In the Fourth Domain, the Realm of Wind and Thunder.
Astral winds raged wildly across the suspended island as thunder crashed down from the heavens.
Hong Zhi looked toward Li Guanqi with a solemn expression.
"Why have you all come?"
Li Guanqi offered no elaborate explanation.
With Long Hou absent, he had to shoulder the responsibility of serving as the Fourth Domain's pinnacle combat strength.
Moreover, the brothers at his side possessed power no longer inferior in the slightest to the Seven Generals.
Hong Zhi sensed this as well.
Her beautiful eyes turned toward the group beside Li Guanqi in sheer shock.
In her perception, every single one of the companions around Li Guanqi had actually touched upon the barrier of laws.
Some among them had even torn right through it!!
Hong Zhi's gaze shifted repeatedly as she looked at Meng Wanshu.
This woman kept a low profile and never flaunted her abilities, yet not only had her cultivation realm advanced in such a short time, she had already torn through the barrier of laws!!
Not only Hong Zhi, but even Xiang Huaizhi, Nangong Xuandu, and the others looked upon Li Guanqi's brothers with ever-shifting expressions of disbelief.
They had endured over a millennium of hardships and trials before finally managing to graze the existence of the barrier of laws.
Yet these youths had merely been at the middle Mahayana realm when they first arrived in the Seventh Domain.
Now, setting aside how rapidly their cultivation had progressed, their combat strength was on an entirely different level compared to the past.
Yu Shan stared intently at Gu Li, sensing an aura that shared the same origin as his own.
"You've... already mastered it thoroughly?"
Gu Li held immense respect for this senior, Yu Shan.
He nodded almost imperceptibly, without offering much explanation.
Overall, the Immortal Burial Realm was at a disadvantage across the battlefield of the Third Domain.
If he had not joined forces with Tang Ru to defend the Third Domain, the fighting there would likely have turned extraordinarily dire.
The Seven Generals and the six of Li Guanqi's group exchanged glances, none speaking a word.
As their eyes met, all saw the resolute determination in each other's gaze.
In truth, Cao Yan and the others were far from calm inside.
The seniors before them were figures who had once been like masters to them.
They had followed them and cultivated alongside them back when they were in the Body Integration Realm, all the way until breaking through to the Mahayana realm.
Be it Xiang Huaizhi, Wu Mian, or Yu Shan, their place in the hearts of Cao Yan and the others was much like Long Hou's place in Li Guanqi's heart.
All were deeply important.
And Li Guanqi and his companions' arrival commanded the newfound respect of the Fourth Domain's cultivators!
With greater capability came greater responsibility.
Li Guanqi and his group did not run from these burdens simply because they were young.
On the contrary, as their strength increased, they stepped up to shoulder their responsibilities!
At this moment, Li Guanqi and his brothers won the unreserved recognition of every cultivator in the Fourth Domain.
On the battlefield, such recognition meant the trust to watch each other's backs without hesitation.
It was even the willingness... to lay down their lives for them.
The potential of Li Guanqi and the others was plain for all to see—far surpassing that of old relics like themselves.
Suddenly!
Ripples abruptly spread across the long-silent portal of light.
Instantly, every gaze snapped toward the portal.
None knew who else would choose to ascend at such a moment!
*Buzz—!*
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed slightly. When he clearly saw the newcomer's face, his brows furrowed.
"What is he doing in the Fourth Domain?"
The arrival had disheveled hair and scruffy stubble across his cheeks, appearing unkempt and somewhat slovenly.
The disheveled man reeked of alcohol.
Ye Mohan!
Ye Feng frowned and muttered in a low voice, "Has he come here to die...?"
As soon as those words left his mouth, many fell silent.
Ye Mohan, once that proud young genius, had been reduced to his current state after watching his sworn brothers fall in battle one after another.
And this time, he had chosen to come to the battlefield of the Fourth Domain!
Li Guanqi closed his eyes and let out a sigh. Ye Mohan was currently trapped in his own inner knot, unable to break free.
Perhaps only through life-and-death slaughter could he numb the agony inside.
Ye Mohan stood alone, clutching a wine jug in his left hand and holding a longsword in his right.
He was like a volcano suppressing the raging fire within.
Suddenly!!
Above everyone's heads, celestial spiritual energy manifested as narrow, pitch-black fissures tore through the void.
Those cracks gaped hideously, resembling the ravenous maws of great demons waiting to devour their prey.
Grasping her scabbard tightly, Hong Zhi stood at the forefront alongside Li Guanqi.
Her gaze turned grave beyond measure, and her voice dropped low.
"This time... there are quite a lot of enemies!"
A terrifying pressure crashed down like collapsing mountains, suffocating everyone beneath it.
The dazzling, radiant celestial spiritual energy now put everyone on high alert as if facing their greatest nemesis.
Gales whipped ferociously, snapping the robes of the cultivators.
Fifty-one individuals stood arrayed in line, showing not a sliver of fear before the immortals about to descend from above!!
*Boom—!*
Violent pressure surged outward in all directions, turning the spiritual energy across the Fourth Domain into a boiling frenzy.
Astral winds tore across the expanse, and thunder roared.
Immediately after, figures shrouded in immortal mist slowly emerged within the celestial spiritual energy.
Ten, thirty, eighty, one hundred and fifty, two hundred and thirty...!!
By the time roughly a hundred figures appeared, everyone's hearts had already leaped into their throats.
Ordinarily, even with the Seven Generals guarding the Fourth Domain, casualties remained heavy whenever enemy forces outnumbered them two to one.
Now... they were facing a numerical disparity of nearly five to one!!
No wonder Hong Zhi had said there were quite a lot of enemies.
This was far more than "quite a lot"—the Immortal Realm was clearly bent on destroying the Immortal Burial Realm at all costs!!
And this was merely the situation in the Fourth Domain; the seal over the Third Domain was weaker, so the forces descending there would surely be even greater.
Just as Li Guanqi had anticipated, even more cultivators descended upon the Third Domain!
Nearly a thousand Mystic Immortals were descending to the mortal realm!!
Across the battlefields of the Third and Fourth Domains, two individuals unleashed their powers almost simultaneously!
In the Third Domain, Tang Ru!
In the Fourth Domain, Yu Shan!
*Boom—!*
Terrifying Eight Trigrams Yin-Yang Plates expanded frantically until they blanketed the entire battlefields!!
Gu Li's avatar possessed independent consciousness and intellect.
Fewer than two hundred people guarded the Third Domain's battlefield, yet they now faced nearly a thousand enemies.
An inexplicable feeling of dread and unease began spreading through the hearts of all the cultivators.
Gu Li's avatar took a deep breath and exchanged a look with Tang Ru; their figures vanished into nothingness in an instant.
Dense clusters of inscribed talismans silently affixed themselves to the backs of every defender.
In the Fourth Domain, everyone subconsciously tightened their grip on their weapons.
Ruthless glints flickered in their eyes; clearly, all knew that this battle would be brutal.
Such a despair-inducing scene was not confined to these two domains alone.
It was the same in the Fifth Domain, where a mere dozen-odd defenders now faced over forty enemies!
Before the elder in the Sixth Domain, three figures slowly coalesced.
And in the Seventh Domain, only one person stood before Su Xuan—yet that solitary figure was terrifyingly powerful!!
Su Xuan's expression was grave as he slowly drew a scabbard from the void.
This battle would decide the very survival of the Human Spirit Realm!!
Chapter 1291