All the World His Enemy in the Struggle for the Great Dao

Hechu Dao Lord's sword cry shook heaven and earth!

Yet where he stood,

Liu Dongqing gazed at the undying true spirit that seemed to be ascending through a heavenly gate, and his brow gradually furrowed.

He had to admit it.

For today's sword trial, the Myriad Phenomena Sword Sect had brought out its true reserves, even resorting to forbidden means.

Hechu Dao Lord had prepared extensively.

And

his preparations went beyond his display of Daoist arts. He had likely rehearsed the earth-shaking words he would deliver afterward, turning them over in his mind for a long time.

But it was precisely to accommodate that carefully prepared speech

that the aged Daoist, though long dead, had only now been carried across the boundary between life and death by the Tribulation-Transference Secret Method. Myriad wisps of divine smoke seemed poised to bear his true spirit toward the Lunar Nether Capital.

That gave Liu Dongqing ample time to react.

If the aged Daoist had reacted like the Azure Dragon Sword Master before him, withdrawing without hesitation the instant Liu Dongqing struck,

if he had activated the Tribulation-Transference Secret Method the moment he died,

then in that fleeting instant between life and death, Liu Dongqing truly could have done nothing to him.

But

Hechu Dao Lord talked too much!

As soon as Liu Dongqing saw that the aged Daoist's true spirit still shone upon the divine banner, he had already acted.

Within the bounds of his Daoist field,

the Lunar Nether Spring and the Solar Bright Spring connected to each other. Liu Dongqing had anchored the Solar Bright Spring's true point of contact with the Yang World Domain inside Four Phases Mountain through a secret art.

In a flash, Lu Biwu and Zheng Yubing, who had both entrusted the entirety of their Divine Ability