Gu Jing had no choice but to personally intervene.

Because Kong Yang's strength was far greater than what he and Qiu Siruo had imagined.

In truth, these cultivators of the Immortal Ascension Realm did not have a very clear understanding of the true gap in strength between each other.

After all, they were not from the same era.

Therefore, when they estimated each other's strength, the only reference they could rely on were the descriptions and records of one another found in historical documents.

Gu Jing had always believed that among the four Immortal Ascension Realm True Persons—Sun-Eroding, Shuangyu, Xuzhou, and Caiyun—the strongest should be Realman Shuangyu, Yin Xia.

Realman Yin Xia had taken over the mess left behind by Realman Bai Shang, and the few recorded instances of her taking action in history were all swift and decisive.

Next was True Person Xuzhou, Lou Huan.

This steward of Lingxiao Temple in the Immortal Ascension Realm was even more renowned for his toughness. Although his battle records were not as dazzling as Realman Shuangyu's, he had never failed either.

As for Kong Yang, he was indeed the most underestimated among these four.

Having been injured back then by that Half-step Immortal Ascension Black Flood Dragon, even with the factor of Karmic Backlash, this would inevitably become Kong Yang's disgrace.

Consequently, evaluations of him would certainly not be very high.

As for Realman Sun-Eroding, among the Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators hailing from Mirage Palace, without exception, none were truly skilled in utilizing the power of causality laws or killing techniques.

Illusion arts were the foundation of Mirage Palace.

But now, on Heavenly Summit Mountain, Kong Yang's performance just now had far exceeded Gu Jing and Qiu Siruo's expectations. Especially the peculiar mental cultivation method Kong Yang used, which seemed to be able to significantly limit the erosion of his Dao Basis when the laws of heaven and earth collapsed.

The self-rotation of the Abyssal Tower slowly stopped. This was because Gu Jing had just used his Dao Rhyme to directly sever the karmic connection between the Abyssal Tower and Kong Yang.

This caused the Abyssal Tower to temporarily become an ownerless object.

Qiu Siruo held the sword in her hand upright before her chest, then slightly turned her wrist, pointing the blade forward.

A clear chime sounded. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Immediately after, amidst the shattered cracks of the collapsing sky, thousands upon thousands of glazed, crystalline sword energies appeared, then collectively slashed towards Kong Yang's direction.

The sky was torn apart by these countless crystalline sword energies. The dark rift beside Kong Yang began to expand further, eventually enveloping Kong Yang's entire person.

Three rainbows of different colors flashed from within it.

They were fiery red, light blue, and golden yellow respectively.

The fiery red rainbow and the golden yellow rainbow shot towards Qiu Siruo and Gu Jing's directions. The light blue rainbow flew straight towards Heavenly Summit Mountain, completely swallowing Chen Yan, who had originally been sitting on the ground.

And after the light blue rainbow light vanished, Chen Yan, who should have been on Heavenly Summit Mountain, also completely disappeared without a trace.

Qiu Siruo glanced indifferently towards the ground.

It didn't matter.

The most important thing now was to capture all these ungrateful individuals before her and gather the Heavenly Summit Mirror.

As for where the causality vessel was, it wasn't important.

Chen Yan's meridians and Martial Spring had already been sealed in the past by her own Dao Rhyme. This meant that without her permission, unless the person targeting him was also at the Immortal Ascension Realm or above, he could not die.

As long as he didn't die, he could bear causality.

If he could bear causality, then everything that had happened over the past sixty thousand plus years could be overturned.

Qiu Siruo rotated the blade in her hand once more. The fiery red rainbow attacked her, but was merely blocked by her sword.

The face of a middle-aged man wearing golden-red daoist robes appeared before Qiu Siruo.

True Person Xuzhou, Lou Huan.

On the other side.

Gu Jing condensed Immortal Qi, weaving a light green net before him to block the golden yellow rainbow attacking him.

Immediately after, two dark rifts were torn open in the sky, both flickering with a chilling, formidable power.

Gu Jing's expression darkened. He could sense the dangerous aura emanating from the dark rifts.

However, very quickly, Gu Jing discovered something peculiar.

Because the laws of heaven and earth before him did not collapse further, this meant...

In less than one ten-thousandth of an instant, a dark rift rapidly tore open in the sky above Gu Jing's head.

Gu Jing reacted with remarkable speed. Countless green vines, transformed from emerald-green Immortal Qi, began to sprout around his body, intertwining into layer upon layer of barriers. Simultaneously, his hands formed seals, and an extremely terrifying force passed through the network woven by those green vines—

The Dao of Withering and Flourishing!

This was Gu Jing's innate Divine Ability. After his ascension to immortality, it had further matured and been tempered. Relying on this ability, Gu Jing could even directly withstand the pressure of the laws of heaven and earth.

The vines transformed from that emerald-green Immortal Qi rapidly withered, causing that already terrifying force to become even more sharp and fierce, directly targeting that golden yellow rainbow.

The Abyssal Tower, which had been suspended motionless in mid-air, began to rotate again, blocking this extremely terrifying force.

*Boom!*

A violent impact sound reverberated above Heavenly Summit Mountain.

The figure of an elderly man from Mirage Palace, dressed in deep cyan daoist robes, appeared behind the Abyssal Tower.

His robe sleeves moved without wind, and the aura around him was as deep and profound as the sea.

It was Realman Sun-Eroding.

Why?

If it were only Kong Yang, that would be one thing.

But Gu Jing truly could not understand why these Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators from the Five Great Sects would so recklessly break through the restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth to fight against him and Jingchen.

Even Realman Sun-Eroding, who had abandoned Mirage Palace and fled back then, had now actually returned to Heavenly Summit Mountain to engage in a direct confrontation with him.

Gu Jing was perplexed.

Could it be, because of that one...

But what exactly was that one's goal?

In the next instant, two strands of pure white Dao Rhyme passed from behind Realman Sun-Eroding, heading straight for Gu Jing's direction.

Realman Sun-Eroding tilted his head slightly, glancing sideways at Kong Yang, who had just unleashed the two strands of pure white Dao Rhyme. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

He had never imagined that there would be a day when he would fight side by side with Kong Yang.

However, facing the two Ascendants from Heavenly Summit Mountain, there was indeed no other choice but to do this.

Seeing the two strands of pure white Dao Rhyme rushing towards him, Realman Lingxuan raised his left hand.

Immediately, the skin on his left palm began to tear. But what was revealed after the tear was not flesh and blood. Instead, a dark rift, similar to those appearing in the sky, was exposed, directly swallowing those two strands of pure white Dao Rhyme.

"You..."

Seeing this, Realman Sun-Eroding's eyes narrowed.

And Kong Yang, standing a hundred *zhang* behind him, also clearly did not expect Realman Lingxuan to do such a thing.

Gu Jing had directly torn open the fundamental source of his own Dao Basis.

This act of self-destruction undoubtedly represented Realman Lingxuan's resolve. He was willing to pay the price of mutual destruction to slay all three Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators—Caiyun, Sun-Eroding, and Xuzhou—on Heavenly Summit Mountain this very day!