Xu Changqing swallowed the Thunder Marrow Spirit Ginseng and Thunderfire Fruit at the same time, and felt a warm current mixed with fine threads of lightning coursing through his body. His meridians became tougher, and an invisible barrier seemed to form around him.
He donned all his magical artifacts, pasted the spirit talismans onto key areas, and directly stuffed the pills into his mouth.
He then activated the four formations, arranging them around himself. The Five-Colored Banners hung above his head, and the Suge Shield stood before him, making the entire defensive system seamless and airtight.
Having done all this, Xu Changqing sat cross-legged. His own mana resonated with the spiritual qi of the Secret Realm, while the Heaven-Grade Golden Core and Profound Seal spun rapidly within his sea of qi, their five-colored spiritual radiance flowing without end.
As time passed, the Tribulation Clouds above the Secret Realm finally broke through the restrictions of Azure Emperor's Garden and came crashing down with unstoppable force.
The first layer was a miserable-white Thunder Sea. Turbid Lightning of Metal carried the razor-sharp law of severance, specifically restraining the Wood Spiritual Root among the five elements.
Wherever the Turbid Lightning passed, swathes of woody vines were sliced apart segment by segment by invisible sharp force. Tender green leaves yellowed and curled, while even the dense Wood Qi in the air was cut thinner and suppressed until it could barely circulate.
Xu Changqing sat cross-legged in silence without even lifting his eyelids.
The green banner above his head was the first to blaze with dense spiritual light. At the same time, it drew over the pure Wood Qi in Azure Emperor's Garden that had not yet been affected, surging in like a tide. It used flourishing Wood Qi to counter the restraining force of the