The Unfathomable

Yin Wuchang had lived for over seven thousand years. Since forming his Primordial Spirit, he had never felt such terror and fear.

It was not that he lacked courage; Ru Dian had arrived far too suddenly, leaving him no time to prepare. A Spirit Transformation cultivator's divine sense could reach thousands of miles away.

Though he normally did not deliberately spread out his divine sense, he always maintained a stable sphere of perception around himself for protection.

Even in his own home, it was the same. Anyone approaching the courtyard would trigger his divine sense. Yet Ru Dian had simply appeared out of thin air, their faces nearly pressed together.

Yin Wuchang knew Ru Dian well. This human cultivator from the Nine Provinces was a body-refining Spirit Transformation cultivator, her physical strength unmatched; even the giant shark Demon Race, famed for their bodies, could not compare. And that enormous staff in her hand was even more ferocious beyond measure.

He excelled at spells. If he kept his distance and fought Ru Dian through the air, he would never give her a chance to get close. But this was the worst possible situation: Ru Dian had closed in on him—and she had struck first.

Ru Dian excelled most at close-quarters combat, and the staff in her hand was a first-rate weapon of slaughter for such fighting.

When Yin Wuchang was pointed at by that staff, the peerless force it unleashed alone nearly crushed his Primordial Spirit apart. The two Nascent Soul-level yin demons in the room were merely grazed by the power emanating from the staff, and instantly exploded into countless wisps of smoke.

In truth, when that staff came down, even the void shook and trembled. All tangible matter twisted, warped, shattered, and burst apart beneath that incomparably violent pressure.