The Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword had already reached the perfected Grandmaster realm. Gao Xian had tested it in the Taiji Divine Palace—even with the formidable physical body and yang spirit he possessed, he could not withstand a full-force blow from the Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword.
Although Eastern Pole Heavenly Lord had condensed the three wheels of essence, qi, and spirit, his body and soul were ten times weaker than Gao Xian's.
After taking a blow from the Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword, Eastern Pole Heavenly Lord's soul was not merely shattered; his physical body was also destroyed by the peerlessly sharp sword qi, turning to drifting ash in an instant.
A powerful seventh-rank Heavenly Lord who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years thus vanished into ashes. All that remained was a hazy mass of purple qi and a Creation Golden Talisman seed.
With a sweep of his sleeve, Gao Xian collected both items before cupping his hands to Lei Ting. "Thank you, Senior, for showing mercy."
He was not being sarcastic. Lei Ting truly had not exerted much force—at the very least, she had not used any of her various divine powers.
It could not be counted as a favor, but it was still worth a word of thanks.
Lei Ting had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and did not much care about Eastern Pole Heavenly Lord's death. Still, having lost to Gao Xian by a single move left her feeling somewhat unsettled.
After considering it, she asked, "Have you studied the Divine Empyrean Thunder Method?"
"By a fortunate coincidence, I obtained the inheritance of the Divine Firmament Sword Palace."
Gao Xian took out the Divine Firmament Dragon-Slaying Token. It was actually a standard-issue divine artifact of the Divine Firmament Sword Sect, but it was more than