Daoist Yan emerged from the grand array, descended below, and drifted down not far from the passage between the two realms.
At that moment, the dazzling radiance scattered outside gathered toward the center, and Guan Chaosheng manifested from a blaze of brilliant Fierce Radiance.
Daoist Yan made a Daoist salute and said, "This humble Daoist is Yan Ruohan. Greetings, Exalted Guan. With Zhang Shouzheng absent, I shall be the one to experience your esteemed abilities."
Guan Chaosheng glanced at her. "Were you the one who used that method just now?"
Daoist Yan replied, "Indeed."
Guan Chaosheng said, "You came here, yet that fellow Daoist Zhang is nowhere to be seen." His gaze shifted to the grand array. "Let me guess. That fellow Daoist Zhang has a better means of dealing with me, and you were needed to cover for him?"
Daoist Yan lowered her eyes. "This humble Daoist does not know either."
Guan Chaosheng said, "It seems you are confident you can stop me."
He raised a hand and waved, and blazing aura flashed into existence from thin air. Yet an invisible wall of qi emerged around Daoist Yan. When the blazing light struck it, flickering, leaping golden fire burst forth and exploded continuously outside. She herself stood within without budging in the slightest, her voice calm. "Senior Guan, this humble Daoist is not skilled only in such methods."
One who could wield the might of vastness must surely be able to defend a space no larger than an inch.
Ordinarily, no other cultivators worked in concert with her. If she lacked sufficient defensive and self-preserving abilities, she would never have had the chance to employ that Heaven-Moving Power. Cultivating such a Dao art would have been useless.
It was precisely because of the nature of her cultivation method that