Boom-
Within Emptiness, an emerald jade mountain was sent flying backward in an instant beneath the sword light.
Shattered rock sprayed in all directions like a rain of emerald light. Divine radiance flickered rapidly across the jade mountain's surface a few times before it turned into a dimly gleaming Jade Ruyi, caught by a trembling hand.
Mystic Daoist gripped the Jade Ruyi, staggering as he drifted through the air.
His Daoist robes were in tatters, and strange black curse marks writhed across his exposed chest. His true qi, once as vast as the sea, was now as thin as mist.
"Cough, cough-"
He coughed out a mouthful of azure qi and raised his head toward the seven figures nearby.
"It's been a long time since we killed an enemy this strong."
A few wisps of emerald light still clung to the longsword at Ji Heng's side. He glanced down at it and nodded in satisfaction.
"The last time we killed someone half a step from the sixth tier was... the last time."
Wuxie shook his Blood Spear and said wistfully, "That Outsider Cultivator was pretty strong. I broke through after killing him. We'll gain even more this time."
"The river and rain sources," the Execution Path Dao Lord said with a nod. "Great Evolution will have to offer at least one Upper-Grade Spirit Treasure before we agree." "Ah, too small. You're thinking too small."
"Exactly. Let Harmony Truth handle it. At least two. If our relationship with Upper Mound weren't a little strained right now, we'd strip Great Evolution down to its underwear."
Watching the seven earnestly discuss how to dispose of his legacy, Mystic Daoist's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
After the upheaval of heaven, he had stolen a fragment of the Qi-Gathering Dao's