Gathering Qi, Refining the Sword, and Burning the Dao Heart (two chapters in one)

With no Spirit Transformation Dao Lord presiding over the Yang World, and all Golden Crow Heavenly Demons at the Nascent Soul Dao Lord realm and below suppressed by the Immortal-Sealing Treasure Restriction Zhang Qiwei had cast, Song Lingxi seized the opportunity.

She established an initial connection with the Pure Yang Sword Sect's Celestial Sword Wheel fortune cloud.

Then, unable to wait any longer, she tore open the Sumeru Barrier. In a flash, she became a streak of incandescent light and plunged inside, following the fierce aura of the Pure Yang Dao Law already spilling out of the Sumeru Turbulent Flow!

And when she truly arrived near this battlefield of bloody combat,

what she saw

was Liu Dongqing displaying the wonders of his Primordial Spirit and Dao arts, fighting two opponents alone.

It was Xue Mingfei, wearing a delighted smile at having avenged her blood feud.

Amid the scorching blood flame filling the sky,

she casually reached into the sea of fire and lifted out a charred figure that appeared to be a corpse, yet still retained one final thread of life deliberately preserved by the blood essence Dao flame.

Then,

as though hanging up a strip of cured meat,

she summoned several vines and roots from Liu Dongqing's sprawling Dao Lord domain heaven and earth, sending them through the cracks in that charred shell to pierce the foundational essence of the victim's body, soul, and Dao arts!

And behind her,

four similar strips of cured meat were already swaying silently in the wind!

Such a sight,

at this moment,

further inflamed Song Lingxi's soaring battle spirit and murderous intent!

When she turned her head to look farther,

in one corner of another battlefield,

Mei Qingyue was wielding Southern Bright Li Fire, unfurling a sword diagram, gathering astral force and seizing