Throughout heaven and earth, realization dawned on all living beings.
At this point, even the dullest cultivators finally understood the true meaning of this confrontation.
Gu Changqing had come to Vulture Peak for the Buddhist School's spirit veins.
And Jieyin?
The lord of the Buddhist School had likewise set his sights on Gu Changqing himself.
A Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal, a being who could clash head-on with the Dao Ancestor and crush Sages-if the Buddhist School could convert him and make him its Dharma Protector...
How far would the Buddhist School's fortune swell?
What earth-shaking changes would sweep through the Profound Gate?
This was no longer a simple struggle over spirit veins.
Both sides coveted the other's most precious possession.
Gu Changqing wanted the spirit veins; Jieyin wanted the man.
Each harbored his own designs, each pursued his own prize.
And the so-called "Transcendence Divine Art" was Jieyin's bargaining chip, as well as his final trump card.
"Conversion..."
An old cultivator murmured, his voice low and laden with a complex emotion that defied description.
"Saint Jieyin intends to convert the Wine Sword Immortal."
"Not an ordinary conversion."
A mighty expert beside him took up the explanation, his expression grave.
"The Transcendence Divine Art targets the Dao heart directly."
"Once it succeeds, it won't merely make the Wine Sword Immortal embrace the Buddhist School. It'll fundamentally alter his Dao heart and turn him into the Buddhist School's... puppet."
At those words, another wave of sharp gasps rose all around.
A puppet.
A puppet at the level of a Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal.
A puppet capable of crushing Sages.
If Jieyin truly got his way, then the balance of power in the Primordial World...
No one dared think any further. They only felt a chill shoot from the soles of