Rumbling filled the sky, echoing back and forth as August Spirit Nethersprite’s two remaining clones fought the three swordsage elders. The shockwaves rose high into the sky, higher than it was even possible to see. Thanks to the intense fighting, they had no attention to spare on what was happening on the ground below.5

As one of the three spiritual souls of the Ghost Emperor, August Spirit Nethersprite was in the first stage of Void Returning, but was actually able to fight with power comparable to the peak of the first stage. Even more amazing than that was that she had an undying ability. Unless all three of the spiritual souls and all seven of the physical souls were all killed, she essentially had endless life force.2

This was one of the reasons the Swordsage Court in Emperor-Receiving Prefecture had gone for many years without making a move on the Three Spirits. They were just that hard to deal with.0

But now the Swordsage Court had come, dead set on coming out victorious. Because of that, the three swordsage elders continued to fight with full force against August Spirit Nethersprite, and weren’t paying attention to anything else.0

Down below, Xu Qing and the Captain lunged...0