"Your Excellency... Your Excellency... Your Excellency!" Seeing the Lord of Tongtian, everyone turned back and cheered!
"Master! You have finally come out of seclusion!" Lishan Laomu's face lit up with joy. She had almost fled again just now. Fortunately, she hesitated, or her master would have found out.
Beside Lishan Laomu, Fan Lihua, Liu Jinding, Bai Suzhen, and others' eyes also lit up. None of them had ever seen the Old Ancestor Tongtian. Now that they saw him, golden light and colorful radiance shone from his head, and purple energy surged from the east. His mount was even more impressive, with one leg still as steady as a mountain.
With a swish, the Lord of Tongtian suddenly produced a magical artifact from his hand, the Purple Thunder Hammer!
"Bai Suzhen! I bestow upon you a magical artifact. Together with your master, you shall guard Penglai Immortal Island. If anyone dares to take a step closer, use this artifact to obliterate their soul! May they never be reincarnated!" the Old Ancestor Tongtian said to Bai Suzhen.
"Thank you, Ancestor Master!" Bai Suzhen was overjoyed and quickly knelt to express her gratitude. To receive a magical artifact from the Lord of Tongtian was such an honor! If she had received this treasure a few hundred years earlier, that bald donkey Fahai would have long since been annihilated.
Some people around cast envious glances. If they could also obtain a magical artifact used by the Old Ancestor Tongtian, their lives would be without regret!
"All disciples! Three thousand years ago, during the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods, the Chan and Daoist sects stole countless magical artifacts from me. From today onwards, whoever can reclaim a magical artifact from the enemy shall possess it, and need not hand it over to me. Hmph! I only wish to personally settle the score with Yuanshi Tianzun and Daode Tianzun and wash away this humiliation!" the Lord of Tongtian suddenly declared loudly.
"Your Excellency is mighty!"
"Your Excellency is mighty!"
A roar of acclamation erupted from the crowd again.
"Lord of Tongtian! Disband your disciples and followers now and return to Biyou Palace. We will pretend nothing has happened. Otherwise, do not blame us for showing no mercy." Suddenly, a fierce shout came from the opposing ranks, and several figures emerged.
"The Twelve Golden Immortals!? I was just about to settle accounts with you, and you've come to my doorstep! Hmph!" Lishan Laomu roared.
"The Twelve Golden Immortals?!" The Lord of Tongtian was slightly moved. The Twelve Golden Immortals were the most favored direct disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun, renowned throughout the land. He hadn't expected Yuanshi Tianzun to dispatch them so quickly. This seemed somewhat unexpected.
"Master! These Twelve Golden Immortals killed the most disciples among us back then. Moreover, the Sanxiao Maidens were also killed by Yuanshi Tianzun and Daode Tianzun, who ganged up on them, bullying the juniors. We absolutely cannot let them leave alive today!" Lishan Laomu said indignantly from the side.
Gulp... The Lord of Tongtian swallowed. Lu Fan, hiding within the Lord of Tongtian's body, felt inwardly miserable. Although he possessed the indestructible body of the Lord of Tongtian, it was not easy to exert the same might as the Lord of Tongtian.
Even though it had been more than three months, the primordial spirit of the Lord of Tongtian had not been completely refined. Therefore, he, an outsider, did not fully understand this body.
"A mere Twelve Golden Immortals dare to speak so arrogantly! Hmph!" the Lord of Tongtian snorted coldly. Regardless, he had to maintain his imposing presence!
"Master, you must be careful. Three thousand years ago, they were already at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and now they are already Saints." Lishan Laomu hurriedly whispered a reminder from the side.
"Hmph! Saints also have their strengths and weaknesses. Now that I am a Innate Dao Saint, even if that old fellow Yuanshi comes himself, I will not be afraid. Why should I fear these mere juniors?" The Old Ancestor Tongtian sneered, deliberately raising his voice.
"Very well! Let me, Yun Zhongzi, witness the might of the Old Ancestor Tongtian." Suddenly, one person stepped out from among the Twelve Golden Immortals. It was Yun Zhongzi, the last-ranked among the Twelve Golden Immortals. With a swish, Yun Zhongzi produced the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand!
"Ancestor Master! Let me deal with him!" Bai Suzhen suddenly stepped forward from the side. Having just received the Purple Thunder Hammer from the Lord of Tongtian, she was eager to test its power.
"Suzhen! Be careful!" Lishan Laomu said with some concern. Bai Suzhen was the most powerful among her disciples and her favorite. She didn't want anything to happen to Bai Suzhen, so she tightly clutched the Sword of Creation in her hand.
Bai Suzhen, carrying the Purple Thunder Hammer, walked towards Yun Zhongzi.
"You were among those who bullied my senior disciple Lei Zhenzi last time! Hmph! Today, I shall take your life!" Yun Zhongzi looked at Bai Suzhen approaching, a cold smile playing on his lips. With a swish, he raised the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand.
With a flash, a dazzling golden beam of light blinded Bai Suzhen, who was on the verge of revealing her true form.
"Purple Thunder Hammer..." Bai Suzhen felt the power of the opponent's sword but was not flustered. She raised the Purple Thunder Hammer with all her might.
With a crack, a bolt of purple lightning struck towards Yun Zhongzi.
At the same time, within the Biyou Palace main hall, Lu Fan, who was meditating, suddenly looked up towards the sky within his sea of consciousness. The sky above had gained tens of thousands of new stars.
"Yun Zhongzi!" Lu Fan whispered. Suddenly, a star in the sky flickered. Whoosh... Lu Fan's golden primordial spirit fiercely punched towards that star.
On the battlefield, Yun Zhongzi suddenly lost focus. Crack, crack... the purple lightning instantly struck Yun Zhongzi. Whoosh... Yun Zhongzi was sent flying dozens of feet away, his face turning purple, his lips trembling. Even his secondary primordial spirit was almost blown out!
"I... I actually won!" Bai Suzhen jumped up with joy and snatched the Demon-Slaying Sword that Yun Zhongzi had dropped. The Old Ancestor had said that anything good that was snatched belonged to the snatcher. Hmph! This sword was hers now.
"Hahahaha! Yun Zhongzi! Even my grand-disciple can defeat you in one move. How dare you claim to be a Saint!" the Lord of Tongtian burst into laughter.
Among the Twelve Golden Immortals, the others looked at Yun Zhongzi with astonishment. Now they also suspected that this fellow had been slacking off for the past three thousand years and hadn't cultivated. How could he not even defeat an ordinary immortal? The difference in their realms was clearly vast!
Lishan Laomu was also a bit bewildered. She couldn't even claim to fight Yun Zhongzi to a draw, so could Bai Suzhen have surpassed her own realm? Why had she never noticed it before?
"Bai Suzhen, let me experience the might of your Purple Thunder Hammer!" Among the Twelve Golden Immortals, a person with white hair and beard, dressed in a gray-white robe, stepped forward, holding a brick in his hand!
"Who are you? State your name first. So that when you die, I know who you are." The Old Ancestor Tongtian sneered.
"Qianyuan Mountain, Jinguang Cave, Taiyi Zhenren!" Taiyi Zhenren took a few steps forward and said coldly.