Xu Feiniang's Five-Escape Divine Pillars were formidable indeed. Their smoke was condensed from the essences of the five elements gathered through magic. Once activated, the five-colored mists mingled, changing ceaselessly according to the subtle interplay of the elements' generation and restraint. Colored clouds churned and surged into mountainous waves, trapping Ling Xuehong within.
Only then did Ling Xuehong realize their power. She used the Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel to shield herself overhead and no longer dared send out the Prajna Blade to strike at others, recalling it to protect herself as well.
Seeing that her Magic Treasures were metal, Xu Feiniang formed hand seals and cast a spell, making wood generate fire within the green smoke and producing vast sheets of flame. The other four energies joined the assault until they became a fiercely burning sea of five-colored fire.
The Dharma Flower Vajra Wheel was Nun Fentuo's supreme treasure for guarding her mountain and subduing demons, and it had no fear of fire's restraining power. Nearby, the Rabbit God Ni Jun was a senior of Mount Hua and the junior martial brother of its Sect Leader, Patriarch Blazing Fire. Recognizing its power, he called on his martial nephews from Mount Hua to cast spells together. Each took out a Fire Gourd, Fire Fan, Fire Crystal Bottle, or another fire-releasing treasure, unleashing hundreds upon thousands of roaring flames into the formation.
Trapped within the formation and unable to escape, Ling Xuehong was growing alarmed when a mass of dark cloud suddenly rose beneath her. It was Shi Feiyang, flying up beneath the Cosmic Canopy.
The canopy had originally been refined from cold iron from the seabed, and Shi Feiyang had engraved Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's Zhou Tian Golden Talisman upon it. As it revolved, a ceaselessly roiling mass of Dark Cloud spanning