Within the East Sea, the Nine Palaces Immortal Lord contended with the Demonic Path; within the Demon Country, the Human Emperor battled the Demon Emperor.
This was precisely the opportunity Liang Zhaohuang and the others had been waiting for. Within the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace high above the nine heavens, the Phoenix Dharma Aspect once more opened the origin of heaven and earth. It saw the Heaven-and-Earth Root—and, at the same time, visions of the Dragon Gate, Thunder Pool, cloud wood, rune diagrams, and more.
He immediately understood. These were the imprints of the four first-rank aristocratic clans of the Immortal Dynasty.
"It's Yang Xinghai, Liu Taifeng, Lu Zhenlei, and Jiang Jinhe!"
"As expected, they too were waiting for this opportunity."
With that thought, Liang Zhaohuang did not delay in the slightest. Within the origin of heaven and earth, the Phoenix Dharma Aspect swept up vast swathes of Five-Colored Buddha Light and crashed straight into the Heaven-and-Earth Root.
Amid an impassioned phoenix cry, it branded a deep Five-Colored Phoenix imprint upon the Heaven-and-Earth Root.
The next instant, a massive surge of Five Elements origin power erupted from the Heaven-and-Earth Root and rushed toward the Phoenix imprint. It was both filling the imprint and seeking to swallow it whole.
When a cultivator advanced from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul Realm, their mind and spirit aligned with the laws of heaven and earth. In response, the laws of heaven and earth unleashed three heavenly tribulations—wind, fire, and lightning—as a test for the cultivator's advancement into the Nascent Soul Realm and their imprint upon the laws of heaven and earth.
Now, advancing from the Nascent Soul Realm to the immortal rank, one's origin merged with the origin of heaven and earth and left its imprint within it. Naturally, this would