“Yes,” Xu Zimo nodded calmly. “I am responsible for guarding the Myriad Treasures Tower.”
“Guarding the Myriad Treasures Tower?” The white-haired old man chuckled softly. He said, “Young man, this matter seems a little too big for you.”
“What should I call you?” Xu Zimo asked.
“Call me Ancestor White Tiger,” the old man chuckled again. He gently stroked his beard, looking wise and earnest. “This title is far too old, perhaps you’ve never even heard it.”
“Indeed, I have not,” Xu Zimo nodded.
Just as the two were speaking, two more figures stepped through the sky from the distance.
“Half Moon, looks like I arrived first this time.”
A burst of laughter rang out from the side.
“Master Universal True Immortal, you cannot swallow the Myriad Treasures Tower alone. Why don’t we join hands?”
“Your Crescent Imperium’s appetite is large indeed. But since everyone is cooperating this time, an alliance is fine. However, the things in the pavilion, I must pick first.”
The two spoke and laughed as they descended.
This Universal True Immortal wore white robes. His appearance carried a Buddhist aura, yet was somewhat demonic as well. It is said Buddha has thirty-two forms.
Sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle, sometimes violent.
Perhaps this was the so-called myriad forms of the world.
Universal True Immortal’s expression shifted constantly. Around his neck hung a string of prayer beads.
Beneath his feet floated purple clouds.
At his side, the Half Moon Saint looked feminine, almost like a woman.
On his brow was a crescent moon mark, and he wore moonlit robes shimmering with lunar radiance.
Even in daylight, the moonlight remained gentle and enchanting.
“Oh, looks like someone beat us here already,” seeing Ancestor White Tiger, Xu Zimo, and the fighting members of the Five Elements Sect, the two chuckled.
“Everyone, this place now belongs to my Crescent Imperium and the Merciful Voyage Sacred Ground. Please leave. So we won’t need to act,” Half Moon Saint smiled faintly.
The battling Five Elements Sect members stopped, their faces shifting.
They didn’t dare defy two imperial lineages.
But to just leave like this, they felt unwilling.
Meat already at their mouths, how could they just let it slip away?
“When did the Heavenly Dao Academy become your territory?” Pure Water snorted coldly.
Hearing her, Universal True Immortal only smiled and said nothing.
His gaze swept over, as though a great Buddha condensed from the void, suppressing Pure Water.
Her face changed drastically, she wanted to dodge, but her body could not move.
In an instant, Buddhist chants rang out, the Buddha pressed down.
Suddenly, a jade hand crossed the void, a single finger pressing down, instantly dispersing the Buddha character into nothing.
Everyone turned their heads at once, and saw a white-dressed woman stepping forward gracefully.
“Dean…” Pure Water looked at her in shock.
“You’ve worked hard,” the woman smiled at Pure Water.
Then turned and rolled her eyes at Xu Zimo.
“I’ve heard the Heavenly Dao Academy’s dean is elusive, mysterious beyond compare. Didn’t expect to meet you today, are you waiting for us deliberately?” Half Moon Saint chuckled.
“Looks like we’ll have to test ourselves.”
“I did not come for you,” the white-dressed woman said lightly.
She looked at Ancestor White Tiger and smiled, “Shigong, long time no see.”
“White girl, I’ve never admitted to being your grandmaster,” Ancestor White Tiger shook his head with a smile.
“Don’t think calling me that will stop me from making plans for the Heavenly Dao Academy.”
“No matter what, you are my grandmaster. As for the rest, I mean nothing else,” the woman replied, shaking her head.
“Seems someone doesn’t take us seriously,” Universal True Immortal narrowed his eyes.
Golden light surged around him.
Within the Buddha light, it was as though a great Buddha was being born.
“Buddha light emerges.”
The golden radiance shot to the heavens, illuminating all.
“Buddha moves mountains and rivers.”
With a rumbling like mountains collapsing and seas breaking, Buddha clouds spread endlessly, one after another.
Mountains moved, the world seemed to shatter.
These Buddha clouds transformed into a five-finger mountain, suppressing the white-dressed woman.
“You may be war generals of the Grand Emperors, but for tens of thousands of years your cultivation has not advanced. Not to look down on you, but you are not enough.”
The woman snorted coldly.
With a wave of her hand, she suppressed the Buddha clouds instantly, dispersing all Buddha light.
The entire void was frozen with a single finger.
Space and time both locked.
Universal True Immortal’s body had no resistance, directly blown away.
Seeing this, Xu Zimo’s gaze tightened.
“Already stepped into a higher realm,” he murmured.
To know, both Half Moon Saint and Universal True Immortal were ancient Immortals.
Half Moon had already stepped into Undying Immortal, and Universal True Immortal was a Zenith Immortal.
In theory, they were the strongest existences beneath Grand Emperors.
Yet now, to be blown away so easily,
Xu Zimo had only ever seen one man like this: the Sky Shroud War God of the True Martial Sacred Ground, who broke through the rules into a brand-new realm.
This woman seemed the same, though in terms of aura, she was weaker than the War God.
“Seems in these tens of thousands of years, you’ve grown stronger, White girl,” Ancestor White Tiger’s eyes flickered, chuckling.
Half Moon and Universal True Immortal returned, the ease on their faces gone.
“Who exactly are you?”
“The dean of Heavenly Dao Academy, do I need to explain?” she replied.
“You’ve entered the Nirvana Void Realm?” Half Moon Saint frowned.
“Half a step only,” she shook her head slightly.
“But to fight you, it is enough.”
“Then let us try. A Nirvana Void existence is seen only once in ten thousand years. In all my life, I have never fought one. That legendary realm, this could be interesting,” Half Moon Saint said calmly.
The crescent mark on his forehead erupted in dazzling moonlight.
In that moment, his entire being seemed elevated.
White moon shocks the heavens, lone wolf sings its sorrow.
The moon robe he wore overflowed with radiance. Within the moonlight, a graceful figure danced.
Dancing with her shadow, as though not of this world.
“Let’s make a deal,” the white-dressed woman turned to Xu Zimo, smiling.
“What deal?” Xu Zimo asked.
“Those two are yours,” she pointed at Half Moon Saint and Universal True Immortal.
Then pointing at Ancestor White Tiger, she said, “He’s mine.”
“So you want me two versus one?” Xu Zimo smiled.
“Then let’s swap, I only say this for your good,” the woman replied.
“Shall we test it?” Xu Zimo pointed at Ancestor White Tiger and said.