Void Sword, Ascending Stars.
The stars shone brightly that night. Starlight spilled over the main peak, gathering into several dazzling pillars that were slowly drawn down as the mountain's spiritual energy surged madly toward a single point.
Above the clouds, Liang Yuanming stood quietly in a red dress, her cultivation now at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Beside her stood a silver-robed man, Yuan Lu, who gazed silently at the main peak, his eyes deep and inscrutable.
On the peak, starlight gathered in one place, and a human figure slowly emerged: an old crone with snow-white hair. Blood spread around her feet. As the vast torrent of starlight descended from above, her skin peeled away inch by inch, revealing new flesh beneath, while her aura rose steadily.
A blood-red Gu Worm resembling a butterfly hovered overhead, constantly drawing Blood Qi up from below the peak to aid this transformation.
In the deep valley beneath the main peak, corpses lay piled almost to the brim. Countless blood-colored butterflies fluttered among them, extracting Blood Qi amid a nauseating stench.
Liang Yuanming looked at her elder, a trace of distress in her eyes, and murmured:
"What is all this for?"
Yuan Lu merely shook his head and gestured for silence.
On the peak, Liang Xilan had completed her transformation. Her appearance had returned to that of a middle-aged woman, though she still looked harsh and vicious. Her cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment late stage.
With a wave of her hand, she summoned a pitch-black Dharma Sword. A star river was depicted on its blade, and it rang incessantly, seemingly resisting her. Liang Xilan frowned and snorted, circulating her magical power to subdue [Star River].
She recalled the blood-colored butterfly and rode the wind upward. Liang Yuanming and Yuan Lu immediately approached