During the Second Sword Duel, besides the main battlefield at Yellow Mountain, there had also been a secondary battlefield at Kaiyuan Temple by Kunming Lake.
Many members of Mount Hua, the Eastern Demon Cult, and the Western Demon Cult had fought there against Emei and its allied sects and Sword Immortals.
In the end, Ling Xuehong had passed away in seated meditation and undergone Reincarnation, while Mount Hua and the Demon Cults had also suffered considerable casualties.
Shang Heyang, leader of the Eastern Demon Cult, Venerable Poison Dragon, leader of the Western Demon Cult, and Patriarch Blazing Fire of Mount Hua had joined forces against Master Youtan. They fought for three days and nights, even triggering landslides, but still suffered defeat. Master Youtan destroyed their magic treasures one after another, leaving the three no choice but to flee with their followers.
Like Wutai, Mount Hua was renowned for its Swordsmanship. It was bad enough that Patriarch Blazing Fire could not beat the old nun in a Magic Battle, but he had also lost to her Heavenly Dragon Demon-Subduing Swords in a sword duel. He returned to his mountain to refine the Blazing Fire Thunderclap Sword.
Shang Heyang had suffered at the hands of Master Youtan's Separation and Reunion Divine Light. The two most renowned practitioners of this art under heaven were Zang Lingzi, head of the Qinghai School, and Master Youtan.
Zang Lingzi came from the Unorthodox Path. His Separation and Reunion Divine Light could perform transformations of every conceivable kind, but its power remained limited.
Master Youtan's Separation and Reunion Divine Light incorporated Buddha Light. It stood unmoving as a mountain and destroyed demons like fire, resembling a glaring vajra guardian or a wrathful Wisdom King. Many of Shang Heyang's formidable demonic treasures and spells were countered by it,