The Black Tortoise Emperor Bone, Xuan Yi Challenges Li Xunyuan, and the Third Holy Son Appears!
News of Prince Xuan Tian's emergence shook the entire Primordial Dao Domain.
The prodigies of all the transcendent powers felt the pressure bearing down on them.
It was as though an ancient divine mountain had settled on their hearts, leaving them unable to breathe.
"The golden age has arrived, and special physiques are emerging one after another. Now ancient freaks are breaking their seals and emerging too. The true battles at the peak are about to begin."
"I heard Xuan Yi, the leader of Xuanming Divine Mountain, possesses the Ancient Nether Divine Body and has opened ten Life Palaces. He's showing signs of breaking through to an eleventh!"
"What's more, he's fused with a Supreme Bone from the Black Tortoise Clan. The Ancient Nether Divine Body is said to be undying and indestructible. Even if only a single drop of blood remains, he can retrace the cycle of reincarnation and be reborn!"
"Now another ancient freak has awakened on Xuanming Divine Mountain. They're about to defy the heavens!"
Prince Xuan Tian's emergence shocked countless people.
There was no doubt how formidable an ancient freak was. The title was synonymous with invincibility in an entire era.
"The Li Lineage's Divine Son made Xuan Xiao, the heir of Xuanming Divine Mountain, and a Great Saint kneel in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City. He utterly stripped the divine mountain of its dignity!"
"The Li Lineage and Xuanming Divine Mountain are sworn enemies. Now that Prince Xuan Tian has emerged, he most likely won't let the Li Lineage's Divine Son off."
"The Li Lineage's Divine Son did show the makings of an invincible figure in Heaven-Subduing Ancient City, but ancient freaks have deep foundations that defy common sense."
"If they really fight, the Li Lineage's Divine Son will be in a rather dangerous position!"
The entire Primordial Dao Domain turned its attention to the two powers, discussing the matter.
Besides Xuanming Divine Mountain, people were also paying close attention to developments at the Great Void Dragon Court.
After all, Ao Xing, the Great Void Dragon Court's heir, and Great Saint Ao Xu had both fallen at Li Nantian's hands. Sooner or later, the Great Void Dragon Clan would settle the score!
Nobody knew when they would take revenge, though!
Before long, however, another piece of stunning news came out of Xuanming Divine Mountain.
Prince Xuan Tian had bestowed a Black Tortoise Emperor Bone upon Xuan Yi, then helped him fuse with it and perfectly open his eleventh Life Palace.
The Black Tortoise Emperor Bone was a bone left behind by an Ancient Emperor after a metamorphosis.
Though it was only a remnant bone, it possessed vast and unfathomable power. It could activate an emperor's bloodline and unleash one ten-thousandth of an emperor's strike!
With eleven Life Palaces, he was certain to become a Supreme in the future. As for the Great Emperor realm above that, he would also be qualified to contend for it!
At the same time, Prince Xuan Tian passed down some of the Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Emperor's divine abilities to Xuan Yi, helping him master and integrate them!
The Black Tortoise Emperor Bone, a Supreme Bone, eleven Life Palaces, the Ancient Nether Divine Body, the Heaven-Swallowing Ancient Emperor's divine abilities...
Besides those, Xuanming Divine Mountain still had hidden trump cards. In a single leap, Xuan Yi showed signs of becoming the foremost member of the Primordial Dao Domain's younger generation.
Shortly after the news spread, Xuan Yi issued a challenge to the Li Lineage's Divine Son, telling him to wash his neck clean and obediently come to the Primordial Battle Platform in Black Tortoise Heaven to await death!
The Primordial Dao Domain erupted upon hearing the news.
Were the foremost heirs of the two powers about to fight?
Could their fight turn into a Longevity War?
Now that would be a spectacle!
Soon after his emergence, Li Xunyuan had slain Ao Xing and then defeated Xuan Xiao, displaying the bearing of an invincible figure.
On the other side stood a long-established, peerless prodigy, the foremost member of Xuanming Divine Mountain's younger generation.
Xuan Yi's combat power had already defied the heavens, and now, after Prince Xuan Tian had shaped him, his strength was more unfathomable than ever.
It was only reasonable for him to make such arrogant pronouncements now.
If they had eleven Life Palaces, the Black Tortoise Emperor Bone, and the Ancient Nether Divine Body, they would be even more arrogant than Xuan Yi!
Never mind telling the Li Lineage's Divine Son to come out and obediently await death-even a dog by the roadside would get a slap!
"I wonder how the Li Lineage's Divine Son will respond. If he's too afraid to fight, he'll bring a little too much disgrace upon the Li Lineage."
"If he accepts and loses, the Li Lineage will lose all face. This is a tricky matter!"
The various powers of the Primordial Dao Domain debated the matter heatedly.
Xuanming Divine Mountain and the Li Lineage had harbored grievances for a long time. Now that Prince Xuan Tian had emerged, he would surely point his spear at the Li Lineage's younger generation first.
As an ancient freak, he would have the pride of a peerless prodigy and would disdain to act in person.
Although the Li Lineage's Divine Son led its younger generation, Prince Xuan Tian did not take him seriously.
After all, in Prince Xuan Tian's era, he had swept aside all the prodigies of his time and been invincible throughout the world.
Thus, he had personally trained a fighter to act in his place and deal with the Li Lineage's Divine Son, Xuan Yi.
At that very moment, Li Xunyuan was in seclusion, immersed in cultivation with his whole being as he concentrated on tempering the immortal bone's Dao patterns.
Though he was the subject of the negative rumors spreading wildly outside, he was entirely unaware of them.
Seeing that the Li Lineage had made no response, Xuanming Divine Mountain grew even more brazen, repeatedly declaring that the Li Lineage's younger generation had no one capable and did not dare accept the challenge!
The Li Lineage's younger generation was furious, but there was nothing they could do.
They lacked the strength themselves and could only silently stew in anger behind the scenes.
If they mindlessly went out to accept the challenge, they would only lose and bring even more disgrace upon the Li Lineage.
"Lord Divine Son has been in seclusion for some time, and Holy Son Cangtian also entered seclusion a few days ago."
"Of the Li Lineage's younger generation, only Holy Maiden Qingshu is left who can contend with Xuan Yi!"
Some of the Li Lineage's young people clenched their fists, feeling utterly aggrieved.
The First Holy Son, Second Holy Son, and the others were away from the Li Lineage, and only the Fifth Holy Maiden, Li Qingshu, had just returned.
Did the Li Lineage really have to send a woman to answer the challenge?
Was that acceptable?
Just as many of the Li Lineage's prodigies were feeling aggrieved,
a spotless, dustless path of ascension and immortality pierced the void and appeared across the heavens.
Then a graceful figure in white stepped into the air, preparing to follow the path of ascension and immortality out of the Li Lineage.
"It's Holy Maiden Qingshu. Is she going to face Xuan Yi?"
The Li Lineage's younger generation looked up at the graceful, fairy-like figure in white, all of them overwhelmed with shame.
If they had been strong enough, they would not have had to let a woman fight on the Li Lineage's behalf.
"Qingshu, you..."
Several clan elders of Li Qingshu's branch appeared, their gazes deeply conflicted and full of helplessness.
"Even without the Divine Son, the Li Lineage's younger generation can still reign supreme beneath the heavens and suppress the Dao Domain's younger generation!"
Li Qingshu's voice was cool and composed as she said, "Since the Divine Son is in seclusion, I'll go and answer the challenge. The Li Lineage cannot lose face!"
Her hair flowed like a waterfall, and her skin was fairer than snow. Utter confidence shone on her ethereal, fairy-like face.
Though Xuan Yi had fused with the Black Tortoise Emperor Bone and opened eleven Life Palaces, the young woman was fearless, possessing an invincible Dao heart.
"Well said. The Li Lineage cannot lose face."
A gentle voice suddenly rang out between heaven and earth. A handsome youth in white robes, with red hair, had appeared in everyone's sight at some unknown point.
He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, yet also as though he had been there all along. It was utterly strange!
The moment they saw the youth in white, terror filled the eyes of the Li Lineage's younger generation around him.
The next second, they scattered like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, putting as much distance between themselves and the youth as they could and instantly clearing an empty space around him.
"The Third Holy Son, Li Zhixing!"
A Li Lineage prodigy's pupils trembled as he swallowed with difficulty.
He was a madman, a madman through and through!
Of the nine Holy Sons, Li Zhixing was without question the most frightening.
He rarely fought, but once a battle began, he truly lost himself in it!
He didn't just cut down his enemies-he even cut down his own people!
He could carve his way from the easternmost edge of the Primordial Dao Domain all the way to the westernmost edge!