Within the world, once there was nothing left unclaimed for them to plunder, Zhang Yuanbai and the others began fighting among themselves for what remained.
In the course of their plundering, they discovered that Ao had sealed off the entire world.
But they were not worried.
Others might not know, but Zhang Yuanbai and Liaofan both understood the power of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
They had both assumed that he had received the true teachings. In their hearts, they had already decided that Ling Qing was certain to win.
Of course, though the process was somewhat off—they had not expected that he had comprehended the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation on his own—
the outcome was no different.
In the eyes of the two, as long as they defeated everyone else now, then whatever decision Ling Qing made in the end would be meaningless to them.
After all, before they came, the elders back home had said that this journey was to be led by Ling Qing.
Though Zhang Yuanbai and Liaofan belonged to different traditions, they were ultimately closer to each other than to the others.
As for David and John's Christianity, they regarded it as a heterodox path.
They had previously fought Zhang Yuanbai over faith, so naturally, they now joined forces first, intending to carve up the Light Ark before anything else.
Even when the Light Ark was at its peak, David and John would have struggled to withstand the two of them joining hands.
Much less now, when the Light Ark had lost half its strength to Emperor Miaoyuan, causing it to fall behind even in the plundering of the Prime Material Plane.
Neither of them might be able to win alone now, much less against the two working together.
So, to save his life, he directly drew