Xu Xuan was not in good condition.
He had just unleashed another sword strike, forcing back that speck of crimson radiance in the east.
Heavenly Vessel!
The Spirit Thunder Dragon Lord had lain hidden in the darkness like a venomous snake. The moment the matter of Sky Thunder reached a critical stage, he darted out, forcing Xu Xuan to act and expose his relationship with the Upper Firmament!
His opponent surely had some means of sensing the signs of Bimo seeking Firmament. Indeed, merely looking at the arrangements atop Mount Tai would have told him enough! They could not delay much longer.
Yet he had chosen precisely this moment... Most likely, he had guessed that Taiyou was the one behind the Upper Firmament!
How did he guess?
Xu Xuan knew very little about Spirit Thunder. But now that he had been dragged out of the shadows, he had no choice but to bring forward the attempt to attain Firmament.
He had originally wanted to delay another six months or a year, at least until the two problems of Nurturing Earth's animation and Sky Thunder's Old Form had been properly addressed.
Now, waiting would be difficult.
Heavenly Vessel could actually shake Azure Cloud Heaven directly!
Even with Xu Xuan's protection, the disturbances produced by a contest between two Golden Cores would pass straight to Jiang Li! When that happened, the Sky Thunder Attendant Envoy would be shaken to pieces!
Naturally, Xu Xuan had examined his condition personally.
The Origin Wood Dharma Body, the body of an Attendant Envoy, a True Lord's immortal talisman, and finally the [Awakening Celestial Phenomena Altar]-only through all of these had he connected to the Yin West retainer position, rather than the Sky Thunder fruit position.
When a master of a fruit position such as Qingxiao constructed