The Three Immortals of the Eastern Sea knew that Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan's allotted destiny had not yet run its course, and the Third Sword Duel was still years away. Their main purpose in coming today was to destroy the Demon Sword.
They were growing anxious, too. After so long attacking and engaging the enemy from three sides, they had yet to take a single one of the three outer Altar Cities, let alone get anywhere near the nine most formidable demonic swords within.
Working together, the three immortals drove Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan's Demon Sword into the sky, where countless mighty thunderbolts struck it at once.
In the distance, Master Youtan had wrapped the tribulation-lightning orb Shi Feiyang had hurled at him earlier in Buddha Light and forcibly taken it away. Now he sent it back, blasting both Buddha Light and lightning into the Immortal-Slaying Sword suspended in midair.
The orb of light that erupted this time was more blinding than any before it. The sword was already being bombarded by vast quantities of tribulation lightning, and now it suffered this powerful attack as well. Master Youtan's Buddha Light was especially effective against Demon Heads. Had this been either of White Bone Lord's or Xu Wan's two swords, that single blow would have destroyed the sword and killed its master!
But Chiyou's Primordial Spirit was extraordinary. Even a third of it was beyond comparison with an ordinary cultivator's Primordial Spirit. The sword itself had been forged from Chiyou's Blood, making its quality superior even to Shi Feiyang's swords. Thus, it managed to endure the blow. Though badly damaged, the Sword Demon within roared in fury, and Emperor Chiyou began forcibly drawing Qi Shouming's blood and vital energy toward himself from high above.
Qi Shouming had used his own Primordial Spirit as