Profound Mother Crossed the Sea

Dong! A deep, forceful bell toll rang through the Great Void. Nine Heavens Pure Light swept across it, cleaving the void wherever it passed. The combined power of the four True Lords of the Jellyfish Palace broke at once, and their seemingly boundless sea reverted to its source and vanished. Canghai True Lord, Azure Wave True Lord, Ice Severing, and Raging Tide turned pale. They hurriedly brought out their Dao artifacts and invoked their abilities to protect themselves. But the light fell in the next instant, shattering their defenses and injuring them all. Azure Wave True Lord fared worst. Lacking both a powerful defensive ability and a Dao artifact of his own, he lost his Dao Body to that single blow and dissolved into azure water that scattered across the void. "A world-opening artifact?"

Blood stained Canghai True Lord's palm, where a deep cut had opened. He looked at the Nine Heavens Pure Righteous Bell, his expression grave.

Supreme-grade Dao Artifacts were exceedingly rare. Those that followed the principles of world creation were rarer still. Yet when he thought of the Impermanence Sect's ruined Grotto-Heaven, the bell's appearance was not beyond explanation.

Before the True Lords of the Jellyfish Palace and the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor could catch their breath, the True Lords of the Impermanence Sect, who had been ready all along, struck again. The heavens and earth trembled. Streams of starlight descended, and a vast Star Sea appeared in the Great Void. Above it stood a towering palace: the High-grade Dao Artifact Star River Palace.

"Four Spirits Patrol Heaven!"

Xuanji and Xing Sha exchanged a glance, then transformed into the Vermilion Bird and the White Tiger. They descended into the Star Sea, each taking command of one quarter.

Almost at the same moment, True Lord Xuan Qiong, holding the