He raised his hand, and lightning fell; swept his sleeve, and rain answered; breathed out, and wind arose; flicked a finger, and the earth split...
Standing atop a mountain, Xuanming stirred up tremendous disturbances ten thousand miles away with a few simple movements. Only after testing his Spirit Refining abilities, quelling several wars, and saving many commoners did he withdraw his hand in satisfaction.
Taking several sound-transmission Jade Talismans from his sleeve, Xuanming infused them with magic power. Talisman light flickered, and the voices of True Lord Chaoguang and True Lord Xianyue reached his ears in succession. Once the talismans had burned away one after another, he performed some calculations on his fingers, then turned to look back at Azure Dragon Mountain. His gaze deepened as he murmured:
"So the west shone when the east stayed dark!"
Although Xuanming had gravely wounded the True Dragon, half a year was enough for someone of his abilities to recover and restore his dragon pearl.
Especially after the Underworld Lord retreated into Azure Dragon Mountain, the two mighty Spirit Refining cultivators had joined forces, greatly increasing their strength. Moreover, Xuanming had imprisoned the Dragon Prince. The True Dragon should have been even less inclined to sit idle, so why had there been no movement all this time? Had something unexpected happened, or did he have another plan?
When things departed from the ordinary, something sinister had to be afoot. Xuanming had already harbored doubts. Only after learning some of the details from the messages and making further deductions did he unravel the whole affair.
The True Dragon, the Underworld Lord, and the Golden Toad Demon King were clever and cunning. After suffering a crushing setback in Fengyang Commandery and realizing that path was blocked, they decisively changed course. Abandoning Fengyang Commandery without hesitation,