From the moment Zhou Tieyi used "Mount Five-Fingers" to suppress the Li Dragon and plug the breach in the river embankment, to his pursuit of the other Rank Three Coiled Dragon, followed by the river being sealed in thick fog and surging waters—all these changes unfolded in mere dozens of heartbeats. It was a dizzying display, with both sides desperate to win the race against time.
A hundred heartbeats were more than enough for the momentous events at Pingjin Ferry to be signaled to every corner of the world. With the Daxia Dynasty currently suppressing the realm, the Rank Three, Rank Two, and even Rank One entities of the various schools of philosophy had already turned their attention to the unfolding drama.
The first to arrive were naturally the reinforcements from the Ning Mansion. Lines of longitude and latitude wove through the void, revealing the figure of Gu Yingtian. He stood in mid-air, not immediately intervening, his gaze sweeping over the scene: the brilliance of the bright moon in the sky, the Mirage Qi dreamscape revealed through the cracks, the Confucianists' righteous energy, the river power gathered by the Divine Path, and even the suppressed Li Dragon.
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