Within the vast, boundless Immortal Alliance Sea.
A flowing light streaked rapidly through the clouds.
In the blink of an eye.
That flowing light crossed the sky and appeared a thousand miles away.
Before long.
The Spirit Light dispersed.
In the void, above the clouds!
A figure wearing a conical hat stood atop the clouds with his hands behind his back. An aura that dominated the universe erupted from him, as though it could shake heaven and earth.
The surrounding white clouds, as if dragged into spatial turbulence, scattered and dissolved into the void.
In an instant.
Not a single white cloud remained within a thousand miles!
Only that figure, standing alone at the pinnacle of the world, remained quietly in place, like an eternal star that had never changed since antiquity.
The sea wind howled, making his robes snap and flutter.
Yet the figure did not move in the slightest, merely gazing into the distance.
Nine breaths later.
The solitary figure's pupils flickered with a trace of dark yellow. Looking toward that empty stretch of sky in the distance, a mocking smile curled at his lips as he said indifferently:
"Since Fellow Daoist has followed me for so long, why not come out and meet me?"
Though his voice was soft, it seemed to be everywhere within this stretch of heaven and earth.
As he spoke.
Cheng Buzheng, standing in the void, burst forth with dazzling radiance that illuminated heaven and earth.
He spread out a hand before him!
The silver-white sword pellet transformed into a longsword as clear as autumn water, grasped by a slender, fair hand.
Thought stirred, divine ability empowered!
—Great Sun Tathagata Sword!
Brilliant golden flame blazed fiercely along the blade.
The golden flames swept across the sky.
From the moment those flames appeared, this