Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

CRACK!

A sky-blotting giant palm slammed down upon the White Jade Palace.

The divine light around the palace trembled violently as the entire structure was driven three feet into the ground.

What was even more terrifying was that the sky-blotting giant palm didn't withdraw. Instead, it clenched around the White Jade Palace, tightening its grip relentlessly. At the same time, a dreadful will surged from the palm.

It invaded the White Jade Palace, seemingly intending to erase the original owner's will within.

'As long as I erase the Spiritual Brand inside, this thing will belong to me, Ye Donghuang.'

In the distance, Ye Donghuang, who had launched this world-shocking strike, wore a smug expression.

However, when his Spirit Will entered the White Jade Palace, his expression changed slightly.

'Hmm? The owner of this White Jade Palace is actually a woman? Whatever. It doesn't matter who she is. I'll just erase her first.'

Ye Donghuang's Spirit Will wore a sinister look.

It lunged toward the brand formed by the woman.

But just as Ye Donghuang felt that this attack would surely annihilate the woman's brand within the palace,

the woman turned around.

Her world-toppling beauty made him pause for a moment.

Her face was just that perfect.

Even for someone like him, who had lived for six or seven thousand years and was the lord of the Eastern Domain, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

He had never seen such a beautiful woman.

However, Ye Donghuang was not a man given to lust. For the Semi-Divine Artifact, the White Jade Palace, he would do what he must—even if ten peerless beauties were standing before him, let alone one.

There was only one thing to do: kill.

So, after that slight pause, Ye Donghuang lunged forward again.

And at that moment,

the peerless beauty in white moved.

She raised her hand.

And pointed a single finger.

'She actually dares to resist? Does she think she can contend with me?'

Ye Donghuang sneered.

But when a terrifying aura erupted from that fingertip, gathering into an invincible radiance, Ye Donghuang's expression changed in an instant.

"No, impossible! How could this be...?"

Before he could react, the incandescent white beam of light from her finger struck his Spirit Will.

Instantly, it disintegrated.

It was like snow meeting the scorching sun.

He had been utterly powerless to resist.

This wisp of Ye Donghuang's will was instantly annihilated.

"Argh!"

Outside, Ye Donghuang's entire body trembled.

His Heart Spirit severely wounded, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The surrounding Immortal Cultivators watched in astonishment.

They glanced at each other, not knowing what had just happened.

"Ancestor, what happened?"

It was Ye Taixuan, the City Lord of Immortal Dao City, who stepped forward to ask softly.

Besides him, not even Ye Xuantian, the Sect Leader of the Profound Celestial Sect, dared to approach.

They were afraid of incurring Ye Donghuang's wrath.

"It's nothing. I just need to rest for a moment, and I'll be fine. All of you, attack together! Use your most powerful attacks to bring down this palace! I refuse to believe they can hide in there for long!"

Ye Donghuang waved his hand.

His expression was grim as he issued the order to everyone.

Ye Taixuan and the others finally understood that the Ancestor had indeed suffered a small setback at the hands of this White Jade Palace.

Naturally, they didn't dare to delay.

One by one, they channeled the Immortal Dao Power within their bodies, gathering their strongest attacks to strike the White Jade Palace.

However, compared to Ye Donghuang's Power of the Void Immortal, their attacks, while not weak, weren't even enough to make the Semi-Divine Artifact Level White Jade Palace tremble.

The expressions of Ye Taixuan and the others immediately soured.

Ye Donghuang's face was also dark and gloomy.

But he didn't attack again immediately. Cautious by nature, he feared there truly was a woman inside who could fight him, or was perhaps even stronger.

If that was the case, he would surely be defeated in his current state with his wounded Heart Spirit.

'First, I'll heal my Heart Spirit. Then I'll strike again. I refuse to believe that with my power, I can't deal with a mere Semi-Divine Artifact!'

Ye Donghuang snorted coldly in his heart.

He began to focus all his efforts on healing his wounded Heart Spirit.

Meanwhile, inside the White Jade Palace.

Sensing that Ye Donghuang had not attacked again, Yue Lingxi couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The thought of that fool being so reckless as to send his Spirit Will directly into her Cold Jade Divine Palace, only to suffer such a huge loss, was almost amusing.

She couldn't help but want to laugh.

'That old fool. He actually dared to try and forcibly erase my will. Fortunately, the will I left behind contained the power of my peak state, which was enough to scare him off.'

If Ye Donghuang held back, it was definitely a good thing for Yue Lingxi.

'But... I don't know how long Lord Xiao will need. I estimate that old fool will recover soon. When he does, he definitely won't give up. He'll attack again...'

Yue Lingxi couldn't help but glance over at Yang Xiao in the distance.

Once Ye Donghuang recovered, the entire Cold Jade Divine Palace would likely face an even more ferocious assault.

With her cultivation currently under a Seal, Yue Lingxi felt no confidence.

She didn't know how long she could hold out.

As for Yang Xiao, he had reached a critical juncture.

From the outside, not a single trace of his aura was leaking out.

It was as if he wasn't breaking through at all, but merely sitting there quietly in a daze.

But if one could see inside Yang Xiao's body, they would discover a massive amount of green flames frantically surging into his Golden Roc True Body.

It was continuously tempering the Golden Roc True Body, infusing it with the aura of the Heaven and Earth Origin. The aura of the Golden Roc True Body itself was constantly expanding.

He was trying to break through the bottleneck to the Great Divine Power Realm, which was equivalent to a Tier Seven Demon Beast.

However, Yang Xiao seemed to have underestimated the difficulty of breaking through with the Golden Roc True Body.

No matter how much Heaven and Earth Origin Flame he poured in, the bottleneck showed no signs of loosening.

A breakthrough was proving difficult to achieve.

'Is it because I haven't comprehended enough Secret Patterns? The Golden Roc True Body is innately born with two types of Secret Patterns: one is Void, the other is Gold Element. My understanding of the Void Secret Pattern is decent enough, barely passing muster. But the Gold Secret Pattern...'

At this critical moment, having failed to break through for so long, Yang Xiao fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Yang Xiao felt a pang of regret.

He regretted cultivating the Golden Roc True Body. Compared to the Qilin True Body, the Golden Roc True Body was simply not suitable for him.

It might have been better to comprehend the wings of the Golden-winged Roc, study the Secret Patterns on them, and strengthen his Profound Feather Divine Technique instead.

But now, there was no way to change course.

More importantly, he had no path of retreat.

He needed the Golden Roc True Body to advance to have even a sliver of hope for survival.

'That's right! I can have the Fire God Clone comprehend it! And he has a ready-made Golden-Winged Roc Divine Beast cub to study. I refuse to believe I can't break through!'

Yang Xiao's expression suddenly shifted.

His consciousness instantly connected with his Fire God Clone in the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.

The Fire God Clone immediately took action.

With a flicker of movement, he appeared beside Golden Flame, the Golden-Winged Roc who had already broken through to a Tier Seven Demon Beast. He had it spread its wings and began his comprehension.

Because of the thousand-fold time difference between the two locations, it didn't take long at all.

Perhaps only fifteen minutes passed.

Yang Xiao had comprehended the Golden Roc Secret Pattern from Golden Flame's body.

'So that's how it is! It wasn't that I was lacking the Gold Secret Pattern, but that I needed the perfect fusion of the two—a combination of the Void and Gold Element Secret Patterns. This is no longer just two separate Secret Patterns. It can be called the Golden Roc Secret Pattern!'

Yang Xiao was thrilled.

Because his Golden Roc True Body...

had advanced.