Eternal Silence (Requesting Votes)

Kong Jiao's brief clash with the merman displayed strength that left the Zao Xuan cultivators below the mountain utterly silent.

Those who had not thought highly of Kong Jiao before all kept quiet.

As for the Zao Xuan cultivators on the mountain, their eyes held more wariness when they looked at Kong Jiao.

Kong Jiao took in this change and secretly thought, The law of the jungle in the cultivation world truly applies everywhere.

Especially upon this immortal path—only the strong are qualified to ascend it.

After the battle with the merman, no Zao Xuan cultivator on Blackstone Mountain dared casually attack Kong Jiao again.

Yet fierce battles still erupted elsewhere.

When enemies met on a narrow road, if you stood in someone else's way, or stirred up Blackstone Mountain's Dao resonance and affected others, no one would indulge you unless you were stronger than them.

Survival of the fittest was commonplace on this immortal path.

Near Blackstone Mountain's summit, within the region where its Dao resonance was at its densest—

A pair of eyes, round as bronze bells, secretly watched Kong Jiao's every move, their depths filled with icy, bone-chilling killing intent.

It had taken Kong Jiao only three days to reach the place where he had fought the merman.

Yet it took him a full half month to travel from that battlefield to Blackstone Mountain's summit.

Even so, his speed was still the fastest among the many cultivators on Blackstone Mountain.

At last, Kong Jiao arrived at the summit of Blackstone Mountain, before a region sealed by earth-element Dao resonance, one that even the World-Observing Eye could not see through.

Outside that region sat three Zao Xuan cultivators who had reached the summit.

All three were meditating and regulating their breaths. For some reason, none of them had