Wild joy spread across Black Old Devil and the other three men's faces. Almost simultaneously, all four reached for the pearl. Boom! But just then, dazzling white light burst from it. The entire pearl became like a tiny sun, flooding the hall with blinding radiance. Just as their hands were about to touch it, their bodies suddenly froze, leaving them unable to move.
A dazzling white light barrier enveloped Li Xiaoya, suspending him motionless in midair.
"What's going on? I can't move!" Black Old Devil cried, his expression changing drastically. Black-Purple light suddenly blazed all over him as he tried to regain his freedom, forcing himself to move, but he remained utterly immobilized.
"It really is the Immortal Dao Chain! It really is the Immortal Dao Chain!" The Fourth Elder and the other two shouted, their faces filled with delighted surprise.
"Grand Elder, none of us can move! Hurry and think of something!" The Third Elder and the others desperately channeled their cultivation methods, but they still could not budge. They cried out in mounting anxiety.
"That's right, Grand Elder!" the Fourth Elder called, sounding the most frantic of all.
"Quiet!" The Grand Elder was also deeply anxious. He rebuked them loudly, "Calm down! This is only the Immortal Dao Chain's power of law activating. It'll pass in a moment!"
"Oh, so that's what it is!" Hearing this, the three felt somewhat reassured and answered with relief.
Meanwhile, under their delighted gazes, the white light barrier around Li Xiaoya gradually weakened. His body slowly drifted down until he lay motionless on the ground. The white light flowed back into the white pearl, which was attached to a chain hanging at his waist.
"I still can't move!" Red and black light flashed over the Second Elder as he hurriedly spoke.
"It's