Across Realms, None Could Match Him; Within the Same Realm, He Was Invincible!

Qian Daoliu's gaze went unfocused.

Even though he claimed he had long since let go, claimed that he held a firmer faith in his heart.

When he saw that woman with flowing azure hair appear before him, he still could not help but feel flustered.

Qian Daoliu's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.

He could only feel fortunate.

Thankfully.

They were tens of thousands of meters in the sky, so no one could see his expression. Otherwise, his carefully maintained image would truly have taken a hit.

But as luck would have it.

The Sky Screen gave him a close-up.

Original timeline—

The audience widened their eyes and stared in unison at Qian Daoliu's magnified expression on the Sky Screen.

Tsk, tsk.

That little look of disbelief mixed with panic.

Who would have thought?

He was already a grandfather.

How was the High Priest still this innocent?

No one could resist their instinctive love for gossip.

Especially gossip involving the world's greatest experts.

Worship Hall.

Golden Crocodile Douluo kept his head perfectly still, but his eyes quietly darted toward Qian Daoliu. At the same time, he pressed his lips tightly together, doing his best not to let out a single laugh.

The High Priest was usually so stern.

Who would have thought he had such an "improper" side...

Qian Daoliu's calm expression finally crumbled.

He looked helplessly at the Sky Screen.

Was this Sky Screen determined to make a spectacle of him?

Could it not just properly show the battle?

Why did it have to focus on such private details?

Yet without realizing it, even Qian Daoliu himself failed to notice that his gaze had already settled on the graceful figure in red robes on the Sky Screen, the corners of his lips lifting...

Even if she was Bo Saixi from another time and space.

She was still exactly as he remembered her.

Peerlessly elegant.

Beside him, Golden Crocodile Douluo took in every one of Qian Daoliu's reactions. His face remained impassive as he desperately reduced his presence, but inwardly, he roared:

"High Priest, and you still had the nerve to say you'd let go!"

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi, the High Priestess clad in red, felt no particular honor at seeing herself appear on the Sky Screen. Instead, she felt rather embarrassed.

The entanglements of their older generation had been exposed so completely by the Sky Screen.

Especially when she saw that another version of herself had actually been summoned by Lu Xuan's soul skill.

She felt faintly offended.

But the other gossip-hungry onlookers did not see it that way.

They had no concern whatsoever for whether the people involved might be embarrassed, eagerly discussing it instead.

"So this is Bo Saixi, the dream woman of Spirit Hall's High Priest?"

"Hiss, although the High Priest is a Limit Douluo while I'm only a lowly Soul King, I have to say that our tastes are surprisingly alike!"

"All men are the same when it comes to lust."

"Whoa, you can't blame the High Priest. With such a peerless beauty before him, who wouldn't lose their head?"

"Hehe, youngsters, you don't know the full story, do you? Back then, it wasn't just Spirit Hall's High Priest who fell in love with Bo Saixi at first sight. There was another peerless expert who also liked this stunning beauty..."

Unexpectedly.

The commotion stirred up by gossip about these supreme experts.

Actually surpassed the battle itself.

Sure enough, human nature was all about gossip.

Sky Screen timeline—

The instant Bo Saixi's figure appeared.

Qian Daoliu's expression went blank for a moment.

It was at that exact moment.

Lu Xuan boldly drew his sword.

"Eighth Soul Skill—Crimson Rainbow, Mars Bewitches the Stars' Fall!"

Heaven unleashed killing intent, shifting stars and changing constellations!

Earth unleashed killing intent, dragons and serpents rose from the land!

Man unleashed killing intent, overturning heaven and earth!

A scarlet gleam flashed from the tip of the Godslayer Sword.

A strange phenomenon suddenly appeared high in the sky.

A meteor wreathed in blood-red flames crashed toward the distracted Qian Daoliu with world-destroying force!

At the same time.

Bo Saixi, summoned by Autumn Water Bright Mirror, acted in an instant.

This summoned clone actually possessed half-step Limit strength as well. The deep-red ninth Soul Ring behind her lit up.

A phantom of the sea emerged in the heavens.

Towering waves pressed in upon Qian Daoliu from every direction, while countless streams of water transformed into azure chains that wrapped around and pierced through their target, seeking to bind him firmly.

A locking skill!

Ninth Soul Skill—Sea God's Shackles!

By an incredible coincidence.

Lu Xuan's killing move worked in perfect coordination with Bo Saixi's.

In an instant, Qian Daoliu was forced into a desperate situation.

An unprecedented sense of danger arose, snapping Qian Daoliu out of his daze. The white feathers on his six wings stood on end as he prepared to flee in an instant!

Yet the sense of danger did not diminish in the slightest!

Both Bo Saixi's Sea God's Shackles and Lu Xuan's Crimson Rainbow, Mars Bewitches the Stars' Fall were locking skills!

Locking skills had extremely broad coverage and were very difficult to evade.

Bo Saixi's Sea God's Shackles covered a range of ten thousand meters.

Lu Xuan's locking skill covered several tens of thousands of meters!

"Angel Avatar!"

"Angel's Sacred Guard!"

"Archangel's Protection!"

Qian Daoliu unleashed all three soul skills almost simultaneously.

A massive angelic phantom emerged behind him.

A shield condensed from holy light protected his body.

The giant angelic phantom gripped a sword with both hands and drove it downward. Holy light carrying immense power formed a curtain, enveloping Qian Daoliu from every direction.

The range of the holy light curtain continuously compressed from enormous to small, finally covering only Qian Daoliu himself. This was also its strongest defensive form!

"Boom!"

A deafening crash shook heaven and earth.

It was as though the sky itself had collapsed.

Even the people of Spirit City tens of thousands of meters below felt their eardrums tremble and ring incessantly.

The immense seawater was vaporized into vast clouds of mist.

In an instant, it formed dark clouds that covered the entire sky.

The shockwave caused by the falling meteor was like a hurricane at sea, sweeping all the vapor away with irresistible force.

Thus, a peculiar scene formed.

Spirit City remained beneath clear skies, with the blazing sun hanging high.

Yet regions tens of thousands of meters away were struck by a torrential downpour.

For a moment.

The atmosphere fell into deathly silence.

Only now did the residents of Spirit City below realize just how dangerous a clash between two Limit Douluo-level experts truly was!

If they failed to control their strength, the two combatants might emerge unharmed while Spirit City suffered a devastating blow instead!

Within Spirit Hall, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged glances. Both unconsciously swallowed, an absurd feeling rising in their hearts.

Just now, they had nearly confronted Lu Xuan under the Pope's lead?

At this moment.

They felt an inexplicable relief at having survived a disaster.

Fear flashed in Qian Xunji's eyes. His limbs turned cold, and a chill ran down his spine.

A saying suddenly echoed in his mind.

It was a saying that had already spread throughout the soul master world when the Supreme Douluo had only just become a Titled Douluo.

"None can match the Supreme Douluo across realms; within the same realm, he is even more invincible!"

Back then, he had scoffed at it...

When the smoke and dust finally dispersed.

Only two figures remained in the high sky.

Lu Xuan stood with his sword in hand, straight as a lone pine.

Qian Daoliu hovered opposite him, his wings hanging low.

From their exchange just now,

No one could tell who had gained the upper hand.

A shared question arose among the crowd:

Was it true that age and experience prevailed, or were the young man's fists simply faster and fiercer?