Gao Xian and Huangquan's avatar battled fiercely, and the lingering ripples of their opposing dharma powers alone slaughtered countless Ghost Race members.
As the victor, Gao Xian used the Blood River Banner to collect vast amounts of blood essence and fragmented souls, then transformed them into his own vital essence through Origin Unity.
This also laid a solid foundation for his tribulation crossing!
This battle had also given him a glimpse of the various ninth-rank beings of the Six Paths. Through spiritual-sense perception, Gao Xian felt that the ninth-rank celestial being Shen Zhengwu was the strongest; Rahula the most vicious and battle-hardened; Dao Wuji's spells the most exquisite; Wanshou Dao Ancestor's foundation the deepest; and Eastern Medicine Master the most mysterious and unfathomable.
Huangquan, one of the Tenfold Ghost Emperors, was not weak either. It was simply that he followed the path of utmost yin, and the divine arts and divine artifacts he wielded, such as the Heavenly Ghost, were completely countered by the Army-Breaking Heavenly Sha Sword and the Myriad Calamity Yin Talisman Spear. Unable to bring his own divine arts' particular traits into play, he had seemed rather feeble.
And that was indeed the case. Sister Bai had confirmed the existence of the White Jade Emperor. Though she was not a complete ninth-rank being, together with Shen Zhengwu, they were stronger than two ninth-rank beings.
The moment Gao Xian had seen the White Jade Emperor, he had known things were amiss. Sure enough, she was ninth-rank Supreme Subtle. Sister Bai, meanwhile, was miserable—a mere fragment of Supreme Subtle... able only to linger on in the Nine Provinces.
As for how Bai Yujing had come to know the Nine Provinces Cauldron, or how he had hidden himself within the Profound Bright Church, none of that mattered.
In any case,