What on earth is this woman's background

Before his sinister laugh had even faded, the Void Immortal shot forward like a ghost.

His claw-like, emaciated hand, wrapped in a cold immortal radiance, reached straight for Ling Xi’s crown.

In his eyes, a mere Quasi-Emperor from the lower realm—no matter how condensed her aura—could never be his match.

With a single move, he could capture her alive and humiliate her at will.

“Careful! Do not meet him head-on!”

The White-Haired Great Emperor roared. Even at the height of his power, he would have had to face such an attack with utmost caution.

In Ling Xi’s eyes, blood-red light and icy flames fused in an instant. Faced with this killing blow, she neither dodged nor retreated!

The Heaven-Devouring Dao Art within her began to circulate with unprecedented ferocity, while her dormant Great Emperor Dao Foundation rumbled awake at that very moment.

She seemed to transform into an unfathomable Guixu, a bottomless abyss. The space around her subtly twisted and collapsed beneath that ultimate devouring intent!

“Heaven-Devouring—Manifest!”

The clear cry was not shouted aloud. Rather, it reverberated directly from the very source of the Dao!

The void above her head soundlessly shattered. A dark, archaic clay jar descended with a thunderous force—the Heaven-Devouring Jar, an Extreme-Path Imperial Weapon!

Dao patterns flickered across its body, while its mouth was as profound as facing the end of the entire cosmos.

The instant the jar appeared, Ling Xi’s jade hand formed a seal and thrust forward, pouring her vast magical power and divine sense into the imperial weapon—

along with her terrifying comprehension of the essence of the Devouring Dao, comprehension that had originated from Gu Changge’s guidance.

“Devour!”

Her cherry lips parted as she softly uttered a single word of truth.

Dark radiance swirled within the mouth of the Heaven-Devouring Jar. It locked onto the incoming immortal light and unleashed a targeted devouring force!

“Sizzle—!”

The moment the cold immortal light collided with the dark curtain of radiance, it did not explode. Instead, it produced a soul-numbing sound of corrosion, as though snow had met a red-hot brand!

The Void Immortal’s attack, which he had believed would guarantee victory, was being rapidly dismantled and devoured at a speed beyond his comprehension!

What was more, an even darker and more overbearing devouring intent surged upstream, striking back at the divine sense he had attached to the immortal technique!

“Ugh!”

Caught off guard, the Void Immortal groaned. His soul felt as though it had been bitten by a venomous snake, sending needle-like pain through him, and his attack instantly fell into disarray.

“Impossible! How could a mere Quasi-Emperor possess such terrifying power?!”

The Void Immortal’s face went deathly pale, disbelief filling his eyes. He frantically circulated his immortal essence, attempting to stabilize the immortal energy within his body.

Yet a portion of it was still absorbed by the Heaven-Devouring Jar, transformed into pure energy, and slowly poured into Ling Xi’s body, nourishing her Dao Foundation.

At the instant when the Void Immortal’s old strength had been exhausted and his mind was shaken with terror—

Ling Xi moved!

This was the moment she had been waiting for!

“Burial of the Immortal!”

Ling Xi poured her entire essence, energy, and spirit into this single finger, along with the boundless grief and fury born from the ruin of her homeland!

A gray, hazy finger force erupted from her fingertip, as though capable of ending all things and returning everything to nothingness!

Wherever the radiance of her finger passed, black cracks lingered in space, refusing to heal for a long time. Even the wails and despair remaining between heaven and earth seemed to be severed along with it!

This was a killing strike that Gu Changge had devised for her after comprehending the essence of her Heaven-Devouring Dao!

Pfft!

The finger radiance struck with pinpoint precision through the gap in the Void Immortal’s protective immortal light—a gap exposed by the backlash against his divine sense—and viciously cleaved into his chest!

In an instant, the Void Immortal’s immortal armor shattered, and immortal blood sprayed wildly!

A massive wound, nearly cleaving him from shoulder to back, appeared across his body!

A force of devouring spread continuously from the wound, frantically devouring his vitality and immortal essence!

“Ah——!!”

The Void Immortal let out an unbearably shrill scream. His body was sent flying like a torn sack before crashing heavily into the ruins, his aura instantly weakening by more than half!

In a single exchange!

With a Supreme Imperial Weapon, she had staked everything on one finger strike!

And grievously wounded a Void Immortal!

The entire battlefield fell deathly silent.

Everyone was shaken to the point of losing their souls by this earth-shattering sight.

The White-Haired Great Emperor stared in stunned disbelief. Feeling the incomparably familiar aura and pressure of the Heaven-Devouring Dao, a name nearly burst from his throat:

“Could it be… her?”

The playful expressions on the other three Void Immortals vanished completely, replaced by boundless shock, anger, and solemnity.

“One finger strike defeated a Void Immortal? Just what is this woman’s background?!”

“Kill her! Attack together!”

One of them was the first to recover. With a furious shout, he abandoned his assault on the Canglan Ancestor and, together with another Void Immortal, transformed into two beams of destructive immortal light that shot straight toward Ling Xi!

They had noticed that Ling Xi’s aura was fluctuating violently. Clearly, she had expended an enormous amount of energy, making this the perfect opportunity to eliminate her!

Ling Xi’s face was pale, and a thread of blood trickled from the corner of her lips.

Forcing the Heaven-Devouring Jar into action and unleashing the Immortal-Burying Finger had placed an enormous burden on her.

Yet her gaze remained cold and resolute. The Heaven-Devouring Jar hovered above her head, casting down wisps of dark light to protect her, while her left hand once again condensed a finger ray, though it was several shades dimmer than before.

Confronted by two Void Immortals charging at her with all their might, she showed no fear. Instead, she took the initiative and met them head-on!

For a time, immortal light exploded in all directions, finger rays crisscrossed the battlefield, and devouring power collided violently with the laws of the Void Immortals!

Relying on the Heaven-Devouring Jar’s formidable defense and devouring properties, Ling Xi circulated the Heaven-Devouring Dao Art to its utmost limits.

Her figure darted and flickered between the two beams of immortal light. Every collision sent violent tremors through her body and churned her blood and qi.

Yet she always managed to evade the fatal attacks at the smallest possible cost, while launching counterattacks from time to time. Against all odds, she barely managed to hold the two Void Immortals at bay!

However, this was already her limit.

She was like a storm-tossed swallow, seemingly agile, yet liable to be smashed to pieces by the next wave at any moment.

Her mana was being consumed at a frantic rate, while the strain of activating an imperial weapon sent tearing pain through her soul.

On the other side, the White-Haired Great Emperor and the three Quasi-Emperors had gained only a brief moment of respite from the reduced pressure. They remained firmly suppressed by the one remaining Void Immortal.

Across the entire battlefield, Ling Xi’s desperate outburst had briefly—and extremely precariously—maintained the balance on the verge of collapse.

Everyone understood that this temporary suppression merely delayed Canglan’s destruction. The true crisis had yet to be resolved.

They had no time to ponder why Ling Xi’s combat strength was so terrifying. All they could do was exhaust the last trace of their strength and continue fighting to the death.

Outside the Canglan Realm, Ling Xi’s sudden arrival immediately drew the attention of several immortals who were in the midst of setting up a formation.

They froze for a moment, then turned to look at Gu Changge and the others approaching them.

A solemn figure suddenly stepped out from among the seven immortals and blocked Gu Changge’s group.

A man in a gray immortal robe stepped forward, his face grim and sinister. A dense, formidable aura of a mid-stage Earth Immortal radiated from him.

His presence was as deep and still as an abyss, far surpassing that of the other six True Immortals. Clearly, he was the leader of these seven immortals.

His gaze fell first upon Black Dragon Little White. His pupils contracted slightly, and a distinct trace of wariness flashed through his eyes.

Although Little White had restrained the aura of his peak Heavenly Immortal cultivation out of concern for the Canglan Realm’s world barrier—

Earth Immortals possessed an innate sensitivity to the foundations of the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Even with his aura suppressed, the hidden Heavenly Immortal pressure within Little White’s body still made this Earth Immortal commander’s heart tighten.

His gaze slowly swept across the group before finally settling on Gu Changge, who stood at their head.

Could these people also be here to fight over this juicy piece of lower realm territory?

They had come with ill intent!