Zhang Yu's sword came down, and before Patriarch Yuan Tong's soul could recover, it was utterly annihilated. The two refined sha behind him also burst apart at the same time.
The refined sha were the greatest support allowing Patriarch Yuan Tong's soul to act outside his body, while his soul was the ruler that unified the refined sha. Neither could be lacking. Now that one link was gone, it was like a scale losing one end—the other end was completely freed of restraint.
As the power within the refined sha poured outward, a fierce hurricane instantly surged out from where he stood.
He stood at the very center, jade-colored Heartlight Seal drifting around him like flames.
He looked up. All the Killing Intent dust was swept outward by the air currents, and the warm, bright radiance of the great sun shone down without obstruction.
He chanted, "How could devil mist and demon clouds blind the eyes? When the heavenly sun rises, all is cleared."
With a clang, he sheathed his sword.
With a turn of his thoughts, the remaining Purple-Star Cinnabar flew back and returned in full to the Violet Star Pouch.
He sent his awareness inside to inspect it. Because the final battle had been extremely swift, lasting no more than one or two breaths, it had consumed far less than he had expected.
In truth, at the very end, if the Purple-Star Cinnabar had run out beforehand, or if Patriarch Yuan Tong had possessed some other means, he still had one move left: within the cinnabar's shrouded range, he could have thrown down the two remaining mysterious weapons from last time.
He himself could use the Inch-Step Void technique to escape outside, while Patriarch Yuan Tong, trapped by the Purple-Star Cinnabar, could only endure the power of the