The sight was utterly staggering, enough to make eyes pop from their sockets.
For a time, an immense, deathly silence fell over Heaven and Earth.
All living beings stared blankly at the scene, dumbstruck and tongue-tied.
And at the very instant the Heaven-Shaking Coffin's seal broke...
A figure abruptly leaped high into the heavens.
Gu Changqing stood with the Wine Gourd in hand, his eyes hazy with drink and his body swaying.
Around him, sword intent vast as an abyss still stretched across the void, sweeping outward.
At first glance, each strand of sword intent seemed barely perceptible, without even a hint of imposing power.
But anyone who sensed it carefully would discover that beneath that ocean of surging sword intent, the empty space was being torn apart inch by inch, collapsing utterly.
Earth, water, fire, and wind manifested anew in a scene of unparalleled horror, as though the world itself were ending!
Compared with the breaking of the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, this sight clearly delivered an even greater shock to all living beings.
Countless mighty experts could not help revealing expressions of astonishment and disbelief.
"This... what kind of technique is this?!"
"Calm winds and still waters on the surface, but beneath them, waves overturn the sea and shake Heaven and Earth."
"This... this... the Wine Sword Immortal's strength grows ever harder for us to fathom."
"Hiss... after all this, why has Fellow Daoist Changqing's aura become even more unfathomable?"
"I can faintly sense that he seems even more mysterious than the Sages of this age."
All living beings whispered among themselves.
In the past, such words could practically have been considered a grave affront to the Sages.
After all, throughout the ages, who had ever dared place anyone on equal footing with a Sage?
But today, they truly could