The Sword of Ultimate Spiritual Subtlety (Combined)

"Ha ha ha—hahahaha—"

The very instant Pure Yang Heavenly Fire was born within that gilded treasure gourd, Liu Dongqing's wild, unrestrained laughter, as though venting everything within him, abruptly rang through the clouds!

Within that sound surged an almost crazed hatred, erupting like a volcano.

No words were needed.

Almost the instant they heard that wild laughter, the sect masters, the various supreme elders, the True Persons of Five Regions Mountains, even cultivators of the Foundation Establishment realm—all of them, shaken by that sound, suddenly recalled the tale of how Liu Dongqing's Heaven Yang Yang Fire Path had once been obstructed.

They recalled the Pure Yang Heavenly Fire divine ability that he had once grasped in a fleeting flash, only to lose in an instant.

Time had passed.

The Fire Crow Daoist, who had once glimpsed the Golden Core realm and the fruits of divine abilities from the peak of Foundation Establishment, had long since become the Mystic Yang Dao Lord of the Nascent Soul realm.

But

the traces left behind by those events

had never faded from Liu Dongqing's heart as time itself had.

On the contrary, it seemed that the erosion of the years had only branded those marks ever more deeply into the depths of Liu Dongqing's mind!

That hatred and killing intent had been brewing without cease!

Growing fiercer and fiercer with the passing years!

At this moment, the more wildly Liu Dongqing vented his emotions in the eyes of the world, the more everyone understood just how intense the hatred in his heart was!

But

at this moment, between heaven and earth, there was another blazing fury, no less intense than Liu Dongqing's wild outpouring, revealing itself to the world!

The Eastern Lands!

In the direction of the Eastern Lands.

Almost at the very instant