"Arrogant!!!"
How arrogant was Li Xinjue? Zishu Lingtian was one thing, but what right did a newly ascended Heavenly Immortal have to lord it over two Daluo Golden Immortals?
The Celestial Emperor had long been beside Himself with rage. Perhaps because of the humiliation He had suffered before Zishu Lingtian, He vented all His fury on Li Xinjue. Yet Li Xinjue had not chosen the law of [Flicker] wrongly. The Celestial Emperor's three heads wielded three different energies, yet for the moment, none could so much as touch the corner of Li Xinjue's robes.
Li Xinjue dealt with it calmly, until Jiarui urged, "Celestial Emperor, enough. The most pressing matter is dealing with the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts..."
He handled matters with composure.
Yet as soon as the words left His mouth, they caught in His throat like a fishbone.
"Shriiiek!"
Not long after Li Xinjue emerged from the evolution of the Divine Heart of Heavenly Arts and Old Tree, his Immortal Realm opened wide. Within that Immortal Realm lay boundless darkness, and when one Night Spider after another appeared within it, they let out mournful howls. The laws Li Xinjue had gained from evolution—shadow, embroidery needles, and more—ran wild within his Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm was as mad as its owner's heart.
"He's still evolving!" Unease stirred in Jiarui's heart.
The eight evolving Immortal Realms merged into one, yet Li Xinjue was still not a Daluo Golden Immortal.
He flickered through the air, evading the Celestial Emperor's immortal arts, but this still was not power he himself controlled.
At this very moment, it was as though he could not see the two Daluo Golden Immortals on the ground.
In the darkness, he faced a mirror.
Within the mirror was the Mirror Immortal, who had been by