Samadhi True Fire Like a Sea, Sword Rising to the Nine Heavens

The Green Vine Sword flashed as it left its sheath. Far away, the Junior Brother who had fled a great distance looked back and saw waves of rosy light streaming from behind. This light was caused by the Gu Technique his Senior Brother had cultivated; the radiance that lit up half the sky represented Immortal Insects massed like clouds and seas.

Senior Brother...

Seeing his senior brother directly stake his life on this, the junior brother understood the gravity of the situation. He frantically drove his magical power, accelerating his escape light as he climbed ever higher through the gale, piercing layer upon layer of dark clouds and entering the Skywind Layer.

"Woo... woo..."

The whistling sound of the skywind grew louder and louder, yet the invisible wind around the junior brother seemed to form a tornado of blades around him, churning even the cloud layers below like a dragon drawing water.

Something's wrong!

The Junior Brother's heart jumped fiercely. He sensed calamity at once, and the instant the thought arose, he again used Essence Blood to cast a spell and drive his escape art. Yet when his escape light flashed forward, it could not break through the wind ahead.

Bang~

It was like riding a galloping horse straight into a wall. The junior brother was flung backward, his head spinning. The formless skywind that had formed the tornado before his eyes became tangible, gradually giving off golden light.

"This is... not good!"

Swish~~~

Countless golden shadows contracted. Before the Junior Brother could react, he could no longer feel his own magical power. His entire body went limp as the Immortal Binding Rope tightly bound him into a golden zongzi with only his head exposed.

At that moment, the Immortal Binding Rope trailed a golden afterimage, becoming a streak of