BOOM!
A tremendous explosion shook heaven and earth like thunder. Amidst the endless surges of qi, the Dragon Palace blazed with brilliant light, retreating again and again.
Qi Sea Ancestor did not pursue. The waves of qi around him continued to pile up and accumulate, vast as mountains, boundless as seas.
The two sides had been fighting for a day and night, trading blows back and forth, neither able to gain the upper hand.
Around the battlefield, countless pairs of eyes watched from afar. Immortal Gu Masters from all the major righteous factions of the Eastern Sea, as well as demonic cultivators and rogue practitioners, had come upon hearing the news—not to mention the Immortal Gu Masters of the two-faction alliance army.
"Senior Qi Sea Ancestor is truly formidable! His methods are grand and sweeping—every time Wu Shuai launches an attack, he returns empty-handed." Hua Caiyun, the Supreme Grand Elder of the Hua Family, sighed with admiration.
Beside her, Qing Yue'an said, "But Wu Shuai should not be underestimated either. Remember, he's only at the Seventh Transformation, yet he can hold his own against Qi Sea Ancestor."
Hua Caiyun sighed. "Wu Shuai's rebirth makes him an old monster in his own right. The Immortal Gu House he commands—the Dragon Palace—is truly powerful. Without it, he would be no match for Qi Sea Ancestor at all."
Just as the two were speaking, a dragon roar shook heaven and earth.
A colossal dragon, enormous as a mountain range, suddenly appeared on the battlefield—visible even from ten thousand li away.
"Heavens! Such a terrifying dragon! Could this be the greatest primordial beast in the world?"
"That's the Evil Dragon Di Cangsheng! Just watching the battle already shocks me to my core—my fighting spirit is completely drained. I can't imagine what it must feel like for an Immortal Gu Master facing it in combat."
"Wu Shuai has finally unleashed the Evil Dragon. This proves he's been pushed to his absolute limit by Qi Sea Ancestor. The real battle begins now."
The Immortal Gu Masters observing from all sides were thoroughly shaken. Many of them hadn't personally participated in the War of Destiny—they had only witnessed its events through the All-Seeing Eyes killer move, which was not the same as experiencing it firsthand.
Now, seeing it with their own eyes, they felt something entirely different.
The Evil Dragon roared and charged straight at Qi Sea Ancestor.
Qi Sea Ancestor let out a cold snort that resonated for ten thousand li. He slapped both palms together, unleashing an Immortal Gu Move that bombarded forward, stirring up a tidal wave of airflow.
Di Cangsheng charged headlong into it, but the moment it collided with the qi tidal wave, its momentum halted abruptly.
Di Cangsheng thrashed its dragon body, trying to push forward, but the qi tidal wave was relentless, its power overwhelming and unstoppable—it actually forced the Evil Dragon down!
Seeing this turn of events, every observing Immortal Gu Master was stunned.
Qing Yue'an, Hua Caiyun, Shen Congsheng, and the others all shouted in excitement, joy evident on their faces.
Even Zhou Xiongxin and Jun Shenguang, who had been specially dispatched by the Heavenly Court, were deeply alarmed, exchanging a quick glance.
"Thinking back to the War of Destiny, even two of our Heavenly Court's great Path of Transformation experts couldn't stop the Evil Dragon's charge—it crushed them directly. I never expected Qi Sea Ancestor to actually block it!" Jun Shenguang's face was filled with shock.
Zhou Xiongxin narrowed his eyes, studying Qi Sea Ancestor from afar. His Path of Information methods were already activated, continuously gathering every detail and clue from the battlefield.
Zhou Xiongxin analyzed in a low voice, "Qi Sea Ancestor is, after all, a peerless figure who fought Lord Dragon to a draw. It's not surprising he can contend with the Evil Dragon Di Cangsheng. However, this brand-new move of his seems to bear traces of the Primordial Qi Wall."
"Lord Dragon once gave half of the Primordial True Inheritance to Qi Sea Ancestor. I didn't expect that so soon after the War of Destiny, he's already innovated upon it and developed an improved Qi Wall technique."
Jun Shenguang blinked. "If that's the case, could it be that Qi Sea Ancestor really was in secluded cultivation during the War of Destiny, specifically to comprehend such a move?"
Zhou Xiongxin was noncommittal. "It's too early to draw conclusions. But at the very least, Qi Sea Ancestor's methods are entirely different from the Qi Path techniques that Fang Yuan possesses."
At this point, Zhou Xiongxin sighed. "Qi Sea Ancestor's origins are far too mysterious, hidden far too deep. We still haven't been able to uncover his past identity. In the old days, perhaps we could have traced his origins through the River of Time and determined who he really was. But now, with the Destiny Gu destroyed, the River of Time has become extremely perilous—raging waves surge to the heavens, and even a great expert of the Path of Time would risk their life entering recklessly. That road is now closed to us."
Besides the Path of Time, there was also the Path of Wisdom.
Unfortunately, Fang Yuan had destroyed the majority of the Immortal Tombs, and Purple Violet Fairy had been turned by Demon Venerable You Hun, leaving the Heavenly Court in an unprecedented shortage of Path of Wisdom resources.
BOOM—!
Waves of qi crashed down from the sky, shaking heaven and earth.
The Evil Dragon howled, its mountainous body twisting and turning, yet it was still suppressed beneath Qi Sea Ancestor.
Qi Sea Ancestor was majestic and imposing—every movement carried the power to topple the sky and overturn the seas. Even the mighty Evil Dragon was no match for him.
The human Immortal Gu Masters couldn't help but cheer.
In this moment, Qi Sea Ancestor's prestige soared rapidly across the Five Regions.
At this critical time when the Immortal Gu Masters of the Five Regions were unable to act and human forces were weak, Qi Sea Ancestor had stepped forward and battered the non-human factions. This brought wave after wave of satisfaction to the human Gu Masters.
"A true hero should be like this!" Though the Supreme Grand Elder of the Xi Family was not present in person, he had dispatched Xi Family Gu Masters—equivalent to witnessing this battle with his own eyes.
Wu Yong was also in the Southern Border. Seeing this scene, his heart grew heavy as he pondered: "In the future, when we campaign against the Eastern Sea, this Qi Sea Ancestor will absolutely be a mountain to overcome."
In the Heavenly Court, Qin Dingling held the central hall, her emotions complex. In times past, it was always the Heavenly Court that stepped forward to fight on the front lines. But this time, it was Qi Sea Ancestor who had taken the Heavenly Court's position, shouldering the hopes and heavy responsibility of all humanity.
Although the Heavenly Court's Immortal Gu Masters still harbored doubts about Qi Sea Ancestor's identity and his murky relationship with Fang Yuan, this great battle had significantly improved their impression of him.
While the human Immortal Gu Masters felt gratified, the two-faction alliance army was shrouded in gloom, their great Immortal Gu Masters filled with dread.
"Impossible! Even with Di Cangsheng deployed, they couldn't turn the tide?"
"Human forces truly are formidable! This is the might of the Five Regions. We were far too hasty in launching this war."
"Hmph, if we don't act now, the humans will certainly come for us in the future. For millions of years, this is how they've treated us non-humans."