Bang.
The enormous gate slammed shut with a thunderous rumble.
The world, drained of its colors, gradually brightened again, and everyone returned to where they had been before.
The evil ghosts had all been slain, but the Thunder Gate in the sky had not disappeared. It still hovered directly above Qin Tianyi.
"Quick! He's about to succeed! Go kill him! We absolutely cannot let him succeed, or he'll settle accounts with us for everything we've done today! Even without the Nether Bureau, we'll die at his hands!"
Everyone stood stunned for a moment. Someone shouted, snapping Li Lingyun, Chu Yinbai, and the others back to their senses and reminding them what they had come to do.
Stop Qin Tianyi from Seeking Truth!
Qin Tianyi had already completed his Truth-Seeking Rite. If they did not kill him now, he really might succeed!
Thinking of their future, Li Lingyun and the others threw caution to the wind and tried to get past Zhang Yuan's obstruction. Even if they could not kill Qin Tianyi outright, they had to wound him badly enough to prevent him from Seeking Truth.
Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes and was about to move to stop Li Lingyun and the others.
But before Zhang Yuan could act, Qin Tianyi suddenly laughed loudly.
"Brother, there's no need for you to act. Let them come!"
Zhang Yuan nodded from afar and stopped obstructing Li Lingyun and the other cultivators at celestial person perfection. He merely began quietly gathering his divine abilities, continuing his preparations for what would follow.
Qin Tianyi had completed the Truth-Seeking Rite. What came next no longer concerned Zhang Yuan, and he now had to consider his own affairs.
Watching the cultivators at celestial person perfection charge in from every direction, Qin Tianyi swept his arm out. The