Boom!

A massive handprint appeared, descending from the sky like the Nine Heavens Divine Palm, almost covering the entire sky. Within the palm imprint, there was even a trace of Yin Cold Power.

"This is..."

Xue Ningxiang, who had closed her eyes awaiting death, suddenly felt the energy aura within that palm imprint. Her face lit up with extreme joy, as if she had vaguely guessed the identity of the person who had unleashed it.

In an instant, the palm imprint descending from the sky visibly shrunk, finally becoming about a zhang in length and width. Yet, the Yin Cold Power contained within it became several times more concentrated.

Bang!

This mysterious and powerful palm imprint was clearly meant to dissolve Xue Ningxiang's crisis. The next moment, a loud noise was heard as the palm imprint slammed fiercely atop the head of the low-level Silver-grade Heavenly Spirit in front of Xue Ningxiang.

In just the blink of an eye, that majestic low-level Silver-grade Heavenly Spirit couldn't even last a single breath before being smashed into nothingness by the palm imprint, leaving only a crystal-clear Spirit Crystal spinning suspended in the air.

"Father, is that you?"

Xue Ningxiang, who had narrowly escaped death, looked at the Strange Spirit smashed into nothingness, her suspicion growing stronger, finally turning into a slightly choked and somewhat aggrieved shout.

Upon hearing Xue Ningxiang's shout, people like Mo Qingling Pill were both shocked and delighted. On the other hand, the various strong people on the side of the Strange Spirit seemed unsure, their movements slowing somewhat.

After all, the power of that palm imprint just now was too terrifying. Even the split of You He, who had reached a high-level Silver-grade Heavenly Spirit, knew that relying solely on the power of its split, it was absolutely impossible to unleash such power.

"Xiangxiang, you're really too reckless!"

As Xue Ningxiang's shout fell, a majestic voice followed from the sky. Upon hearing this familiar voice, Xue Ningxiang no longer doubted it was her almighty father in her heart.

Swish!

A figure appeared in the sky, it was none other than Hall Master Xue Tianao of the Xuanyin Hall. However, his expression was not good as he stared at his precious daughter who was trembling with excitement below, feeling a bit scared in hindsight.

Initially, Xue Tianao sent his daughter and Ling Wan to the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield for training. After all, Xue Ningxiang had gained her strength too easily and had never experienced a life-and-death battle. Otherwise, she would be quite restrained when encountering powerful enemies in the future.

At first, Xue Tianao occasionally received information about the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield. Xue Ningxiang and Ling Wan were guarding Luoying City and did not encounter any significant crisis.

But since that guy named Yun Xiao entered the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, everything changed radically. Xue Ningxiang and Ling Wan even counterattacked out of the city and began killing towards the Strange Spirit's stronghold.

The assaults along the way could be overlooked until the news of that battle at Denghai Pier surfaced. Realizing what Yun Xiao wanted to do, Xue Tianao became a bit impatient.

Xue Tianao knew his precious daughter's personality well, and also knew her admiration for Yun Xiao. If that kid decided to invade Impermanence Island, Xue Ningxiang would absolutely follow without hesitation.

Originally, at the gate of Xuanyin Cave, Xue Tianao had personally experienced the might of that Holy-grade Heavenly Spirit. Although according to Yun Xiao's speculation, that Holy-grade Heavenly Spirit shouldn't exert its full strength, it was still far beyond what young geniuses like Xue Ningxiang could withstand.

Fortunately, Xue Tianao hurried and finally arrived at this critical moment, saving his precious daughter's life. But such luck couldn't always happen, so his first words came as a stern reprimand.

"Hehe, I'm okay, aren't I?"

Xue Ningxiang, with her carefree nature, entirely forgot her previous despair and fear of death, ran directly to Xue Tianao, and clung to one of his arms playfully.

"There's really nothing I can do with you!"

No matter what, his precious daughter was standing safely before him. Especially upon sensing her Half-step Heavenly Rank cultivation, all of Xue Tianao's worries vanished in an instant.

Indeed, life-and-death battles are the best way to enhance one's strength. Several months ago, when Xue Ningxiang left the Xuanyin Hall, she was only at the Late Stage of the Earth Bending Realm, but now she had reached the Half-step Heavenly Rank. Such an improvement is indeed astonishing.

"Father, Yun Xiao has been dragged into the lake, please go save him!"

At this time, Xue Ningxiang naturally did not intend to chat long with her father about their long separation. Seeing her smile fade, she pointed anxiously at the massive lake surface.

"What?"

Suddenly hearing this, Xue Tianao's expression also changed. Just now, he only wanted to save his daughter and didn't have time to sense the situation in the field. Now glancing around, indeed, he didn't see the familiar figure of the roughly clothed young man.

Currently, Xue Tianao is placing more and more importance on Yun Xiao, not just because of the latter's previous performance at Xuanyin Hall, or because Yun Xiao healed Xue Ningxiang's Innate Pulse Cutting, but also because of the boy's contribution to the human race this time.

Impermanence Island was annihilated by the Strange Spirits, and the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield erupted. For a while, the Tenglong Continent's Eastern Domain was devastated, with countless human cultivators and ordinary people dying under the onslaught of the Strange Spirits.

It wasn't until the humans launched a counterattack, reclaiming dozens of cities, only to be forcefully reversed by the Strange Spirit army, that a protracted tug-of-war unfolded in the Eastern Domain of the Tenglong Continent.

All along, since no Heavenly Spirit Experts appeared on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, Xue Tianao and these human top figures believed that the Strange Spirits did not want to trigger a life-and-death war, so they cooperated with great tacit understanding.

However, when Yun Xiao entrusted the Shenxiao Sect to spread his inferred message, Xue Tianao and the others realized just how misguided they were.

The fact that the Strange Spirit side did not send out Heavenly Rank experts was indeed to avoid prematurely triggering a life-and-death war, but under this facade, they were brewing a greater conspiracy.

That is, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit that escaped from Xuanyin Cave had already cast an array called the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield and the sea areas around Impermanence Island.

With the aid of this large array, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit was continuously restoring strength, and might even break through the shackles of the Heavenly Spirit with the countless human blood gathered by the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array after being fully restored to peak condition, reaching another supreme realm.

Once that happens, no human cultivator on the Tenglong Continent side will have the ability to contend with an alien spirit strong person who has reached the Holy Spirit Level.

Yun Xiao's discovery truly made all human cultivators realize the true nature of the Strange Spirits' grand conspiracy, with countless experts beating their chests and lamenting why they hadn't entered the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield a little sooner.

Now Yun Xiao, along with several companions, has directly reached the headquarters of the Strange Spirit base in Impermanence Island, without waiting an extra day for these Heavenly Rank experts of the continent.

Xue Tianao understood Yun Xiao's thinking, fearing that the more they delayed by a day, the more the Holy Grade Strange Spirit's strength would be restored, making it all the more difficult to deal with later.

But now, the boy who could save the human race from calamity has been dragged into the lake, his life or death unknown. Xue Tianao felt as if there was a blockage in his heart, and immediately was about to dash towards the lake surface.

"Haha, Master Xue, you're quicker than I, Wei!"

Just as Xue Tianao's figure was about to move, a hearty laugh echoed from the sky, and immediately, a low-level Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit's form stiffened and then bizarrely exploded outright.

"President of the Spirit Fighting Commerce: Wei Duzheng!"

Seeing the weak figure descending from the sky, Xue Tianao did not underestimate it in the slightest, for this person was not inferior to him in either status or Meridian Qi cultivation.

Spirit Fighting Commerce, though commerce-based, has become one of the four top forces in the Tenglong Continent, much to Wei Duzheng's credit as President. In recent years, Spirit Fighting Commerce has flourished and prospered. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The frail figure descended from the sky, and evidently, the explosively opening Strange Spirit body just now was crafted by this President of Spirit Fighting Commerce.

"Today's Impermanence Island is indeed lively, how could it lack me?"

While everyone was still fixated on Wei Duzheng and Xue Tianao, another voice rang out, and given the self-reference in the voice, together with the two mighty figures on the ground, everyone guessed who had arrived.

"Palace Master of Wuyan Palace: Wu Zhukong!"

Just as this thought settled in everyone's mind, a dark red silhouette descended from the sky, and simultaneously, as if by some tacit agreement, a low-level Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit burst into flames and instantly turned to ashes.

"With these three here, what about our teachers?"

Seeing the three supreme experts of the Tenglong Continent, Liu Hanyi and Mo Qing exchanged glances. Now, only the Meridian Refining Master Association among the four forces had yet to send anyone.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As soon as Liu and Mo had this thought, several overwhelming auras appeared in the western sky, two of whom were Vice President Qian Sanyuan of the Meridian Refining Master Association and Dean Qingmu Wu of the Sky Poison Institute.

It's worth noting that besides these two, there were three other figures unfamiliar to certain geniuses.

But if someone from the Shenxiao Sect were here, they would recognize these three as prominent figures on the Tenglong Continent.

One of the graceful silhouettes is Vice Hall Master Lian Yuluo of Xuanyin Hall, a genuine Heavenly-grade Pulse Refining Master who once collaborated with Yun Xiao to cure Xue Ningxiang's Innate Pulse Cutting.

The other female figure was Fu Lingxue, the Vice Palace Master of Wuyan Palace. Despite the 'snow' in her name, she cultivates a Fire Attribute Technique and is even more hot-tempered than Palace Master Wu Zhukong.