The Grotto-Heaven.
The thirty-six Dao palaces on its outskirts manifested one after another. Some had already been breached, while others remained under the protection of formations. The imposing, wondrous scarlet Bing Palace before them now stood wide open.
Yang Yuanyi wore magnificent jet-black robes, his black feathers bristling and his dark pupils shifting. With every strike, burning winds howled and dark baleful intent spread. A black Great Sun even rose from the abyss behind him, its radiance robbing the opposing Xin Metal of its brilliance and cutting off the flow of Kan Water.
"Mingdu."
His expression did not change when he saw the newcomer. He gave a slight gesture, reaching an unspoken understanding with the Dragon King: each would take one opponent and finish the battle swiftly.
Almost the instant Yang Yuanyi entered the Grotto-Heaven, he sensed this Bing Palace. He entered it and seized an ancient treasure of extraordinary power, only to find himself targeted by the Immortal Dao.
He had heard that the Supreme Good Dao was a running dog of the Dust-Sweeping Immortal Sect. Guangshan was extremely troublesome, but the Xin Metal Purple Mansion cultivator blocking his way was much easier to deal with.
His opponent was a female cultivator of graceful bearing, dressed in white, radiant Daoist robes and holding a white jade ruyi scepter. Her cultivation had already reached the Purple Mansion middle stage, and her expression was exceedingly grim.
True Person Yutai of the Golden Lang Gate.
The foremost Xin Metal lineage in Great Li had once been the Void Spirit Hall, established by Great True Person Zhangge, the eldest disciple of True Lord Qing Yu. It had weathered the conflict between Shu and Zhao, Northern Wei's southward advance, Jin's destruction of Fengli, and a succession of other momentous events, only to meet its