The surrounding void collapsed with a deafening roar in that instant.

The seemingly delicate leaves radiated a power more terrifying than the previous axe strike!

The Xu Ying emitted from the ancient Copper Mirror shattered the Giant Axe, but nearly exhausted all its strength; under the assault of these leaves, the Xu Ying completely dissipated.

Following this, the leaves all rushed toward the Copper Mirror.

Immortal Lord Ying Zong felt the terrifying aura emanating from these leaves, his eyes revealing the same resolute look as the Xu Ying projected from the Copper Mirror.

Behind him, the Nine Immortal Palaces shook wildly, as if on the brink of bursting.

The disturbance of the Immortal Palaces caused waves of celestial energy to surge into the Copper Mirror again.

Immediately, a tragic aura surged from the Copper Mirror.

The Xu Ying that had dissipated appeared once again from the Copper Mirror, though now they’re mere shadows, gray shadows akin to the impressions left on the Shadow Expand Stone after one dies.

They were the martyrs of Cloud Mountain Sect!

Since joining Cloud Mountain Sect, he had always been the most talented Disciple of his time, smoothly cultivating to the Immortality Regainment Realm.

However, after entering the Immortality Regainment Realm, decades, centuries, millennia passed without him finding a path to the True Immortal Realm.

Many claimed he was fading into obscurity, but he refused to accept this fate, and ventured into the path of no return in the Central Continent.

He almost perished in the path of no return, were it not for his two Senior Uncles, who risked their lives to rescue him from there.

Yet, his Senior Uncles were gravely injured as well, dying before they could even return to the Great Teaching.

His Senior Uncles died entirely due to him, and he buried them on Spirit Mountain, beginning a long vigil there.

Since stepping onto Spirit Mountain, he had never left it.

Slowly, many cultivators of the Great Teaching had already forgotten his existence.

While living on Spirit Mountain, he carefully cleaned the tombstones of martyrs, watching as Cloud Mountain Sect cultivators died protecting the sect and its disciples, and were buried on Spirit Mountain.

Unbeknownst to him, he found his path!

The Xu Ying in his Copper Mirror were the martyrs of Cloud Mountain Sect!

The ’Ying’ in his title symbolized hero spirits!

He wished to lead the hero spirits of Spirit Mountain to travel across the world!

The martyrs of Cloud Mountain Sect sacrificed themselves to protect Cloud Mountain Sect; he could also sacrifice himself for the protection of the Human Clan, his junior brothers and sisters!

As he blocked those flying leaves with the Copper Mirror, he frantically concentrated the celestial energy within himself, causing the Immortal Palaces behind him to surge even more fiercely.

Self-destruct the Immortal Palaces!

He planned to use the self-destruction of the Immortal Palaces to help a few escape!

But just as the Immortal Palaces surged, his Copper Mirror shattered violently in the void, with a seed falling out.

This seed was mingled among the leaves.

Once the seed fell, it sprouted instantly, expanding into a towering tree, with roots embedding into his Immortal Palaces, slightly slowing their expansion.

Begone!

Immortal Lord Ying Zong roared, shattering the tree roots instantly. Though it only delayed him briefly, that moment was enough.

The leaves, and the Giant Axe swung again by another True Immortal of the Sky Clan, fell simultaneously. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Boom!"

A resounding thud echoed, Immortal Lord Ying Zong fell heavily from the void, crashing into a mountain peak below.

The force of his fall was so strong that the mountain peak directly crumbled.

The two Sky Clan Peak True Immortals laughed aloud, watching Immortal Lord Ying Zong’s instant heavy injury.

"Still want to self-destruct the Immortal Palaces? Do you think someone at Peak True Immortal Realm will give you a chance? Or do you think our Sky Clan cultivators are like those foolish Beast Clan?"

"Senior Brother!" Nearby, Immortal Lord Guan Ta saw his severely injured senior brother, his eyes filled with fury, looking as if he wanted to fight the Sky Clan to the death.

Beside him, Immortal Lord Guan Shan held him tightly, urgently saying, "Junior Brother, calm down, Senior Brother was injured for our sake.

If you return now, his sacrifice will be in vain, hurry, only by escaping can we honor him!"

As Immortal Lord Guan Shan spoke, he flew rapidly toward the outside, his eyes brimming with tears.

Yet he hadn’t flown far before his path was blocked by two Sky Clan True Immortals.

The Sky Clan hadn’t just sent two Peak True Immortals this time; they dispatched eight cultivators.

Simultaneously, Immortal Lord Guan Ta and Immortal Lord Luoqiong were each blocked by two Sky Clan cultivators.

Immortal Lord Luoqiong, feeling the aura emitted by the two Sky Clan cultivators ahead, called out to Immortal Monarch Jinglu behind her, "We can leave together; we still have a chance."

Her senior brothers were all blocked by two Immortal Tribes, and now, she and Immortal Monarch Jinglu were blocked by two Sky Clan cultivators.