Returning True Yang Against Heaven

Fu Xuanhe stood atop the octagonal platform at the very center of the plaza.

The solemn, austere plaza was completely filled by hundreds of millions of talismans. An invisible pressure forced the five Tribulation Immortals to remain at the "Five Direction Auxiliary Platforms," unable to leave at will.

"Several decades of Fu Xuanhe's efforts... were actually this exquisite?"

Wen Rong searched his own heart. Though he was over a thousand years older than Fu Xuanhe, this younger man had far surpassed him in attainments in the talismanic path.

A genius of talismans, a prodigy of the immortal path.

If not for this matter...

Wen Rong looked at the cold-faced young man and sighed inwardly.

If he could forsake emotion and pursue the Dao, perhaps he could have ascended to immortality in a single step!

What a pity...

The terror of the emotional tribulation ultimately ranked among the foremost of all tribulations.

Hundreds of millions of talisman lights interwove in dazzling splendor. Profound and mysterious chants echoed through the plaza, like a song calling back souls and like music soothing Heaven.

Suddenly—

The runes overhead were dispersed by a layer of white light, and an ancient, majestic palace appeared once more.

Celestial Heart Palace.

Deep within the palace, a pitch-black, silent vortex slowly turned.

Though it could not be observed with divine sense, everyone knew that it was the "simulated world."

Rumble—rumble—

Thunder suddenly exploded above the plaza.

Jiuyu High Person glanced upward, then continued lowering his head to adjust the portion of the formation talismans under his care. The others did the same, hastening to fine-tune the formation and perfect Fu Xuanhe's arrangement.

Heaven's condemnation had arrived.

But it would still take some time to reach the depths of the Earth Abyss.

At Red Peak, Bu Xuan led his