In the Zu Mountain World, Li Jingxu had named the Six Oddities of the Cosmos: Old Man Withered Bamboo, Lu Yu, Xin Ruyu, Shibi Old Man, Fire-Spirit Divine Lord, and Old Man Cangxu. Old Man Cangxu ranked last among them.
The old Old Man Cangxu would have been no match for Shibi Old Man. There had even been a considerable gulf between them.
But after enduring the Western Pole Religion's great disaster and tribulation, Old Man Cangxu was an entirely different man. Because of Shi Feiyang's appearance, Shibi Old Man had never entered the Buddhist Sect with Zen Master Zunsheng. Over the past sixty years, he had made considerable breakthroughs in the Great Asura Great Art, advancing by leaps and bounds, but he still could not compare with Old Man Cangxu.
Old Man Cangxu's mind no longer worked properly. He unleashed his strongest move right from the start, manifesting twelve rays of blood-colored Demon Light behind him. Seated within them were Patriarch Blazing Fire, Red-Haired Ancestor, Shang Heyang, Lie Baduo, Venerable Poison Dragon, Green-Robed Ancestor, and six elders of the Western Pole Religion.
Patriarch Blazing Fire and Red-Haired Ancestor existed within the light as life-bound god-demons. These two were the strongest, their primordial spirits present whole and intact.
Next came Five Poisons Heavenly King Lie Baduo. Through a sacrifice, his lifebound primordial spirit had fused with Old Man Cangxu. What appeared within the Demon Light was a partial avatar, but that connection made him second only to the first two.
After him came Shang Heyang, Green-Robed Ancestor, and the six elders of the Western Pole Religion, all avatars split off from portions of their primordial spirits.
There were differences among them, too. Shang Heyang's original avatar had been destroyed during the previous battle at Western Pole Mountain. Afterward, Old Man