Meanwhile, on the Second Layer of the Immortal Palace, in a ruined Ancient Medicine Garden.
Boom!
A violent shock wave overturned half the ruins.
An incorporeal vengeful spirit at early Deity Transformation, a thousand feet tall, let out a piercing shriek.
The Star Moon Demon Saint stood bare-chested, his gray robe long since torn apart. Black claw marks deep enough to expose bone covered his Divine Transformation physical body, but no blood flowed from the wounds. Only dark golden light writhed within them, constantly repairing the damage.
"Yun Sheng, now!" the Star Moon Demon Saint growled. His arms surged with strength, a million jin of force crashing down like two collapsing mountains as he locked his arms around the vengeful spirit's legs and toppled it.
Clang!
A clear sword cry rang through the skies.
Yun Sheng stood in midair, her white robes purer than snow. The Thirty-Six Azure Cloud Swords linked tip to hilt, transforming into a three-hundred-foot purple gold greatsword. The Great Geng Sword Formation operated at its absolute limit.
"Slash."
Yun Sheng pressed two fingers together like a sword and brought them down without hesitation.
The purple gold greatsword tore through the baleful energy and pierced the vengeful spirit squarely between the brows.
"Roar-" The vengeful spirit struggled violently, but under the combined suppression of the Great Geng sword qi and the Star Moon Demon Saint's physical body, its form melted rapidly like ice and snow, finally dispersing into a wisp of black smoke.
Clatter.
A jet-black piece of wood emitting a dim, eerie glow fell to the ground.
"Soul-Nourishing Wood?" The Heavenly Hatred True Lord emerged from some forgotten corner of the ruins, his lone eye gleaming green. He was practically drooling.
Changqingzi also sucked in a sharp breath. This ancient divine wood, capable of nourishing the