Azure Cloud Sect, Divine Firmament Hall.
The imposing divine statue of Xuanming Heavenly Venerable remained motionless. Sandalwood incense curled from the altar table, its smoke pouring and flowing like spring water, continuously drifting outward.
The sixth-rank supreme Purple Qi Cloud Bamboo Incense was of an exceptionally high grade. Its fragrance was fresh, delicate, and lingering, capable of dispelling filth and baleful qi while centering the mind and calming the spirit.
Its waterlike flowing smoke could further harmonize with the central formation, producing all manner of profound transformations.
Gao Xian sat cross-legged beneath the divine statue. The smoke washed over him like water, rinsing away the myriad stray thoughts in his heart as well.
Unable to defeat Guangye in the Dragon-Locking Grotto-Heaven just now, Gao Xian had abandoned the Taiji Divine Image as a decoy while his true body returned directly to Divine Firmament Hall.
Reviewing the countless shifts of their recent battle, Gao Xian felt that he had made no mistakes. Guangye was simply too powerful.
It was not that Guangye surpassed him in mana or divine sense, but that his divine abilities stood on a higher level. Given equal power, Guangye could still defeat him with utter certainty.
Moreover, Guanghui's dragon soul had been watching from the side the entire time and had yet to make a move.
Even if Guanghui was weaker than Guangye, he was still not an opponent to be taken lightly.
Gao Xian deduced the possibilities in his mind for a long while, yet found no chance of victory at all. In the end, his mana and divine abilities were inferior to the other party's. Even if they continued fighting, there would be no opportunity to turn things around.
Each of the first eight levels of the Dragon-Locking Grotto-Heaven possessed different laws of mana. Such