The smoke cleared, and the aftershocks subsided.
Liuguang Dao Venerable stood between the shadow of the Heavenly Domain and Chu Mo, his hands clasped behind his back. Brilliant golden light blazed around him, his magnificent presence displaying all the bearing of a lofty master.
"Mighty indeed, Ancestor!" Chu Mo called out at just the right moment.
The six Realm Lords opposite them, however, looked as though they had seen a ghost. They glanced at Liuguang Golden Dharma, scarcely able to believe their eyes, then looked again.
Vast true qi surged, the profound origin primordial three qi newly fused.
There was no mistake. He was a Qi Refiner from Radiant Splendor Heaven.
Liang Yuan's face was pale. That last attack had already consumed most of his magical power. Now, however, he stared at Liuguang Golden Dharma in open-mouthed shock and exclaimed:
"You... where did an old fossil like you spring from?"
"Hmph!" Liuguang Golden Dharma flicked his sleeves. Even with his lamp nearly out of oil, he did not forget to put on the full air of a lofty master. Raising his chin slightly, he declared with boundless pride:
"Outsiders, I am Liuguang Golden Dharma, supreme elder of the Perched Cloud Blessed Land. With This Venerable here today, do not dream of harming a single hair on my blessed land's junior."
"You old fossil, have you gone senile?"
Yuan Chen immediately grew frantic at those words. Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he pointed at Chu Mo and snapped, "This fellow is clearly from Fuli! How could he possibly be your junior?" His urgency was understandable. Though Covering the Cosmos, Floating Through the Ages was powerful, it had a time limit.
Once they unleashed this Dao art, killing Chu Mo should have been a sure thing. Yet an