Gu Changqing stood tall in the void.
Sword intent erupted across the sky, vast and overwhelming, striking terror into the soul.
Yet Gu Changqing seemed completely immersed in his own world.
He swayed, deeply drunk, his fingers tracing slowly through the void as he manifested one unfathomable Sword Dao Divine Ability after another.
Buzz!
With a thrust of his sword, towering heavenly gates seemed to open within the chaos, drawing in endless pure qi from the Heavenly Realm.
In an instant, razor-sharp sword intent shattered it, turning it into the purest force of destruction.
Sword Opens Heaven's Gate!
Clang!
Another sweeping stroke sent sword qi crisscrossing through the void, condensing into an unbroken, dragon-shaped rampart.
Dragon roars rang out, its imposing might seemingly capable of withstanding every assault in the world.
Sword Qi Rolls Dragon Wall!
Immediately afterward, his movements changed again.
At times, he was swift as lightning, a single stroke cleaving the chaos and leaving a pitch-black fissure that lingered, like a fleeting glimpse of a divine dragon passing through the mortal world.
One Sword Opens Dust, Dragon and Snake!
At other times, he was gentle as water. Two strands of sword intent intertwined, forming a blossoming lotus. As its petals opened and closed, they held a terrifying Dao rhythm of yin-yang generating one another, of creation and destruction revolving in an endless cycle.
Twin Principles Generate a Twin-Stem Lotus!
Move after move, form after form.
These supreme Sword Dao Divine Abilities had long been renowned throughout the Primordial World, revered by countless sword cultivators as their guiding standards.
Yet now, in Gu Changqing's hands, he plucked them forth and manifested them at will with the ease of drifting clouds and a gentle breeze.
And yet this casual display made the unease in the four Heavenly Dao Sages