On the forty-ninth day, Gai Jiuyou was only a hair's breadth away from completing her Dharma body. Within the suspended space, the dark golden light had surged to its utmost. The nine golden patterns on the Dharma body lit up at once, channeling the final wisp of Origin Power toward the mark between her brows.
Her entire Dharma body seemed coated in flowing molten gold, every inch of skin glowing with a gentle luster.
Just then, a shrill sound of shattering metal came from the darkness. The dark golden fissure in the small barrier's screen of light trembled violently, its edges being torn from outside by layer upon layer of dark red light.
"Yue Wushuang has come in."
Zi Yuner's voice carried a trace of gravity, the ever-widening opening reflected in her pupils.
Holding a three-pronged steel fork, Yue Wushuang stepped through the opening, one pace at a time, her whole body wrapped in surging dark red Spiritual Power. The steel fork was pitch-black, with intricate silver runes flowing over its three tips, utterly different from her earlier dark red longsword. Each time its tips touched the dark golden light, a ring of dazzling electric arcs burst out, scorching black fissures into the light.
"Demon Venerable, I waited outside for you for a full forty-nine days."
Yue Wushuang's voice came from behind the steel fork. "You certainly have patience, making me wait so long."
"It seems you have already merged with that Dao Seed, but your Dharma body is still a hair's breadth short of completion. I wonder whether it can withstand this thrust of mine?"
Before her words had faded, Yue Wushuang moved.
The steel fork traced a straight dark red line through the air, wrapped in surging electric arcs, thrusting straight at the brow of Gai Jiuyou's Dharma