At Most Three Axe Strikes

"Fine work, Senior Brother!!"

The Prayer Beads were one of Jieyin's Innate Spiritual Treasures.

What Zhunti had not expected was that Jieyin had fused the Prayer Beads with the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner.

With that, its defensive power...

Crack!!!

Before Zhunti could finish marveling, the Prayer Beads, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, had already shattered.

Once the crack appeared, it became impossible to contain.

The power upon the axe blade surged in like bamboo splitting before a blade.

The Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner swayed precariously, looking as though it could no longer hold on.

"What??"

Jieyin was greatly alarmed.

The Prayer Beads had an extraordinary origin.

Just as he had given the Six Roots Pure Bamboo to Zhunti.

Zhunti had also given his Dragon Vein Primordial Geng Metal Sarira to him.

Otherwise, though they were not blood brothers, how could they be as close as brothers?

It was because, like Red Cloud and Zhen Yuanzi, the two of them shared a friendship bound by the Great Dao.

They were Dao companions, the kind who entrusted their very lives to one another.

You gave me your true body, the Innate Six Roots Pure Bamboo, and I gave you my Dragon Vein Geng-Metal Sarira.

And these Prayer Beads were the Sarira's outer shell.

Yet even as an outer shell, it had been Zhunti's treasure for attaining Sage Realm.

After shedding its mortal shell, it was still a rare Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Yet the Prayer Beads he treasured as dearly as his life had shattered beneath a single blow from the phantom axe blade.

If that was all, then so be it.

After hearing what Zhunti had said, he had long since prepared a backup plan.

Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner!!

The Five Directional Treasure Banners were formed from the five leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus.

Once all five banners fused, they would become an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Do not be fooled by the single word separating a Supreme Treasure from a Spiritual Treasure.

Their capabilities were worlds apart.

Yet after the Prayer Beads shattered, even the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner had begun to sway precariously.

This thoroughly shocked Jieyin.

Though he had already overestimated the Twelve Ancestor Witches' Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation, only when facing it for real did he discover that he had underestimated it after all.

"Senior Brother, be careful!!"

Seeing this, Zhunti grew anxious.

He had not expected the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation to seemingly have become even stronger—more than ten times stronger than when he had fought it just now.

Could this be the so-called "borrowing strength" of Pangu Hall!!

"Rest assured, Junior Brother. I know what I am doing!!"

Just as the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner was about to fail, a golden lotus blossomed from within it.

Twelfth-Grade Golden Lotus!!

The Chaos Green Lotus was a treasure of Great Dao rank.

But when the Chaos Green Lotus brought Pangu to fruition, four seeds had fallen into the mortal world.

One became the Twelfth-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, possessed by Ancestor Minghe of the Blood Sea.

One became the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, possessed by Devil Ancestor Luohou.

Another half-mature lotus seed was unknown to the world. It was the World-Purifying White Lotus, which later became the Lotus Lantern and came into Empress Nuwa's possession.

The remaining one became the Twelfth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, possessed by Sage Realm Jieyin.

The reason the Western Sect could now remain firmly standing was that this Golden Lotus suppressed the Western Sect's fortune.

When the Twelfth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus floated out from the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner, it completely blocked the axe blade of the Pangu Phantom.

"Junior Brother!!"

To create this opportunity, Jieyin had staked every defensive method he possessed.

Zhunti, seeing this, did not hesitate in the slightest.

The laws of the Great Dao—upon the Eight Treasures Golden Body, he brought out every Innate Spiritual Treasure.

"Suppress!!"

Seeing this, the Pangu Phantom suddenly spat out a character.

Like a signal, that symbol caused an incomparably powerful force to surge forth from Pangu Hall in an instant.

Zhunti's fatal strike was actually held still by that force, as though time had paused.

"Primordial Power!!"

Jieyin sighed upon seeing it.

Pangu had split Heaven and Earth, and although he had now vanished.

His traces still existed throughout the Primordial World.

At the lower end.

The two demons of the Heavenly Court were transformed from his eyes.

At the higher end.

The Three Pure Ones, Sage Realms like themselves, were transformed from his Primordial Spirit.

As Jieyin, the light of reception, although he usually dwelled deep in the west, the laws of the Great Dao he comprehended ran far deeper than Zhunti could imagine.

Moreover, his innate foundation was not poor to begin with. If not for attaining Sage Realm, why would he have ended up being cursed at by the Twelve Ancestor Witches now?

"Leave!!"

Jieyin's words followed the law. As he gave a low shout.

A force of annihilation from outside directly slammed into the gates of Pangu Hall.

"Do you think Pangu Hall is a place you can enter whenever you wish and leave whenever you please???"

The Pangu Phantom formed by the Twelve Ancestor Witches, under Dijiang's control, forcefully suppressed the two Sages.

The Annihilation Light transformed from Jieyin was directly erased beneath the Pangu Phantom.

There was no system mission this time, nor were there any benefits to gain.

Dijiang simply wanted to teach the Western Two Saints a lesson.

He wanted them to understand that the Witch Clan was absolutely not a soft persimmon for others to squeeze.

Otherwise, with Zhunti's character of doing everything for the west.

If they did not make him hurt now, then once he found an opportunity, he would definitely come back to fleece the Witch Clan again.

"Senior Brother, this is bad. What do we do now??"

Zhunti had already detonated ten Acquired Supreme Treasures last time. Where could he possibly find more Supreme Treasures to detonate now?

"Junior Brother, do not worry."

"Judging from the cultivation of the Twelve Ancestor Witches, they can swing that axe at most three times."

Jieyin wore a bitter expression, yet his thoughts were filled with confidence.

Zhunti had taken one axe strike, and he had taken one.

Then, in response to his Annihilation Light, they had swung a third axe just now.

Surely, they would be unable to maintain the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation afterward.

Dijiang, who had been secretly observing all this, could not help frowning.

During the ten years of Great Dream.

Zhunti had been the conspicuous show-off in the west, but unexpectedly, Jieyin had been the one behind the scenes.

He was the one truly steering the west.

Now that he thought about it, that made sense.

There were only the two Sages in the entire west.

And if they wanted to contend against the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.

Even with the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun, they themselves needed formidable abilities.

Zhunti had always given people the impression that he would stop at nothing.

Whether facing Sage Realms or their disciples.

He could personally step into the fray, with no concern for seniority and no distinction between Sage Realm and non-Sage Realm.

As long as you offended me, you offended Sage Realm majesty, and I should capture you.

Now, looking at Jieyin's overwhelming display of might, Zhunti seemed to be nothing more than a pure enforcer.

The true mastermind behind the scenes was this Jieyin.

Do not be fooled by his honest-looking, bitter face. In truth, his methods were far more sinister than Zhunti's.

"Is that so??"

Dijiang heard this.

The Law of Strength fully blessed the Twelve Capitals Heavenly Gods Fiend Formation, while all the Primordial Power collected by Pangu Hall was also poured into the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation.

The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation, which indeed could originally swing only three axe strikes, suddenly became filled with uncertainty.

"Impossible!!"

The Extinction Law was a branch of the Destruction Law, and its power ranked among the very best.

Through his sense of extinction, Jieyin discovered that the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Formation had returned to normal.