Though horrified, Zong Yiyang instinctively followed Great Elder Hong's warning and surged forward, raising the Myriad Worlds Banner and hurling the elder's primordial spirit out like a fireball.
Through his Dharma Eye, he saw a dense net of laws growing deep within the pitch-black void. Scorched by the flames fueled by the elder's divine soul, it immediately melted apart and shriveled, as though grievously wounded.
At certain intersections of those threads, nodes snapped, and Li Chen felt waves of stabbing pain in his primordial spirit, as though someone were scorching his meridians, inflicting injury from nowhere.
"What technique is this? He actually injured this void by burning his primordial spirit!"
"No, this is no ordinary method of shattering the void. He's attacking my net of laws directly, targeting my Heavenly Dao incarnation!"
A mighty Primordial Spirit Great Power was actually fighting with his life on the line like a Death Warrior. More remarkable still, he had revealed not the slightest murderous intent before striking.
This was Great Elder Hong's prowess as a Great Power of the Divination Way. He had planned to calculate every advantage in advance and catch Li Chen off guard.
Zong Yiyang was the key to assisting him. The Myriad Worlds Banner he wielded seemed to possess abilities even more wondrous than anticipated. Not only could it carry someone across the void, it could even cross "dimensions."
With this single move, Great Elder Hong's primordial spirit also seemed to enter a state of union with the Dao. Yet this was no proper void refinement and Dao unification in pursuit of a higher rank. Instead, he was using the dying glow of his life to scorch Li Chen.
Zong Yiyang quickly realized just what Great Elder Hong had done. For a moment, he stood frozen, as dumbstruck as