The Fusang Holy Maiden, who had been fleeing like a wisp of smoke, froze.
The battle-formation Vermilion Bird had pursued the azure-robed youth across heaven and earth with terrifying ferocity, leaving him battered and on the brink of death.
But the instant the youth's head shattered, an incomparably sharp blade of grass suddenly pierced the battle-formation Vermilion Bird. Her body went rigid, and she screamed in agony.
That single sword strike pierced the heads of ten Dao Heirs and hundreds of thousands of elite Dao Armament cultivators, annihilating their souls!
"Impossible!"
"That was a clone?!"
The Vermilion Bird Dao Heir growled, her voice thick with disbelief.
Could a mere clone really have held off a battle formation of so many Dao Heirs for this long?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Toying with a whole crowd of Dao Heirs like this was something only a True Immortal Heir's clone could do. This man could not do it. No eighth-step Dao Heir could.
The Vermilion Bird Imperishable Heavenly Flame World-Scorching Formation was a battle formation passed down through the Myriad Laws Immortal Dynasty since ancient times. Profound beyond measure and tested by countless wars and ages of time, it could trace events backward and calculate their causes. It immediately found the answer.
"It was the Six Paths of Reincarnation."
"The Six Paths of Reincarnation lets him switch freely between his true body and his clones. As long as the six paths remain intact, his true body cannot be destroyed. This supreme human inheritance is extraordinarily powerful and renowned for its ability to preserve life. In ages past, when the Divine Dao and Demon Race ruled, it preserved humanity's strength and seeds many times over."
A seventh-step Dao Heir of the divination path spoke in a low voice.
He, too, came from an ancient sect: