Within the Immortal-Slaying Formation, Wondrous Splendor Emperor demonstrated the various transformations of the sword formation one by one.
Ao found it increasingly difficult to cope. Even when Wondrous Splendor Emperor used him to temper his swordsmanship, he was barely able to hold his ground.
More than a dozen kinds of Sword Qi churned within his body, long since stripping him of any confidence in victory. Now, he sought only to protect himself.
However, when the outside world erupted with boundless violent energy from the world's creation and destruction, the Immortal-Slaying Formation could not help but be affected.
Sensing the changes outside and feeling the sword formation tremble, Ao's spirits immediately rose.
"Haha, Ling Daoqing, that avatar of yours tried to open up a world and replace my Crystal Wall World.
"Now greedy mages and priests have interrupted it, leaving its efforts to come to nothing.
"Not only that, the power unleashed by that world's destruction will surely scatter your sword formation.
"Once I break free, just wait and see how I deal with you."
Ao suddenly unleashed a wide-range divine power shockwave, knocking Wondrous Splendor Emperor and the surrounding Sword Qi away. Pointing at Ling Qing atop the Eight Trigrams Platform, he burst into laughter.
"I fear I have disappointed you, Fellow Daoist." Ling Qing shook his head with a smile. "Fellow Daoist seems to have forgotten something.
"This poor Daoist once established the rule of calamity and fortune in this world. So long as the world has not perished, that rule remains.
"Fellow Daoist, do you not know that the destruction of a world is a calamity, and its creation is likewise a calamity?
"And they are the greatest calamities a world can face.
"So many worlds have undergone creation and destruction—what immense calamities those are.
"Having gained such