Heaven Pool, outside Great Radiance Mountain.
The Great Void rippled, faintly revealing a figure in deep purple robes. His divine ability circulated, leaving formations unable to trap him and restraining seals unable to touch him as he walked within a few miles of the Duskfall Gate.
Xu Xuan gazed at the spirit mountain, slender as a bamboo stalk. Starry sand shifted in the sky, its radiance glittering. Formations lay hidden throughout the surrounding Great Void, corresponding to the stars above and changing at every moment.
Several months had passed since he left Flame-Offering Mountain. He had brought his presence to its peak and was ready to storm the Duskfall Gate, seize the whole northern region of Heaven Pool, and link it to the Mistsea.
"The [Great Dao of Cosmic Clarity, Universal Radiance, and Celestial Stars]-fathoming the stellar patterns and transforming the Great Void."
He knew something of this tradition. The Hollow Sword Gate cultivated this path, which possessed many wondrous subtleties.
When he had fought Kongming before, there had been little worth praising in the man's Daoist arts. His escape art alone had been formidable: at the cost of an arm, he had escaped the sword intent.
Turning his hand, he brought forth a black spirit sword. Violet lightning rose from it, sword intent coursing along its length as it locked onto Great Radiance Mountain in the distance.
In a battle between Purple Mansion cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators were of little use. The Flame Feather and Azure Dew guards were piloting the Mistlight Warship outside, waiting only for the outcome of Xu Xuan's battle.
Lightning Flash pointed forward. Its chilling sword intent silently sliced open the Great Void and spread outward, stripping away every layer of concealment over the Duskfall Gate's formation like a hot knife scraping wax.
The Duskfall