Above the Black Lotus Sacred Mountain, it was as though they had entered another world.
Nine Heaven-Opening Lotus Seeds, each like a sun, bloomed with dazzling brilliance, illuminating every petal of the towering Black Lotus until they were clear and translucent.
Yet strangely enough, when Li Qingshan, in his God-Devil form, stepped onto the first petal of the Black Lotus Sacred Mountain, the scene before him suddenly underwent an earth-shaking transformation.
As though possessed of intelligence, the nine Heaven-Opening Lotus Seeds each slipped into a different layer of void. They seemed within arm's reach, yet were in fact separated by layer upon layer of spatial barriers.
The entire Black Lotus Sacred Mountain resembled an enormous labyrinth. Every petal was an independent world, and the nine Heaven-Opening Lotus Seeds were scattered throughout, awaiting those fated to find them.
Li Qingshan's gaze was sharp as an eagle's, while his divine sense spread outward in all directions like a rising tide.
His figure transformed into a streak of dark golden light, flashing between petal after petal at the utmost speed.
Before long, he had locked onto the nearest Heaven-Opening Lotus Seed.
Several figures had already arrived first upon that petal.
They were prodigies from different demonic sects, surrounding a Heaven-Opening Lotus Seed floating in the void.
At that moment, the Heaven-Opening Lotus Seed was wrapped in a hazy curtain of light. The surrounding void was distorted, and an inscrutable natural restriction covered it.
The prodigies from the demonic sects stared with blazing eyes, overwhelmed with excitement as they desperately attacked that natural restriction.
Complex Dao patterns circulated across the light curtain, making it exceptionally resilient. Even with several of them joining forces, they could only make it tremble slightly, never breaking through.
"Attack with everything you have! The restriction is about to break!"