For one moment, the battlefield of the Gate of Life and Death suddenly froze.
The furious Spectral Soul Demon Venerable halted his roaring. Countless enormous arms hung motionless in the distance, as though space itself had solidified.
"What happened?" Old Ancestor Qi Hai asked in confusion.
Then, in the next instant, the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable suddenly opened his massive maw and let out a heaven-shaking roar.
The roar was laced with fury, hatred, and the thrill of facing a great enemy!
"You've come back to life..."
"You've come back to life too!"
"I've finally waited for you. Since you're here, then come."
"Let me... kill you!!"
The Spectral Soul Demon Venerable could not remember Fang Yuan or Giant Sun Immortal Zombie, but he seemed to have a profoundly deep impression of Blissful Earth.
Blood-red suns rose in succession — these were the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's eyes.
He had three heads in total. In the earlier battle, only one had awakened, but now the other two were also roused, opening their crimson eyes!
The passage of the Gate of Life and Death opened, forming a massive vortex that erupted with terrifying suction.
The passage opened in an instant and closed in an instant. By the time Fang Yuan and the others reacted, an Immortal Gu Master had been sucked inside the Gate of Life and Death.
He wore plain robes, completely bald, his head smooth and shining.
He bore a kindly expression, and a faint halo radiated from his entire body.
"Blissful Earth!" Fang Yuan and Giant Sun Immortal Zombie exclaimed in unison.
"Lord Blissful Earth, you've successfully revived!?" Lu Weiyin cried out in shock and joy, then suddenly shouted, "Watch out!"
Boom boom boom...
Hundreds of massive arms parted the air with violent peals of wind and thunder, striking toward Blissful Earth without mercy.
The great battle erupted once more!
The Great Crazed Demon Formation fell into disarray.
The Heavenly Court Immortal Gu Masters were mostly gravely injured, their faces pale with lingering shock and confusion.
All of this was caused by Blissful Earth's resurrection.
Even Star Constellation Immortal Venerable showed a flicker of surprise.
Since the struggle over the Crazed Demon Cave, this was the first time she had been so visibly moved.
It was because although Blissful Earth had been reborn, his method of resurrection had far exceeded Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's expectations.
"I originally thought you would be reborn as an Earth Dao Venerable. I didn't expect you to find an entirely different path."
"I underestimated you."
"You've actually switched to cultivating the Heavenly Dao. Blissful Earth's Tomb was more of a decoy — only by shattering and rebuilding could you achieve rebirth."
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable exhaled a breath of turbid air, but did not move to head for the Gate of Life and Death. At this moment, the Great Crazed Demon Formation was spinning like a tempest, and she could not easily extricate herself.
Moreover, although Blissful Earth had been reborn, because he had switched to cultivating the Heavenly Dao and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had sabotaged the process in advance, his current cultivation was merely that of a Sub-Immortal Venerable.
If the Yellow Earth World had devoured the other two great worlds, and Blissful Earth's Tomb had been destroyed at the final moment along with the great world, then Blissful Earth's rebirth might have brought him to full Venerable cultivation!
Now the focal point of everything still lay with the Great Crazed Demon Formation. As wise as Star Constellation was, she would never make the mistake of abandoning the greater goal for the lesser. Besides, even if she returned to the Gate of Life and Death, her combat power would be severely suppressed there — it simply wouldn't be worth it.
Inside the Gate of Life and Death.
"Watch out!" Lu Weiyin's warning had barely faded.
A massive net materialized before Blissful Earth.
It was a stark white net, quite crude in appearance, with each mesh large enough to fit an elephant, giving off an overwhelming sense of grandeur and majesty.
All of the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's attacks were intercepted by this giant net.
"What kind of offensive move is this, to possess such defensive power!?"
"This aura — I've never encountered anything like it..."
"Wait! Immortal Venerable Blissful Earth doesn't have Ninth Transformation cultivation. He's only at the Eighth Transformation level, the same as us!"
Demon Immortal Qi Jue, Zhan Bu Du, and the others were deeply shaken.
"This is a Heavenly Dao offensive move! Blissful Earth switched to cultivating the Heavenly Dao — he's been reborn. But he hasn't regained his Venerable cultivation. This must be the price!" Giant Sun Immortal Zombie's mind suddenly cleared with understanding.
Fang Yuan's emotions were rather complex.
He had also once considered developing in the direction of the Heavenly Dao.
What he hadn't expected was that Blissful Earth's ambitions were even greater, his progress even deeper. This time, upon resurrection, he had become a Sub-Immortal Venerable of the Heavenly Dao outright!
Relying on the advantages of the Heavenly Dao, Blissful Earth suffered the least suppression within the Gate of Life and Death.
The Spectral Soul Demon Venerable roared in fury, and with a thunderous boom, shifted from a seated posture to a half-crouch!
Thousands of massive arms surged forward. Each palm had five fingers pressed together, their tips like spears, thrusting forward viciously.
Countless giant hands pierced into the light net one after another. Blissful Earth's expression remained unchanged, but the Heavenly Dao giant net, which had been hanging motionless, began to tremble slightly.
"He may cultivate the Heavenly Dao, but he's still only a Sub-Immortal Venerable. Go support him quickly." Fang Yuan saw through the situation immediately and called out a warning.
Lu Weiyin charged forward first but was intercepted mid-path by the massive arms.
Fortunately, Fang Yuan and the others arrived shortly after, taking over to shield Blissful Earth.
After the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable adapted, the form of his giant hands shifted — countless spikes extended from the fingertips, changing from piercing to tearing.
Tsss tsss tsss... The countless giant hands tore through layer after layer of the light net, breaking through continuously.
Although Blissful Earth's cultivation was only at the Sub-Immortal Venerable level, his defensive methods were extraordinarily formidable, completely on the scale of an Immortal Venerable. It was just that the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable was exerting his full strength, and with Blissful Earth having received support, they retreated again and again alongside the others.
The situation for the assembled immortals remained just as perilous as before.
After resisting for a brief while, Blissful Earth sent a voice transmission: "Fellow Immortals, the Spectral Soul Demon Venerable's condition is anomalous — his mind is unclear. He has likely been affected by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's interference with his emotions. I happen to have a technique that can dispel all emotions, rendering one's rationality as cold as ice."