Great Scarlet Heaven.
"He's hidden himself."
Within the cage of black-and-white sword intent, a green-robed man slowly rose, pushing aside the sword intent around him with his hands and freeing himself, bit by bit, from the clear qi suppressing him.
A rare look of amusement appeared on Xu Wugui's face. He strolled through the grotto-heaven, finally coming before the Water Transformation Dharma Form.
"You two kept me in the dark and asked Qianqi to intervene, all for this?"
He chuckled softly. "You've already lost."
The Water Transformation Dharma Form remained seated cross-legged above him, its face like dark jade, white light coiling around its body. It seemed to embody all compassion and nurturing, yet could no longer use the [Mysterious Female Gate] to keep this demon suppressed.
His opponent had broken free.
And so, for the first time, the Lord of Water Transformation began speaking to him. "You aren't Qiyong. The authority of desire tide gave me a response-"
"Correct. I'm not."
Xu Wugui burst into laughter. His voice grew louder and louder until it was almost a roar, billowing blue-black demonic light flickering within his body, making truth and falsehood difficult to distinguish.
He stopped laughing, his gaze growing colder as he enunciated each word. "But I can be."
Xu Wugui paced slowly through the transformed water. Glancing at the golden-white mysterious radiance concealed within the Water Transformation Dharma Form, he smiled. "Too late."
"What you've done came too late. Did you think that by not following the art of theft... you could thwart my plans?"
He lightly brushed the top of his head, and a shattered Mysterious Gold Crown manifested.
"The Sovereign emerges in Thunder-Shock... and battles in Qian..."
"What is called Qian is the slaughter among all living things, the great struggle of Postnatal Heaven, all to