If Ye Changqing wasn't dead, wouldn't he be walking straight into a trap?
That thought made Daoist Randeng abandon the idea of investigating Three Immortal Island.
Just as he was about to lose patience, a streak of light cut across the sky and flew straight toward him.
"Could it be some kind of magic treasure?"
Daoist Randeng was overjoyed, thinking fortune had smiled on him.
But when he used his magic power to stop the streak of light and found himself face-to-face with Guang Chengzi, the corner of his mouth twitched.
Guang Chengzi suddenly began shouting, "Teacher, report this to our master at once..."
"Huang Long... he's a traitor!"
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