When Words Become Law, the Storm Was Stilled

At the core of the Zhu Xian Sword Formation's phantom stood this thirty-three-story Golden Pagoda. Its entire body gleamed with Xuanhuang light, its tower seeming to be condensed from Dao seed characters mingled with immense Merit. In the end, no characters could be seen, no patterns discerned; it changed without cease, yet seemed eternally unchanging. Mysterious beyond mystery, it carried the air of Immeasurable Merit, untouchable by all harm. Merely seeing it was like seeing the omnipresent, transcendent, eternally revolving Innate Merit Great Dao.

It was none other than the Great Luo Dao Ancestor's Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, an Innate Merit Spirit Treasure!

As it used the remnant Zhu Xian Sword Formation to temper itself, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda gave a faint tremble. A solemn, majestic voice with a clear lilt sounded from within the tower, as though speaking to itself. "I told you Ehuang would not make a move. Old Broken Book, your scheming was in vain."

An aged, hoarse voice abruptly arrived, as though it had crossed countless voids and great worlds from some faraway place. The utterly opposed sensations of deathly stillness and living vitality blended together seamlessly. "No matter. I was merely testing whether Taixuan Daoist would act."

With faint curiosity, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda asked, "I simply do not understand. Why would Taixuan Daoist take action?"

"Heh, others may not know, but I know very well. Taixuan Daoist is Qingwei Daoist's privately accepted disciple, and also the only direct disciple he left behind. He has old ties with Yuyu Sect, and Shi Xuan can now be considered a direct inheritor of the Yuyu lineage, Shenxiao's true successor." The aged, hoarse voice spoke vaguely.

The Great Luo Dao Ancestor chuckled. "So what? When Qingyunzi fell back then, Taixuan