Central Region of Canglan, Fuyao Sect, Remnant Wind Cave Heaven.
Yang Lingrui and Nie Ancheng had felt only a brief jolt to their minds before arriving here in the blink of an eye.
After looking around the cave heaven and sensing the traces left by the many mysterious winds that had once existed here, Yang Lingrui had a rough idea of its origins.
It seemed the senior cultivators of the Fuyao Sect understood Nie Ancheng's present state of mind very well. They had deliberately chosen this place, a source of heartache along his Dao Path, as the battlefield for the two of them.
"Fellow Daoist Nie, now that you've returned to familiar ground, would you like a moment to reminisce?"
Returning to Remnant Wind Cave Heaven had stirred something in Nie Ancheng's heart, but after hearing Yang Lingrui's words, he broke into a smile. "Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Yang. Revisiting this place does fill me with emotion, but there is something more important to deal with right now. Remembering old friends and old times can wait."
"Then all the better. Fellow Daoist Nie, after you."
"After you."
Hum!
Whoosh-whoosh!
The instant their words fell, two immense manifestations abruptly rose within this world.
The Life Official Mask manifested. Yang Lingrui immediately assumed his full-strength state, with all four eyes of Life, Death, Bestowal, and Seizure open. His true intent of the Way of Slaughter condensed from the intangible into substance, becoming a pale divine figure that towered between heaven and earth.
On the other side, Nie Ancheng's imposing aura was not the slightest bit weaker. Two divine winds, one crimson and one white, surged from his body and transformed in the blink of an eye into two Great Martial Daoists.
Besides these, the twelve mysterious winds he had