Xiong Shan's incantation continued as he grabbed onto the hilt of the golden longsword with both hands, then slowly plunged it into the hole on the white jade altar.0

A grating sound rang out, and as soon as the sword was plunged into the altar, the entire sword offering platform instantly shuddered violently, following which a dazzling pillar of white light rose up from its surface and erupted straight into the heavens.0

At the same time, the Immortal Origin Stones embedded into the black stone pillars in all of the 10 areas began to glow brightly while releasing bursts of abundant spiritual power, which flowed into the patterns on the stone pillars like water.0

The 10 black stone pillars shuddered in unison before releasing pillars of dazzling black light that shot high up into the sky.0

The shreds of clouds in the sky were scattered even further by these pillars of light, and a gray light barrier that was visible even to the naked eye appeared up above, encompassing the entire sword tomb like an upside-down bowl.0

A hint of excitement appeared in Xiong Shan's eyes upon seeing this, and his quiet chanting suddenly grew significantly louder, ringing out like thunderclaps in the heavens.0

All of a sudden, golden light...0