At the sight of this, Zhao Gongming, standing to one side, felt indignation rise in his heart and sacrificed the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls.
In an instant, five-colored rays burst forth, dazzling beyond measure. Even immortals could not make them out when they looked, nor see through them when they stared.
As the colored light rose, it swept toward the Six Pure Roots Bamboo, intending to rescue Cloud Immortal.
Daoist Zhunti chuckled. "Excellent. This treasure is destined to flourish my teaching."
With another point of his hand, a green lotus caught the Sea-Calming Pearls. He then reached out, grasped the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and with a single sweep brushed the Sea-Calming Pearls away.
The sight enraged Zhao Gongming beyond endurance. He shouted, "Shameless! You speak empty words and then come to lay claim to my magic treasure!" He immediately raised his whip, urged his tiger forward, and charged at Zhunti.
"Fellow Daoist, you were one caught within the tribulation, yet Heaven blessed you with escape. Rather than quietly reflecting on your faults and devoting yourself to cultivation, you have returned to stir up this mortal dust. Do you not know that your allotted fate is nearly spent?"
Daoist Zhunti swept the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree again, brushing Zhao Gongming away and flinging him to the ground.
He said to Daoist Lu Ya, "Zhao Gongming was meant to meet his tribulation at your hands. Now it is time for you to send him back to his proper place."
Accepting the command, Daoist Lu Ya held up the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and moved to execute Zhao Gongming.
This enraged the Three Xiao Sisters. Yunxiao shouted furiously, "Daoist Lu Ya, how dare you do this?"
She sacrificed the Primordial Chaos Golden Basin and moved to capture Daoist Lu Ya.
Seeing this, Lu Ya could