Crack... crack... crack...
Amid a succession of shattering sounds, glowing cracks began to appear in the sky, across the ground, everywhere!
The River of Time roared. A jade ribbon and an Ancient Road threaded through the barrier around the Mortal World. Wherever they passed, the cracks grew denser.
"What Divine Ability is this ribbon and road? How can they break Universal Merit's seal on the Mortal World?"
The Jade Void Cult Leader stared at the cracks filling the sky, his expression wavering between shock and suspicion.
"Whatever Divine Ability it is, we cannot let Chen Fangqing have his way..." Daoist Zhenyuan sighed. Glowing cracks had appeared across his body as well, echoing those in heaven and earth!
Yet Daoist Zhenyuan paid them no mind. His gaze swept over the Jade Void Cult Leader, Qingxu, and Daoist Randeng as he said gravely, "At this point, we can no longer treat him as a junior. His cultivation may not match ours, but many people are clearly plotting behind him. Their aid has thwarted our attacks again and again. Now he is even about to break the seal I placed on the Mortal World with Merit. And we still do not know how many moves he has in reserve. Therefore..."
"We must cut off every possibility, by any means necessary!" The Jade Void Cult Leader understood at once. Without hesitation, he formed a Hand Seal, and azure light blazed around him!
"Ah, elders bearing down on a junior, the old bullying the young, the many bullying the few... I'll pretend I saw nothing." Qingxu sounded reluctant and turned to leave. But then his whole body shuddered, and his expression twisted once more. His right hand rose, trembling, as though pulled by an invisible hand, and was forced to form a Hand Seal before