Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

While Lin Zhao was trapped, Meng Wuhen's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

He no longer cared about the energy expenditure, and his golden core was fully activated, unleashing a torrent of magical power that surged into the Vast Sea Stele.

All the runes on the Han Hai Stele lit up, and a deep blue light shot up from the stele, condensing into nine chains in the air.

Great Divine Power - Vast Ocean Soul Lock.

The nine chains were formed entirely from a ghostly blue light, and countless eerie runes appeared on their surface, each rune being a distorted human face.

The chains were not physical, but they contained a powerful force that could bind and erode the soul. They moved with lightning speed, aiming directly at Lin Zhao's vital points, such as his brow, limbs, and dantian.

He wanted to capture Lin Zhao's soul along with her golden core.

At the critical moment, a dark golden divine light shot out from between Lin Zhao's brows.

The Divine Fiend Sword Qi, with its dark golden sword light, was shrouded in four-colored fiendish light.

The Divine Fiend Sword Qi collided head-on with the Vast Sea Soul Lock, the dark gold and the deep blue clashing fiercely in the air.

Amidst a metallic, screeching sound, the five dark blue chains were forcibly severed by the Divine Fiend Sword Qi, the broken chains dissipating into countless dark blue specks of light.

The remaining four chains continued their attack, but were blocked by a blood-red palace that suddenly appeared.

The Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace hovered above Lin Zhao's head, its body slowly rotating.

With a thought, Lin Zhao unleashed countless crimson runes from all four sides of the palace, forming four crimson bone chains that seemed to come alive as they entangled the remaining azure chains.

The crimson bone chains and the dark blue chains intertwined in the air, one resembling a blue python and the other a bone snake, strangling and colliding with each other, producing a teeth-grinding crunching sound.

The two forces attacked each other, eventually shattering into countless fragments of spiritual energy.

Lin Zhao did not pause.

At the same moment that the bone chains and ghost locks were strangling him, he once again activated the great divine power, Sky-Splitting Slash.

The hundred-foot-long Sky-Splitting Slash cleaved out of the sword and struck the runic cage.

When a fourth-tier magic weapon clashed with a Nascent Soul rune restriction, the rune cage trembled violently the moment the two forces collided, and the runes' spiritual light flickered wildly.

After a long stalemate, the power of the fourth-tier magic weapon ultimately prevailed.

The Sky-Splitting Slash forcefully imprisoned the runes, cleaving open a huge gap. Lin Zhao flashed out of the gap.

The two sides, separated by dozens of miles, returned to a standoff.

It can only be said that although Meng Wuhen's character is flawed, his ability to reach the top of the popularity rankings demonstrates his formidable strength.

At this moment, both of them looked rather grim.

The consumption of a fourth-tier magic weapon is too great; both of them have already exhausted most of their magic power.

Lin Zhao secretly activated the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool, where spiritual liquid surged deep within, silently replenishing his magical power.

Meng Wuhen was using the boundless seawater below to restore his magical power, and the Vast Sea Stele was constantly drawing spiritual energy from the sea and sending it into his body.

But neither side showed any intention of stopping.

Seeing Lin Zhao use her palace magic treasure, Meng Wuhen also summoned his own third-tier high-grade palace magic treasure—the Thunder Palace.

It was a three-story palace, entirely silver-white, with countless lightning patterns flowing across its surface.

Nine jade bells hung outside the palace, swaying gently in the wind and producing a clear, ringing sound with each sway.

The nine jade bells form a complete array of restrictions, possessing extremely strong offensive and defensive capabilities.

Although the Thunder Palace is only a third-tier high-grade palace, its level is one small tier lower than the Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace.

However, as a Thunder Dao magic weapon, it was not afraid of the Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace at all.

Meng Wuhen stood beneath Prince Lei Yu, his voice carrying an almost fanatical arrogance.

His tone was extremely arrogant: "What do you mortals know? We, the chosen ones, are born celestial beings and should be high above everyone else."

All cultivators should submit to me, and all cultivation resources should belong to me. You can only kneel on the ground forever, looking up at us celestial beings.

As he spoke, the jade bells above his head, resembling the Thunder Palace, rang.

Countless bolts of lightning converged from the lightning patterns on the temple's surface, leaping and passing between the nine jade bells. With each passing, the lightning grew stronger, eventually forming nine pillars of lightning.

A pillar of lightning pierced the heavens and the earth, its silvery-white light illuminating half of the gray, misty sky, as if nine divine punishments had descended.

Lin Zhao did not respond to him.

The Blood Essence Bone Demon Palace hung overhead, its body slowly rotating, and the blood-red pupils on its bone walls opened one by one.

The moment all the blood-red eyes opened, the blood-red light on the palace body suddenly surged.

Countless blood-red eyes shot out blood light, which converged in the air and merged into nine enormous blood-red eye phantoms.

Supernatural Power - Blood Essence Eye.

Nine Blood Yuan Eyes shot out nine enormous blood pillars, which collided head-on with the lightning pillars.

Crimson and silver-white clashed fiercely between heaven and earth, each collision unleashing a shockwave of interwoven red and white.

The earth and sky roared incessantly, and the sea was torn into countless pieces by the collision of the two forces. Before the water droplets could fall, they were evaporated into mist by the next wave of impact.

Water mist filled the entire battlefield, which was also illuminated by lightning and blood, creating a bizarre and surreal scene.

Lin Zhao took a deep breath and made his move again.

Countless sword energies emanated from the Starry Sky Rift Sword, transforming into five-colored sword light arranged according to the five elements.

Five-colored sword energy swirled and intertwined between heaven and earth, forming a massive sword array covering dozens of miles, with array patterns composed of countless sword energies themselves.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth was frantically drawn in by the sword formation, and five-colored light intertwined into a blazing white.

Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Formation.

At the same time, deep within the consciousness of the Azure Lotus clone, an invisible connection spanned millions of miles and landed on the Heavenly Star Peak of the sect.

Within the consciousness of the Azure Lotus clone, a phantom image of a Dharma wheel descended.

The moment the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel descended, the Azure Lotus clone's control over external spiritual energy surged by more than one level.

Lin Zhao relied on the power of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel to forcibly control the Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Formation.

The sword formation, spanning dozens of miles, rapidly contracted under his control, the five-colored sword light pressing together to condense into a hundred-foot-long sword wheel in front of him.

Centered on the Starry Sky Rift Sword, the power of the five elements circulates and generates each other, rotating endlessly. With each rotation, its power increases dramatically.

Five Elements Return to Origin Sword Wheel.

Lin Zhao swung his sword with all his might, and the Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Wheel flew out instantly, like a five-colored sun breaking through the sky, facing the Vast Ocean Stele head-on.

The moment the sword wheel struck the monument, five kinds of spiritual power erupted simultaneously, and the mutually reinforcing power of the five elements generated a terrifying force.

The Hanhai Monument was struck and trembled violently, and the seawater beneath it exploded.

The monument lost the support of the seawater and was forcefully knocked off the sea surface by the sword wheel, rising into the sky.

The Five Elements Returning to Origin Sword Wheel also disintegrated, transforming into a massive Five Elements Sword Net. The five-colored sword threads wove a dense, impenetrable net, trapping the Vast Ocean Stele.

The sword net continued to shrink, and the five elements of sword energy sliced ​​through the stone tablet from all directions.

Although it couldn't destroy the fourth-tier magic weapon, it was enough to prevent it from escaping for the time being.

Without the support of seawater, the Vast Ocean Stele's power was greatly reduced. Trapped within the Five Elements Sword Net, it trembled and buzzed, attempting to break free.

However, the power of the five elements is constantly generating each other, and every time a five-element sword thread is broken, a new one is immediately replaced.

The Hanhai Monument was unable to escape and was completely trapped.