A great battle was about to erupt.

The first to make a move was Lin Yu, who had heard that the Snow Maiden’s cultivation level had greatly improved from before. Not only that, but there was a realm around her that slowed one’s movements, exerted great pressure on the body, and made one feel like they had fallen into an ice cavern, extremely cold.

It was precisely because of the effects of this realm that the Snow Maiden could exhibit a trend of being unrivaled under the heavens.

In a realm, as long as one had reached the Celestial Knowing Realm, it could be deployed. The so-called realm was nothing more than a person’s understanding and use of the laws of heaven and earth.

With understanding, one could use one’s own strength to alter the laws within a relatively small area.

While it was called altering, it was actually just an enhancement of the laws one had comprehended, without any change to the laws themselves.

But the Snow Maiden’s realm was different.

The realm she was in represented a kind of change to the essence of things.

A thunderbolt thrown into it would turn to ice, and fire would turn to ice as well.

This Extreme Ice Domain was something even Yuquan couldn’t withstand.

If it wasn’t for a hasty retreat, Yuquan would have been no more.

Seeing that the Snow Maiden opened her realm and transformed her own sent Sword Qi into ice, converting it into the Snow Maiden’s power, Lin Yu knew that conventional sword techniques would not suffice to defeat the Snow Maiden.

One had to combat realm with realm.

However, since stepping into the Enlightened Realm, Lin Yu had never used her realm in battle.

Firstly, it was because her cultivation level had not been raised step by step; moreover, she had overlooked the leap in realms and hadn’t properly experienced the Celestial Knowing Realm. Her understanding of the Heavenly Dao was not deep, Lin Yu had only a deep comprehension of her inner heart’s Dao and the Sword Dao.

Now that the Snow Maiden had revealed her realm, she had no choice but to counter with the same tactic.

Lin Yu immediately held the Gale Sword, concentrated, and held her breath. In a moment, gales began to rise all around her.

In a short time, she had deployed the Wind Domain.

The Wind Domain collided with the Snow Domain, and the Wind Domain instantly shattered, sending powerful aftershocks scattering in all directions. People on the grasslands hastily retreated; they could not withstand the combined force of wind and snow, and even someone of the same realm would feel pain from a direct hit.

Through this contact, Lin Yu realized the Snow Maiden’s extraordinary nature. If it were merely her realm it would be manageable, but other people’s realms would instantly shatter upon contact — how could one fight like that?

The Snow Maiden did not take the opportunity to attack; had she launched an attack right after Lin Yu’s realm collapsed, she could have, if not secured victory, at least forced Lin Yu into an awkward situation for a few rounds.

But the Snow Maiden firmly remembered that she had to lose three matches, so this round was a deliberate loss.

Lin Yu had been at a disadvantage from the start, making the disciples of Shenxiao Sect watching from the Thunder Pond become anxious, especially Wang Wanqiu.

She even wished she could enter the battlefield to help.

In her eyes, her master was invincible. Now that she was facing setbacks, the Snow Maiden truly must be formidable!

However, Lin Yu did not disappoint.

After the green Wind Domain collapsed, within only a few breaths, a purple domain emerged.

"Wind Domain, Thunder Domain, Elder Lin has actually comprehended both major laws at the same time — truly a genius."

The one praising her was, of course, an elder of Shenxiao Sect. With one of their own in the competition, they of course had to boast, and it was also a fact.

The Snow Maiden was still as immovable as a mountain, just waiting for Lin Yu to clash her domain against her own, and when it was about time, she would concede defeat.

However, Lin Yu did not attack this time; after the Thunder Domain formed, half of the purple suddenly shifted to green.

The spectators at the Thunder Pond were immediately shocked, even Dongfang Hongyue, who was watching the battle from the side, was stunned.

It was a dual domain!

Those who could master two kinds of domains were not uncommon. Like her, who seemingly could only play with fire and use only the Fire Domain, but in fact, she had another skill she had never used.

However, merging two domains into one was not something that everyone could achieve.

The entire audience gasped. Fortunately, it was late autumn, nearing winter, so the cold air was ample.

Anyone with a bit of common sense knew how formidable Lin Yu’s move was, yet Snow Maiden did not panic in the least.

"I don’t care how formidable you are, you’re definitely not as formidable as me."

With Divine Power, one can be that confident.

Everyone thought Lin Yu had reached her limit, that possessing dual domains was already frightening enough, but at that moment, Lin Yu closed her eyes, and the Gale Sword rose. The Wind and Thunder Domains dispersed anew, creating a void in the middle. To those with discernment, listening to the sword’s hum, it was clear that this was the Sword Domain.

Just when dual domains were shocking enough, you’re pulling out a third?

How mighty must one’s Divine Soul be, and how profound their understanding of the Heavenly Dao to reach such a level?

At that moment, the spectating crowd’s emotions grew complex.

At this time, in Ziyang City, a group of Taoists just happened to be passing through.

Among them was Yuquan.

The Taiqing Daoist Temple does not meddle in worldly affairs, but when the Grassland People came attacking, the Taiqing Daoist Temple had to intervene.

Despite Yuxuan’s dying words that those in the Enlightened Realm and Celestial Knowing Realm should not participate in wars, after Yuxuan’s death, there weren’t many who adhered to this rule.

Even the Taiqing Daoist Temple itself did not abide by it, let alone others.

However, there was still a saying in the Taiqing Daoist Temple: they would not deploy the Enlightened Realm and Celestial Knowing Realm in internal strife among their own people, but it was deemed acceptable to do so against outsiders, right?

After all, they had dispatched Snow Maiden and the Eighteen Warriors.

When it came to the total number of masters, the Central Plains overwhelmed the Grassland.

The reason they were losing so much was all because of Snow Maiden.

Just like how the presence of Yuxuan in the Taiqing Daoist Temple meant that, regardless of the many strong warriors in the Temple, even if there were none, Yuxuan alone could suppress the whole world.

The highest-tier combat power is indeed what decides the outcome of wars.

Yuquan, having been defeated by Snow Maiden, knew he could not beat her. In fact, it was possible that no one in the Central Plains could be her opponent.

However, at that very moment, as he gazed into the distance at the soaring Sword Qi and the surrounding Wind and Thunder, he suddenly realized something.

This was the hope of the Central Plains, and the person Yuxuan had hoped he would teach swordsmanship to.

"Young Daoist Nun Zhenli, come with me."

Yuquan flew up on his sword, beckoning Young Daoist Nun Zhenli, and with a swoosh, he was gone.

He did not pull Zhenli along, so she had to fly up on her sword by herself, her speed slower by more than tenfold.

Yuquan quickly arrived at the battlefield, while Zhenli was still trailing behind in flight!

At this moment, Snow Maiden’s gaze intensified as she observed Lin Yu’s three domains.

She felt a formidable power awakening, very similar to her own.

It was as if she and Lin Yu were sisters, their powers different but stemming from the same source.

For a time, she felt an inexplicable closeness to Lin Yu.

The feeling was right, but the fight still had to take place.

After the three domains formed, Lin Yu had yet to make a move, and everyone started to feel a sense of horror.

Good heavens, you’re not trying to merge four domains, are you?

Everyone watched Lin Yu, curious about what she intended to do yet also anticipating her accomplishing this unprecedented feat.

And just then, Lin Yu let out a roar, her voice tiger-like, deafening to all ears.

Everyone covered their ears, stunned by the roar, but what shocked them the most was the sight of a giant tiger standing atop the three great domains...