The Dharma Form lightly raised its right hand, engraved with the character for "suppress." In an instant, time and space seemed to have been drained from beneath that enormous hand, and everything froze.
The enormous claw strike came hurtling in, but the moment it touched the sky-obscuring palm, it dissolved into wisps of light and vanished in midair.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, yet the sight unfolding before them still left the elders dumbstruck.
Opposite Li Dao, the giant tiger saw his attack blocked, and disbelief flickered in his eyes.
Li Dao ignored everyone else's expressions and swept an utterly indifferent gaze over the giant tiger before him.
Behind him, the Dharma Form reclining within the star river slowly opened its eyes and lowered its raised right hand back onto its right knee.
An aura that looked down upon all beneath heaven swept across the scene like a furious storm.
Whoosh! A spear condensed from lightning appeared in his hand, and his imposing aura surged.
Eight cave heavens emerged behind him one after another, pressing down upon the void like eight star-filled universes. Rootlike patterns of the Dao shimmered across them, binding those eight universes firmly together.
Already awed by Li Dao's divine might, the elders felt the power he now displayed and sank into contemplation.
Was this really something a Cave Heaven Realm cultivator could display? And those cave heavens, radiant as star rivers-could they be the result of some special constitution?
Questions swirled through their minds. Elder Xiong Fei was the first to come to his senses, hurriedly stepping forward to stand between the two.
He transmitted a message to the giant tiger through his spiritual sense, informing him of Li Dao's identity.
"This is our Heaven Mending Pavilion's Qilin Prodigy. The pavilion master holds