Once his thoughts settled, Zi Zai Shu Sheng's momentum surged. He let out a long cry: "Fight! The enemy is but a single person. If you're a coward, go ahead and retreat on your own!"
"Good! We will stay by Lord's side!"
"Truly worthy of being Lord Zi Zai Shu Sheng! With you here, what is Dongfang Yuliang?"
The Demonic Path cultivators all cheered in unison.
Zi Zai Shu Sheng flung his long sleeves, unleashing his killer move to clear the starlight swirling around him, and charged first toward Dongfang Yuliang.
"Come then." Dongfang Yuliang showed not the slightest fear of Zi Zai Shu Sheng's Seventh Transformation aura. Rather than retreating, he advanced deeper into the starlight.
In an instant, the starlight boiled over, as though an ocean of stars had been stirred into a frenzy — endless shocking waves crashing one after another, great surges rolling without end.
Dongfang Yuliang became the master of all stars, commanding ten thousand streams of starlight and stirring up a magnificent stellar tide, actually fighting alone against many!
The battle raged fiercely, making the stars themselves sway and sending shards of light scattering in every direction.
At first, Dongfang Yuliang was outnumbered and in grave danger. But as time passed, the amount of starlight kept surging, nearly filling the sky into a solid mass.
The starlight obscured their vision, disrupted their coordination, and repeatedly invaded their minds with stellar thoughts. The Demonic Path Gu Immortals could not help but make mistake after mistake. The more chaotic the battle became, the greater Dongfang Yuliang's advantage grew.
After being accidentally struck multiple times, the immortals gradually grew wary of coordinating and shifted toward fighting solo, greatly reducing the pressure on Dongfang Yuliang.
Only Zi Zai Shu Sheng roamed freely across the battlefield, unstoppable, and remained Dongfang Yuliang's greatest threat. Dongfang Yuliang consistently avoided his edge, never daring to face him head-on.
Zi Zai Shu Sheng was repeatedly obstructed by other Demonic Path Gu Immortals, and his heart filled with fury and rage: "This Dongfang Yuliang is so slippery! So young, yet even more cunning than Dongfang Changfan was in the past! He has no openings at all, as if he had been training this killer move since the day he was born! Could Dongfang Yuliang's inheritance truly be so miraculous?"
Not far away, Can Yang Lao Jun was also secretly astonished by the power of the Myriad Stars Firefly. He had been concealing his presence all along, quietly healing his injuries. From time to time, he would shift his gaze, looking eerily toward Fang Yuan and the others at the edge of the battlefield.
He harbored vague suspicions about Fang Yuan's identity. He was quietly waiting for Fang Yuan to jump into the battlefield.
He was not particularly skilled at pursuit, but if he could use the Myriad Stars Firefly, his confidence in capturing and killing Fang Yuan would increase significantly.
But Fang Yuan remained standing still, watching from the sidelines, which secretly frustrated Can Yang Lao Jun as he endured with strained patience.
Immortal Path Killer Move — Thousand Unravelings!
Having fought for a long time without gaining the upper hand, Zi Zai Shu Sheng finally resorted to his trump card offensive technique.
Dongfang Yuliang chuckled lightly. He had long been guarding against this move. His body swayed, nimble as a butterfly, evading the beam of light.
But just then, Dongfang Yuliang's body suddenly froze, and from within him came the furious roar of Dongfang Wanxiu: "Old thief, I'll drag you down with me!"
As he spoke, "Dongfang Yuliang" actually changed direction, hurling himself straight into the Thousand Unravelings killer move.
This sudden change caught everyone off guard.
The might of Thousand Unravelings was deeply ingrained in everyone's minds. "Dongfang Yuliang" throwing himself into it was practically suicide!
In that instant, everyone was stunned, forgetting to react.
Even Zi Zai Shu Sheng was momentarily frozen, watching as "Dongfang Yuliang" crashed headlong into his killer move.
The light of Thousand Unravelings shone upon the crown of Dongfang Yuliang's head, immediately dissolving all of his hair. It then melted through his skull, reaching straight for his brain.
At the critical juncture between life and death, Can Yang Lao Jun let out a great roar, no longer caring about his healing. He revealed his form and reached out to save him.
With one hand he attacked, with the other he defended.
Flames surged forward, raising enormous waves of heat that charged toward Zi Zai Shu Sheng. Facing a Seventh Transformation powerhouse, Zi Zai Shu Sheng had no choice but to respond, splitting his attention.
Can Yang Lao Jun seized the opportunity and pulled Dongfang Yuliang back.
Dongfang Yuliang's skull had just been penetrated, and his brain had narrowly escaped catastrophic damage. At this moment, countless star thoughts gushed out through the hole in his skull like a fountain.
After being rescued by Can Yang Lao Jun, Dongfang Yuliang's expression steadied — it was Dongfang Changfan's soul that had regained control of the body.
His face could not help but show traces of lingering terror and fear.
Had it been even a single breath later, Dongfang Yuliang's entire brain would have been dissolved.
Dongfang Changfan could be said to have walked through the gates of hell — between life and death by a thread. Without Can Yang Lao Jun, he would likely have died once more.
"What are you doing?!" Having rescued Dongfang Changfan, Can Yang Lao Jun pulled him backward while still shaken, roaring into his ear.
Regarding the technique of soul possession, Dongfang Changfan had only taught him the greater part. The remaining small portion — the final critical steps — had been withheld and kept in Dongfang Changfan's own hands.
Therefore, Can Yang Lao Jun absolutely could not allow Dongfang Changfan's death.
Dongfang Changfan's deliberate withholding had been a calculated move against Can Yang Lao Jun, and it had now paid off.
But though he had saved his life, Dongfang Changfan's face was ashen and extremely ugly.