Sword, Come! (Second Update)

After passing around the Demon Slaying Platform, the road ahead was still shrouded in mist. Solid white clouds spread out to form a path. To the right was an unfathomably deep sea of floating clouds, as if someone had punched straight through it. To the left was a pool more than a dozen zhang wide. Bubbles rose soundlessly from its surface and burst into white vapor, curling into mist that made the entire pool look like a true immortal realm. It stood in stark contrast to the sorrowful, gloomy backdrop of the Heaven Punishment Gate.

Beside the pool stood a crooked stone tablet, on which was written in Seal Script:

"Exiled Immortal Pool!"

The Exiled Immortal Pool that could erase an immortal bone and Dharma body, returning the Inner Scenery to its original state!

With two Dharma bodies glaring covetously behind him, Meng Qi no longer had the thoughts he had possessed moments ago. He did not stop to test whether he could collect a bottle of "Banished Immortal Pool Water." Instead, he ran like the wind, leaving afterimages behind as he tried to cross the Exiled Immortal Pool as quickly as possible, find Three Lives Hall, fulfill the contract, and escape the danger.

Just then, a figure stepped out of the mist enveloping the road ahead. He was tall, dressed in a dark robe, and wore the mask of the ancient Sun God Lord!

He said calmly:

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

The moment his words ended, he suddenly bent forward and thrust out a fist. Purple qi coiled around it, black and white Daoist virtue intertwined, and there was no variation—only simplicity and unadorned precision!

Yet in Meng Qi's perception, the world around him underwent subtle changes. The Five Elements grew blurred, the Four