The moment Xue Xue closed her eyes, she could not help but curse inwardly. She truly had not expected that although Xiao Hua's refinement of the Sun Moon Crown had been fraught with danger before, it had never been this complicated. Now, it was merely the final restriction, yet it was actually so cumbersome. And she finally understood what Xiao Hua had meant: aside from Xiao Hua, it truly would not be easy for her to find another cultivator capable of breaking this restriction!
"Go!" Xiao Hua was clearly startled as well, but he remained calm. With a wave of his hand, the spirit fire swept up the fire ape and charged into the Shadow Moon. The ape's roar surged forth, while the entire Shadow Moon emitted dazzling lightning, several times brighter than the moon in the night sky! It spun around the Radiant Sun at incredible speed, until its outline could almost no longer be seen!
"Xue Xue, sit cross-legged properly!" Xiao Hua shouted. "Now is the moment!"
As he spoke, Xiao Hua pointed again, and the spirit fire flashed with a thread of flame that dragged the thunder beast's phantom into the Radiant Sun as well.
"Roar!" Likewise, after the thunder beast's hoarse roar, rolling thunder erupted from within the Radiant Sun. The entire Radiant Sun began spinning on its own, and its direction of rotation was completely different from that of the Shadow Moon.
"This..." Xiao Hua finally stopped, staring dumbstruck at the strange sight before him. The Sun Moon Crown's outline could no longer be seen. There was only the rolling thunder in its center and flashing lightning at the edges above the thunder!
A familiar feeling slowly arose within Xiao Hua's heart...
Crack! A tremendous thunderclap shook the entire palace. The soul seal within the