Reverend Xuan Jizi
Archfiend Yujiang and Reverend Xuan Jizi’s energy created a vacant spot above them, where not even a cloud was in sight.
Archfiend Yujiang sent drilling water beams, each splash of water as sharp as blades, at Xuan Jizi from multiple directions. Xuan Jizi emanated a formation, turning the area around him into his domain.
“All Returns to Genesis!” roared Xuan Jizi, disassembling the blasts back into the ocean.
Archfiend Yujiang advanced, conjuring a ruler three kilometres long to cut a hole in Xuan Jizi’s domain. Xuan Jizi sent a formation into the sky that pelted down attacks.
“Thousand Feet Ocean Ruler, Undulate My Master!”
The blue fiend energy oozing out from the ruler turned the atmosphere humid as water screens formed. Archfiend Yujiang’s domain, Undulate My Master, a defensive domain deployed in battle resulted in all of Xuan Jizi’s attacks losing any meaningful force as they tried to plough through water.
As the two continued trading, they raised the tides so high that they created a gully from the waves.
“I always believed our successors should learn what the war back then was like. After all, those who gave their life for this world should be remembered.”
Mu Yu turned his head after a violent jolt to see Reverend Xuan Jizi looking straight at him, saying, “You’re the first cultivator to come here in five millenniums.”
“Y-y-”
“This is my consciousness that I sealed in this formation. Don’t worry about,” explained Reverend Xuan Jizi.
Reverend Xuan Jizi waved away the scene Mu Yu was watching, returning Mu Yu to the ground, where the stone pillars were behind him.
“Um, Elder, this one is Mu Yu. He apologies for the intrusion.”
“I can see you have Primordial Ying Yang on you. It seems Formation and Talisman Sect has finally united again.”
“Elder, I do not understand why you mentioned the cultivators’ valiant efforts in the war against the fiend race saved the world. What unforgivable deed did the fiend king commit for you to make such significant sacrifices?”
“… To prevent this world from meeting the same fate as Second Heaven.”
“Why did Second Heaven fall?”
“The fiend race broke the balance there when they tampered with a powerful entity’s bottom line that they shouldn’t have, resulting in their demise.”
“Who was the individual capable of devastating the entire realm?”
Reverend Xuan Jizi despondently recalled the past as he gazed at Archfiend Yujiang’s palace. “There is more to this world than what meets the eye. We just need to be ourselves.”
“Why did you tell Elder He Liankong that the fiend king must be released?” inquired Mu Yu, avoiding the initial topic as he understood Reverend Xuan Jizi didn’t have a desire to elaborate.
“To ensure the balance of this world is kept. I recorded the battle in hopes that the world of cultivation wouldn’t forget the heroic souls trapped on this island and their contribution to the world.”
“Elder, none of us have any idea why humans and fiends fought in the first place. Regardless of how tragic the war on this island may have been, nobody will know about it. Your apparition cannot prove anything.”
“… I sealed the energy that grants access to Fiend-Sealing Pagoda in the palace. If you want to undo the seal on the island, you need my approval. As you are Formation and Talisman Sect’s patriarch, let me leave you with this: Qiu dragon soars past the riotous cloud. Setting sun world manifestation cycle. Don’t stray,” informed Reverend Xuan Jizi, disappearing and leaving just the palace’s contour visible again.
“Say… what?”
Detecting hostility, Mu Yu jumped away, and Gui Ximing landed where Mu Yu was to his surprise.
“You’re quite the quick thinker, huh?” Gui Ximing sarcastically questioned through his clenched teeth.
“I expected better than that from you. What took you so long?”
Once Mu Yu left his domain, the direction Gui Yuzi’s skull pointed to changed. All it took was a bit of thinking for Gui Ximing to then work out where Mu Yu was.
Gui Ximing summoned his bloody axe and six twins. “You were useful to me, but since we’ve already reached this place, you’ve outlived your usefulness.”
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