At this moment, Lan Hong's entire body transformed into a sword—the Bright Sword itself—with a Nine-Colored Roaming Dragon coiling around its blade.
An incomparably immense pressure descended upon the entire Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Xuan did not approach with Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, yet merely sensing that pressure made Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er fall directly to their knees.
Though Xiao Xuan did not kneel, his incomplete soul body was shaken violently, showing signs of dispersing.
Xiao Xuan paid it no heed, staring fervently in Lan Hong's direction.
"Ancestor, what is happening?"
"Try to guess."
Xiao Yan had not expected Xiao Xuan to still be in the mood to joke at a time like this, but a possibility immediately came to mind.
"Ancestor, are you saying that Senior has broken through to Dou Di?!"
"Yes, that is exactly it. Dou Di and Dou Saint are as different as cloud and mud. Even a half-step Dou Di is no more than an ant before a true Dou Di."
A dragon's roar rang out from Lan Hong's body, and all the space around him shattered.
At last, everything returned to calm. Lan Hong resumed his human form and withdrew his aura.
To others, Lan Hong now appeared to be an ordinary person without any power at all.
Yet invisibly, he inspired an urge to kneel in worship. This was Imperial Might.
Seeing Lan Hong withdraw his aura, Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin immediately returned to his side.
"Master, have you broken through to Dou Di now?"
"Yes, I suppose I have broken through to Dou Di. This realm truly is different."
Lan Hong clenched his fist, feeling as though the power of heaven and earth was entirely within his grasp.
After breaking through to Dou Di, he could also tear through