"Cough, cough..."
The Immortal Venerable Successor staggered, coughing up blood nonstop. As the power of the Immortal Venerable Totem pressed down on him, his body gradually began to collapse, and his soul trembled wildly, riddled with countless fine cracks.
With a thud, moments later, he could no longer even stand. He dropped to his knees, braced himself with both hands, and spewed mouthfuls of blood, letting out a hoarse, uncontrollable roar.
Though he was in agony, the power within him only grew stronger. Xia Huanyu's world was already on the verge of collapse, swaying precariously.
At some point, Xia Huanyu had sat up. He looked at the Immortal Venerable Successor, kneeling and roaring, his expression serious. "I truly underestimated you. You actually had a trump card like this—the Immortal Venerable Totem... Drawing this totem must have cost you an enormous amount of effort, didn't it?"
"But..."
Xia Huanyu shook his head with a smile. "Your method is terrifying, but I really look down on you for doing this."
"So what if you defeat me with your master's power? There's nothing shameful about losing to Young Heaven."
"But you've drawn a picture on your chest. You're no longer trying to catch up to your master—your master has become your inner demon!"
Xia Huanyu stood and stared at the Immortal Venerable Successor. "Earlier, I said you'd never seen Young Heaven's true strength at the same cultivation level. It seems I was wrong. You haven't just seen it—you've been left with a tremendous shadow."
"You drew this totem after that, didn't you?"
The Immortal Venerable Successor grew more and more anguished. He gasped and kept spitting blood, unable to answer Xia Huanyu.
The commotion within the Mountains and Rivers Diagram had already reached the outside world, causing a huge stir. The Immortal Emperors