Heavenly King Empowerment
Xi Tianduan's face also showed astonishment upon hearing this.
He had not expected Jin Chengliang to be capable of such a shocking method.
"Slashing himself once, severing away a portion of his own time fragment, and using that to leap out of my 'Mofa Tribulation Light'?!"
Xi Tianduan murmured, "But can his cultivation and mana truly sustain the successive use of three Heaven-Severing Swords?"
"Indeed, it sounds inconceivable," Venerable Leide continued. "But there is still a possibility. Just as you can borrow a trace of the Mofa Heavenly King's thought to bless yourself, perhaps this Jin Chengliang can accomplish the same."
"But no matter what, he has still claimed the championship of this grand competition."
Venerable Huoling also let out a deep sigh. "This differs from what we estimated before. Even the Heaven-Severing Sword should not have exceeded our calculations. Originally, Xi Tianguan should have been able to take first place without a hitch in this Heavenly Realm Grand Competition."
"As long as the four great Immortal Lords act, reversing the workings of heaven, stirring the winds and clouds, breathing in and out the mysteries, it is enough to deceive ordinary cultivators—not to mention that there may be a Heavenly King-level existence secretly placing its bets."
There was a hidden mystery in Venerable Leide's words, rich with implication. He seemed to be pointing out that a Heavenly King-level expert had twisted the changes of fate, causing even the Saints of Thunder to be unable to see through many details of this competition.
"But who was the one who acted? Chenling Heavenly King, or one of the other Heavenly Kings?"
Venerable Leide cast his gaze toward the heavens, where two Heavenly King auras had transformed into two different lights.
One of them overflowed with streams of azure air,