At the summit of Shouyang Mountain, the sea of clouds churned.
The golden light around Emperor Jianhong's body drew inward, while an unprecedentedly powerful force surged through every limb and bone.
A First Rank Martial Artist, standing at the absolute pinnacle of martial arts!
Master Xu still wore that washed-out Daoist robe, his face carrying an unhurried, almost-smiling expression.
Resting in his palm was a strange stone, neither metal nor jade, dark and dull in color, its surface covered in twisted, bizarre natural patterns.
Emperor Jianhong's pupils suddenly contracted!
He had no idea what that stone was!
Yet an intense discomfort, as though he had encountered a natural predator, instantly swept through his body from the depths of his soul!
An invisible magnetic field radiated from the stone.
Cold and silent.
It carried an absolute suppression aimed directly at the power of the Martial Arts origin!
Every hair on Emperor Jianhong's body stood on end.
The instincts of a First Rank Martial Artist screamed madly at him that he absolutely could not allow that stone to erupt!
Emperor Jianhong's thoughts flashed like lightning.
Without the slightest hesitation, he connected with the ancient, mysterious Xi Huang Diagram deep within his sea of consciousness!!!
At this life-or-death juncture, he held nothing back!
"Buzz—!"
An enigmatic ripple spread from between his brows, and blue-gold light burst through his skin!
Visible to the naked eye, two crystalline jade Dragon Horns, seemingly containing the circulation of stars, thrust out from either side of his forehead.
Fine blue-gold armor, dense as scale and glittering with ancient runes, instantly covered his entire body.
A long, powerful azure dragon tail, covered in profound patterns, violently extended from his coccyx.
With a light sweep, it produced a muffled explosion in the air!
Emperor Jianhong's aura instantly soared!!!
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