The eighth layer of the Thunder Sea was blanketed in dark clouds, yet no lightning showed. It was nothing like the restless seven layers above it, but that very stillness, with its power held in reserve, felt all the more oppressive.
At the deepest point of the eighth layer, an azure sea rose and fell, holding the four directions in place. Chains of lightning pierced the void and bound an enormous figure: True Lord Xuan Qiong.
"Xuan Qiong, stop struggling. You won't escape this time."
Holding a treasure seal in his palm and commanding myriad bolts of lightning, the Wind-Thunder Demon Emperor looked at the trapped True Lord Xuan Qiong, unable to hide his satisfaction. After so many schemes, Xuan Qiong had finally fallen into his trap.
True Lord Xuan Qiong said nothing. He reached out to the Nine Heavens Pure Righteous Bell again, trying to use its power to shake the prison.
If he could disrupt the seal for even an instant, he would have a chance to break free. Failing that, he could try to sever this body from himself to keep his true body from being dragged in. But just then, the azure sea surged, and a treasure wheel appeared, restraining the Nine Heavens Pure Righteous Bell. Canghai True Lord had made his move.
Hum! The two Supreme-grade Dao Artifacts collided, unleashing terrifying power. Under the Nine Heavens Pure Righteous Bell's violent assault, the Profound Mother Treasure Wheel, a Supreme-grade Dao Artifact itself, showed faint signs of giving way.
Canghai True Lord frowned. He had not expected Xuan Qiong to unleash such power even now.
*We're both at the Late Celestial Phenomenon stage, yet I'm far behind Xuan Qiong. When he fought me before, he probably never showed his full strength. That Grotto-Heaven of the Impermanence Sect