Heavenly Court battlefield.
The front line was blazing with combat. Dragon Duke led the Heavenly Court Gu Immortals and the Northern Plains forces in a fierce clash.
But the rear, separated by the Qi wall, was quiet. Fairy Ziwei commanded the overall situation, watching every front.
"Hmm?" The sight of the Chicken Cage Doghouse about to crash into Lord Imperial City sent a jolt through Fairy Ziwei's heart.
"Senior Zheng Yuan, act quickly! Save Lord Imperial City!" She made her decision in an instant, shouting out loud, a trace of tension impossible to hide on her face.
Old Man Zheng Yuan gave a slight nod. "Fairy, do not worry. The Human Will has been accumulated sufficiently, and my mission is nearly complete… Open!"
In that instant, Old Man Zheng Yuan's body trembled violently. Immortal Essence erupted from within, and bright red blood streamed from his seven orifices.
He had devoted himself to the Human Path, but in the end he was only a Seventh Transformation Gu Immortal. Using himself as a key to open the Immortal Orifice's Human Path measures was extremely taxing. For him, every use was a pain that pushed past his limits.
But Old Man Zheng Yuan had never once shown a trace of suffering.
At this moment, his face radiated the blissful glow of a martyr.
Once again, the Human Path measures left behind by the Immortal Venerable were activated, following the "Ten Thousand Hearts as One" killer move.
Lord Imperial City battlefield.
"Crush them all for me!" The Fang Family Gu Immortal laughed heartily, his face twisted with ferocity.
In his vision, Lord Imperial City was drawing closer and closer. If he could destroy it, it would be an earth-shattering feat! Not only would the Gu Immortal himself become famous across the Five Regions, but the entire Fang Family would benefit, its prestige soaring to become the benchmark of Northern Plains' Righteous Path forces.
"Good!" Fang Yuan saw this and couldn't help but cheer inwardly.
He had a premonition — if this collision succeeded, it would greatly benefit him in ways beyond the mortal realm.
Fang Yuan possessed attainment in the Wisdom Path, so this kind of sensitivity was very sharp. However, his Fortune Path realm was lacking, and he did not immediately realize that the benefit came from the Fortune Path.
But just then, an unexpected change occurred.
A faint white light flickered across Lord Imperial City and vanished in an instant.
The white light appeared quickly and disappeared even faster.
For some reason, the Chicken Cage Doghouse's fierce momentum dissipated completely. Though it still charged forward, it no longer made anyone's blood run cold.
To put it metaphorically, the Chicken Cage Doghouse had been like a warship cutting through wind and waves, but now it seemed like a broken vessel, unmanned, drifting with the current.
Then, under the astonished eyes of the surrounding immortals, the Chicken Cage Doghouse began to crumble, collapsing as countless fragments scattered in the wind.
It kept decomposing, like an ancient house that had endured countless years of erosion, finally reaching the end of its lifespan, being torn apart piece by piece under the gale. A multitude of Gu insects flew and scattered, while even more Gu insect corpses rained down.
The Fang Family Gu Immortal who, just a moment before, had been brimming with morale, ready to tear the sky and split the earth, showed not the slightest movement.
Even the other Fang Family Gu Immortals called out to him in unison.
An ominous feeling settled over the hearts of the Fang Family Gu Immortals.
Soon, their fears were confirmed.
From the shattered remains of the Chicken Cage Doghouse, bodies tumbled down — and they were unmistakably the several Fang Family Gu Immortals who had been full of vitality just moments ago!
"How can this be?!"
The Fang Family Gu Immortals cried out in shock, calling the names of those Gu Immortals, but received no response.
"What kind of killer move is this? A single strike reduced the entire Immortal Gu House to ruin, and not a single Gu Immortal inside survived?!" Even Fang Yuan was visibly shaken.
In none of his memories from five hundred years ago had such a scene ever occurred.
This was the deep reserves of the Central Continent's Heavenly Court, now forced out today by Fang Yuan and the Western Desert Gu Immortals. After all, in Fang Yuan's previous life, the Demonic Venerable You Hun had succeeded in defying heaven and infiltrated deep within the Heavenly Court, so such a battle had never taken place.
Of course, it was also possible that Fang Yuan's memories were faulty. After all, he had once been manipulated by Heavenly Will, used as a pawn, repeatedly using the Spring Autumn Cicada to rebirth — his memories of five hundred years were not entirely reliable.
"This is an Immortal Path killer move — 'Family Ruined, Members Dead'!" Li Huang's eyes blazed with light, his heart surging with excitement.
He immediately looked up toward the direction of Paradise and thought to himself, "It seems that over there, the Human Will has been successfully accumulated."
Realizing this, an inexhaustible surge of confidence rose in Li Huang's heart.
His roar echoed across the silent battlefield: "Fellow Daoists, what are you still waiting for? The Heavenly Court has already made its move — now is the time for our counterattack!"
"That's right! Let these thieves who invaded our Central Continent taste the might of the Central Continent!" Qing Ye echoed.
In the next moment, across the vast expanse of the Central Continent, countless white lights began to rise.
These lights of white brilliance — dot by dot, cluster by cluster — were like lanterns and candle flames, billions upon billions of them, or like enormous dandelions drifting lazily on the wind, slowly ascending, gradually filling the sky.
"What killer move is this now?" The Western Desert Gu Immortals were shaken and uncertain.
Fang Yuan transformed into the Yan Emperor and activated a Soul Path killer move for protection. With his Winter Fur broken, he could only rely on a second-tier Soul Path defensive measure.
Surrounded by the white specks of light filling the sky, this sight also left him feeling less than confident.
He struck out to test the waters, carefully.
But these white specks of light had no power to fight back. They were like illusory projections — Fang Yuan's probing had no effect on them whatsoever.
Though this Immortal Path killer move was vast and grand, encompassing the entirety of the Central Continent, it carried not the slightest offensive power.
Then, the specks of light gathered like schools of fish swimming together or birds returning to their nests, converging and attaching themselves one by one to the bodies of the Central Continent Gu Immortals.