High in the sky.
Zeng Yuchuan, the elder of the Zeng Clan's twin jewels, moved nimbly through the air, cloud-flames rising around him. This was the wondrous effect of his Dao Foundation, Stagnant Cloud Smoke, augmenting his movement technique.
Facing him was the Kitchen God Cult Leader.
With his chest and belly bare, his head shaved, and a perpetual smile on his face, he resembled a Maitreya Buddha.
Neither of these two Dao Foundation cultivators paid any heed to the many Qi Ingestion cultivators fighting below.
"Fellow Daoist, having established your Dao Foundation, you would be honored wherever you went. Why insist on coming here?"
Zeng Yuchuan darted about, forming seals with both hands and summoning a flame.
Red outside and blue within, the flame flickered unsteadily. It was not Heavenly Earth Spirit Fire, but fire conjured by a spell!
At first, it was no more than a spark. In an instant, however, it spread across the firmament like a bank of clouds ablaze.
It was none other than the Zeng Clan's famous Daoist art—Heaven-Connecting Cloud Scorch!
Years ago, Zeng Qingye had burned a wood-aspect Dao Foundation cultivator alive with this spell alone, without the aid of any Dao Foundation Dharma Artifact! Yet, to Zeng Yuchuan's surprise, the Kitchen God Cult Leader merely laughed at the sight of the flames and opened his mouth wide.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A fierce wind howled, sweeping up great swaths of burning cloud and drawing them into the Kitchen God Cult Leader's plump, round belly.
He belched. His entire body turned crimson, and vast quantities of steam poured from his pores, yet his magical power seemed to grow stronger still. Zeng Yuchuan's face darkened at the sight. *We're both at early Dao Foundation. I cultivate fire virtue, and he cultivates earth virtue... yet we're evenly