"Boom!"
Sword energy roared.
However, it didn't hit Bai Qiulan.
Because a terrifying aura awakened, and just its aura formed a terrifying storm, sweeping across the Void.
A Quasi-Emperor!
This realm, let alone in the Fourth Heaven, is an absolute powerhouse even in the Seventh Heaven and Eighth Heaven.
A Great Emperor can be called Invincible.
A Celestial Venerable can be called Limitless.
And a Quasi-Emperor is only a step away from a Great Emperor; although this step is a world of difference, a Quasi-Emperor also possesses Emperor's might.
That kind of terror is more frightening than ten or a hundred Emperors combined.
Back when Lu Ye was in the Great Dao Realm, fighting a crippled and severely injured Quasi-Emperor cost him his life, which shows just how strong a Quasi-Emperor is.
And now, the Quasi-Emperor has revived.
Of course, along with the Devouring Dao Beast's revival, there was also the Nine Heavens Great Sage.
Bai Qiulan was not blown away by the violent aura.
The aura deliberately bypassed her, allowing Bai Qiulan to quickly approach.
The massive grey planet slowly stretched out, and ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) a terrifying giant beast grew several times larger; its aura alone seemed capable of filling the entire Fourth Heaven.
But just as it awakened, a fist descended from the sky, arriving in an instant and smashing heavily onto the Devouring Dao Beast's head.
"Dong!"
The Devouring Dao Beast let out a painful roar.
A blurry figure shrouded in chaotic aura easily grabbed the Devouring Dao Beast and immediately delivered a knee strike.
"Bang!"
The Devouring Dao Beast's body was sent flying. It was only because of its thick hide and flesh that this blow from the Nine Heavens Great Sage didn't blast it apart.
"Nine Heavens Great Sage, stop hitting!"
The Devouring Dao Beast roared angrily, but it was actually pleading.
Fists rained down on the Devouring Dao Beast. The Devouring Dao Beast swung its tail in retaliation, but it was grabbed by one hand, and the other hand formed a hand blade and chopped down fiercely.
The tail was directly severed.
A large mass of grey light was spat towards the Nine Heavens Great Sage, who didn't even defend and absorbed it perfectly on the spot.
An even more explosive punch came smashing down.
Even if this was just an insignificant trace of the Nine Heavens Great Sage's Dao left behind in the Fourth Heaven after his demise, it could still pin down and relentlessly pummel a Quasi-Emperor.
There was no logic to it at all.
This is a Great Sage, someone who single-handedly shattered the darkest era, launched a great war against all evil cultivators, Demon Cultivators, and Alien Races, opened the Nine Heavens, and deeply detested the strong bullying the weak!
An ordinary Saint is just a Saint!
Those who can be called a Great Sage either have great achievements or astonishing strength, and the Nine Heavens Great Sage was such a Saint.
The Devouring Dao Beast was beaten until its scalp tingled. In this situation, perhaps in just half an hour, it would be beaten into pieces by the Nine Heavens Great Sage.
Seriously, this terrifying Nine Heavens Great Sage... waiting for his Great Dao's law to dissipate?
It was afraid that even if it lived to the end of its lifespan, this law of the Nine Heavens Great Sage would still be full of life.
It couldn't keep waiting here!
When would this end?
In desperation, it met An Li.
The Darkness Origin is not a good thing; the Devouring Dao Beast, having lived for such a long time, naturally knew this.
But what could it do?
It woke up to find the sky had fallen.
It could only reach an agreement with the Darkness Origin: it would help the Darkness Origin, and the Darkness Origin would help it.
According to the Darkness Origin, when someone carrying the aura of the Darkness Origin arrived, that would be the time for it to awaken.
At that time, the Darkness Origin would lend it a hand.
It also taught it a rather terrifying technique.
While being brutally beaten by the Nine Heavens Great Sage, the Devouring Dao Beast suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed Bai Qiulan in one gulp.
The Nine Heavens Great Sage didn't pay attention to Bai Qiulan; after all, Bai Qiulan's aura was weak and didn't violate the rules he had set.
Lu Ye watched from afar as Bai Qiulan entered the Devouring Dao Beast's body.
His brow furrowed slightly.
"Get ready, if there's a problem, blast it for me!"
Lu Ye said.
"Ding, received!"
"Di, received!"
Both the System and the Heavenly Dao were full of confidence.
The Devouring Dao Beast finally couldn't hold on, quickly shrank, and once again turned into a pitted planet.
The Nine Heavens Great Sage glanced at the Devouring Dao Beast, nodded in satisfaction, and then glanced at Lu Ye.
He nodded again.
However, the first nod was satisfaction with his own results.
The second nod was acknowledging a Fellow Daoist.
Lu Ye still greatly respected the Nine Heavens Great Sage. Honestly, if it weren't for the Nine Heavens Great Sage, Lu Ye might have been killed ten thousand times over.
If it weren't for the Nine Heavens being there, on the first day after his rebirth, the Void Realm Yin Qingcheng would likely have rushed over and taken him away.
The Void Realm is the strongest realm in the Sixth Heaven.
At the time of his rebirth, Yin Qingcheng was in the Void Realm.
Therefore, Lu Ye cupped his hands towards the Nine Heavens Great Sage.
The Nine Heavens Great Sage gradually turned into points of light and disappeared.
Heaven and Earth became quiet again.
Lu Ye looked at the Devouring Dao Beast, which had turned back into a planet, and his brow furrowed slightly.
What did Bai Qiulan intend to do by taking Yue Hongling and rushing into the Devouring Dao Beast's body?
Lu Ye inexplicably felt a sense of crisis. This sense of crisis was baseless, a subconscious crisis generated by someone who frequently fought.
A crisis that could make him feel a crisis...
Back when he had just ascended to the Fourth Heaven, when a group of Heaven and Earth Realm cultivators were waiting by the Ascension Pool, there wasn't such a surging sense of crisis.
Therefore, something wasn't right!
Lu Ye immediately left.
No matter what was wrong, he had to find a way.
Crisis!
A crisis that could make him feel a sense of crisis was definitely not a small crisis.
What to do?
"Keep a close eye on the Devouring Dao Beast. If there's a problem, tell me immediately!"
Lu Ye instructed.
"Ding, roger!"
"Di, roger!"
Lu Ye began to ponder a solution.
Increasing his strength was obviously not feasible; in such a short time, he couldn't increase his strength by much at all.
Then there was only one option: set up a formation!
And it had to be an unprecedentedly powerful grand formation.
What kind of grand formation?
Lu Ye began to think.
His gaze quickly settled upon the stars in this Void.
His eyes brightened.
He had it!
Use the stars as the formation eyes!
Set up the Nine Heavens Star Suppressing Prison Grand Formation!
Of course, with Lu Ye's current strength, he couldn't reach that level.
But even a simplified version would be extremely formidable.
He said it and did it.
Lu Ye's hands supported a star, and he began to move it.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Bai Qiulan, carrying the frozen Yue Hongling, appeared inside the Devouring Dao Beast's body and did not immediately turn into its nourishment.
Dense black mist surged from her body, and An Li, wearing a black dress, emerged from the black mist.
"Bai Jiejie, and frozen Hongling, long time no see." An Li greeted the two with a smile, looking innocent and radiant.
Bai Qiulan's expression was cold.
"There's no need for unnecessary talk. Whatever backup plans or schemes you have, execute them quickly. Lu Ye is definitely preparing now."
"If Lu Ye is fully prepared, none of your methods or backup plans will be of any use!"
An Li, however, smiled and shook her head.
"Bai Jiejie, you're wrong. This time, you should say, no matter what preparations Lu Ye makes, he is destined to fail this time!"
"Because, this time, it's the Devouring Dao Beast making a move against him!"
