Spirit-True Mountain.
The closer they drew to the summit, the more severely damaged the mountain and its buildings became.
The entire peak had shattered into countless pieces, with ruined palaces standing upon the fragments, radiating treasure light and conceptual images of varying intensity.
Just then.
Two streaks of escape light, one gold and one black, raced upward.
Wangyou True Person fled all the way, following closely behind Zhang Yuan into a jade tower at the summit to escape Spirit-True Mountain's oppressive might.
The jade tower was relatively intact, with no obvious damage to its structure, but it looked utterly dilapidated and tottered precariously. From outside, it seemed as though a single gust of wind could bring it down.
With a thud.
The jade tower's door flew open, then swiftly shut.
The tower was hollow inside, containing only a single hall. Silent and empty, it held just a few tables and chairs, along with a lifelike, human-sized statue of an old man on a raised platform.
Wangyou True Person stopped, wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead, and glanced around the tower. She waved the dust off a chair and sat down.
The Golden Carriage Luan Chariot was so fast that even Wangyou True Person, at the peak ascension realm, had to use every trick at her disposal just to barely keep up with Zhang Yuan.
"I thought no one except a Divine Master could match my escape speed. But today, I see that Zhang Yuan surpasses me by several degrees. There truly are heavens beyond heavens, and people beyond people."
Wangyou True Person clicked her tongue in wonder.
For the sake of escaping, she had practiced multiple escape arts from the very beginning of her cultivation. Upon reaching the peak ascension realm, she had mastered several top-tier escape arts suited