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Although Shi Tie didn't understand the reasoning, he trusted Su Xiao unconditionally. Upon hearing this, he didn't hesitate and shouted, "Okay!"

His blood and qi surged, and the "Flowing Cloud Dao Body" was activated. A peculiar vibrational force gathered at the tip of the heavy iron staff. He seized a subtle gap in the flow of spiritual light in the direction Su Xiao pointed and struck out with the staff!

The staff's movements, though seemingly slow, carried a unique vibrating frequency, precisely piercing the center of that vortex of spiritual light!

"Buzz...!"

The moment the tip of the stick touched the light screen, the entire screen trembled violently! The flow of spiritual light at that node suddenly stopped, and a slight disturbance appeared! The colorful spiritual light flowing on the screen seemed to ripple in the water after a pebble was thrown in!

"It works!" someone exclaimed in surprise!

"Five zhang due west, the vortex eye of the Kan position! Wang Hu, Flowing Cloud Sword Point, strike the moment its spiritual light fades!" Su Xiao spoke extremely fast, without stopping.

Wang Hu's spirits soared. He pointed his fingers like a sword, gathering the meager Flowing Cloud True Qi within his body at his fingertips. He aimed at another key point and struck out with his finger! As his fingertip touched the spot, the light screen vibrated again, and ripples spread outwards!

"Seven zhang to the northeast, the Gen position!"

"One zhang to the southwest, the Kun position!"

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Based on Shen Mo's telepathic guidance and combined with his own perception of the rhythm of the formation, Su Xiao pointed out the locations and timing of five key nodes in succession!

Shi Tie and Wang Hu cooperated fully, their fingers and staffs moving in perfect unison. Every attack struck precisely at the critical juncture of the formation's operation, with power, timing, and direction all executed flawlessly!

After five attacks, the light screen of the "Myriad Streams Returning to Clouds Formation" was in turmoil. The originally perfectly circulating spiritual light had become chaotic and emitted a buzzing wail! At the center of the light screen, ripples gathered and faintly formed a distorted and unstable vortex!

"Now! The last spot, right above the center, the core of the Qian position! Senior Brother Shi, go all out, 'Flowing Clouds Return to Origin'!" Su Xiao shouted, her voice trembling slightly. This was the most crucial step!

Shi Tiefu was inspired and pushed the meaning of "Flowing Cloud Dao Body" to its limit. The heavy iron rod drew a mysterious arc, as if drawing the blood and spiritual energy in his body, turning it into a blurry flowing cloud energy. It was not a hard smash, but like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, it was gently but firmly "sent" into the center of the vortex!

"Boom—!"

A muffled but not explosive thud! The vortex in the center of the light screen suddenly collapsed inward, and countless flowing spiritual lights converged towards the center like birds returning to their nests, forcefully tearing open a twisted and uncertain light gate in the light screen, just wide enough for one person to pass through!

Inside the crevice, the scene of the Flowing Cloud Palace was clearly visible, with extremely pure spiritual energy surging out like a tide!

The passage is open!

"Go!" Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xiao shouted and dashed into the portal like lightning! Shi Tie and Wang Hu followed closely behind, the three of them disappearing into it in an instant!

All of this sounds like a long story, but in reality, from the moment Su Xiao spoke to the moment the three entered, only ten breaths had passed! It was so fast that no one had time to react!

It wasn't until the light gate began to fluctuate violently, showing signs of instability and about to close, that the people outside suddenly awoke from their daze!

"The passage is open! Charge!"

"The Qingyun Sect has entered!"

"Don't let them monopolize this opportunity!"

Greed instantly overwhelmed shock and fear! The eyes of the Heavenly Sword Sect's chief, the Xuan Yin Sect's young master, the scarred giant from Black Wind Stronghold, and others turned red, roaring as they transformed into streaks of light and frantically rushed towards the shrinking gate of light!

"Get out of my way! Let me go first!"

"Those who block my way shall die!"

The scene instantly spiraled out of control! The few at the forefront, vying for the sole entrance, even turned on each other with their weapons! Sword light, ghostly energy, and blade aura clashed instantly!

However, how mysterious was that "Myriad Streams Returning to Clouds Formation"? Su Xiao and his two companions opened the door by using the same Daoist rhythm and precisely clicking on the nodes, while the others attacked it with brute force, which was completely different in nature!

Just as the first few cultivators were about to touch the portal—

"Buzz!!!"

The light screen trembled violently, and the gathered spiritual light erupted! A repulsive force ten times stronger than before swept outwards like a tsunami!

"Pfft!" "Ah!" "No—!"

Screams rang out one after another! The seven or eight cultivators at the forefront, including two elite disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, a leader of the Black Wind Stronghold, and several rogue cultivators, were struck as if by a giant hammer. Their protective spiritual light shattered instantly, and they were sent flying backward with broken bones and spitting out blood. They crashed heavily onto the jade ground in the distance, their fate unknown!

The distorted light gate, after unleashing this power, also seemed to have exhausted its energy, suddenly contracting and instantly closing up as before! The spiritual light flowing on the light screen returned to normal, as if nothing had happened, but the overwhelming pressure seemed to have intensified even more!

Deathly silence descended once more!

Everyone who rushed toward the light gate was forced back by the terrifying force of the backlash, and they stopped in a sorry state, staring at the light screen that had returned to its original state and was as solid as a rock, their faces filled with despair, anger and disbelief!

They failed again! And even more miserably than before! The Qingyun Sect actually got in! Right under their noses, they opened a passage and entered the Liuyun Palace! And they could only watch helplessly, mercilessly blocked outside!

"Qingyun Sect!!!" The chief disciple of Tianjian Sect roared in fury, his eyes bloodshot with rage, and slammed his fist into the ground, shattering the jade stone! His Tianjian Sect had gone to great lengths and suffered heavy losses, only to have it all benefit someone else! This was an utter disgrace!

The young master of the Xuan Yin Sect wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes as venomous as a snake's, staring intently at the light screen, seemingly plotting something. The female cultivator from Hundred Flowers Valley sighed softly, her beautiful eyes gleaming with a strange light, lost in thought. The scarred giant from Black Wind Stronghold was furious, yet utterly helpless.

The greatest opportunity within the Flowing Cloud Palace has likely already fallen into the hands of the Azure Cloud Sect! And they can't even get through the door!

This dramatic fall from grace drove everyone to near madness! Despair, jealousy, and hatred permeated and festered outside the light barrier. It was foreseeable that once the Qingyun Sect members emerged from the hall, they would face a bloody siege!

At this moment, Su Xiao, Shi Tie, and Wang Hu, who were the first to enter Liuyun Palace, had no time to rejoice or even to take in the situation inside the palace.

Passing through the gap opened by the "Myriad Streams Returning to Clouds Formation," it felt as if one had stepped into another world. All the noise, fighting, and greedy gazes from the outside world were instantly and completely shut out.

An indescribable, vast pressure, mixed with extremely pure spiritual energy, engulfed Su Xiao, Shi Tie, and Wang Hu like a warm tide.

After a brief period of dizziness and weightlessness, the three of them regained their footing and looked around eagerly.

The sight before them made them hold their breath and were deeply shocked.

This is not the magnificent, treasure-filled palace of a celestial being that one might imagine, but rather an incredibly spacious, lofty, and tranquil space.

There was no dome overhead, only a deep and boundless "sky" that seemed to be made of pure spiritual light. Soft light shone down, and although the sun and moon were not visible, it was as bright as day.

Beneath your feet lies a smooth, mirror-like, warm and translucent white jade floor, reflecting the flowing light above, as if you were walking on clouds.