“You are indeed very strong, you can actually tear open the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice and come to kill me.”
Amidst the sea-like dense Evil Qi, Chu Xian’s eyes were solemn as he emerged from the deep pit, blood dripping from between his fingers.
He had used the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice to discern the Heavenly Dao, deducing this situation countless times.
In one instance, Chen Luo entered the altar and was banished by the Heavenly Dao; in another, the Palace Master of Tianshu Academy entered it and died without taking a single step.
In a hundred attempts, it had never happened that someone forcibly tore open the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, snatched a soul from Heaven, and came to kill him.
What did this indicate?
It indicated that even the Heavenly Dao thought this was impossible!
But at this very moment, someone had forcibly killed their way to him.
Chu Xian looked at Ji You, whose Aura was surging, and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes: “I’ve always heard about your deeds—slaughtering Immortal Villas and stopping Spirit Stone shipments.
So I don’t understand, why do you insist on serving the Immortal Sects?”
Ji You looked at him with cold eyes: “Ever since I entered Tianshu Academy, people have always said that I shouldn’t walk alone. With such a catastrophe approaching, I must choose a side. If not them, then are we to rely on people like you who slaughter all living beings?”
“Slaughter all living beings?”
“The large and small Immortal Villas in Feng Province, and those things that are neither human nor ghost under your experiments, and also, those infants you use as containers.”
Chu Xian couldn’t help but squint: “You even know about the infants?”
Ji You tightened his grip on his sword hilt: “Haven’t you heard, ‘If you want no one to know, don’t do it’?”
“So you’re here to avenge them? Then if I say that we are also seeking revenge, just like you, what would you think?”
“?”
“We received intelligence that you visited my Chu City and investigated for a long time. You probably also know that my Chu Family has been enemies with Xuan Yuan for generations. The version circulated in Qingyun is that my Old Ancestor was disemboweled and dismembered after death, but in reality, he was vivisected, and every generation has been.”
“The Seven Aperture Exquisite Body is Innate and close to the Dao, but unfortunately, it does not control a Sacred Artifact. This is our inherent original sin. The Seven Great Immortal Sects all want to understand what secrets our bodies hold, to the extent that countless of my relatives are still soaking in jars.”
“By my generation, they changed their minds, thinking that if research didn’t work, then reproduction would.”
“My aunt, my sister, were all taken away by Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion as breeding machines, giving birth to countless bastards, hoping to usurp my Chu Family Bloodline through this. What’s laughable is that they never got what they wanted.”
“And it’s not just my Chu Family; the Li Family, the Zhuang Family, all suffered massacres for various reasons. So we are also seeking revenge—
Before he finished speaking, Chu Xian’s pupils suddenly contracted, and then his hands instantly turned crimson.
A magnificent Sword Qi slashed towards him. Ji You took advantage of his increasing distraction, and Xiao Chong Shan viciously chopped down.
“Don’t joke around. For Family or whatever, if I didn’t know you absorb your relatives to achieve the Dao, I might actually sympathize with you.”
“That was out of necessity…”
With a clang, the Dao Sword was parried. Black and red Qi erupted from Chu Xian’s body, accompanied by wind, fire, and thunder storms encircling him.
At the same time, an iron saber glowing with a faint blue flame appeared in his hand, and the surging Aura instantly became sharp.
“That year, we luckily obtained an Immortal opportunity, thinking we could finally get revenge. Who knew that everyone who consumed the fruit turned into black ash upon leaving, only then realizing that Immortal opportunities are not so easily obtained.”
“After that, we lay dormant for several years, analyzing countless possibilities, and finally discovered that by using pure infants, the Immortal opportunity within them could be absorbed and brought out. Those nascent powers were difficult for even the Heavenly Dao to touch.”
“So we refined them into Infant Pills and arranged for people to consume them, but we didn’t expect that once the pill-taker ascended a Realm, the Calamity of Annihilation would still appear.”
“After much deliberation, we reduced the dosage, dividing one Infant Pill into countless portions and giving them to chosen individuals to consume, controlling the dosage before Ascension. We called them ‘seeds,’ using their Spirit Origin to purify this Immortal opportunity.”
“And there was another substance in the separated Immortal opportunity that could cause people to mutate into monsters. We called them ‘absorbers’.”
“After the seeds purified the Spirit Origin, we would arrange for the absorbers to absorb the Immortal opportunity they transformed, eventually forming chaotic flesh and blood, and we, the reapers, would harvest the final fruit by absorbing their Qi and blood.”
“However, if non-direct relatives absorbed it, they would develop symptoms of septicemia, rotting away and dying. So, absorbing relatives was out of necessity, and their sacrifice was for the glory of the Family—
In an instant, a powerful black light crashed down from his hand, and a strong Killing Intent fiercely cleaved down, shattering the Sword Qi.
Chu Xian suddenly swung his saber, and at the same time, another beam of black light violently slashed down.
The sharp Aura collided fiercely with Ji You’s Sword Qi, and the explosive sound caused the surrounding area to surge with wind and clouds.
This former Xuan Yuan Saint had completely shed his previous struggling posture, and as his entire body’s Aura erupted, he finally revealed his formidable combat power.
Seeing this scene, Zuoqiuyang and the others on the city wall showed solemn expressions.
Chu Xian had never been weak; his talent had always been recognized as powerful. Of course, Ji You was also a rare talent in a thousand years, not weak at all, even stronger.
But the problem was the Evil Qi.
Chu Xian was not too heavily suppressed in the Evil Qi, but Ji You, who was deep within it, was severely suppressed and would be continuously depleted without replenishment.
In other words, even if he forcibly seized a Divine Soul and entered it, his chances were still incredibly slim.
Sure enough, as the black light surged down, Ji You’s Sword Qi began to weaken continuously, even faster than expected.
In a few exchanges in an instant, Chu Xian, holding a large seal technique condensed from black light, smashed down.
The Dao Sword in Ji You’s hand exploded with a series of sharp sounds, and before he could catch his breath, the previously unmoving azure iron saber fiercely slashed down.
Amidst the furious saber light, Ji You was sent flying with a “boom,” his rigid body crushing countless floor tiles,
plowing a deep trench overflowing with Sword Qi.
In an instant, the constantly trembling, sky-high black light suddenly stabilized—
“Boom!!!!”
A black lightning bolt fiercely slashed down, instantly twisting and wrinkling the Void Realm.
Chu Yu shattered the Free Peak, lightly tapping his fingertip, and charged towards the Tianshu Academy Dean with black light.
He had just felt the tremor of the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, and cautiously acted immediately. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it stabilize.
Indeed, a hundred deductions, never a failure.
Even if a fly used some secret art to enter, it would never change the predetermined outcome.
With a puff, the loosely robed Dean waved his sleeve, raising a swath of heavenly light that crushed the swaying lightning strike, and emotionlessly retreated ten miles away.
“The Dean’s subordinates are indeed full of capable people, even able to break into the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice.”
The Dean looked at him expressionlessly: “Have you ever seen such a variable in your hundred Heavenly Dao deductions?”
Chu Yu sneered: “Just a minor interlude. I, however, think you should worry about Lingjian Mountain. Do you think a Master Jian of the Boundless Realm without a Sacred Artifact can sustain themselves as long as the Dean?”
The Tianshu Academy Dean’s eyes suddenly narrowed, then his right palm rose to the sky, and a golden wheel like a crimson sun pressed down fiercely.
Before the battle, the three Palace Masters and the Elders, who had been sent to the Ascension White Jade Platform by the Dean’s wave, looked solemn, continuously expending Spirit Qi to resist the pressure of the two Linxian Realm experts.
They had already seen through Zuoqiuyang’s Divine Soul connection that Ji You had snatched a Divine Soul from the Heavenly Dao and broken into the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, and were immensely shocked.
But they also knew that with the Evil Qi present, Ji You had no chance of winning.
And now, the most crucial thing was Lingjian Mountain.
If a Sacred Artifact were to be seized, the situation would rapidly deteriorate.
Amidst the deafening explosions, Lingjian Mountain was already engulfed in raging flames of war.
The Zhuang Family Old Ancestor, holding an iron staff, smashed it down fiercely from high in the sky, with an Aura like the creation of the world, crashing towards Xuanjian Peak.
The world-destroying Aura directly collapsed half of the Void Realm, but it was fiercely held back by the two Old Ancestors of Xuanjian Peak and Qi Zhengyang.
At this moment, Yan Shuyi stood proudly in the Void Realm, a cluster of Sword Qi like a bright moon rising behind her, crashing down fiercely.
A single sword strike from the Boundless Realm would not cause much damage to a Linxian Realm expert, but this round of bright moon Sword Qi actually forced the Zhuang Family Old Ancestor back a step, even under the formidable power of those six Upper Five Realms Perfection experts.
“She actually cultivated her Life Spirit Sword Art to such a degree.”
Amidst the roaring mountain winds, Yan Zhong, accompanied by two Clan Elders, stood suspended high in the sky, a hint of realization flashing in his eyes.
Lingjian Mountain’s most secretive technique was cultivating the sword with one’s life, connecting life and sword.
This sword art was divided into seven stages, unrelated to the Dao cultivation Realm, purely a cultivation of the sword.
Although there were seven stages, very few could actually cultivate to the final Swordless Realm.
Yan Zhong, as the Sect Master, although not in control of a Sacred Artifact, possessed profound mystical arts that reached the heavens. She had already reached the fifth stage, 'Slaying Delusion,' but she never expected her niece to have reached the sixth stage.
She herself had a Dao Realm to cultivate, and also had to constantly align with Spirit Qi, yet she still found time to continuously hone her Life Spirit Sword.
Boom!!!
With an explosion, the three Upper Five Realms Old Ancestors of Xuanjian Peak were finally defeated and were directly sent flying by the iron staff.
The Young Master Jian also suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, then a hint of chill appeared in her eyes, and she rapidly retreated.
Yan Zhong now looked back at the two Old Ancestors behind him: “Yan Shuyi will surely die today. Please, Old Ancestors, follow me and lead the Tianjian Peak Disciples to leave!”
The Lingjian Mountain Old Ancestor narrowed his eyes: “Are we just going to hand over the Sacred Artifact like this?!”
“My Yan Family Bloodline has been bound to the Sacred Artifact for a thousand years, and there is already a connection within our Bloodline. Otherwise, when the spirit mirror lost its Master, it wouldn’t have chosen again from my Yan Family Bloodline. As long as the green hills remain, there will always be a way back.”
“When has my Lingjian Mountain ever been assaulted at its doorstep?”
“Old Ancestor!”
The two Old Ancestors gritted their teeth and suddenly turned, preparing to leave with Yan Zhong, but before they could take a step, a black staff suddenly pressed down.
The three looked back in horror, their entire body’s Aura erupting as they fiercely blocked the iron staff that had crushed the Void Realm.
Just as the black staff was about to crush the three of them, the rising bright moon Sword Qi suddenly slashed down, while the two Old Ancestors of Xuanjian Peak and Qi Zhengyang once again pressed down fiercely with their supreme sword Dao.
Yan Zhong’s arm directly shattered, and she saw Yan Shuyi turn her head, her eyes cold.
When the Zhuang Family Old Ancestor cleaved open Xuanjian Peak, their Tianjian Peak did not immediately offer assistance. In his opinion, this niece must surely be filled with Killing Intent.
“Get lost.”
“??”
Yan Shuyi looked in the direction where the black light surged: "You've seen it too, he won't let you go, so after he kills me, he will definitely choose to exterminate the Sect to avoid future troubles.
You take the people to the ruins and bring the remaining Disciples, then escape."
Yan Zhong looked at her: "Master Jian is indeed a person of great righteousness; we will avenge you."
"No need, someone will avenge me."
"Why don't you sever your connection with the Sacred Artifact and escape yourself?"
"Why do I need to explain how this Master Jian does things?"
Yan Shuyi suddenly stood up, and a ripple of spiritual light surged from beneath her feet, her figure instantly arriving at the water valley between the three peaks.
Seeing this, the Sect's Old Ancestor waved his hand, knocking back five Upper Five Realms Perfection cultivators, and then rushed forward to kill.
Watching the powerful Killing Intent pursuing her, Yan Zhong narrowed his eyes.
It seemed this niece intended to lure the person away alone, leaving them a chance to escape.
Yan Zhong suddenly slammed his palm, pulling back the three Old Ancestors of his main peak, then rushed towards the foot of Tianjian Peak.
They had not sent all their Disciples to attack the allied Millennium Sects; instead, they had cautiously left their respective direct Bloodlines.
Now, leaving Xuanjian Peak, they immediately took their people and headed towards the mountain gate.
The Sect's Old Ancestor held the iron and arrived above the Flying Sword waterfall, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the three figures.
That's right, they not only wanted to kill the wielder and seize the Sacred Artifact, but also to exterminate the Sect.
After all, these Seven Great Immortal Sects were all descendants of ancient sages; who knew if there were other connections between them and the Sacred Artifact?
To eliminate future troubles, none of these people could be left alive.
However, compared to these escaping people, obtaining the Sacred Artifact first was the most important thing.
Once they controlled this world, where could these Yan Family members escape to?
The Sect's Old Ancestor rose up with the terrifying power of devouring the heavens and earth, the iron smashing down towards Yan Shuyi, the pressure causing the wrinkled Void Realm to creak.
Just then, Yan Shuyi suddenly reached out, summoning a sword from the surging waterfall, and instantly slashed towards him.
Amidst a hum, a Sword Qi that changed the color of heaven and earth instantly slashed down, causing the three peaks of Lingjian Mountain to tremble, actually fiercely resisting the black, and the aftermath instantly collapsed the entire valley.
"It's a hidden sword from the Sword Tomb, the third Sect Master's Startling Swan."
Outside the mountain gate, Yan Zhong and the two Tianjian Peak Elders' expressions changed drastically in shock.
The third Sect Master of Tianjian Peak was the sword fanatic who changed the spirit mirror to a sword back then; the Innate Spirit Sword Art was created by him.
And before his Ascension, he had left his treasured sword in the sword Family.
What shocked them, however, was that they had never known Yan Shuyi had already made the sword Family acknowledge her as its Master.
Boom!!!!
The Sect's Old Ancestor's second strike came again, and Yan Shuyi spat out blood once more, but at the same time, she drew out a second sword from it, slashing again with an indomitable Aura.
Then came the third sword, the fourth sword...
The powerful Sword Qi directly severed the entire Flying Sword waterfall, and the Xuanjian Peak, which had stood proudly for a thousand years, also collapsed under the Sword Qi and the black Heavenly Might.
Seeing this, Yan Zhong and the two Old Ancestors all changed their expressions drastically.
They had always thought that this niece had merely been lucky enough to gain the spirit mirror's acknowledgment, and was just a bit more intelligent, not as powerful as the outside world imagined.
But only now did they realize that she had already far exceeded their imagination.
If they had known about these trump cards earlier, their Tianjian Peak would certainly not have been able to sleep soundly.
But fortunately, she was going to die in this calamity.
The Tianjian Peak lineage did not hesitate in the slightest at this moment, fleeing a thousand miles in a rush with those people.
With a thunderous crash, the iron shattered the Sword Qi, collapsing another pavilion.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Shuyi fell back onto Xuanjian Peak, her face utterly pale.
Swords have their limits; even if one's ambition reaches the sky, there are times when one is powerless against Heaven.
"Shuyi!!"
"Master Jian!!!"
Facing them, the Sect's Old Ancestor pursued, his iron bringing a terrifying Aura down towards Yan Shuyi.
Feeling the murderous intent like a mountain torrent and sea 嘯, the young Master Jian suddenly reached out and subconsciously touched her lower abdomen.
It was a pity; she hadn't left behind her own Bloodline.
The Medicinal Pill from her plastic sister should have been taken out earlier.
She couldn't help but think of the little Tianshu Academy Disciple and the scene in her dream where they held hands and walked their child together.
If she chose to escape at this moment, she certainly still had a chance, but before becoming his tsundere, she was first and foremost the Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain.
She had held on long enough; she thought that even if she died, no one would say she hadn't done well.
Amidst the storm, the heavy iron slammed down, and the terrifying pressure created a barrier of Qi.
Yan Shuyi still stood proudly, majestically welcoming her own death.
However, what he didn't expect was that the iron failed to smash down; instead, it seemed to have collided with something indestructible.
Amidst a hum, a sword light suddenly bloomed from behind her; the originally oppressive dark sky seemed to suddenly have a ray of dawn fall, illuminating the ten directions, and then it slashed down with a roar.
The Sect's Old Ancestor felt a suffocating Aura; he resisted the Dao of the Sword with his iron, was sent flying a hundred miles, and crashed into a low peak outside Lingjian Mountain, causing it to collapse.
At this moment, the young Master Jian paused slightly, turning to look behind her.
There was a stream on the mountainside of Xuanjian Peak, and by the stream stood an old man in a Fuzi robe, stepping from the stream side and walking to the mountain top.
His body was filled with surging Sword Qi, and the Aura of his Innate Spirit Sword was even more profound than Yan Shuyi's.
It was Chen Fuzi, who had come to Lingjian Mountain with the Ji Village group to seek refuge, the old gentleman from Yuyang County who taught people to subdue others with virtue every day.
Upon seeing him make a move, the most surprised were not Yan Shuyi, but the two severely injured Xuanjian Peak Old Ancestors.
Because this figure greatly resembled the old friend they had once looked up to.
"Sect Master Immortal Master---?"
"Yes, yes."
Chen Fuzi waved his sleeve: "Long time no see, you two."
The two Xuanjian Peak Old Ancestors' eyes suddenly narrowed upon hearing his reply.
Lingjian Mountain had six generations of Sect Masters; the current one was Yan Zhong, who had just led people away from Lingjian Mountain, and the next would be Yan Shuyi.
And their previous generation, the fifth generation Sect Master, was this Yan Chen, who had disappeared without a trace after leaving Lingjian Mountain.
"Weren't you already dead?"
"Just missing, who said I was dead?"
"You---you've been on the mountain all this time?!"
Chen Fuzi waved his hand with a smile: "No, no, I just arrived."
Yan Shuyi opened her mouth, because she knew that Chen Fuzi had only been invited to the mountain by Ji You after Ji You had visited Dan Mountain, so he had indeed just arrived.
But she had never imagined that this Chen Fuzi would actually be their Lingjian Mountain's former missing Sect Master.
The Xuanjian Peak Old Ancestor suddenly clenched his fists: "Since you were here, why did you only act now?!"
"The Heavenly Dao is unpredictable, and each has its Karma.
I cannot act without regard, but Shuyi's life and death serve as a guide, indicating that I can take action."
"What kind of reason is that?!"
"You will understand later."
After Chen Fuzi finished speaking, he turned to look at Yan Shuyi: "Hurry and recuperate; that demon will be back soon."
Yan Shuyi looked at him for a long time, and a hint of coldness suddenly appeared in her eyes: "Was it you who threw the spirit mirror to me?"
Chen Fuzi paused slightly after hearing this: "That's a Sacred Artifact, something countless people in the world desire."
"But you never asked if I wanted it."
"So, you don't want it?"
Yan Shuyi narrowed her eyes: "If I wanted it, I wouldn't have chosen to sink it into the sea back then."
Chen Fuzi nodded: "That's why it chose you.
This kind of personality is favored by the Heavenly Dao; it has nothing to do with me."
In the distance, a terrifying Aura pressed down once more.
Yan Shuyi remembered Chen Fuzi telling them to recuperate quickly, and she couldn't help but frown: "You can't defeat him?"
"I don't have a Physical Body."
"?"
As the words fell, the Sect's Old Ancestor rushed over, his eyes filled with struggle.
They had performed countless deductions using the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, and although there were many variables, they always won without losing.
However, during the deduction process, the young Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain was always killed first, and there was never another person who suddenly appeared.
This caused the Sect's Old Ancestor's heart to tremble violently, filled with a rage that transcended his plans.
The powerful iron carried an Aura of destruction, as if it had smashed open a pitch-black Void Realm.
Chen Fuzi's eyes instantly became solemn; with a wave of his hand, he unleashed a magnificent Dao of the Sword, slashing wildly, fiercely colliding with it, and his arm instantly made a cracking sound.
Just then, the sword light, like a bright moon, surged over.
Yan Shuyi's entire body was boiling with Sword Qi, directly slashing towards the opponent's Heavenly Spirit.
With a rumble, both sides retreated explosively, Chen Fuzi retreating ten zhang.
The fifth generation Sect Master of Lingjian Mountain, the Linxian Realm master who once dominated the world, was indeed slightly inferior to this Sect's Old Ancestor.
This scene made the two fallen Xuanjian Peak Old Ancestors feel unbelievable.
At this moment, Yan Shuyi was knocked back to Xuanjian Peak; as she turned, she looked at Chen Fuzi's arm, her eyes slightly widening.
His arm was cracked, but what flowed out was not blood, but falling earth.
"Mud body—?"
"Yes, a mud body, dissolves in water, can't even drink wine."
After Chen Fuzi finished speaking, he soared into the air, suddenly drawing a faint light from the overcast sky, transforming it into a sharp sword that slashed wildly.
The Sect's Old Ancestor fiercely resisted with his iron; as he pulled his hand back, he suddenly unleashed a black illusory light, which pierced through with a sound, and again, mud splattered.
These demons who achieved the Dao through the Immortal Fate of the ruins possessed vigorous Qi and Blood, and their bodies were tough and difficult to injure.
Continuing to struggle like this was meaningless.
Boom!!!!
The two Old Ancestors, whose eyes were splitting, suddenly held their breath and turned to look at the rumbling northwest sky, only to see the dark clouds trembling violently.
The Sect's Old Ancestor also frowned, couldn't help but look towards the direction of the ruins, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.
He had felt the first tremor of the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice before, knowing that someone had broken in.
His heart had been shocked for a long time, and finally, Chu Yu's roar from his Divine Soul had awakened him, and he then focused on attacking.
The Human Race altar was filled with Evil Qi; the higher one's Realm, the more one was suppressed.
Even if there was a slight unexpected event, it wouldn't matter.
As expected, the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice then stabilized, allowing him to focus more on the battle at hand.
But what he hadn't expected was that the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice began to tremble incessantly again.
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