The passage between the two realms expanded, and streams of Earth Qi surged skyward from below like rivers flowing in reverse. Howling gusts rose in their wake as they rushed into the spatial passage at an astonishing speed.
"It's over! We're finished!"
"The Earth Qi has run wild—how could it be this terrifying?"
"With such a tremendous spectacle, let alone us, even an Immortal might not be able to stop it!"
At this sight, the Body Integration cultivators who had only just managed to steady themselves all stared wide-eyed.
Voices rang out one after another. Even their lips trembled as they spoke, and none retained their earlier air of confidence and composure.
In that instant, their faces turned deathly pale as well.
They had known that the Earth Qi running out of control would certainly cause no small commotion.
Yet in everyone's view, with so many Body Integration cultivators joining forces, supported by the formation and the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella above—
It should not have taken long to forcibly close the passage between the two realms.
As long as they successfully sealed the passage before the Earth Qi completely ran wild, then no matter how violent its fluctuations became, it would eventually settle back down.
But no one had expected the disturbance to be so enormous.
The moment the Earth Qi burst from the ground, it smashed through the formation everyone had set up with the force of rotten wood being swept away.
Then it spiraled entirely out of control, pouring toward the passage between the two realms and forming a vast, irreversible tide.
"Fellow Daoist Song, what do we do now?"
However, those presiding over the scene were, after all, mainly Body Integration cultivators—people weathered by countless storms and possessed of vast experience.
After their brief panic, they