"This wasn't the work of a Purple Mansion cultivator at all..."
"It was the work of a Golden Core True Lord! Perhaps even a True Lord who wielded authority over the Great Void!"
Fang Qing pondered to himself: But these Purple Mansion cultivators have gone mad. They show no fear of this... Or perhaps, faced with Golden Nature, they've been forced to ignore it. Such power, such power...
He sank his mind inward. In the East Sea Blessed Land, Sangji seemed to sense something. He reached out and swept a broken section of wall, still beaded with dew, into his sleeve...
Clang!
Just then, Great True Person Guangmu thrust his sword.
The [Horn Wood] Divine Ability "Shattering Edge" was an entirely different thing in his hands from what Fang Qing had seen of Wood Virtue sword cultivators before.
Only a single sword cry remained between heaven and earth. Then the three-headed, six-armed golden body split in two.
A sword mark appeared between Jiumoluo Jie's brows. His mortal body, tempered a thousand times over, could not endure it either and split down the middle.
Splat!
From the flesh and blood stepped another "Jiumoluo Jie." His aura was somewhat weaker, but he had suffered no grave injury.
It was the [Maiden Earth] Divine Ability—"Dust-Cleansing Karmic Affinity"!
"Benefactor Guangmu, your swordsmanship is superb... This old monk admires it."
Jiumoluo Jie spread his hands and returned to Sangji and the other Dharma Kings and Dumus. Clearly, he had no intention of contesting the prize with this cultivator at Perfected Purple Mansion.
Great True Person Guangmu reached out. Phantoms of trees appeared throughout the void, and the mote of [Horn Wood] Golden Nature plunged into them like a bird flying home to the forest. He drew it into his arms.
This was the [Horn Wood]