Bi Qing could also sense great danger. Thus, he had decided to go all out right from the start. However, with a flash of sword light, Bi Qing was sent flying backwards, several sword wounds on his body. Thanks to the support of the Celestial Clearblue Plane, though, he was able to fully heal up in a flash.

Streams of blood energy surged forward like a great river at the white-clad cultivator. Accompanying the river were the roars of wyrms. Additionally, formidable talons kept appearing as well. 

The Longevity Tower aside, the Blood Mustering Bead and Essence Spirit Bead were the strongest magic treasures in Chen Feng's possession. The Blood Mustering Bead, in particular, had devoured a great deal of blood from Ascendant Immortals. Thus, reaching the high-grade Immortal tier would not be an issue for it.

As the Blood Mustering Bead was attacking, the Essence Spirit Bead flew out as well and various essence powers rushed forward to form a s.h.i.+eld of light around Chen Feng.

This white-clad cultivator was even stronger than the True Immortal that they had killed in the past. The atmosphere of danger that Chen Feng felt from him was even stronger and even Bi Qing was incapable of directly facing him.

Even so, Chen Feng was not feeling too worried. This was still within their expectations.

The moment Chen Feng and Bi Qing appeared, the other Ascendant Immortals backed away. They all retreated into the great arrays, disappearing in a flash. Only some mid-level Ascendant Immortals remained some distance away, gathering their strength.

In the face of such a formidable existence, starter-level Ascendant Immortals would be instantly killed off. However, by gathering their strength and releasing it at the appropriate moment, they could turn the situation around. That was also how they had killed off the last True Immortal.

In the face of the river of blood, the white-clad cultivator casually waved his hand. Another ray of light flashed out and the river of blood was instantly cleaved into two.

Seeing the white-clad cultivator so easily break apart his attack, Chen Feng maintained an impa.s.sive expression. However, he was inwardly shocked, terribly so. Although Chen Feng's level was not that high, in certain areas, he knew more than most Ascendant Immortals. The white-clad cultivator had not displayed any overt moves or great sword energy for that. Rather, just a casual wave of his sword was enough to instantly kill off Ascendant Immortals and stop the attack of a mid-grade Immortal artifact. This meant that this person's understanding of the dao of the sword and the power of laws was far beyond their expectations.

Shua!

Chen Feng pushed his Longevity Wings to their limits, his figure flas.h.i.+ng about non-stop as he attempted to find an opportunity to attack. As for Bi Qing, he remained motionless as he stared at the white-clad cultivator, the sword in his hand as still as a piece of withered wood. 

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The nine great arrays that had yet to completely fall apart began moving to the central area. The pa.s.sageway to the Immortal Plane had long since broken down and no more immortal energy flowed down. Even so, the immortal energy that they obtained this time was enough to last the hundreds of millions of cultivators of the East Dragon Island Alliance for quite some time.

As the nine great arrays were circulating, streams of tangible light shot out. Intertwining with one another, they formed a net which moved to entangle the white-clad cultivator. And while the Longevity Tower remained motionless, it had secretly locked down on the white-clad cultivator's aura. The moment an opportunity presented itself, it would move forward to suppress the white-clad cultivator.

The white-clad cultivator remained as steady as a mountain. He took a step forward and his sword stabbed towards Bi Qing.

“Humph! At best, you are just a True Immortal while I am a reincarnated Heavenly Immortal. A compet.i.tion of laws is just what I want.” The sword in Bi Qing's hand slashed out and cyan light swirled all around his body. It was the Profound Light of Extreme Cyan from the Celestial Clearblue Plane. Although the amount of light was limited, it was enough to stop the True Immortal's attack.

With this fortress-like layer of defence, Bi Qing's momentum with the sword changed, becoming more ferocious. Sword light flashed about like raging bolts of lightning, but Bi Qing did not fall into a disadvantageous position.

“So, you are the reincarnation of a Heavenly Immortal. No wonder,” the white-clad cultivator said nonchalantly. His eyes abruptly lit up and a sky-vaulting atmosphere swirled around them. Following that, a beam of sword light slashed forward. Facing this attack, Bi Qing had to back away, retreating up to a distance of half a million kilometres.

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou!

The Ocean Sovereign led the other three great Yao Overlords and even Prince Blood Edge to attack. In the beginning, they had not thought about giving it their all for this. At that very moment, however, seeing a chance to prosper alongside the East Dragon Island Alliance and the pressure from the True Immortal, they stopped holding back. That was particularly so of Prince Blood Edge, who linked up to the Blood Plane. A b.l.o.o.d.y light enveloped his body and the support from the Blood Plane allowed his cultivation base to rise up to the high-level Ascendant Immortal stage.

“Chen Feng, this time, I have contributed a lot. You cannot mistreat us.” Of course, he did not forget to send Chen Feng a secret vocal transmission.

“Now is not the time for this. Work together to kill off this True Immortal. You will have a share of his True laws.” Even as Chen Feng was replying, he had already found several angles of attack. His figure flashed, disappearing without a trace. It was as though he was never there.

Chen Feng was aware that his stealth technique was useless in the face of this True Immortal. Even so, to be able to divert away his attention, however little that may be, was a good thing.

A sphere of light spread out from the white-clad cultivator and the four Yao Overlords were sent flying, their bodies covered in sword wounds while blood stained every part of their bodies. Prince Blood Edge, who had the highest cultivation base amongst them, suffered from the most grievous wounds. His chest was cut open and he was nearly cleaved into two. It was only thanks to the support of the Blood Plane that he was able to evade death.

The white-clad cultivator had seemingly decided to attack Prince Blood Edge. He pointed the sword in his hand at Prince Blood Edge, locking down on his aura. Next, he took a step forward, wanting to kill off Prince Blood Edge.

Seeing Prince Blood Edge in danger, Chen Feng hastily took action. At that moment, Prince Blood Edge was his ally. He could not let Prince Blood Edge die. Not yet, anyways. The Essence Spirit Bead in Chen Feng's hand smashed towards the white-clad cultivator, and multi-coloured spheres of light spread out from the Essence Spirit Bead, rippling outwards as it descended. It was a very entrancing sight to behold.

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou!

A total of eight other blood cultivators at the Ascendant Immortal stage charged forward. They had also linked up to the Blood Plane. Upon receiving the support of the Blood Plane, their combat power rose above that of Patriarch Heavenly Sword and the others.

At the same time, Bi Qing returned. This time, there was golden light radiating out from Bi Qing's body. Shockingly, Bi Qing's cultivation base had risen up to the peak-level Ascendant Immortal stage. This one level of difference gave Bi Qing's strength a world-shaking transformation.

The white-clad cultivator who did not think highly of the blood cultivators and the mid-grade Immortal artifacts from Chen Feng felt threatened by Bi Qing. With that, he knew that he could no longer kill off Prince Blood Edge.

Sword light clashed as Bi Qing and the white-clad cultivator fought one another. This time, in the face of the white-clad cultivator's attacks, Bi Qing's figure merely shook before continuing to attack. Chen Feng grew delighted and the Essence Spirit Bead exerted even greater power forward. Likewise, the blood cultivators also took advantage of the situation to attack.

What happened next caused Chen Feng to frown. Sword light flashed as sword energy rampaged about. Chen Feng had failed to even see the white-clad cultivator make his move before the Essence Spirit Bead was knocked aside. It fell into Chen Feng's hand, a sword mark on its surface. As for the eight blood cultivators, one was killed while the others were wounded.

As he was not as strong as the white-clad cultivator, Bi Qing also had to constantly give ground. 

Meanwhile, the four Yao Overlords did not charge forward. Instead, they fired long-ranged attacks at the white-clad cultivator. The pressure that the white-clad cultivator was giving them was simply too strong. One careless mistake would result in their deaths.

As Bi Qing was entangling the white-clad cultivator, the hundred plus Ascendant Immortals, tens of thousands of Earthen Immortals and ten million plus Human Immortals from the East Dragon Island Alliance channelled forth their strongest power. The great arrays, spanning a length of half a million kilometres, erupted with their final display of might. Various streams of light surged across the sky above East Dragon Island, all of them converging upon the white-clad cultivator.

Seeing that, the white-clad cultivator's eyes abruptly narrowed and he sensed great danger.

“Suppress!” The Longevity Tower unleashed a formidable wave of power as well. It was a most formidable power. And yet, this power also rapidly fused with the surrounding s.p.a.ce, making it near-impossible to defend against.

“Ardent Sun Slash of the First Origin!”

The white-clad cultivator stood still and raised the sword in his hand. Next, like an exploding star, a dazzling light flared outwards and all the attacks aimed at him disappeared upon making contact with the light.

Chen Feng could sense that his attacks had become like snow making contact with raging fire, rapidly melting away. Sensing terrible danger, Chen Feng backed away while controlling the Blood Mustering Bead and Essence Spirit Bead to guard him.

In the fight against the previous True Immortal, Chen Feng had gathered up the power of tens of millions of cultivators to deal a serious blow to the True Immortal. This time, however, the combined might of hundreds of millions of cultivators was actually unravelled by this white-clad cultivator. Due to that, Chen Feng felt his confidence wavering.

But when the curtain of dazzling sword light disappeared, Chen Feng saw that the white-clad cultivator only had half a body left. His sword had been knocked away to who knows where. Seeing that, Chen Feng knew that they had gained the upper hand. It was now possible to kill off this white-clad cultivator.

“Huh!”

The white-clad cultivator took in a lengthy breath and golden light shone as his severed body began healing up. Sword light flashed and his sword returned to his grasp. With the sword in hand, the white-clad cultivator's aura grew several notches stronger.

Only, before he could fully recover, a talisman slowly materialized from s.p.a.ce to paste itself on his body. Seemingly turned to stone, the white-clad cultivator became incapable of moving. His eyes were the only things that could move and a look of horror flashed across them.

Puchi!

A lance swiftly appeared to stab the white-clad cultivator three times before disappearing. Every stab would leave a see-through hole on his body. 

Next, a whip appeared to firmly wrap up the white-clad cultivator and pull him into the Longevity Tower.

Seeing that, all the cultivators there – except Chen Feng – breathed a sigh of relief. Without saying anything, Chen Feng sent his divine sense into the Longevity Tower.

As predicted, after the white-clad cultivator entered the Longevity Tower, the talisman on him began dimming. At the same time, he struggled with greater vigour. Only, as the talisman was about to disappear, a new talisman appeared.

“No one has ever managed to escape after coming inside,” Tower, who was wielding a Longevity Lance, said with a ridiculing smile.

“It truly is the Longevity Tower.” The white-clad cultivator struggled even more and flames began raging within his eyes.

Quickly, however, Tower extracted a True law out from the white-clad cultivator and he became like a punctured tire, becoming increasingly weak.

“He has actually formed 18 True laws! No wonder his combat power is so much greater compared to the previous one.” It was then that Chen Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the white-clad cultivator could no longer turn the situation around.

1 li = 0.5 km