The Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable truly lived up to her reputation as the supreme existence of this era, holding total dominion over the Xuanhuang Realm.
Given Mr. Bai's prowess, he could hide for a time, but he could not hide forever.
After finally perfecting the method of establishing the foundation with oneself and successfully putting it to the test, the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable still tracked down Mr. Bai's location following faint traces.
*Hum...*
As if the air had been sucked away in an instant, the enormous pressure differential made everyone in the Medicine King Valley clutch their heads in agonizing pain.
Fissures appeared across the sky of the secret realm, as though the realm itself could not withstand the immense power and was on the verge of shattering.
The Valley of Longevity tossed violently like a leaf in a raging storm, teetering precariously.
...
All of this unfolded in the blink of an eye.
Yet it was not the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable arriving in person. She had merely cast down her gaze from above the firmament.
Mr. Bai stepped out with measured strides, flew up into midair, and gently took a step.
The fissures across the secret realm's sky gradually sealed, and the violently shaking Valley of Longevity slowly calmed once more.
Those recovering from Chuanfa's overwhelming pressure were all ashen-faced, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. Even the trio of Dao Integration cultivators was no exception.
Before Chuanfa, ordinary Dao Integration cultivators were no different from mere Foundation Establishment or Nascent Soul practitioners.
They gazed up into midair at Mr. Bai, who had borne the brunt of Chuanfa's pressure all by himself, their expressions mixed.
Mr. Bai's robes rustled and fluttered without any wind.
"Take good care of the children."
"For the method of establishing the foundation with oneself to come into being, their contribution was indispensable."
He gave the instruction calmly without looking back. Then Mr. Bai tore through the void and departed from the Valley of Longevity.
"Sir!"
From beginning to end, the people of the Valley of Longevity never learned Mr. Bai's full name, referring to him only as "Sir"—just like that group of orphans living in the dilapidated Xuantian temple in Ningyuan City all those years ago.
Having seemingly locked onto the person she was looking for, Chuanfa's pressure gradually receded from the Valley of Longevity. It had not vanished, but was instead entirely focused upon Mr. Bai.
After Mr. Bai tore through space to enter the Xuanhuang Realm proper, whether due to the effect of Chuanfa's power or by his own design, the sky of the Valley of Longevity did not return to its original state. Instead, a massive rift remained open across it, through which one could clearly see the events unfolding in the Xuanhuang Realm.
As Mr. Bai flew skyward, his figure grew larger and larger. In the blink of an eye, he stood propping up the heavens like a titan manifesting the Law Embodiment of Heaven and Earth.
With the hunted target revealed, Chuanfa offered no words.
Across the firmament, one black vortex appeared after another. They seemed like voids unleashing boundless suction toward Mr. Bai, yet also like pairs of expressionless eyes staring intently at him.
Due to the presence of the Essence-Devouring White Mist barrier, only Luoyan Province and Luoying Province—where the Valley of Longevity lay—could witness this earth-shaking spectacle unfolding in the Xuanhuang Realm.
Every cultivator who gazed upon the black vortices high in the sky instantly fell into a daze. Many even took to the air right then and there, rushing toward the shifting black apertures like moths to a flame.
That pull was nameless and inexplicable, yet seemed even more irresistible to cultivators than the allure of an anima of Heaven and Earth.
And that was merely the outward manifestation of the black vortices.
Mr. Bai, bearing their full might, saw his sky-propping figure faintly distort in an instant. Continuous explosions inexplicably erupted across various parts of his body one after another.
Yet this was only Chuanfa's opening move.
What followed drew gasps of horror from the children in the Medicine King Valley.
An eerie streak of violet quietly overtook the firmament over Luoyan and Luoying Provinces, blotting out the sky and replacing the blazing sun.
Bathed in violet light, Mr. Bai's robes, hair, and even his pupils seemed stained by that bizarre hue.
*Bang!*
A mass of flesh and blood burst from Mr. Bai's body, followed by a human-shaped phantom drifting away into the sky. Had Li Fan still been present, he would have recognized this as the phenomenon of a corrupted anima of Heaven and Earth being forcibly stripped from Mr. Bai.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!*
Tremendous explosions sounded relentlessly, reverberating throughout the world.
Chuanfa's subsequent attacks followed in close succession. Densely packed black threads resembling earthworms gathered around Mr. Bai like a pack of hunting hyenas, feeding voraciously. At every moment, countless lines drifted away from his body, converted by the writhing black threads into parts of their swarm...
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The Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable's methods had already transcended the bounds of ordinary spells and divine abilities. There were no dazzling lights, no earth-shattering majesty. There were only all manner of bizarre, abnormal phenomena—and behind these phenomena lay terrible power far beyond the comprehension of cultivators.
Cultivators across Luoyan and Luoying Provinces watching this unfold were struck utterly speechless.
Confronted by Chuanfa's successive strikes, Mr. Bai seemed completely defenseless, silently standing there and enduring the beating passively.
Just when everyone thought as much, Mr. Bai finally made a move.
He reached out with both hands, his long sleeves expanding in an instant and plunging into the White Mist Barrier that spanned heaven and earth, severing the provinces of the Xuanhuang Realm before him. Then, a colossal force surged from his arms.
*Rrrrumble!*
Deep, muffled thunders rolled in as if from every corner of heaven and earth.
"That's..."
"Look! The White Mist Barrier is moving!"
Before long, cultivators noticed the anomaly and cried out in astonishment.
The White Mist Barrier, dormant for ten thousand years and seemingly eternal, was actually beginning to flow. The rumbling grew deafening, and the white mist moved faster and faster. The convergence point was none other than Mr. Bai's arms.
A tremendous suction emanated from his hands, wildly drawing into his sleeves the Essence-Devouring White Mist that cultivators feared like the plague.
From a babbling brook to a rushing river, and then into a surging torrent! The white mist blanketing the entire Xuanhuang Realm was drawn forth in an endless stream, rushing headlong toward Mr. Bai!
This act seemed to finally incite Chuanfa's genuine wrath.
In the deep violet firmament, a face loomed faintly. Then, two fingers descended from the heavens like pillars holding up the sky!
In an instant, the heavens turned bleak and somber.
Wails echoing from the highest heavens, resembling a raging demonic gale, resounded across the two provinces. Wind and thunder roared together, and spatial fractures webbed across the sky like dense spider silk, spreading from the vault of heaven down to the earth in the span of a breath.
Anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in their path was instantly reduced to fine dust, leaving neither corpse nor bone behind. Even those fortunate enough to escape were trapped by the immense pressure brought by the two descending fingers, completely unable to move.
Those less resilient collapsed straight onto their knees on the spot!
Chapter 794