Book Three — The Path Of Revenge

Chapter 90 – Arriving

Under the starry sky, a treasure vessel of ancient make flashed by and vanished within the
boundless night sky.

Chen Xi sat cross-legged within a room in the treasure vessel.

This treasure vessel was gifted to him by the Old Turtle King. It was solid and comfortable,
and capable of blocking a full powered strike from a cultivator at the perfection-stage of the
Violet Palace Realm. It was a good auxiliary type Magic Treasure.

At this moment, many storage type Magic Treasures were placed before Chen Xi; there
were rings, belts, bracelets… All of them flickered with a bright light, dazzling and
colorful.

Besides a large pile of materials, there’s still another 13,000 plus baleful pearls within my
storage ring. Besides that, there are eight Netherezim Flying Swords, an octagonal
containment bottle, the Colossal Copper Mountain, the Thunderhawk King’s storage belt,
the Dark Wyrm King’s storage bracelet, the Roc King’s… Chen Xi’s Spiritual Perception
swept through the various storage Magic Treasures on the ground, observing the spirit
herbs and spirit woods that were piled like a mountain, as well as the ores, materials, and
rare and valuable objects of various colors. Most of the treasures were things he’d never
seen nor heard of, and it caused his eyes to be dazzled and his mind to be muddled, yet he
was extremely fervent in his heart.

I earned a great deal in the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range this time, and
it can be said to be overflowing with wealth. I’m unable to use those materials like spirit
herbs and spirit woods, but I can exchange it to spirit liquids. As for those Magic
Treasures… I’ll pick a few that are useful to me and I’ll sell off the rest. It ought to be able
to provide me with money to buy some jade slips relating to flying swords and sword
formations so I can properly raise my strength! Chen Xi swiftly pondered in his mind, and
his hands didn’t stop moving as they started to organize his spoils from this time.

After a long time, Chen Xi had put everything in order appropriately, and he stood up
before pushing the door open and leaving.

At this moment, Du Qingxi, Duanmu Ze, and Song Lin were all at the head of the vessel,
looking at the direction they were flying.

They’d already been flying for half a day, yet everything that entered their sight was still
continuous lofty mountains and steep hills, but the shape of the mountains had become
much shorter, and they were obviously about to fly out of the confines of the depths of the
Southern Barbaric Nether Domain.
But there was still an extremely great problem laid before them, and that was the question
of direction.

They’d all been inexplicably sent out of the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain into the
depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, and they were completely unable to
recognize in which direction was Pine Mist City and which was Dragon Lake City.

At this moment, they could only move along a straight line, as they wanted to discover a
city that was occupied by humans as soon as possible so that they could confirm the
directions.

“Miss Du, Brother Duan, Brother Song.” Chen Xi’s voice sounded out from behind them.

The three of them turned around and glanced at Chen Xi in surprise. Since they had
ascended the vessel, Chen Xi had always stayed in his room. The three of them thought that
this fellow intended to be in closed door cultivation until they arrived at Pine Mist City.

“These are your Magic Treasures, take a look.” Chen Xi paid no attention to their gazes.
With a swing of his sleeve, three Magic Treasures that were coiled in the glow of treasures
floated before him. It was a curved dagger that shot out azure lights, a sword that was
suffused by starlight, and a cold and ghastly oddly shaped umbrella form Magic Treasure.

“My Unity Azurelotus Dagger!”

“Ah! My Sevenstar Rainbow Sword!”

“Skynet Thousandhook Umbrella, my baby!”

The three of them exclaimed in surprised and their faces were covered in expressions of
disbelief.

These three Magic Treasures were all of high-grade yellow-rank. Even within their
respective clans, they were existences that were extremely valuable. At this moment, it
could be easily imagined how excited they were at recovering what was lost.

“I found this from the Dark Wyrm King. Check and see if it’s damaged.” Chen Xi swung
his sleeve and the three Magic Treasures accurately flew back to their respective owners.

“Flawless without damage.” Du Qingxi slightly sized it up and a trace of a rare happy smile
appeared on her face that was usually icy cold like snow, and she said, “Chen Xi, I don’t
know how to thank you.”

“Yeah. This time within the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, if it wasn’t
for you, I’m afraid all of us would have been refined into medicinal pills. Now you’ve even
helped us retrieve our treasures, it’s truly…” Duanmu Ze recalled the dangers of this
journey and was extremely grateful to Chen Xi. As he finished speaking, he actually didn’t
know how to express it.

“Little Zeze, don’t be nauseating, alright? We already owed Chen Xi more than enough, at
any rate. We’ll just use our lives to return it in the future, am I right? Chen Xi?” Song Lin
grinned.

“Fuck off! You slovenly bastard! Do you understand the feelings between us men?”
Duanmu Ze glared as he spoke.

“Oh, Little Zeze, you dare say I’m not a man? You’re looking for death?” Song Lin
exploded in rage as he cried out loudly.

Chen Xi smiled and paid no attention to the dispute of the two. He came to the head of the
vessel by himself and held an azure skinned bottle gourd as he gulped down a few
mouthfuls of wine, his gaze silently looking at the distant night sky.

It had already been almost an entire year since he entered the Southern Barbaric Nether
Domain, the sword immortal’s abode, then the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain
Range.

Too many things had occurred during this year. He felt that he was constantly dancing on
the blade of a saber, dangerous and bloody, and it seemed that he would lose his life in the
next moment.

Under these conditions that were filled with danger, with killing intent lurked in every
corner, he knew that if it wasn’t for Ji Yu being by his side, he would have long since died
thousands of times over. Whereas now, Ji Yu was unable to walk out of the abode any
longer…

When he thought of this, Chen Xi held up the bottle gourd of wine and drank an extremely
large mouthful. He borrowed the pungent and rich strength of the wine to relieve the
gloominess and reluctance in his heart.

Don’t worry Senior Ji Yu. I was able to break through to the 5th star of the Violet Palace
Realm from the Congenital Realm within a year. I was able to master Wind Dao Insight
within a few short months. I was able to kill the formidable Roc King. So I’m completely
capable of taking care of myself and working hard to live on!

At this moment, Chen Xi’s gaze was glistening. Boundless confidence and pride surged out
from him, and he was like a thoroughly tempered treasured sword that had been
unsheathed!

He’d opened the knot in his heart.

He’d obtained confidence.

He wasn’t the silent and dull young man from before. During this one year of various
dangerous tempering and under the witness of the countless slaughters during this year, he
was walking step by step towards the path that leads to becoming a peak expert.

Not bound by the past, unafraid of the future!

“Chen Xi has changed… His Dao Heart has become stronger and stronger, and it’s more
and more pure, firm, and perfect.” Nearby, Du Qingxi had always been silently observing
Chen Xi, watching his drink wine, watching him stare blankly, and watching the strong
confidence that surged out from his body now, and she felt a wave of bewilderment in her
heart.

One year ago, he was only a frail youth at the Congenital Realm, a jinx that was known to
all in Pine Mist City. He rushed about busily, crafting talismans and practicing the culinary
arts without attracting public attention, and he was even ridiculed, mocked, and had his
dignity trampled on.

Yet now, who dared look down on him?

In the sword immortal’s abode, he’d caused a chaotic battle with a single sentence, then
dispelled his own dangerous situation with a few words. His thoughts were meticulous and
he took every possibility into account.

In the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, he’d killed the Black Ape King,
Thunderhawk King, Dark Wyrm King, and even comprehended a complete Wind Dao
Insight to annihilate the Roc King in a hopeless situation. His comprehension ability was
extraordinary and his strength climbed steadily.

On Moon’s Embrace Mountain, a myriad of demons came to congratulate him in an

unprecedentedly grand occasion. Mu Kui willingly acknowledged him as master, and two
demon kings became friends with him. He was just like a born leader with unparalleled
bearing.

Who would dare humiliate a youth like him?

Don’t bully a youth for being weak!

The more Du Qingxi thought about it, the more shocked she was. Her emotions fluctuated
like a rising and setting tide, and unknowingly, she was already infatuated.

“Look, quickly! That’s… Lights!” It was at this moment that Duanmu Ze suddenly yelled
out in pleasant surprise.
Swoosh!

The gazes of everyone looked towards the same direction.

Within the boundless night sky, a wisp of light appeared extremely far in the distance, and
as their distance came closer, that light was like a fire dragon that occupied five million
kilometers. Shockingly, it was an enormous city that was brightly illuminated!
Chapter 91 – Misty Sea City

So it’s Misty Sea City.

When the treasured vessel was still 50km from the city in the darkness of the night, Chen
Xi was finally able to clearly see the name of the city, and the information of Misty Sea
City instantly surfaced in his heart.

Misty Sea City, the second largest city in the southern territory with a scale only inferior to
Dragon Lake City, and it obtained its name from the neighboring Misty Sea. This city was
the transportation hub of the southern territory, and all the goods of the southern territory
were gathered here before flowing towards the cities in all directions and out of the
southern territory. Trade flourished here and merchants gathered here.

If one spoke about the level of luxury, then even Dragon Lake City was inferior to Misty
Sea City!

Of course, Dragon Lake City was the heart of the southern territory after all, and various
ancient sects, clans, and institutions gathered there. It was the cultivation holy lands in the
heart of all the cultivators in the southern territory.

“It’s actually Misty Sea City. This city is the most luxurious place in the entire southern
territory, and you can practically buy anything that you want here, like Magic Treasures,
puppets, medicinal pills, cultivation techniques… and even beautiful females and rare
treasures of different races from over the seas. So long as your purse is sufficiently full,
then you can buy anything here!” Duanmu Ze’s eyes were extremely bright. This Young
Master from the Duanmu Clan had obviously frequently fooled around in Misty Sea City
and he was able to speak knowledgeably about it.

“Oh, I want to go to the Immortal Indulgence Restaurant. There’s a five leaf spirit chef in
charge there, and the dishes cooked by the spirit chef are even endlessly coveted by Golden
Core Realm cultivators.” When Song Lin spoke about food, he instantly changed into a
different appearance, he was in high spirits and possessed a burning gaze, and there wasn’t
a trace of drowsy sleepiness on him.

“Misty Sea City is only 15,000km from Dragon Lake City, but it’s at least over 50,000km
away from Pine Mist City.” Du Qingxi looked at Chen Xi as she said, “Why don’t we rest a
day here before departing?”

Chen Xi was anxious to return home as soon as possible and originally intended to refuse,
but he suddenly recalled that there were various treasures within his storage pouch to be
sold and agreed at once.

He’d once heard someone say that there was a Treasure Heaven Pavilion in Misty Sea City.
Within it, nothing was lacking and everything was sold. It even provided trade methods
such as auctions and exchanging of goods for goods, and its business could be found all
over the Darchu Dynasty.

This Treasure Heaven Pavilion in Misty Sea City was one of its branches, and it was the
money spending den that possessed the greatest scale and reputation in the entire southern
territory.

Duanmu Ze rubbed his fists together as he said excitedly, “What? You want to go to the
Treasure Heaven Pavilion? I’ll follow you, I know that place.”

“Alright, then I’ll be troubling Brother Duanmu.” Chen Xi nodded. After all, it was slightly
safer with someone he was acquainted with accompanying him.

“I’ll go as well.”

“We’re unoccupied and have nothing to do, let’s go together.”

Song Lin and Du Qingxi spoke as well, as they wanted to follow Chen Xi.

Chen Xi was stunned, then turned around to look at Xue Jing, Mo Han, and Di Hongtu in
the corner.

On the way here, he’d found out the background of the three. Xue Jing was a Limitless Sect
disciple, Mo Han was a Clearworld Sect disciple, and Di Hongtu was an Azuresun Sect
disciple. The sects of these three were all part of the eight great sects of Dragon Lake City,
with hidden resources and reserves that were abundant and ancient. Their sects even
slightly surpassed the six great clans behind Du Qingxi’s group of three.

However, since the three of them were in the same group as Su Jiao, they were naturally
differentiated as being from the enemy camp by Chen Xi, and although there was no enmity
to speak of, it was impossible for them to become friends.

“Fellow Daoist Chen Xi doesn’t have to mind us. It’s all thanks to Fellow Daoist Chen Xi’s
help that we were able to leave the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, and
we’ll bid our farewells with everyone now. If we have the opportunity to meet in Dragon
Lake City in the future, then we’ll surely entertain you with boundless hospitality to
express our appreciation for Fellow Daoist Chen Xi’s lifesaving kindness.” Mo Han who
possessed a steady disposition walked forward and bowed as he spoke.

Chen Xi cupped his hand yet said no more. Not killing them was already his limit, as for
the so-called appreciation Mo Han spoke off, he didn’t take it seriously at all. At that time,
it would be sufficient so long as they didn’t stab him in the back.

Mo Han’s group of three didn’t say anything further, they leaped off the treasured vessel
that flew towards Misty Sea City.
“Actually, these three only have a superficial relationship with Su Jiao, and the reason they
were together was only because the powers behind them possessed a good relationship with
the Su Clan,” Du Qingxi said in a light voice.

Chen Xi smiled. “Don’t mention them, it kills the mood. But thank you for your guidance.”

“Who asked us to be friends?” Du Qingxi smiled as well.

After Chen Xi put away the treasured vessel, they didn’t stay and flashed towards the
distant Misty Sea City.

When they walked into the city, a wide area entered their eyes. The ground in an area of
3.3km was level like it was sanded down from a single rock, and it was smooth like glaze.
Row upon row of various buildings went along the spacious limestone road, winding into
the distance until the end couldn’t be seen.

It was already deep in the night now, yet the city was still bright as day.

The entire city was decorated with lanterns and colored decorations. The lights of various
colors that flowed with a brilliant light hung on every corner of the street, causing it to be
brightly lit like numerous fire dragons that were wriggling as they stayed there.

Beautiful, dazzling and magnificent…

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be speechless when he saw such a luxurious and prosperous
scene. He walked through the city gate with a heart filled with surprise. It was like he’d
walked into another world, and the scene that was gorgeous like a painting was mixed with
a wave of clamor as it assaulted his face.

Diverse cultivators could be seen everywhere on the spacious street, wearing clothes of
different fashions and wearing different crests. They were all obviously from different
sects.

There were also many cultivators that were like peddlers, spreading out a stall on the
ground at the side of the street before soliciting customers with a loud voice; it was
extremely bustling.

Chen Xi was even able to see some cultivators from other territories sitting on some oddly
shaped mounts; they leisurely and unhurriedly walked on the street as they took a brief
look. No matter whether it was bearing, appearance, or dress, it was all extremely strange,
and they were obviously not cultivators from the area of the southern territory.

But in next to no time, Chen Xi was secretly awestruck. In an extremely short amount of
time, he’d already noticed at least a few tens of Violet Palace Realm cultivators. There
were even a few Golden Hall Realm cultivators that he barely caught a glimpse of before
they flashed and vanished on the street.
The experts are really numerous like the clouds here!

Compared to this, Pine Mist City was indeed like a small town at the border. At least in
Pine Mist City, a Violet Palace Realm cultivator was already an existence that was at the
top. Whereas at Misty Sea City, Violet Palace Realm cultivators instead seemed as if they
could be seen anywhere, and the two of them were obviously not on the same level.

They walked and looked around all day, and before long, Chen Xi’s group had arrived
before an incomparably large building.

“Look, this is the Treasure Heaven Pavilion.” Duanmu Ze pointed with his mouth, and he
had an excited expression.

Chen Xi was slightly muddled instantly, the building before him was 3km tall and occupied
an area of over 50 hectares. It seemed to be entirely made from white jade. Numerous
crystal lanterns hung beneath the exquisite and spinning roof, illuminating it to the point
that glowing rays shone in all directions and the aura of treasures shot into the sky.
Moreover, a shocking fluctuation was vaguely emitted by it, as an extremely formidable
formation had obviously been placed on it.

“Innumerable amounts of priceless treasures were gathered in this Treasure Heaven

Pavilion, and the royal family of the Darchu Dynasty is behind it, so there’s no need to
worry about safety. Like this Treasure Heaven Pavilion before us, not only does it possess
seven Golden Core Realm cultivators holding down the fort, moreover, there’s always an
extremely mysterious Rebirth Realm cultivator that stays here.” Duanmu Ze spoke with
fervor and assurance, as if he was extremely familiar of the Treasure Heaven Pavilion.

“Ah, so it’s Young Master Duanmu, please come in quickly, please come in quickly.” The
eyes of a female attendant with an extremely beautiful appearance couldn’t help but light
up when she saw Duanmu Ze, and she jogged all the way over while beaming with smiles.

Duanmu Ze casually nodded with a reserved expression, and he’d returned to that
appearance of his that possessed a superb demeanor.

“I never imagined that this fellow is rather famous, even the attendants actually know him.”
Chen Xi glanced at Duanmu Ze in surprise, and he couldn’t help but re-evaluate the power
possessed by the six great clans of Dragon Lake City.

“Prepare a standard room for us, this brother of mine wants to sell some treasures. Hmmm,
invite some appraisers as well.” Duanmu Ze casually instructed.

“Young Master, please follow me.” Only now did the female attendant notice Chen Xi. She
only slightly sized him up before withdrawing her gaze, and her smile was even more
moving. She didn’t dare offend someone that was able to be in a group with Duanmu Ze,
even if Chen Xi was dressed shabbily.
Chen Xi and the others follow behind the female attendant and walked into the Treasure
Heaven Pavilion. They walked along the wide and exquisite arched walkway and arrived at
a standard room that was magnificent.

It was said to be a standard room, yet the space within was an area of 330m, with a scarlet
red carpet covering the floor and an incense burner that was shaped like an auspicious beast
with the smoke of incense curling upwards from it. Screens with paintings of landscapes on
them were scattered in the surroundings, and strands of dinging and rattling sounds of
graceful music slowly sounded out within the quiet and elegant room.

The female attendant delivered some fresh fruits and fine wine before silently leaving.

What a nice place!

Chen Xi secretly sighed emotionally in his heart. With his sight, he was naturally able to
discern that there was a grand formation placed within the entire room, and not only did it
condense abundant spirit energy, it was even able to cut off eavesdropping from the outside
world. It was extremely marvelous.

“Treasure Heaven Pavilion’s Appraiser Le Qi has come to meet Young Master Duanmu.” It
wasn’t long before a deep voice sounded out from outside the door.

“Come in,” said Duanmu Ze.

Subsequently, a grey clothed, middle aged man pushed open the door and entered. He
cupped his hands towards everyone present as he asked. “May I ask which Young Master
wants to sell some treasures? May I have a look so that I’m able to estimate a price?”

This grey clothed middle aged man called Le Qi was neither humble nor arrogant, his
attitude was neither warm nor fervent, displaying an extremely high accomplishment in his
occupation. Obviously, he was relying on his appraisal skill to act in such a way.

“This Master Le Qi is an appraiser with extremely great qualifications in the Treasure

Heaven Pavilion, and he possesses discerning eyes that are filled with wisdom. He’d most
skilled in the appraisal of spirit materials and ordinary people are utterly unable to make
him attend to them. Chen Xi, what treasures do you plan to sell?”

Duanmu Ze turned to look at Chen Xi with a burning gaze, seeming to be extremely

curious as to exactly what Chen Xi wanted to sell.

It wasn’t only Duanmu Ze, even Du Qingxi and Song Lin were extremely curious. After all,
if they were ordinary things, there was entirely no need to sell it here, as although the
Treasure Heaven Pavilion wasn’t bad, it still collected quite a sum of fees.

“A lot.” Chen Xi’s reply was extremely pithy, and he swung his sleeve. Instantly, an
exceedingly great pile of treasures that were coiled by the light of spirit energy and were
suffused with brilliant lights appeared on the ground. There were spirit herbs, spirit woods,
materials for equipment refinement, extremely rare and valuable objects… They were
mixed together like a mountain of treasures, causing the entire standard room to be suffused
with a layer of colorful brilliance.

Hiss!

Besides Chen Xi, everyone with the room gasped.

My god! So many treasures?

“All these are useless to me, I want to exchange them for spirit liquids. Master Le, please
do a count,” Chen Xi said indifferently.

These treasures were an entire ten plus thousand in numbers and were plundered from the
Black Ape King and the other three demon kings. There were also some that were gifted by
the demons in the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range. Most of them were
materials like spirit herbs and spirit woods that were rare and precious treasures in the
outside world, but unfortunately, their quality wasn’t too high and wasn't of great use to
Chen Xi. Thus, he naturally wanted to completely deal with them so that he could exchange
them for some spirit liquids to use for his cultivation.

“Give… Give me a moment to count it.” Le Qi took a deep breath and was barely able to
suppress the excitement in his heart, then he was like a hungry tiger pouncing at its food as
he drilled into the pile of treasures and made an inventory of them one by one. His
appearance was like a wolf that was extremely hungry.

Obviously, to an appraiser like Le Qi, being able to possess so many treasures for him to
make an inventory of was undoubtedly an extremely happy thing.
Chapter 92 – Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token

Azure-leaf Cicada Shell!

Jade-spiral Bloodsun Ginseng!

Seventh-Disaster Herb!

Every time Le Qi identified the name of a material, he would be shocked in his heart and
his eyes would grow brighter and brighter. The movements of his hands became even
gentler, it wasn’t like he was identifying materials, but was instead like he was stroking the
face of his lover.

As one of the appraisers in the Misty Sea City’s Treasure Heaven Pavilion with the greatest
qualifications, Le Qi’s eyes had been trained to be extraordinarily sharp since long ago, and
the various materials that had passed through his hands were too numerous to enumerate. It
wasn’t that he hadn’t seen a valuable sprit material, however, when he saw the spirit
materials that were piled into a small hill before him, he was still shocked.

Endlessly shocked!

Shocked like tidewater that became more and more turbulent!

Truthfully speaking, these spirit materials weren’t of high grade, and even could only be
considered to be low grade. But every one of them were extremely rare, to the extent that
practically all of them were extinct materials that hadn’t been found in the world since long
ago!

No matter if it was refining medicinal pills, puppets, or Magic Treasures, all of them had a
differentiation between primary materials and supplementary materials. Primary materials
were naturally extremely valuable existences that decided the grade and rank of the treasure
after it was completed, yet supplementary materials were similarly hugely important. It was
to the extent that even if the primary materials were complete, the lack of a required
supplementary material would cause the treasure to be utterly impossible to be refined.

For example, the medicinal pill that was extremely popular in the cultivation world a
thousand years ago, the Cultivation Condensation Powder. After being consumed by a
cultivator, it was able to help to explosively increase the probability of breaking through
and developing the Violet Palace Realm and Dao Foundation by 20%. How formidable was
that? Moreover, it was precisely because of the extinction of a low grade supplementary
material called Treasured Turtledove Flower that the Cultivation Condensation Powder was
buried into oblivion a thousand years ago, as they only possessed the medicinal formula but
were unable to refine it.
There were many other examples like this.

Some medicinal formulas, weapons refinement techniques, and beast taming techniques
that had been inherited from ancient times had all gradually vanished within the cultivation
world due to the lack of some type of spirit material.

Le Qi was naturally aware of this, and it was exactly because he knew these past incidents
that when he saw numerous spirit materials that should have been buried in history had
appeared before him, the shock in his heart could be easily imagined.

Hu~

Le Qi heaved a sigh and restrained the excitement in his heart as he started to swiftly
organize the materials. At this moment, he displayed extremely high professionalism, he
maneuvered swiftly to pick, classify, and organize the spirit materials that were piled like a
mountain in an orderly manner. His movements were gentle and smooth, and it was
pleasant to the eye.

“Is there something special about these materials? It looks to me like only the amount is
high.” Duanmu Ze couldn’t help but ask in a low voice. He was truly unable to understand
why a great appraiser like Le Qi would be so excited, as if he’d consumed an extremely
strong medicine that possessed extreme Yang properties.

“It’s indeed extremely normal.” Du Qingxi thought for a moment, then replied. “But
they’re extremely rare. All these are practically spirit materials that are unable to be bought
on the market, moreover, most of them went extinct extremely long ago.”

Duanmu Ze was still unable to wrap his head around it. What’s so strange about ordinary
materials that have gone extinct?

Chen Xi instead had instantly wrapped his head around it, due to the effect of the River
Diagram fragment. The depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range had always been
isolated from the outside world for a million years. It was like a realm outside of the world
that had grown boundless amounts of spirit herbs and spirit woods, coupled with demons
attaching importance to nature and weren’t like human cultivators who seized and took
control of all resources. The spirit herbs and spirit woods within it were naturally able to
perfectly survive until now.

Even though he understood this, Chen Xi still persisted in selling these things. He wasn’t an
alchemist, tamer, or equipment refiner… There was no great use for him to keep these
materials, so why not sell them?

“The total is 80,000 spirit herbs and spirit woods, 27,032 ores, and 40,099 types of other
materials.” It was at this moment that Le Qi had completed his inventory. When he stood
up, he was still slightly in an endless trance within his mind. 99% of all these materials
were rare existences that had gone extinct in the world, and when he’d seen so many in
such a short amount of time, even he slightly felt as if he was dreaming.

“How much is it worth?” asked Chen Xi.

“Master Le Qi, Chen Xi is my brother, you better not cheat us.” Duanmu Ze smiled broadly
as he reminded with a voice that vaguely carried a trace of warning.

Le Qi was naturally able to perceive it and said respectfully to Chen Xi right away, “If it’s
calculated according to spirit liquids, these over one hundred thousand materials ought to
be worth not less than 2.5 million kg of spirit liquid.”

2.5 million kg!

Du Qingxi and the others were all stunned. These low grade spirit material were actually
able to be exchanged for no less than 2.5 million kg of spirit liquid?

It was common knowledge that cultivators below the Violet Palace Realm were only able to
use spirit stones and spirit jades to cultivate or purchase some goods required for
cultivating; whereas cultivators at the Violet Palace Realm and above used spirit liquids as
currency or to measure the worth of the treasures in the world.

2.5 million kgs of spirit liquid was sufficient to be exchanged for hundreds of top-grade
yellow-rank Magic Treasures, or over ten profound-rank Magic Treasures!

The highest quality weapon within the possessions of Du Qingxi’s group of three was only
at the high-grade yellow rank. At this moment when they heard the astronomical figure that
Le Qi declared, their hearts were naturally fiercely shocked.

2.5 million kgs? Chen Xi sighed in surprise in his heart, yet he revealed no change in his
composure. “May I ask Master Le, what do you mean by at least 2.5 million kgs? Could it
be that even you’re unable to determine the specific worth?”

Le Qi nodded. “This bill is too huge and I don’t dare to rashly give a price to it myself.
Please wait for a moment, everyone. I’ll go discuss it with the various managers before
coming back to meet all of you.” As soon as he finished speaking, Le Qi left hastily.

Treasure Heaven Pavilion, top floor.

The Treasure Heaven Pavilion was the tallest building in Misty Sea City at 3km high, like a
heavenly pillar that stood below the starry sky. When one is atop it, the bright stars that
were the size of a fist seemed as if they could be easily plucked down.
At this moment, Le Qi stood on the top floor with a respectful expression, and an extremely
beautiful woman lay with an elegant and graceful posture on the soft couch opposite him.

Her upward slanting eyes were like water, with a beautiful appearance and tender white
skin, and her jet-black hair was like clouds that hung down loosely. As she lay sideways on
the soft couch, her graceful figure was fully portrayed, revealing her boundless charm.

If Duanmu Ze was here, he would surely recognize this woman; she was the owner of the
Treasure Heaven Pavilion in Misty Sea City —  Madam Shui Hua!

Supposedly, Madam Shui Hua was a princess of the Darchu Dynasty’s imperial family. She
possessed the bloodline of the imperial family and an exceedingly respected status, and her
cultivation was unfathomable. In Misty Sea City, almost no one dared be disrespectful to
her, and even in the entire southern territory, the status of Madam Shui Hua was extremely
extraordinary.

“99% of them are spirit materials that have vanished and were annihilated a thousand years
ago?” Madam Shui Hua’s charming brows frowned as she said, “But this seems to be
nothing worthy of being amazed, right? You came to see me because of this?” Her voice
was hoarse, yet carried along a trace of an inexplicable magnetism. It felt like a cat’s paw
scratching the heart, causing one to be unable to help one’s self from becoming excited and
fantasizing.

However, Le Qi’s heart shook instead, seeming to be extremely fearful of this

incomparably beautiful woman, and he said hurriedly, “Reporting to Madam, the worth of
these spirit materials are expensive, but they can’t be considered as much. What I suspect is
that since he possesses these low grade spirit materials that had vanished from the world,
then would he also possess valuable spirit materials that already don’t exist in the world
since long ago?”

“Hmm.” Madam Shui Hua’s upward slanting eyes revealed a trace of deep thought, and she
suddenly asked after some time. “Did you inquire about his background?”

“He’s called Chen Xi and ought to be a Violet Palace Realm cultivator. As for the others, I
don’t know. Oh, right. He came together with a Young Master from the Duanmu Clan this
time.” Le Qi replied.

“Duanmu Clan?” Madam Shui Hua thought for a moment, then instructed. “Give him 3
million kgs of spirit liquid, then present him with my Treasure Heaven Pavilion’s
Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token, and properly establish a relationship with him.”

Le Qi was stunned, and he stared blankly at a loss for what to say.

The Treasure Heaven Pavilion would give out some tokens to honored guests, and they
were divided into five levels namely Copper, Silver, Gold, Violetgold, and Amethyst.
Relying on these tokens, the possessors were able to obtain the highest level of service in
any Treasure Heaven Pavilion in the Darchu Dynasty and acquire the most preferential
price when buying treasures.

However, the conditions for giving out these tokens was extremely harsh, and even the
copper token was utterly impossible to acquire without a certain level of status and identity.

According to Le Qi’s knowledge, the Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token was ordinarily
given out to the Patriarch of a clan, the Master of a sect, or a cultivator that had attained the
strength of the Golden Core Realm. The level of its preciousness was merely inferior to the
highest level, the Amethyst Treasure Heaven Token!

There were only a mere few tens of people in the entire Darchu Dynasty who possessed the
Amethyst Treasure Heaven Token. Their status, identity, and strength had all attained a
peak level that was difficult to reach for ordinary people. They were all formidable figures
who commanded great power.

Even the City Governor of Misty Sea City had only obtained a Violetgold Treasure Heaven
Token.

At this moment, when he heard Madam Shui Hua wanted to gift a Violetgold Treasure
Heaven Token to Chen Xi, the shock in Le Qi’s heart was impossible to be described by
words, and he was in a silent trance for a long time.

“What is there to be surprised about?” Madam Shui Hua spoke unhurriedly. “It’s only a
Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token. If no one uses it, then it’s merely a piece of scrap
metal.”

Le Qi began to speak, then hesitated. “But…”

“You can leave now. I’ll be returning to Silken City after some time. Before this, find out
clearly about this Chen Xi’s background then report it to me.” Madam Shui Hua lazily
waved her hand.

“Yes.” Le Qi had a bellyful of wonder as he turned and left.

Not long after Le Qi left, Madam Shui Hua seemed to be absorbed in thought as she
muttered. “Chen Xi, he ought to be a survivor of the Chen Clan that group of people
annihilated. His mother is an extraordinary figure. Heh, truly interesting. I’ll sow a piece of
good fate with him and see if he’s actually able to live until…” Her voice grew softer and
softer, lower and lower, and it vanished from the empty luxurious room like a howl of the
wind.

“3 million kgs of spirit liquid!”

“Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token!”

Du Qingxi’s group of three almost didn’t dare believe their eyes and ears, and they all
stared at Chen Xi as if they were looking at a freak.

Even if it was within the clans behind them, 3 million kgs of spirit liquids was an enormous
amount as well. But comparatively speaking, the Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token
caused an even greater shock to them. After all, even within the enormous clan behind
them, only a few people were able to possess the Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token!

When the nearby Le Qi saw this scene, he sighed endlessly in his heart as well. He was
truly unable to figure out why Madam Shui Hua would do this. Not only did she increase
the price by a great deal, she’d even gifted a Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token!

Could it be merely because of these spirit materials?

It surely isn’t!

Le Qi didn’t believe that Madam Shui Hua, who’d always been shrewd like a fox, would do
such a stupid thing. There was surely something concealed within it.

When he thought of this, he couldn’t help but size Chen Xi up. Could it be that there’s
some staggering secret concealed on this fellow?

Chen Xi instead didn’t think about it so much. He came to the Treasure Heaven Pavilion
for the sake of selling these spirit materials that were of no use to him, and for the sake of
purchasing a sword formation and some Magic Treasures to increase his strength.

He wanted to purchase the sword formation to be used in combination with the eight
Netherezim Flying Swords, and he wanted to purchase Magic Treasures instead to increase
his strength a step further. After all, although the Seventhgold Swordbamboo was sharp,
when all was said and done, it was an equipment refinement material that hadn’t been
refined, and its might was far from being displayed completely.

Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time and I’m leaving Misty Sea City tomorrow. If I
have the opportunity, then I must ask a great equipment refiner to refine the Seventhgold
Swordbamboo for me. Before this, it’s better for me to use the Seventhgold Swordbamboo
sparingly. If by any chance someone saw it and possessed evil intentions against me, then it
would be extremely bad. Chen Xi pondered secretly. Compared to demon-kind, human
cultivators were more ruthless and cunning, more despicable and heartless. So he had to be
on guard against being killed and his treasures seized.

Chen Xi was slightly unable to endure the strange gazes Du Qingxi and the others shot at
him, so he directly said, “Master Le, does the Treasure Heaven Pavilion sell sword
formations?”
“Uh.” Le Qi was as if he’d just awoken from a dream, then he nodded and said, “Of course
we do!” As he spoke, he swung his sleeve and a jade booklet that was coiled by mist flew
into Chen Xi’s hand.

“This is my Treasure Heaven Pavilion’s Universal Book, and its name contains the
meaning of covering all things within the universe. All the rare treasures that my Treasure
Heaven Pavilion sells are within this superb collection, and there are at least a thousand
types of treasures related to sword formation diagrams. Moreover, every one of them are of
top quality. Fellow Daoist, please take a look if there’s anything that’s to your liking.”
When he spoke of his own things, Le Qi possessed an appearance of taking honor and
pride.

Universal Book?

Chen Xi flipped open the jade booklet, and at the instant he started reading through it, a
strand of surprise had instantly arisen within his heart.
Chapter 93 – Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation

The Universal Book was divided into over 100 categories, like medicinal pills, talisman
formations, rare treasures, etc. Amongst them, the number of Magic Treasures was
undoubtedly the highest and it occupied half the Universal Book.

The make of the Universal Book was exquisite beyond compare as well, and a Formation
Master had placed a Minor Illusory Rainbow Formation on it. The treasures that were
displayed on every page were lifelike, as if the real objects were emitting dazzling lights as
it was displayed before one’s eyes, and it was extremely beautiful.

High-grade yellow rank, profound-rank, earth-rank…. There’s actually heaven-rank Magic

Treasures! Chen Xi repeatedly sighed in surprise in his heart as he flipped through the
Universal Book.

The Magic Treasures in the book started from sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-
axes, hooks, tridents… Even treasure bottles, glazed crystals, lanterns, lotus thrones, etc. It
simple contained everything, and it indeed could be said to cover all things within the
universe.

“Chen Xi, if you flip through it like this, then you wouldn’t finish even after three days and
three nights.” Duanmu Ze reminded from the side. “The Universal Book is known to be
covering all things within the universe, the Magic Treasures gathered within it is an
astronomical figure!’

Hu!

Chen Xi lightly let out a mouthful of air and cleared his head, then he tossed away the
disorderly and distracting thoughts in his mind, then found the sword formation category
right away before starting to flip through it one by one.

After all, even if there were more Magic Treasures in the book, most of them weren’t
suitable for him. Only by finding the Magic Treasure he was skilled in would he be able to
make full use of his strength.

This Azureflame Splitlight Sword Formation is too violent. It uses 39 Azureflame Flying
Swords to form a grand formation that condenses Azureflame Skyfire, and its might is
probably not inferior to the attack of a Golden Hall Realm cultivator. As expected of a
profound-rank sword formation diagram. Unfortunately, it’s not suitable for me. After
Chen Xi sighed in surprise, he shook his head. The eight Netherezim Flying Swords were
all of the icy attribute, and the Ice Crane Technique he cultivated was an icy attribute
cultivation technique. Water and fire didn’t mix, so no matter how formidable the
Azureflame Splitlight Sword Formation was, it was still unsuitable for him.
This Nine-Yin Sword Formation is extremely formidable as well, but it’s too soft and lacks
offense, and it can only be used to trap an enemy.

Heavenly Oppression Sword Formation? It actually requires one to ceaselessly sacrifice

and refine souls to absorb the baleful qi of vengeful spirits? This is obviously not a
righteous method, so even if it’s might was any stronger, it would still be a committing a
sin. I’d rather not have it!

What a formidable Jadesea Tiderise Sword Formation, a single sword formation is

actually able to control 108 flying swords. It’s like the rising and falling of the tide when
executed, and the might of every layer is more formidable than the previous one. If I
cultivated the Tidal Dao Insight like the Roc King, then I would surely buy it!

One by one, Chen Xi flipped through the sword formation diagrams.

Even if it was one that Chen Xi wasn’t adept in using, he would still be extremely covetous
when he looked at it, yet only a few sword formations truly moved his heart.

Whoosh!

The Universe Book was lifted open once again.

The nearby Le Qi couldn’t refrain from reminding when he saw this. “Fellow Daoist, you
seem to still be at the Violet Palace Realm, right? Continuing hereafter in the Universe
Book are profound-rank sword formation diagrams that are things Golden Palace Realm
cultivators choose. I’m afraid you’re unable to use it.”

Ordinarily, man-made yellow-rank, profound-rank, earth-rank, and heaven-rank Magic

Treasures of every grade had their own requirements for the strength of the soul and True
Essence. For example, a profound-rank Magic Treasure required a cultivation of at least at
the Golden Hall Realm to bind it, or an earth-rank Magic Treasure required a cultivation at
least at the Gold Core Realm to bind it.

However, Chen Xi was an exception.

His soul had already condensed into Spiritual Perception, and it even surpassed ordinary
Golden Hall Realm cultivators, whereas the Ice Crane Technique he cultivated caused his
True Essence to be incomparably thick and pure. Although he was only at the 5th star of the
Violet Palace Realm, his True Essence was even thicker than some perfection-stage Violet
Palace Realm cultivators, and this was the benefit of cultivating a treasured qi refinement
cultivation technique.

According to Chen Xi’s current cultivation, it wouldn’t be strenuous to control a profound-

rank sword formation.
After all, a sword formation was able to control numerous flying swords according to a
profound formation in battle. In essence, it still tested the strength of the soul towards the
flying swords, and together with the True Essence, they decided the might of the sword
formation together.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Chen Xi paid no attention to him and silently flipped through the sword formations.

Le Qi didn’t continue offering advice when he saw this. Chen Xi was the buyer after all,
and if Chen Xi wanted to buy a heaven-rank Magic Treasure, he couldn’t interfere with it,
right?

Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation! The first level is able to control eight flying
swords, and annihilating ordinary Golden Hall Realm cultivators was nothing difficult.
The second level used eight flying swords to form a minor sword formation, and each
minor sword formation formed a greater sword formation! What a formation, it controls 64
flying swords! Until what level would its might attain? Eh, why is there nothing after that?
Chen Xi was stunned, and only now did he clearly see the label on the corner ‘Incomplete,’
and he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. Such a formidable sword formation. If it was
complete, I’m afraid it would be impossible for it to be tossed into the ranks of these
profound-rank sword formations, right?

“Master Le, how much spirit liquid is this Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation
worth?” Chen Xi raised his head and asked.

“400,000 kgs.” Le Qi was extremely afraid that Chen Xi would misunderstand and
explained. “Even though this Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation is incomplete,
its might is one of the most formidable amongst profound-rank sword formations. If it
wasn’t for it being incomplete, its worth would be greatly higher.”

400,000 Kgs?

No matter how coolly Du Qingxi’s group of three were, they couldn’t help but be
speechless when they heard this amount, and they all moved forward to inspect this
formation.

“The might of this sword formation is indeed formidable, as only an incomplete formation
is able to attain the ranks of profound-ranks sword formation, but its requirements towards
True Essence and the strength of the soul is extremely harsh. Chen Xi, although you’ve
already attained the Violet Palace Realm now, buying it is probably slightly inadvisable,
right?” Du Qingxi advised as well. “No matter how great a sword formation is, it’s still
trash if it can’t be used after purchase. I suggest you pick another and find one that suits
you better, as only then would you be able to make full use of your entire strength.”

“Yeah, don’t strive to outdo yourself.” Duanmu Ze said as well.

“Chen Xi, please think it over!” Even Song Lin who was always had sleepy eyes and was in
a daze had spoken out.

“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Chen Xi lightly smiled, then said to Le Qi right
away, “I’ll take this Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation!”

“Alright, I’ll send this sword formation diagram over later. I wonder if Fellow Daoist still
requires anything else?” Le Qi answered with an expressionless face, yet he sighed in his
heart. This fellow had only just acquired three million Kgs of spirit liquid and he’s already
started spending lavishly without restraint. Alas, why are young people these days so
impractical?

“56 flying swords, all of the high-grade yellow-rank.” Chen Xi had thought it over before
saying this. He possessed eight top-grade yellow-rank Netherezim Flying Swords, so if he
wanted to execute the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation, he
naturally required another 56 flying swords. However, the Oblivionwind Flowinglight
Sword Formation was a profound-rank sword formation after all, and he was afraid that he
wouldn’t be able to control it very well, so he could only take the second best and choose
high-grade yellow-rank flying swords.

When he thought up to here, Chen Xi suddenly recalled his younger brother, Chen Hao.
Chen Hao has joined the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect for more than a year, and relying on
his intelligence, he ought to have already advanced to the Violet Palace Realm. His heart
is only focused on the sword and has no money on him, I’m afraid he still doesn’t have
some flying swords of superb quality. I ought to take this opportunity to prepare some
presents for him.

Instantly, Chen Xi said once more, “Besides that, I’ll purchase another 64 high-grade
yellow-rank flying swords.”

Hiss!

Even if Le Qi had already recognized Chen Xi as a rich man’s son that threw money about,
he couldn’t refrain from gasping when he heard this and said with a stutter, “Fellow Daoist
Chen Xi, one high-grade yellow-tank flying sword is worth 10,000 kgs of spirit liquid, so
many flying swords are worth 1.2 million kgs of spirit liquid!”

At the same time, he felt inexpressible excitement in his heart. That is 1.2 million kgs of
spirit liquid, coupled with the 400,000 kgs of spirit liquid for purchasing the sword
formation diagram earlier, this fellow has lavishly spent an entire 1.6 million kgs of spirit
liquid in a short moment!

A huge customer!

Look at his bearing and style in handling money, he’s absolutely a huge customer amongst
huge customers!
Oh, how many percent should I take from this bill?

Le Qi started counting swiftly in his mind, and a strong feeling of happiness surged through
his entire body, causing him to be unable to restrain a trace of a silly smile from appearing
on his face.

The nearby Du Qingxi and the others were startled by Chen Xi’s actions as well, but they
didn’t question him when they saw Chen Xi’s calm expression, as he didn’t seem to have
gone mad. But even then, these direct line disciples born of the great clans couldn’t help but
be endlessly amazed by Chen Xi’s lavish spending.

If he said it didn’t pain him to spend 1.6 million Kgs of spirit liquid in a short moment, that
would be a lie. However, when he thought of how his strength would be able to increase
greatly, and when he thought of the happy smile Chen Hao would have when he gifted the
64 flying swords to him, Chen Xi felt that all this was worth it.

Because he had the Violetgold Treasure Heaven Token in his possession, Le Qi gave Chen
Xi a discount of 100,000 Kgs of spirit liquids. When he walked out of the Treasure Heaven
Pavilion, not only did Chen Xi’s storage ring have an additional sword formation diagram,
there were also 120 high-grade yellow-rank flying swords and another 1.5 million Kgs of
spirit liquids that was the remainder after selling the spirit materials and deducting the cost
of buying the sword formation diagram and flying swords.

Originally, Chen Xi intended to buy some Magic Treasures for Du Qingxi and the others,
but he encountered constant refusal from the three. According to what Duanmu Ze said,
“You should keep these spirit liquids for your cultivating. As for the three of us? We don’t
lack money!”

It was already deep into the night, yet it was still dazzling within Misty Sea City, and it
seemed like a city that never sleeps as it stood beneath the night sky.

The clans behind Du Qingxi and the others all had a branch in Misty Sea City that was used
for auctioning and purchasing goods, and their scales were rather big, possessing numerous
Golden Hall Realm experts holding down the forts.

After they left Treasure Heaven Pavilion, the three of them had all invited Chen Xi to head
to their clan’s outpost to stay, but Chen Xi refused, as he was anxious to return home as
soon as possible.

Compared to Du Qingxi’s group of three, Chen Xi actually was only too anxious to return
to Pine Mist City as soon as possible, and return to the home that he’d been separated from
for a year.

Compelled by their helplessness, the three of them could only bring Chen Xi to the largest
Immortal Indulgence Restaurant in Misty Sea City, as they planned to eat a banquet full of
flavor and spirit energy as a form of farewell.
The Immortal Indulgence Restaurant’s size was large beyond all doubt, and its layout was
elegant and refined, thus influential people within Misty Sea City were greatly fond of it.

It was already dawn when Chen Xi’s group arrived at the Immortal Indulgence Restaurant,
yet the flow of customers within were still numerous like the clouds. Its business was
extremely explosive and there were already no more rooms, thus they could only helplessly
sit at a place nearby the window.

Drink wine, enjoy dishes and chat.

Unknowingly, the four youths had recalled the scene when they first met each other. They
recalled the sorrows and happiness throughout their journey. They made fun and cursed
angrily, ridiculed and cracked jokes, and the atmosphere was unrestrained. It was extremely
satisfying and extremely comfortable.

Even the smiles on Chen Xi’s face grew more and more. Friendship that had experiences
life, death, trials and tribulations, was like strong wine that was rich and suffused the
mouth. The longer it lingered, the more fragrant the wine tasted, until the point one would
always remember and recollect it.

Where there was happy gathering, there was also parting.

Outside the city gates of Misty Sea City, Chen Xi waved his hand in farewell towards Du
Qingxi’s group of three who were atop the city walls, then leaped onto the treasured vessel
before swiftly flashing towards the distant sky.

“Chen Xi, we’ll be waiting for you in Dragon Lake City for the southern territory’s Hidden
Dragon Rankings a year from now, you must come!” Duanmu Ze’s screaming at the top of
his lungs sounded out from afar.

Chen Xi stood on the bow and boundless lofty sentiments surged out from within his heart.
The Hidden Dragon Rankings, I’ll come for sure!
Chapter 94 – When The Home Is Gone, One Should Kill!

A treasured vessel flew deep within the layer of clouds. Beneath it, mountains and rivers
were like paintings, pedestrians were like ants, city after city, street after street, row upon
row of buildings the size of a fingernail, and the luxuries of the world could all be taken
into the eye.

According to this speed, he would only need a few days before being able to return to Pine
Mist City.

Chen Xi sat cross-legged at the bow, carefully comprehending the Oblivionwind

Flowinglight Sword Formation diagram.

After he comprehended a complete Wind Dao Insight, Chen Xi’s sight had already become
incredibly discerning. As far as he was concerned, the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword
Formation was simply made for him. Its speed was incomparably swift like the wind, sharp
and quick like flowing lights that poured out, and it was deeply related to the key points of
swift, accurate, and fierce.

After a short moment, Chen Xi withdrew the eight Netherezim Flying Swords from his
storage ring. As a flying sword, the Netherezim Flying Sword’s external form was different
from ordinary flying swords; they were one meter long and entirely icy cold like a pool of
ice water, and they could also be held in the hand during battle.

Hiss! Hiss!

Chen Xi circulated his True Essence, then pricked open the tip of his finger before using his
own Blood Essence to draw talisman markings on the Netherezim Flying Sword.

When cultivating the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation, one must first use
one’s Blood Essence to draw the mysterious Oblivionwind Talisman and Flowinglight
Talisman on the flying swords, allowing a trace of a unique connection to be formed
between the flying swords, so that they could easily act in cooperation with one another as
if they were breathing. This step was also called setting up the formation markings, and
without the formation markings, it couldn’t be called a sword formation.

With Chen Xi’s experience in crafting talismans, drawing these two talisman markings
were naturally an easy matter.

But, to his surprise, the instant he completed the Oblivionwind Talisman and Flowinglight
Talisman, there seemed to be a strand of mysterious energy on the flying sword that
instantly drew a large amount of his Blood Essence!

Hu!
When he’d completed the drawing of all the talisman markings on the eight Netherezim
Flying Swords, Chen Xi’s face was already completely ghastly pale, his mind terribly
fatigued, and it was actually even more exhausting than a fierce battle.

If it wasn’t for my body being sufficiently strong, and my vital energy and blood surging
like waves, I’m afraid I would be unable to complete this step of setting up the formation
markings. This is only eight flying swords, and if I want to execute the second level of the
sword formation, then I still have to set up the talisman marking on the other 56 flying
swords. I wonder how much Blood Essence I have to expend… Chen Xi sighed with
emotion, then he shot his gaze at the eight Netherezim Flying Swords.

“Setup!”

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

The eight Netherezim Flying Swords instantly floated around Chen Xi as sword qi that was
ghastly and sharp gushed out. These flying swords were like a shoal of fish that were
intelligent. Under the control of Chen Xi’s soul, they either gathered or dispersed or
crisscrossed both horizontally and vertically or in a straight line… They were nimble and
reactive, and he commanded them with ease, as if the flying swords had become a part of
his body.

“Something seems to be off?” Chen Xi silently pondered before suddenly recalled that a
formation was already able to form a link with the energy of heaven and earth, and a sword
formation was like this as well, it required sensing the heaven and earth, then transforming
the energy of the heaven and the earth for one’s own use…

After the time for an incense stick to burn.

Chen Xi raised his head and his eyes were profound like stars. With a command in his
heart, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords that floated around him emitted a clear cry in
unison, seeming to have formed shapeless coordination with each other as if they were
breathing. They’d completely converged to become a single entity, synchronized with each
other, yet also independent, and it faintly possessed an indescribably elusive feeling.

Om!

Misty sword light gushed out abruptly from the whole body of the eight flying swords, the
sword lights were sharp like needles and flickered unsteadily as they cruised around Chen
Xi’s body. Although it was only a scarce eight flying swords, they revealed an unparalleled
monstrous aura, like a group of soldiers that were cold and filled with killing intent, causing
one to tremble in fear. Even the surroundings emitted buzzing sounds from being sliced by
the sharp sword light.

Unfortunately, I’m within the treasured vessel and am unable to test its might. But
according to the records on the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation’s diagram,
the first level of the sword formation was already sufficient to annihilate ordinary Golden
Hall Realm cultivators! A trace of satisfaction was revealed on Chen Xi’s face, then he said
to himself, The Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation was originally something
only Golden Hall Realm cultivators was able to utilize, whereas I’m only at the 5th star of
the Violet Palace Realm. In this way, my combat strength would probably be not inferior to
a Golden Hall Realm cultivator…”

But, Chen Xi also knew that the Violet Palace Realm and the Golden Hall Realm were two
great realms after all, if he were to encounter a Golden Hall Realm cultivator that was
monstrous or even a monstrous Violet Palace Realm cultivator, he still wouldn’t dare be
slightly careless, as there were too many incidents of failing miserably in a task one was
confident in within the cultivation world.

Swoosh!

The treasured vessel flew in the sky and an entire day passed quickly.

Dusk, Chen Xi had just awoken from his cultivating when he raised his eyes to look, and
the first thing that entered his eyes was a boundless mountain that continuously rose and
fell; a boundless mountain range whose end couldn’t be seen with a single glance.

Shockingly, a city appeared before that mountain range. Its shape was like a tortoise shell
and built with its back to the mountain. It occupied an area of 5,000km, but compared to the
luxurious and prosperous Misty Sea City, it was instead pitiably small.

Pine Mist City!

Chen Xi stood up and concentrated his gaze to look into the distance. This was the first
time he’d seen the full view of Pine Mist City, and when he looked down upon it from high
above in the sky, the entire city was fully revealed before his eyes.

The General’s Estate, the Institution District, the Commoners District… As he saw all the
familiar scenes, Chen Xi suddenly had a feeling as if it had been ages.

It had only been a year, why do I feel as if I’ve left for a few tens of years?

Senior Ji Yu said that after a cultivator established his Dao Foundation, the cultivator
would start comprehending the Heaven’s Dao, and would be able to faintly sense some
good or bad luck. It was obscure and extremely profound, yet very accurate. Could it be
that I’ve sensed something?

An inexplicable feeling of worry had suddenly emerged in Chen Xi’s heart, it emerged
quickly and vanished equally swiftly. When he wanted to carefully understand it, it was
already gone, and his heart was completely empty as if nothing had happened in that instant
earlier.
Ha, I’m going to reach home right away, what’s wrong with me? Am I getting nervous
from approaching home? Chen Xi fiercely shook his head, then took a deep breath before
putting away the treasured vessel and swiftly flashing towards the city gates.

As he walked into the city gates and looked at the familiar streets and smelt the familiar
smell in the air, not only did Chen Xi’s strained heart ease up, it instead became even more
strained, and his thoughts inexplicably became restless as well.

He didn’t stay and directly dashed towards his home.

It was as if a faint intuition from the heavens were urging him to do this.

His feet were as if they were flying, his figure like the wind, and Chen Xi’s heart thumped
even more strongly as he approached his home, like a pounding drum.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

His heart palpitated with anxiety and fear.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi stopped his feet as his pupils abruptly dilated and he didn’t dare believe everything
he saw before him.

The Commoners District was divided into four plots, each occupying an area of 500km.
The poverty stricken of Pine Mist City resided there, and Chen Xi’s house was in one of
those plots.

It was already nightfall, and at this time in the past, the people that had labored all day
would drag their exhausted bodies and return home as early as possible. They would be in
groups, holding rice bowls as they bragged and chatted, calling out to their wives to wash
the clothes and cook food. The little children would run around playing, and the boys and
girls would be gathered together whispering in discussion…

However, at this moment, within this 500km area of land, there was no homes, no crowds
of people, no noise, and was without the smell he’d been familiar with for over ten years.
Collapsed rubble lay all over the ground, crows cawed as they circled in the skies, and wild
dogs gnawed on the corpses of the dead.

Ruins!

His home had turned to ruins!

Chen Xi felt the world go dark as indescribable pain surged out from his heart. It ached to
the point he held his chest, wanting to shout, yet noticed he was unable to emit the slightest
sound.
What happened?

Exactly what happened!?

Chen Xi didn’t dare believe all this as the intense pain and boundless rage was like
tidewater that assaulted his consciousness, and his mind was blank.

He was like a walking corpse, his legs like lead as he walked step by step towards the
familiar place, walked towards the house that accompanied his childhood and youth. Every
step was so heavy, every step seemed like a stride towards the abyss.

Home was the port in Chen Xi’s heart that could keep out the wind and the rain. Here, he’d
listened to his grandfather’s teachings and taken care of his younger brother’s daily life. No
matter how exhausted he was every day, so long as he returned home and saw his
grandfather and younger brother waiting for him to have a meal, he felt warmth. He felt that
the humiliation and ridicule he suffered every day was insignificant.

Home, was the place that was impossible to obliterate from Chen Xi’s heart, the wisp of
warmth that still remained.

Because of this home, he’d shouldered everything since the beginning. He was able to
endure being insulted as a jinx and being humiliated by others with the incident of his
marriage contract being torn apart. Because, he had to assume the responsibility of this
home and support the entire Chen Clan. He desperately cultivated every day precisely
because he wanted to defend this home, but now…

Not only was his home destroyed, the nearby neighbors and people, an area of 500 km had
been transformed into ruins. Countless people had died. White bones lay flat on the streets,
it was like an unmarked burial ground, like a bloody hell.

“Have you heard, this was done by the Li Clan because they wanted to annihilate the Chen
Clan survivors.”

“Shh! Softly! No one in the entire Pine Mist City dares discuss this topic now because the
Li Clan has said that anyone that’s related to Chen Xi, albeit neighbors, will all die a
graveless death. Look, the commoners on this area of 500km, and entire 10,000 over people
were implicated by Chen Xi and became a ground full of dead bodies and white bones.”

“AH! It can’t be! The Zhang general store was destroyed because the owner, Zhang
Dayong, had taken care of Chen Xi’s business for many years, but why was that Clear
Stream Restaurant destroyed? I heard everyone in the restaurant died tragically within a sea
of fire.”

“You don’t know this? That Chen Xi was a spirit chef apprentice in Clear Stream
Restaurant for a period of time, how could the Li Clan not destroy it?”
…

A wave of faint sounds of discussion entered into Chen Xi’s ears. In the distance, two
guards in iron armor from the General’s Estate were bent over clearing the corpses in the
ruins.

It’s all because of me?

It was as if he was struck by lightning, and Chen Xi’s body started trembling without
restraint. His face became more and more icy cold, as a starry flame lit ablaze within his
gaze that was dead ash. The starry flame grew larger and larger until it transformed into a
surging flame with a bang, and it was blazing to the point it seemed as if it would melt the
heavens and the earth.

“Li Clan, Li Clan…” His muttering was like a low whistle of the wind, and the aura on
Chen Xi’s body had already fully emitted killing intent. The boundless bloody killing intent
that he’s condensed from the numerous slaughters in the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain
and the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range was released with a bang,
released without the slightest restraint!

At this moment, he was like an undead soul that had walked out of a bloody swamp, icy
cold, emotionless, and with killing intent that shot to the skies!

He knelt onto the floor and kowtowed three times towards the direction of his home, then
got up and left, and he didn’t look back from the beginning until the end.

In his heart, there was only the purest, simplest, and most direct thought — KILL!

“Hiss, so cold!”

“Has the season changed?”

The two guards from the General’s Estate that were clearing the corpses in the ruins
seemed as if they’d encountered an assault for a cold stream of air that was bone piercing,
and they both shuddered as they looked up in wonder, yet they saw nothing.

No one noticed that on the ground in the distance, many crows had died. The blood in their
bodies had frozen and their eyes were wide open, yet there wasn’t a single trace of injuries
on their bodies.
Chapter 95 – Storm In The City

The Zhang General Store that was situated on the busiest street of Pine Mist City had
transformed into ruins within a single night.

Three months had already passed since then.

On the busiest street, there were rows upon rows of stores and a bustling crowd,
everywhere was so bustling, yet only this place was deathly silent like a grave. So long as
pedestrians were to pass by this place, they would surely avoid it from far away, as if they
were extremely afraid they would be tainted with a trace of misfortune.

This place was still in ruins, and there still was dark red mottled blood stains between the
cracks of the shattered roof tiles. This was the blood of the owner of Zhang general goods
store and the 37 talisman crafting apprentices. Even though their corpses had already
decayed and vanished, the blood was impossible to erase, and it seemed to be narrating the
terror, rage, and resentment in their hearts…

A merchant brought along a group of tall and strong servants to arrive here, he’d taken a
fancy on this plot of land and wanted to build a store on the ruins.

“Tear it down! I’ve already asked the Li Clan and I’ve spent a great fortune buying this plot
of land. In the future, this is the territory of I, Lord Cui. Quickly clear up these ruins and
this dirty and smelly blood, and use water and flush it clean for me!” The big-bellied
merchant yelled loudly and instructed, yet he noticed that the group of powerful servants
behind him had reluctant expressions and were unwilling to step forward, and he couldn’t
help but burst into rage. “What’s there to be worried about? Are all of you afraid of being
tainted by the Jinx’s misfortune, or afraid of being dealt with by the Li Clan? Didn’t I
fucking say that I’ve already asked the Li Clan?!”

“My Lord, so many people have died here, even if we open a store here, it seems to be
unlucky, right? Moreover, the Jinx stayed here for four years, who knows if we will be
tainted by his misfortune…” A servant had a bitter expression on his face as he explained.

“Yeah, presently, everyone in the city that was related to the Jinx has been killed, and even
the things he’d used before have been completely burnt by them.”

“My Lord, it’s alright if we don’t take this plot of land!”

All the servants spoke out at once and voiced the worries in their hearts.

“Do all of you still want to live or not?” Merchant Cui roared loudly. “Get to work! If you
don’t clean up this ruins by tonight, I’ll fucking have the heads of you lowly servants!”
The servants went silent like cicadas in the winter, they could only grit their teeth and walk
forward before starting to clean up the Zhang general goods store that had already turned
into ruins.

Merchant Cui’s expression eased up when he saw this and muttered in disdain. “A group of
trash, trash like the Jinx. If I’m a fucking member of the Li Clan, I would kill all of them
for daring to disobey me…”

“Hiss, who’s that fellow. What dense killing intent, it’s simply as if he’d walked out from
an ocean of corpses and blood!”

“It’s Chen Xi! It’s Chen Xi! He… He’s returned!”

“Chen Xi? The Jinx?”

“Shit, I have to quickly avoid him. The Li Clan will probably annihilate my entire family if
I have even the slightest relationship with him.”

On the distant street, numerous high-pitched cried suddenly sounded out from the bustling
crowd, it was as if they’d seen an inconceivable fierce beast, and their faces all went
deathly pale as they fled desperately.

Instantly, the entire street was filled with streams of people that cried and shouted as they
fled as if they’d encountered something extremely terrifying.

“My Lord, the Jinx has returned!”

“Let’s quickly flee as well!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

All the servants had long faces, and if it wasn’t for them being afraid of Merchant Cui’s
power and influence, they’d probably have fled long ago.

“Shut up!” Merchant Cui’s expression flickered between a variety of expressions, yet he
gritted his teeth and shouted out explosively. “He’s only trash that just knows how to craft
talismans, what are all of you afraid of? Those people fled because they’re afraid of the Li
Clan, but I have a close relationship with the Li Clan, is there any need to flee?”

During the time Merchant Cui was speaking, the streets that were weaved with streams of
people had become completely devoid of a single figure, and the stores on both sides of the
street closed their doors with a bang, seeming to be avoiding a god of plagues.

The atmosphere became deathly silent, strange, and oppressive, as if it was the calm before
a storm.
“There’s no need to be alarmed, do what you’re supposed to do, you’ll receive an
additional ten times of your wages for today!” Merchant Cui took a deep breath before
speaking slowly.

Money moved the hearts of people, and it was also able to order about the gods and ghosts.

When they heard they would receive an additional ten times their wages, although the
servants still had extremely unsightly appearances, no one chose to leave. This was exactly
the charm of money.

Step! Step! Step!

A wave of footsteps resounded out in the cold and dreary street, the sound was soft like
drifting wind, yet heavy like pounding on drums. Every step smashed onto their hearts,
causing their vital energy and blood to surge, and their breathing to become heavy.

A tall and thin figure walked over amongst this strange sounds of footsteps that caused one
to shudder with fear, His expression was icy cold like an emotionless corpse, yet his eyes
were blood red, and his dark red eyes were like the evil spirits and devils of legend.

His killing intent was like dense and thick blood that couldn’t be dissolved, like an icy cold
sharp blade that had entered the marrow.

Whereas he himself was like an unsheathed sharp sword that had been soaked in a sea of
blood, yearning to drink fresh blood and souls.

Thump!

Merchant Cui’s legs went weak and he fell to sit on the ground, the strength within his
entire body seemed to have been completely sucked out and it was like a shapeless hand
had choked his throat. His eyes sprang wide open as he looked at the approaching figure
that possessed monstrous killing intent, and he couldn’t restrain himself from emitting a
shrill cry any longer. “Chen Xi, you Jinx! What do you want to do? The Li Clan is backing
me, you can’t touch me!!”

At the side, all the servants had been scared out of their wits since long ago and collapsed
to sit on the floor with shivering mouths, and their expressions were a mix of livid and
ashen. Only until they saw that figure did they realize, no matter how much money it was, it
couldn’t compare to the value of their lives.

Chen Xi paid no attention to them, he only looked at the ruins as the past scenes flashed
through his mind.

Pitiable little fellow, since no one is buying your talismans, then sell them to me.
Supporting a family at such a tiny age is too difficult.
Haha! Chen Xi, you’re talisman crafting skill has improved again. For the sake of your
grandfather, younger brother, and most importantly, yourself, you must continue to be
hardworking, and you must not become arrogant.

I knew that this day would come. Go on, Uncle’s place is too small and your life shouldn’t
be confined here. Continue working hard, and no matter what, you must remember to come
see Uncle when you’re free. Hahaha, am I too greedy?

Two rows of dark red tears of blood silently slid down his face. Chen Xi knelt on the floor,
facing the ruins, facing the former Zhang general goods store, facing Uncle Zhang that
always encouraged him and helped him, and he heavily kowtowed on the ground.

Uncle, Little Xi has already grown up. I’ll take revenge for you!

Chen Xi stood up and left without looking back.

Whereas at the side, Merchant Cui and all the servants had terrified and hideous
expressions as their seven apertures bled, and they died without a sound.

There was a talisman drawn by blood on the ground, the first-grade Flamecloud Talisman
Chen Xi was most skilled at crafting. The blood colored talisman markings bloomed like a
flower, and it seemed to be mourning the souls of the dead within the ruins.

Clear Stream Restaurant.

On the void and dreary ruins, there were bones, there was blood, and there was Chen Xi
wholeheartedly cooking delicious delicacies. He seemed to be muttering something, and
broken bits of words like Old Man Ma, Pei Pei, and Qiao Nan could be faintly heard.

Ruins, blood, bones, and a person speaking as he cooked food, a scene like this was
extremely bizarre and could even be called terrifying.

After the time for an incense stick to burn.

Four dishes and a jug of wine were placed before the ruins, whereas Chen Xi’s figure
wasn’t there any longer.

A wild dog smelled the fragrance and run over, but it hadn’t even come close to the
extremely delicious food when it abruptly let out a whimper before its body crashed onto
the ground, dead on the spot.

——

Chen Xi has returned!

This news seemed to have grown wings and had spread throughout the entire Pine Mist
City within the blink of an eye, and it caused the entire city to be stirred.

Chen Xi, a Jinx that had grown up in Pine Mist City since a young age, a Jinx whose Clan
was annihilated when he was born, then his parents went missing, his marriage contract was
torn apart, his grandfather died a miserable death, his younger brother’s right hand was
crippled…

A few months ago, it was even because of him that the Li Clan annihilated commoners in
an area of 500km, annihilated the Zhang general goods store, and annihilated the Clear
Stream Restaurant. So long as it was someone that had the slightest relationship with him,
they’d all died miserably. How unjust!

Presently, this Jinx that was known to every household had returned. Could it be that he
wanted to smear the city with a layer of misfortune and blood again?

The streets were already devoid of people.

The bustling stores had all closed their doors as well.

The various institutions had even prohibited all their disciples from going out.

The entire city seemed to have become an empty city in the blink of an eye.

Even the cultivators that boasted about their strong cultivations were silent and looking on
from the sidelines, as they seemed to be already able to see that Chen Xi was bound to die
miserably under the butchering knife of the Li Clan today.

——

General’s Estate.

The number one expert under the command of General Qin, Luo Chong, knitted his brows
and was filled with worry.

It was at this moment that a guard swiftly ran over, then knelt down on one knee.
“Reporting to Commander Luo, the General sends words that our General’s Estate will not
interfere in this matter.

Bang!

Luo Chong fiercely slapped his palm onto the nearby table, and wood fragments swirled
about.

“We watched idly by as the Li Clan slaughtered over 10,000 commoners, we watched idly
by as the Zhang general goods store and Clear Stream Restaurant was annihilated. If this
goes on, will the dignity of my General’s Estate still exist? What will we use to convince
the masses?” The rage that Luo Chong had accumulated for a few months was unable to be
restrained any longer and fully exploded out at this moment. His expression was savage and
livid as he roared loudly without stopping. “Why? Why do we turn a cold shoulder to it?
Just because the Li Clan had the support of the Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan behind it, so
they can trample on the dignity of my General’s Estate?”

“Luo Chong, you’re too rash!” An extremely dignified voice sounded out, then a violet
robed middle aged man walked over with slow and even steps. He was 3m tall with a back
that was straight like a spear, and he seemed like an oppressive tall mountain as he
approached, full of dignity. This person was precisely the supreme number one person in
the General’s Estate, and the actual ruler of Pine Mist City, Qin Han.

“General!” Luo Chong was startled when he saw the violet robed middle aged man, then he
took a deep breath before standing up and cupping his hands.

“The Su Clan is extremely terrifying, all those great powers in Dragon Lake City are
extremely terrifying. Even though you and I represent the will of the Darchu Dynasty, we
can only choose to compromise when facing these ancient clans.” Qin Han sighed. “Not to
mention me, even if it’s within Dragon Lake City or the entire southern territory, there isn’t
any city’s General’s Estate that dares openly go against them.”

Luo Chong knew that what Qin Han said was the truth, yet the rage in his heart increased,
and he gnashed his teeth and said, “We’re dealing with the Li Clan, not the Su Clan!”

Qin Han shook his head. “Do you think the Li Clan dared be so brazen without the Dragon
Lake City’s Su Clan supporting them from behind?”

Luo Chong said in a daze, “Could it be that we’ll do nothing like this? Watch idly by as
Chen Xi is killed? Hongmian’s relationship with him is extremely good.”

“I know, so I locked that little girl up.” Qin Han casually replied. “This is something that
can’t be helped. Once Chen Xi is dead, perhaps the entire Pine Mist City would be
peaceful. Besides that, offending the Li Clan and Su Clan for a disciple from an
impoverished family is undoubtedly burying my General’s Estate into a pit of hell. It’s not
worth it.”

“Are great clans and great powers so terrifying?” Luo Chong muttered in powerlessness
and dejection.

“It’s indeed so.” Qin Han nodded, yet he didn’t explain any further.
Chapter 96 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (Part 1)

The Li Clan was situated at the east of Pine Mist City, and it occupied an area of over 600
km. Its structure was magnificent and lofty, containing artificial mountains and flowing
water, waterside pavilions, and zigzagged walkways were distributed in a well-
proportioned manner. At the center was even a lake that occupied an area of 500km. It was
a picturesque scene with servants that were numerous like the clouds, and it possessed the
atmosphere of a rich and powerful clan.

At this moment, within the great hall.

It wasn’t Li Yizhen that sat at the host’s seat but it was Li Ming instead.

“How is it? Is there any news from the Su Clan? Didn’t Su Jiao return already? I’ve helped
her kill over 10,000 people, could it be that she still won’t agree to marry me?” He was
drinking the fine wine in his cup, yet Li Ming’s expression was extremely gloomy, and his
entire body possessed a bloody and ruthless aura that caused him to seem extremely fierce.

Sweat streamed down the face of Manager Wu who was nearby, and he hurriedly
explained. “The Su Clan is extremely satisfied with our actions. But they said Young
Master must acquire a place in the top ten ranks of the Hidden Dragon Rankings next year,
and only then would Young Master have the qualifications to marry Miss Su.”

“Hidden Dragon Rankings?” Li Ming spoke in amazement.

In the southern territory’s Dragon Lake City, the eight great sects, six great clans, and three
great institutions would join together every 10 years to hold a competition, and they used
this to pick the experts in the younger generation that possessed natural talent that swept
through all opposition.

The entry threshold for the Hidden Dragon Rankings was extremely high, it required that
young cultivators must attain the Violet Palace Realm before the age of 30 to possess the
qualifications to participate.

The young cultivators ranked in the top 100 were able to obtain the reward of a huge
amount of medicinal pills and cultivation techniques.

Those ranked in the top 50 would even obtain formidable Magic Treasures as their reward.

Those ranked in the top 10 already possessed the qualifications to be absorbed into one of
the eight great sects, six great clans, or three great institutions to become a core disciple.

Those ranked in the top 3 would instead be taken as closed door disciples by great Rebirth
Realm cultivators!
After all, the entire southern territory possessed a population of tens of billions, and
selecting the strongest 100 young experts from this tens of billions of people was a great
honor that would tempt anyone.

So much so, that even some of the ordinary disciples and core disciples from the eight great
sects, six great clans, and three great institutions would participate in the Hidden Dragon
Ranking. On one hand, it was to make a name for themselves, on the other hand, it was for
the sake of obtaining even more resources or taking some formidable cultivator as their
Master.

At the same time that the rewards were tempting, the competition was extremely harsh and
brutal as well.

“Young Master, with your natural talent, your strength would surely advance a level after a
year of bitter cultivating. There is great hope for Young Master to participate in the Hidden
Dragon Rankings and rank amongst the top ten.” Manager Wu flattered with a smile.

“Hmph! There are tens of billions of people in the southern territory, and geniuses are
innumerable like a school of carps moving down a river. That Hidden Dragon Ranking
competition isn’t as simple as you think.” Li Ming snorted coldly, then spoke arrogantly.
“However, since the Su Clan has put this request forward, I naturally have to work hard and
advance my cultivation. For the sake of Miss Su, I must charge into the top ten of the
Hidden Dragon Rankings!”

“This old servant will first congratulate Young Master to win from the very start, greatly
display your martial prowess and become famous throughout the world!” Manage Wu let
loose a wave of flattery, and it caused Li Ming to raise his head and ceaselessly roar with
laughter.

“Report! Young Master, Chen Xi has returned! He’s returned!” It was at this moment that a
guard ran swiftly into the great hall and cried out loudly.

Chen Xi!

Li Ming swiftly stood up with an expression of wild joy, then he laughed loudly. “Good!
Good! Good! This kid has returned at long last. Capturing him and sending him to the
Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan would undoubtedly be a great merit!”

“Where’s Chen Xi?” asked Manager Wu.

“He… He’ll be approaching our Li Clan right away!” The guard wiped off the sweat on his
forehead and replied while breathing heavily.

“He’s giving himself up?” Manager Wu was stunned, then sneered silently. “He’s truly
courting death. Looks like he’s already noticed that his home has been destroyed and all the
people close to him have lost their lives. He wants to trespass into my Li Clan by himself?
Perhaps he’s already lost his head to rage, and that’s why he’s doing such a stupid thing,
right?”

“This trash isn’t worthy of me making a move myself. Manager Wu, you take along my Li
Clan’s elite guards and quickly capture him. Remember, you must not injure him.
HAHAHA!” Li Ming waved his hand indifferently, as now that he’d advanced to the Violet
Palace Realm, he naturally wouldn’t take Chen Xi seriously.

Before the Li Clan’s front door.

Two squads of 1,000 plus black clothed troops were lined up in proper order and wore
black armor and white armor respectively. They were created from the most elite disciples
of the Li Clan, with a cultivation at least at the Congenital Realm. The highest even
possessed a cultivation at the perfection stage of the Congenital Realm.

They were the Unicorn Guard and Whitemail Guard that were well renowned within Pine
Mist City. At the same time, they were the core strength of the number one clan in Pine
Mist City, the Li Clan.

At this moment, they held heavy crossbows in their hands and had sabers hanging at their
waists. They stood there with solemn and respectful expressions, like two army squadrons
that were adept in battle. The cold killing intent from their entire bodies were mixed
together, and when seen from afar by an ordinary person, it would cause the person to be
scared stiff.

The heavy crossbows in their hands was called the Flyingsoul Heavy Crossbow. The
arrows were like spears that possessed a range of 500km, and when 1,000 people shot in
unison, it was even able to annihilate a Violet Palace Realm cultivator!

The sabers that hung at their waists were called Tigerstab. They was made from Dark Steel
and were sharp and tough, and could compare to a graded Magic Treasure. When 2,000
people swung their sabers together, they were able to instantly form a Yin-Yang
Thousandblade Formation. In the history of the Li Clan, this formation had successfully
annihilated invading enemies on many occasions, and the reason was that it was powerful
and dominating with extraordinary might.

Manager Wu stood with his hands behind his back, and a trace of worry was contained
within his heart.

At the Spiritcave Lake one year ago, he’d once lead a squad of guards for the sake of
offering tributes to the Violet Rhino greater demon, yet he’d unexpectedly encountered
Chen Xi. What caused him to be unable to believe it, was that Chen Xi’s Congenital Realm
cultivation was actually able to kill the numerous guards like sweeping through dry leaves,
and even forced him to have no choice but to flee.
Later on, he even heard that the Violet Rhino greater demon was killed by Chen Xi, and
from that time onwards, he was even more afraid of Chen Xi’s strength in his heart.

Whereas now, one year had already passed. Would this fellow’s cultivation have improved?

Manager Wu was unable to be sure, but when he saw the two squads of guards with an
imposing aura that shot into the sky like a rainbow, the last strand of worry in his heart
vanished without a trace.

The fully deployed Unicorn Guard and Whitemail Guard was sufficient to annihilate an
ordinary Violet Palace Realm cultivator. Chen Xi came here alone, do I even have to be
worried?

Step! Step! Step!

In this oppressive atmosphere of slaughter, a wave of footsteps resounded out in the

desolate street. It was wispy like the wind, heavy like a drum, and it carried along a trace of
a strange rhythm that caused one’s heartbeat to be unable to help from speeding up.

He’s arrived!

A tall and thin figure walked out from the shadows. The setting sun that was like blood
elongated his shadow to a long length and he was all alone, seeming bleak and lonely.

His expression was icy cold and indifferent, with completely dark red eyes that seemed to
be filled with blood. Like a pair of torches that were fiercely blazing, they seemed to want
to burn, crush, and wipe out everything before him.

Hiss! Hiss!

The air in the places he passed seemed to be unable to endure the monstrous killing intent
in his body, and it violently warped and distorted, causing his figure to become blurry.

What dense killing intent!

Manager Wu’s pupils constricted and he couldn’t help but gasp. Why is this fellow’s killing
intent so dense like lava? Even gazing at it from afar causes one to shudder with fear.
Could it be that he’d just walked out from a mountain of corpses and bones?

“Look, it’s really the Jinx!”

“Haha! He’s truly courting death. I just recalled how Young Master Li Ming casually said
the word a few months ago, and it caused the blood of over 10,000 to flow into a river.
Even the General’s Estate didn’t dare make a sound. Truly satisfying!”
“He’s indeed courting death. Does he think that he can trespass into our Li Clan by
himself? What a pitiable fellow, he’s obviously lost his mind from rage and become an
idiot!”

“Jinx, Jinx, alas, you’ve caused the death of everyone close to you, and now you’re going
to bury your own life. With him gone, our lives will lose a type of pleasure.”

On the walls of the Li Clan, there were numerous Li Clan disciples, female attendants and
servants watching. They couldn’t help but discuss excitedly when they saw Chen Xi’s
figure.

Manager Wu restrained his thoughts, and he couldn’t help but feel a wave of
embarrassment when he thought about his loss of composure earlier. He instantly switched
his expression and looked at Chen Xi who was 300m away with a savage expression and
laughed arrogantly. “Chen Xi, you want to take revenge? It looks to me like you’re giving
away your life. HAHAHA!”

Step! Step! Step!

Chen Xi didn’t speak, moving forward step by step and only the sounds of footsteps
resounded.

“Hmph! Stop acting, obediently allow yourself to be captured and you can still live for a
while longer. Otherwise, you’ll surely die today.” Manager Wu’s expression went cold and
he shouted out explosively with a stern voice.

Chen Xi moved forward indifferently and paid no attention to Manager Wu. Under the
setting sun, the shadow behind him grew longer and longer, and it seemed as if hell was at
the end of his shadow. Whereas he instead was like a dead soul that had walked out from
hell, only possessing killing intent and not knowing how to speak.

“You’re courting death!” When he saw there was only 150m of distance away, Manager
Wu waved his hand, and the squad of over 100 Unicorn Guards moved out fiercely.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Over 100 sharp arrows that were thick like a child’s arm shot out explosively from the
Flyingsoul Heavy Crossbow, and they covered the heavens and the earth, tearing through
the sky as they emitted sounds that seemed as if ghosts were wailing.

Clang!

At practically the instant the heavy crossbows shot, the 100 plus Unicorn Guard withdrew
the Tigerstab Sabers that hung at their waists in unison, then they leaped up to follow the
crossbow arrows to charge towards Chen Xi.
Shoot the crossbows, draw the saber and charge, a string of movements were completed
smoothly in one stretch and were completed in an instant, displaying the extremely
ferocious combat attainments of the 100 plus Unicorn Guards.

The crossbow arrows were like locusts, seeming like a rain of arrows. There were even 100
plus ferocious Unicorn Guards that gushed over like tidewater, practically fully locking
down all of Chen Xi’s paths of retreat.

In the eyes of everyone, Chen Xi who still walked forward step by step seemed as if he was
scared stiff, and actually didn’t even react in the slightest!

Could it be that this fellow came to look for death?

This thought had only just flashed within the minds of everyone when they felt something
flash before their eyes in the next moment, and Chen Xi’s figure had actually vanished into
thin air, completely disappearing!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The crossbow arrows that were shot out from the Flyingsoul Heavy Crossbow nailed
themselves to the ground, the ferocious and swift energy directly pierced over 100 holes
into the ground, and caused fragments of rocks to scatter all over.

Where is he?

The hearts of the 100 plus Unicorn Guards that had pounced forward jerked, and they were
all stunned.

It was at this moment that the over 100 Unicorn Guards noticed, to their terror, that within
their field of vision, a wisp of sword light that seemed like an arc of lightning was like a
trace of a gale that whistled beneath the sky, breathtaking, beautiful, and chilly, gushing
forth as soon as it appeared.

Pu! Pu! Pu!

Strings of blood were like lit firecrackers, exploding forth all along the way and shooting
up into the air, forming a bloody scene.

It wasn’t even one tenth of an instant when a bloody hole that was the size of a copper coin
had appeared on the throats of 13 Unicorn Guards. Their expressions froze on their faces,
and they didn’t understand what had happened even until death.

Pu! Pu! Pu!

Chen Xi’s figure was like a strand of smoke, like a bolt of lightning, and due to his speed
being too swift, he left behind layer upon layer of afterimages in the sky. Whereas the
Netherezim Flying Sword in his hand was instead like a wisp of flowing light, accurate and
vicious as it harvested lives successively with an extremely swift speed. He was like a
farmer that was eliminating weeds in the field, cutting a patch of weeds into half with a
single swing of the sickle.

At this moment, these Unicorn Guards that charged forward were like a group of goats
waiting for slaughter, and it wasn’t that they were too inferior, but their enemy was too
strong.

A cultivation at the 5th star of the Violet Palace Realm, a complete Wind Dao Insight, and
a terrifying strength that was able to battle Golden Palace Realm cultivators, how could
these Congenital Realm cultivators be able to withstand him?

Moreover, the Netherezim Flying Sword in his hand didn’t fail to live up to the might of a
top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasure. It was sharp and icy cold, and just the icy sword qi
that was emitted from it was able to easily crush the Tigerstab sabers in the hands of these
Unicorn Guards. In the hands of Chen Xi, it displayed incomparable penetrating ability and
sharpness!

Flowers of blood scattered into the air, like blood colored fountains that gushed out in
unison. In the blink of an eye, another 30 plus Unicorn Guards had their throats pierced and
crashed onto the ground.

“Violet Palace Realm! But what cultivation in the Martial Dao is this? It’s only been one
year, yet this trash’s cultivation has advanced to such a terrifying extent?” In the distance,
Manager Wu’s expression became gloomy and his eyes were filled with an expression of
disbelief. The 100 plus Unicorn Guards in the distance were already almost about to be
slaughtered to the end. He didn’t dare hesitate and abruptly raised his right hand to shout
explosively with all his strength. “Release!”

On the sides, the 1,900 Unicorn Guards and Whitemail Guards had all been prepared since
long ago. When they heard this, the Flyingsoul Heavy Crossbows in their hands released in
unison, and the crossbow arrows that were like a dense rainstorm shot out explosively!

At this moment, Manager Wu had actually disregarded the remaining Unicorn Guards in
the distance for the sake of killing Chen Xi!
Chapter 97 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (Part 2)

This year of endless battle in the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain and the depths of the
Southern Barbaric Mountain Range caused Chen Xi to firmly remember an extremely
important principle. Never hold back in the slightest when facing an enemy, and killing his
enemies in the most precise and swiftest way was always the only law to obtain the final
victory.

Today, he didn’t hold back indeed.

His home was destroyed and everyone was ruthlessly slaughtered within an area of 500km.
He’d even implicated the Zhang general goods store and Clear Stream Restaurant to
transform into ruins that were covered in mottled blood, and even their corpses and bones
didn’t remain.

These tragic scenes were like numerous sharp blades that pierced his heart to the point it
bled, and even his soul trembled in pain.

Since he was young, he’d never felt hatred as he felt today, and the hatred that accumulated
and fermented within his belly and chest stimulated him to that point he’d already fallen
into a bloodthirsty state.

Today, if I don’t kill, if I don’t see blood, then how would I vent the hatred in my heart?

It just so happened that besides the roaring flames of rage that burned within his dark red
eyes, there was instead a trace of indifference, an indifference that didn’t contain a bit of
emotion.

Chen Xi who’s survived countless slaughters and battles not only possessed terrifying
combat expertise now, he also possessed an incomparably firm combat will.

His indifference and his rage, they were both unable to affect the level of his combat
ability, and instead seemed to reflect back at him, causing the level of his combat ability to
rise steadily!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

1,900 crossbow arrows tore through the sky as they shot out violently, the icy cold and hard
tips of the arrows slit open the sky. The friction caused scorching sparks that burned the
eyes, carrying a string of sharp and ear piercing whistling sounds as they assaulted him.

They were like dark clouds that roiled as they pressed forward, covering the heavens and
the earth, causing one to be unable to help from feeling the powerless sensation of being
unable to avoid them.
However, an attack like this was full of flaws to Chen Xi and had no deterrent force at all.

When he cultivated the Heavenly Dragon’s Eight Steps to the unity-stage, he was already
able to skillfully and easily dodge the attack of a myriad of arrows shot in unison. Now that
he’d cultivated the Divine Windwing Flight and his movement technique contained a trace
of Wind Dao Insight, not to mention dodging the assault of these crossbow arrows that
weren’t even numbering in the 2,000s, even if it was another ten or hundred times more, it
would still be unable to touch the corners of his clothes, let alone injure him.

Swoosh!

In the next moment, Chen Xi had already vanished on the spot.

The crossbow arrow assault that was like the rain didn’t come to anything, and it instead
directly pierced innumerable bloody holes into the bodies of the remaining Unicorn Guards
that had charged forward earlier, and they died utterly tragically.

“Set up the formation!” Manager Wu had expected Chen Xi was able to dodge it long ago,
so the instant that the Flyingsoul Heavy crossbows were shot, he’d shouted out explosively
once again, yet he himself had silently retreated to the back of the group of people.

“Swoosh!

1,900 people drew their sabers at the same time, yet the sound seemed to have resounded
out at the same moment, and it was thunderous to the ear. At the same time, the 900
Unicorn Guards and 1,000 Whitemail Guards moved out suddenly, moving back and forth
to interweave together, crisscrossing both horizontally and vertically.

In almost an instant, they’d already set up a saber formation with killing intent that shot
into the sky. Numerous shiny and sharp Tigerstab sabers pointed towards the sky from afar,
and under the setting sun, a layer of a sheen that was like blood appeared on the blades of
the sabers.

“Chen Xi, don’t even think of entering my Li Clan’s door if you don’t defeat this Yin-Yang
Thousandblade Formation! Hahaha…” Manager Wu hid behind the tightly shut door and
laughed arrogantly, yet his laughter stopped abruptly.

At this moment, it was as if someone had choked Manager Wu’s throat, his eyes sprang
completely open. As he looked fearfully at the figure that stood before him, he was almost
overwhelmed by fear.

This fellow… When did he come in? How could his speed be so swift?

Swish!
A cold light appeared abruptly, Manager Wu didn’t even have the time to cry for help
before a bloody hole was directly pierced through on his neck, and even before death, he’d
couldn’t imagine how Chen Xi had appeared before him.

“AH! Chen Xi has come in!”

“Manager Wu is dead, he died under Chen Xi’s sword!”

“Someone, hurry! Chen Xi has barged in!”

Behind the door was an open space that occupied an area of 500km. The ground was paved
with hard and smooth limestone, and further behind was the numerous alternate pathways
that led to the Li Clan's rear residences.

At this moment, there were a few tens of servants in the open space, and when they saw
Chen Xi wipe off Manager Wu’s life with a single swing of the sword, they were unable to
refrain from emitting numerous sharp cries before splitting up to flee.

Swish!

However, before they could even get far, a flying sword shot out violently, and as if it had
grown eyes, it efficiently reaped their lives.

Despicable servants that assisted evildoers deserved death!

Chen Xi didn’t turn back and directly walked inwards.

“Everyone, attack him together and kill this Jinx!”

“Right! No matter how formidable he is, he’s only a single person after all!”

“Kill!”

Amongst the waves of loud shouting, Li Clan disciples surged over from all directions like
tidewater, and they all had ferocious expressions as they swarmed towards Chen Xi.

The Unicorn Guards and Whitemail Guards that had formed the Yin-Yang Thousandblade
Formation outside the door heard the shouts as well, and they all surged towards the door,
yet no matter how they wracked their brains, they were unable to understand how Chen Xi
had silently entered the front door.

However, with their sight and cultivation realm, it was naturally impossible for them to
know how terrifying the speed of a complete Wind Dao Insight combined with the Divine
Windwing Flight was.
The crowd of people surged like tidewater, these Li Clan disciples all had ferocious
expressions, revealing bloodthirst and ruthlessness, and it was sufficient to scare a slightly
cowardly person to the point they were overwhelmed with fear.

When he saw Chen Xi remaining completely unmoved, the Li Clan disciple that took the
lead was first shocked, then he was greatly delighted, shouting at the top of his throat.
“Brothers! Kill him! Young Master Li Ming will surely reward us generously!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

A man dies for money and a bird dies for food, for the sake of the imaginary generous
reward, these Li Clan disciples became excited, and they all shouted loudly as they charged
at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi didn’t fly, nor did he flee, and there wasn’t a trace of movement on his face and
body, just like the Netherezim Flying Sword in his hand that didn’t shake in the slightest.

His wrist shook and the sword lightly struck out.

Hiss!

A sword light that was coiled with ice appeared in midair, and cold air appeared abruptly!

“AH!” Three miserable cries sounded out abruptly. In a single move, three Li Clan
disciples had actually been sliced in half at the waist by this sword light, and blood and
various internal organs were scattered all over the ground. The three of them didn’t die
completely; their upper body still struggled desperately on the ground, and the miserable
cries could be heard without end.

Even these coldblooded Li Clan disciples couldn’t help but feel their scalps go numb when
faced with a scene like this!

The few people that were the closest to Chen Xi took a few steps in retreat subconsciously.

Then, numerous sword lights that seemed as if they were icy crystals were like innumerable
beautiful flowing lights that cut a swift arc to abruptly reap the lives in his surroundings.

The Li Clan disciples noticed to their shock that the sword in Chen Xi’s hand was swift to
the point it was like a bolt of lightning that was concealed in space, and it slashed out a
myriad of surging sword light almost in the blink of an eye. The sword lights that rose one
after the other were like misty icy fog, sprinkling a lethal aura that was icy cold and bone
piercing, and they were unimaginably sharp. Anything that touched the sword light would
be split into two.
Batch after batch of Li Clan disciples died miserably and fell to the group. They either had
their chest broken open, their throats pierced through, or directly chopped in two by the
sword light. The dense dark red blood was like rainwater that splashed out, and the
numerous corpses with torn open bellies formed a painting of death that seemed like hell.

Chen Xi’s eyes were still completely red like blood, his expression still indifferent like ice,
and he was like a soulless puppet. His movements were swift like a ghost and his sword
strikes were without a trace of unnecessary movements, precise and ruthless to the point it
made one’s hair stand on end. His cultivation realm that was a few times higher allowed
him to obtain the largest combat result with every attack.

Combat was the best whetstone without a doubt.

The regular life and death battles in the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain and the depths of
the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range had made all the strength Chen Xi possessed to be
tempered to the point it was extremely swift and fierce. Under the combination of the
complete Wind Dao Insight and the movement technique, Divine Windwing Flight, his
figure was vague to the point it was difficult for one to imagine it, and he was like a strand
of smoke that had drifted through the crowd and was difficult to be fathomed.

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Chen Xi was like a god of death that moved swiftly from place to place, the sharp sword in
his hand reaped the lives of batch after batch of Li Clan disciples, and the people able to
stand nearby were rapidly reducing.

In this battle that was almost a trampling and a slaughter, only ten plus breaths of time had
passed when only a sparse few tens of people remained, and only despair and boundless
terror could be seen on the faces of everyone.

If it was said that they were driven by the generous rewards earlier, now they only saw the
dense blood and death. Whereas Chen Xi had already become a ruthless, unfeeling, and
madly bloodthirsty devil in their eyes.

Pu!

A sword light flashed by like lightning, and it brought about a trace of warm dark red
blood, and the people within 30 meters of Chen Xi were completely dead.

“Flee quickly!”
The remaining Li Clan disciples had completely collapsed, and they turned around to
desperately flee in every direction.

“Truly a group of trash!” It was at this moment that a cold and tyrannical voice rumbled,
and accompanying this voice was a young man with violently fluttering black hair and an
expression that was fierce and gloomy flying towards Chen Xi.

Chen Xi raised his head and recognized that this figure was Li Ming, the second son of the
Li Clan’s Patriarch, Li Yizhen.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Eight flying swords shot out explosively. They were like vultures that had smelt blood and
swooped towards the Li Clan disciples that were fleeing desperately.

“Audacious! You actually dare kill my Li Clan’s disciples in front of me…” Li Ming’s
explosive shout hadn’t finished when he saw a string of violently shooting streams of blood
one after the other, and thumping sounds could be heard without end. His speed was
completely unable to be compared with the speed of the flying swords.

In the blink of an eye, those Li Clan disciples that fled in all directions were all dead.

The ground was a mess of corpses, bits of flesh, blood, and brightly colored internal organs.
The smell of blood that was dense to the point it seemed material suffused the entire
heavens and earth, causing one to feel sick from smelling it.

The veins on Li Ming’s forehead bulged as a ruthless aura surged and suffused on his body.

He’d killed people, even more than a number of people Chen Xi killed at this moment, yet
when the people that died were his own clansmen, his heart that has been soaked in blood
couldn’t refrain from fiercely twitching. Boundless flames of rage blazed at the bottom of
his heart, and it was like lava as it surged throughout his body, stimulating him to the point
he almost went mad.

“Chen Xi, your strength has indeed greatly exceeded my expectations. However, you
actually dared slaughter so many of my clansmen, I’ll surely slice you into a thousand
pieces and I’ll torture you to death!” Li Ming’s expression was savage and ruthless, his
long hair fluttered as lush jade colored flame abruptly surged out from his body, and it was
like a dragon arrogantly roaring and a tiger dashing out. At the instant it appeared in the air,
the scorching and terrifying flames caused space to shake and warp.

“Jadeflame Wyrm Transformation Technique!” Within the explosive shout, the Jadeflame
wyrm suddenly emitted a roar in the sky in a lifelike way, then it slid through the sky
before fiercely clawing with its claws towards Chen Xi who was on the ground.
The wyrm constructed from flames was 330m long. It pounced downwards from midair and
just its claw was already the same size as Chen Xi. The jade flames on the claw were
ghastly, and the gloomy and evil aura on it was extremely dense. The sky was scorched by
it to the point it hissed and transformed into white smoke, and the hard limestone floor even
softened into mud before shattering piece by piece. Its imposing manner was extremely
astonishing.

Chen Xi didn’t move. When the wyrm’s claw was about to be a meter from his head, he
suddenly raised his right hand and stretched it out, and blasted out a simple and direct
Grand Collapsing Fist.

Bang!

An explosion that was like a muffled thunderclap sounded out, and the sharp claw of the
Jadeflame wyrm was instantly blasted into countless tiny balls of flames, then they
scattered and fell to the ground.

Kacha! Kacha!

After the sharp claw shattered, the entire body of the jadeflame wyrm abruptly stiffened in
midair, then numerous cracks that were like a spider web appeared on the 330m long body
of the jadeflame wyrm, and it was on the verge of completely shattering.

The strength of a single punch was powerful to this extent!

“Dammit! How could this be possible? My Jadeflame Wyrm Transformation Technique is

always successful, how could it be utterly defeated by a single punch from a piece of
trash?” Li Ming stared his eyes wide open like saucers in midair, and he seemed as if he’d
seen an unbelievable scene.
Chapter 98 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (Part 3)

Grand Collapsing Fist!

Unlike before, the Grand Collapsing Fist at this moment contained Chen Xi’s True Essence
cultivation at the 5th star of the Violet Palace Realm, the complete Wind Dao Insight, and
the quality of his True Essence had even been tempered by the rare and valuable cultivation
technique, the Ice Crane Technique. It could be said that this simple punch had a force that
was more than a hundred times more formidable than before!

Whereas although Li Ming had cultivated bitterly to break through to the Violet Palace
Realm and could be considered to be one of the top amongst the people of the same age,
before the current Chen Xi, his cultivation was even inferior to the Aqua Cavern’s Black
Ape King, let alone compare to the Roc King that had comprehended Tidal Dao Insight.

“Impossible! How did a piece of trash like you become so formidable? I don’t believe it!”
In midair, Li Ming’s expression was brutal and ferocious. Dense jade flames surged and
gushed out from his body with an incomparably dense gloomy aura, and it actually shot all
the way into the sky to condense into a jade cloud that was a few kilometers in size. Atop
the jade cloud, a jade green wyrm overlooked all living creatures as it opened its mouth and
roared. Instantly, the atmosphere changed, and the spirit energy of heaven and earth within
an area of 500km had abruptly become chaotic and dispersed.

Pu!

Li Ming spat out a mouthful of blood essence and his countenance instantly became
extremely ghastly pale. Obviously, executing this move with his cultivation brought
extremely great injuries to his body.

“Chen Xi, you can die without regrets for being able to force me to execute this Jadeflame
Heavenly Dragonforce!” Li Ming roared towards the sky, and his finger fiercely pointed
towards Chen Xi.

Roar!

An enraged roar that seemed like the cry of a dragon accompanied Li Ming’s pointing
action, and the myriad of jade flames that were the size of washbowls transformed into a
myriad of various weapons. There were flying swords, spears, halberds, and tridents. The
jade flames were lustrous and filled with dense evil qi as they whistled down from midair
like innumerable jade green meteors that swiftly descended.

“The Jadeflame Wyrm Transformation Technique is the ancestral technique of my Li Clan,

and the Jadeflame Heavenly Dragonforce is the most formidable move. I absorbed the
essence of Whitebone Jadeflame in the Ancestral House during this past year, and my
strength had almost been completely emptied by this move. Any Violet Palace Realm
cultivator that is touched by this strand of Whitebone Jadeflame would have his soul
corroded and incinerated instantly. I don’t believe it’s unable to kill this damnable trash!”
Li Ming stood in midair and endlessly sneered with a ferocious expression as he gazed at
Chen Xi who was on the ground.

However, in the next moment, the sneer on his face had frozen abruptly, and his pupils
dilated.

A typhoon had suddenly appeared in the originally clear and boundless sky, and the
terrifying energy simply seemed like it was formed from a myriad of sharp blades that
revolved and surged. Wherever it passed, the limestone slabs on the ground were lifted up
and transformed into broken bits of powder, and the houses that were as strong as iron were
even shattered and crumbled easily, causing stone and wood debris to spray all over the
sky.

Whereas the myriad of weapons transformed from the jade flames that were whistling in
the air as they descended were like bubbles that were instantly crushed to nothingness
without the slightest resistance under this typhoon that desired to annihilate the heavens and
the earth.

Space Shattering Typhoon!

The strongest move of the Windflow Divination Sword combined with a complete Wind
Dao Insight was something that even a Golden Hall Realm cultivator had to temporarily
avoid, how could it be something that Li Ming was able to go against?

“No!”  When he saw the typhoon’s momentum not reducing in the slightest and sweeping
towards him with great might, Li Ming’s had a terrified expression as he emitted a shrill
cry. Only at this moment did he realize that there was a gap like a chasm between him and
Chen Xi. This was a difference in cultivation, strength, and cultivation in the Martial Dao…
It was a difference in every aspect, an immeasurably vast difference that he was incapable
of surmounting.

He recalled the Dao Insight Stage that the Grand Elder had mentioned once. At that time,
he didn’t understand, but at this moment, as he looked at the typhoon that howled like a
dragon, he finally understood the true might of the Dao Insight Stage!

He felt himself to be extremely stupid, like an ant that wanted to shake a giant tree. He’d
overrated his ability.

Li Ming’s thoughts were chaotic as various thoughts intertwined together. At this moment,
he actually forgot to dodge, as he was obviously completely frightened by the scene before
him, overwhelmed with terror.

“Stay your hand!” Right at this moment, an explosive shout suddenly sounded out from
afar, and accompanying it was a black shadow that shot into the sky. This black shadow
was a middle aged man in a luxurious black robe. His expression was dignified, with eyes
that were like lightning. He controlled his sword to fly at an extremely swift speed, soaring
a distance of a few tens of kilometers in the blink of an eye. He swung his right hand in
midair, and a steaming waterfall with a fiery glow surged out violently to collide with Chen
Xi’s typhoon. The two of them instantly collided and vanished into nothingness.

Swoosh!

After executing the Space Shattering Typhoon, Chen Xi seemed to have noticed something
since long ago. At the instant the middle aged man in a luxurious robe appeared, the
Netherezim Flying Sword in his hand had instantly shot out violently with cold air coiled
around it, and it was like a dazzling ice crystal dragon. It slashed out high above in the sky
with a powerful and piercingly cold aura, and it was swift like a bolt of lightning.

“You’re courting death!” The middle aged man was precisely Li Yizhen, the current
Patriarch of the Li Clan, and he couldn’t help but burst into rage and grunt coldly when he
saw Chen Xi repeatedly using killing moves, as if Chen Xi wanted to completely annihilate
him. He fiercely pressed his right hand downwards and a fiery glow that was like a
steaming waterfall gushed out once again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sword qi that seemed like an ice dragon collided with the surging fiery glow. Water
and fire don’t mix, and bangs that were like muffled thunder resounded out. For a time, the
entire heaven and earth was filled with the deafening sounds of air currents exploding.

What caused Li Yizhen to be astounded was that his Fieryglow Air Destruction Palm was
actually steadily losing ground and dispersing from the collision, whereas the sword qi that
seemed like an ice dragon was completely unharmed and steadily gaining ground, and it
was fierce and pure to the point it virtually seemed material!

When did this trash cultivate Sword Insight?

Li Yizhen heart jerked, as his eyesight was exceptionally discerning, and in practically an
instant, he’d discerned that Chen Xi cultivation in the Dao of the sword had already
attained the Dao Insight Stage. Dense killing intent couldn’t help but arise in his heart. If
this kid isn’t eliminated, then he’ll surely become a great calamity in the future!

Swish!

Right at this moment, the sword qi that was like an ice dragon shattered all the fiery glows
that were like a waterfall and slashed right towards his head.

However, Li Yizhen’s reaction wasn’t slow, and he’d long since seized the time the two
moves collided to stretch his hand out and grab Li Ming, then his figure flashed explosively
in retreat for 300 meters, barely dodging the sword qi attack.
Swoosh!

Chen Xi executed his Divine Windwing Flight, flashing up till midair to face Li Yizhen
from a distance.

“Li Yizhen, you’ve finally appeared.” His icy cold and indifferent voice was so calm, yet
when it entered into the ear, it instead seemed to contain monstrous hatred that caused a
chill to run down one’s spine.

These were the first words Chen Xi spoke since killing his way into the Li Clan. At this
instant, the 600 km that the Li Clan Estate occupied abruptly fell into a period of
unprecedented silence, seeming to have been stunned by the killing intent contained within
these words.

“A piece of Chen Clan leftover trash like you was actually able to advance to the Violet
Palace Realm and comprehend Sword Insight within one year of time has indeed greatly
exceeded my expectations.” Li Yizhen’s face was extremely gloomy as he said slowly,
“However, do you think you’re able to annihilate my Li Clan by yourself? Truly stupid! If
you laid in the shadows and bitterly cultivated for a few hundred years, you might still have
a chance at succeeding. But… You’re bound to die today, and your Chen Clan will have no
hope of being rebuilt anymore!”

Li Ming stared at Chen Xi resentfully, and he gnashed his teeth as he said, “Father, kill
him. This fellow’s hands are tainted with the blood of our clansmen. You must slice him
into a thousand pieces today, then burn his bones and scatter his ashes!”

“Clansmen…” Chen Xi muttered, the corners of his mouth curled into an icy cold angle,
seeming to be sorrowful yet happy, and numerous bloody scenes roiled and roared in his
mind. The ruins of 500km from his home, the ghastly bones, the mottled blood, the Zhang
general store and Clear Stream Restaurant that was completely annihilated, and his
grandfather’s death!

“Today, I’ll take the blood of your Li Clan to hold a memorial for the souls of the dead!”
After Chen Xi finished speaking word for word, the aura surrounding his body rose
steadily, skyrocketing with a bang, and a terrifying might that contained monstrous hatred
mixed within seemed like a sharp sword that wanted to pierce a hole through the sky.

At this moment, he didn’t conceal his cultivation any longer. He wanted to completely vent
all the humiliation, resentment, and hatred he’d been subjected to for all these ten over
years.

If it wasn’t for the Li Clan, would I have come to the extent of shouldering the reputation of
Jinx and be ridiculed and insulted by others?

If it wasn’t for the Li Clan, would grandfather have died miserably, would Chen Hao have
had his right hand crippled?
If it wasn’t for the Li Clan, would those innocent people have fallen to the fate of dying
miserably on the streets?

All of this was because of the Li Clan, and today, even if his life were to end, he would still
kill all the members of the Li Clan!

Hiss!

What a terrifying aura!

Li Yizhen felt suffocated as the terrifying pressure fiercely pressed over from all directions.
It felt as if a large mountain had pressed onto his back and a powerless feeling of being
unable to resist had suddenly emerged within his heart. How can this be possible? It has
only been a year, how could the cultivation of this trash advance to this extent?

It seems like even the Grand Elder’s aura isn’t as terrifying as his! No! No! No! It can’t be!
How could this trash compare to the Grand Elder? The Grand Elder possesses a
cultivation at the perfection-stage of the Violet Palace Realm…

Swish!

Right at the instant when Li Yizhen’s mind shook intensely, a matchlessly cold flying
sword shot out explosively towards him!

Li Yizhen was terrified to the point his soul almost came out of his body, and under the
stimulation of death, he aroused the True Essence within his entire body to cause a fiery
glow to violently surge out from his hands before fiercely slapping it out forward.

At practically the same instant, a large brass bell that was earthen yellow had abruptly
soared into the sky, and it revolved as it abruptly became as tall as a person before covering
him within the brass bell.

Li Yizhen secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he finished doing all this. This large brass
bell was called the Goldblaze Bell and it was a high-grade yellow-rank defensive Magic
Treasure with boundless extraordinary effects. Even if it was a cultivator at the perfection-
stage of the Violet Palace Realm, if the cultivator didn’t possess a Magic Treasure with
extremely strong offensive properties, it would be difficult for the cultivator to break
through this defense.

Bang!

A string of sounds that were like muffled thunder resounded out, shaking the Goldblaze
Bell to the point it droned. The vital energy and blood of Li Yizhen who was within it
roiled, and he howled as all the True Essence within his body was poured into the
Goldblaze Bell.
He couldn’t see everything outside, but he was extremely clear that he would die without a
doubt if he left the protection of the Goldblaze Bell. When he thought of this, indescribably
astonishment and bitterness couldn’t help but surge out from his heart. It has only been a
year, how could this Chen Clan’s leftover trash have grown to this extent? If I knew this
would happen, I ought to have exterminated him long ago…

“Father…." It was at this moment, the Li Ming’s sharp and miserable voice sounded out
abruptly.

“Ming’er… I actually only cared about myself and forgot that Ming’er was still outside…”
Li Yizhen was frightened out of his wits, and he was just about to remove the Goldblaze
Bell and rescue Li Ming when he heard a clear cracking sound, like the sound of a neck
being twisted. Up to this point, Li Ming’s miserable and shrill cry stopped abruptly as well.

“Ming’er is dead?” Li Yizhen’s heart ached, and he was unable to care about anything else
and charged out of the Goldblaze Bell like an insane tiger. When he saw Li Ming’s limp
corpse held in Chen Xi’s hand, his expression had already become extremely warped and
ferocious.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

At the instant that Li Yizhen charged out, Chen Xi had already commanded his Netherezim
Flying Swords to form a large net from a myriad of sword qi, and it covered Li Ming’s
corpse, instantly mincing his corpse into bits of flesh and blood that drifted down profusely
and disorderly from midair.

It was as if a continuous and dense rain of blood had poured down, the strand of blood
drifted down to drip onto the ground, and the scene was awfully terrifying. Li Yizhen’s
heart felt like it was sliced by a myriad of swords when he saw this scene, it ached to the
point his face went ghastly pale and he roared into the sky. “You killed my child… You
killed my child!”

“I forgot to tell you, Li Huai was killed by me as well.” Chen Xi’s expression was
extremely icy cold and his voice was indifferent and calm, as if he was talking about a
trivial and ordinary thing.

“Huai’er was killed by you as well?” It was as if lightning struck Li Yizhen, he felt his
mind drone and the heaven and earth go dim, and the intense fluctuations in his feelings
caused him to be unable to refrain from spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Both his sons had died miserably at the hands of Chen Xi, and a blow like this almost
caused Li Yizhen’s True Essence to go chaotic and die from his True Essence exploding
within his body.

“Yizhen!” It was at this moment that an explosive shout suddenly sounded out from
extremely far in the distance, then sharp sounds of the air tearing apart rose and fell, and the
sounds grew louder and louder. Chen Xi was able to see the glow of dusk that was like
blood seemed as if it was cut by a blade and six roiling waves of air were squeezed out
from within.

At practically an instant, six figures had already appeared out of thin air. The one in the
lead was a withered old man with greying sideburns, yet the skin on his face was fine and
smooth like a baby. Cold lightning seem to shoot out in all directions from his eyes, the
True Essence around his body surged like an ocean, and his imposing manner was
extremely astonishing.

All the five people nearby the old man had deep auras as well, their imposing manners
formidable and they displayed extremely formidable cultivations.

The instant the six of them appeared, the terrifying aura on their bodies swept out towards
the surroundings, causing the space in an area of 500 km to seem as if it was restrained, and
it was extremely silent without a shred of the sound of the wind.

“Elders, Ming’er is dead… Ming’er is dead!” Li Yizhen noticed the six people and his
expression was grieved as he muttered.

Shockingly, these people were the six Violet Palace Realm elders of the Li Clan that had
always secluded themselves from society, and all their cultivations were at the 7th star of
the Violet Palace Realm or above. The Grand Elder, Li Fengtu in the lead had even attained
the perfection-stage of the Violet Palace Realm, he was supposedly going to be able to
advance to the Golden Hall Realm within three years, and his strength was unfathomable.

It was precisely because of these six elders presence that the Li Clan was able to become
the number one clan in Pine Mist City. They were the greatest reliance of the Li Clan’s
existence!

“Rest well for a while.” The Grand Elder, Li Fengtu sighed, then he knocked Li Yizhen out
with a palm strike before passing him over to a nearby elder. After that, he turned around
and his gaze that was like lightning locked onto Chen Xi, exposing killing intent!
Chapter 99 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (Part 4)

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Under the light of dusk, numerous figures dashed towards the Li Clan estate.

At this moment, almost everyone in Pine Mist City knew that Chen Xi had returned and
charged into the Li Clan Estate by himself. The public that originally thought Chen Xi
would die for sure had instead noticed the wave of miserably shrill cries and sounds of
explosions that were like muffled thunder that continuously sounded out from the Li Clan
Estate… The battle seemed to have never stopped for a moment.

What did this prove?

It proved that Chen Xi was still alive, and he was still fighting the entire Li Clan by
himself!

The fact was extremely bizarre and extremely unbelievable, as it was common knowledge
that Chen Xi was only a little apprentice that only knew how to craft talismans a year ago,
and his cultivation was only at the Congenital Realm. The Li Clan could exterminate him
by casually sending out an expert.

But now, a fellow like this had charged into the Li Clan by himself, yet not only did he not
die, he was instead continuously fighting. How could this not cause surprise?

Could it be that this fellow obtained a great fortuitous encounter within the Southern
Barbaric Nether Domain, and it caused his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds
within a year?

For the sake of proving the thoughts in their hearts, practically all the Violet Palace Realm
cultivators in Pine Mist City had moved out; the General’s Estate, Pine Mist Institution,
Skystar Institution, Redleaf institution…

They didn’t come to assist Chen Xi, but had instead come purely for the sake of satisfying
their curiosity. After all, Chen Xi’s enemy was the Li Clan, and no one would be stupid
enough to make an enemy out of the number one power in Pine Mist City, the Li Clan.

Not long after, the vicinity of 500km from the Li Clan was already occupied by the Violet
Palace Realm cultivators from the various powers. For the sake of not causing a
misunderstanding with the Li Clan, they hid themselves in the shadows and used this to
indicate their intentions of not interfering.

However, when they saw the corpses, flesh, and internal organs that were scattered all over
the Li Clan Estate, then saw the profuse blood rain of Li Ming’s corpse that was minced by
the sword lights drifting down from midair, their faces were covered in shock.
Some people with acute eyesight were even able to vaguely guess Chen Xi’s cultivation
based on Chen Xi’s attacks, and for a time, they were shocked speechless in their hearts.

Violet Palace Realm!

Sword Insight!

A movement technique that was exceedingly swift like the wind!

A top-grade yellow-rank flying sword!

How could he possibly possess such a terrifying strength and Magic Treasure in a year’s
time? How did he do it? Could it be that he’d always been concealing his strength?

When they heard the Li Clan’s Patriarch, Li Yizhen’s, miserable and sorrowful howl, then
heard Chen Xi admitting himself that he’d killed Li Huai, the hearts of the spectators
fiercely twitched once again.

Li Huai, the eldest son of the Li Clan’s Patriarch, was an outstanding figure in the younger
generation of the Pine Mist City who possessed a resounding reputation and was
exceptionally dazzling. He was an outstanding figure that was even reputed to be the most
outstanding genius in the Li Clan for a thousand years.

It was precisely such a favored genius that had actually died at the hands of Chen Xi…

Jinx?

Is this still a jinx?

A jinx whose strength rose explosively within a year, then comprehended Sword Insight,
and possesses a top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasure?

At this moment, no one dared look down on Chen Xi any longer; they even didn’t dare take
him to be the talisman crafting apprentice from one year ago. As for the name of Jinx, all of
them even took the initiative to choose to forget it.

In the cultivation world, strength was always the standard to measure everything like status,
identity, honor… Nothing wasn’t related to one’s own strength. Even if it was in the sects,
clans and institutions, if one wanted to obtain more resources, then one must always
possess a strength equal to it. The reactions of all the spectators just happened to prove this.

It was at this moment that six figures pushed out six roiling waves of air in the sky atop the
Li Clan Estate, and appeared by the side of Li Yizhen who was immersed in the pain of
losing his sons.
The instant these six people appeared, their terrifying aura that was towering like a
mountain suffused out with a bang, and even though there was a large distance separating
them, the spectators still felt a heavy pressure.

The six elders that secluded themselves from society!

Good heavens! The six old monsters of the Li Clan have actually moved out all at once!

The spectators didn’t dare indulge in any more wild fantasies as they all gazed fixedly at
the situation of the battle with unblinking eyes.

The Li Clan precisely relied on these six Violet Palace Realm elders to become the number
one clan in Pine Mist City. Now, they’d all moved out and made an appearance in public,
and an incident like this was difficult to come by in a hundred years. Who wouldn’t want to
see exactly how strong their strengths were?

I wonder how many moves Chen Xi can withstand under the joint attacks of these six Li
Clan elders?

Inexplicably, this thought surfaced within the hearts of everyone present in the vicinity.

——

Blood flowed like a river on the ground with severed limbs and remains soaking within.
There were also some multicolored internal organs floating in it, and the pungent and dense
smell of blood couldn’t even be dispersed by the wind.

They was the remains of numerous Li Clan disciples that had died miserably.

That was the Li Clan’s hope.

Presently, they’d all fallen in a pool of blood with miserable expressions, and when such a
scene entered into the eyes of Li Fengtu and the other five elders, the gazes they shot at
Chen Xi wished for nothing more than to skin and eat the culprit, Chen Xi, alive.

“You’re the leftover trash of the Chen Clan?” Li Fengtu’s voice revealed boundless
coldness, and his gaze stared fixedly at Chen Xi with exposed killing intent.

Chen Xi didn’t answer him. Eight Netherezim Flying Swords suddenly appeared in his
surroundings, they were like a shoal of fish that swam around him. Misty sword lights
flickered unsteadily on them, and a strand of sharp and ghastly sword qi shot into the sky.

Eight top-grade yellow-rank flying swords!

The pupils of Li Fengtu and the other five elders constricted, as they were surprised and
doubtful. They were able to utilize eight flying swords at the same time as well, but if they
were all top-grade yellow-rank flying swords, then it was uncertain.

Cold lights appeared within Li Fengtu’s eyes as he said coldly, “No wonder you’re so
fearless, so it turns out that you possess eight top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures.”

“Big Brother, kill him and seize these eight swords for the sake of avenging my Li Clan
clansmen!”

“Kill? Wouldn’t that be letting him off too easily? We should skin him alive slice by slice,
then extract his soul and cause him to be unable to be reborn forever!”

The other elders at the side spoke with cold voices, their words were filled with dense
killing intent.

“All of you want to kill me, and I similarly want to annihilate your Li Clan.” Chen Xi said
indifferently, “Since it’s like this, then it won’t end today until one of our sides is
annihilated!”

Annihilate my Li Clan?

Li Fengtu and the others were all dumbstruck as they seemed to have never imagined that
Chen Xi would be so audacious.

The instant they were dumbstruck, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords surrounding Chen
Xi emitted dazzling light before shooting out to kill with a swish. The sword lights of ice
condensed into a line, the eight swords forming eight lines, and they coordinated from the
beginning until the end, crisscrossing together as they emitted fierce killing intent and flew
straight towards Li Fengtu’s head.

The force of the sword was fierce and swift!

Swift like a bolt of lightning!

The first level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation — Oblivionwind

Instakill!

At this moment, faced with the joint forces of the six Violet Palace Realm elders, Chen Xi
executed the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation for the first time!

Even if this profound-rank sword formation was incomplete, it was still worth 400,000 kgs
of spirit liquid in the Treasure Heaven Pavilion, and only a Golden Hall Realm cultivator
was able to master this sword formation. This was because it was swift like the wind and
flowing lights, peerlessly swift, fierce, and sharp!
After it was executed by Chen Xi, the trace of Wind Dao Insight contained within it caused
its speed to be swift to the point it already couldn’t be described as stunning.

Swish! Hiss! Swish! Hiss!

Every time a sword light flashed by, an injury would appear, and the eight Netherezim
Flying Swords left behind eight terrifying injuries on Li Fengtu’s body, causing fresh blood
to gush out. If it wasn’t for him sensing danger and desperately dodging, this attack alone
would have properly taken his aged life.

“You actually dare launch a sneak attack!? Attack!” Li Fengtu’s clothes were stained with
blood and he was completely enraged. A flying sword had already appeared in his hand and
he sliced in a revolving motion as it shot out explosively.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The other five elders swung their sleeves as well, and five dazzling flying sword shot out at
almost the exact same instant.

Amongst the six Li Clan elders, the elder with the lowest cultivation was at the 7th star of
the Violet Palace Realm as well. When they attacked together at this moment, the six flying
swords were intertwined together with different trajectories, and they instantly locked all
Chen Xi’s paths of retreat. Obviously, they’d trained in a joint formation attack as well.

Chen Xi sensed strong danger, and he abruptly urged two of the Netherezim Flying Swords
to guard by his side and the other six to transform into six streams of flowing lights that
moved to forcefully collide with the six approaching flying swords. A string of explosive
sounds of iron colliding sounded out and circle after circle of ripples undulated out, sparks
scattered all over the sky from the collision of the flying swords, like a meteor shower.

Six enormous bangs sounded out!

All 12 of the flying swords were blasted away.

The attack of the six Li Clan elders was actually only on par with Chen Xi!

The pupils of the numerous pairs of eyes in the distance that were spectating constricted
when they saw this scene, and a wisp of shock that couldn’t be concealed flashed within
their eyes.

Different to these cultivators that were spectating the battle, as the concerned parties, the
six Li Clan elders felt it more directly, and their expressions all went grim when they saw
Chen Xi wasn’t disadvantaged in the slightest when going one on six against them.

Whoosh!
Blocking six flying swords with a single attack caused Chen Xi to feel a shortness of breath
from the impact, and his vital energy and blood roiled. Chen Xi didn’t dare go head on with
them again. He executed his Divine Windwing Flight and his figure swiftly became elusive.
He seemed like a strand of wind that had fused into the sky and was fluttering about.

With his cultivation at the 5th star of the Violet Palace Realm, if he were to go head on with
the joint forces of the six old goats of the Li Clan, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to
them. However, if it was a one on one battle, Chen Xi was confident in crushing and killing
any one of the six Li Clan elders.

After all, the first level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation possessed the
might to annihilate an ordinary Golden Hall Realm cultivator!

At this moment, Chen Xi wanted to look for an opportunity to annihilate these six people
one by one.

“His movement technique is too swift, we should use the Minor Six-Direction Formation to
kill him!” Li Fengtu shouted out explosively, then his figure turned to form a watertight
defensive formation with the five nearby Li Clan Elders.

They stood back to back while facing all directions. When observed from afar, they were
like an enormous man with six heads and twelve arms, they moved like the wind, turning
and dodging agilely, and the six of them together were actually nimble as if they were a
single person.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Amongst numerous roars, the six Li Clan elders controlled the six flying swords to slash
towards Chen Xi who was like a gust of wind that swam in the sky.

For a time, the sky was filled with streams of sword lights that revolved and slashed,
flickering with dazzling light as they moved about, and it seemed as if it would tear
numerous rifts into the sky.

How marvelous was Chen Xi’s Divine Windwing Flight? So long as he wholeheartedly
wanted to dodge, then not to mention these six flying swords, even if it was double this
amount, he would still be able to easily dodge them.

However, Chen Xi’s intention to approach Li Fengtu and the others had instead become
extremely difficult. This Minor Six-Direction Formation that was formed by the six of them
was like a single person with six eyes, and it guarded against the surroundings without the
slightest blind angle, causing any sneak attack to be unable to escape their sights.
“He’s actually able to force these six old fellows to execute the Minor Six-Direction
Formation, Chen Xi is indeed too formidable.”

“Exactly, if it was a one on one battle, I’m afraid no one would be a match for Chen Xi…
I’m truly unable to imagine how he cultivated to such an extent in a year. Using advanced
by leaps and bounds isn’t sufficient to describe it.”

The crowd of spectators in the distance started discussing in low voices when they saw the
battle that had fallen into a stalemate, and their words were already holding Chen Xi in
extreme esteem.

In midair, Chen Xi had been moving about all along, and he floated like a strand of smoke
yet swift like a bolt of lightning.

The six Li Clan elders knew that Chen Xi was looking for their weak point and intended to
defeat them one at a time, yet they were helpless against it as Chen Xi’s movement
technique was too bizarre, and it was swift to the point that it even surpassed the speed of
their flying swords. No matter how they attacked, it would always be extremely nimbly
dodged by him, and it was simply like he was formed from a myriad of wind.

It wasn’t a good plan for this to continue on.

Li Fengtu turned around and caught sight of Li Yizhen awakening, he had a flash of
inspiration in his heart right away, and he shouted out explosively. “Yizhen! Swiftly turn on
the Clan Guarding Grand Formation!”
Chapter 100 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (End)

Clan Guarding Grand Formation!

All the cultivators that were spectating in the distance were shocked when they heard this.

In the cultivation world, just like sects which possessed Sect Guarding Grand Formations,
every clan which possessed enormous resources would also place an extremely formidable
grand formation on their territory, and they would absolutely not utilize it unless it was a
life and death moment.

At this moment, the Li Clan had actually turned on the Clan Guarding Grand Formation for
the sake of annihilating a single person, Chen Xi. A situation like this was simply rarely
seen in a thousand years, and it had never occurred in the history of the Li Clan.

Whereas this also proved in a different way that Chen Xi, who was completely alone, had
already threatened the continuation of the existence of the Li Clan!

It was precisely because they realized this that the spectating cultivators in the distance
were shocked, and it caused them to reassess Chen Xi’s strength once again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by an enormous bang that was like the rumble of thunder, in the sky above
the Li Clan that occupied an area of 600km, an immensely enormous screen of light had
suddenly arisen. The screen of light was centered on the lake at the center of the Li Clan
Estate, held up by four unbroken lengths of walls that were like the pillars of the screen of
light, and it seemed like an eggshell that sealed off the entire Li Clan Estate completely.

Dark lights revolved and dense jade green flames drifted about on the screen of light, and
when looked at from afar, the Li Clan Estate was like a surging and gushing volcano, just
that the flames were jade green in color and was suffused with a gloomy aura that caused
one’s heart to palpitate in fear.

“Jade flames locking the sky, this is the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation from a Nether
Transformation Realm cultivator of the southern territory 3,000 years ago, that had taken
the evil path of cultivation!”

“Ah! I recall it now. Supposedly, once this formation is formed, it’s impregnable and is
able to resist the full force attack of a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator, and only a
grandmaster in formations is able to break through it. Moreover, the jade flames that flow
atop it are the Jade Phosphorus Flames extracted from the corpses of people that died with
resentment, and it’s extremely evil and malicious. If any cultivator were to slightly touch it,
it would be as if being possessed by an evil spirit, and the soul would be corroded and
devoured in the end!”
“Looks like Chen Xi is in danger this time, even if he’s able to kill all of the Li Clan
members, I’m afraid it would be difficult for him to walk out from the formation!”

The expressions of the spectators were exceedingly serious. They weren’t worried for Chen
Xi, but had instead suddenly noticed that the strength the Li Clan possessed had already
greatly exceeded their estimations.

——

“Chen Xi, you can’t escape. In the Clan Guarding Grand Formation of my Li Clan, it would
even be difficult for a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator to escape. Just obediently
accept death!” Li Fengtu sneered as he spoke, at the same time, he sped up their attacks,
and the six flying swords seemed like a squall that tightly bit onto Chen Xi without letting
go.

Chen Xi’s figure was like smoke and like wind, and he didn’t have the slightest intention of
stopping. However, he didn’t continue locking himself in battle with the six Li Clan elders
that had formed the Minor Six-Direction Formation, and instead dashed between the
artificial mountains and rivers, flying atop the pavilions and buildings, flying all around the
600km area of the Li Clan Estate.

Li Fengtu and the others sneered ceaselessly when they saw Chen Xi fleeing like a
confused fly, and their attacks became even swifter and fiercer. The six flying swords shot
out explosively to form a rain of swords that covered the sky, and they repeatedly blasted
towards Chen Xi.

Under this insane blasting that swept away all obstacles, the Li Clan’s pill refinement room,
martial training room, treasure pavilion, rear courtyard… All of them transformed into a
pile of ruins.

“Shit! This little bastard is doing this intentionally. He wants to use our own hands to
destroy my Li Clan’s foundation that was built throughout the ages!” One of the elders
came to realize the truth, as he suddenly became gloomy and roared ceaselessly.

“Dammit! We’ve been tricked!”

“But, if we don’t do this, when will we be able to kill this little bastard?”

Li Fengtu’s expression was completely livid and his heart was bleeding endlessly.
Medicinal pills that were piled into a mountain were stored within the pill refinement room,
the book reserve hall contained 10,000 ancient books and records, the treasure pavilion
contained spirit materials that had been accumulated for a thousand years… They were all
destroyed!

Bang!
Another rumble sounded out and a pitch-black and ancient building that was made of stone
collapsed with a bang.

“The Ancestral House!” Li Fengtu exclaimed in shock, the veins in his forehead instantly
bulged explosively, his face was warped and ferocious, and his chest rose and fell rapidly
like a bellows.

The Ancestral House that had been built the day the Li Clan was established had now been
destroyed by his own hands, and this type of feeling simply felt worse than death.

“Kill! Kill this little bastard! Cut him into pieces! Burn his bones and scatter his ashes! Pull
out his tendons and tear off his skin!” Li Fengtu was completely infuriated, and he gnashed
his teeth as he roared fiercely.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The flying swords dispersed out and sword qi raged, and the entire heavens and earth were
filled with killing intent and sword lights that were like streams. Everywhere they passed,
plants transformed into powder, artificial mountains shattered and collapsed, and even the
ground was cut open to form enormous ravines that were terrifying, causing dust and dirt to
fly into the air.

“Kill! Although he’s swift at fleeing, a little fellow at the Violet Palace Realm like him is
unable to escape the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation, we’ll exhaust him to death if we
have to!” Li Fengtu roared once again.

“Kill!”

“Kill this little bastard!”

“I want to fucking dig out his heart and rip out his lungs, then tear his limbs into pieces!”

The Six Li Clan elders were completely furious, the six flying swords howled in midair as
they bombarded Chen Xi’s fleeing figure, and the bombardment didn’t stop for a moment.

Furious now?

Chen Xi glanced at the sky as a strand of cold killing intent slipped past his eyes.

Bang!

A mountain that was coiled in violet gas abruptly flew out from Chen Xi’s hand, revolving
as it swiftly emitted a wisp of a billowing violet gas that covered an area of 300m of the
heaven and earth.
The Copper Colossal Mountain, a semi-finished Magic Treasure, and a marvelous existence
with a might comparable to an earth-rank Magic Treasure!

The billowing violet gas was the Violetmist Baleful Qi that was able to condense a
gravitational field that covered an area of 300m. When one was within the area of the
gravitational field, it would feel as if a large mountain was pressed onto one’s shoulder, and
one’s pressure would increase explosively.

“What’s this!?”

“Shit!”

“What’s going on?”

The six Li Clan Elders were caught off guard. They were all covered within the area of the
Violetmist Baleful Qi, causing their figures that were flashing out explosively to become
sluggish and tumble down.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

It was at this moment that the eight Netherezim Flying Swords flew over swiftly, the cold
and sharp blades of the swords cooperated with each other to form the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation before enveloping three Li Clan elders, and the blades of
the swords crisscrossed as they assaulted the three elders, instantly transforming them into
three headless corpses.

“Third Brother! Fourth Brother! Sixth Brother!” Li Fengtu’s eyes were almost splitting as
he exclaimed in sorrow.

Furthermore, seizing this gap in their defense, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords didn’t
slow down at all to once again reap another two heads. They were about to annihilate Li
Fengtu, yet was noticed by him, and he dodged them successively.

It had only been the time for an eye to blink from the moment he utilized the Copper
Colossal Mountain to annihilating five Li Clan elders, and only Li Fengtu remained by
himself on the battlefield. Whereas on the ground, there were instead five headless corpses.

Chen Xi grasped the timing of this move to the point it was exceedingly excellent. He’s
seized the opportunity of them becoming infuriated, then caused them to be caught off
guard by the Copper Colossal Mountain, and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords that had
been accumulating force since long ago shot out violently at the same time. All this was
connected one after the other and practically happened at the same time, and it was indeed
ruthless and resolute. If others were to see this scene, they would probably be terrified by
Chen Xi’s extremely meticulous and resolute combat tactics.
“I want you dead! I want you dead!” Li Fengtu roared madly, he seemed like an infuriated
wild beast as a pearl abruptly appeared in his hand. The pearl was coiled with dark lights
and possessed evil qi that shot into the sky, at the instant it appeared, the entire heaven and
earth seemed to be covered in a layer of pitch-black sanguinary aura.

“Darklight Balefulblood Pearl!” Chen Xi’s eyes squinted as he’d once heard his grandfather
mention that the Li Clan had a pearl that possessed the might to obliterate the heaven and
the earth, and it was refined from gathering 36 types of extreme Yin baleful blood. A single
pearl was sufficient to be comparable to the full force attack of a Golden Core Realm
cultivation, and it was extremely terrifying.

“Die! You can’t escape while within the Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation, and this
Darklight Balefulblood Pearl is sufficient to annihilate you a thousand times! My Li Clan is
gone, so you have to be buried with it as well! HAHAHA!” Li Fengtu was almost
completely mad at this moment, his eyes were filled with ruthless insanity and he raised his
hand intending to toss the pearl out. However, right at this instant, he felt his sea of
consciousness drone. His soul felt as if it was fiercely smashed by a 150,000kg
sledgehammer, and it ached to the point his mind went blank from a short moment.

Swish!

A sword light flashed by, directly piercing through, then the sword light sliced downwards
to completely slice off his right hand that tightly clenched the Darklight Balefulblood Pearl,
and it was instantly caught by Chen Xi who flashed over explosively.

“Uh! Uh!” Li Fengtu held onto his throat, his eyes glaring full of rage at Chen Xi who was
beside him, then spoke disjointedly. “You… You’re unable… To escape.” As soon as he
finished speaking, his head tilted and his entire body fell down from midair to smash onto
the ground, and blood flowed from his smashed body.

Chen Xi descended to the ground, and as he gazed at the Li Clan Estate that was luxurious
and elegant before, yet had now transformed into a devastated ruin that was almost 600km
in size. Although his mind and body were utterly exhausted, his spirit seemed to have
broken through a heavy shackle and obtained release.

Bang!

Chen Xi knelt on the ground within the pool of blood that was gathered from the Li Clan’s
clansmen that had died miserably, and he muttered. “Grandfather, can you see? The entire
Li Clan is dead, your grandson has finally taken revenge for the great enmity. Don’t worry,
I’ll drag out the culprit that annihilated my Chen Clan, and use their blood to mourn the
dead souls of my Chen Clan…”

After a long time, Chen Xi stood up from the ground, then gazed at the screen of light that
covered the sky above him and confined everything. That was the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons
Formation, the jade flames that ceaselessly swam about was extracted from the corpses that
died with resentment, and was evil and malicious. It was sufficient to withstand the full
force attacks of a Nether Transformation Realm expert.

“Is this the will of the heavens…?” Chen Xi lowered his head and a one meter long pitch-
black bamboo appeared in his right hand. It faintly emitted a strand of piercingly cold
energy of annihilation that was of extreme Yang properties. Shockingly, it was the
Seventhgold Swordbamboo.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi didn’t stay, his figure flashed out, tearing to the air as numerous balls of extremely
dazzling arcs of lightning abruptly exploded out from the entire Seventhgold
Swordbamboo.

Hiss!

The shine of lightning flew out along with the stabbing sword that had arcs of lightning
revolving on it, and the screen of light was like paper as an enormous hole was easily torn
through it.

In the world, lightning was of extremely righteous and Yang property, and it specialized in
going against filthy and evil things. The Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation was condensed
from the evil and malicious Jade Phosphorus Flames, and when it encountered the
piercingly cold killing intent of lightning, it had undoubtedly encountered its natural
enemy.

A grand formation that was sufficient to withstand the full force attacks of a Nether
Transformation Realm expert was destroyed by Chen Xi with a single sword strike, and
he’d escaped from Li Clan’s cage that confined everything. If this wasn’t the will of the
heavens, then what was it?

These evil jade flames of Yin attribute ought to have been extracted from the bones of the
innocent people the Li Clan slaughtered, and they were pained before their death, I
presume they’re unreconciled and resentful after their death! Since it’s like this, then I’ll
fulfill the wishes of all of you. Go ahead and burn the entire Li Clan Estate! As he
muttered, Chen Xi flew about in the air above the screen of light, and the force of lightning
that surged out from the Seventhgold Swordbamboo was like the sharpest blade in the
world. Within the time of a few breaths, he’d already torn apart the screen of light that
covered the entire Li Clan into scattered jade flames.

“Go!” Chen Xi swung his sleeve, and the myriad of jade flame sparks sprinkled down onto
every corner of the 600km of the Li Clan Estate.

Bang!
The light of flames shot into the sky as the entire Li Clan burnt violently, the jade flames
billowed as smoke and mist suffused into the air, and it seemed as if it was telling the story
of the countless crimes that had once occurred here. Chapter 100 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill!
Kill! Kill! (End)

Clan Guarding Grand Formation!

All the cultivators that were spectating in the distance were shocked when they heard this.

In the cultivation world, just like sects which possessed Sect Guarding Grand Formations,
every clan which possessed enormous resources would also place an extremely formidable
grand formation on their territory, and they would absolutely not utilize it unless it was a
life and death moment.

At this moment, the Li Clan had actually turned on the Clan Guarding Grand Formation for
the sake of annihilating a single person, Chen Xi. A situation like this was simply rarely
seen in a thousand years, and it had never occurred in the history of the Li Clan.

Whereas this also proved in a different way that Chen Xi, who was completely alone, had
already threatened the continuation of the existence of the Li Clan!

It was precisely because they realized this that the spectating cultivators in the distance
were shocked, and it caused them to reassess Chen Xi’s strength once again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by an enormous bang that was like the rumble of thunder, in the sky above
the Li Clan that occupied an area of 600km, an immensely enormous screen of light had
suddenly arisen. The screen of light was centered on the lake at the center of the Li Clan
Estate, held up by four unbroken lengths of walls that were like the pillars of the screen of
light, and it seemed like an eggshell that sealed off the entire Li Clan Estate completely.

Dark lights revolved and dense jade green flames drifted about on the screen of light, and
when looked at from afar, the Li Clan Estate was like a surging and gushing volcano, just
that the flames were jade green in color and was suffused with a gloomy aura that caused
one’s heart to palpitate in fear.

“Jade flames locking the sky, this is the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation from a Nether
Transformation Realm cultivator of the southern territory 3,000 years ago, that had taken
the evil path of cultivation!”

“Ah! I recall it now. Supposedly, once this formation is formed, it’s impregnable and is
able to resist the full force attack of a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator, and only a
grandmaster in formations is able to break through it. Moreover, the jade flames that flow
atop it are the Jade Phosphorus Flames extracted from the corpses of people that died with
resentment, and it’s extremely evil and malicious. If any cultivator were to slightly touch it,
it would be as if being possessed by an evil spirit, and the soul would be corroded and
devoured in the end!”

“Looks like Chen Xi is in danger this time, even if he’s able to kill all of the Li Clan
members, I’m afraid it would be difficult for him to walk out from the formation!”

The expressions of the spectators were exceedingly serious. They weren’t worried for Chen
Xi, but had instead suddenly noticed that the strength the Li Clan possessed had already
greatly exceeded their estimations.

——

“Chen Xi, you can’t escape. In the Clan Guarding Grand Formation of my Li Clan, it would
even be difficult for a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator to escape. Just obediently
accept death!” Li Fengtu sneered as he spoke, at the same time, he sped up their attacks,
and the six flying swords seemed like a squall that tightly bit onto Chen Xi without letting
go.

Chen Xi’s figure was like smoke and like wind, and he didn’t have the slightest intention of
stopping. However, he didn’t continue locking himself in battle with the six Li Clan elders
that had formed the Minor Six-Direction Formation, and instead dashed between the
artificial mountains and rivers, flying atop the pavilions and buildings, flying all around the
600km area of the Li Clan Estate.

Li Fengtu and the others sneered ceaselessly when they saw Chen Xi fleeing like a
confused fly, and their attacks became even swifter and fiercer. The six flying swords shot
out explosively to form a rain of swords that covered the sky, and they repeatedly blasted
towards Chen Xi.

Under this insane blasting that swept away all obstacles, the Li Clan’s pill refinement room,
martial training room, treasure pavilion, rear courtyard… All of them transformed into a
pile of ruins.

“Shit! This little bastard is doing this intentionally. He wants to use our own hands to
destroy my Li Clan’s foundation that was built throughout the ages!” One of the elders
came to realize the truth, as he suddenly became gloomy and roared ceaselessly.

“Dammit! We’ve been tricked!”

“But, if we don’t do this, when will we be able to kill this little bastard?”

Li Fengtu’s expression was completely livid and his heart was bleeding endlessly.
Medicinal pills that were piled into a mountain were stored within the pill refinement room,
the book reserve hall contained 10,000 ancient books and records, the treasure pavilion
contained spirit materials that had been accumulated for a thousand years… They were all
destroyed!
Bang!

Another rumble sounded out and a pitch-black and ancient building that was made of stone
collapsed with a bang.

“The Ancestral House!” Li Fengtu exclaimed in shock, the veins in his forehead instantly
bulged explosively, his face was warped and ferocious, and his chest rose and fell rapidly
like a bellows.

The Ancestral House that had been built the day the Li Clan was established had now been
destroyed by his own hands, and this type of feeling simply felt worse than death.

“Kill! Kill this little bastard! Cut him into pieces! Burn his bones and scatter his ashes! Pull
out his tendons and tear off his skin!” Li Fengtu was completely infuriated, and he gnashed
his teeth as he roared fiercely.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The flying swords dispersed out and sword qi raged, and the entire heavens and earth were
filled with killing intent and sword lights that were like streams. Everywhere they passed,
plants transformed into powder, artificial mountains shattered and collapsed, and even the
ground was cut open to form enormous ravines that were terrifying, causing dust and dirt to
fly into the air.

“Kill! Although he’s swift at fleeing, a little fellow at the Violet Palace Realm like him is
unable to escape the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation, we’ll exhaust him to death if we
have to!” Li Fengtu roared once again.

“Kill!”

“Kill this little bastard!”

“I want to fucking dig out his heart and rip out his lungs, then tear his limbs into pieces!”

The Six Li Clan elders were completely furious, the six flying swords howled in midair as
they bombarded Chen Xi’s fleeing figure, and the bombardment didn’t stop for a moment.

Furious now?

Chen Xi glanced at the sky as a strand of cold killing intent slipped past his eyes.

Bang!

A mountain that was coiled in violet gas abruptly flew out from Chen Xi’s hand, revolving
as it swiftly emitted a wisp of a billowing violet gas that covered an area of 300m of the
heaven and earth.
The Copper Colossal Mountain, a semi-finished Magic Treasure, and a marvelous existence
with a might comparable to an earth-rank Magic Treasure!

The billowing violet gas was the Violetmist Baleful Qi that was able to condense a
gravitational field that covered an area of 300m. When one was within the area of the
gravitational field, it would feel as if a large mountain was pressed onto one’s shoulder, and
one’s pressure would increase explosively.

“What’s this!?”

“Shit!”

“What’s going on?”

The six Li Clan Elders were caught off guard. They were all covered within the area of the
Violetmist Baleful Qi, causing their figures that were flashing out explosively to become
sluggish and tumble down.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

It was at this moment that the eight Netherezim Flying Swords flew over swiftly, the cold
and sharp blades of the swords cooperated with each other to form the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation before enveloping three Li Clan elders, and the blades of
the swords crisscrossed as they assaulted the three elders, instantly transforming them into
three headless corpses.

“Third Brother! Fourth Brother! Sixth Brother!” Li Fengtu’s eyes were almost splitting as
he exclaimed in sorrow.

Furthermore, seizing this gap in their defense, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords didn’t
slow down at all to once again reap another two heads. They were about to annihilate Li
Fengtu, yet was noticed by him, and he dodged them successively.

It had only been the time for an eye to blink from the moment he utilized the Copper
Colossal Mountain to annihilating five Li Clan elders, and only Li Fengtu remained by
himself on the battlefield. Whereas on the ground, there were instead five headless corpses.

Chen Xi grasped the timing of this move to the point it was exceedingly excellent. He’s
seized the opportunity of them becoming infuriated, then caused them to be caught off
guard by the Copper Colossal Mountain, and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords that had
been accumulating force since long ago shot out violently at the same time. All this was
connected one after the other and practically happened at the same time, and it was indeed
ruthless and resolute. If others were to see this scene, they would probably be terrified by
Chen Xi’s extremely meticulous and resolute combat tactics.
“I want you dead! I want you dead!” Li Fengtu roared madly, he seemed like an infuriated
wild beast as a pearl abruptly appeared in his hand. The pearl was coiled with dark lights
and possessed evil qi that shot into the sky, at the instant it appeared, the entire heaven and
earth seemed to be covered in a layer of pitch-black sanguinary aura.

“Darklight Balefulblood Pearl!” Chen Xi’s eyes squinted as he’d once heard his grandfather
mention that the Li Clan had a pearl that possessed the might to obliterate the heaven and
the earth, and it was refined from gathering 36 types of extreme Yin baleful blood. A single
pearl was sufficient to be comparable to the full force attack of a Golden Core Realm
cultivation, and it was extremely terrifying.

“Die! You can’t escape while within the Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation, and this
Darklight Balefulblood Pearl is sufficient to annihilate you a thousand times! My Li Clan is
gone, so you have to be buried with it as well! HAHAHA!” Li Fengtu was almost
completely mad at this moment, his eyes were filled with ruthless insanity and he raised his
hand intending to toss the pearl out. However, right at this instant, he felt his sea of
consciousness drone. His soul felt as if it was fiercely smashed by a 150,000kg
sledgehammer, and it ached to the point his mind went blank from a short moment.

Swish!

A sword light flashed by, directly piercing through, then the sword light sliced downwards
to completely slice off his right hand that tightly clenched the Darklight Balefulblood Pearl,
and it was instantly caught by Chen Xi who flashed over explosively.

“Uh! Uh!” Li Fengtu held onto his throat, his eyes glaring full of rage at Chen Xi who was
beside him, then spoke disjointedly. “You… You’re unable… To escape.” As soon as he
finished speaking, his head tilted and his entire body fell down from midair to smash onto
the ground, and blood flowed from his smashed body.

Chen Xi descended to the ground, and as he gazed at the Li Clan Estate that was luxurious
and elegant before, yet had now transformed into a devastated ruin that was almost 600km
in size. Although his mind and body were utterly exhausted, his spirit seemed to have
broken through a heavy shackle and obtained release.

Bang!

Chen Xi knelt on the ground within the pool of blood that was gathered from the Li Clan’s
clansmen that had died miserably, and he muttered. “Grandfather, can you see? The entire
Li Clan is dead, your grandson has finally taken revenge for the great enmity. Don’t worry,
I’ll drag out the culprit that annihilated my Chen Clan, and use their blood to mourn the
dead souls of my Chen Clan…”

After a long time, Chen Xi stood up from the ground, then gazed at the screen of light that
covered the sky above him and confined everything. That was the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons
Formation, the jade flames that ceaselessly swam about was extracted from the corpses that
died with resentment, and was evil and malicious. It was sufficient to withstand the full
force attacks of a Nether Transformation Realm expert.

“Is this the will of the heavens…?” Chen Xi lowered his head and a one meter long pitch-
black bamboo appeared in his right hand. It faintly emitted a strand of piercingly cold
energy of annihilation that was of extreme Yang properties. Shockingly, it was the
Seventhgold Swordbamboo.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi didn’t stay, his figure flashed out, tearing to the air as numerous balls of extremely
dazzling arcs of lightning abruptly exploded out from the entire Seventhgold
Swordbamboo.

Hiss!

The shine of lightning flew out along with the stabbing sword that had arcs of lightning
revolving on it, and the screen of light was like paper as an enormous hole was easily torn
through it.

In the world, lightning was of extremely righteous and Yang property, and it specialized in
going against filthy and evil things. The Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation was condensed
from the evil and malicious Jade Phosphorus Flames, and when it encountered the
piercingly cold killing intent of lightning, it had undoubtedly encountered its natural
enemy.

A grand formation that was sufficient to withstand the full force attacks of a Nether
Transformation Realm expert was destroyed by Chen Xi with a single sword strike, and
he’d escaped from Li Clan’s cage that confined everything. If this wasn’t the will of the
heavens, then what was it?

These evil jade flames of Yin attribute ought to have been extracted from the bones of the
innocent people the Li Clan slaughtered, and they were pained before their death, I
presume they’re unreconciled and resentful after their death! Since it’s like this, then I’ll
fulfill the wishes of all of you. Go ahead and burn the entire Li Clan Estate! As he
muttered, Chen Xi flew about in the air above the screen of light, and the force of lightning
that surged out from the Seventhgold Swordbamboo was like the sharpest blade in the
world. Within the time of a few breaths, he’d already torn apart the screen of light that
covered the entire Li Clan into scattered jade flames.

“Go!” Chen Xi swung his sleeve, and the myriad of jade flame sparks sprinkled down onto
every corner of the 600km of the Li Clan Estate.

Bang!
The light of flames shot into the sky as the entire Li Clan burnt violently, the jade flames
billowed as smoke and mist suffused into the air, and it seemed as if it was telling the story
of the countless crimes that had once occurred here.

Chapter 100 - A Feud Of Blood, Kill! Kill! Kill! (End)

Clan Guarding Grand Formation!

All the cultivators that were spectating in the distance were shocked when they heard this.

In the cultivation world, just like sects which possessed Sect Guarding Grand Formations,
every clan which possessed enormous resources would also place an extremely formidable
grand formation on their territory, and they would absolutely not utilize it unless it was a
life and death moment.

At this moment, the Li Clan had actually turned on the Clan Guarding Grand Formation for
the sake of annihilating a single person, Chen Xi. A situation like this was simply rarely
seen in a thousand years, and it had never occurred in the history of the Li Clan.

Whereas this also proved in a different way that Chen Xi, who was completely alone, had
already threatened the continuation of the existence of the Li Clan!

It was precisely because they realized this that the spectating cultivators in the distance
were shocked, and it caused them to reassess Chen Xi’s strength once again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by an enormous bang that was like the rumble of thunder, in the sky above
the Li Clan that occupied an area of 600km, an immensely enormous screen of light had
suddenly arisen. The screen of light was centered on the lake at the center of the Li Clan
Estate, held up by four unbroken lengths of walls that were like the pillars of the screen of
light, and it seemed like an eggshell that sealed off the entire Li Clan Estate completely.

Dark lights revolved and dense jade green flames drifted about on the screen of light, and
when looked at from afar, the Li Clan Estate was like a surging and gushing volcano, just
that the flames were jade green in color and was suffused with a gloomy aura that caused
one’s heart to palpitate in fear.

“Jade flames locking the sky, this is the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation from a Nether
Transformation Realm cultivator of the southern territory 3,000 years ago, that had taken
the evil path of cultivation!”

“Ah! I recall it now. Supposedly, once this formation is formed, it’s impregnable and is
able to resist the full force attack of a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator, and only a
grandmaster in formations is able to break through it. Moreover, the jade flames that flow
atop it are the Jade Phosphorus Flames extracted from the corpses of people that died with
resentment, and it’s extremely evil and malicious. If any cultivator were to slightly touch it,
it would be as if being possessed by an evil spirit, and the soul would be corroded and
devoured in the end!”

“Looks like Chen Xi is in danger this time, even if he’s able to kill all of the Li Clan
members, I’m afraid it would be difficult for him to walk out from the formation!”

The expressions of the spectators were exceedingly serious. They weren’t worried for Chen
Xi, but had instead suddenly noticed that the strength the Li Clan possessed had already
greatly exceeded their estimations.

——

“Chen Xi, you can’t escape. In the Clan Guarding Grand Formation of my Li Clan, it would
even be difficult for a Nether Transformation Stage cultivator to escape. Just obediently
accept death!” Li Fengtu sneered as he spoke, at the same time, he sped up their attacks,
and the six flying swords seemed like a squall that tightly bit onto Chen Xi without letting
go.

Chen Xi’s figure was like smoke and like wind, and he didn’t have the slightest intention of
stopping. However, he didn’t continue locking himself in battle with the six Li Clan elders
that had formed the Minor Six-Direction Formation, and instead dashed between the
artificial mountains and rivers, flying atop the pavilions and buildings, flying all around the
600km area of the Li Clan Estate.

Li Fengtu and the others sneered ceaselessly when they saw Chen Xi fleeing like a
confused fly, and their attacks became even swifter and fiercer. The six flying swords shot
out explosively to form a rain of swords that covered the sky, and they repeatedly blasted
towards Chen Xi.

Under this insane blasting that swept away all obstacles, the Li Clan’s pill refinement room,
martial training room, treasure pavilion, rear courtyard… All of them transformed into a
pile of ruins.

“Shit! This little bastard is doing this intentionally. He wants to use our own hands to
destroy my Li Clan’s foundation that was built throughout the ages!” One of the elders
came to realize the truth, as he suddenly became gloomy and roared ceaselessly.

“Dammit! We’ve been tricked!”

“But, if we don’t do this, when will we be able to kill this little bastard?”

Li Fengtu’s expression was completely livid and his heart was bleeding endlessly.
Medicinal pills that were piled into a mountain were stored within the pill refinement room,
the book reserve hall contained 10,000 ancient books and records, the treasure pavilion
contained spirit materials that had been accumulated for a thousand years… They were all
destroyed!

Bang!

Another rumble sounded out and a pitch-black and ancient building that was made of stone
collapsed with a bang.

“The Ancestral House!” Li Fengtu exclaimed in shock, the veins in his forehead instantly
bulged explosively, his face was warped and ferocious, and his chest rose and fell rapidly
like a bellows.

The Ancestral House that had been built the day the Li Clan was established had now been
destroyed by his own hands, and this type of feeling simply felt worse than death.

“Kill! Kill this little bastard! Cut him into pieces! Burn his bones and scatter his ashes! Pull
out his tendons and tear off his skin!” Li Fengtu was completely infuriated, and he gnashed
his teeth as he roared fiercely.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The flying swords dispersed out and sword qi raged, and the entire heavens and earth were
filled with killing intent and sword lights that were like streams. Everywhere they passed,
plants transformed into powder, artificial mountains shattered and collapsed, and even the
ground was cut open to form enormous ravines that were terrifying, causing dust and dirt to
fly into the air.

“Kill! Although he’s swift at fleeing, a little fellow at the Violet Palace Realm like him is
unable to escape the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons Formation, we’ll exhaust him to death if we
have to!” Li Fengtu roared once again.

“Kill!”

“Kill this little bastard!”

“I want to fucking dig out his heart and rip out his lungs, then tear his limbs into pieces!”

The Six Li Clan elders were completely furious, the six flying swords howled in midair as
they bombarded Chen Xi’s fleeing figure, and the bombardment didn’t stop for a moment.

Furious now?

Chen Xi glanced at the sky as a strand of cold killing intent slipped past his eyes.

Bang!
A mountain that was coiled in violet gas abruptly flew out from Chen Xi’s hand, revolving
as it swiftly emitted a wisp of a billowing violet gas that covered an area of 300m of the
heaven and earth.

The Copper Colossal Mountain, a semi-finished Magic Treasure, and a marvelous existence
with a might comparable to an earth-rank Magic Treasure!

The billowing violet gas was the Violetmist Baleful Qi that was able to condense a
gravitational field that covered an area of 300m. When one was within the area of the
gravitational field, it would feel as if a large mountain was pressed onto one’s shoulder, and
one’s pressure would increase explosively.

“What’s this!?”

“Shit!”

“What’s going on?”

The six Li Clan Elders were caught off guard. They were all covered within the area of the
Violetmist Baleful Qi, causing their figures that were flashing out explosively to become
sluggish and tumble down.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

It was at this moment that the eight Netherezim Flying Swords flew over swiftly, the cold
and sharp blades of the swords cooperated with each other to form the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation before enveloping three Li Clan elders, and the blades of
the swords crisscrossed as they assaulted the three elders, instantly transforming them into
three headless corpses.

“Third Brother! Fourth Brother! Sixth Brother!” Li Fengtu’s eyes were almost splitting as
he exclaimed in sorrow.

Furthermore, seizing this gap in their defense, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords didn’t
slow down at all to once again reap another two heads. They were about to annihilate Li
Fengtu, yet was noticed by him, and he dodged them successively.

It had only been the time for an eye to blink from the moment he utilized the Copper
Colossal Mountain to annihilating five Li Clan elders, and only Li Fengtu remained by
himself on the battlefield. Whereas on the ground, there were instead five headless corpses.

Chen Xi grasped the timing of this move to the point it was exceedingly excellent. He’s
seized the opportunity of them becoming infuriated, then caused them to be caught off
guard by the Copper Colossal Mountain, and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords that had
been accumulating force since long ago shot out violently at the same time. All this was
connected one after the other and practically happened at the same time, and it was indeed
ruthless and resolute. If others were to see this scene, they would probably be terrified by
Chen Xi’s extremely meticulous and resolute combat tactics.

“I want you dead! I want you dead!” Li Fengtu roared madly, he seemed like an infuriated
wild beast as a pearl abruptly appeared in his hand. The pearl was coiled with dark lights
and possessed evil qi that shot into the sky, at the instant it appeared, the entire heaven and
earth seemed to be covered in a layer of pitch-black sanguinary aura.

“Darklight Balefulblood Pearl!” Chen Xi’s eyes squinted as he’d once heard his grandfather
mention that the Li Clan had a pearl that possessed the might to obliterate the heaven and
the earth, and it was refined from gathering 36 types of extreme Yin baleful blood. A single
pearl was sufficient to be comparable to the full force attack of a Golden Core Realm
cultivation, and it was extremely terrifying.

“Die! You can’t escape while within the Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation, and this
Darklight Balefulblood Pearl is sufficient to annihilate you a thousand times! My Li Clan is
gone, so you have to be buried with it as well! HAHAHA!” Li Fengtu was almost
completely mad at this moment, his eyes were filled with ruthless insanity and he raised his
hand intending to toss the pearl out. However, right at this instant, he felt his sea of
consciousness drone. His soul felt as if it was fiercely smashed by a 150,000kg
sledgehammer, and it ached to the point his mind went blank from a short moment.

Swish!

A sword light flashed by, directly piercing through, then the sword light sliced downwards
to completely slice off his right hand that tightly clenched the Darklight Balefulblood Pearl,
and it was instantly caught by Chen Xi who flashed over explosively.

“Uh! Uh!” Li Fengtu held onto his throat, his eyes glaring full of rage at Chen Xi who was
beside him, then spoke disjointedly. “You… You’re unable… To escape.” As soon as he
finished speaking, his head tilted and his entire body fell down from midair to smash onto
the ground, and blood flowed from his smashed body.

Chen Xi descended to the ground, and as he gazed at the Li Clan Estate that was luxurious
and elegant before, yet had now transformed into a devastated ruin that was almost 600km
in size. Although his mind and body were utterly exhausted, his spirit seemed to have
broken through a heavy shackle and obtained release.

Bang!

Chen Xi knelt on the ground within the pool of blood that was gathered from the Li Clan’s
clansmen that had died miserably, and he muttered. “Grandfather, can you see? The entire
Li Clan is dead, your grandson has finally taken revenge for the great enmity. Don’t worry,
I’ll drag out the culprit that annihilated my Chen Clan, and use their blood to mourn the
dead souls of my Chen Clan…”
After a long time, Chen Xi stood up from the ground, then gazed at the screen of light that
covered the sky above him and confined everything. That was the Jadeflame Nine-Dragons
Formation, the jade flames that ceaselessly swam about was extracted from the corpses that
died with resentment, and was evil and malicious. It was sufficient to withstand the full
force attacks of a Nether Transformation Realm expert.

“Is this the will of the heavens…?” Chen Xi lowered his head and a one meter long pitch-
black bamboo appeared in his right hand. It faintly emitted a strand of piercingly cold
energy of annihilation that was of extreme Yang properties. Shockingly, it was the
Seventhgold Swordbamboo.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi didn’t stay, his figure flashed out, tearing to the air as numerous balls of extremely
dazzling arcs of lightning abruptly exploded out from the entire Seventhgold
Swordbamboo.

Hiss!

The shine of lightning flew out along with the stabbing sword that had arcs of lightning
revolving on it, and the screen of light was like paper as an enormous hole was easily torn
through it.

In the world, lightning was of extremely righteous and Yang property, and it specialized in
going against filthy and evil things. The Jadeflame Nine-Dragon Formation was condensed
from the evil and malicious Jade Phosphorus Flames, and when it encountered the
piercingly cold killing intent of lightning, it had undoubtedly encountered its natural
enemy.

A grand formation that was sufficient to withstand the full force attacks of a Nether
Transformation Realm expert was destroyed by Chen Xi with a single sword strike, and
he’d escaped from Li Clan’s cage that confined everything. If this wasn’t the will of the
heavens, then what was it?

These evil jade flames of Yin attribute ought to have been extracted from the bones of the
innocent people the Li Clan slaughtered, and they were pained before their death, I
presume they’re unreconciled and resentful after their death! Since it’s like this, then I’ll
fulfill the wishes of all of you. Go ahead and burn the entire Li Clan Estate! As he
muttered, Chen Xi flew about in the air above the screen of light, and the force of lightning
that surged out from the Seventhgold Swordbamboo was like the sharpest blade in the
world. Within the time of a few breaths, he’d already torn apart the screen of light that
covered the entire Li Clan into scattered jade flames.

“Go!” Chen Xi swung his sleeve, and the myriad of jade flame sparks sprinkled down onto
every corner of the 600km of the Li Clan Estate.
Bang!

The light of flames shot into the sky as the entire Li Clan burnt violently, the jade flames
billowed as smoke and mist suffused into the air, and it seemed as if it was telling the story
of the countless crimes that had once occurred here.
Chapter 101 – Taking Advantage Of The Situation

The Li Clan is finished!

As the distant spectators gazed at the violently burning flames that covered the Li Clan and
leaped into the sky, coldness emerged within their hearts for no rhyme or reason. It was as
if they’d fallen into an icy pit.

The first clan of Pine Mist City that had dominated for a thousand years had now been
completely annihilated by a single youth who had only been a talisman crafting apprentice
one year ago!

Reality was so brutal, so inconceivable, so soul-stirring and shocking.

Everyone knew after experiencing this battle, Chen Xi wasn’t the weak youth that could be
bullied, humiliated, and ridiculed; he wasn’t the disciple from an impoverished family that
shouldered the name of Jinx…

He was bound to be the most dazzling star in Pine Mist City in the last thousand years!

Amongst the flames that leaped into the sky, the silent crowd of people and the twilight
color of night descending, the atmosphere at the scene was covered in dense oppression and
deathly silence.

Whereas Chen Xi was just intending to leave.

“Chen Xi! Stay where you are!” A forceful, loud shout was like the sound of thunder that
tore the silence to pieces, and with a swish, countless gazes shot towards it. Who was it that
still dared provoke Chen Xi at this time?

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Two figures tore through the sky, and the heaven and the earth were filled with violent
flows of air. Subsequently, a middle aged man in a violet robe flew over. He was three
meters tall and had a straight back that was like a spear. He was full of an impressive and
dignified manner. The person was the supreme dictator of the Pine Mist City’s General’s
Estate, and the actual ruler of Pine Mist City, Qin Han.

At his side was the number one expert under the command of the General’s Estate who
possessed a thin appearance and long arms, Luo Chong.

The nearby crowd of spectators couldn’t help but be dumbstruck when they saw these two
people appear. General Qin didn’t appear earlier not later, yet he deliberately appeared at
this time. Could it be that he wants to take advantage of the situation?
Beside the sea of flames, Chen Xi raised his eyes to gaze at Qin Han and Luo Chong who’d
appeared suddenly. He vaguely understood what had happened and his heart couldn’t help
but sink. They’ve come with ill intentions!

Step step! Step step step!

After Qin Han and Luo Chong had just arrived, a large group of General’s Estate Guards
had dashed over behind them, and they were in perfect order. With a glance, one would be
able to discern that they followed strict military discipline and severe rules.

“General Qin, what business do you have here?” Chen Xi’s eyes slightly narrowed. He was
just about to circulate his True Essence when a wave of exhaustion appeared in his mind,
causing him to feel dizzy, and his eyelids were twitching as he was overcome by an
impulse of wanting to sleep from drowsiness.

This was because his soul had been used up too intensely.

Earlier, for the sake of avoiding from suffering the attack of the Darklight Balefulblood
Pearl, he’d used his God Shaker Arts to fiercely shake Li Fengtu’s soul, causing Li
Fengtu’s mind to go blank for a moment; it was because of this that he was able to easily
kill Li Fengtu.

However, this God Shaker Art’s consumption of the soul was extremely terrifying, and
only a single strike had caused his Spiritual Perception to have almost been completely
used up. If it wasn’t for his Spiritual Perception being sufficiently strong, his soul would
have been injured by this attack.

Most importantly, because of the battle from before, practically 99% of Chen Xi’s True
Essence was consumed. At this moment, not to mention battling someone, even controlling
a flying sword was slightly difficult.

It was precisely because of this that when Chen Xi saw Qin Han and Luo Chong coming
together and that they had brought a huge amount of guards from the General’s Estate, he
instantly understood in his heart that these fellows wanted to seize the opportunity of him
being powerless to fight and take advantage of the situation!

“Chen Xi, do you know your crimes!?” Qin Han held his hand behind his back and spoke
without the slightest bit of feeling.

“What crimes have I committed?” Chen Xi spoke with an emotionless expression.

“Luo Chong, tell him!” Qin Han seemed to feel that explaining to Chen Xi himself was a
loss of dignity, so he instructed the nearby Luo Chong to explain it.

The skin on Luo Chong’s face tightened as he said coldly, “The General’s Estate provided
for the prohibition of causing trouble and fighting in the city. You’ve already violated the
iron law of my General’s Estate, and according to the rules set out…” When he spoke up to
here, it seemed to be slightly difficult for Luo Chong to open his mouth and he hesitated to
speak.

“Luo Chong, stand down.” Qin Han’s brows raised up for a moment, then he said coldly,
“According to the rules, you ought to be killed and gotten rid of. However, if you
obediently allow yourself to be captured, then lower your head to admit your crimes, you
can avoid death and only have your cultivation cripples before being banished to a mine to
be a slave for the rest of your life.”

“Chen Xi, you’re still young, don’t destroy your own future. My General’s Estate
represents the will of the Darchu Dynasty and its iron law tolerates no violation. You’ve
publicly slaughtered the entire Li Clan and it has already violated many iron laws. If you
don’t resist, I can guarantee your safety.” The nearby Luo Chong took over.

“I caused trouble? I violated the iron law of the General’s Estate? If I don’t admit my
crimes then you’ll kill me, and if I admit my crimes you’ll cripple my cultivation and lower
me to a mining slave…” Chen Xi muttered for a short moment and was angry to the point
his heart hurt. Then he suddenly raised his head, and his voice had already become
extremely icy cold and indifferent. “Let me ask the two of you, where was your General’s
Estate when the over 10,000 commoners of the Commoner’s District died miserably under
the blades of the Li Clan? Where was your General’s Estate when the Zhang general goods
store and Clear Stream Restaurant were destroyed into ruins? That year, when my Chen
Clan was annihilated, where were the two of you?”

“Both of you close your eyes to all kinds of evil, yet the kindhearted and courageous should
be at your mercy to be humiliated and trampled on?  What qualifications do shameless and
despicable villains like the both of you who bully the weak and fear the strong have to
represent the will of the Darchu Dynasty?”

“What did you say?” Qin Han glanced at Chen Xi. His aura was icy cold and his gaze
revealed strands of killing intent.

Chen Xi’s words had pricked his nerves and had caused him to be unable to refute it.
Because everyone in the entire Pine Mist City knew all these things, but no one dared to
fearlessly speak of it like Chen Xi.

This was the might of the General’s Estate, disallowing anyone from going against the
word of the General’s Estate. At the same time that the General’s Estate conducted its
affairs according to the rules, the General’s Estate itself was trampling on those very rules,
oppressing the good and flattering the powerful.

As the saying goes, rules were only set to shackle and confine the weak, whereas the strong
stood above the rules, and no one would dare voice out criticism when they trampled on
and broke the rules.
This was an unwritten law, a hidden rule that couldn’t be declared with the mouth, as it was
something that went against the existing rules, yet they existed everywhere in the world.

At this moment, Chen Xi’s words had exposed all these things that broke the rules, and it
was like a fierce and resounding slap on his face, slapping Qin Han’s face to the point it
burned with pain.

“What did I say? Amongst the people present, I’m afraid only you are feigning ignorance
and asking this, right?” Chen Xi was already ready to risk everything. What General’s
Estate, what will of the Darchu Dynasty? Would Chen Xi pay attention to all this at this
moment? He already wasn’t the weakling from before that was at the mercy of others.
When faced with this extent of provocation, being afraid and submitting was undoubtedly
being irresponsible with his own life!

“Nonsense! My General’s Estate has already arrested and publicly sentenced to death the
murderer responsible for the deaths of those people. It’s just that you didn’t see it.” Qin
Han was able to become the owner of the General’s Estate, thus he wasn’t an ordinary
person, and he took a deep breath before saying coldly, “You instead slaughtered the entire
Li Clan in public, and not only do you not repent, you strike back and accuse my General’s
Estate of not conducting its affairs satisfactorily. Looks like only by killing a villain like
you today that I will be able to protect the dignity of my General’s Estate.”

“Truly a good scheme. After killing me, both of you can report to the Dragon Lake City’s
Su Clan that you’ve accomplished the task, right?” Chen Xi puckered his lips, and his eyes
drooped as he said in a light voice, “Looks like today's matter can only be solved by
combat.”

“Combat?” Qin Han sneered and said, “You think too highly of yourself. This isn’t a battle,
this is my General’s Estate arresting and punishing a villain!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

It was at this moment that a wave of sounds of something tearing through the sky was like
the tide as it abruptly sounded out from the extremely far away horizon, and seven streams
of flying lights cut through the sky before arriving swiftly and with a bang.

“Seniors, look! That kid is Chen Xi!”

“Oh, it’s he who obtained the inheritance in the sword immortal’s abode? Hmph! He dares
seize things that belong to my Su Clan? I want him to spit it all out!”

“Hahaha! I remember that we’ve come to Pine Mist City once when we helped Little Jiao
tear apart her marriage contract all those years ago. Now, we’re revisiting a familiar place
and meeting an old friend, it’s truly fate!”
“Grab him! If he doesn’t hand over the treasures from the sword immortal’s abode then tear
him to mush!”

Accompanied by a variety of sounds, seven men and women in luxurious clothes appeared
out of thin air. Their auras were formidable like a vast ocean and towering mountain.

A tall and mighty young man was in the lead; he had a hooked nose and a profound gaze
with a sheathed sword on his back, and his aura shot into the sky like a rainbow. There
were another three men and two women standing by his side, and all of them had
formidable auras and matchlessly elegant demeanors.

Only one person had a young appearance, his face fair and clear, and he stood respectfully
at the side. His aura was obviously greatly inferior to the other six, yet when he looked at
Qin Han and the others, his gaze carried dense arrogance.

“Six Golden Hall Realm cultivators of the Su Clan!”

“The Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan! Exactly what treasure did Chen Xi acquire within the
sword immortal’s abode? It actually drew the simultaneous dispatch of six Golden Hall
Realm cultivators from the Su Clan!”

“Out of the frying pan, into the fire! Even if Chen Xi isn’t killed by the General’s Estate
this time, he would surely be captured by these six Golden Hall Realm cultivators. He can’t
escape this calamity.”

When they saw these seven men and women cultivators with extraordinary bearing, the far
away spectators were shocked in their hearts and their eyes revealed deep reverence.

Ten years ago, or in other words the fourth year after the Chen Clan was annihilated, these
men and women had once come to Pine Mist City with a few other Golden Hall Realm
cultivators.

At that time, they tore the marriage contract with the Chen Clan’s eldest grandchild, Chen
Xi, into shreds before the eyes of everyone within Pine Mist City, then swaggered off,
causing a stir for some time.

At this moment, when these Golden Hall Realm cultivators appeared once again, how could
all the people present not recognize them?

It’s actually them!

Chen Xi’s eyes squinted as the scenes from when he was four surged into his mind, and the
hatred in his heart flowed throughout his entire body with a bang.
Summer that year, he was withstanding the intense heat of the summer, cultivating bitterly
under the scorching sun, and his grandfather lay under the eaves as he taught Chen Hao to
read. The summer breeze was blowing, the leaves were rustling, and everything was so
peaceful.

However, at dusk, over 10 moving lights slit open this short peacefulness, and they stood in
mid air, looking down on him and his grandfather with arrogant and disdainful expressions.

They mocked his grandfather as a piece of old trash.

They ridiculed him as a toad that wished to eat the meat of a swan.

They tore apart his marriage contract before the eyes of everyone in Pine Mist City!

Chen Xi was only four then, he didn’t know what was humiliation and mocking was. He
didn’t know how great of a pain it was when another comes to your house and wantonly
humiliates you.

Chen Xi only saw his younger brother being afraid to the point of crying on the ground, he
saw his grandfather’s entire body trembling from rage, he saw the boundless sorrow and
anger revealed on that old face, and that gaze of despair caused him to feel afraid, feel
helpless, and feel that even the sky was about to collapse…

This scene caused an unprecedented blow in his young heart, and it branded him with pain
that was impossible to erase.

Hu~

Chen Xi shook his head fiercely, then took deep breaths repeatedly to forcefully suppress
the hatred and restlessness in his heart. He knew that with his current condition, it was
utterly impossible for him to be a match for any one of them.

Fleeing was the only path to survival.

Vengeance can wait another day. If he wanted to repay all the humiliation he’d suffered,
then he must ensure that he survived. Only by surviving would he have the possibility of
becoming stronger, and only then would he be able to do all the things he wanted to do!

“General Qin, these cultivators from outside want to start a battle in Pine Mist City. It’s
undoubtedly provoking the dignity and will of the General’s Estate. Are you going to
interfere, or not?” Chen Xi glanced at Qin Han and the others, and he suddenly spoke out.

Earlier, Qin Han intended to kill Chen Xi by using the pretense of defending the dignity of
the General’s Estate and representing the will of the Darchu Dynasty, and he was filled
with righteous indignation and justice.
Now, when faced with the Golden Hall Realm cultivators of the Dragon Lake City’s Su
Clan, Chen Xi gave him a taste of his own medicine, and the mocking and ridicule within
Chen Xi’s words was something that anyone could perceive.
Chapter 102 - Chase To Kill

Qin Han’s expression abruptly became extremely gloomy.

Chen Xi’s words were exceedingly vicious. They instantly caused him to be in a bind with
no way to back down.

If he were to stand idly by, it would undoubtedly prove that his General’s Estate bullied the
weak but was afraid of the strong and repeatedly changed its attitude towards things. If that
happened, the dignity and the will of the General’s Estate would suffer trampling and
questioning.

If he were to forcefully intercede, then facing the six Golden Hall Realm cultivators of the
Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan was utterly courting death, without a doubt. Moreover, if the
Su Clan was enraged because of this, then it would probably be the end of him being a
General.

“Truly laughable. We’ve come here to help General Qin arrest a villain. How could we be
offending the rules of the General’s Estate? Sharp tongued and sowing dissension. Looks
like Little Jiao was correct, this little fellow isn’t anything good.” In mid air, the tall and
dignified young man in the lead abruptly spoke out coldly. His voice was like a rumbling
thunderclap, and it shocked the eardrums of everyone present to the point they felt a
piercing pain.

Qin Han’s expression eased up and took to opportunity to say with cupped hands. “Senior
Su Dingyi’s words are reasonable, I’ll leave this matter to Senior to deal with it.”

“Okay. Leave it to us. Once we arrest this villain, we’ll seek your company in the General’s
Estate.” Su Dingyi lightly nodded with a calm expression, yet he was extremely arrogant in
his bones.

“Alright, I’ll take my subordinates back to the General’s Estate to lay down a banquet and
wait for Senior’s triumphant return.” Qin Han naturally knew how to behave in a delicate
situation. He cupped his hands from afar before taking Luo Chong and all the guards to
withdraw.

Chen Xi paid no attention to all this and he had an extremely icy cold expression as he shot
his cold gaze at the young man by Su Dingyi’s side.

“What’re you looking at!? You’re dead today!” The young man seemed slightly unable to
endure Chen Xi’s gaze and he reproached with a stern voice.

“I never expected that I would save a heartless and ungrateful thing like you. If I knew
earlier, I would have killed you long ago,” Chen Xi said coldly.
The young man was none other than the Azuresun Sect’s Di Hongtu. When they entered
Misty Sea City, this person had left with the Limitless Sect’s Xue Jing and the Clearworld
Sect’s Mo Han.

Yet he never imagined that Di Hongtu would instead bring along a group of Su Clan
Golden Hall Realm cultivators to capture him at this moment. Chen Xi was naturally
extremely hateful.

“You saved me? Haha, if it wasn’t for you being afraid of the revenge of the Azuresun Sect
behind me, how could you possibly be so kind? You’re truly a laughable person.” Di
Hongtu laughed loudly without end, not the slightest trace of shame on his face.

“If I’m able to save you, I’m naturally able to kill you as well.” Chen Xi spoke a single
sentence coldly, then couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to this despicable and shameless
person as his gaze shot towards the Su Dingyi and the other Golden Hall Realm cultivators.

Above the Violet Palace Realm was the Golden Hall Realm.

Developing the violet palace was equivalent to establishing the foundation of the Dao,
whereas developing the golden hall was instead making preparations for charging into the
Golden Core Realm.

Once one advanced into the Golden Hall Realm, one was able to absorb the Yin and Yang
qi in the world and temper the True Essence in the entire body, causing the Yin and Yang
within it to blend together, promoting the generation of spirit and essence. No matter if it
was the quality or might of the True Essence, it was greatly higher in grade when compared
to the Violet Palace Realm!

If he was in prime condition, Chen Xi was naturally unafraid of battling Golden Hall Realm
cultivators. But right now, his soul’s Spiritual perception and True Essence was almost
completely used up, so he had to be cautious.

“I heard you’re meticulous in thinking, sly like a fox, and skilled at using various
opportunities to escape. You can be considered to be a formidable figure. However, do you
think you’re able to flee when facing the six of us?” Su Dingyi smiled spuriously as he
spoke. Obviously, he’d already heard of some of the things about Chen Xi from the sword
immortal’s abode from Su Jiao.

“Su Jiao is still alive?” Chen Xi avoided replying and instead answered with a question.

“Of course. Otherwise, how would I know that you seized all the treasures in the sword
immortal’s abode?” Su Dingyi licked his lips as he looked at Chen Xi with a burning gaze.
It was as if he was looking at a plump goat, as he didn’t conceal his greed in the slightest.

“Don’t talk nonsense with him. Kill him and seize his treasures.” A fat and bald man in red
robes at the side shook his head as he spoke with a low voice.
“Exactly, Little Jiao said he’s meticulous in thinking, perhaps he’s scheming about how to
escape right now. We should swiftly make our move to prevent something unexpected from
happening.” A beautiful woman with a seductive figure who was wearing a palace dress
spoke coldly. She was the only female cultivator amongst the six of them. She seemed
extremely dazzling and her voice was indeed icy cold and stiff with surging killing intent.

Su Dingyi smiled and was just about to say something when he suddenly saw a black light
coiled with even darker jet-black lights flash over, and it shot violently towards his group.

Damnable bastard, this fellow really doesn’t play by the rules!

Su Dingyi criticized in his heart, yet the movements of his hands weren’t slow as he swung
his sleeve, intending to shatter the jet-black light.

“Watch out!”

“Darklight Balefulblood Pearl!”

“How could this kid have such a treasure in his possession?”

“Retreat!”

The numerous explosive shouts behind him caused Su Dingyi’s heart to jerk. A Darklight
Baleful Blood was refined from gathering 36 types of extreme Yin baleful blood from the
heavens and the earth, and its might was comparable to the full force strike of a Golden
Core Realm cultivator. How could he possibly not know of such a terrifying thing?

Su Dingyi practically didn’t think before retreating explosively.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The six Golden Hall Realm cultivators retreat explosively in all directions.

“It has happened… Shit!” Di Hongtu’s reaction was slightly slow by a beat, and at the
instant he reacted, the Darklight Balefulblood Pearl had already shot over violently,
terrifying him to the point he actually forgot to dodge.

Bang!

It was like a divine lightning from the nine heavens had fiercely struck down as an area of
3km was abruptly filled with a gloomy and evil blood red splendor that was surging like
tidewater. Within an area of 3km, the rooms, ground, plants, trees… All of them were
swiftly corroded, shattered, and annihilated under the enclosure of the bloody light!
“Ah!!” Di Hongtu emitted a shrill cry that was miserable like a ghost before his entire body
was corroded and swallowed by the intensely surging red color, and it was only an instant
before he vanished in the air, leaving neither corpse nor bone behind.

After a short moment, the blood colored lights faded, and within the 3km area everything
was completely corroded into nothingness, and even an enormous pit that caused terror in
one’s heart was left behind.

Utter annihilation!

All life was obliterated and dead!

As they gazed at everything that was deathly silent like they were in an ancient ruin, Su
Dingyi’s group of six were bewildered and indeterminate, and their entire bodies were
extremely cold. Even if they were Golden Hall Realm cultivators, when faced with a
treasure that was comparable to a Golden Core Realm cultivator’s full force strike, they
could only dodge and flee.

“Dammit! Where did that fellow get a Darklight Balefulblood Pearl?” Su Dingyi was the
first to awaken from his shock and he noticed a black figure extremely far in the distance
that vanished with a few movements.

From far away, Chen Xi’s voice that was wispy like wind sounded out. “I’ll surely repay all
of you generously in the future!”

“Chase him! He can’t run far!” Su Dingyi howled angrily before chasing up from afar.

If word were to spread that a little fellow at the Violet Palace Realm cultivator was able to
escape under their gazes, then it would simply be terrible humiliation!

When the other five saw this, they had a murderous look on their faces as well as they
closely followed from behind.

——

Swish!

Chen Xi flew swiftly for his life. The Divine Windwing Flight was executed to the limit by
him and his entire body was like a strand of wind that instantly fled out by 50km.

“I don’t have much True Essence left and I’m barely able to sustain this for 10 minutes. If I
want to flee safely then I must find a safe place to conceal myself…” Chen Xi pondered
madly in his mind, and after a long time, his gaze unintentionally glanced to notice the
boundlessly vast grassland that was revealed in the extreme distance.
“Rowdy Grasslands… Isn’t the Oceanic Desert behind it?” Chen Xi’s eyes lit up, and he
didn’t hesitate to speed up and move forward right away.

In the boundless grasslands, winding rivers flowed ceaselessly like numerous soft silk
ribbons, and when looked at from the sky, it was beautiful to the point it was out of this
world.

Numerous grassland tribes and races that were still barbaric lived and multiplied within it.
Moreover, ruins, divine statues, and remains left behind from ancient times filled it with an
ancient and barbaric feeling. Supposedly, there were mysterious priests that possessed
energies that were different from qi refiners, and its might was extremely unbelievable as
well.

This was the Rowdy Grasslands, a barbaric place that was at the border of the Darchu
Dynasty’s southern territory.

After a long time, Chen Xi silently descended to the ground, then flashed out while staying
close to the ground, and his entire body seemed to have transformed into a strand of cool
breeze that blew atop the grasslands. He’d fused into one with the heavens and the earth,
and no one was able to notice anything off from it.

Some shepherds were herding the sheep and cattle, swinging their whips as they rode their
steeds, and they were extremely cheerful. They only felt a cool breeze blew past them,
blowing to the point the jade green grass on the ground bent downwards like numerous jade
green waves that were rising and falling, and they didn’t realize in the slightest that a figure
had flown past them.

Chen Xi, who’d comprehended a complete Wind Dao Insight, had flawlessly fused with the
wind above the grasslands. At this moment, he was the wind, fluttering indeterminately and
changing without a trace.

“Hmm? This fellow’s aura has become faster and faster, and he doesn’t have the slightest
intention of stopping. He seems to want to enter the Oceanic Desert!” In the extremely far
away sky, Su Dingyi’s expression became grim as he seemed to have sensed something.

“This kid is extremely strange, he isn’t relying on a flying Magic Treasure, yet his speed is
still incomparably swift, and he’s actually even faster than us. Truly strange!” The red
robed fatty shook his head endlessly. “If he really escapes into the Oceanic Desert, then it
will be troublesome to capture him.”

“Exactly, the Oceanic Desert is vast and boundless, gales rage and sandstorms roar within it
all year long and there are even numerous spatial tears that are extremely dangerous
existing within it. It’s simply like a land of death.” The beautiful woman had a serious
expression as she said, “Most terrifying is that it’s filled with various terrifying restrictions
and ruins. The great Rebirth Realm cultivator, Long Yazi, whose name shook the southern
territory 3,000 years ago, had once gone in to search for treasures. He never returned in the
end.”

“This kid just annihilated the Li Clan, and his True Essence has presumably been almost
completely used up. We just have to chase closely without letting up and we might be able
to capture him before he enters the Oceanic Desert,” Su Dingyi said fiercely.

At this moment, Chen Xi had flown for half a day and the True Essence within his body
was already about to dry up soon. However, he vaguely sensed a violent, hot, and dry wind
howl as it assaulted his face.

He hurriedly flew up and looked from afar. In an extremely distant place, numerous patches
of yellow had appeared, and when he flew over closely, he saw clearly that those yellow
colors were actually numerous deserts that stretched as far as the eye could see!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The violet and raging wind blew to the point the yellow sand fluttered to cover the entire
sky, the winds emitted howls that were like wailing ghosts and howling wolves as it swept
out and created numerous waves of sand that were 300m in height, and they were in layer
upon layer like an oceanic tide that was extremely magnificent.

Gale!

Sandstorm!

Within the entire Oceanic Desert, the heaven and earth simply seemed to have fallen into
chaos and was completely pale yellow. Even if one’s eyesight was any better, one would be
unable to see through the actual situation within it.

“This is the Oceanic Desert that’s called the land of death? My True Essence has already
dried up, and if I want to avoid those six damnable fellows, then it would seem like I can
only enter it. Death or life, I’ll only know after I try!” Chen Xi muttered to himself as a
trace of viciousness flashed within his eyes and he charged forward.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Not long after Chen Xi entered the Oceanic Desert, Su Dingyi’s group of six had hurried
over here.

“We were still a step too late!”

“This fellow is truly resolute. For the sake of avoiding us, he actually charged into the
Oceanic Desert without a care for his life!”

“What should we do now?”

“Wait!” Su Dingyi gnashed his teeth as he said, “We’ll wait for him here. I don’t believe he
won’t come out! I swear to not give up until I seize the treasures from the sword immortal’s
abode!”

“What if he dies?”

“One year’s the limit. If that kid doesn’t come out, then it proves that we have no fate with
the treasures from the sword immortal’s abode and we can only leave.” Su Dingyi had a
gloomy expression as he spoke word for word.

His gaze quietly shot towards the depths of the Oceanic Desert. At that place, traces of
Chen Xi could no longer be seen, and it was filled with sandstorms that fluttered and raged.
Chapter 103 – Starsoul Meteorite

The gale howled violently and the sandstorm raged.

The Oceanic Desert, that stretched as far as the eye could see, was like a god with an
irritable temper, venting out a bellyful of rage and resentment in a wanton manner. It was
filled with the boundless force of destruction.

This place contained mysterious ruins that had been left behind since ancient times,
terrifying restrictions that caused Rebirth Realm cultivators to enter but never return, and
even spatial tears that swallowed everything.

This place was called the lands of death!

However, today a youth swiftly dashed within it like a gust of wind.

Astonishingly, the gale that was sufficient to tear open anything seemed to forever be
unable to touch his body; wherever he passed, no matter how fierce and violent the wind
was, it was as if the wind recognized one of its own kind. Like it had seen its companion, it
would gently avoid him and open up a space sufficient for him to pass through.

The scene was extremely strange.

When faced with the gale that roared like a dragon, even a Rebirth Realm cultivator had to
approach it carefully, yet this youth seemed as if he’d walked into his own backyard and
was strolling idly. If this scene were to be seen by an outsider, they would surely be staring
agape.

Unfortunately, only he was within this land of death now.

This person was naturally Chen Xi. He who’d mastered a complete Wind Dao Insight
seemed as if he’d seen a strand of gentle breeze when faced with the surging gale, and he
was completely unworried that anything would happen to himself.

This was the power of Dao Insight.

However, there was still sand in the wind. Those sand and dust were carried up by the gale
and were like a rain of swords that shot out explosively, and they possessed a sharp and
terrifying penetrative force. Chen Xi naturally didn’t dare to go against them and even
didn’t dare to fly in the air, so he could only rely on the strength of the wind to dash wildly.

“Presently, my True Essence has dried up, but fortunately, my body is strong. Up until
now, I’ve already dashed for almost 1,500km. If those six fellows had chased me, they’d
have probably caught up to me long ago.” Chen Xi swiftly pondered as he dashed wildly.
Although he wasn’t afraid of the surrounding gales, the Oceanic Desert contained
numerous terrifying and dangerous restrictions, ruins, and spatial tears. He didn’t dare be
careless in the slightest.

Just earlier, he’d seen a spatial tear that was 3km long, shaped like a long and narrow
curved blade. The interior of the jet-black spatial tear was jet-black as well, black to the
point it caused one’s heart to palpitate; So long as anything came within a distance of 5km
from it, it would be swallowed completely by the spatial tear. There was no sound and no
struggle; it was silent, yet terrifying.

“This won’t do, if I continue like this, there’ll surely be a time that my physical strength is
completely exhausted. I must find a safe place to replenish my True Essence and recover
my strength… Hmm? What’s that?” Chen Xi’s gaze unintentionally swept over and he
suddenly noticed that an enormous black shadow had appeared extremely far in the
distance of the surging sand. The shadow was 300m high and it stood upright without
moving, seeming to not be a living thing.

When he went closer to take a look, it was actually a pitch-black stele that seemed like a
sword that pierced through the sky. Even under the corrosion of the violent sands, the
stele’s surface was still smooth and complete, and it was suffused with a cold light.

“Sword Tomb!” Chen Xi noticed two blood red words on the stele. The writing was
unrestrained with strokes that were powerful, yet gentle, and a ghastly and sharp qi
assaulted his face.

Hiss!

Chen Xi felt his entire body tremble. It was as if his bones were pierced by needles and his
entire body went cold. A myriad of sharp swords that madly waved about even appeared
within his sea of consciousness, causing the blood in his heart to surge as he saw stars
dance before his eyes, and he almost spat blood. He hurriedly turned away his eyes and
didn’t dare to take another glance.

“This writing contains terrifying true essence of Sword Dao. Although it’s only a mere
strand, it’s filled with the matchless spirit of dominating and annihilating the entire world.
I wonder which expert left behind this stele, as it’s even a hundred times more terrifying
than the sword force on that note in the sword immortal’s abode!” Chen Xi was extremely
astonished in his heart. He was truly unable to imagine what level of cultivation the person
that possessed this level of sword skill had attained.

Thump!

Chen Xi sat before the stele, as he noticed that so long as the gale and sand approached
within an area of 30m from the stele, they would be blasted to dispersal by a shapeless
force. Hiding here just happened to allow him to avoid the assault of the sandstorm.
“I wonder why this Sword Tomb has appeared here…? Never mind, I’ll recover my True
Essence first in the event that if I encounter another unexpected event, I’ll have the strength
to withstand it.” Chen Xi breathed heavily for a short moment before sitting cross-legged,
then he withdrew the octagonal containment bottle and inhaled deeply, causing a strand of
spirit liquid to shoot out from the bottle.

Swish!

Chen Xi circulated the Ice Crane Technique, and the great lake in his violet palace that had
long since dried up started to madly absorb the spirit liquid that poured into his body.

The octagonal containment bottle had already been replenished by 1.5 million kgs of spirit
liquids. These spirit liquids were  those he obtained by selling the spirit materials in the
Misty Sea City’s Treasure Heaven Pavilion. Within this Oceanic Desert whose spirit energy
had dried up, he didn’t have to worry about the problem of insufficient spirit energy.

A day passed.

Chen Xi awoke from his meditation, then opened his mouth and exhaled. A strand of
airflow that was powerful and condensed shot out like an arrow, not dispersing for a long
time. Obviously, within this entire night of bitter cultivation, his strength had improved.

“For the sake of obtaining the so-called treasures of the sword immortal’s abode, Su
Dingyi’s group will surely not easily let me off. Since they didn’t enter the Oceanic Desert,
then I presume they’re waiting for me outside.” Chen Xi stood up and stretched his limbs,
then frowned. “If it’s like this, I can only hide in here unless I possess the strength to
annihilate all six of them.”

“Hmm? What’s this?” Chen Xi finally noticed numerous pitch-black stones that were
scattered on the ground. They were the size of a fingernail and entirely smooth, suffused
with spots of luster. They were extremely alike to black colored jade and agate.

He’d bent down, intending to pick one up, when to his surprise, the instant his finger
touched the black colored stone, a strand of sharp aura directly entered his skin. It was as if
he was struck by lightning, causing his entire body to fiercely tremble.

“This is…” Chen Xi’s eyes sprang wide open as a wisp of pleasant surprise was gradually
revealed on his face, and he couldn’t restrain his voice from starting to tremble. “It’s
actually a Starsoul Meteorite!”

He’d once heard Ji Yu mention that during the primordial era, there was a type of treasure
called the Starsoul Meteorite. Each piece had the core of the star that was developed within
it, and it was found after the stars in the sky shattered. It contained baleful qi of the stars
that was vast like the sea, and using a Starsoul Meteorite to refine the body possessed
unbelievably miraculous effects.
The Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts Chen Xi cultivated absorbed the baleful qi of the
stars to temper and refine the body, and it had already arrived at the perfection-stage of the
Congenital Realm, only lacking a single step to advance into the Violet Palace Realm.

However, this step was like the divide between a mortal and the gods. According to Ji Yu,
this step was like a natural chasm. Without the bitter cultivation and accumulation from the
earlier stages, and without the strand of breakthrough opportunity that was illusory, he
would utterly be unable to touch the edge of the Violet Palace Realm.

At this moment, as far as Chen Xi was concerned, the appearance of the Starsoul Meteorite
was undoubtedly a breakthrough opportunity for his body refinement to advance to the
Violet Palace Realm!

Swish! Swish!

Chen Xi’s hands were like spades that started digging, and Starsoul Meteorites that were
completely round and suffused with a glossy light were gathered together one after the
other.

Chen Xi stopped digging after the time for an entire incense stick to burn had passed,
whereas beside him, the Starsoul Meteorites that were the size of a fingernail were piled
into a 1.2m tall and 1m wide little hill, and a rough estimate would probably put them at
least at 5,000!

“Cores of the stars! All of these are the essence of the stars, and a single Starsoul
Meteorite is sufficient to match the baleful qi of the stars that I absorb from a month of
bitter cultivation!”

“Once my body refinement breaks through to the Violet Palace Realm, I’ll be able to
condense shaman markings and convert Shaman Energy. Most importantly, I’ll be able to
break open the restrictions on the abode and enter within to meet Senior Ji Yu!” The jade
pendant within the flesh on his palm was suffused with a layer of restriction. If he wanted
to enter the abode, then he must attain the Violet Palace Realm in both body refinement and
qi refinement.

Similarly, it was the lowest requirement for undertaking the first level of the Heavenpeak of
Trails.

“There’s no one to disturb me here, and the sandstorm is unable to invade. It’s a superb
place for cultivation. I’ll cultivate my body refinement to the Violet Palace Realm here,
then enter the abode to meet Senior Ji Yu. If I’m able to pass the first level of the
Heavenpeak of Trails, I presume I’ll be able to obtain various unimaginable gains and my
strength will surely increase!” Chen Xi was exceedingly excited. With a swing of his
sleeve, the Starsoul Meteorites on the ground were all stashed into his storage ring, then he
sat down cross-legged with a Starsoul Meteorite held between his palms as he closed his
eyes and circulated the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts.
Rumble!

The cold and sharp baleful qi of the stars was like a liquid river that rumbled as it poured
into his flesh and blood. It was like a myriad of savage steeds ramming him, and the
enormous tearing force fiercely hammered his flesh, blood, and skin. His muscles, that
were already condensed and tough, abruptly vibrated and shrunk as he madly digested this
terrifying energy.

At the same time, a little energy of the stars fused into his blood, flesh, skin, and tendons,
causing them to be suffused with a glittering and chilly sheen. They seemed like porcelain
that had been tempered in the furnace for a long time, and were gradually becoming smooth
and tough.

Whereas on Chen Xi’s back, strands of faint lines of markings appeared. They were vague
and extremely blurry, appearing and disappearing on his back, and they seemed extremely
mysterious.

Advancing in body refinement to the Violet Palace Realm required going through
innumerable hardships and dangers, and it was one in a million. However, so long as one
passed through this gate, then numerous shaman markings would condense on the skin of
the entire body. These shaman markings condensed into various different shaman marking
patterns depending on the cultivation technique.

For example, some body refiners that used the flames at the core of the earth to temper the
body would possess shaman markings that formed a flame pattern, and it was able to absorb
fire baleful qi to be converted into the shaman energy within the body.

Chen Xi tempered his body with the baleful qi of the stars in the universe. As long as he
advanced to the Violet Palace Realm, star diagram shaman markings would condense on
his skin, transforming the baleful qi of the stars into shaman energy; it was extremely
profound.

The Violet Palace Realm of body refinement was similarly divided into nine levels.
Condensing one star diagram shaman marking would represent the 1st star of the Violet
Palace Realm, and condensing nine star diagrams would represent the 9th star of the
Violent Palace Realm. Once he attained this realm, he would be able to open the shaman
marking aperture and charge into the Golden Hall Realm.

However, to Chen Xi right now, what he needed was to first step into the Violet Palace
Realm from the Congenital Realm. To a qi refiner, the development of the violet palace
was the establishing of the Grand Dao’s foundation, whereas to a body refiner, the
advancement to the Violet Palace Realm meant to establish the foundation for the body to
become divine. The two each had their own merits, yet they both pointed straight to the
Grand Dao and reached the same goal by different methods.
Chen Xi sat silently like this, clear of what happened both internally and externally as both
internal and external cooperated with each other and he was completely unaware of the
passage of time.

A month passed like this.

Cultivating continuously for an entire month caused the strength of Chen Xi’s blood, flesh,
and skin to become more and more dense, and more and more nimble. His tendons were
like jade. His flesh and blood condensed, becoming crystal clear as a misty and chilly lustre
flowed within it. But he was unable to take the final step and make the shaman markings on
his back, that were becoming clearer and clearer, condense together and form a star
diagram pattern.

It was like he was unable to open an indistinct window.

However, he wasn’t anxious. Every time he cultivated to the point that his mood became
restless, he would stop circulating his cultivation method and stand up. Then, he would
walk around the Sword Tomb’s stele and inspect the towering monument that was almost
300 meters tall.

The material of this stele was neither gold nor iron, neither jade nor wood; its surface was
smooth and pitch-black, and it emitted a strange energy that obstructed the assaults of the
surrounding sandstorms and gales, causing it to seem extremely mysterious.

Chen Xi took advantage of his free time to inspect the two large words with strokes that
were powerful, yet gentle on the stele. Every time, he would only look at it for the time of a
few breaths, yet he was still able to gradually comprehend some things.

These two large words contained a supreme and terrifying true essence of the Dao of the
Sword. Although it was only a mere strand of the aura of the Sword Dao, it caused Chen Xi
to feel as if it was a vast sea that contained boundless profundity hidden within. It allowed
him to widen his field of vision, and a feeling of reverence arose involuntarily.

Another month passed.

That day, Chen Xi was trying to fathom the strand of the true essence of the Sword Dao
when a wave of shivering abruptly struck his heart. He faintly seemed to have grasped a
strand of an opportunity to break through, and this feeling grew stronger and stronger.

Hu!

Chen Xi took a deep breath and didn’t hesitate any longer to sit down cross-legged before
holding a Starsoul Meteorite in each hand and circulating his cultivation technique.
Chapter 104 – Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking

Before the Sword Tomb stele, Chen Xi held Starsoul Meteorites in each hand as he
circulated the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts. Boundless and vast baleful qi of the
stars rushed into his blood, flesh, and skin like dragons that rumbled and roared.

On his back, numerous shaman markings were indistinct like a myriad of lifelike worms
wriggling on his back as they converged moved closed towards the center of his back, then
converged, overlapped, and weaved together…

Bang!

It was like a new life had emerged from an egg as the myriad of shaman markings
converged together and formed a star diagram pattern that was like a towering mountain. It
flickered between brightness and dimness and was suffused with a desolate and thick aura.

Chen Xi felt his mind drone, and in the next moment it was as if he’d arrived in ancient
times. The ground was desolate and the broad expanse of thick earth was boundless;
everywhere was earthen yellow. Whereas he himself was chained to the ground and had
transformed into a mountain, a mountain that stood towering on the ground and was deeply
rooted. He was solid and lofty, and he wouldn’t vanish even after a 100 million years.

“Amongst the five attributes in the heaven and the earth, the land was the foundation, the
source of everything. Not everything was able to be sourced from the earth and the thing
that grows from it depends on the type of earth…” Within the sea of consciousness in his
soul, the Fuxi Divine Status that remained eternally since ancient times emitted a bright,
clear light that gave rise to a myriad of tiny lights as strands of vast and profound thoughts
flowed into Chen Xi’s mind.

“So it’s the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking…” Chen Xi was suddenly enlightened in his
heart.

Swish! Swish!

A strand of desolate and thick mysterious energy abruptly emerged from between the flesh,
blood, and tendons of his entire body, and an ancient, savage aura flushed and washed his
blood, flesh, and tendons repeatedly. Chen Xi felt the strange energy was growing, like a
river that was rising explosively after a storm, and it became thicker and thicker.

Kacha! Kacha!

Three days later, the two Starsoul Meteorites in Chen Xi’s hands, that were sufficient to
cultivate for two months, had shattered into powder in unison. He awoke from circulating
his cultivation technique and a strand of luster that was vast and deep, pure and gentle,
flashed within his eyes.
“Condense a star diagram, assemble the talisman markings, and convert shaman energy…
I’ve finally advanced my body refinement to the Violet Palace Realm!” Chen Xi suddenly
stood up. His body shook and numerous strings of muscles instantly whipped about like
pythons before swelling outwards, shaking out an ear piercing wave of air that blew up the
dust and sand on the ground to flutter in the air. This was the pure strength of his muscles,
without the slightest utilization of True Essence.

At this moment, Chen Xi suddenly had a feeling that his muscles could become soft like a
ball of cotton or hard like a piece of steel, and his entire body had become a tendon that had
been thoroughly tempered. Even if he stretched out his body, it would be of no
consequence as he could expand and contract at will, and it was impossible for such
expansion and contraction characteristics to be obtained in the Congenital Realm, no matter
how much one cultivated!

“So long as the head and heart aren't pierced through by the enemy, then possessing the
Violet Palace Realm of body refinement is similar to possession an undying body!” Chen
Xi was extremely satisfied as he felt the obvious changes in his body, then he pondered for
a moment before circulating the strength of his body. A desolate and vast energy abruptly
surged out from between his blood, flesh, and skin. This energy was like the clear sky,
seeming to be translucent, like the mist and clouds, and it was indistinct, mysterious, and
unfathomable.

This was the shaman energy that was possessed by the School of Body Refinement!

Bang!

Chen Xi abruptly condensed his shaman energy before clenching his right hand into a fist
and smashing it onto the ground.

Instantly, a fist print that was more than a meter thick had appeared on the ground. Chen Xi
felt that the strength of his punch was at least ten times more formidable than before, and it
was virtually able to smash a graded Magic Treasure into pieces!

“I absorbed the baleful qi of the stars and the shaman energy converted from the Fifth-
Earth Shaman Marking I condensed is thick and heavy, yet also carried along the
characteristic of being sharp like crystal. I wonder how it will change after I condense the
second shaman marking? Unfortunately, the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts
cultivation technique is only until the Violet Palace Realm, and I presume the later portion
of the cultivation technique is in the hands of Senior Ji Yu. Looks like the heavens earnestly
wish for me to enter the abode as well…” Chen Xi was absorbed in thought and completely
missed that when he smashed out his shaman energy earlier, a strange rhythmic fluctuation
silently flashed past the nearby Sword Tomb stele.

“I presume Senior Ji Yu has been waiting for a long time. Now that I possess a Violet
Palace Realm cultivation in body refinement and qi refinement, the restrictions on the jade
pendant are probably unable to stop me from entering any longer.” Chen Xi gazed at the
jade pendant within the flesh on his palm. He was just about to check on it when a bone
piercing fear abruptly surged into his heart, and when he looked down, he was nearly
scared out of his wits.

He saw that suddenly, a black hole had appeared beneath his feet, and it was like a
whirlpool that silently revolved.

Om!

Chen Xi felt his vision go black as his entire body was fiercely dragged downwards by an
enormous force, not allowing him to resist in the slightest.

Rumble!

Not long after Chen Xi vanished from the ground, the 300m tall Sword Tomb stele fell into
the black hole that seemed like a whirlpool and completely vanished.

Gales raged and sandstorms roared. In practically an instant, the place was already covered
in a thick layer of sand, and no trace of Chen Xi or the Sword Tomb stele could be found.

After an unknown amount of time, the scene before Chen Xi’s eyes changed. The heaven
and earth revolved as all the pressure upon him vanished, and when he opened his eyes to
look, he’d actually appeared within a spacious great hall.

This hall was exceedingly spacious and magnificent, yet extremely desolate. Everywhere
was filled with ancient marks, like broken tables, chairs, pedestals, and stone pillars.

Yet most of it was instead… Bones and corpses!

Chen Xi didn’t misjudge; innumerable bones filled the hall, scattered everywhere. Amongst
the bones were some residual swords, blades, and clothes that had all been corroded and
were rotten.

“There are no windows or doors all around the hall. Could it be that these bones were all
people who were trapped to death here?” Chen Xi’s heart sank as he saw this.

Kacha!

Chen Xi had only just raised his foot when he’d shattered a skeleton. It seemed to be utterly
decayed and a light step caused it to transform into powder.

“Why is it like this? Could it be that these bones have already been here for countless
years?” Chen Xi was secretly shocked, as people who were able to enter this place were
surely cultivators, without a doubt. Moreover, the lifespans of cultivators were extremely
long, and even if the body were to decay, the bones could be preserved for a long time.
However, these bones shattered upon impact, and had obviously been dead for countless
years!
Kacha! Kacha!

Chen Xi moved hesitantly around the entire hall. He wanted to find some valuable clues, as
he didn’t want to be trapped alive in here.

People of diverse origins had died here, and they seemed to not be from the same batch.
Some were from an ancient time and some bones were comparatively harder. They were of
a great variety and diversity, and they could be discerned based on the extent of decay of
their clothes.

There were even some clothes that fully consisted of Magic Treasures and were refined
from various treasures of the heavens and the earth, yet after a long period of time, they
were unable to withstand the corrosion of time and had become utterly decayed.

Clang!

Chen Xi picked up a sword that was fully covered in rust from a pile of bones, and he’d
only just picked it up when it transformed into fragments that fell all over the ground.
Unfortunately, this sword was obviously an extremely formidable Magic Treasure, yet
under the passage of time, it had already transformed into ash that drifted to transform into
a pile of dust on the ground.

Decay…

Eternal…

In the heavens and the earth, is there anyone that’s able to win eternal life and exist
forever?

Chen Xi stared blankly at the surroundings, and a desolate and helpless feeling started
destroying his mind.

The path of cultivation was vague, insubstantial, and boundlessly long. Exactly how many
years must one walk on the path of cultivation before being able to become a Heavenly
Immortal and achieving immortality?

Cultivators were able to survive for thousands and ten thousands of years, yet if they were
unable to overcome the numerous Heavenly Tribulations, they would still transform into a
cup of dirt and scatter with the wind.

Having the same lifespan as the heavens and the earth, how could it possibly be as easy as
it’s said?

Chen Xi shook his head. He suddenly felt to have completely lost interest in everything, not
wanting to do anything and not having any thoughts. Hhe was immediately shocked and
struggled out from this desolate and lonely feeling, and a trace of astonishment emerged
within his heart.

“Who!? My Dao Heart has been tempered to be extremely firm since long ago, yet so many
negative feelings actually emerged within my heart! Obviously, someone is playing tricks
from the shadows!” Chen Xi’s heart constricted, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords
swished out to ceaselessly swim around his surroundings. At the same time, he was secretly
vigilant of the surroundings.

Whoosh!

A chilly wind suddenly blew within the empty hall, blowing to the point the bones on the
ground emitted cracking sounds that caused one to feel a chill run down one’s spine.

“Eh, you’ve awoken from the Nirvana Realm so quickly?” An immature and clear voice
sounded out, and accompanying the voice was a 10cm little person that had an extremely
handsome face, sword shaped brows and starry eyes, and wore white clothes. When he
appeared before Chen Xi, he sat cross-legged in midair, and his body seemed to be even
smaller, like a portion of a thumb.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be shocked inwardly. He actually didn’t notice how this
handsome little person had approached him! After all, there were still eight Netherezim
Flying Swords guarding around him!

“Keep away these metal scraps. If I wanted to hurt you, you’d have probably died long
ago.” The handsome little person crossed his arms before his chest as he spoke proudly, and
his voice was filled with disdain.

“Who are you?” Chen Xi knew as well that since this little thing was able to disregard the
defense of the eight Netherezim Baleful Swords and instantly appear before him,
continuing to defend against the little thing would be of no use. He put away the flying
swords immediately, yet he was extremely vigilant in his heart. The innumerable corpses
here might have been killed by this little fellow.

“Me?” The handsome little person seemed to have been scratched where it itched, his
spirits rose as he quickly stood up with his hands behind his back, and his white clothes
fluttered with the wind as he said in a reserved manner, “I’m the soul of the ancient Nirvana
Sword. I followed my Master to eliminate evil and swept through the world for 10,000
years. I looked down on the entire world and stood supremely above all. You can call me
Lord Ling Bai.”

Chen Xi felt it to be slightly funny, as hearing the 10cm tall little person brag about how
formidable he was with a solemn expression caused Chen Xi to feel slightly amused.

“Hey, aren’t you shocked?” The handsome little person frowned as he berated.
“Shocked? Shocked about what?” Chen Xi asked in astonishment.

The nerves of the handsome little person’s forehead jerked. “I’ve spoken so much, could it
be that you didn’t hear a single sentence clearly?”

“I heard it clearly. You’re the soul of the ancient Nirvana Sword, and you’re called Lord
Ling Bai. Right, you gave yourself this nickname, right?” Chen Xi nodded and spoke
casually.

“Gave myself the nickname…” The handsome little person covered his forehead with his
hand, and he had a pained expression. “How can you be like this? I’m the soul of the
Nirvana Sword!”

“Oh, it does indeed sound extremely formidable.” Chen Xi nodded once more.

The body of the handsome little person stiffened and he almost fell down from midair, his
little face was black like the bottom of a frying pan as he gnashed his teeth and said, “You
go too far! Detestable, too detestable! All the others that have entered the Sword Tomb
Nirvana Realm were reverent and respectful to me, bowing their heads as they yearned for
me to guide them in some sword techniques. Yet you said that I gave myself this nickname
and said that I seemed to be extremely formidable… How can you humiliate me like this?”

“Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm?” Chen Xi looked at the surroundings in wonder.

The face of the handsome little person fiercely twitched. He was unable to restrain the
flames of rage in his heart any longer and he roared. “Can you not change the topic? It’s
extremely impolite!”

Chen Xi said apologetically, “Hmm, I was wrong. You’re indeed extremely formidable, go
ahead and continue.”

“This attitude is too perfunctory, right?” The strength of the handsome little person seemed
to have been completely extracted, and he sat down in midair, wanting to cry, yet had no
tears.
Chapter 105 – Soulfuse Arts

The mentality of the handsome little person was no different than a six or seven year old
child. He blindly wanted to imitate the bearing of an expert, but when it was paired with his
immature face and voice, it instead gave people an amusing and cute feeling.

This caused Chen Xi to recall his younger brother, Chen Hao. Regretfully, due to the
constraints of their life, the childhood of Chen Hao was similar to his, cultivating bitterly
and training in the sword day in and day out. Chen Hao was intelligent and obedient, not to
mention being mischievous, he didn’t even joke before.

“Lord Ling Bai?” Chen Xi called out.

The handsome little person was sulking and he pursed his lips when he heard this, then
muttered. “Don’t call me Lord Ling Bai, I feel that you’re mocking me.”

“I feel this name is disagreeable as well.” Chen Xi agreed deeply and said, “Why don’t I
call you Ling Bai?”

The handsome little person waved his hand powerlessly. “Do as you like.”

“Exactly what place is this Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm? Can I walk out of this place?”
Chen Xi looked at the surroundings and asked.

“No!” Ling Bai shook his head, as he raised his head, a trace of burning desire appeared
within his clear and pitch-black eyes. “Do you think I don’t want to go out? Sword Tomb,
Sword Tomb! It’s a place to bury swords! For the sake of protecting me, my Master opened
this Nirvana Space with a supreme Divine Ability, and it was all for the sake of preventing
his enemies from capturing me.”

“Opened up a space? This level of ability is too unbelievable.” Chen Xi muttered, then he
said suddenly, “Then how did I enter?”

Ling Bai pointed at the pile of bones on the ground and said, “Oh, just like them, you
touched the restrictions of the Sword Tomb and were moved in. Once you’ve entered,
there’s no exit, and you can only wither and die here.”

“But, so many cultivators have entered, yet none of them was your enemy? Don’t
misunderstand, what I’m saying is, how did you protect yourself to live until now?” Chen
Xi actually had too many questions in his heart. He knew that numerous restrictions, ruins,
and spatial tears that swallowed everything existed within the Oceanic Desert, yet he just
never imagined that he would be confined within it one day. His mood couldn’t help but be
slightly depressed and worried, and he desired to understand everything so that he could
leave this damnable place as soon as possible.
“I’m the soul of the Nirvana Sword, and I fused with the Nirvana Realm long ago. If I don’t
want to see someone, then no one is able to see me!” As he spoke up to here, the sulkiness
in Ling Bai’s heart was completely swept away and he once again recovered his arrogant
little appearance, then he said loudly, “If it wasn’t for me seeing that your comprehension
ability isn’t bad, I couldn’t be bothered to meet you.”

Chen Xi didn’t dare offend this little fellow to the point he sulked again, and he said
respectfully, “So that’s how it is. I have eyes, yet didn’t recognize a remarkable figure like
you. A sin, such a sin!”

“Fake! You’re too fake!” Although he said this, Ling Bai’s little face still beamed. If it
wasn’t for worrying about his image, Ling Bai would have probably started cheering long
ago.

Truly a little fellow that really likes to be praised by others! Chen Xi smiled in
understanding and thought to himself. Since I can’t go out, then I’ll first enter the abode to
see Senior Ji Yu, and maybe I’ll be able to obtain a method to leave.

When he thought up to here, Chen Xi immersed his mind into the jade pendant in his palm,
and at the same time, a strand of True Essence and a strand of Shaman Energy poured into
it in unison.

Om!

Accompanied by a chime that was beautiful like the chime of a bell, the jade pendant rose
out from his hand to revolve as it floated in midair, then tiny lights glowed brightly as an
enormous opening was formed in the space, an opening that was deep and dark.

“It’s really true. Senior Ji Yu wasn’t wrong. When I attain the Violet Palace Realm in both
body refinement and qi refinement, I’ll be able to open the gate to the abode within the jade
pendant.” Chen Xi felt a wave of excitement.

“What treasure is this? It’s so miraculous!” Ling Bai flew to stop before the opening with a
swish, then he curiously sized it up.

“I want to go to a place, do you want to go together?” Chen Xi glanced at the little Ling Bai
and asked. This little fellow called himself the soul of the ancient Nirvana Sword, and if he
were to allow Ji Yu to see Ling Bai, Ji Yu might be able to infer his origins.

“Oh, are you inviting me?” Ling Bai said in a reserved matter, yet his eyes stared fixedly at
the opening with a little appearance of a curious baby.

“Of course.” Chen Xi smiled. Ling Bai was filled with intelligence and his thoughts were
clean to the point it was like a crystal that wasn’t tainted with dust, and he was extremely
likable.
“Alright, then I’ll accept your invitation. Only this once, and it’s not to be taken as a
precedent… Hey, why have you gone first? It’s too impolite. Wait for me!” Just like this,
Chen Xi and Ling Bai stepped into the opening successively.

Om!

Not long after their figures vanished, the opening in space vanished as well.

——

On the jade green grassland that stretched as far as the eye could see, a vast and mighty
river flowed with billowing waves that splashed water in all directions, and the scene
stretched forward continuously to the point one couldn’t see the end with a single glance.

A mountain that pierced directly into the sky stood at the center of the river. It was solitary,
towering, chilly, and entirely pitch-black. Not a single blade of grass grew on it.
Innumerable restrictions could be vaguely noticed to have been placed layer upon layer on
it, and it emitted a terrifying aura that caused one’s heart to palpitate.

When he saw the scene before him, Chen Xi recalled the scene when he came in the first
time and he couldn’t help but be dazed. “At that time, my cultivation was still stagnated at
the 3rd level of the Congenital Realm. Whereas now, not only has my qi refinement
cultivation arrived at the 5th star of the Violet Palace Realm, I’ve already condensed Fifth-
Earth Shaman Markings in my body refinement and have mastered Shaman Energy. I
already possess the qualifications to enter the first level of the Heavenpeak of Trails!”

“Chen Xi? Hahaha! You’ve come so quickly!”

Splash! Splash!

Waves soared into the sky from the river as a rich and hoarse voice rumbled out, and
accompanying this voice was a thin old man that stepped on the water as he walked out.
Shockingly, it was Ji Yu!

“Senior Ji Yu!” Chen Xi yelled out with a trembling voice when he saw the familiar figure.
Obviously, he was extremely excited in his heart.

“Not bad, you’ve already condensed the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking.” Ji Yu sized up
Chen Xi with a glance and a trace of a rare smile appeared on his face.

Chen Xi said with a smile, “I unexpectedly obtained some Starsoul Meteorites, that’s why I
was able to advance in this short period of time.”

“So that’s what happened.” Ji Yu nodded, then said in realization, “The Universe Starslayer
Bodyforging Arts is extremely difficult to cultivate. I originally thought that you would
need to spend a few years, but I never imagined that you’d actually acquire Starsoul
Meteorites. Your good luck is really great.”

Speaking of good luck, Chen Xi suddenly recalled the infant Pixiu, and he asked. “Senior Ji
Yu, where’s Bai Kui[1. The Pixiu was named Bai Xiao when first introduced, yet the
author decided to change his name from this chapter onwards. (I’ve already edited the
previous chapters for consistency)]?”

Ji Yu pointed at the great river behind him and said, “He hasn’t eaten treasures for too long
and is sleeping at the bottom of the river.

Nothing to eat, so he went to sleep? Chen Xi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He knew
that the Pixiu was able to condense karmic luck and was a top auspicious beast in the
heavens and the earth. However, it liked to eat the treasures of the world and took various
treasures as food. Thus, in this empty abode, it would naturally have to starve.

“Hey, who’re you, geezer?” Ling Bai that followed behind Chen Xi flew up to midair with
a swish then spoke loudly as if he was expressing his displeasure for being neglected.

“Sword soul?” Ji Yu couldn’t help but be exclaim in surprise, and his gaze stared closely on
Ling Bai, seeming to want to see through all Ling Bai’s secrets.

Ling Bai’s face went pale. The deep eyes of the geezer before him revealed an experienced
feeling of being able to see through everything, and it brought great pressure onto him.

“Nirvana Sword Dao. Oh, it ought to be the Sword Dao inheritance from the primordial
era’s Nirvana Sword Sect. If he possessed a sword soul, then the Sword Dao cultivation of
the owner has already attained an advanced level and ought to possess the strength of a
Heavenly Immortal.” Ji Yu nodded while absorbed in thought.

Senior Ji Yu recognizes his origins after all! Chen Xi was delighted in his heart.

“How did you know? I seem to have never told you of my owner’s origins, right?” Ling
Bai’s eyes sprang wide open and he had an expression of disbelief.

Ji Yu smiled indifferently and didn’t say anything, and he instead asked Chen Xi. “Where
did you acquire this strand of sword soul from? His quality is pure and clear, and he has
already accumulated all the Sword Dao inheritance of his master. Even Heavenly
Immortals would break their heads trying to seize a treasure like this.”

So formidable? Even Heavenly Immortals would break their heads for it? Chen Xi was
shocked in his heart, and he spoke of everything he saw since he entered the Oceanic
Desert right away.
“Spatial tears, ruins, restrictions, Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm…” Ji Yu muttered for a
short moment, then a bright glow suddenly flashed within his eyes. “It wouldn’t be the
battlefield of fiends and immortals, right?”

“How do you know this as well?” The little Ling Bai cried out once more, and the gaze he
shot at Ji Yu already carried a trace of reverence.

Ji Yu smiled lightly and ignored this little fellow once again, and he said, “Your
Seventhgold Swordbamboo hasn’t been refined yet, right? Pass it to me. Enter the
Heavenpeak of Trials first and when you come out, I’ll give you a great pleasant surprise.”
As he spoke, Ji Yu glanced faintly at Ling Bai.

“No!” Ling Bai seemed to have noticed something was not right and he shouted out in fear.
“I won’t yield to any weapon. In that way, I’ll be confined and unable to come out any
longer.”

Chen Xi was in a slightly difficult position, he rather liked the one meter tall little person,
Ling Bai, and he naturally didn’t want to bind Ling Bai into an icy cold weapon.

Ji Yu shook his head and said helplessly, “Since it’s like this, then I won’t help you. I
originally intended to use Soulfuse Arts to allow you to have a body that can cultivate, little
fellow. But now it would seem like…”

“Soulfuse Arts!” Ji Yu hadn’t finished speaking when he was interrupted by Ling Bai’s
shocked cry. “You are actually capable of using Soulfuse Arts? That’s the technique that
I’ve been dreaming of for 10,000 years!”

“What’s Soulfuse Arts?” Chen Xi stared blankly at the scene before him. He desperately
pondered within his mind, yet was unable to recall any clue related to Soulfuse Arts. It was
even to the extent that it was the first time that he’d heard of it.

“Stupid, you’ve never even heard of Soulfuse Arts?” Ling Bai said swiftly, “It’s a
miraculous equipment refinement technique that’s able to allow a soul to have a Magic
Treasure as its body and cultivate just like cultivators to ascend the road to the Grand Dao!”

“Is that true?” Chen Xi’s heart shook greatly, as the ability to allow Magic Treasures to
cultivate like cultivators and ascend the Grand Dao could only be described as heaven
defying.

“It’s true.” Ji Yu nodded and said, “This type of technique only exists in the possession of
almighty figures of the primordial era. It’s been lost and destroyed for a long time. It’s
normal that you’ve never heard of it. However, although this technique is formidable, a
Magic Treasure wanting to become a Heavenly Immortal like a human is instead extremely
difficult. Even during the primordial era, there were only an extremely small handful of
Magic Treasures that were able to realize the Grand Dao.”
“But isn’t this a form of hope? I was originally the soul of an Immortal Sword that was
cleansed and tempered by my Master’s supreme Sword Dao, and my foundation is
exceedingly solid. How could I possibly let this good luck slip by?” A wisp of an extremely
firm sheen appeared on Ling Bai’s little face as he spoke word for word. “When my Master
fell, I vowed that I would surely cultivate, I would surely step onto the Grand Dao, and in
the end, I would kill his enemies and avenge my Master!”

At this moment, Chen Xi seemed to have seen his own shadow on Ling Bai, and it formed a
strong resonance.

Wasn’t his diligent and bitter cultivation for the sake of avenging his grandfather and the
entire Chen Clan?

Wasn’t it for the sake of becoming a Heavenly Immortal and meeting his mother?

“So you agree?” asked Ji Yu slowly.

“Senior, please transform me.” Ling Bai descended to the ground with a swish, then he
knelt on the floor with a respectful and devout expression.

Ji Yu glanced at Chen Xi, who stared blankly without speaking at the side. “Do you want to
accept him? The might of the Seventhgold Swordbamboo will become stronger and
stronger after it possesses this little fellow.”

How could Chen Xi be unwilling? He withdrew the Seventhgold Swordbamboo right away
and passed it to Ji Yu.

“Go on, enter and pass the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials and cultivate properly for a
while. It isn’t too late to leave this place once your strength has increased to the point that
it’s sufficient to kill those seven people.” Ji Yu instructed indifferently.

“Leave?” Chen Xi said in pleasant surprise, “Senior, you have a way to break open the
Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm?”

“Kid, why so many questions? I asked you to go, so go! Don’t bother me.” Ji Yu emitted a
rare smile as he scolded, then he swung his sleeve, bringing Ling Bai along to enter into the
river and vanish.

After I pass the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials, cultivating three days within it is only
equivalent to one day in the outside world. It’s able to allow me to increase my strength
once again in an extremely short amount of time!

Next year, during the Dragon Lake City’s Hidden Dragon Rankings, I still have to go visit
Duanmu Ze and the others. Most importantly, I have to go visit Chen Hao. I wonder if he is
well in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect…? Chen Xi took a deep breath and he gazed
towards the solitary mountain that stood at the center of the river, then he didn’t hesitate
any longer. The tip of his foot tapped on the ground before his body flew towards the
mountain like an arrow that left the bow.

Rumble!

A myriad of concealed and traceless restrictions were activated in the surroundings of the
pitch-black and solitary mountain, and they suddenly emitted a wave of explosive rumbling
sounds. Then an exceedingly terrifying suction force surged out from within, and it was like
an ancient behemoth that had opened its bloody mouth, utterly not allowing any resistance
as it instantly swallowed Chen Xi.
Chapter 106 – Six-Winged Sandworm

On the vast expanse of ground, rocks and soil continued without end, and the entire heaven
and earth was a misty earthen yellow. Chen Xi stepped on the ground and as he felt the
heavy feeling that came from beneath his feet, he couldn’t help but be shocked in his heart.
What dense Fifth-Earth energy.

This place is the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials? Chen Xi glanced all around, and
suddenly, an aged and clear voice sounded in his ears.

“Fifth-Earth Realm!”

“Persist for three hours under the siege of Six-Winged Sandworms!”

“The more Six-Winged Sandworms that are killed, the more rewards that shall be
obtained!”

“One who has cultivated the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts, you can acquire my
Divine Ability, Grand Astral Palm, if you’re able to kill 9,900 Six-Winged Sandworms
with your Fifth-Earth Shaman Energy!”

Grand Astral Palm? Chen Xi’s heart thumped.

After one of the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement cultivated Shaman Energy, one
could cultivate various extremely terrifying Divine Abilities that were able to manipulate
anything in the world and possesses exceedingly great might. For example, Heavenly
Transformation, Mountain Transforming Fist, and Glazed Goldbody were all great Divine
Abilities that were well-renowned!

The last sentence that voice from before spoke was obviously for me. Right, I’ve cultivated
the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts, and it is equivalent to possessing the
qualifications to inherit the mantle of Senior Fuxi. Unlike the other cultivators that
trespassed into the abode, I will only be knocked down within the 1st level of the
Heavenpeak of Trials and don’t have to worry about losing my life… Chen Xi swiftly
thought about all the information he obtained from Ji Yu. Since it’s like this, then I’ll go for
it. No matter how formidable the Six-Winged Sandworms are, I must at least fight until the
end and fight until I’m exhausted. I must obtain that Grand Astral Palm Divine Ability!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Eight Netherezim Flying Swords appeared out of thin air to hover around Chen Xi, and
they swam about as they flickered with sword aura. I have no knowledge of the Six-Winged
Sandworms now, so I’ll first kill them with sword techniques, and once I’ve clearly found
out the flaws of these fellows, I’ll use Shaman Energy…
Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment when Chen Xi was pondering, a wave of dense footsteps that were like
thunder abruptly sounded out in the distance, and it seemed like a roll call on the battlefield
before the myriad of troops rumbled as they dashed over. The heavens and the earth shook
as a roiling yellow mist that was almost 300m tall splashed up into existence.

This is? Chen Xi’s eyes squinted.

Within the roiling mist of dust, enormous monsters surged out like a flood. They were like
tigers, yet not tigers, like leopards, yet not leopards, enormous like mammoths and entirely
ochre yellow. Their bloody eyes were like lanterns that emitted a fierce light, with six
wings that grew out of their backs, and they possessed four large hooves that were like four
enormous pillars. The monsters moved madly with a thunderous speed, their footsteps
caused the earth to quake, and their entire bodies emitted a monstrous and fierce aura.

In practically an instant, sounds of footsteps that seemed like roiling tidewater sounded out
uniformly from all directions as they moved with formidable impetus.

Those are the Six-Winged Sandworms? Chen Xi’s eyes squinted. He wasn’t afraid in his
heart, and strands of roiling battle intent that was like lava arose instead.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi utilized the Divine Windwing Flight. He was like a gust of wind, a bolt of
lightning, as he instantly arrived atop a 300m tall mountain that was over 5km away. When
faced with the Six-Winged Sandworms that came from all directions, fighting in a passive
position on the ground was no different than courting death.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!” The surrounding hundreds of Six-Winged Sandworms opened their
bloody mouths as they howled and roared, trampling on the rocks and causing rumbling
sounds as they pounced towards Chen Xi. Their bodies were enormous, yet their speeds
were shocking; it was only an instant before they’d already charged to arrive before Chen
Xi.

“Die!” Chen Xi’s body floated, transforming in a strand of indistinct and traceless wind,
and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords surrounded his body as he charged head-on into
the group of Six-Winged Sandworms.

The eight Netherezim Flying Swords were all top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures that
were exceedingly sharp, and it even contained a gale of Wind Dao Insight, thus its might
was incomparably terrifying. The three Six-Winged Sandworms that charged at the front
didn’t even have the time to react before being minced by the eight Netherezim Flying
Swords. Severed limbs and pieces of flesh scattered all over the ground.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The sword lights were strong and vigorous as they flickered and surrounded Chen Xi, and
they were simply like a storm formed from a myriad of sharp blades that swept out in all
directions and swerved about madly. Everywhere they passed, miserable cries rose and fell,
severed limbs and bones scattered up into the air, and the scene was extremely bloody.

“Kill!” The battle intent in Chen Xi’s chest surged as he massacred wantonly, yet in his
mind, he couldn’t help but recall the traces of Sword Dao true essence that he observed on
the Sword Tomb stele. Gradually, his sword technique became more and more sharp, more
and more swift, and it was even suffused with a strand of faint Nirvana Insight as it easily
swept through everything with fierce killing intent and possessed extreme destructive force.

Ling Bai’s Master was formidable as expected, he just engraved Sword Tomb on the stele,
yet it allowed me to enjoy boundless benefits after observing it. If I’m able to fully master
the Nirvana Sword Dao, then my sword technique will surely be able to rise a level!

Swish!

Hundreds of Six-Winged Sandworms were completely wiped out, yet even more Six-
Winged Sandworms gushed over from the distance. They were dense in number and
seeming like tidewater that stretched beyond what the eye could see.

“Kill!” Chen Xi didn’t dare think too much, he charged into the group of beasts and
massacred wantonly as he carefully observed them, as he wanted to discover the weak point
and fatal point of the Six-Winged Sandworms.

Utilizing Shaman Energy to kill 9,900 Six-Winged Sandworms was a mission that was
practically impossible to complete for Chen Xi. After all, he’d only just mastered Shaman
Energy, and he still extremely lacked practice in the utilization and execution of Shaman
Energy, Moreover, he hadn’t mastered even a single Divine Ability and could only use his
Grand Collapsing Fist in battle.

Most importantly, if he didn’t utilize True Essence, he would be unable to utilize the Divine
Windwing Flight, and this would cause his speed to slow down greatly. Under the attack of
the Six-Winged Sandworms that were spread out all over, losing his speed would cause the
pressure upon him to increase greatly without a doubt.

So, if he was able to grasp the weak point and fatal point of the Six-Winged Sandworms, he
would be able to make the battle become much easier, and annihilating 9,900 Six-Winged
Sandworms with Shaman Energy wouldn’t be impossible.

“Hmm?” Chen Xi’s heart sank as he abruptly noticed that Six-Winged Sandworms that
gushed over from the surroundings once more had become much stronger. No matter if it
was in speed, strength, or the hardness of their bodies, it was all much more formidable
than before. The Six-Winged Sandworms that originally only required a single sword strike
to destroy instead required two, three, or more strikes now…
After the time for an incense stick to burn.

Chen Xi had killed no less than a few thousand Six-Winged Sandworms in this land that
was filled with an earthen yellow color. However, up until now, it was impossible for him
to swiftly and wantonly kill them like before.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sword lights were swift, fierce, and sharp, and under the siege of the eight Netherezim
Flying Swords, only one Six-Winged Sandworm was killed after the time of three breaths.
These monsters with savage appearances seemed to have obtained a qualitative
transformation, their skin was hard like stones and their strengths had even risen
explosively by over 10 times. When they jointly attacked, just that brutal aura would cause
the pressure one felt to increase abruptly.

Dammit! If the strengths of these fellows were to continue growing like this, then not to
mention using Shaman Energy, I wouldn’t be able to withstand them just like this! The
more he fought, the heavier Chen Xi’s heart felt, and up to this moment, he still didn’t
discover the fatal weak point on the Six-Winged Sandworms.

If I knew earlier, I’d have used Shaman Energy to fight. Never mind, it isn’t too late to use
it now. Chen Xi secretly gritted his teeth before his body swiftly flashed out, and he arrived
at an area with comparatively sparse amounts of Six-Winged Sandworms and put away his
flying swords.

Body like a bow!

Fist like an arrow!

Chen Xi circulated his Shaman Energy and fiercely smashed a Grand Collapsing Fist onto
the Six-Winged Sandworm.

Bang!

An enormous bang sounded out, and the body of the Six-Winged Sandworm that was
enormous like a mammoth instantly shattered into powder, and it was simply like a piece of
paper.

So formidable! The might of the Grand Collapsing Fist that’s utilized with Shaman Energy
is actually even more terrifying than flying swords! Chen Xi spirits rose in his heart. He
didn’t hesitate to smash out his fists like raindrops, forming a myriad of fist silhouettes, and
everywhere they passed, the Six-Winged Sandworms all vanished without a trace after
emitting a bang. It made a clean sweep!

The time for only a few breaths had passed when a few tens of Six-Winged Sandworms had
shattered and vanished.
In this type of satisfying battle, Chen Xi’s skill in utilizing Shaman Energy became even
more complete. Collapse, mince, cleave, smash, strike… The Shaman Energy poured into
his fist in by a special method, and its lethality grew stronger and stronger, whereas the
Shaman Energy that was used up grew lesser and lesser.

Practice makes perfect!

After one attained a skilled level in any technique, one was able to easily utilize it as if it
didn’t require any effort, like it could be used freely, and it looked to be utilized at will, yet
its might was extremely terrifying.

Chen Xi had comprehended a complete Wind Dao Insight long ago, and when combined
with the Grand Collapsing Fist that was circulated with Shaman Energy, its might was
strong to the point it was even able to shatter a graded Magic Treasure with a single strike!

However, as time flowed by, the Six-Winged Sandworms that gushed over from every
direction became more and more formidable, it caused Chen Xi to feel it had become even
more difficult and he had to increase the force of his attacks.

2,000!

3,000!

4,000!

Gradually, the Shaman Energy between Chen Xi’s flesh and blood showed signs of drying
up, the strenuous feeling grew more and more stronger, and he couldn’t help but become
anxious in his heart. Because up to now, he was more than half the distance away from the
goal of killing 9,900 Six-Winged Sandworms!

Bang!

Chen Xi’s back was struck fiercely and he instantly tumbled out over 20 meters, and he
hadn’t even dropped to the ground when he was besieged by over 10 Six-Winged
Sandworms. Those sharp claws straightaway left behind tens of bloody scars that were a
terrifying sight.

These scars recovered within the blink of an eye, as after Chen Xi’s body refinement
cultivation attained the Violet Palace Realm, he was already able to regrow limbs, and these
little injuries were utterly unable to affect Chen Xi’s movements. However, if this went on,
the consumption of his Shaman Energy would be greater and greater.

“Ah!” Another 10 minutes passed and Chen Xi abruptly roared into the sky, and his face
was filled with an insane and persistent expression. Not even 10% of the Shaman Energy
between his blood, flesh, and skin remained, yet he was still 2,000 plus Six-Winged
Sandworms away from his goal of obtaining the Divine Ability, Grand Astral Palm. If this
continued, then even if he completely consumed all his Shaman Energy, he would still be
unable to complete his goal.

Intense unwillingness flowed throughout his entire body, stimulating Chen Xi to the point
his entire body burned, and his handsome face became warped and savage as well. I must
obtain the Grand Astral Palm. Those six bastards of the Su Clan are still standing in my
way outside. I can’t continue hiding like this and suffer grievances like this!

Kill!

No one can obstruct me from advancing!

Kill!

I want to become strong! I want to fight until the end! I want to attain my goal!

In the earthen yellow heaven and earth, Six-Winged Sandworms died endlessly, yet more
were born. They became even more formidable, and their auras became even more fierce
and stronger as well.

The numerous Six-Winged Sandworms in the surroundings endlessly succeeded their fallen
allies to besiege Chen Xi. He was already unable to move. His strength of struggling grew
weaker and weaker as well, but the battle intent in his gaze instead became even more
insane and even more firm.

He wouldn’t admit defeat.

Asking him to give up now was undoubtedly asking him to give up his persistence and
desire.

In this lethargic state, he felt every inch of his blood, every inch of his flesh, every inch of
his tendons, and every single pore shouting, yearning for the strength to become strong, a
yearning that came from the depths of the soul.

Bang!

Chen Xi felt as if his soul had left his body and floated high above in the sky to look down,
and on the ground was boundless Six-Winged Sandworms that surged over like tidewater.

Whereas threads of misty earthen yellow gas were effused from the vast expanse of land,
they curled upwards and were faintly visible, and they emitted a pure and thick aura.

He stretched out his hand to scoop them and those earthen yellow gasses seemed to have
been roused, and they were even more alike to a group of sharks that had smelt blood,
flowing towards him from every direction.
Threads condensed into strands, strands condensed into streams…

Swish! Swish!

Chen Xi suddenly awoke from this profound feeling, and only now did he notice that the
pure and thick Fifth-Earth energy in the heaven and earth was madly flowing into his body,
and it was like spring water as it moistened his dried and starving flesh, blood, skin, and
tendons.

His Shaman Energy that had dried up originally was slowly gushing out as well, then rose
and steadily climbed in amount. It was like a withered tree coming upon spring and
obtaining life once more!
Chapter 107 – Grand Astral Palm

Fifth-Earth Realm!

Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking!

As he felt the pure and thick Fifth-Earth energy that ceaselessly flowed towards him and
the Shaman Energy between his flesh, blood, and skin that rose explosively without end,
Chen Xi instantly understood in his heart.

This place was obviously the cultivation sacred ground that the Master of the abode had
prepared for his disciple!

No wonder Senior Ji Yu asked me to attain the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement
before allowing me to enter. So it turns out that this Fifth-Earth Realm was actually a type
of test and trial, yet was also able to greatly benefit the Shaman Energy in the body!

“Kill!” An explosive shout that was like a dragon's roar and like a tigers howl sounded out,
Chen Xi’s feet stepped on the ground and his body seemed to have become rooted deep
within the thick and heavy earth, and he’d flawlessly conformed to the Fifth-Earth energy
and merged into one with it.

At this moment, he felt himself to have become the ruler of this earthen yellow colored
world and was immovable like a mountain. Striking out with his fist caused a variety of
shapeless whirlpools to be formed in the surrounding space, and with his fist as the origin,
the Fifth-Earth energy, air, and light within 300 meters converged. It seemed as if this strike
had completely sucked this area of space dry, and even space collapsed inwardly.

“Collapse!” He accumulated force like a drawn bow then exerted the force like a
thunderclap. A fist print that was glazed and translucent flew out, emitting howls in the air
that were like the tide, and it was like a savage wild beast that bit the eardrums apart. This
was the explosive sound of tearing apart the sky that could only be formed when vast
energy was condensed into a single point.

Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!

Bloody holes of equal size appeared on the bodies of 12 Six-Winged Sandworms that were
in a straight line. Their expressions froze on their faces and they seemed to have not
understood what had happened.

Pu! Pu! Pu!

Pu! Pu! Pu!

Right at this instant, Chen Xi had once again struck two punches out towards the space
before him. Due to the sounds being too concentrated, it sounded as if there was only one
‘Pu,’ and in the group of Six-Winged Sandworms, two straight rows of bloody holes
appeared at the same time.

Unparalleled penetrative force!

Smashing through like smashing rotten wood!

Chen Xi had only smashed out a mere three punches, yet 36 Six-Winged Sandworms had
crashed onto the ground. They all had a bloody hole the size of a bowl on their bodies.

“Satisfying!” Chen Xi’s battle intent was like a hurricane that was piercingly cold and
flowed freely. He felt his entire body was filled with boundless energy that was like surging
floodwater that had been accumulated for a long time and needed to be poured out.
Whereas the Six-Winged Sandworms that gushed over from all over had become the target
for him to pour this energy!

Kill!

Chen Xi started to go on the counter offensive and slaughter.

——

At the bottom of the vast and surging river, Ji Yu suddenly raised his head as a trace of a
smile appeared within his eyes. “Good work, kid! You’ve finally comprehended the
profundity of the Fifth-Earth Realm. The Divine Ability, Grand Astral Palm, of Master can
once more see the light of day!”

Clink!

In his hand, the one meter long Seventhgold Swordbamboo emitted a chirr, and it seemed
as if there was something alive wriggling within it.

“Eh, the comprehension ability of this little sword soul is not bad either, he has already
started to fuse his soul with the sword so quickly…” Ji Yu lowered his head to look, layers
of dark light oscillated on the pitch-black body of the Seventhgold Swordbamboo, and it
seemed like ripples that rippled without end. “According to this speed, it will take less than
half a year for him to successfully fuse his soul.”

“Roar!” A furry little beast that seemed like a lion, yet wasn’t a lion, and was covered in
snow white and soft fur howled restlessly and uneasily in Ji Yu’s embrace. It looked
eagerly at the Seventhgold Swordbamboo as a strand of shiny saliva flowed out of the
corners of its mouth. Its mouth was watering, as it hadn’t eater for more than a year, it was
so hungry… So hungry…
“Bai Kui!” Ji Yu’s hand pressed onto the infant Pixiu’s head, then he scolded with a smile.
“When Chen Xi goes out, I’ll ask him to bring you along to eat all the treasures in the world
and satisfy your gluttony!”

“Wuwu~” Bai Kui stretched out his white and tender little tongue to lick Ji Yu’s palm
before crying out in delight. Obviously, he’d understood Ji Yu’s words and was extremely
intelligent.

——

On his back, the mysterious Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking was suffused by a misty earthen
yellow sheen, and the Fifth-Earth energy in the heaven and the earth continuously flowed
into it. Then it transformed into powerful Fifth-Earth Shaman Energy that howled within
Chen Xi’s blood, flesh, and skin.

Under these circumstances, Chen Xi didn’t have to consider his defense, and the Grand
Collapsing Fist was executed by him to become even more swift and fierce, and its might
was naturally stronger.

Pu!

Pu!

Pu!

Batch after batch of Six-Winged Sandworms fell onto the ground, when swept through by
the fist prints that were condensed to the limit, it was simply like sweeping through dry
leaves and it crushed everything.

“It’s too formidable. No wonder it’s said that between cultivators of the same cultivation,
the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement crushed all cultivators in the School of Qi
Refinement!” Chen Xi became more and more excited, and he even felt that when he
smashed out with his fist, even a Golden Hall Realm cultivator wouldn’t dare bear the brunt
of it!

Time flew by. Chen Xi was like an invincible master that was immersed in battle, and he’d
completely forgotten the time and everything else in his surroundings.

After an unknown period of time.

“No more?” Chen Xi raised his head in disappointment before looking at the surroundings,
yet it was quiet, deathly silent, and there wasn’t a single Six-Winged Sandworm in the
earthen yellow world. It was even to the extent that the severed limbs and remains on the
ground had vanished already, and the heaven and earth were still boundless with thick earth
that stretched out continuously. It was exactly alike to when he first came in.
Om!

It was at this moment that a wave of strange buzzing sounded out in the heaven and earth,
and the thick earth on the ground shot out from the ground to converge together, and it
instantly condensed into an enormous figure that was almost 33km in height. The figure
wore linen clothes and had bare feet, and had long hair that draped across his shoulder. As
the figure stood in the heaven and earth, the figure’s body was ancient and magnificent,
emitting a wave of desolate aura that was shocking.

An earthen yellow halo that was 7 hectares in size and emitted a myriad of tiny lights was
condensed atop his head, and the halo was like an exceedingly enormous talisman. The
stones, stars, ground, mountains… Everything in the talisman revolved eternally like the
orbit of stars, seeming to be slow, yet the scenes changed a myriad of times within an
instant, changing in countless ways!

When faced with this enormous 33km tall figure, a tiny feeling like that of an ant arose
unconsciously within Chen Xi’s heart as boundless reverence was born involuntarily. He
wished for nothing more than to prostrate himself on the ground and kowtow.

It was at this moment that a similar figure surged out with a bang within Chen Xi’s sea of
consciousness, and besides the scene surrounding the figure being different, it was exactly
similar to the figure before his eyes.

The two figures seemed to raise their heads at the same time while being a myriad of years
apart and looked at each other from afar, and at the instant their gazes met, a miraculous
thing occurred.

Bang!

It seemed as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, and Chen Xi felt as if his entire soul
was shuddering and roaring as strands of ancient thoughts seemed like a great river as it
surged into his soul before fusing into Chen Xi’s memories.

“The impartment has begun.” At the bottom of the river, Ji Yu raised his head, his gaze was
distant as if he could see everything within the Fifth-Earth Realm, and his expression was
complicated, seeming to be gratified, seeming to be in anticipation, and seeming to be
feeling grief. “Grand Astral Palm, a million years have passed, I wonder if anyone still
remembers this Divine Ability now…”

His soul was trembling and stretching, and his consciousness had become obscure and
blurred. Chen Xi felt as if he’d arrived at a boundlessly vast starry sky. The array of stars
were like a river that emitted a chilly radiance, and it flowed according to a profound orbit
and seemed to be eternally undying.

Suddenly, as if it was sucked by a terrifying energy that came from the chaotic time when
the earth was formed, the stars that covered the sky left their fixed orbit to converge and
fuse. They formed an enormous palm that blotted out the heavens and the earth as a myriad
of stars converged within the palm, the striations on the palm was their circulation orbit,
and they fluttered about… It was vast and mysterious.

A single hand that covered the heavens!

This enormous hand that was condensed from a myriad of stars slapped downwards, the
innumerable towering mountains and vast rivers shattered into ash, the boundless sea
withered and dried up, the perpetually vast earth shattered and was obliterated, and
numerous 50 million km long rifts were ripped open in space…

Kacha!

The entire world was obliterated and vanished under this palm!

Chen Xi forgot to breathe, his scalp went numb, and he felt as if he’d fallen into an icy pit.
The scene before his eyes caused infinite shock within Chen Xi’s heart.

Whoosh!

A chilly ray of starlight directly flew towards Chen Xi, then a bright light flashed as if a
flicker, and it vanished without a trace. Whereas on the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking on his
back, an extremely tiny pattern that was difficult to find with the naked eye had appeared,
and the markings of the pattern seemed to connect perfectly with the shaman markings.

“The Grand Dao is profound and Divine Abilities are born from nature, born from deriving
the boundless secrets of the heavens. Is it good fortune? Or is it misfortune? To
comprehend the Heaven’s Dao, one must stay true to one’s heart. Cultivate diligently and
bitterly, and not let go of one’s heart that yearns for the Dao…” The voice was resonant and
clear as the morning bell in a monastery as it resounded out in the heavens and the earth,
and it became indistinct as it silently vanished.

Chen Xi’s entire body shook as he suddenly awoke from the strange state.

The corners of Chen Xi’s mouth held a smile. His appearance was serene, seeming to have
been given a timely warning and suddenly felt refreshed. He sat cross-legged on the ground
as pieces of obscure and profound words and numerous lifelike scenes gushed out from his
sea of consciousness.

Grand Astral Palm!

First level — Fifth-Earth Realm.

Second level — Second-Wood Realm.

Third level — Seventh-Gold Realm.

Fourth level — Third-Fire Realm.

Fifth level — Tenth-Water Realm.

There were a total of nine levels, but, Chen Xi was only able to see the cultivation
technique for the first level, the Fifth-Earth Realm. The remaining eight levels were
obstructed by a shapeless restriction that caused his vision to blur and be unable to see
anything clearly.

However, being able to obtain the inheritance of the Divine Ability, Grand Astral Palm, had
already caused Chen Xi to be exceedingly excited, and he didn’t delay in the slightest
before sitting down cross-legged and diligently studying and comprehending it.

Divine Abilities were extremely vast, and Techniques were boundless.

Divine Abilities were the method used by the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement to
attain the Dao, whereas Techniques were instead the method used by the School of Qi
Refinement to attain the Dao. The two were on different paths, yet reached the same goal
by different means, and they both pointed straight towards the source of the Grand Dao.

The School of Fiendgod Body Refinement used the body as a furnace of the heavens and
the earth, and it deemed that the body was formed from tiny apertures. Every tiny aperture
was a tiny universe that contained the heavens and the earth, and developing the worlds
would allow them to become almighty. It was similar to the Buddhist principle, every grain
of sand is another world.

Body Refinement was to rely on the myriad of things in the world to open the tiny apertures
in the body and condense a variety of shaman markings. Thereby possessing supreme
Divine Abilities to blaze the heavens and obliterate the earth, to overturn rivers and seas,
pluck the stars from the sky, and swallow the sun. For example, the Universe Starslayer
Bodyforging Arts relied on the baleful qi of the stars in the universe to temper the body and
open the tiny apertures before condensing star diagram shaman markings.

The Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking Chen Xi condensed on his back know was tempered from
the Fifth Earthstar’s baleful qi, and it was able to collect Shaman Energy between the flesh,
blood, and skin.

At its source, Shaman Energy was actually a type of advancement of the body’s strength.

Whereas the Divine Techniques were a type of profound method of utilizing Shaman
Energy with the body as the foundation.

After he recalled the cultivation technique of the first level of the Grand Astral Palm once
more and confirmed he didn’t make any mistakes, Chen Xi started to cultivate.
The Shaman Energy in his entire body boiled and howled between his flesh, blood, and
skin, then followed along his arm to condense and circulate…

Swoosh!

An enormous palm that covered an area of ten meters appeared out of thin air. The edges of
the palm were like blades and it was entirely twined by a powerful earthen yellow airflow.
Innumerable dazzling stars circulated without end in the striations on the palm, and they
flickered between brightness and dimness. At the instant the palm appeared, a heavy aura
like a towering and lofty mountain spread out towards the surroundings with the enormous
palm as the center, causing layer upon layer of ripples to undulate, and the thick earth on
the ground was even pressed down upon by this aura to the point it cracked inch by inch.

Bang!

The enormous palm fiercely slapped down onto the ground, leaving behind a terrifying and
enormous palm print, and the nearby ground even split open into cracks that were like
spider webs.

When he walked over to look closely, the palm print that remained on the ground was
simply like a five finger chasm, and it was at least 100 meters deep!
Chapter 108 – Nine-Wyrm Earth Umbrella

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Surging Fifth-Earth energy violently swelled and shrank. It was like a towering mountain
that seemed to be escorted by a myriad of stars, and the Grand Astral Palm that covered an
area of ten meters successively smashed out over 10 enormous and terrifying holes on the
ground and mountains.

The mountains shook and the earth split apart.

Instantly, Chen Xi felt as if he possessed boundless force of annihilation, and a light pinch
would be able to shatter a star and grab open the sun and moon.

Of course, this was a type of misconception. Unless one ascended the extremity of the
Grand Dao and mastered the quintessence laws of the heaven and earth otherwise, no one
possessed the ability to obliterate the stars and the sun.

But Chen Xi had seen the might of the Grand Astral Palm. With a slap, the ground
collapsed and the earth split apart explosively, whereas the stones and mountains crumbled
inch by inch, and its might was formidable to an unbelievable level.

Moreover, he’d only just cultivated it and the Grand Astral Palm was only ten meters in
area, and he couldn’t even be considered to have achieved minor attainment. Along with
the advancement of his cultivation, this great primordial Divine Ability that was inherited
from the Master of the manor would become even more formidable and terrifying!

The Fifth-Earth energy here is rich and plentiful, and it’s simply inexhaustible. Cultivating
here isn’t inferior to cultivating with Starsoul Meteorites in the slightest. I have to make the
best use of my time and properly improve my cultivation!

Moreover, this Fifth-Earth Realm is the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials. According to
what Senior Ji Yu said, three days within here was equivalent to only one day in the outside
world as the passage of time has become slow, and it’s simple a heaven defying assistance
to cultivating.

Furthermore, there’s still half a year before the Dragon Lake City’s Hidden Dragon
Ranking’s competition next year. If I cultivate here during this half year, then it would be
equivalent to cultivating for one and a half years, and it’s sufficient to advance my
cultivation to another realm! Chen Xi calculated in his heart. When he was at the
Congenital Realm, wanting to cultivate and increase a bit of the strength of his body
required absorbing an unknown amount of baleful qi from the stars, and it was exceedingly
difficult. Whereas at the Violet Palace Realm, after condensing shaman markings and
converting Shaman Energy, strength could be increased without limit, and this was the
benefit of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement.
Right, there’s one more thing I’ve forgotten. Chen Xi slapped his forehead as he thought in
his heart, then his body abruptly vanished into thin air.

“Senior Ji Yu.” Chen Xi stood on the bank of the surging river and shouted out.

Whoosh!

A wisp of bright light flew out from the river and Chen Xi stretched out his hand to catch it.
Shockingly, it was a jade slip.

“This is the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Art’s Violet Palace Realm cultivation
technique. Take it and cultivate properly. I’m executing a technique to help the sword soul
fuse with the Seventhgold Swordbamboo, don’t come disturb me if there’s nothing urgent.”

The Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts Chen Xi obtained earlier only recorded the
cultivation technique to advance to the Violet Palace Realm, and the cultivation technique
related to the nine levels of the Violet Palace Realm wasn’t recorded on it.

He’d come to see Ji Yu right now precisely because of this, yet he never expected that Ji
Yu seemed to have guessed the reason he came since long ago. Without waiting for him to
speak, Ji Yu had tossed out the cultivation technique, and Chen Xi couldn’t help but be
stunned as a wisp of warmth flowed out from his heart. Looks like Senior Ji Yu had always
been paying close attention to my cultivation.

Swoosh!

In the next moment, Chen Xi appeared within the cultivation grounds of the 1st level of the
Heavenpeak of Trials once again. After passing the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials,
he was already able to enter and leave at will.

The Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Art’s nine levels of the Violet Palace Realm was to
open the tiny apertures on the body’s skin and condense nine shaman markings. The
cultivation technique was divided into the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking Chapter, the
Second-Wood Shaman Marking Chapter, the Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking Chapter, the
Third-Fire Shaman Marking Chapter, the Tenth-Water Shaman Marking Chapter… There
were a total of nine chapters.

So it turns out that the Grand Astral Palm and the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts
complement each other and only the combination of the two is able to produce a
formidable might… That was close! If I didn’t obtain the inheritance of the Grand Astral
Palm in the Fifth-Earth Realm earlier, then I would surely be extremely regretful. As he sat
cross-legged on the ground and saw the content of the cultivation technique, Chen Xi
couldn’t help but be shocked in his heart.
The Grand Astral Palm’s first level, the Fifth-Earth Realm, cooperated with the Fifth-Earth
Shaman Marking, and the thicker the Fifth-Earth Shaman Energy, the more formidable the
Grand Astral Palm was.

Similarly, the second level, the Second-Wood Realm, cooperated with the Second-Wood
Shaman Marking, and the third level, the Seventh-Gold Realm, cooperated with the
Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking.

It could be said that if he wanted to cultivate the Grand Astral Palm to the perfection-stage,
then it couldn’t do without the cultivation of the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts!

Hu!

Chen Xi let out a long breath of foul air. He felt he was extremely fortunate, as he’d
obtained a body refinement cultivation technique and a Divine Ability, and he wouldn’t
have the regret of lacking one of the two anymore.

Amongst the five attributes in the heaven and earth, earth possessed great virtue from
allowing things to grow on it. It gathered the quintessence of everything in the world…
Chen Xi didn’t continue wasting time and started circulating his cultivation technique while
sitting cross-legged.

Only his figure was present within the earthen yellow world, silently sitting cross-legged
there, and gradually, his figure seemed to fuse together with the sky, earth, and mountains.
The Fifth-Earth energy in the world gushed towards him to pour into the Fifth-Earth
Shaman Markings on his back before converting into the small Shaman Energy streams
between his flesh, blood, and skin.

Everything was so peaceful.

——

While Chen Xi was cultivating, at the border of the Oceanic Desert that neighbored the
Rowdy Grasslands, the mood of Su Dingyi and the other five Su Clan Golden Hall Realm
cultivators became even unhappier.

“I can’t take it anymore! If this continues, I’m afraid I’ll go mad!” The red robed bald fatty
roared in depression, and he broke the dreary atmosphere.

“Junior Brother Dingwei, with this disposition of yours, you won’t be able to cultivate to
the intermediate-stage of the Golden Hall Realm even after another 10 years!” Su Dingyi
frowned as he coldly glanced over and berated.
The Golden Hall Realm absorbed the energies of Yin and Yang in the heaven and earth to
temper the True Essence in the entire body, causing the Yin and Yang within it to blend
together, promoting the generation of spirit and essence. It was divided into the initial-
stage, intermediate-stage, advanced-stage, and perfection-stage. Obviously, the red robed
bald fatty called Su Dingwei possessed a cultivation around the initial-stage of the Golden
Hall Realm.

Su Dingwei seemed to be afraid of Su Dingyi’s power and influence, and he pursed his lips,
yet didn’t dare complain again.

Su Dingyi moved his gaze to descend onto the beautiful woman and he asked. “Junior
Sister Dingrou, have you sent out the voice transmission command token? Is there any
news from the clan?”

“I’ve already sent it out. The Patriarch has already sent out Martial Uncle Su Leng to hurry
over here, and I presume it won’t be a few days before he arrives.” Su Dingrou spoke
slowly.

Martial Uncle Su Leng!

The expressions of the others became cold when they heard this.

As one of the six great clans of Dragon Lake City, the Su Clan was able to go against the
eight great sects and three great institutes not only because of its numerous clansmen, but
also because there were over 10 Golden Core Realm Elders holding the fort in the Su Clan,
and this was the Su Clan’s foundation for survival. So long as these elders were alive, the
Su Clan was unshakable!

All of them who were Golden Hall Realm cultivators only belonged to the central force of
the Su Clan, and only cultivators that had stepped into the Golden Core Realm were able to
become a Su Clan Elder that controlled authority and possessed an exceedingly lofty status.

At the same time that Su Leng was a Golden Core Realm cultivators, he was a Su Clan
Elder, and he possessed an impressive reputation based on his strength!

“Why is it him…?” Su Dingwei’s voice unconsciously became weaker. Obviously, he had

quite a great deal of resentment and fear towards this Elder Su Leng.

“How dare you!? Your attitude is greatly disrespectful of Martial Uncle Su Leng, and if you
dare talk nonsense once again, don’t blame me for being hard on you!” Su Dingyi’s berated
in a deep voice.

Actually, Su Dingyi was unhappy in his heart as well. Su Leng originally possessed a
cultivation similar to them, and they were all Golden Hall Realm cultivators of the ‘Ding’
generation, and his identity and status was even inferior to all of them.
However, this situation completely turned around half a year ago.

During a trip to gain experience and toughening, Su Leng unexpectedly entered into a
mysterious ruins. No one knew what benefits he obtained from within, but when he
returned to the clan, his cultivation had already advanced to the Golden Core Realm from
the initial-stage of the Golden Hall Realm in one go! This matter had instantly shocked the
entire clan and his status rose in line with this to enter into the ranks of the Su Clan Elders.
Moreover, he was the youngest amongst all the elders, and had taken a great leap to become
the legendary figure that was respected by countless Su Clan disciples.

Su Dingwei didn’t go quiet again when he was berated this time, and his fat face was
covered in an unwilling expression. “Chasing down and killing Chen Xi was a matter
between us six brothers and sisters. If we’re able to succeed, we can share a great portion of
the treasures this kid obtained from the sword immortal’s abode. But now that Su Leng has
come, wouldn’t we be doing all this for naught, and we’ll get nothing in the end?”

A nearby middle aged man with brows that were like two blades said in a low voice,
“Martial Uncle Su Leng wouldn’t keep all the treasures for himself, right?”

“He won't? Su Dingyuan, don’t think that we don’t know you’ve been currying favor with
Su Leng in secret!” Su Dingwei had a face full of disdain as he spoke.

“That’s a fucking lie!” Su Dingyuan burst into rage.

“I’m lying? Do you want me to take out some proof for you to see?” Su Dingwei stood in
sharp opposition as he aggressively pushed Su Dingyuan into a corner.

“You…” Su Dingyuan was angered to the point his chest rose and fell continuously, and his
edge seemed to obviously become much weaker. Obviously, Su Dingwei’s words had
struck his Achilles heel.

“Shut up!” When he saw this, the nearby Su Dingyi didn’t keep quiet any longer and he
emitted a cold and explosive shout. “Do both of you not respect me, this Eldest Senior
Brother of yours? Hmph! Both of you only know how to engage in overt and covert
struggles all day, and the entire Su Clan had become filled with a foul atmosphere because
of all of you pests!”

Su Dingwei and Su Dingyuan glared at each other, then they shut their mouths resentfully.

“But, Senior Brother Dingyi, we have to guard against this matter. If by any chance Martial
Uncle Su Leng wants to forcibly seize all the treasures in the possession of that kid once he
arrives, then wouldn’t we have done all this for nothing? Once this matter spreads back to
the clan, where would we put our faces?” The voice was soft-spoken, yet the owner was a
rough and burly fellow that was tall and fierce.
The man with an appearance of a scholar who hadn’t spoken all along slowly nodded as he
said, “Yes, Senior Brother Dinglong is right, I’m worried about this as well.”

One was Su Dinglong, the other Su Dingkong, and amongst the six, only these two people
spoke the least and kept silent all along away. Only at this moment, when it related to their
own benefit did they speak out successively.

Su Dingyi didn’t continue putting on an act when he saw these two fellows who concealed
their thoughts had spoken up, and he said with a bitter smile, “My head is aching as well. If
it was before, I could still stand out and restrain him slightly, but Su Leng is already one of
our Su Clan’s elders, and there’s a great disparity between our statuses. If he wants to
swallow all the treasures, then even I am helpless as well.”

“I never imagined that I, Su Leng, would actually cause Eldest Senior Brother’s head to
ache, truly unexpected!” It was at this moment that accompanied by an icy cold voice that
sounded out from extremely far away, a 300m long rainbow flew over to arrive before the
six of them in the blink of an eye.

This was a black clothed young man whose corners of his mouth were thin like blades, his
appearance was frosty, and his entire body was like a shocking sharp sword. The aura he
emitted from his entire body caused the spirit energy of heaven earth within an area of 5km
to become extremely disordered and dispersed.

“Greetings Martial Uncle Su Leng!” When they saw the black clothed young man, Su
Dingyi’s group of six went stiff, then they hurriedly stood up and bowed in greetings.

“Hmph!” Su Leng swept the six of them with his gaze, and he especially took an extra
glance at Su Dingyi before saying slowly. “Don’t worry, I’ve come here this time only to
assist you six in capturing that little thief, Chen Xi. As for whatever treasures, I, Su Leng,
don’t want it!”

Su Dingyi’s group of six looked at each other, although they felt Su Leng’s words were
extremely unpleasant to the ear, they still secretly heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts. Not
seizing the treasures? It couldn’t be better!

“I heard that little thief entered the Oceanic Desert. He is indeed extremely bold. But, I’ve
prepared since long ago as well, and I’m unafraid of the assaults of the sandstorms and
gales.” As he spoke, Su Leng tossed something out casually, and a large umbrella soared
into the sky before suddenly enlarging to cover an area of over 30 meters and completely
covering everyone.

This umbrella shaped Magic Treasure was completely suffused with gold lights, and
innumerable runes that flickered with a bright light were drawn on the umbrella. Nine
wyrms that were indistinct swam about within it, and they emitted boundless might.

Nine-Wyrm Earth Umbrella!

Su Dingyi’s group of six were shocked in their hearts, then their eyes emitted traces of
burning desire. This Nine-Wyrm Earth Umbrella was an intermediate-grade earth-rank
Magic Treasure, and it was refined with Venusearth Iron as the skeleton, and there were
even nine souls of thousand year old evil wyrms sealed within it. The nine wyrms were
linked together, and it possessed an exceedingly shocking defense.

Just its value was comparable to over 500,000 kgs of spirit liquid!

“Let’s go, I still have a cauldron of medicinal pills that are being refined right now, and I
have to hurry back after we capture this kid.” Su Leng flicked his sleeve and a cloud that
had an area of over 30 meters supported everyone up before swiftly charging towards the
Oceanic Desert!
Chapter 109 – Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl

Flowers bloomed and fell, spring turned to autumn.

To cultivators, time was like an arrow with wings, and half a year passed in an instant.

But in the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials, due to the laws of time being different, an
entire year and a half had already passed.

During this period of time, Chen Xi followed an extremely regular schedule: qi refinement,
visualization, body refinement, sword cultivation… When his thoughts were truly
distracted, he would use his finger as a brush and the earthen ground as the paper, and he
would draw talismans and write words. Thus, he didn’t feel lonely.

He’d obtained 13 talisman crafting jade slips from the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain’s
sword immortal’s abode, and during this half a year of devoted comprehension, he’d
achieved great advancements. The talisman markings he casually drew on the ground had
already attained the ranks of the ninth-grade, and he was only a step away from being able
to construct talisman formations and becoming a Talisman Formation Master.

Talismans were divided into nine grades, and the first-grade talismans were also called
basic talismans.

Every talisman crafting apprentice needed to master the crafting of basic talismans in order
to be able to craft even more advanced talismans.

Talismans were also divided into Yin and Yang based on their attribute. If differentiated in
detail, they could be further divided into the five main categories of metal, wood, water,
fire, and earth.

The crafting of any talisman couldn’t escape from being related to Yin, Yang, or the five
elements, and basic talismans were no exception.

The learning of the structure of talisman markings started from basic talismans. In other
words, every basic talisman represented a type of talisman marking structure. Whereas
basic talismans were differentiated by the five elements, and every element’s structure was
different. It could be said that there were a myriad, boundless amounts of structures.

This also made clear that complete talismans were numbered in the millions, and it was
utterly impossible to possess knowledge of the crafting of all basic talismans.

But, so long as one was able to draw a complete talisman marking structure on a piece of
talisman paper, then it could be called as a first-grade talisman; drawing two complete
talisman marking patterns and allowing them to cooperate with each other as if they were
breathing was instead able to be called a second-grade talisman; repeatedly adding on
successively, when one could draw nine complete talisman marking structures on a single
piece of talisman paper and allow them to cooperate with each other as if they were a single
whole, then it could be called a ninth-grade talisman!

After nine, it returned to one. When one was able to superimpose two complete ninth-grade
talismans and form a connection with each other, one was instead able to be called a
Talisman Formation Master, and the talismans crafted by the person would possess the
initial form of a formation.

Moreover, once one attained the level of Talisman Formation Master, one was able to
inscribe various talisman marking structures onto formation carrying objects like Formation
Flags, Formation Disks, Formation Stone, etc. Only in this way would one be able to fully
utilize the might of formations.

All in all, no matter if it was talismans or formations, the structure of talisman markings
was the most basic core.

The Dao of Talismans was the mastering of the structures of talisman markings to develop
the profundities of the heaven and the earth. It was a vastly Grand Dao amongst the 3,000
Grand Dao, and since ancient times until the present, there had been many almighty figures
that used the Dao of Talismans to achieve the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

Chen Xi’s comprehension of the Heaven Dao had already attained the Dao Insight Realm
and he’d already mastered a complete Wind Dao Insight. Coupled with his soul visualizing
the Fuxi Divine Statue every day, his comprehension towards the Dao of Talismans had
advanced by leaps and bounds without much effort. It wouldn’t be long before he would
become a Talisman Formation Master.

The thing that made him the most pleasantly surprised was that his comprehension in the
Dao of Talismans allowed him to easily comprehend the profundities and master the
essence of the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts while cultivating it.

Just like a few days ago, when his body refinement advanced to the 2nd level of the Violet
Palace Realm, the originally obscure and dense Second-Wood Shaman Marking was easily
condensed successfully by him. That unhindered feeling that was like floating clouds and
flowing water was still vivid in his memories today.

Shaman markings were mysterious and profound, as if they were formed naturally, but
wasn’t this also a type of talisman marking within the heaven and earth?

It was precisely with this knowledge as a foundation that no matter if it was body
refinement or cultivating Grand Astral Palm, it caused Chen Xi to unconsciously observe
and comprehend it using his Talisman Dao knowledge, and this allowed him to
comprehend an even deeper level of its profundities. He was suddenly enlightened towards
the various questions in his heart that were difficult to understand, and his path of
cultivation became a much more level path.
The benefits from the advancement in the Dao of Talismans wasn’t limited to this. It
provided surprising effects when he refined the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword
Formation and cultivated the Windflow Divination Sword, causing his knowledge in the
Sword Dao to become deeper and deeper, and the might of the sword formation and sword
technique he executed to become stronger alongside with it.

As the saying goes, learn one and you can infer the rest.

Some almighty figures from the ancient times were even able to comprehend thousands or
ten thousands of Dao Insights. In the end, they brought all the Dao Insights together to be
understood thoroughly before converging them all into one, allowing them to grasp the
final profundities of the heaven and earth and attain the highest path to the Dao!

Presently, Chen Xi had only completely mastered a single Wind Dao Insight, and his
comprehension towards the Talisman Dao and Sword Dao could only be considered to be
minor attainments; he still had a long way to go.

But even then, with his current age and strength, even if it was amongst geniuses, he was an
existence at a monstrous level. He wasn’t inferior in the slightest to the core disciples of
some ancient sects, and he even surpassed them!

On this day, Chen Xi awoke from his meditation and raised his eyes to look at the nearby
rock wall, and numerous lines that represented days of time were inscribed on it.

One and a half years have passed so quickly. The ancient saying is true, time does fly by
like a shuttle that twinkles before the eyes, and only such a description can describe a trace
of the true essence of the Grand Dao of time. Just like the Master of the abode, he has
surely already mastered the supreme Grand Dao of Time, as only then would he be able to
reverse the course of events and change the speed at which time flowed… Chen Xi didn’t
sigh with emotion too much before standing up. His tall figure seemed even more graceful
and extraordinary, relaxed and carefree. Time didn’t leave behind any traces on him; his
handsome face was still the same as before. However, his gaze seemed indifferent, instead
causing one to feel a deep feeling that was vast like the sea, and making one to unable to
help one’s mind from being completely attracted by him.

I wonder if little Ling Bai and the Seventhgold Swordbamboo have finished fusing… Never
mind, I’ll leave this place first. Otherwise, my pace to Dragon Lake City will be
delayed. Chen Xi thought for a moment, he stopped being reluctant to leave this place, then
his figure swayed and he’d already vanished.

——

When Chen Xi was leaving the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials, within the Oceanic
Desert, a group of seven people were ceaselessly cruising forward hesitantly under the
protection of a large umbrella that was coiled in gold lights, and they seemed to be
searching for something.
So long as the violent gale and raging sandstorm came close to them, it would be reflected
back by the gold light that surged out from the large umbrella, and it was precisely because
of this that when their group flew within the Oceanic Desert, it seemed to be extremely
easy and free as if they were moving on flat ground.

“Martial Uncle Su Leng, we’ve been searching for half a year, yet there isn’t a trace of that
kid. He wouldn’t have been swallowed by the sandstorm, right?” Asked Su Dingyuan who
had brows that were like blades. Amongst the six of them, only he had the best relationship
with Su Leng, and only he could ask some words that shouldn’t be spoken.

“Hmph!” Su Leng grunted coldly and said with an emotionless expression, “Impossible.
Even if he was torn into pieces by the sandstorms and died, as a Violet Palace Realm
cultivators, his aura would absolutely not vanish so quickly.”

During this past six months, they’d shuttled back and forth within this surging sandstorm to
search for Chen Xi’s traces. They seemed to be able to easily avoid the sandstorms and
gales, yet none of them dared let down their guard. After all, this was the Oceanic Desert
that possessed the nickname as the land of death. It was filled with dense spatial tears and
extremely terrifying restrictions and ruins. Even some Rebirth Realm cultivators had never
returned once entering the Oceanic Desert, and this was sufficient to prove how terrifying
this place was.

Only Su Leng, who possessed the highest cultivation in their group, was at the Golden Core
Realm, which was one realm inferior to the Rebirth Realm. Thus, they naturally didn’t dare
be careless.

But straining their nerves day and night while keeping vigilant was a type of torture
towards their minds. Coupled with having not found a trace of Chen Xi until today, it
caused their moods to become gloomy and irritable.

Especially Su Leng. His mood was awfully bad, as a matter that he originally thought
would be easily accomplished had unexpectedly been delayed for an entire six months. Not
to mention Chen Xi, they even didn’t find a piece of Chen Xi’s hair, and it naturally made
him who was arrogant and self-conceited be extremely displeased.

When I capture that kid, I’ll surely pluck out his tendons and skin him!  Su Leng muttered
fiercely in his heart. It was at this moment that a clear ring sounded out from within his
pocket, even though the sound was tiny, it caused his heart to shake and a trace of
happiness to appear on his face. He stretched out his hand to withdraw a pearl that was
completely translucent like a liquid pearl, and it emitted a dreamlike multicolored ripple.

“Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl!” The eyes of Su Dingyi’s group of six sprang
wide open, and a strand of burning greed that couldn’t be concealed was emitted from their
eyes.
This pearl was something Su Leng obtained from a mysterious ruin, and it was an
extremely miraculous treasure. Not only was it able to detect some concealed spaces within
an area of 50km, it was also able to break open the barrier of some secret realms, and it was
extremely profound. Su Leng had once used this pearl to help the Su Clan find an immortal
abode within a secret realm, acquiring huge amounts of cultivation techniques, books,
medicinal pills, and treasures from within it, and it had caused an extremely great stir in the
entire Dragon Lake City. As a member of the Su Clan, how could Su Dingyi and the others
not know of the Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl’s reputation?

The cultivation realm had existed for innumerable years until now, and countless secret
realms and abodes were left behind in the world. These places had attracted countless
cultivators to try their luck and find their own good fortune, and many peerless experts that
commanded the clouds and wind had achieved tremendous advancements in their
cultivations because of obtaining some ancient inheritances, allowing them to be famed
throughout the world!

Whereas possessing the Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl was equivalent to

possessing a key to open these secret realms and abodes, and the possessor was much closer
to the good fortune of attaining immortality. Which cultivator in the world wouldn’t be
tempted by this pearl?

It was exactly because he possessed this pearl that Su Leng’s name was like a thunderclap
to the ears of everyone in Dragon Lake City and was known to all in the city. Besides that,
it allowed his status as a Su Clan Elder to become even stronger, and he enjoyed resources
that were far beyond the reach of an ordinary person.

“An independent space exists within the nearby 50km!” Su Leng raised his eyes to sweep
outwards, then looked at the pearl in his hand before speaking with extreme certainty.

“Is it an ancient abode?”

“I think that it might be Chen Xi’s hiding spot.”

“No matter what it is, wouldn’t we know once we take a look? If it’s an abode or secret
realm, we’ll plunder it mercilessly; if it’s Chen Xi’s hiding spot, then it’s just nice for us to
capture him and make him spit out the treasures from the sword immortal’s abode!”

“With Martial Uncle Su Leng here, why should we worry that we can’t accomplish our
mission?”

The exhaustion in the hearts of everyone was completely swept away as they started to
discuss all at once, and their words were mostly flattery towards Su Leng.

“Let’s go. At that time, listen to my orders when making a move and you’ll be bound to
obtain the benefits.” Su Leng’s frosty expression eased up greatly. Cultivators were people
as well, and they liked being flattered.
“Thank you, Martial Uncle Su Leng!” Su Dingyi and the others were extremely delighted,
and they had excited expressions.

Su Leng led the others to fly out explosively right away, and not long after, they arrived at a
low sand dune. When they arrived here, the Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl
abruptly emitted a string of clear chimes, and the multicolored light on its surface became
even more dreamlike.

“Let’s go!” Su Leng shouted out loudly, then the pearl flew up to midair, and its entire
body was suffused by mist as a five colored beam of light transformed into an over 100m
long waterfall that swiftly swept towards the surroundings.

Swish!

Under the shine of the misty light that was like a multicolored mist, the originally empty
sand dune was suddenly suffused with layer upon layer of translucent waves. It was like an
extremely mysterious barrier wall that rose and fell indeterminately, and it warped and
fluctuated.

“As expected, it’s a secret realm. All of you follow behind me and don’t get lost.
Otherwise, even I am unable to save all of you.” Su Leng instructed before taking a deep
breath, then he held onto the pearl as he took the lead to walk towards the translucent waves
that warped and fluctuated.

When the others saw this, their expressions became serious as they followed closely behind
him.

Om!

Under the shine of the multicolored lights from the Boundless Secretrealm Discovering
Pearl, the translucent and warping waves were like a pricked bubble, splitting open into a
narrow and steep rift, and not long after Su Leng and the others vanished, it vanished from
the world.
Chapter 110 – Meeting

The surging river rolled without end.

The instant Chen Xi came out from the Heavenpeak of Trials, he noticed Ji Yu standing on
the grass on the bank of the river from afar, seeming to have been waiting for him since
long ago.

“Your advancement isn’t bad, really not bad.” Ji Yu swept his gaze over Chen Xi, seeming
to have already seen through the fruits of Chen Xi’s cultivation during this period of time,
and a trace of a smile appeared on his face.

Chen Xi smiled as he frankly received this praise, and he was extremely calm and
indifferent in his heart. After all, during this half a year, thousands of kgs of the spirit liquid
in his storage ring had been consumed and over 100 Starsoul Meteorites had been used up.
It would truly be bullshit if he didn’t advance in the slightest.

“I’ve already refined the Seventhgold Swordbamboo for you, take a look.” As Ji Yu spoke,
he flipped open his hand and a meter long sword appeared before Chen Xi’s eyes. The
sword was entirely pitch-black, with dim black lights surrounding it, and it vaguely emitted
traces of the piercingly cold aura of lightning.

“There seems to be nothing different?” Chen Xi was stunned, and he was just intending to
take it up and inspect it when an unexpected event occurred at this moment.

Swish!

A strand of boundless and vast nirvanic aura abruptly surged out from the surface of the
Seventhgold Swordbamboo, then a black light flashed and it had already transformed into a
little person that was 10cm tall. The extremely handsome little person wore white clothes
that drifted in the wind, and he had starry eyes and sword shaped brows. Bright lights
revolved around him as he floated in midair, and there were even traces of lightning arcs
twined around him. His imposing manner was exceedingly vast, sharp, piercingly cold,
destructive, and even carried along a strand of nirvanic aura that seemed eternal.

“Little Ling Bai?” Chen Xi’s eyes sprang wide open as he instantly came to an
understanding. After Ji Yu executed the Soulfuse Arts, the Seventhgold Swordbamboo
wasn’t the inanimate object from before, but had instead fused with Ling Bai who was a
sword soul to become a living life!

Moreover, the energy of lightning that was originally contained within the Seventhgold
Swordbamboo had completely fused with the Nirvana Sword Insight that Ling Bai
possessed. It possessed the lightning’s piercingly cold aura of annihilation and the eternal
nirvanic aura, and it had become even more terrifying from before to the point that it
caused Chen Xi to be unable to avoid from feeling a trace of fear.
“Chen Xi, I can cultivate already! HAHAHA!” Ling Bai leaped onto Chen Xi’s shoulder as
he smiled to the point his eyes became two crescents, and he was obviously exceedingly
happy.

“Oh, then how formidable are you now?” Chen Xi asked curiously. This was the first
Magic Treasure he’d seen that was able to cultivate by itself, moreover, he’d never heard of
anything about Magic Treasures being able to cultivate in the past, so he was naturally
exceedingly curious in his heart.

Ling Bai was stunned and his expression flickered between a livid and ashen expression,
seeming to be extremely furious yet seeming to be depressed, and he didn’t open his mouth
for a long time.

Chen Xi hurriedly consoled. “It doesn’t matter if your strength is weak. Can’t you
cultivate? So long as you continue persisting, there will come a day that you’ll become
strong.”

“Really?” Ling Bai’s spirits were rejuvenated, then a strand of embarrassment surged onto
his little face as he said slowly, “There’s no harm in telling you. My current strength is
extremely weak indeed, it’s almost, almost similar to a Golden Hall Realm cultivator.”

Golden Hall Realm cultivator!?

Chen Xi was stunned. If this level of strength was extremely weak, then wouldn’t that mean
that I can’t even be considered to be weak?

“Don’t laugh at me, I was actually very formidable in the past. Hey, why has your
expression become so stiff? Are you looking down on me? Alas, actually, I feel it’s
extremely shameful as well!” The shame on Ling Bai’s little face grew when he saw Chen
Xi staying silent, and his voice went lower and lower.

Chen Xi’s expression had completely gone stiff. Is this little fellow mocking me? Is he? Is
he?

“Don’t worry, when I executed the Soulfuse Arts, I left behind a trace of a Soul Brand for
you. This little fellow will only be your most loyal subordinate in the future and it’s
impossible for him to harm you,” said Ji Yu via voice transmission. He thought that Chen
Xi’s expression was unnatural because Chen Xi was afraid the Ling Bai would escape his
control.

“I… Just want to know… Is the strength of a Golden Hall Realm cultivator extremely weak
in the cultivation world?” Chen Xi sighed via voice transmission.

“HAHAHAHAHA!” Ji Yu laughed loudly as only now did he understand that Chen Xi had
been provoked by Ling Bai’s words.
“Senior Ji Yu, are you making fun of me?” Ling Bai’s expression was extremely unsightly,
and he resolved in his heart to properly cultivate, as the feeling of losing face was too
depressing!

Ji Yu laughed even louder when he heard this, to the point he bent over with laughter.

“Senior Ji Yu, I intend to leave. How should I leave this Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm?”
Chen Xi hurriedly changed the topic of conversation.

“The energy that holds the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm together was left behind by Ling
Bai’s Master, and it’s an extremely powerful Nirvana energy. So long as Ling Bai is alive,
this energy will be confined within that space forever, and its objective is naturally to
protect Ling Bai’s life. But, so long as Ling Bai is dead, that space will be destroyed along
with him,” said Ji Yu slowly.

Kill Ling Bai?

Chen Xi’s heart skipped a beat, and he forcefully stopped himself from asking. He knew
that Ji Yu would surely not do this, otherwise, Ji Yu wouldn’t execute the Soulfuse Arts
and fuse Ling Bai with the Seventhgold Swordbamboo.

Ji Yu continued. “Of course, it’s different now. After Ling Bai cultivated the Soulfuse Arts,
he has already fused into one with the Seventhgold Swordbamboo, and it’s no different
from being reborn. At this moment, the Nirvana energy that holds the Sword Tomb Nirvana
Realm together is a tree without roots, water without a source, and you can break open the
confines by asking Ling Bai to absorb them.”

“So that’s how it is.” Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding.

“Right, take Bai Kui along when you leave,” said Ji Yu. Bai Kui that lay in Ji Yu’s embrace
was already extremely anxious since long ago, and he flew onto Chen Xi’s left shoulder
with a swish before stretching out his pink and tender little tongue to lick Chen Xi’s neck
with extreme warmth.

Chen Xi was licked to the point he felt slightly itchy, and he was just about to stop Bai Kui
when he instead saw Ling Bai’s eyes light up upon seeing Bai Kui. Ling Bai leaped onto
Chen Xi’s left shoulder with a swish before straddling his legs, intending to ride on Bai
Kui’s body, and he even cried out excitedly. “What a good spirit beast, it’s just right to be
my mount, to accompany me as I point my sword at the world and make a name for
myself!”

Ling Bai was 10 cm tall and wore white clothes; Bai Kui instead possessed fluffy snow
white fur and was only the size of a fist, and the two little fellows seemed to contrast
beautifully with each other.
However, Bai Kui was instead unwilling to allow Ling Bai to mount him, and his figure
flashed, instantly leaping onto Chen Xi’s right shoulder. When Ling Bai saw this, he
couldn’t help but burst into rage, and he said in his heart before chasing after Bai Kui. A
little spirit beast dares resist me? 

Just like this, the two little fellows chased after each other atop Chen Xi’s shoulders, and
their speeds were both swift like a bolt of lightning as they played extremely happily.

“After you go out, find some Magic Treasures you can use to feed him. After all, he’s a top
auspicious beast in the world, and making him starve isn’t a good thing.”

Ji Yu said with a smile, “I’ve already helped you conceal his aura. Unless it’s an almighty
figure that has comprehended the profundity of nature, otherwise, no one in this world is
able to recognize his identity.”

“Okay, I’ll take good care of him.” Chen Xi nodded. A Pixiu was able to gather karmic
luck, and such an auspicious beast was something even many almighty figures from ancient
times were extremely covetous of, so he naturally wouldn’t do anything that ruined god’s
good gifts.

“Alright, leave the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm first. Once you leave the abode this time,
you can enter once more when your body refinement and qi refinement cultivations both
enter into the Golden Hall Realm.” Ji Yu flicked his sleeve and a formidable strength that
couldn’t be defended against surged out, and Chen Xi felt his vision go black before he
vanished within the abode in the next moment.

——

Ancient and decayed marks were everywhere within the exceedingly vast and grand hall,
like broken tables, chairs, pedestals, stone pillars… And the white and ghastly bones that
filled the ground.

“Why are there so many bones in this place? Could it be that it’s a restricted area used for
confining prisoners?” Su Leng’s gaze swept the surroundings, and as he looked at the
decaying bones, rusty and mottled weapons, and corroded and shattered clothing, his heart
palpitated for no reason.

Kacha! Kacha!

Su Dingyi’s group of six trampled on the innumerable bones as they searched the great hall
excitedly, and they seemed to want to discover some treasures. But to their astonishment,
this place actually didn’t contain a single treasure, and their expressions instantly became
exceedingly unsightly.

“Martial Uncle Su Leng, this place is obviously an abandoned palace. There are no
treasures here and it seems like no one has come here for an extremely long time.”
“Yeah, I originally thought that Chen Xi was hiding here, but who knew that it’s actually a
damnable place like this, such bad luck!”

“Dammit, I wonder who had nothing better to do than to open a confined space like this.
There’s something wrong with that person’s head, right?”

Su Dingyi’s group of three grumbled endlessly. They originally thought it was a secret
realm and even if it wasn’t good, they would still be able to find Chen Xi’s tracks from
within it. But unexpectedly, there wasn’t anything valuable at all, and they were naturally
slightly exasperated.

“Did all of you not notice that there seems to be a type of energy surging here? It’s neither
being created nor destroyed, neither alive nor dead, and it causes one to feel despair,
helpless, dispirited, uneasy…” Su Leng’s eyes gazed at the surroundings as he spoke
slowly.

The hearts of everyone jerked when they were reminded, and it was indeed as Su Leng said,
the entire vast great hall was indeed deathly silent to the point it was slightly bizarre.
Unknowingly, it had caused their feelings to be stuffed full of various unpleasant feelings.

“Let’s go! This place is too strange, we should leave quickly…” Su Leng hadn’t finished
speaking when an unexpected event abruptly occurred within the great hall.

Whoosh!

A black hole tore space apart as it appeared at the center of the great hall, and practically at
the same moment, a thin youth flew out from within it.

This youth had handsome features and an extraordinary disposition, and the hole in space
vanished without a trace after he appeared.

“Chen Xi!”

“This fellow was really hiding here!”

“Haha, traveling far and wide, yet finding him by chance!”

When they saw this youth, Su Dingyi and the other all revealed a trace of violent joy, as
they originally thought that they would return empty handed, yet never imagined that the
‘treasures’ would deliver itself to them!

“Dammit! Why have they come in as well?”

Chen Xi’s pupils couldn’t help but constrict as his gaze swept past Su Dingyi’s group of
six, and especially when he saw the black clothed and cold young man that stood in the
center position.

This person casually stood there yet his body emitted an extremely terrifying aura.
Moreover, the energy of Yin and Yang vaguely flowed about above him, occasionally
transforming into spirit and essence, and occasionally surging out with strands of black and
white flames that leaped about.

Spirit and essence being generated together, and Yin and Yang blended together.

A Golden Core Realm cultivator.

After a cultivator advanced into the Golden Core Realm, the cultivator would have
condensed the True Essence within the body into a Golden Core which the Yin and Yang
within had blended and promoted the generation of spirit and essence, and various strange
phenomenon would surge out above the cultivator.

For example, the indistinct pattern of airflow that surged out above Su Leng was the
phenomenon that was formed from the circulation of his own formidable vital energy and
blood.

Six Golden Hall Realm cultivators are already sufficient to give me a headache. Now
another Golden Core Realm cultivator has come… Besides being surprised in his heart, the
nerves in Chen Xi’s entire body were instantly strained to the limit.

“He’s Chen Xi?” Su Leng glanced coldly at Chen Xi and said coldly, “I’m Su Leng, don’t
forget my name when you die.”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As he spoke, the airflow on Su Leng’s body surged and roiled like a beating drum that
emitted a string of explosive bangs.

Swoosh!

A flying sword tore through the sky and fiercely struck towards the distant Chen Xi.

He didn’t even say a word before attacking, he was cold and merciless!
Chapter 111 – One Against All

Swish!

The flying sword tore through the sky as if transformed into five tiny flying swords.

Every flying sword assumed a different color, red, green, blue, yellow, and violet. After
they shot out, they formed a lotus shaped sword formation in midair, and a terrifying killing
intent surged out from it, causing the space within a proximity of 300m to be pierced to the
point that it droned ceaselessly. All the bones, tables, chairs and stone pillars within the
great hall were obliterated into powder and scattered into the air.

At that instant, the originally empty great hall had become a ghastly and terrifying hell. The
sky was filled with sharp and ear piercing sword howls that were like the incredibly forlorn
and bitter wailing of ghosts.

“Five Evils Composite Sword!” A wisp of shock gushed out from Ling Bai’s eyes when he
saw the five colored sword formation before being replaced by rage. He’d once heard his
Master mention that this sort of sword technique was cultivated by those who cultivated the
Evil Dao, and it was refined from five type of vengeful souls that died with rage,
resentment, lust, sorrow, and greed. Every type required a total of 50,000 souls to refine the
five malicious evil swords, and when they were grouped together, they were the Five Evils
Composite Sword. Once the sword was successfully refined, it was even able to condense a
Devil God, and its might was comparable to a top-grade heaven-rank Magic Treasure.

When he saw Su Leng use this sword, how could Ling Bai not know that this fellow had
tortured and killed 250,000 lives?

“Chen Xi, leave this person to me!” These thoughts practically flashed in Ling Bai’s mind
within an instant, and the little fellow shouted out in rage before suddenly soaring into the
sky. His entire body was twined by lightning as nirvanic energy spread out, and he swiftly
transformed into a large sword that was 30m wide before fiercely slashing downwards!

Chen Xi had already noticed something was off the instant Su Leng spoke, and the eight
Netherezim Baleful Swords floated around his body, waiting to counterattack. When he
suddenly saw Ling Bai fearlessly attacking, his figure moved towards the nearby Su Dingyi
and the others right away.

No matter if it was Ling Bai or Chen Xi, the speed of their reactions at this instant simply
seemed as if they’d long since discussed it, and the two of them had chosen their respective
opponents with tacit understanding at almost the instant Su Leng made a move.

This was a battle!

A battle that decided life and death!

There was no time for unnecessary words, nor was there time for consideration. It tested
combat experience and reaction speed, and it was possible that being a beat slower would
cause one to die in an instant.

Ling Bai has fused with the Seventhgold Swordbamboo, his cultivation is comparable to a
Golden Hall Realm cultivator, and he himself contains Nirvana Sword Insight of the
highest order. When dealing with Su Leng, who’s at the Golden Core Realm, he would
surely not be defeated for some time. Whereas what I have to do is swiftly kill Su Dingyi
and the others, then go against Su Leng with Ling Bai! Chen Xi’s killing intent surged and
he intended to end the battle swiftly.

Kill!

The eight Netherezim Flying Swords droned and howled as they transformed into
unparalleled flowing lights that were like tidewater as they shot towards the closest Su
Dingyuan.

The reaction speed of Su Dingyi’s group of six wasn't slow either, and the six of them had
withdrawn their own Magic Treasures, which were all flying swords, the instant Su Leng
attacked.

The six of them were all Golden Hall Realm cultivators. Although their strength varied,
they’d experienced numerous fierce battles together, and their cooperation possessed an
extreme tacit understanding. At this moment, when they saw Chen Xi charging over in
attack, it fitted exactly with their wishes, and the six flying swords tore through the sky as
they thundered out.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

The might of the swords surged, and the energy of each flying sword was different, either
powerful like a dragon, surging like a wave, fine like the rain, or violent like flames, and
they were crisscrossed together both horizontally and vertically. They formed a myriad of
sword lights that were like streams that oscillated in all directions, and it was like a large
net that couldn’t be avoided had slashed towards Chen Xi.

This kid is dead!

Su Dingyi and the others were extremely confident that with their joint attacks, they were
able to persist for a period of time, even if they were going against a cultivator at the
Golden Core Realm, let alone Chen Xi who was only a Violet Palace Realm cultivator that
was inferior to them by a realm. Killing a fellow like this was simply as easy as blowing off
dust.

However, a scene that exceeded their expectations occurred...

Chen Xi’s entire body was surrounded by the eight Netherezim Flying Swords, and not
only did he not dodge, he instead charged head-on to rush into the sword lights that covered
the heavens and the earth. His figure was like a ghost, like wind, like lightning, he was fast
to the point only a shadow that was almost translucent could be seen, and his entire body
had virtually transformed into a strand of wind that could get into every opening. He
shuttled back, forth, and between the tiny gaps in the myriad of sword lights, and he moved
forward with extreme speed!

“What swift speed!”

“Wind Dao Insight!”

“What movement technique is this?”

The pupils of Su Dingyi and the others had all constricted, yet their movements weren’t
slow. They controlled their flying swords to instantly slash out with a myriad of swift and
fierce sword lights that descended like a violent storm, and the sword lights were dense to
the point they were like rolling tidewater.

Hiss! Hiss!

Numerous terrifying cuts appeared on Chen Xi’s body, and fresh blood dripped from them.

Truly an idiot! Does he think that since he has comprehended Wind Dao Insight, he can
approach by relying on his speed? He’s simply courting death!

Su Dingyi and the others revealed traces of cold smiles when they saw this. However, in the
next moment, they noticed to their astonishment that the cuts on Chen Xi’s body recovered
flawlessly in almost an instant, and it was as if everything from before was an illusion.

The ability to regrow limbs… This fellow is actually a Violet Palace Realm body refiner!

“Die!” It was at this moment that Chen Xi had already arrived beside Su Dingyuan, and the
eight Netherezim Flying Swords formed the 1st level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight
Sword Formation before slashing down right at him.

“Earthsky Mountainsplit Shield.” Never had Su Dingyuan imagined that Chen Xi was
actually able to pass through the tight encirclement and arrive by his side, but his reaction
was extremely swift. With an explosive shout, a 3m tall enormous shield had appeared
before him. Runes covered the shield as earthen yellow lights suffused it and drifted out,
and it possessed oppressive spirit energy. Obviously, it was a formidable Magic Treasure
with shocking defense.

However, what Su Dingyuan never expected was that the eight Netherezim Flying Swords
would suddenly stop, then shoot like a ghost towards the nearby Su Dinglong with a swish.
“This fellow is intelligent, he knows that he’s unable to move my Earthsky Mountainsplit
Shield forcefully… Ah!” Su Dingyuan abruptly felt a wave of intense pain from his soul, it
was like his soul was fiercely smashed by a sledgehammer, and it ached to the point his
head droned and he felt dizzy.

“Watch out!”

“Idiot! What’re you still standing there for!?”

“He’s done for!”

Su Dingyuan shuddered when he heard the explosive shouts that entered into his ears, and
he knew that he’d encountered a soul attack. However, when he awoke, he saw a fist
swiftly enlarging within his pupils…

Bang!

Su Dingyuan’s head was directly smashed into a ball of meat paste that scattered out, and
his body crashed onto the ground.

Kacha! Kacha!

Right when Su Dingyuan’s head was smashed into pieces, the nearby Su Dinglong had
similarly encountered danger.

He’d originally seen Su Dingyuan encounter an attack and was just intending to move
ahead to save Su Dingyuan, but he never imagined that Chen Xi’s eight flying swords
would change direction and rush towards him. He was caught off guard and only had the
time to utilize his flying sword to protect his body.

However, it was already too late. The Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation was
famous for its extreme speed, and it was a profound-rank sword formation, whereas the
eight Netherezim flying swords were all top-grade yellow-rank flying swords. When they
enveloped him, they instantly minced him and his flying sword into powder, and he didn’t
even emit a shrill cry before he died.

Su Dingyuan and Su Dinglong had died. Two Golden Hall Realm cultivators were
annihilated by Chen Xi at almost the exact same instant. His speed was so swift and the
situation of the battle was so strange that it caused the other four people to almost be unable
to react.

Just think about it. First Chen Xi charged up boldly, causing the others to mistake him for
an idiot, but in actuality, he’d intentionally allowed himself to be injured. Then, he
pretended to attack one target while really aiming for the other by confusing the hearts of
his enemies. He carried these two things out simultaneously because he wanted to kill two
of them the moment he made a move!
The resoluteness of his actions, the ruthlessness of his attacks, and his cunning for utilizing
schemes in an instant caused even Su Leng, who was in battle with Ling Bai, to be shocked.
No one had expected that Chen Xi would utilize tactics so ingeniously during the battle. It
was ingenious to the extreme, and he’d actually transcended a realm to annihilate two
Golden Hall Realm cultivators with a cultivation at the Violet Palace Realm!

Actually, this was only Chen Xi utilizing his own advantage to the limit.

Who would have imagined that he wasn’t only at the Violet Palace Realm in qi refinement,
but that even his body refinement had attained the Violet Palace Realm that could regrow
severed limbs?

Who would have imagined that he possessed a rare soul attack technique?

Who would have imagined that the might of the sword formation his eight Netherezim
Flying Swords formed was actually so formidable?

All this could be sufficiently described as attacking before the enemy was prepared.

“Watch out everyone, this kid possesses a cultivation in both body refinement and qi
refinement. His sword formation and movement technique are exceedingly formidable as
well, and can’t be judged by common sense. Attack with your full strength and avenge
Dingyuan and Dinglong!” Su Dingyi roared in rage, his flying sword transforming into a
30m long enormous dragon that possessed lifelike scales, a long beard, and claws. Its
imposing manner was violent and powerful, and a terrifying wave of flames swept out from
it.

“Flamedragon Wind Slash!” The enormous flame dragon soared into the sky, then its
enormous tail was like a mountain splitting greatsword that fiercely struck towards Chen Xi
who was on the ground.

“Seven Strike Soul Death!”

“Second-Wood Devil Subduing Sword!”

“Ultimate True Lightningbreak!”

Su Dingwei, Su Dingkong, and Su Dingrou didn’t dare hold back any longer, and they
executed their most formidable trump cards in unison. Instantly, various techniques, sword
techniques, and Magic Treasures soared into the sky within an area of 300m, and the
violent and terrifying energy shook the sky to the point it wailed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the sky of the great hall, there seemed to be countless bolts of lightning that struck down,
a violet sword qi in the form of a flame dragon, a technique that was swift like a bolt of
lightning, and an azure colored enormous sword… A variety of attacks crashed down,
instantly creating numerous large holes on the ground from impact. It caused dirt to fly up
into the air and the ground was charred. The dispersing airflow collided with the
surrounding walls and emitted a deafening bang.

Chen Xi seemed to have expected that he would encounter this scene, and after he
annihilated Su Dingyuan and Su Dinglong, his figure floated, executing the Divine
Windwing Flight to flash out at an extreme speed like a nimble sparrow. Due to him having
seized the initiative, his speed wasn’t affected in the slightest, and the instant before the
various attacks above him crashed down, he’d already charged out 3km. Ling Bai was
battling Su Leng at the place he charged out to!

“This damnable thing only knows how to rely on his swift speed to flee?” Su Dingyi
ceaselessly gnashed his teeth with hatred, and the gazes of the other three all shot fire. If
their gazes were able to kill, then Chen Xi would probably have died a thousand times long
ago.

“This won’t do! We absolutely can’t allow him to be killed by Martial Uncle Su Leng. If
we can’t even kill this little fellow at the Violet Palace Realm, then we’d have lived until
now for nothing!”

“Right! Attack together, Dingyuan and Dinglong can’t just die like that!”

“Kill!”

Under Su Dingyi’s lead, the figures of the four flashed out explosively to closely chase
after Chen Xi.

However, right when they flew out over 100m, they suddenly noticed that the distant Chen
Xi’s tracks had vanished, and they were actually unable to find him again within the
exceedingly vast great hall!

“Could it be that he used a Stealth Talisman?”

“How could that be possible? If it’s a Stealth Talisman, then I would have found it long ago
with my Spiritual perception!"

“Could it be a cloaking Magic Treasure? That’s not right, all Magic Treasures have an aura
fluctuation, and even if the body vanished, it would be unable to conceal the aura!”

Su Dingyi’s group of four were bewildered and indeterminate, but the four of them had
already experienced Chen Xi’s cunning and crafty way of battle. All of them were
extremely vigilant as they carefully took precautions, as they were deeply afraid that Chen
Xi would launch a sneak attack.
Actually, Chen Xi had stayed on the spot and utterly didn’t move, and he’d only used the
Traceless Aura Technique to hide his figure and restrain his aura. This miraculous
technique had come from the treasured techniques within the sword immortal’s abode, and
unless it was a great cultivator that had condensed Divine Sense, otherwise, it was utterly
impossible to discover his existence. The drawback was that he could only be in a
motionless state, and so long as he slightly made a move, his figure and aura would be
exposed completely.

But even then, as long as it was utilized well, the Traceless Aura Technique was still a top
weapon in stealth and assassination.

Chen Xi didn’t move, and after he made sure that Su Dingyi’s group of four wouldn’t
randomly attack his location, he’d temporarily placed his attention onto the battle situation
between little Ling Bai and Su Leng. Chen Xi’s gaze was attracted by the battle between
the two with just a slight look from the sidelines.
Chapter 112 – Annihilation

Su Leng, who was at the Golden Core Realm, was indeed terrifying. The five flying swords
that were tempered from the vengeful spirits that died of rage, resentment, greed, lust, and
sorrow converged and scattered every now and then. The sword qi on the swords was dense
to the point that it almost seemed as if it would drip down. They emitted a pungent aura of
evil and slaughter, seeming as if a group of devils were running wild as they emitted sounds
as if ghosts were wailing. Merely the forlorn and bitterly shrill sounds were sufficient to
overwhelm ordinary Violet Palace Realm cultivators with terror.

Moreover, Su Leng’s figure drifted from place to place as well. He was like a wisp of a
shadow that was dim and lightless. He was still here at this moment, instantly appearing 30
meters away in the next, and he was extremely alike to a ghost that was adept in stealth and
concealment.

But it was still little Ling Bai that attracted Chen Xi’s gaze the most.

The little fellow had already transformed into a meter long Seventhgold Swordbamboo at
the moment. Unlike when used by Chen Xi, the current Seventhgold Swordbamboo’s entire
body flickered with lightning. Arcs of lightning crackled as they leaped about and roiled.
The lightning’s piercingly cold aura of annihilation and the eternal aura of the Nirvana
Sword Insight were fused together, and it simply swept through all obstacles. Every strike
the sword slashed out with would carry along a dazzling arc of lightning that was like a
waterfall that splashed out as thunder crashed, and the extreme Yang energy of annihilation
slashed onto Su Leng’s Five Evils Composite Sword to the point it trembled and wailed
ceaselessly.

In the heaven and the earth, lightning was in charge of punishment, and it annihilated all
evil and foul things!

The Seventhgold Swordbamboo was a meter long; it grew 3cm every hundred years after
experiencing the wrath of lightning and surviving, and the energy of lightning contained
within it was vast and boundless like a great river. Earlier, when it was used in the hands of
Chen Xi, he’d not even utilized a ten thousandth of it.

Whereas the Nirvana Sword Insight was neither alive nor dead, seeming eternal, and it
caused everything to return to silence. Every sword strike was completely silent, without a
trace of the sound of the wind, seeming to instantly appear out of thin air, and it was
impossible to guard against.

With the two combined, even if Ling Bai’s cultivation wasn’t as formidable as Su Leng, but
as a strand of sword soul that mastered the inheritance of the Nirvana Sword Dao and
possessed the Seventhgold Swordbamboo as his body, the combat strength he exploded
forth with was even more formidable than Chen Xi who possessed various cultivation
techniques and abilities!
For a time, a stalemate appeared in the battle situation between Ling Bai and Su Leng, and
it caused Chen Xi and Su Dingyi’s group’s minds to sway as extraordinary splendor rippled
out from their eyes.

“Is that a Magic Treasure or a person? How can it be so terrifying? Martial Uncle Su
Leng’s Five Evils Composite Sword is a treasure obtained from a mysterious ruin, how can
it be unable to annihilate its opponent even until now?”

“Sword soul? Doesn’t seem like it, how could a sword soul control a sword by itself? Could
it be that it’s a Magic Treasure that has gained intelligence? But… It seems like only the
Immortal Artifacts of legend are able to possess such might, right?”

“I think that thing is surely an extraordinary Magic Treasure! So long as he’s able to subdue
it, Martial Uncle Su Leng’s strength might rise explosively once more!”

“Exactly, Martial Uncle Su Leng’s cultivation in the Martial Dao has already attained the
Dao Insight Stage, and he has comprehended the Nether Dao Insight that controls souls and
items of evil. It’s like the arrival of the ghost emperor in the world, like the rebirth of King
Yama, and it’s extremely formidable. In my opinion, it won’t be long before he achieves
victory!”

Su Dingyi’s group of four communicated with their souls. They vigilantly swept the
surroundings with their gazes as they sighed emotionally about the magnificence of the
battle, and they didn’t ease up their search for Chen Xi for a moment.

So it’s the Nether Dao Insight, why would this fellow comprehend such a ghastly Dao?
Could it be that he’s gone to the netherworld of King Yama’s under the nether
springs? Chen Xi was shocked in his heart. In the three dimensions, if one were to talk
about an unreal place, then it was surely the Immortal Dimension; if one were to talk about
the most ghastly and terrifying, then it would instead be the netherworld. Supposedly, the
netherworld contained the six paths of reincarnation, the netherworld blood pool, the hall of
a myriad scenes, the judge that controlled punishment, King Yama… And many other
unfathomable people and things.

But Chen Xi had only heard of it, as with his current sight and experience, he was still
unable to come into contact with such exceedingly terrifying existences.

“Idiots! What’re all of you standing there for? Quickly come assist me to capture this
thing!” Su Leng suddenly emitted a shout of explosive rage. With his arrogance and
conceit, he was originally unwilling to use the strength of Su Dingyi’s group, but up until
now, he’d noticed that his cultivation was actually completely countered by this thing that
seemed like a man, yet wasn’t a man, and seemed like a sword, yet wasn’t a sword.
Although it wasn’t to the extent that he would be defeated, he was extremely unhappy in
his heart. At this moment, when he saw Su Dingyi’s group standing foolishly in the
distance as they spectated, the rage in his heart was naturally unable to be restrained,
causing him to roar out.
“But…”

“Martial Uncle Su Leng, Chen Xi is still hiding in the shadows…”

“Yeah, exactly.”

Su Dingyi’s group of four had never imagined that Su Leng would shout at them for
assistance, they were taken by surprise by this explosive shout, and they opened their
mouths to explain right away.

It was at this moment —

What a good chance! A cold light flashed in Chen Xi’s eyes as the Shaman Energy
throughout his body surged out, and an enormous palm over 100 meters in size that was a
combination of earthen yellow and wood green color appeared out of thin air. The palm
blotted out the heavens and the earth like a mountain, and a myriad of stars revolved on the
striations of the palm as a desolate, heavy, and mysterious aura suffused out with a bang.

Divine Ability — Grand Astral Palm!

During this period of closed door cultivation in the 1st level of the Heavenpeak of Trials,
not only had Chen Xi condensed the Second-Wood Shaman Marking and advanced to the
2nd level of the Violet Palace Realm, his Divine Ability, Grand Astral Palm, had also been
cultivated to the Second-Wood Realm.

Presently, the Fifth-Earth Shaman Energy and Second-Wood Shaman Energy were
gathered on the Grand Astral Palm, and its might rose explosively by almost double. It was
originally sufficient to withstand yellow-rank Magic Treasures head-on, and now, when
struck down at full force, it was completely capable of crushing profound-rank Magic
Treasures!

After all, the Grand Astral Palm was a Divine Ability that was passed down from the
Master of the abode, and a great supreme Divine Ability that shocked the world during the
primordial era like this had almost already either been obliterated or lost. In the entire
territory of the Darchu Dynasty, it was practically unable to be seen.

Bang!

The instant the Grand Astral Palm appeared, it fiercely grabbed out and had already tightly
grasped Su Dingyi’s group of four as if it was grabbing a few tiny little ants, and it utterly
allowed no resistance. Then it fiercely gripped, and a wave of sounds of bones cracking and
shattering accompanied by the swift emission of exceedingly shrill howls completely filled
the great hall!

How fragile were the bodies of qi refinement cultivators? The defensive clothes and battle
robes on the bodies of Su Dingyi’s group were all yellow-rank Magic Treasures, yet under
the enormous strength of the Grand Astral Palm, they were simply like paper and didn’t
produce the tiniest effect.

Drip! Drip!

The Grand Astral Palm released its grip and drops of sticky blood and flesh fell from the
sky, piling into a pool of flesh mush on the ground. A pungent and bloody smell instantly
filled every inch of the space within the great hall.

Four Golden Hall Realm cultivators were crushed by a single grip of the Grand Astral
Palm!

At this moment, even Chen Xi himself couldn’t help be endlessly shocked in his heart when
he saw this scene. Although he’d known since long ago that the might of the Grand Astral
Palm was extremely terrifying... However, at this moment, when he saw four Golden Hall
Realm cultivators transforming into a pile of mush, he finally understood the true might of
the Grand Astral Palm!

But due to him not holding back in the slightest, the consumption of the Shaman Energy
within his body was extremely terrifying as well. Only this strike had consumed it almost
completely, and it was on the verge of drying up.

“Divine Ability!”

“What Divine Ability was that?”

In the distance, Su Leng abruptly leaped out from the battlefield as he emitted a sharp cry,
and a wisp of astonishment had already surged up onto his cold face. The scene from before
had practically happened in an instant. He utterly didn’t have enough time to save them
before Su Dingyi’s group of four was crushed into mush, and he almost didn’t dare believe
his eyes.

“Dammit! You actually dare get distracted while fighting me? You’re too arrogant!” Ling
Bai’s clear and immature voice sounded out, and he was blazing with anger as he
transformed into a wisp of lightning sword light that once again slashed over.

Where at this moment, Chen Xi commanded with his heart, and the Grand Astral Palm
swiftly spread out to transform into a palm that slapped fiercely towards Su Leng! He was
actually launching a pincer attack with Ling Bai and intended to crush Su Leng in one go!

Although Chen Xi didn’t know Su Leng’s identity, he knew that even if it was within the
Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan, a person with a cultivation at the Golden Core Realm was an
extremely respected existence. If he were able to kill this person at this moment, then it
would surely be a painful loss to the Su Clan.
“Want to kill me? Dream on!” Su Leng shouted out explosively, then the Nine-Wyrms
Earth Umbrella swiftly appeared with a wave of his hand. Dense runes revolved around it
ceaselessly and the nine wyrms were even suffused with bright lights, the wyrms actually
seemed as if they wanted to dash out of the umbrella, and a yellow light that was dense to
the point that it seemed material had completely covered Su Leng.

At almost the same instant, he opened his mouth and spat, and a dazzling Gold Core
revolved as it flew out. Half of it was black, the other white, representing the fused Yin and
Yang, it generated spirit and essence, and it transformed into a gold light that fiercely shot
towards the Grand Astral Palm with an intention to kill.

An intermediate-grade earth-rank defensive Magic Treasure!

A Gold Core!

At this moment, no matter who saw this scene, they would be greatly shocked. It was
impossible for anyone to expect that Chen Xi, who was only at the Violet Palace Realm,
was actually able to pressure a Golden Core Realm cultivator to this extent.

Of course, Ling Bai did the most work in this, as without him, Chen Xi would probably
encounter disaster for sure today.

Bang!

Su Leng’s Gold Core was exceedingly terrifying, and in only an instant, it easily shattered
the Grand Astral Palm, causing it to transform into a myriad of shattered stars that vanished
without a trace.

Bang!

It was at this moment that Ling Bai’s lightning sword slashed down right after, and the
violent energy of lightning and Nirvana Sword Insight slashed onto the Nine-Wyrms Earth
Umbrella to the point it trembled intensely and started to wail. The nine wyrm atop the
umbrella were struck to the point their severed limbs went flying, and they transformed into
strands of airflow that concealed themselves within the umbrella. But, this slash didn’t
break open Su Leng’s defense, and the formidableness of an earth-rank Magic Treasure
could be seen from this.

“Kill!” Chen Xi’s face remained unchanged when the Grand Astral Palm was destroyed,
and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords formed the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword
Formation before striking towards Su Leng once again. It would be weird if a Golden Core
Realm cultivator was so easy to kill.

“Dammit! Looks like I have to use my trump card!” Ling Bai’s slash didn’t even slice an
umbrella to pieces, causing him to be embarrassed and angry. His figure flashed before
he’d already transformed into a handsome 10 cm tall little person.
“Everything changes, living and dying, the lack of life and death is nirvana…” A string of
obscure and profound chanting swiftly flowed out from Ling Bai’s mouth.

Accompanied by this voice, a terrifying energy abruptly surged out from every direction in
the entire exceedingly vast great hall, this energy was neither being created nor destroyed,
neither alive nor dead, and atmosphere seemed to have returned to the extreme silent state
when the world was just formed, causing others to feel despair, helpless, dispirited…

Swish!

Ling Bai’s 10cm tall figure abruptly steadily grew taller, and the aura on his body madly
rose as well. In the blink of an eye, he’d already transformed into a 3m tall young man with
eyes that were like grey and hazy chasms that were dull. The aura that was emitted from his
body was like the aura of a god, eternal, nirvanic, and unshakeable!

“Hmm?” Su Leng had just dodged Chen Xi’s sword formation attack, and he hadn’t even
had the time to gasp for breath when he felt an extremely dangerous feeling swiftly flow
throughout his body. His heart felt as if it was pressed on by a 33km tall mountain, and it
caused his breathing to become difficult.

“What cultivation technique is this?” As he gazed at Ling Bai’s 3m tall figure, as he gazed
at those eyes that were still like a chasm, as he felt the terrifying aura that surged out from
Ling Bai’s body, Su Leng, who had always been arrogant and self-conceited, couldn’t help
but feel an icy coldness as if he’d fallen into an icy pit.

“Flee!” At practically the instant this thought flashed within his mind, Su Leng charged
outwards without the slightest hesitation, and within his hand, the Boundless Secretrealm
Discovering Pearl suffused out with a dreamlike rippling bright light that instantly shot
open a translucent and warping wall.

“Want to flee?” The corners of Ling Bai’s mouth curled into a trace of an icy cold arc, then
he pressed his palms together. Everything within the entire space seemed to have been
sucked out as space collapsed inch by inch, and a grey and translucent large illusory sword
surged out from within the collapsing space.

“Supreme Grand Nirvana Sword!” Ling Bai shouted out explosively as his palms that were
pressed together fiercely slashed forward!

Kacha! Kacha!

As soon as the grey and translucent illusory sword slashed down, the space in the entire
great hall emitted a string of ear piercing explosive sounds of shattering. When he saw this
scene, Chen Xi, who originally intended to chase after Su Leng, had stopped his footsteps
abruptly, and a strand of dense astonishment surged out from his eyes. This sword
technique… It’s actually able to tear space apart?
Pu!

Su Leng was only a step away from approaching the translucent and warping wall, but this
step was so near yet so far. It was so far the no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to
stride past it.

Because, his hair, limbs, flesh, blood… His entire body was withering away at a shocking
speed, yet it was terrifyingly silent, without the slightest bit of sound being emitted out. It
was just like he was being slowly swallowed by an invisible monster. In the blink of an eye,
he’d silently vanished from sight.

Ding!

The Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl rolled down onto the ground.
Chapter 113 – Spoils of the Battle

A single sword strike caused space to collapse inch by inch, and a Golden Core Realm
cultivator was even unable to dodge, being obliterated and dying without a sound. Not even
a corpse remained!

How terrifying was this sword?

What extent had its cultivation in the Sword Dao attained?

Although this scene only occurred in an instant, it impacted Chen Xi’s heart strongly, and
his mind shook, causing him to be unable to speak for a long time.

The Sword Dao was worthy of being a unique supreme Grand Dao in the heaven and earth!

Huff~ Huff~

Ling Bai rapidly gasped for breath as his 3m tall body transformed back into the size of a
10cm little person. His little face was ghastly pale, exhausted to the extreme, yet the space
between his brows was filled with an arrogance that looked down upon the world.
Obviously, the little fellow was extremely complacent for being able to kill Su Leng.

“Leave quickly! If we don’t leave then the exit will vanish!” Ling Bai leaped onto Chen
Xi’s shoulder before waving his hand, and the weapons and storage Magic Treasures that
Su Leng and Su Dingyi’s group of six left behind were all made to fly towards him.

Chen Xi looked up and saw the exceedingly vast great hall’s walls, stone pillars, and
ground were all emitting ominous sounds as numerous cracks appeared on them. As they
swayed intensely and without end, they were on the verge of shattering and being
destroyed.

Whereas at the place that Su Leng died, a warping and translucent passageway led directly
to the outside. Obviously, this was a rift that was slashed open by Ling Bai’s fierce sword
strike.

Swoosh!

How could Chen Xi dare hesitate? He instantly executed the Divine Windwing Flight and
he was a like a bolt of lightning as he swiftly charged through the passageway.

Rumble!

Right when Chen Xi’s figure left, the entire great hall collapsed with a bang. The bones,
mush, and corpses on the ground were swallowed up by violent the turbulent flow of space
and were obliterated.
Just like this, the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm that had existed for 10,000 years had
completely vanished. The Su Clan’s youngest Golden Core Realm cultivators and six
Golden Hall Realm cultivators had all fallen, and after being swallowed by the turbulent
flow of space, they vanished completely without leaving behind the tiniest trace.

Gales howled and sandstorms raged deep within the Oceanic Desert.

Swoosh!

Before a spatial tear that was 3km long, a figure flashed out from inside of it, and with a
few ups and down, the figure stably stood on the ground.

So close. If it wasn’t for Ling Bai’s reminder, I would have nearly died within it. That
turbulent flow of space is too terrifying! Chen Xi let out a long breath of air, and when he
recalled the scene from before, he still felt a lingering fear in his heart, then he said to
himself. I wonder how those experts are able to open up a pocket within space? This level
of ability is comparable to reversing the flow of space.

“Oh, we’re rich, we’re rich!” Ling Bai flew about happily before Chen Xi as a string of
storage Magic Treasures like rings, belts, and bracelets followed behind him. There were
seven, all of them were twined in the aura of treasures as they flickered with bright lights,
and they swayed behind Ling Bai like a dazzling tail.

“Roar! Roar!” Bai Kui that was like a little lion seemed as if he’d seen enticing delicacies,
and he impatiently chased after Ling Bai with an expression as if his mouth was watering.

Six of these storage Magic Treasures came from Golden Hall Realm cultivators, and the
jade green jade bracelet amongst them was possessed by a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
How much treasure would be stored within? Just thinking about it would cause one to be
excited.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but reveal a slight smile on his face. With a wave of his hand, all
these storage Magic Treasures fell into his palm and he started to sort the spoils.

Ling Bai and Bai Kui instead looked eagerly from the side with sparkling eyes, and these
two little fellows clearly possessed special affection towards Magic Treasures.

Su Leng’s storage bracelet was extremely verdant in color. There seemed to be a surging
silver river with scattered rays of starlight within it that formed numerous formations like
the Tranquility Formation, Dustproof Formation, Fire and Water Generation Formation,
etc. The might of these formations couldn’t be said to be great, yet they were all some
extremely practical minor formations.
Chen Xi didn’t even take a look before directly grabbing it with his left hand as he spat out
a mouthful of True Essence and directly wiped off the soul brand atop it. Su Leng was
already dead, and the soul brand atop it didn’t possess the slightest room for resistance.

The instant the storage bracelet was opened up, Ling Bai hurriedly moved closer to look
within it.

Swoosh!

When the bracelet opened, a bright light that was formed from both black and white rushed
out from within, then it transformed into a white jade book and a black jade brush that
smashed towards Ling Bai’s eyes, causing him to be startled and to retreat hurriedly.

Book and brush?

Chen Xi was stunned, and when he saw the two treasures seeming to want to escape, he
hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab them. Unexpectedly, the black jade brush swiftly
turned around before fiercely slashing the sharp tip of the brush at Chen Xi’s palm.

The piercingly cold and fierce energy directly slashed out a shattered wave of air in the sky
that was like a silver river’s waterfall splashing down.

What treasure is this? It even knows how to attack? Chen Xi’s eyes lit up, yet his hands
didn’t dally, he clenched his hand into a fist and his Shaman Energy surged as he fiercely
struck out with a punch.

Bang!

The black jade brush was struck down to the ground by this strike, tumbling left and right
as if it was drunk. It wanted to fly up again, yet was already clutched by Chen Xi’s hand.

At practically the same instant, his left hand swiftly stretched forward, and a large net
condensed from Shaman Energy enveloped the white jade book that had fled 300 meters
away. With a pull and catch, he’d already brought the white jade book into his palm, and no
matter how it struggled, it was unable to escape Chen Xi’s hand again.

It possesses such shocking intelligence, I wonder what treasure it is? Chen Xi gazed at the
treasures as he spoke.

Meanwhile, the white jade book and black jade brush revealed their true forms. The white
jade book was coiled in glowing mist and entirely icy cold, and it emitted a strange aura
that was vast like the sea. On its surface was two large words, Netherworld Register. The
writing was orderly and precise, and it caused strong feelings of justice, impartiality, and
respect to emerge from one’s heart.
The words Netherworld Diary would cause the heart of one who glanced at it to go cold
and to think of some ghastly and terrifying things in one’s mind. However, the white jade
book placed before Chen was instead vast, lofty, and righteous. It was like the righteous qi
in the chest of an ancient saintly scholar; it was dignified, imposing, and frank.

Whereas the entirely black jade brush was icy cold and was made from an unknown
material that seemed like iron, yet wasn’t iron, and seemed like jade, yet wasn’t jade. It was
entirely pitch-black to the point there wasn’t a trace of flaw, and it was a type of blackness
that was pure to the extreme. On it were the words Condemn Evil that were written in bold
and vigorous strokes, and an inexplicable terrifying killing intent assaulted his face.

“Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!” Chen Xi felt his sea of consciousness being filled with innumerable
words that spelled kill, countless sounds of shouting, countless sounds of weapons
colliding, countless drops of fresh blood, and piercingly cold overbearingness that seemed
to want to judge the world and condemn all evil.

“Hu!” Chen Xi hurriedly moved his gaze away, and his entire body was already drenched
wet from cold sweat as if he’d just come out from being immersed in water. So formidable!
The Netherworld Register is righteous and upright, and the Condemn Evil brush clangs
with the sounds of slaughter. Exactly what treasure is this?

“Could it be a rare treasure from the Netherworld’s six paths of reincarnation? No, it seems
that a treasure like this existed during the time of the primordial saints…” The nearby Ling
Bai frowned as he thought hard and muttered. Obviously, he didn’t recognize what this was
as well.

“Let’s open it first.” Chen Xi thought for a moment before stretching out his hand,
intending to flip open the Netherworld Register, yet he felt a shapeless restriction suddenly
surge out and it shook his fingers to the point that they went numb.

“I can’t open it?” Chen Xi was unwilling to give up and tried using True Essence, Shaman
Energy, and even his soul's Spiritual Perception, yet no matter how he tried, he would
always be reflected back by a shapeless restriction, and it caused Chen Xi to feel astonished
and depressed.

“Roar!” The nearby Bai Kui had become impatient from waiting long ago, and it was as if
he’d seen a supreme delicacy of the world, roaring as he impatiently charged out before
opening his mouth to swallow the Netherworld Register. Yet he was grabbed ahold of by
Chen Xi and was unable to move. His eyes still stared fixedly at the Netherworld Register,
and they were a shiny jade color like a wolf that was hungry to the extreme.

Even the infant Pixiu that loved to eat the rare treasures of the world couldn’t refrain from
wanting to take a bite, and it was extremely obvious that this book and brush were surely a
pair of extraordinary treasures.
I wonder where this fellow Su Leng obtained it? I’m afraid even he hasn’t seen through its
profundities, right? Chen Xi was extremely depressed, and under his helplessness, he could
only toss the Netherworld Register and Condemn Evil brush into his storage ring before
once again looking at the jade bracelet in his hand.

This time, nothing charged out of it again.

However, there weren’t any treasure within that took Chen Xi’s breath away, only 30 kgs
of spirit liquid, a huge pile of pills and herbs, and some valuable spirit materials remained.
Their conditions were all extraordinary and practically were all in the ranks of the treasures
of the heaven and earth, and they could be considered to be a shocking sum of wealth.

But after that, Chen Xi did discover a sword technique. Shockingly, it was refinement and
cultivation technique of the Five Evils Composite Sword, and it was extremely evil and
malicious.

Chen Xi destroyed this sword technique right away, as he rejected evil and malicious things
extremely in his heart, let alone this sword technique which required the torture and killing
of an 250,000 lives. Although he wasn’t a good person in a traditional sense, he was
absolutely unable to commit such heinous crimes.

After casually tossing over 10 medicinal pills to Bai Kui, Chen Xi shot his gaze onto the
storage Magic Treasures of Su Dingyi’s group of six.

84 low-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures, 12 intermediate-grade yellow-rank Magic

Treasures, 6 high-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures, and 1 top-grade yellow-rank Magic
Treasure… After a short while, Chen Xi had completely finished sorting all the storage
Magic Treasures, and besides discovering a huge amount of Magic Treasures, there were
also medicinal pills, materials, and spirit liquids. Their total worth was only similar to the
worth of Su Leng’s treasures alone.

These Magic Treasures are either sabers, spears, horsetail whisks, tassels… Only six flying
swords that are at the high-grade yellow-rank are useful to me, and I have no use of the
others. Truly depressing gains!” Chen Xi shook his head helplessly, and as he looked at
Bai Kui who happily wagged his tail as he ate one Magic Treasure after another, the
depression in Chen Xi’s heart grew even stronger. He’d worked laboriously for all this, yet
it seemed to be food replenishment for the little fellow.

Kacha! Kacha!

A wave of crisp sounds resounded out by his ears, Chen Xi turned to look and saw Ling Bai
holding a low-grade yellow-rank flying sword in his arms as he devoured it as if devouring
tofu with a delighted expression on his face, and the sharpness of his teeth caused Chen Xi
to almost not dare believe his eyes.
I… Could it be that I’m raising two gluttons? Chen Xi suddenly felt that this was far from
good. If this were to go on in the future, then how many treasures would he have to use to
fill up the stomachs of these two little fellows?

“Ling Bai, why have you started eating as well?” Chen Xi pointed at the flying sword in
Ling Bai’s hands that had been eaten to the point it was wrecked.

“Oh, I’m cultivating.” As he spoke, Ling Bai finished the flying sword in his hand with a
single bite, then with a wave of his hand, another flying sword entered into his hand before
he opened his mouth and took a bite.

No matter how poised Chen Xi was, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch, and
he suddenly thought of something. “Right, since you can already cultivate now, then what
cultivation technique are you cultivating?”

“It’s naturally the Nirvana Sword Scripture. You saw it earlier, I killed a Golden Core
Realm cultivator!” Ling Bai raised his chin proudly, and he spoke word for word as if he
was seeking credit.

“That was the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm’s energy. It was left behind by your Master to
protect you, and it was only used by you.” Chen Xi had only just wrapped his head around
it.

Ji Yu had once said before he left the abode, that the key to leaving the Sword Tomb
Nirvana Realm was to make Ling Bai absorb the energy left behind by Ling Bai’s Master.
If inferred in this way, Ling Bai had indeed absorbed this terrifying energy, but he turned it
around and used it all to kill Su Leng.

“I killed him at any rate.” Ling Bai smirked and completely didn’t mind Chen Xi exposing
him.

“Then you have to endlessly devour Magic Treasures to advance your cultivation?” Chen
Xi asked the most critical question.

“It’s indeed so. Just like qi refiners breathe in spirit energy and body refiners convert
Shaman Energy, my body is a Magic Treasure, so I naturally have to devour even more
Magic Treasures to strengthen myself. Along with the increase in my cultivation, the grade
and rank of the Magic Treasures I require will increase.” As he spoke, Ling Bai ate another
Magic Treasure in a few bites, the burped in comfort.

After confirming the glutton attribute of the two little fellows, Chen Xi couldn’t help but
hold his forehead and sigh endlessly, and he recalled something Duanmu Ze had once said.
“Who can understand the feeling of having one’s face covered in tears?”

Authors note: This chapter is a slight transitional chapter, and there are some things that
must be buried first as it’s related to the future plot. I’m not dragging the story!
Chapter 114 – Shocking Dragon Lake City

Seeming to have noticed the depression in Chen Xi’s heart, Ling Bai flipped his hand and a
pearl appeared. It was translucent and sparkling like a drop of water, and a dreamlike
rippling sheen was suffused on its entire surface.

“Oh, this Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl is a rare treasure in the world that’s
refined by gathering the Spirit Void Crystals from the starry sky in space; it’s very rare and
valuable. It’s able to sense and break open the walls of some secret realms and abodes. Su
Leng used this to enter the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm.” Ling Bai grinned as he explained
before tossing it to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but rise in spirits in his heart when he received it. If this thing is
really as Ling Bai said, then it’s absolutely a good tool in coming across Immortal
Fortune!

What was called coming across Immortal Fortune was when during the path of cultivation,
a cultivator was sent out by their sects to gain experience and wander about the world to
find treasures of heaven and earth, abodes, and secret realms. If they were able to obtain
ancient treasures, medicinal pills, Magic Treasures, or cultivation techniques during these
fortuitous encounters, then it would be because they had deep good fortune and had come
across Immortal Fortune.

Every large sect had this sort of training, and there would be a large batch of disciples that
would go to mysterious places to explore and hunt for treasures under the name of gaining
experience every year.

This practice was not only able to temper the disposition and strength of a disciple, but also
possessed an extremely large possibility of obtaining treasures and inheritance from some
secret realms and abodes; it provided great benefit, as it was able to bring benefit to one’s
self and glory to the sect. Thus, ‘coming across Immortal Fortune’ prevailed and was
extremely popular in the cultivation world, and it hadn’t declined for a long time.

Of course, fortune and danger were two sides of a coin. Most abodes and secret realms
were filled with various restrictions and mechanisms. Some ancient ruins even contained
remnants of various terrifying treasures, and those with slightly weaker strength might be
unable to leave forever.

However, dangerous or not, for the sake of fortuitous encounters and their own Immortal
Fortune, there were still many cultivators that poured one after the other into the wave
towards coming across Immortal Fortune. Regretfully, most of the cultivators weren’t even
able to find the door to the abodes and secret realms, let alone danger…

Whereas possessing the Boundless Secretrealm Discovering Pearl was equivalent to

possessing a shortcut to find the door to secret realms and abodes, and possessing the key to
open the door to these places. Who wouldn’t be wildly excited from possessing such a
treasure?

Chen Xi carefully placed the pearl into his storage ring and only now was the depression in
his heart greatly relieved. He put everything away right away before identifying the
direction and flashing out of the Oceanic Desert.

The Hidden Dragon Rankings of Dragon Lake City was about to begin, and if he didn’t
make hay while the sun shines, he probably wouldn’t make it.

Swoosh!

Within the gales and sandstorms, a figure was like the wind as he flashed towards the
distance, swiftly vanishing into the horizon.

——

Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan was one of the six great clans of the city. Its estate occupied an
extremely vast expanse of land that encompassed countless gardens, row upon rows of
magnificent pavilions, and courtyards that stood in great numbers. Every corner of the
estate revealed an aura of luxury and grandness.

The Su Clan’s discussion room was a spacious hall paved with sapphire colored stones, and
an incense burner in the shape of an auspicious beast emitted smoke. Four jade pillars that
required a few people to fully encircle stood towering within the hall. At 300 meters tall,
they were sturdy and firm, and engraved upon them was dragons, phoenixes, divine turtles,
spirit cranes, green pines, waterfalls, and other auspicious diagrams. Mist and smoke were
suffused around these diagrams, and they seemed lifelike.

Behind the jade throne at the center was a screen lined with precious stones and metals.
Mountains and rivers rose and fell on it, with the sun and moon facing each other from afar.
It was vast and magnificent, revealing a majestic aura of grandeur.

At this moment, a black clothed middle aged man wearing a traditional hat sat on the center
throne. He had big eyes and bushy eyebrows, a broad cheekbone, and a pair of eyes that
were starry and seemed electrifying, and he was extremely dignified.

12 jade chairs were placed at both sides of the hall. At this moment, besides the last chair
on the left that was empty, the other 11 chairs were already occupied with people.

There were men and women; young and old; and even a red clothed boy that had an
appearance of a young child amongst these people. Although their appearances and
clothing were different, the auras on their bodies were extremely formidable. A wisp of Yin
and Yang slowly flowed as spirit and essence were generated, and a myriad of strange
phenomenon occurred above them.
Obviously, the lowest cultivation amongst them was at the Golden Core Realm!

Further behind stood nine yellow clothed men and women who possessed long pulses of qi
and steady bearings. Their cultivations were all around the Golden Hall Realm, and they
were the central force of the Su Clan.

In the back was a mass of violet clothed disciples, over 100 people, all of whom were full
of spirit with bright lights revolving within their eyes, and they were valiant and
extraordinary.

Amongst them, only one person particularly stood out, and that was a young girl in a black
dress. She possessed black brows that curved upwards, beauty that was like a painting, and
the corners of her mouth was slightly raised; she had a restrained disposition that revealed
proudness that couldn’t be concealed. Shockingly, she was the Su Clan Patriarch, Su
Zhentian’s, daughter, the person who was reputed as one of the dual suns of Dragon Lake
City, Su Jiao!

“I called everyone together here today because I have two things to discuss.” On the jade
throne at the center, Su Zhentian lightly knocked the back of the throne as he spoke with a
light voice, and at the instant he spoke, a pressure that was like a mountain swept through
the entire hall.

“Firstly, Pine Mist City’s Li Clan was annihilated a few days ago. The Li Clan had deep
relationships with our Su Clan and has always been an efficient arm of the Su Clan. Now
that it has been annihilated, our Su Clan naturally should stand out and apprehend the
villain to take revenge for the Li Clan. I’ve already obtained reliable information that the
assailant is a piece of leftover trash from the Chen Clan, the eldest grandchild of old dog
Chen Tianli, Chen Xi!”

When he said the words, Chen Xi, Su Zhentian spoke in a heavier tone, and he seemed to
hate this person to the bone.

“Who’s Chen Xi?”

“Yeah, how audacious is this person!? Annihilating an entire clan, he’s too unbridled!”

“Hmm? I seem to have heard of him from somewhere?”

The mass of violet clothed disciples discussed animatedly, yet the 11 elders, 9 Golden Hall
Realm cultivators, and Su Jiao were instead silent. Obviously, they’d known of the incident
at Pine Mist City long ago.

“Silence!” The person at the first seat on the right in the hall, the red clothed boy that
looked like a young child abruptly turned around with raised eyebrows as he shouted
explosively. His voice was like thunder and it shocked those violet clothed disciples to the
point their bodies shook, and they kept silent like cicadas in cold weather.
The child’s name was Su Lingfeng and he was the Grand Elder of the Su Clan. He
possessed this appearance of a young child due to having cultivated a strange technique, but
his true age was already at 1,000 years old.

“It isn’t important if you’ve heard of him or not, what’s important is that not only has that
Chen Xi annihilated the Li Clan, he even seized the treasures in the Southern Barbaric
Nether Domain’s sword immortal’s abode that ought to have belonged to my Su Clan, and
it’s precisely because of this that he was able to annihilate the entire Li Clan by himself.”
Su Zhentian spoke slowly. “After all, this kid was still a little ant at the Congenital Realm
one year ago, yet now he slaughtered all six Violet Palace Realm elders of the Li Clan. It
can be imagined how great were the benefits he obtained in the sword immortal’s abode!
Whereas these benefits originally ought to belong to my Su Clan!”

Whoosh!

The pupils of all the violet clothed disciples dilated, seeming to not dare believe their own
ears. If it wasn’t for them being afraid of the deterrent force of the Grand Elder, Su
Lingfeng, they would have exclaimed our in shock since long ago.

A fellow that was still at the Congenital Realm one year ago annihilated an entire clan by
himself one year later? Exactly how heaven defying was the cultivation techniques and
Magic Treasures he’d obtained from the sword immortal’s abode!?

Whereas these treasures originally ought to belong to the Su Clan!

When they thought up to here, the eyes of all these violet clothed disciples revealed rage,
and they wished for nothing more than to drag out that bastard called Chen Xi and make
him spit out everything he’d obtained!

“Now, my Su Clan’s Golden Hall Realm experts of the ‘Ding’ generation have already
headed over to apprehend Chen Xi, moreover, Elder Su Leng has gone to assist them as
well. I presume it won’t be long before they will be able to apprehend the villain Chen Xi
and make him hand over those treasures he’d stolen.” When he spoke up to here, a trace of
a smile appeared on the corners of Su Zhentian’s mouth. “In this way, my Su Clan will be
able to help take revenge for the Li Clan and seize the treasures that originally belonged to
us, and it can be considered to be killing two birds with one stone. I and the Elders have
come to a unanimous agreement, we’ve decided to reward these treasures to all the Violet
Palace Realm disciples, and this is one of the reasons I gathered all of you here today.”

“Distributing the treasures to us?”

“This isn’t real, right?”

“My god! That’s the treasure from within the sword immortal’s abode!”
The 100 plus violet clothed disciples couldn’t restrain the pleasant surprise in their hearts
any longer, and they all spoke out as if in an uproar. Pleasant surprise! This was absolutely
an extremely great pleasant surprise!

At this moment, even the nearby nine Golden Hall Realm disciples revealed expressions of
jealousy and envy, and they felt it was a pity that there was nothing for them.

“Silence!” The Grand Elder, Su Lingfeng had to shout out explosively once more and
restrain this buzzing and disorderly situation.

“Of course, there’re conditions for obtaining the treasures.” Su Zhentian only spoke after
the hall returned to silence. “The Hidden Dragon Ranking’s competition will be held in half
a month from now. At that time, the Violet Palace Realm disciples of the eight great sects,
three great institutions, and the six great clans including our Su Clan will all participate in
it. So long as someone amongst all of you is able to enter the first 100 ranks, that person
will be rewarded with one treasure. Entering the first 50 ranks will be rewarded with two
treasures. Entering the top 10 ranks will not only be rewarded with three treasures, but will
also be rewarded with being promoted to become a core disciple of my Su Clan and enjoy
the treatment of a Golden Hall Realm disciple!”

Hidden Dragon Ranking competition?

So that’s how it is!

The over 100 violet clothed disciples rubbed their hands and fists together as their eyes
emitted a burning gaze. They were originally going to participate in the Hidden Dragon
Ranking competition and compete with all the outstanding figures in the southern territory.
The substantial rewards that the Patriarch, Su Zhentian, promised made their resolution to
participate in the competition become even more firm.

“If one is able to seize the top three rankings…” Su Zhentian’s gaze swept the surroundings
before saying word by word. “I will ask the Ancestor to make an exception and take you as
a disciple!”

Become the Ancestor’s disciple?

The breathing of everyone present including the 11 elders stopped as their faces emitted
boundless burning desire and longing. The Su Clan’s Ancestor was the most mysterious
and most terrifying existence in the Su Clan!

It was at this moment that a sharp and hoarse voice sounded out from outside the hall.
“Patriarch, something has gone wrong! The Soul Vitality Lamp of Elder Su Leng, Dingyi,
Dingyuan, Dinglong, Dingkong, Dingwei, and Dingrou have all been extinguished in
unison!”

Bang!
A teacup smashed onto the ground and the entire beautifully decorated discussion room fell
into deep deathly silence.

On this day, the news of one Golden Core Realm cultivator and six Golden Hall Realm
cultivators of the Su Clan falling seemed as if it had grown wings as it flew into the ears of
all the powers in Dragon Lake City.

For a time, the entire city was shocked!

The Su Clan possessed 12 Golden Core Realm Elders and 15 Golden Hall Realm
cultivators, and amongst the six great clans of Dragon Lake City, it was an existence at the
top. Now that six Golden Hall Realm cultivators had died in a short amount of time, and
especially that a Golden Core Realm Elder had fallen, it instantly weakened the enormous
strength of the Su Clan by a large amount.

The size of the Su Clan’s loss caused all the powers who heard of this news to be extremely
shocked.

Exactly who dared be so ruthless towards the Su Clan?

Numerous scouts were sent out like tidewater, and before long, practically all the powers in
Dragon Lake City obtained the same answer — Chen Xi!

To most people in Dragon Lake City, Chen Xi was absolutely a name that was unfamiliar
to the extreme. However, this didn’t prevent the various powers going to understand him
and gather information about him.

Before long, all the information related to Chen Xi had been placed on the tables of the
various powers.

Chen Xi, orphan, jinx, talisman crafting apprentice, Southern Barbaric Nether Domain,
sword immortal’s abode, annihilating the Li Clan by himself… Every piece of information
was detailed to the extreme, and it dug out everything about Chen Xi and fully revealed it.

The thing that interested these various powers the most was the question — how did this
kid’s cultivation become so formidable within a year? The answer was self-evident — The
sword immortal’s abode within the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain!

The true reason that the Su Clan suffered such great losses became evident along with this
as well. It was naturally for the sake of the treasures from the immortal abode in this kid’s
possession, and it was precisely because of this that Chen Xi’s name had spread throughout
the entire Dragon Lake City in practically a single night and had become an important
person that all the various powers paid attention to.
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Chapter 115 – Battle Deep In The Forest

A treasured vessel crushed the layer of clouds in the sky as it flew with extreme speed
towards the north.

Chen Xi stood at the bow while holding a wine gourd that he frequently drank two
mouthfuls from, his long hair fluttered in the wind, seeming free and without restraint; he
wasn’t that weak youth that was reserved and dull any longer.

Grandfather has been avenged, the next target is the Su Clan…  Chen Xi’s heart rose and
fell rhythmically as he swiftly pondered in his mind. Annihilating the Li Clan didn’t cause
him to put down his guard, as the Li Clan was only an underling at best, and the Su Clan
was the one that pulled the strings behind the scenes.

He truly didn’t understand why the Su Clan would send out so many Golden Hall Realm
cultivators for the sake of tearing up his marriage contract when he was four; he also didn’t
understand why the Su Clan would direct the Li Clan to humiliate him and make it difficult
for him in all respects during these past few years, and they’d even killed his grandfather
and crippled the right arm of Chen Hao.

Exactly what secret was hidden behind this? Could it be related to the annihilation of my
Chen Clan?

Chen Xi still clearly remembered what his mother, Zuoqiu Xue, had told him once. She was
taken away by his uncle, as the Zuoqiu Clan behind her didn’t agree to her marrying his
father. For the sake of wiping away this humiliation and for the sake of obtaining the abode
within the jade pendant his mother left behind, the Chen Clan had become the final
sacrifice.

In other words, the Zuoqiu Clan that his mother Zuoqiu Xue was from, was one of the
culprits in the annihilation of the entire Chen Clan!

This was an enmity of death that couldn’t be undone!

Fortunately, according to his mother, Zuoqiu Xue, she’d already broken off all relations
with the Zuoqiu Clan and had even paid the proper price, yet the Zuoqiu Clan didn’t let her
off…

It was precisely because of this that Chen Xi wouldn’t be at a loss of whether to seek
revenge from the Zuoqiu Clan. Revenge was definite, but the key point was that his mother
was taken away!

If it wasn’t for this, would she have the heart to abandon him who was still young and his
younger brother who was still an infant?
She would absolutely not!

Heavenly Immortal, why must I become a Heavenly Immortal to have the chance to see my
mother again? Could it be that the power of the Zuoqiu Clan is even more terrifying than a
Heavenly Immortal?  Chen Xi had thought of this question more than once, but he was
unable to think of an answer even after a long time. Perhaps, all this would only come to
light when he attained the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

“Hey, Chen Xi. You really want to participate in that Hidden Dragon Ranking
competition?” In the distance, the one 10cm tall little Ling Bai rode on the fist sized Bai
Kui, and they swayed as they flew over.

The two little fellows both had the habit of eating Magic Treasures and felt like old friends
right away. Their relationship now had already become extremely friendly, and this was a
friendship between gluttons.

“Yes, I want to participate for sure.” Chen Xi nodded. Wandering about the cultivation
world all alone was an extremely dangerous thing, after all. If he was able to join a sect,
then it would undoubtedly be the best choice.

Cultivation couldn’t escape from the four words of wealth, companions, technique, and
location.

Wealth was medicinal pills, spirit liquid, spirit materials, Magic Treasures, so on and so
forth, like the money and gold in the mortal world. Without it, one would find it difficult to
do anything.

Companions pointed towards Dao Companions, but it was also seniors and Masters. It was
people that could help show one the right path, senior brothers and sisters who helped solve
the things that puzzled one during cultivation. As the saying went, bitter cultivation for ten
years was inferior to a single guidance by a great teacher, and when three walk on the same
path, one amongst the three can surely be the other’s teacher for something.

Technique meant cultivation techniques, martial techniques, Divine Abilities, so on and so

forth, and it was similarly something that every cultivator must have.

Location meant immortal mountains, spirit veins, and Blessed Immortal Grounds.
Cultivating in places with abundant spirit energy was undoubtedly a hundred or a thousand
times better than cultivating in a common area.

If he was able to join a sect, it would be equivalent to possessing wealth, companions,

technique, and location at the same time, and this was precisely the benefit of joining a sect.
Which cultivator in the world didn’t yearn to escape from the ranks of independent
cultivators that were homeless and take a leap to become a disciple of a sect?
“Oh, it’s indeed so. After you join a sect, then if someone wants to bully you, the seniors in
your sect will be the first to disapprove,” said Ling Bai with a grin.

“It’s not only that. After I join a sect, I’ll be able to learn even more techniques, and it even
might be possible for me to obtain some Divine Abilities. Moreover, I can widen my
horizons.” When he spoke up to here, Chen Xi laughed in self-ridicule. “In the past, I felt
that Pine Mist City was extremely huge and those big shots were extremely extraordinary,
but they now look extremely unimportant and ordinary. If I want to improve my strength,
then I must walk out to wander an even vaster heaven and earth.”

“Well said!" Ling Bai clapped and praised. “My Master was like this all those years ago.
Arrogant, unyielding, and not satisfied with his situation. What dangerous place had he not
gone to for the sake of tempering his Sword Dao?”

Chen Xi smiled when he saw the little fellow acting experienced to praise him, and he
stretched out his hand to flick Ling Bai’s little head, then said, “Speaking about your
Master all the time, who exactly are you?”

Ling Bai shook his head. “I can’t tell you. If you knew, then an extremely large calamity
would be not far from you.”

Chen Xi didn’t force Ling Bai, as now that the little fellow had gone through thick and thin
with him. Ling Bai was surely doing this for the sake of protecting him, and he could
understand it.

Swoosh!

The treasured vessel flew swiftly, and seven days quickly went by.

The nearer they were to Dragon Lake City, the more cultivators they saw on their way.
Some were riding steeds and cranes, some standing on flying swords, and there were also
some that drove treasured vessels like Chen Xi.

Chen Xi had even seen a cultivator that stood on two wheels that spewed flames and waves
of heat, and its speed was exceedingly swift. It made one sigh with emotion about the
number of eccentrics in the world, and the amount of unusual Magic Treasures in the world
caused there to always be something that one hadn’t seen.

Comparatively speaking, Chen Xi’s treasured vessel instead wasn’t so conspicuous.

“Eh, there’s a forest there. Let’s go capture some demon beasts and roast some meat?” Ling
Bai pointed towards the distance. As he spoke, traces of saliva flowed out the corners of his
mouth.
When roast meat was mentioned, even Bai Kui wasn’t poised any longer, his furry little
body that was like a snowball rubbed on Chen Xi’s neck, and he had a flattering appearance
as he acted like a spoilt child.

All along the way, when Chen Xi was free occasionally, he would personally cook some
delicacies that possessed smell, taste, appearance and was full of spirit energy. This caused
the two little gluttons, Ling Bai and Bai Kui, to be mad with delight. Every time they ate,
they would sweep through it like a whirlwind, even licking the plate completely clean.

“Alright, we’ll rest here for a while, and then press on without letting up until Dragon Lake
City.” As he spoke, Chen Xi had already put away the treasured vessel, then his figure
jerked before falling downwards like a shooting star that whistled as it flew towards the
forest on the ground.

This forest was verdant and luxuriant, with trees that reached the skies, and it occupied an
area of around 500km. Numerous beast roars sounded out from within it from time to time,
and there were even enormous birds with gorgeous feathers that fluttered about within it in
groups. Obviously, this was a place that fierce beasts roamed freely.

But to Chen Xi who’d traversed the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range and
killed numerous demon kings, this place couldn’t be said to be dangerous at all.

In next to no time, he’d captured a Darkhoof Ironcow that had just advanced into the ranks
of demon beasts. He then cut, cleaned, started a fire, skewered, and spread seasonings in
one stretch without stopping.

Hiss~ Hiss~

Before long, an enticing fragrance of meat suffused out into the air. As the dripping oil fell
into the flames, they emitted a hissing sound, and a layer of tempting golden yellow had
suffused the surface of the meat pieces.

Ling Bai and Bai Kui obediently sat nearby and stared fixedly at the meat pieces as they
desperately swallowed their saliva, and they had expressions as if they were hungry ghosts
that had been reincarnated.

“Hmm?” Chen Xi’s brows frowned as he raised his eyes to look into the distance.

“What’s wrong? Can we eat yet?” Ling Bai asked impatiently.

“There’s movement over there.” Chen Xi’s current Spiritual Perception was already
extremely formidable and was even stronger than ordinary Golden Hall Realm cultivators.
He instantly judged that there were people fighting at the southwest area deep in the forest!

——
“What do all of you want to do?” Deep in the forest, a young girl around the age of 15 or 16
cried out in rage. There stood a weak young man around the age of 12 or 13 beside her, and
the two of them wore simple clothes that could even be said to be shabby.

At this moment, the two of them were being attacked by a burly man, and their situation
was critical, as they only relied on the young girl to hold a sword and fight the burly man.

At the side of the battlefield stood two white clothed young men with their arms crossed
before their chests, and they grinned as they watched the battle. Their gazes kept moving
back and forward from the young girl's graceful figure and peerlessly beautiful face, and
their eyes frequently flashed with an expression of greed and lust.

“Despicable! I never imaged that you Starnet Palace disciples would be so despicable and
filthy!” She emitted a sharp cry of rage, and her beautiful oval face was filled with worry.

“Big Sister, you don’t have to care about me. Flee Quickly!” The youth by the young girl’s
side was extremely weak. His features were immature, yet revealed a ruthless expression,
but he didn’t know martial skills, so he could only hide behind the young girl’s back and
worry without being able to do anything.

This brother and sister pair were obviously of poor birth. Not to mention the shabby clothes
on their bodies, the sword in the young girl’s hand was only a mortal weapon, and many
cracks had appeared on it, almost to the point of shattering. Moreover, her sword technique
was simple, crude, and full of flaws. Obviously, she didn’t possess the guidance of a great
teacher and had learned the technique purely by trial and error.

“Little beauty, stop struggling with your lousy sword technique. If it wasn’t for me taking
care of your beautiful appearance, I would have killed you thousands of times. Obediently
abandon resistance and let us three brothers have some fun, then we’ll let you and your
little brother off, how about it?” The burly man laughed in ridicule, and he had an
expression filled with lust.

“Ptooey! As one of the eight great sects of Dragon Lake City, the Starnet Palace actually
has you things that are worse than pigs and dogs. Truly disgusting to the extreme!” The
young girl gritted her teeth as she cursed.

“Hmph! You actually dare curse us as worse than pigs and dogs? You’re truly courting
death! Since it’s like this, then Junior Brother, kill this little beauty’s little brother first, and
let her know of our greatness!”

“Right, kill her little brother first, then play with her body before burning her corpse and
obliterating all traces. Who in this world will know that it was us three brothers who did
it?”

The two young men who watched from the sides with their arms crossed before their chest
sneered and spoke out successively.
“Alright! I’ll do as Senior Brothers say!” The burly man smiled savagely, then he moved
for the kill towards the youth behind the young girl.

“You dare!?” The young girl was enraged to the extreme. She swung her sword as she
rushed forward desperately, actually disregarding her own life for the sake of saving her
little brother!

Bang!

Although the young girl blocked the burly man’s attack, the sword in her hand shattered
into pieces, and she flew backward for over 30 meters before spitting out a mouthful of
blood.

“Sister!” The youth was scared to the point he cried out loudly, then turned around to run
towards the young girl, and he actually completely forgot that a villain still stood behind
him!

“Wenfei! Watch out behind you!” When she saw this scene, the young girl was directly
terrified to the point her beautiful face turned pale, terrified to the point her soul almost left
her body, and she screamed out bitterly.

“It’s too late! Hahaha! Die!” The burly man raised the enormous sword in his hand and
fiercely slashed downwards.

When she saw her little brother would be slashed alive into two halves, the young girl
couldn’t endure it any longer and closed her eyes, and tears gushed out from her eyes like
pearls.

Pu!

It was at this moment that a wisp of flowing light swiftly appeared, it was fast like a bolt of
lightning and directly pierced a bloody hole through the neck of the burly man, and a tall
figure appeared like a ghost along with it.
Chapter 116 – Outside Dragon Lake City

Spurt!

Blood gushed out like a fountain from the hole in the burly man’s neck, causing pearls of
blood to scatter into the sky, and the burly man’s eyeballs glared angrily, staring fixedly at
the youth that had suddenly appeared before him. He seemed to be in disbelief, seeming to
be not resigned… But in the end, he still crashed onto the ground and died on the spot.

All this happened too quickly and too suddenly; it practically happened in an instant. The
two white clothed young men only abruptly recovered from their shock when the burly man
crashed onto the ground.

“So swift!”

“How can this be possible?”

As they gazed at the tall figure in the distance, this extraordinary youth, the faces of the two
young men in white clothes instantly went awfully gloomy, and their gazes even had a
strand of indeterminateness. They were unable to guess Chen Xi’s strength and thus didn’t
dare make any rash movements.

Whereas at the side, the young girl recovered from her shock. When she saw her little
brother had arrived before her, she couldn’t refrain any longer and hugged him before
crying her heart out.

She was truly too terrified. She didn’t know how she should continue living if she were to
lose her little brother, and now that her brother was unharmed, the rage, grievance, and pain
in her heart had all exploded out and transformed into crystalline tears the flowed down her
face.

“Sister, I’m fine, don’t cry.” The youth consoled.

“Mmm.” The young girl wiped her tears off fiercely, then turned to look at the scene of the
battle.

Only now did the young girl notice that the savior of her and her little brother was actually
a handsome youth that was extremely young. Whereas beneath his feet, the Starnet Palace
disciple had died tragically on the ground, and blood still gurgle as it flowed out from that
disciple’s neck.

“Kid, speak your name! You actually dare kill my Junior Brother, do you know that we’re
disciples of Starnet Palace?” A young man with triangular eyes spoke fiercely.

“Exactly, speak your name!” His companion shouted out explosively as well.
Although the expressions of the two were gloomy and savage, their tones instead revealed a
feeling of being tough in appearance, but weak inside. Obviously, Chen Xi’s appearance
had brought quite large pressure onto them.

“Senior, flee quickly. They’re indeed Starnet Palace disciples. You’ve killed their
companion and the Starnet Palace will surely not let you off.” The young girl cried out
anxiously from afar.

“Oh, Starnet Palace?” Chen Xi said in surprise and he seemed to be lost in thought. He
recalled that Chai Letian, who’d died tragically at his hands, was a disciple of Starnet
Palace.

Seeing Chen Xi being shocked as expected, the triangular eyed middle aged man was
delighted in his heart, yet he spoke fiercely. “Hmph! Afraid? Quickly kneel down and
kowtow in apology, hand over some treasures to show respect to us two brothers, and we’ll
let you off this time. Otherwise…”

“Otherwise what?” Chen Xi smiled spuriously.

“Otherwise…” The triangular eyed young man was stunned, he vaguely noticed something
was off, and he said fiercely, “What? You dare resist? You should know that we’re
disciples of Starnet Palace, one of the eight great sects of Dragon Lake City. A person
without backing like you dares go against us?”

Chen Xi suddenly felt extremely bored, these fellows hung the words ‘Starnet Palace’ at the
sides of their mouths no matter what they said. At most, they were just pawns that relied on
the might of their sect to bully others, dogs that were counting on the backing of their sect,
and they were simply of the same character as Chai Letian, who always used the name of
his ancestor.

Most detestable of it all was that as Starnet Palace disciples, these three people had instead
done despicable deeds like raping women. If it wasn’t for him hurrying over, wouldn’t this
pair of brother and sister have fallen into their malicious hands?

When he thought up to here, Chen Xi couldn’t be bothered to say anything more, and with
a command in his heart, a Netherezim Flying Sword shot out violently like a bolt of
lightning.

Pu! Pu!

These two white clothed young men only possessed a cultivation at the Congenital Realm,
so how could they possibly be a match for Chen Xi? They were killed on the spot by the
Netherezim Flying Swords before they could even react, and even until their deaths, they
couldn’t wrap their heads around why Chen Xi would strike a killing blow towards them.
Could it be that he doesn’t know we’re Starnet Palace disciples? Or he doesn’t know that
killing us would be making the entire Starnet Palace his enemy?
If they knew that Chen Xi had killed Young Master Chai Letian, who they respected like a
god before this, they would probably have died extremely peacefully, right?

“Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives.” The young girl held her little brother’s hand, and
wanted to kneel and kowtow but was supported by a shapeless energy.

“There’s no need for such great ceremony. These three people were despicable and
shameless and behaved immorally. They got what they deserved.” Chen Xi smiled and
casually waved his hand.

Bang!

Flames appeared out of thin air in the surroundings, the three corpses on the ground were
instantly burnt into nothingness, and not even a fragment of a bone remained.

This pair of brother and sister were both shocked in their heart when they saw Chen Xi
indifferently and calmly burning the corpses to destroy the evidence in front of them, and
the gazes they shot at Chen Xi had an extra strand of reverence.

“Junior is Mu Yao, the one beside me is my little brother Mu Wenfei. May I know Senior’s
name?” The young girl asked in a light voice. Her voice was clear and melodious, pleasing
to the ear like numerous previous pearls dropping onto a jade tray, and it was like the sound
of nature.

Chen Xi was stunned, as he had never expected that this thin and slender girl would
actually have such a pleasant and moving voice. Only now did he notice that although Mu
Yao’s clothes were shabby, her appearance was extremely elegant and pretty, like a young
manglietia flower that gave one a pure and clear feeling.

Especially her eyes, they were bright like stars in the night and possessed an indescribable
charm as if one would sink into its enchantment with just a glance.

No wonder those three fellows from the Starnet Palace lusted after her. Although this girl
is only 15 or 16 years old, her appearance is breathtaking and refined. Chen Xi praised in
his heart, then said, “You don’t have to call me senior. My age isn’t much older than the
both of you. I’m called Chen Xi, and I was heading to Dragon Lake City this time, but I
never expected that I would encounter the two of you here.”

“Big Brother Chen Xi is going to Dragon Lake City as well?” Mu Wenfei said happily,
“Big Sister and I want to go to Dragon Lake City as well.”

“So that’s how it is.” Chen Xi nodded, then he said curiously, “How did the both of you
end up here?”

“My Big Sister and I departed from Snowing Lake City and trudged all the way, walking
for an entire half a year. We were about to arrive at Dragon Lake City when we were
stopped by those three bastards from Starnet Palace and had no choice but to flee into this
forest.” Mu Wenfei spoke angrily.

“Both of you journeyed on foot?”

“Yes.” Mu Yao nodded and lowered her head in embarrassment. “The cultivation of me
and my little brother is shallow, so we were only able to journey on foot.”

Chen Xi secretly gasped.

According to his knowledge, Snowing Lake City was no less than 30,000 kilometers from
Dragon Lake City. Seven or eight cities and numerous mountain ranges that were enormous
spanned between them, and within those mountain ranges was numerous demon beasts. It
could be said to be dangerous to the extreme.

Amongst this pair of brother and sister, the sister possessed a cultivation at the Congenital
Realm and the brother still lingered at the Postnatal Realm, if they were to encounter an
assault from some demon beasts, it was sufficient to instantly tear the two of them into
pieces.

Moreover, Chen Xi noticed that their clothes were shabby and were obviously children
from poor families that couldn’t ride carriages and could only move ahead on their feet, and
it had become their only way of heading to Dragon Lake City.

“Big Brother Chen Xi, can we follow you?” Mu Wenfei looked eagerly as he spoke.

The nearby Mu Yao revealed an expression of anticipation as well.

“Alright!” Chen Xi nodded lightly.

——

“Wow! Big Brother Chen, this vessel is so formidable! This is the first time I’ve flown in
the sky and it feels so satisfying…” A treasured vessel was flying in the clouds, and Mu
Wenfei, who was only 12 or 13 years old, ran up and down on the vessel, looking at this
and touching that, and he was excited to the point that his little face was red.

Mu Yao sat at the side, slightly uncomfortable and uneasy, as it was still the first time she’d
sat on a treasured vessel that could fly. The strange and rare fresh fruit on the table, the
dense runes that revolved like mist on the vessel, and the treasured vessels speed that was
extremely swift like the wind… Everything before her eyes brought her a great shock.

Only now did she understand that the Big Brother Chen before her was actually a great
Violet Palace Realm cultivator that could fly in the sky!
“Eat something.” Chen Xi had cooked several delicacies and placed it on the table before
the young girl, and he said with a warm smile, “There’s still a day’s journey to Dragon
Lake City, fill up your tummy first.”

The fragrance from the four bowls of delicacies on the table assaulted the nose and was
suffused with spirit energy. Mu Yao had only taken a sniff when her stomach failed to put
up a fight and growled, causing her face to instantly flush completely red.

Chen Xi smiled as called over Mu Wenfei to eat with his sister, and he instead got up and
walked to the bow.

This pair of brother and sister caused him to recall the impoverished life of Chen Hao and
himself in Pine Mist City, and he ceaselessly sighed with emotion in his heart.

One day later.

“Big Brother Chen. Look, is that Dragon Lake City?” Mu Wenfei lay at the bow as he
shouted loudly.

“Dragon Lake City?” Chen Xi raised his eyes to look, and he saw that on the boundless
ground in the distance, an exceedingly enormous city that was magnificent and towering
had entered his sight. Merely the walls of the city were the height of a few hundreds of
people, and they were all pure white like jade as they continued for 50,000 km. Within the
city wall, numerous tall buildings stood up from the ground, and when looked at from afar,
it was like an ancient dragon that was vast and powerful had coiled here as it looked down
at the world.

In the sky, countless magnificent and colorful moving lights whistled as they arrived.
However, when they were 5km outside the towering city, all of them obediently descended
to the ground and lined up in front of the city gate.

Chen Xi was full of excitement when he saw such a scene, he’d never seemed such a
magnificent city; a large city that was continuous and seemed to be boundless.

Misty Sea City was large enough. As the trade center of the southern territory, it was filled
with a prosperous scene, endless streams of horses and carriages, and it was extremely
flourishing. But when compared with this large city that continued on endlessly, it was still
quite inferior. Compared to this, the Pine Mist City that Chen Xi lived in since he was
young was even worse, and it was simply like a village in the countryside.

This was Dragon Lake City, the core location of the 500,000km southern territory, the
number one largest city.

The eight great sects, three great institutions, and the six great clans that possessed ancient
and long-standing resources and reserves were here, and they were the loftiest holy land of
cultivation in the hearts of the cultivators in the southern territory.
“I heard that it’s prohibited to fly above Dragon Lake City, and now it would look like that
wasn’t wrong.” Chen Xi put away the treasured vessel before bringing Mu Yao and Mu
Wenfei to descend onto the ground, and then they walked towards the city gate.

The closer they came to the large city, the more they felt its magnificence, grandness, and
loftiness; whereas they themselves were so tiny like a drop in the ocean.

“Little Sister Mu Yao!” A voice suddenly sounded out.

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei raised their heads to look in unison, and they instantly said with
pleasant surprise, “Big Sister Qingni!”

A young man and a young woman stood in the distance. The young man was handsome and
tall, seeming elegant and extraordinary. The young women wore a dress that was like blue
jade, her long hair was like pitch black ink, her skin white like snow and extremely
delicate, and she possessed willow shaped brows and clear eyes, causing her to be
extremely beautiful and moving.

The two of them stood outside the city gate like a couple made in heaven, and they were
like a beautiful scenery that quickly attracted the gazes of the various cultivators that passed
by.

At this moment, this young woman in a jade dress smiled as she walked over. Obviously,
she was the Big Sister Qingni that Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei spoke of.

“You brother and sister have finally arrived.” Qingni smiled as she spoke.

“Qingni, this is the Miss Mu Yao and her little brother that you spoke of?” The handsome
young man smiled as he spoke from the side, and when he saw Mu Yao’s pure and refined
appearance, a bright light flashed within his eyes.

“Yes.” Qingni nodded, yet didn’t explain any further, and she instead said to Mu Yao and
Mu Wenfei, “You two have come to Dragon Lake City for the first time, and I’m afraid you
won’t have time to stroll about in the future once you join the sect. Let’s go, I’ll take the
two of you to wash up first, then I’ll bring the both of you to have some fun.”

Mu Yao and her little brother were extremely delighted. Obviously, this Big Sister Qingni
caused them to feel extremely happy.

“This person is?” Only now did Qingni notice the nearby Chen Xi.

“This is the person that saved our lives, he’s called Chen Xi,” said Mu Yao with a clear
voice.

“Oh?” Qingni nodded, then said, “Then thank you Fellow Daoist, for lending a hand.”
Although she said this, the expression on her face remained unmoved.
Chen Xi smiled and disregarded it.

“Let’s go, we’ll speak after we enter the city.” The handsome young man frowned, then
glanced impatiently at Chen Xi and asked. “Fellow Daoist, do you want to follow us?”

“There’s no need.” Chen Xi shook his head.

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei looked at Chen Xi and still wanted to persuade him.

“Take this 50 kg of spirit liquid as repaying Fellow Daoist’s favor of saving them.” Qingni
casually tossed a jade bottle to Chen Xi. She didn’t even spare a glance at Chen Xi before
pulling Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei towards the city gate, and she said as she walked, “It’s the
first time the both of you have left home, you must be cautious and vigilant. Don’t be
deceived by some fellows that have ulterior motives.”

“Fellow Daoist, farewell.” The handsome young man laughed in ridicule before chasing up
to Qingni, and his voice could still be heard from afar. “Miss Qingni is right. He saved both
of you for no reason. Who knows what thoughts he’s concealing? Perhaps he wants to use
this relationship between the two of you to strike up a relationship with Miss Qingni. For
the sake of climbing up in the world, people nowadays simply resort to every conceivable
means…”

“I seem to have become a despicable villain.” Chen Xi was stunned, then weighed the jade
bottle in his hand before chuckling to himself.
Chapter 117 – Signing Up for the Competition

Dragon Lake City.

The central region of the 500,00km southern territory. It was the place where the eight great
sects, three great institutions, and the six great clans were gathered. Any one of these
powers possessed deep resources and reserves, and they were extremely ancient.

Since a single city was able to contain so many colossi settled within it, one could imagine
exactly how large the boundaries of the city were and how shocking of a level its
luxuriousness had attained.

Chen Xi had just entered the city gate when he noticed the bricks on the streets were all
smooth and glossy, untainted by a shred of dust. Everywhere was decorated beautifully,
lined with pavilions and palaces, and streets that were 300m wide. Cultivators of great
variety and diversity were like tidewater as they moved about on the streets that lead to all
directions, yet there wasn’t the slightest feeling of being crowded.

Within Dragon Lake City, every shop was tall, spacious, and deep, and their styles were
completely different. It was as if all the building styles in the world had been gathered in a
single place; it was a superb collection that was magnificent and grand, and it actually
caused Chen Xi to have a feeling that there were too many things for his eyes to take in.

The experts here were extremely numerous!

Chen Xi’s Spiritual perception was extremely enormous, and he’d noticed tens of Golden
Hall Realm cultivators all along the way here. They wore a variety of clothes that were
embroidered with different symbols, and they were obviously from different powers.

Moreover, Chen Xi had even seen a few Golden Core Realm cultivators that flashed past on
the street in a group, their clothes fluttering in the wind, and it caused their figure to seem
elegant and unrestrained. Everywhere they passed, everyone revealed an expression of
reverence and adoration.

In Dragon Lake City, cultivators at the Golden Core Realm were already great figures at the
peak ranks of cultivators. It was unlike Pine Mist City’s highest standard that was only at
the Violet Palace Realm, a realm that was even inferior to Golden Hall Realm cultivators,
let alone comparing to Golden Core Realm cultivators.

After walking for half a day, Chen Xi had a rough estimate of the city in his heart, and he
suddenly stopped a cultivator that passed by his side.

“What!?” This cultivator was a brawny young man whose cultivation hadn’t developed a
violet palace and still remained in the Congenital Realm, but a sword symbol hung on his
clothes. Obviously, he was a disciple of a large power, and when he was stopped by Chen
Xi, his face instantly emitted slight anger, yet when he restrained his anger when he saw
Chen Xi’s cultivation.

Because he was able to discern that the youth before him seemed to have an indifferent
aura, yet it gave him a deep feeling of a vast sea, thus the youth was at least a Violet Palace
Realm expert.

“May I know why Senior has stopped me?” The brawny young man asked in wonder.

“I don’t have any other intentions, I just want to ask where I go to sign up to participate in
the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition?” Chen Xi said with a smile.

“So it’s this.” The brawny young man heaved a sigh of relief. “The Hidden Dragon
Ranking competition will be held half a month from now. If Senior wants to sign up, then
you just have to go to the Darchu Soulguard. It’s to the west of Dragon Lake City and
400km from here.”

“Alright! Thank you.” As Chen Xi spoke, his figure lightly jerked before vanishing like the
wind.

“What swift speed!” The brawny young man’s pupils constricted when he saw Chen Xi
instantly vanishing, and he muttered. “The Hidden Dragon Ranking competition only
allows Violet Palace Realm cultivators below the age of thirty to participate. This youth
looks to only be around 20 years of age, but his cultivation is truly formidable! I wonder if
this person will be able to obtain a ranking in the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition this
year…?”

It was prohibited to fly in the sky above Dragon Lake City, but Chen Xi executed the
Heavenly Dragons Eight Steps and still moved over 100 meters in a single step. He was
swift like a ghost, and he suddenly stopped moving after flashing out 400kms.

300m before him stood an enormous black palace that was fully constructed from obsidian
and was suffused with a bright light that was like water. It was almost 33km in height, like
a sword or spear that pierced straight into the sky, and at its center hung a shining gold
plaque — Darchu Soulguard!

The Darchu Soulguard was the cultivator’s organization under the command of the Darchu
Dynasty. If one were to speak of how terrifying its strength was, its reputation spread
extensively throughout the entire territory of the Darchu Dynasty, and every single Darchu
Soulguard at least possessed a strength at the Violet Palace Realm!

Of course, Dragon Lake City was only a branch of the Darchu Soulguard, but even then, its
might was still extremely formidable, and it wasn’t inferior in the slightest to the great
powers of the same class as the eight great sects.
Even though the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition was jointly held by the eight great
sects, three great institutions, and six great clans, cultivators from outside the city had to
register and sign up at Darchu Soulguard.

At this moment, there was a huge amount of cultivators going in and out of the building.
They were like flowing water, and with just a glance, Chen Xi noticed that almost all these
cultivators were Violet Palace Realm cultivators!

“Dammit! Signing up requires paying 50 kgs of spirit liquid. This Darchu Soulguard only
has eyes for money.”

“Heh. What can we do that we’re not disciples from the great powers of Dragon Lake City?
They don’t even have to sign up and can participate as they please, and they even have the
home advantage. It’s already not easy for them to allow cultivators from outside the city
like us to participate.”

“Ptooey! What’s so great about the disciples from the great powers of Dragon Lake City?
I’ll surely enter the first 100 ranks in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this year!”

“Save it. In the Hidden Dragon Rankings of the past, 99% of the first 100 ranks were taken
by the disciples of the great powers that are of the same class as the Dragon Lake City’s
eight great sects. Only a few cultivators from outside the city had gained a foothold, yet
they were all ranked at the extreme end.”

The cultivators that walked out of the great hall discussed animatedly, the topics of their
conversations revolved around the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition that would be held
after half a month, and it seemed to be extremely bustling.

Is it extremely difficult to enter the top 100? Looks like I can’t be careless. Chen Xi thought
for a moment, then he didn’t hesitate any longer and walked in.

The instant he entered the black colored great hall, Chen Xi noticed that the space within it
was extremely vast. It carried along a strand of a solemn feeling as if he’d entered into the
Imperial Palace or Imperial court, and the atmosphere seemed extremely quiet.

Numerous disciples that wore black clothes and carried swords on their backs stood
respectfully all around the great hall. Their features carried killing intent, and their auras
were formidable as they maintained order in the great hall. Obviously, these black clothed
disciples were members of the Darchu Soulguard.

“Prepare 50 kgs of spirit liquid, then line up to sign up over there.” A Darchu Soulguard
noticed Chen Xi entering, and he pointed towards the distance as he spoke coldly.
There was a long line that was like a dragon in the distance, young youths, valiant middle
aged men, pretty girls, old men… There were both old and young; men and women. They
were all outside cultivators that were at the Violet Palace Realm.

Chen Xi walked at the end of the line as he silently sized up the surroundings. Amongst
these Violet Palace Realm cultivators that were lining up, there were people with both
strong and weak auras, and the auras of two people were strong to the point it caused Chen
Xi to feel extremely surprised.

One of them was a young man in golden violet colored clothes, his brows were pitch black
like ink and tilted upwards like blades, and his eyes shone with bright lights, like two
dazzling black gems that took one’s breath away. His arms were exceedingly long, around
10cm longer than an ordinary person. As he stood there, a boundless pressure filled the
surroundings, and his aura was deep and overbearing.

The other was a youth in clothes made of feathers, his figure was very thin and ramrod
straight, and his entire body emitted a soft aura that was gentle like water, causing him to
seem extremely unique. But his appearance was exceedingly ordinary, to the point that it
couldn’t be found once it was thrown into a crowd.

Seeming to have noticed Chen Xi’s gaze, the violet clothed young man glanced at Chen Xi
with a gaze seeming to be of ridicule and disdain, and the youth in feathered clothes instead
lightly nodded before turning around.

“Lin Shaoqi, 8th star of the Violet Palace Realm, skeletal age of 23, qualified. This is your
command token.” A hoarse voice sounded out. At the front of the line was a grey clothed
old man who sat at a table, and atop the table was a jade stone that was the size of a fist that
was completely jet-black and twined with dark lights.

Every cultivator that came forward placed their hand onto the jade stone, then the grey
clothed old man would slightly distinguish it before being able to measure the cultivator’s
cultivation and skeletal age. It was extremely miraculous.

Appearances could deceive others, yet skeletal age was concrete. The Hidden Dragon
Rankings only allowed Violet Palace Realm cultivators below the age of 30 to participate,
and with this jade stone, there wouldn’t be anyone that slipped through.

At this moment, the one being measured was the violet clothed young man that attracted
Chen Xi’s attention.

“8th star of the Violet Palace Realm? 23 years old? He’s simply a genius!”

“This fellow’s future is limitless. There’s surely a place for him in the top 100 rankings of
the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time.”
“Heh, Lin Shaoqi? Could it be the Misty Sea City Lin Clan’s genius that’s rare to come by
for a thousand years?”

When they heard the content that the grey cold old men announced, the entire line that was
almost 300m long emitted a wave of exclaims of surprise, and they looked at the violet
clothed youth with a jealous, envious, or extremely complicated gaze.

8th star of the Violet Palace Realm? He does have the qualifications to be arrogant. Chen
Xi nodded, and he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion in his heart. Dragon Lake City is
worthy of being called the number one large city in the southern territory; people of
outstanding talent and ability are concealed and gathered here.

This was only the cultivators from outside the city; there would probably be existences with
even better natural talent than Lin Shaoqi amongst the disciples of the great powers of
Dragon Lake City.

It was at this moment that Chen Xi suddenly felt a unique aura. He swiftly raised his eyes
to look over, and he saw the youth in feathered clothed taking a step forward as his palm
sprayed out a wisp of airflow that was watery before pressing it onto the jade stone on the
table.

Shaman Energy!

Chen Xi practically recognized it with a glance, the energy that gushed out from the youth’s
palm was shockingly the Shaman Energy that only cultivators of the School of Fiendgod
Body Refinement that attained the Violet Palace Realm could possess.

“Tang Xu, Eh? Cultivation at the 3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm? Skeletal age 19,
qualified. This is your command token.” The grey clothed old man behind the table
exclaimed in surprise. His eyes that were drooping all along had suddenly raised and
emitted bright lights as he looked at the youth in feather clothes, and he nodded as he said,
“Not bad. If you’re interested, you’re welcome to join the Darchu Soulguard.”

Whoosh!

Everyone spread their eyes wide open to look at the youth in feathered clothes, and their
eyes were filled with shock. Violet Palace Realm in body refinement? He was a terrifying
existence that crushed all qi refinement cultivators with the same cultivation!

Even Lin Shaoqi who was about to walk out of the great hall abruptly stopped his footsteps
to turn around and glance at the youth in feathered clothes, and his face revealed a slight
serious expression.

3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm? He’s actually one level higher than me. I wonder if
this person has cultivated a Divine Ability…? Chen Xi was lost in thought.
In the measurements after that, there wasn’t any other figures that caused the rest to be
surprised.

When it was Chen Xi’s turn, he slowly stepped forward before taking a deep breath and
pressing his right hand onto the jade stone. This jade stone was extremely peculiar; when
True Essence was poured into it, it was like a clay oxen entering the sea, vanishing to never
be seen again, and there was no other feeling from it.

“Chen Xi, 6th level of the Violet Palace Realm, skeletal age… 17? Not bad, not bad,
qualified. This is your command token.” The grey clothed old man took out a command
token that was the size of a palm and seemed to be made of gold yet wasn’t, and then he
passed it to Chen Xi. He gave Chen Xi a rare few words of praise yet didn’t look up to look
at Chen Xi, and even didn’t invite Chen Xi to join the Darchu Soulguard.

Obviously, compared to Tang Xu from before who’d attained the 3rd level of the Violet
Palace Realm in body refinement at the age of 19, Chen Xi’s weight was still insufficient.

But even then, Chen Xi’s natural talent of advancing to the 6th star of the Violet Palace
Realm at the age of 17 still caused a wave of surprised exclaims from the line behind him,
and when he turned around, he saw a row of gazes of envy and jealousy.

If they find out that I also dual cultivate in body refinement, I wonder what sort of
expressions they would have? That grey clothed old man would probably invite me to join
the Darchu Soulguard, right? Chen Xi shook his head as he dispelled these childish
thoughts from his mind, then he took the command token that had the words ‘Hidden
Dragon’ written atop it and walked out of the great hall.

There’s still half a month before the Hidden Dragon Rankings starts. Looks like I have to
take advantage of this time to properly prepare and build up my strength. Chen Xi
pondered as he walked.

“Chen Xi! How dare you! You’ve come to Dragon Lake City, yet you didn’t notify us?
What kind of friend are you?!” Right when Chen Xi had just walked out of the Darchu
Soulguard’s great hall, an unusual cry sounded out from afar, and when he raised his head
to look, he saw that Duanmu Ze, Song Lin, and Du Qingxi, were shockingly standing in the
distance.
Chapter 118 – Immortal Assembling Pavilion

How large was Dragon Lake City?

Yet he just happened to meet Du Qingxi’s group of three on the first day. After entering
Dragon Lake City for not even a day, this was rather too much of a coincidence.

So, after being stunned for a moment, Chen Xi asked. “All of you knew I’d come for a
while now?”

Duanmu Ze grinned as he walked up. “We only just found out. Let’s go, let’s leave this
place first.” As he spoke, he pulled Chen Xi’s arm before walking towards a side.

Neigh!

A carriage that was pulled by six Azure-scaled Unicorns came over and stopped, and it was
simply like a moving fort. It was studded full of pearls and agates, and the carriage was
even fully inscribed with dense and profound talisman markings that flowed with bright
lights.

The carriage encompassed an area of around 20m. On its four walls hung screens that had
gold embroidery and jade inlaid on it, and it possessed oppressive spirit energy and was
able to cut off spying from the outside. The seating was all covered in exceedingly soft
Violet Mink fur. At the center was a table made of white jade and phoebe zhennan wood[1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_zhennan], placed atop it was over 10 trays of sweets,
spirit fruits, delicacies, and fine wine. All of them were rare treasures, luxurious to the
extreme.

After Duanmu Ze pulled Chen Xi into the carriage, Du Qingxi and Song Lin followed in as
well.

“What dense spirit energy.” The instant he sat on the soft seating, Chen Xi noticed to his
astonishment that a large Spirit Gathering Formation seemed to have been set up within the
carriage, and the spirit energy within was extremely abundant.

“Heh, this isn’t the only wonder of the Six Unicorn Treasured Carriage.” Duanmu Ze
smiled mysteriously, and he instructed towards the outside at the same time. “Head to the
Immortal Assembling Pavilion.”

“Okay!” The old man that drove the carriage replied, then the Six Unicorn Treasured
Carriage dashed out swiftly. If one didn’t carefully sense it while sitting within the carriage,
one would be utterly unable to feel the carriage was moving swiftly.

Not long after they left the Darchu Soulguard’s great hall, Duanmu Ze seemed to have
secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and he smiled as he scolded. “You’re really too bold.
Running off to the Darchu Soulguard by yourself, aren’t you afraid the Su Clan will capture
you?”

Chen Xi noticed that Du Qingxi and Song Lin were like Duanmu Ze, their expressions had
eased up, and he couldn’t help but ask curiously. “What about it? I only went to sign up to
participate in the Hidden Dragon Rankings, why would the Su Clan look for trouble with
me?”

“Uh.” Duanmu Ze was stunned, then he said in astonishment, “You still don’t know?
Almost all the great powers in Dragon Lake City know your name, and your reputation is
so resounding that it’s like the sun during high noon!”

Chen Xi was still bewildered.

“Did you kill six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator of
the Su Clan?” Du Qingxi asked directly, and her clear eyes stared closely at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi might not have admitted to other people, but to Du Qingxi’s group of three, he
instead wouldn’t deny it. Of course, as far as he was concerned, this wasn’t anything
worthy of concealing, and he nodded right away.

“Hiss! My god! It was really you who did it?” Duanmu Ze’s figure went stiff as he gasped,
and he looked at Chen Xi in disbelief.

Although he’d known since long ago that this matter was greatly related to Chen Xi, when
he saw Chen Xi admit it himself, Duanmu Ze still felt indescribable shock.

It was six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and a Golden Core Realm cultivator! Which
Violet Palace Realm cultivator in the various powers of Dragon Lake City was capable of
this?

Du Qingxi and Song Lin had shocked appearances as well, and they looked at Chen Xi as if
they were looking at a monster.

“Actually, I was lucky as well. If it was a one on one battle, I wouldn’t be a match for Su
Leng either.” Chen Xi frowned as he thought, then said, “If it was a head-on battle, I would
at most be able to defeat Golden Hall Realm cultivators.”

“You freak!” Duanmu Ze couldn’t refrain from fiercely muttering.

The nearby Du Qingxi and Song Lin nodded in deep agreement when they heard this. To
them, even if it was a Violet Palace Realm cultivator defeating a Golden Hall Realm
cultivator, it was still something they didn’t dare imagine.

“Right, how did all of you find me?” Chen Xi secretly became vigilant in his heart. He
never imagined that the matter of him killing Su Leng and the others would spread
throughout Dragon Lake City so quickly, and this was extremely detrimental to his current
situation. After all, he was currently in Dragon Lake City, and it was equivalent to moving
about in the Su Clan’s headquarters. A slight bit of carelessness might cause him his life!

“We were in the Darchu Soulguard’s great hall at that time, but we were in the secret room,
and you were just unable to see us.” Duanmu Ze explained, and when he saw Chen Xi still
didn’t understand, he continued. “It wasn’t only us, the members of the eight great sects,
three great institutions, and six great clans were all present. Because, during every Hidden
Dragon Rankings, all the various great powers will absorb some promising youths.
Whereas the cultivators from outside the city that came to sign up at the Darchu Soulguard
were all Violet Palace Realm cultivators below the age of 30, their natural talent and
cultivation is the very best. So they naturally became the target of the attention of the
various powers.”

“So to say, I was noticed by all of you when I’d just entered the Darchu Soulguard’s great
hall?” Chen Xi was secretly shocked in his heart, as he never imagined that those great
powers would be present there.

“Of course.” Du Qingxi nodded and said, “You should be more careful. You’ve killed a
Golden Core Realm cultivator and Six Golden Hall Realm cultivators of the Su Clan in one
go, and have caused the Su Clan to suffer an extremely great loss. They surely wish for
nothing more than to kill you.”

“But you don’t have to be afraid of them.” Duanmu Ze smiled proudly as he said, “The Su
Clan has been weakened greatly, and it’s unable to compare to the clans behind us. Let me
see who dares bully you when you’re with us!”

“Oh, exactly, exactly.” Since he’d gotten in the carriage, Song Lin had been eating. When
he heard this, he only raised his head and spoke vaguely with an appearance of facing
dangers together.

Chen Xi nodded, and he felt exceedingly warm in his heart.

“Young Master, we’ve arrived at the Immortal Assembling Pavilion.” The voice of the old
man that drove the carriage sounded out from outside.

“Let’s go, I’ll bring you to the top place of indulgence in Dragon Lake City to enjoy
yourself properly, and give you a welcoming dinner,” Duanmu Ze said excitedly, then he
grabbed onto Chen Xi’s arm before walking out.

As soon as he walked down of the carriage, Chen Xi’s gaze was attracted by an enormous
building.

This pavilion occupied an entire street that was 5km in length. It was a tall and towering
pavilion that was an entire 10 floors and pierced directly into the skies. Two qilins carved
from emerald stood at both sides of the door, and there was a string of pretty female
attendants that wore beautiful sheer dresses standing outside the door. Every one of them
held smiles on the corners of their mouths, and they emitted formidable auras.

Unexpectedly, all these female attendants possessed a cultivation at the perfection-stage of

the Congenital Realm, and they were only a step away from stepping into the Violet Palace
Realm. What was even more formidable was that bright lights drifted on the clothes worn
by these female attendants, and all of them were low-grade yellow-rank treasures!

Particularly, there was an enormous plaque hanging on the pavilion — Immortal

Assembling Pavilion.

The three words were written in exquisite writing that was both majestic and grand, and it
faintly revealed a proud atmosphere that covered the heavens and the earth. Chen Xi had
only relied on the imposing manner from these words to know that the person that wrote
this plaque was surely an expert that looked down upon the world.

“Dragon Lake City is the capital of the southern territory, whereas the Immortal
Assembling Pavilion is the number one place of indulgence in the entire Dragon Lake City.
There are excellent wines and delicious dishes to taste, music to appreciate, rare treasures to
bid on, beast duels to watch… In short, so long as it’s a method of indulgence that you can
think off, it will be here.” Duanmu Ze smiled as he explained and brought Chen Xi to walk
in, and Du Qingxi and Song Lin followed closely behind.

“Ah, Young Master Duanmu, Young Master Song, Miss Du, and this Young Master, please
come in quickly!” The eyes of a beautiful female attendant lit up, and she hurriedly led the
way before the four of them. Although she didn’t know who Chen Xi was, since he was
able to be together with three favored geniuses, then how could he be a nobody?

Walking into the Immortal Assembling Pavilion was like walking into another world, a
realm for immortals!

There was actually countless towering old trees that reached into the sky planted here. The
ground was luxuriantly green with mist surging out from everywhere. Fountains and
waterfalls could be seen on the ground, red-crowned cranes flying in the air, and white deer
could be seen holding ganodermas in their mouths. It was a quiet and beautiful scene that
was out of this world.

The pathway that wound around and led to all directions was covered in Cloudmist Stone
that was famous, rare, and precious. It seemed like a mirror, smooth and translucent, and
when glanced at, it looked as if there were numerous white clouds within it that were
interwoven with the many hues of a rainbow. When once walked on it, it was like being in
the clouds, and it caused a feeling of looking down at all living creatures to emerge.

At this moment, there were many cultivators shuttling up and down atop it. They were
either resting under the green pine trees at the edge of a precipice, or sitting in the wavy
clouds listening to music, or holding a wine cup as they stood by the pool and admired the
exotic flowers and herbs… There would always be a beautiful female attendant at the side
serving them, and it was extremely leisurely.

When he saw this scene, the wonder in Chen Xi’s heart wasn’t so strong any longer. When
he was within the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, he’d stayed within the
clouds and mist atop the peak of Moon’s Embrace Mountain daily and would cultivate and
stay under green pines and waterfalls, thus he naturally wouldn’t be touched too greatly.

“Young Master Duanmu!”

“Young Master Song!”

“Miss Du!”

All along the way, the numerous cultivators that were drinking wine and enjoying
themselves in the Immortal Assembling Pavilion would stand up to eagerly extend
greetings to them. For a time, it actually caused Chen Xi to have a feeling like a myriad of
stars surrounding a bright moon.

Chen Xi’s surroundings finally became quiet after they sat in a bamboo pavilion that was
by the mountains and rivers, and he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion when he saw the
composed expressions of Duanmu Ze’s and the others. These noble disciples that come
from great clans have probably become accustomed to the feeling of being crowded around
since long ago, and they are naturally able to engage in social activities with high
proficiency.

“Go, arrange for Master Yue to cook a Nine Treasures Banquet.” Duanmu Ze instructed
directly.

“Young Master, please wait.” The beautiful female attendant bowed before withdrawing.

Only Chen Xi, Duanmu Ze, Du Qingxi, and Song Lin remained within the bamboo
pavilion.

“Master Yue is the Immortal Assembling Pavilion’s 5 leaf Spirit Chef, and the dishes he
cooks even makes Golden Core Realm cultivators feel extremely comfortable from eating
it. You better savor it properly later.” Duanmu Ze grinned as he spoke.

5 leaf Spirit Chef? Chen Xi suddenly recalled Old Man Ma, Pei Pei, and Qiao Nan. He
recalled the days of practicing culinary arts at Clear Stream Restaurant, and he couldn’t
help but feel gloomy in his heart.

I wonder when the Spirit Chef Rankings will start? I promised Old Man Ma that I would
participate in it once. This is his heart’s desire and I must complete it for him!
“What’s wrong?” Du Qingxi noticed that Chen Xi’s expression was off, and she couldn’t
refrain from asking in a light voice.

Chen Xi shook his head and dispelled the distracting thoughts in his heart, then said, “It’s
nothing. I just recalled that I was once a spirit chef, but I was only at the level of 2 leaves.”

Du Qingxi was stunned, then she laughed. Obviously, she’d recalled the scene of when she
met Chen Xi for the first time.

“Motherfucker! You little bitch, you actually dare graze my face? Quickly kneel down and
apologize to me!” It was at this moment that a rough and deep voice sounded out from
outside the bamboo pavilion and even the entire Immortal Assembling Pavilion was able to
hear it.

“Shameless! It’s you who humiliated my Big Sister first! If somebody has to apologize,
then it should be you!” An enraged cry of an immature youth sounded out.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be slightly stunned when he heard this voice, then he stood up
and walked to the window, then looked down. As expected, he saw the brother and sister,
Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei, on the dark green lawn 300 meters away, and they were in
confrontation with a tall young man with an imposing build.
Chapter 119 – The Dignity of A Nobody

The Immortal Assembling Pavilion was called the number one place of indulgence in
Dragon Lake City. People who indulge themselves here either possessed formidable
strengths or deep backgrounds, and they were naturally all first-class figures.

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei appearing here was obviously because that woman Qingni had
brought them here to have fun.

Who was Qingni?

Chen Xi didn’t know, but he’d noticed when they were outside the city gate that this
woman’s cultivation was unfathomable, and it was at least at the Violet Palace Realm or
above. Moreover, he’d known from the proud and restrained aura on her that her
background was surely extraordinary.

So Chen Xi wasn’t worried when he saw Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei in confrontation with the
young man who had an imposing build. If his expectations were correct, then the woman
called Qingni would surely appear to stop him soon.

Not to mention, this place was the Immortal Assembling Pavilion. If a disagreement that
affected the customers were to occur here, then the power behind the Immortal Assembling
Pavilion would surely not agree to it.

“What’s wrong?” Duanmu Ze stood up and walked over before curiously looking down the
pavilion, and he couldn’t help but be stunned. “Xie Zhan? No wonder he dared to make
noise in the Immortal Assembling Pavilion, so it turns out that it’s him.”

“Is he very formidable?” Chen Xi asked in surprise. A person that was able to make this
Young Master, Duanmu Ze, recognize him was obviously no ordinary figure.

“This fellow is the second son of the Xie Clan’s Patriarch and was born with extreme
physical strength. Even though he’s only 19 years old, he has already attained the 6th star
of the Violet Palace Realm and is called the little genius of the Xie Clan.”

Duanmu Ze said, “But this fellow’s temper is terribly bad, causing trouble all the time. He’s
atrocious, overbearing, and extremely arrogant. If it wasn’t for him having the Xie Clan
supporting him from behind, he would have probably been crippled by someone long ago.”
Duanmu Ze shook his head as he spoke, seeming to hold Xie Zhan in extreme contempt.

The Xie Clan was similarly one of the six great clans of Dragon Lake City. As the Xie Clan
Patriarch’s second son, Xie Zhan was arrogant and domineering, but so long as he didn’t
offend any formidable figure, there was indeed no one who dared touch him.

“Right, why is he called the little genius?” Chen Xi asked.

“It’s naturally because of his elder brother, Xie Meng. In the Xie Clan, Xie Meng and Xie
Zhan were called as the big and little genius. Especially Xie Meng, he’s extremely
formidable and is an existence that was 23rd in rank on the last Hidden Dragon Rankings.
After all, he was only 13 at that time, and he’d already cultivated to attain the 7th star of the
Violet Palace Realm. Presently, 10 years have passed, and his strength is surely even more
formidable.” Duanmu Ze explained, and his eyes contained a strand of extremely deep fear.

Chen Xi had to admit, this Xie Meng was indeed formidable for attaining the 7th star of the
Violet Palace Realm at the age of 13. According to this speed, ten years later, today, what
extent would his cultivation have attained?

Dragon Lake City is worthy of being called a place that’s a lair of dragons and tigers!

Chen Xi was already unable to remember how many times he’d let out an emotional sigh
about this. This caused him to understand even more deeply that however great one was,
there was always someone greater. This world was too vast and would forever have no lack
of monstrous geniuses.

“Hmm? He’s going too far!” It was at this moment that Duanmu Ze was stunned, then his
gaze abruptly focused towards outside the pavilion.

Chen Xi turned around, and his expression instantly went gloomy when he heard the
sounds of discussion.

——

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei were extremely uneasy, as everything here caused them to feel
unaccustomed.

The scene that was like an immortal realm, the luxurious and exquisite food, the men and
women that were smartly dressed and possessed an oppressive air of nobility… This place
wasn’t the commoner’s district that they were familiar with, and the people they met
weren’t the impoverished people in the town they were familiar with.

Everything in this place caused a strand of dense inferiority and helplessness to emerge
from their hearts, like a terrified little fawn that ran into a pack of wolves; struck with
panic, terrified, and uneasy.

Boundless rage was contained on the face of the brother and sister, and as they looked at
the tall young man with a cold smile, his gaze was like a cat playing with a mouse. They
wished for nothing more than to turn around and leave this den of demons that caused them
to feel uneasy, helpless, terrified, and enraged!

“Little Brother, speak no more. I’ll apologize.” Mu Yao took a deep breath and stood
before her brother as she forcefully restrained the rage in her heart. However, as soon as she
finished saying this, her slender figure trembled unrestrainedly. This clearly showed how
great the rage and humiliation this young girl that was only 15 or 16 was enduring.

“It’s too late! Kneeling down and apologizing won’t do. I’ll only let you and your brother
off if you agree to be my concubine. How about it?” Xie Zhan raised his chin as he spoke
unhurriedly.

“You…!” Mu Wenfei’s face was livid as he roared. “If it wasn’t for you trying to flirt with
my Big Sister first, she wouldn’t have grazed your face. You entirely bully others!”

Mu Yao was dumbstruck, as only until now did she understand that the big and tall young
man before her didn’t intend on letting her off since the beginning.

“HAHAHAHA!” When he saw the enraged and helpless appearance of the brother and
sister, Xie Zhan wantonly roared with laughter at the sky. “I’m bullying others, so what
about it? If it wasn’t for your appearance being not bad, this Young Master would have
killed both of you long ago. Why else would I speak so much nonsense with the two of
you?”

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei were enraged to the point their bodies trembled, and they were
extremely alike to caged beasts that had fallen into despair and helplessness.

The commotion over here had drawn the attention of the nearby people long ago.
Numerous gazes that carried ridicule focused onto Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei, and they
seemed to have an appearance of watching the show.

The gazes of these people were extremely discerning. They were able to discern from the
behavior and expression of the brother and sister that they had just entered Dragon Lake
City and might have come from some remote village. Who would have nothing better to do
than to stand up and offend Xie Zhan for poor and lowly people like them?

“I’ll count to three. If you don’t agree, then I’ll use force?” Xie Zhan held up a wine cup
before slowly sipping and savoring it with a calm and composed appearance. It was indeed
as the other people thought, he’d discerned that this brother and sister didn’t seem like
people who had any background, and that’s why he was being so unbridled.

“Agree to Young Master Xie. He’s the little genius of the Xie Clan. You can enjoy wealth
and position for your entire life once you follow him, and that’s much better than anything
else.”

“Exactly, how many people fight to their deaths, yet are unable to find a chance to have a
meteoric rise like this? You have to cherish it.”

The nearby spectators emitted a wave of loud laughter as they added fuel to the flame.
Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei’s bodies trembled even more intensely when they heard the
surrounding discussions and loud laughter, they tightly clenched their hands as they bit
their lips without letting go, and their expressions were extremely livid.

“Xie Zhan, aren’t you going too far for bullying my people like this!?” It was at this
moment that a clear and pleasant voice abruptly sounded out, and it seemed unexpected
amongst the mass of sounds of discussion.

The gazes of everyone quickly shot towards a direction, they saw a peerlessly beautiful
woman with hair that was pitch black like ink, willow leaf shaped brows, clear eyes, snow
white skin, and a jade dress walking out slowly. There was a handsome white clothed
young man following by her side.

“Big Sister Qingni!” When they saw these two people, the excitement in Mu Yao and Mu
Wenfei’s heart could be easily imagined.

When he saw these two people appear, Chen Xi, who was within the bamboo pavilion,
couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. When he heard Xie Zhan humiliate Mu Yao and
Mu Wenfei earlier, he was almost unable to refrain from making a move.

“Yan Qingni! Little Brother?” Duanmu Ze had an astounded expression.

“What’s going on?” Chen Xi couldn’t help but be stunned.

“Yan Qingni is one of the 36 Elite Disciples of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, and the
one beside her is Duanmu’s younger brother, Duanmu Lin.” Unnoticed to him, Du Qingxi
had walked to arrive before the window and she spoke in a light voice.

Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding and completely eased up. With the appearance of
these two people, Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei would naturally be safe and sound.

However, the development of the matter wasn’t as Chen Xi expected.

Xie Zhan was only slightly stunned when he saw Yan Qingni and Duanmu Lin appear, then
he sneered. “Your people? Your people can be so presumptuous?

“Then what do you want?” Yan Qingni’s beautiful brows frowned. Actually, she was
unwilling to go against an arrogant and domineering son from a powerful clan like Xie
Zhan, as offending the Xie Clan behind him for the sake of Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei wasn’t
worth it.

Seeming to have discerned Yan Qingni’s thoughts, Duanmu Lin said with a smile, “Brother
Xie, how about this? I’ll ask Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei to apologize to you, and we’ll end
this matter at that?”
As he spoke, Duanmu Lin turned around and instructed Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei. “What’re
you two still staring blankly for, quickly apologize to Young Master Xie!”

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei were both dumbstruck. They originally thought that their savior
had come, but unexpectedly, they still had to apologize in the end, and this caused the two
of them to be slightly taken by surprise.

“It’s he who tried to flirt with my Big Sister first, and it’s he who is in the wrong. How can
you ask us to apologize to him?” Mu Wenfei summoned up the courage to speak.

“Idiot!” Duanmu Lin glared fiercely at Mu Wenfei, and he wished for nothing more than to
slap this rash youth to death.

“I’ll apologize, don’t scold my little brother.” Mu Yao loved her little brother the most.
When she saw Duanmu Lin snap at her little brother, she couldn’t help but speak out to
protect him.

“Alright, because of giving face to the two of you, ask her to kneel down and kowtow a
hundred times, and I’ll let the two of them off.” Xie Zhan smiled gloomily.

Mu Yao was stunned, her little face went completely red from anger, yet when she looked
at the nearby Yan Qingni, she instead noticed that Yan Qingni remained completely
indifferent, causing her heart to instantly touch rock bottom, and her entire body started to
tremble intensely once again.

“Hmph!” Duanmu Lin grunted in dissatisfaction. He was truly unable to understand why
this pair of brother and sister that had nothing to depend on would be so keen on not losing
face. Was living more important or was dignity more important?

“I’ll…apologize.” Mu Yao smiled sadly as if she’d lost her soul.

“Sister, don’t make yourself suffer. You’ve sacrificed too much for the sake of allowing me
to enter the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. If someone has to kneel, then it should be me!”
Mu Wenfei grabbed onto his sister and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

“Quickly, quickly, this Young Master’s time is extremely precious.” Xie Zhan wildly
roared with laughter.

Mu Wenfei’s little face was livid, he bit his lips as he closed his eyes and slowly knelt
down. It was at this moment that a sigh sounded out in his ears. “One mustn’t be arrogant,
yet can’t be without pride. Once you kneel the first time, there will be the second, the
third… Do you hope to become a person like this?”

Mu Wenfei’s heart shook as if he was struck by lightning, and he abruptly stood up before
saying hysterically. “I’m not willing! I, Mu Wenfei, won’t lower my head to any enemy!”
Instantly, everyone present was stunned, seeming to have completely never expected that at
this last moment, this 12 or 14 year old youth would back out.

“Good! You’ve got balls! The two of you can see, I’ve already given you face, but they
didn’t appreciate it.” Xie Zhan laughed gloomily.

Yan Qingni and Duanmu Lin’s expressions instantly went gloomy.

“Go, capture that little beauty for me. As for that little fellow, cripple his Dantian. Didn’t
you have pride? Then let me see how long you can keep it up!” Xie Zhan casually
instructed.

“Yes, Young Master.” The two robust servants walked out, and they laughed savagely as
they walked towards Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei.

“Don’t be afraid, leave it to me.” Right at this moment, an indifferent and calm voice
abruptly resounded out, and the voice hadn’t died down when everyone saw something
flash before their eyes and a tall figure had appeared before Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei like a
ghost.

What swift speed!

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, and they all shot their gazes at the person that had
arrived.
Chapter 120 – Arena Battle

Another person has come out to mess up the situation!

When they saw this scene, the gazes of almost everyone in the Immortal Assembling
Pavilion shot over, and their gazes were of extreme excitement.

Yan Qingni was one of the 36 Elite Disciples of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Duanmu
Lin was a disciple of one of the six great clans, the Duanmu Clan. These two people who
were top figures in the younger generation and possessed both status and background, yet
were helpless against Xie Zhan. Which great figure is the kid that has entered into the
scene now? Would he be able to do anything to Xie Zhan?

“Big Brother Chen Xi.” Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei spoke in pleasant surprise.

The person that had arrived was Chen Xi. Since he’d brought the pair of brother and sister
into Dragon Lake City, how could he stand idly by at this moment?

“You two stand aside and watch, I’ll take both of you with me later.” Chen Xi smiled to the
pair of brother and sister as he spoke with a warm voice.

Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei’s bodies and minds had been tortured to the point it was full of
scars as their feelings rose up and down violently. They were alone, helpless, and enraged,
and they suffered from extreme injustice. Chen Xi’s appearance and the consoling tone
within his voice caused them to feel an inexplicable warmth; they felt at ease, that even if
the sky collapsed, they could face it safely.

“You?” Yan Qingni frowned, then she said with an expression of disdain, “This isn’t the
time to flaunt your ability or seek to outshine others, watch out or you might lose your life.”

Chen Xi casually tossed a jade bottle to her and said, “Thank you for the warning. Take this
50 kgs of spirit liquid back. I saved Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei and brought them to Dragon
Lake City not for the sake of establishing connections with anyone to climb up in the
world.”

Yan Qingni was stunned; she held onto the jade bottle and said no more. She couldn’t be
bothered to say anything else, as this fellow was obviously a cultivator from outside the city
that didn’t know how great the Xie Clan was, yet wanted to take advantage of this
opportunity to be in the limelight.

During these past few years, she’d seen too many cultivators from outside the city that
didn’t know anything, yet were thinking of how to become famous, how to use any
opportunity to seek the limelight, and in the end, make a name for themselves in Dragon
Lake City. But regretfully, without exception, the ends of all these people were extremely
tragic.
At this moment, Chen Xi had undoubtedly become a person like this in the eyes of Yan
Qingni.

“Hey, Brother, are you trying to be a hero?” Duanmu Lin seemed to feel that his limelight
had been taken away and he said sarcastically, “Don’t accidentally harm your own life,
there’ll be no one to clean up your corpse after you die.”

Chen Xi smiled as he pointed towards the distant bamboo pavilion, then said via voice
transmission, “There’s a person there who asked me to tell you to leave quickly, otherwise,
he asked me to help him break your fucking legs.”

“Motherfucker, let me see who dares say this!” Duanmu Lin burst into rage, he raised his
head to look up yet saw an extremely familiar face flash at the bamboo pavilion window,
causing his heart to shake, and his countenance instantly went exceedingly pale. He didn’t
say a single word before hastily turning around and leaving in haste.

Everyone looked curiously at the bamboo pavilion when they saw this scene, yet they saw
the window was already closed and they couldn’t see the actual situation inside.

Yan Qingni glanced suspiciously at Chen Xi, and her expression was doubtful and
indeterminate.

Due to Chen Xi using a voice transmission, she didn’t hear anything, yet she clearly saw
that Duanmu Lin, who’d always feared nothing, emitted deep fear!

How can this be possible?

For the sake of chasing after me, Duanmu Lin has stuck to me like a leech during these
past few days, so how could he not even say anything and walk away?

Could it be that this youth had an extremely terrifying background as well?

Yan Qingni was unable to make it out, so she planned to stand by and watch. She wanted to
see how this fellow would deal with Xie Zhan, who was a little fiend incarnate.

——

“Fellow Daoist, could it be that you want to go against me?” Xie Zhan slowly spoke out,
and his eyes were like a venomous snake as he sized Chen Xi up from top to bottom.

Since Chen Xi had appeared until Duanmu Lin left, Xie Zhan had been looking coldly from
the side all along. Although he was arrogant and overbearing, he wasn’t an idiot. He knew
that a person that dared come out and go against him at this moment was either a rash youth
or someone who thought they had a certain level of strength, and Chen Xi’s behavior was
obviously not that of a rash youth.
“That would depend on what you do,” said Chen Xi indifferently.

Xie Zhan’s eyeballs turned, then he sneered. “I can let this pair of brother and sister off if
you want. So long as you're able to defeat my people, I’ll instantly let them go and not
pursue this matter again. If you’re unable… Then leave your life here. How about it?”

“I agree.”

“Great!” Xie Zhan laughed loudly as he spoke.

“But I have a condition,” said Chen Xi with a calm expression.

“Speak.”

“Once I win, you must kneel down and kowtow in apology to them. Not many, just three
times.” Chen Xi spoke in a light voice.

“You…” Xie Zhan’s eyes sprang wide open and he said with a gloomy expression, “Kid,
do you know that you’re playing with fire?”

“Don’t dare to agree?” Chen Xi remained indifferent and seemed as if he didn’t perceive
the dense threatening intention in Xie Zhan’s words.

“Alright! I’ll set the rules of the battle.” Xie Zhen pondered for a long time before saying
gloomily. “Best of three. If you win, I’ll do as you said right away. If you lose, then die!
Don’t worry, for the sake of proving that I’m not bullying you, all the people that join the
battle will have a cultivation below the Golden Hall Realm.”

“This is obviously bullying, Big Brother Chen is only a single person. How can he fight
three consecutive battles?” Mu Wenfei cried out loudly.

Chen Xi stretched out his hand to restrain Mu Wenfei, then looked at Xie Zhen before
speaking slowly. “Alright!”

Xie Zhan laughed savagely, then shouted out explosively. “Attendant! Arrange for an arena
that can hold a thousand people. I want to let everyone see how this detestable cultivator
from outside the city dies a tragic death!”

——

The Immortal Assembling Pavilion was called the number one place of indulgence in
Dragon Lake City, thus it naturally wouldn’t lack arenas to allow their guests to bet and
spar as entertainment.

For the sake of making a name for themselves in Dragon Lake City, many cultivators from
outside the city would choose to participate in wagered battles in the arenas here. Those
with shocking strength had an extremely high possibility of becoming a great power’s
follower, disciple, retainer… They would experience a great leap in social status and
standing and enjoy boundless resources.

At this moment, in the arena that was able to allow 1,000 people to spectate, the seats had
already been fully seated long ago, and Du Qingxi’s group of three had chosen seats in the
corner as well.

The gazes of the three all descended onto Chen Xi who was before the arena.

“This fellow Chen Xi does indeed regard friendship as extremely important. He actually
didn’t spare to offend the Xie Clan for the sake of a pair of brother and sister that were
neither his relatives nor an old friend. If it was me, I probably wouldn’t have the resolution
he possesses.” Duanmu Ze spoke emotionally.

“Is this not good?” Du Qingxi replied with a question.

“Yeah, is it not good?” Song Li asked as well.

Duanmu Ze said in irritation and embarrassment, “Did I say it isn’t good? Truthfully
speaking, in this world, I, Duanmu Ze, would only entrust my life without the slightest
worries to a friend like Chen Xi. Other people? Don’t even dream about it!”

Du Qingxi and Song Lin looked at each other and smiled, then they nodded in deep
agreement. Chen Xi was such a person. He didn’t have many words and fine promises, yet
for the sake of a friend he’d affirmed, he’d lend a hand without the slightest hesitation.

In this current ruthless reality that was cultivation world where everyone tried to deceive
each other, a person like this was truly too rare. To Du Qingxi’s group of three, the
friendship they’d established with Chen Xi became even more extremely precious.

Before the arena, two more people had appeared by Xie Zhan’s side. One was a young man
in golden violet colored robes. His brows were pitch black and his eyes were like two
dazzling black gems that took one’s breath away. Another was a youth in clothing made of
feathers, his appearance ordinary, yet his bearing was soft like water and he was extremely
unique.

These two people were shockingly Lin Shaoqi and Tang Xu that Chen Xi had seen in the
Darchu Soulguard’s great hall.

“For the sake of safety, Brother Lin will be the first to take the arena in this battle, Brother
Tan will be the second. How about it?” Xie Zhan spoke slowly.
Lin Shaoqi smiled in a carefree manner. “We’ll do as Young Master says. But I think
Brother Tang will probably not have the chance to take the arena. Haha!” The meaning of
his words was that he was able to kill Chen Xi in the first round.

“That’s naturally the best.” Tang Xu nodded with a calm expression, and it caused others to
be unable to discern what exactly he was thinking.

“Alright, after this matter this time is accomplished, the two of you’ll receive considerable
benefits!” Xie Zhan laughed slyly, then his gaze shot towards Chen Xi who was at the other
side of the arena, and a trace of savage killing intent appeared on the corners of his lips.

It was at this moment that a beautiful and refined female attendant walked up the arena at a
slow pace, then she smiled happily as she swept the surroundings with her gaze, and said,
“The wagered battle this time is initiated by the Xie Clan’s Young Master Xie Zhan, and
the other side is a cultivator from outside the city. Oh, forgive me for not knowing his
name, but, I presume that a person that can make Young Master Xie initiate a challenge
against is a formidable figure.”

The female attendant paused for a moment before continuing. “The rule of the arena is
extremely simple, life or death doesn’t matter. Now, both parties please enter the arena.”

Swoosh!

Lin Shaoqi was impatient since long ago. As soon as the female attendant finished
speaking, he tapped his leg on the ground before his entire body was like a large bird that
lightly descended onto the arena. His movement was rapid and smooth like flowing water,
and he’d instantly won the attention of most people.

Why is it this fellow?

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be stunned when he saw Lin Shaoqi. He still remembered that
he’d seen this person earlier in the Darchu Soulguard’s great hall. This person was only 23
years old, yet possessed a cultivation at the 8th star of the Violet Palace Realm. During the
registration at that time, he was extremely eye catching amongst the numerous Violet
Palace Realm cultivators.

As he thought this, Chen Xi’s legs weren’t slow in the slightest, and he walked up the arena
step by step, revealing a very ordinary entrance.

Whoosh~

Right when Chen Xi stepped onto the arena, a layer of dense and complicated talisman
markings abruptly appeared all around the entire arena, and it interwove together like
flowing water to swiftly form an enormous screen of light that completely covered the
entire 300m area of the arena.
Profound Balance Grand Formation!

It was a high grade defensive formation that was able to withstand the attack of a Golden
Core Realm cultivator.

“Kid, we meet again. Unfortunately, it’s the last time we meet.” Lin Shaoqi smiled coldly,
then his eyes abruptly exploded out with unprecedented battle intent and bright lights
before his figure lightly moved to actually vanish into thin air.

Subsequently, Chen Xi saw that a blade that glowed with a cold light became larger and
larger within his eyes amongst the pain he felt in them, and it was sharp and cold.

Lin Shaoqi was obviously a fellow with abundant live combat experience, he attacked
decisively without the slightest bit of indecision and without the slightest scruples.
Actually, there was no need for any scruples, as in the arena, life and death was decided by
fate, and even if his opponent was an extremely influential person, he still wouldn’t be soft
on his opponent because of this.

This sword strike was the sword technique he was adept in, Singlestroke Cloudpiercing
Sword. It was swift like a bolt of lightning, and the sword light seemed as if it tore open the
clouds in the sky as it emitted a buzz as it flashed over.

Swoosh!

His sword pierced onto Chen Xi’s head, yet it seemed as if he pierced into the air.
Shockingly, it was Chen Xi’s afterimage.

“Shit!” He hurriedly turned around before retreating explosively.

But he was still a step too late, and a voice sounded out in his ears. “Your speed is too slow.
I could have killed you more than a hundred times when you struck out with your sword.
You aren’t Xie Zhan, I’ll just teach you a lesson this time. Don’t carelessly do someone a
favor in the future, so as to avoid dying a graveless death.”

“You’re courting death!” Lin Shaoqi roared in explosive rage, then his figure contracted as
he aroused and circulated the True Essence in his entire body. His entire body was like a
bullet that swiftly leaped about the arena, leaving behind layer after layer of illusory
images, causing no one to be able to figure out where his body was actually at.

“Myriad Shadow Lightconfusion Technique!” This was a rare technique that when
executed to the limit was able to produce over 10,000 illusory images. Moreover, every
illusory image possessed a shadow, a mixture of true and false where one could replace the
illusions, and it was able to confuse the light of the sun and moon.

But how could his speed possibly surpass Chen Xi?

When Chen Xi was at the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, his movement
technique had already attained the Dao Insight Realm, and it was even the free and
fluttering Wind Dao Insight. His speed was so swift that it had reached an extent that was
extremely astonishing. Lin Shaoqi was indeed extremely formidable, yet he was like a child
in Chen Xi’s eyes.

When he executed the Myriad Shadow Lightconfusion Technique, Chen Xi had already
followed him like a shadow to appear behind him, then his hand grabbed down to instantly
choke Lin Shaoqi’s throat from behind, and he only had to lightly exert strength and it
would be an end of dying on the spot for Lin Shaoqi.

Kacha! Kacha!

At almost the exact same instant, Chen Xi’s left hand stretched out like a dragon's claw,
and with a grab and twist on both of Lin Shaoqi’s shoulder blades, the muscles and bones
were instantly torn apart and broken, causing his arms to be crippled.

“Cough… Cough…” Lin Shaoqi was in pain to the point that his face was warped and
hideous, but his throat was bound tightly by Chen Xi, so all his cries of pain had
transformed into sounds that were like the cry of a rooster.

Hiss!

The thousand plus cultivators that were spectating the battle gasped. They almost didn’t
dare believe their eyes, as only a few breaths of time had passed, yet the battle had ended?
Chapter 121 – Battling Tang Xu

The spectating platform was deathly silent!

All the cultivators present were shocked by Chen Xi’s movement technique that was
extremely swift like lightning, and some people with sharp sight had even discerned that
Chen Xi’s movement technique had already attained the Dao Insight Stage!

Dao Insight was the comprehension and cognition of the Heaven Dao.

In the path of cultivating, no matter how good one’s birth was, no matter how many
medicinal pills one possessed, and no matter how devoted one’s teacher or Master was in
guiding and passing on knowledge, if one wasn’t able to comprehend a strand of the
Heaven Dao’s profundity, then not only would one’s cultivation stagnate, one couldn’t
hope of becoming a Heavenly Immortal in their entire lifetime.

Because if one wanted to become a Heavenly Immortal, then one must go through the test
of the peerless heavenly tribulation. The higher one’s comprehension of the Dao was, the
higher one’s probability of overcoming the heavenly tribulation.

Not mentioning some figures that were monstrous geniuses, ordinarily speaking, the
comprehension towards the Heaven Dao of all the cultivators in the world could be seen
from certain aspects.

Postnatal Realm cultivators cultivated bitterly and diligently to break through the barriers
within themselves and were able to acquire a vague understanding of the Heaven Dao. This
was the basic-stage.

Congenital Realm cultivators absorbed the spirit energy in the heaven and earth, then pried
into the profundity behind the derivation of spirit energy, and it was the advanced-stage.

Violet Palace Realm cultivators had established their foundation of the Grand Dao, fusing
with the world, and the stage they pursued was the unity-stage.

Whereas Dao Insight was instead the stage in the Martial Dao that Golden Hall Realm
cultivators sought after!

It was precisely because of this that when they noticed Chen Xi had comprehended Dao
Insight at the Violet Palace Realm that the cultivators present would be so shocked.

“Who’s this youth?”

“The future of this kid is surely limitless!”

“Quickly go investigate, investigate all the information about this kid, no matter how
important or trivial. A genius like this is worthy of us spending any cost to rope in!”

After a momentary silence, the spectating platform instantly burst into an uproar as they
discussed animatedly, and all of them repeatedly focused their attention on Chen Xi who
was in the arena, seeming to want to clearly see exactly what kind of person he was.

“Dao Insight Stage! Looks like I’ve done a foolish thing this time…” On the spectating
platform, Yan Qingni was out of sorts as she muttered while looking at Chen Xi who was
in the arena, and her expression was indeterminate.

“This fellow Chen Xi is too abnormal. I have a feeling like I don’t know him every time I
see him. Dammit, how are the rest of us supposed to survive with him being like this?!”
Duanmu Ze gnashed his teeth as he spoke.

“He’s indeed extremely abnormal.” Du Qingxi and Song Lin deeply agreed.

Even though the three of them spoke like this, their faces were filled with delighted
expressions. Chen Xi’s victory caused them to feel that they’d gained face as well, and this
caused them to feel honored.

“Sister! I want to take Big Brother Chen Xi as my Master!” Mu Wenfei suddenly spoke
with an extremely firm expression.

“Ah, you don’t want to go to the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?” Mu Yao was stunned, then
she seemed to be lost in thought as she said, “If Big Brother Chen Xi is willing to take you
as his disciple, then it’s indeed a blessing. Alas, we just don’t know if Big Brother Chen Xi
is willing.”

“This idiot! He didn’t even know the actual strength of his opponent, yet he was the first to
attack. Isn’t this courting death?” At the other side of the arena, Xie Zhan roared endlessly
with a low voice. “Tang Xu, go! That kid just has a slightly swift speed, carefully be on
guard against it, and coupled with your body refinement cultivation being at the 3rd level of
the Violet Palace Realm, you’ll surely be able to kill him!”

Tang Xu nodded, his ordinary face was still completely calm, seeming to be completely not
disturbed by the circumstances in his surroundings.

“I… I admit… Admit defeat!” On the arena, Lin Shaoqi who was held by the neck had
gathered sufficient strength, and he emitted a disjointed voice.

“Fuck off! If I see you helping the wicked oppress others again, I’ll surely not let you off.”
Chen Xi casually swung his hand, tossing Lin Shaoqi down from the arena like tossing
trash.
“Young Master Xie Zhan’s side has lost in the first round.” The beautiful and refined
female attendant walked up the arena, the gaze she shot at Chen Xi contained extraordinary
splendor that rippled continuously, and she said, “Young Master, congratulations on
obtaining the victory in the first round.”

Chen Xi smiled and said, “Start the second round.”

“So Young Master is already impatient.” The female attendant smiled sweetly, causing her
to seem extremely captivating, then she swept her gaze around the spectating platform that
surrounded the arena and said with a clear voice. “The second round begins now.”

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Right after the female attendant walked down the arena, a wave of seeming slow yet rapid
footsteps that were like a drum stepped with a strange rhythm as it walked step by step onto
the arena.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The surroundings of the arena instantly became quiet as everyone felt their hearts jump
along with this sounds of footsteps, jumping intensely to the point that their True Essence,
vital energy, and blood within their entire bodies surge, and their Dao Hearts almost lost
control.

An expression that was a mix of crying and smiling instantly appeared on the faces of some
people with comparatively weaker strengths, seeming to be dazed, and it was like they’d
fallen into abnormal behavior.

It was amongst this strange sounds of footsteps that the young man in feathered clothes,
Tang Xu, walked up to the arena, and the strange sounds of footsteps only vanished when
he stopped moving, causing everyone who was spectating to be unable to refrain from
heaving a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, the gazes of everyone shot onto Tang Xu as countless questions surged into
their hearts. Who is this fellow? Where did he come from? What cultivation technique has
he cultivated? Only the sounds of his footsteps was able to cause others to lose control of
themselves?

Whoosh!

The Profound Balance Grand Formation of the arena was activated once again, and it
formed a screen of light that enveloped Chen Xi and Tang Xu within it.

“I cultivate the Tenthwater Profoundbody Technique. I meditated for nine years in the dark
and cold lands at the northernmost lands when I was eight, using the Nine-Darkness
Profoundwater to temper my body to advance to the 3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm in
body refinement. The flesh in my entire body is soft like water, yet like steel when it’s hard.
So no matter how swift your speed is, if your strength isn’t sufficient, then it would be
useless towards me.” Tang Xu’s ordinary face didn’t have the slightest fluctuation as he
said slowly, “Moreover, I’ve also cultivated the Divine Ability Heavenly Transformation
and Nine-Yin Godsword. When the two are combined, it’s able to…”

Chen Xi waved his hand as he interrupted. “Did you come to chat with me?”

He naturally knew that Tang Xu wanted to use this opportunity to cause the intent to retreat
to emerge in his heart, and the thoughts of fear would be like an inner demon that affected
the exertion of his strength.

Unfortunately, Tang Xu didn’t know that Chen Xi visualized the Fuxi Divine Status day
and night and had experienced numerous difficult battles. Chen Xi’s Dao Heart had already
become extremely tough and firm, so how could his mind possibly be affected by a few
words?

Most importantly, Chen Xi was similarly a body refiner, and what he cultivated was even
the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts which was a peerless cultivation technique that
had been passed down since the primordial era, thus his knowledge of the strength of a
body refiner was much deeper than an ordinary cultivator. This caused Tang Xu wanting to
use the advantage of a body refiner to deter him to seem slightly laughable and immature.

Tang Xu was obviously stunned. He seemed to have never expected that Chen Xi’s reaction
would be so indifferent, and he shook his head and said, “Underestimating your enemy will
cause you to lose your life.”

“Are you a man?” Chen Xi suddenly asked.

Tang Xu replied. “Of course.” Then he reacted to it and said with rage, “You’re saying that
I’m not a man?”

Chen Xi shrugged. “I think you’re not a woman as well.”

“You’re calling me a eunuch?” Tang Xu’s expression instantly became gloomy.

Chen Xi said with a smile, “Right, a eunuch that has no balls and only knows how to play
little tricks and little schemes.”

“You’re courting death! Heavenly Transformation!” Tang Xu shouted out explosively, and
roiling water vapor abruptly surged out from his entire body. He seemed to have
transformed into a surging river as his aura instantly violently rose to the limit, and he’d
already transformed into a giant that was 30m tall.

This giant seemed to be formed by streams of water. Its limbs, head, and body all flowed
with black colored streams of water. A strong, cold qi spread out into the air, instantly
condensing patches of fine snowflakes that carried along a sharp cold light. Before him,
Chen Xi was simply like a little fellow.

This was the Divine Ability, Heavenly Transformation. It was able to allow the body to
become over 30m tall and allow the strength of the body to rise explosively and multiply,
yet the nimbleness of the body wouldn’t reduce in the slightest, and it was an extremely
formidable auxiliary Divine Ability. During the primordial era, practically everyone from
the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement would have cultivated this technique so that they
were able to exert even greater strength during battle.

It was even to the extent that when Heavenly Transformation was cultivated to the extreme,
one was even able to become tall like a 33km tall mountain, and with every movement of
the body, their pure strength was sufficient to obliterate mountains and sever rivers, and it
was extremely terrifying.

“Nine-Yin Godsword!” Tang Xu who’d transformed into a giant that was over 30m tall
shouted out explosively, and an enormous sword that was like a wave of water abruptly
gushed out. The body of the sword was covered in a layer of dense and profound runes,
they were like fine waves, yet even more like nimble tadpoles that swam about on the 3m
long blade of the sword, and it undulated circle after circle of translucent ripples.

Chen Xi’s eyes squinted, there was no need to mention the Heavenly Transformation as it
was able to allow body refiners to possess a strong body and strength that had increased
explosively, whereas this Nine-Yin Godsword was condensed from Shaman Energy, yet it
actually displayed such a scene, and this caused him to be unable to help from sighing in
surprise.

Divine Abilities cover a great area. With Divine Abilities, body refiners have utterly no use
of any Magic Treasures, as their attack power was sufficient to kill anyone!

“Die!” Tang Xu held the enormous sword in his hand and slashed down, causing a myriad
of waves that emitted countless strange and sharp howls to gush out. It seemed as if it even
made the arena to start shaking, and its imposing might was extremely shocking.

Swoosh!

Chen Xi executed his Divine Windwing Flight to dodge towards a side of the arena, and at
the same time, the eight Netherezim Flying Swords swiftly flew out with speeds that were
quick as bolts of lightning as they went straight for Tang Xu’s head.

Splash! Splash!

Tang Xu didn’t dodge, allowing the eight Netherezim Flying Swords to instantly mince his
head. However, the flowing water gushed out and condensed, and a head once again
appeared on his neck. He was actually unharmed!
“Hmm?” Chen Xi was shocked in his heart. Before he could wrap his head around it, the
Nine-Yin Godsword carried along the myriad of waves as it assaulted him with a bang, and
it forced him to have no choice but to flash to the side.

“Dodge? Until when can you dodge?” Tang Xu laughed coldly, his figure swayed as his
30m tall body swung about the Nine-Yin Godsword that carried along a surging current to
sweep out horizontally.

The arena only had an area of 300m, and when Tang Xu swung out this swipe of the sword,
it practically enveloped the entire arena. Waves rolled everywhere as strange howls blasted
out, and the space that Chen Xi could dodge with had become extremely narrow.

Swish!

On the ground, a black colored stream abruptly rose up, increasing explosively with a speed
the eye could see, and it quickly transformed the arena into an enormous pool. The dark and
cold water vapor effused out an icy cold aura that was like numerous blades that clawed
and cut the screen of light that covered the surroundings of the arena to the point it emitted
ear piercing scratching sounds.

This is the might of the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement?

On the spectating platform, numerous eyes sprang open like saucers as they looked at Tang
Xu who, was like a fiendgod that stood in the arena as he let loose his sword and battled. A
trace of astonishment that was impossible to restrain had emerged on the faces of everyone.

Almighty!

Amongst those of the same cultivation, the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement crushed
all in the School of Qi Refinement. These words really weren’t fake!

“Chen Xi will be fine, right?” Duanmu Ze said with worry. Although he knew Chen Xi had
killed Golden Hall Realm cultivators and even Golden Core Realm cultivators, but when he
saw Tang Xu who displayed invincible might on the arena, he still couldn’t help but
become worried.

“Yes!” Du Qingxi’s expression was anxious and doubtful, yet she spoke with extreme
certainty. “Didn’t you see that Chen Xi is searching for his weak point, and is ready to
attack at any moment?”

At the other side of the arena, Xie Zhan was in high spirits, and he clapped and praised.
“Good! Good! Good! The School of Fiendgod Body Refinement is indeed formidable!
HAHAHA!”

Swoosh!
Chen Xi’s figure was like a strand of wind that drifted indeterminately in midair on the
arena as he repeatedly dodged the attacks of the enormous sword and streams of water from
the surroundings. It seemed to be dangerous, yet he was always able to find a trace of
survival between small gaps, and he skillfully and easily dodged them all.

Whereas in his heart, he was instead observing the method Tang Xu’s Divine Ability
attacked. It was the first time he’d battled a cultivator that possessed Shaman Energy and
Divine Abilities, and he had too many things he wanted to learn. How could he let this
opportunity he acquired slip by?

“The height that is covered by the screen of light above the arena is only 600m, let me see
how long you can continue dodging for!” As he stood in the arena where the streams of
water ceaselessly rose explosively, it was as if Tang Xu was standing in his own domain.
The Nine-Yin Godsword he swung about caused waves to surge like dashing dragons, and
they seemed to roar like tigers as they swept up a myriad of streams of water to chase
closely behind Chen Xi’s figure without letting up.

Chen Xi was silent, yet traces of sudden comprehension had emerged within his heart. My
Grand Astral Palm already possesses the Fifth-Earthstar’s baleful qi and the Second-
Woodstar’s baleful qi, and it implicitly contained the Dao of the movements of the stars.
Compared to this Divine Ability, Nine-Yin Godsword that is only condensed from the Nine-
Darkness Profoundwater, it’s obviously greatly advanced…    
Chapter 122 – Chen Xi’s Persistence

Swish!

Due to the protection of the screen of light that covered an area of 300m in the arena, it was
like a sealed pool that endlessly rose up explosively. In next to no time, it was almost fully
filled by the bone piercingly cold Nine-Darkness Profoundwater.

The 30m tall Tang Xu’s legs were covered by water, yet they remained as firm as if he was
ashore. The Nine-Yin Godsword in his hand carried along a surging wave that swept out
and struck the surroundings, causing the screen of light around the arena to shake intensely
and emit creaking sounds.

Shocking waves surged and fierce waves dashed to the skies.

At this moment, Tang Xu was simply like a god of water, wantonly releasing his boundless
destructive force from within his own domain, causing all the spectators on the platform to
be dumbstruck.

“Give up resisting, I already said long ago that you weren’t a match for me!” As he looked
at Chen Xi who would soon to be drowned and covered by the streams of water, Tang Xu’s
exceedingly ordinary face couldn’t resist from revealing a trace of complacency. Wasn’t all
his bitter cultivating for over 10 years in the dark and cold lands and enduring the icy cold
pain for nine years for the sake of this moment? To display his talent under the attention of
everyone?

Swoosh!

It was at this moment that Chen Xi’s figure abruptly stopped, then he plunged downwards
like a shooting star and bore head first into the water under Tang Xu’s astounded gaze.

“Does this fellow want to die? This Nine-Darkness Profoundwater is the essence of water
from 33km below the grounds of the dark and cold lands, and it was bone piercingly icy. So
long as any qi refinement cultivator were to be tainted by a bit of it, they would be frozen
into ice and lose all ability to battle. Is this fellow courting death?” Tang Xu was
dumbstruck, then he smiled coldly as he took a step forward, and the Nine-Yin Godsword
fierce flashed towards the water.

Rumble!

Countless fine turbulent flows of water abruptly gushed out from the bottom of the pool of
water, and it was like a shapeless hand stirring the water as eight enormous whirlpools
surged out with a loud rumble, roaring and colliding as if evil dragons had drilled out from
within the water. The suction force and rotational force of the eight enormous whirlpools
were interwoven together, forming a sharp penetrative force that caused one’s heart to
palpitate and feel terrified.

There was, shockingly, a flying sword at the center of every single whirlpool. They were
like the water sprite that controlled the streams of water and the whirlpools, and the sharp
energy that surged out from them had simply arrived at a shocking degree.

Suction force!

Rotational force!

Sharp qi!

When combined together, they formed a terrifying force of destruction that was sufficient
to mince everything into pieces, and it assaulted Tang Xu from every direction.

Tang Xu noticed to his astonishment that he’d actually lost control of the Nine-Darkness
Profoundwater, and they were instead condensed into whirlpools by eight streams of
terrifying energy to assault him!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

When the first whirlpool attacked him, the enormous Nine-Yin Godsword seemed as if it
had fallen into the hands of the devil, cracking inch by inch before transforming into Nine-
Darkness Profoundwater that was completely swallowed up, causing the might of the
whirlpool to rise explosively by another 10%.

“Why is this happening?” Tang Xu roared in rage. He circulated the Shaman Energy in his
entire body, causing his 30m tall body to seem translucent like a stream of water, and
emitted monstrous imposing might. With a rub of his palms, an enormous Nine-Yin
Godsword that was 10m long condensed once more, and it chopped towards the whirlpools
that assaulted him from all directions.

Bang!

The Divine Ability Nine-Yin Godsword was shattered and wiped out once again, and
before Tang Xu could resist once more, the eight whirlpools swept down like eight bloody
mouths that were opened by an ancient fierce beast and swallowed Tang Xu’s 30m tall
body from head to toe.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The eight whirlpools collided together, and the friction between two whirlpools was like
millstones that revolved in opposite directions as they pressed down on each other. The
eight whirlpools weren’t all revolving in opposite directions while rubbing together, and the
pressure produced by all of them had instantly crushed Tang Xu’s body into powder that
vanished completely.

So long as the head and heart of a cultivator at the Violet Palace Realm in the School of
Fiendgod Body Refinement wasn’t pierced through, the cultivator would be able to regrow
his limbs and completely recover. During the battle earlier, Chen Xi had instead noticed
that after the eight Netherezim Flying Swords minced Tang Xu’s head into pieces, this
fellow had still recovered to an unharmed state. Although Chen Xi was unable to guess the
profundity hidden behind this, Chen Xi was instead constantly thinking of where its weak
point was.

The current method of using the whirlpools to annihilate Tang Xu was the method of
obliterating the enemy that Chen Xi thought of. First, he used the eight Netherezim Flying
Swords to execute the Windflow Divination Sword’s strongest move, Space Shattering
Typhoon, and sever Tang Xu’s control towards the streams of water. Then he condensed
eight whirlpools that contained Wind Dao Insight to rub and crush down on each other to
completely mince Tang Xu’s entire body into powder.

Under these circumstances, if Tang Xu was still able to survive, then Chen Xi would have
no choice but to expose his identity as a body refiner and execute the Grand Astral Palm.

Fortunately, everything Chen Xi was worried about didn’t happen.

In the arena, the whirlpools vanished, the streams of water disappeared, and the eight
Netherezim Flying Swords revolved as they flew back to Chen Xi’s side. Not far from him,
a storage pouch had fallen to the ground; Tang Xu’s body had been minced into powder,
vanishing without a trace.

“It’s a best of three matches and I’ve already won two rounds. Xie Zhan, shouldn’t you
kneel down and apologize?” Chen Xi stretched out his hand to grab and put away the
storage pouch on the ground, then turned around and faced Xie Zhan, who was below the
arena, as he smiled indifferently. His smile was casual and natural.

Because of Tang Xu’s death, the spectating platform in the surroundings of the arena had
fallen into deathly silence. At this moment, although Chen Xi’s voice wasn’t loud, it
entered into the ears of everyone present without the slightest omission, and it was like a
fuse that instantly exploded the spectating platform into an uproar.

“A cultivator of the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement that possessed extremely

tenacious vitality actually died?”

“This kid’s sword technique is so formidable! The strength of the final eight whirlpools was
too terrifying…”

“Exciting! Truly too exciting! A qi refiner killing a body refiner! A battle like this is rarely
seen in a hundred years!”
…

“Nice!” Duanmu Ze clapped fiercely, he was excited to the point his face went crimson and
he roared out, causing the surroundings cultivators to glance over.

“I truly never imagine that this fellow, Chen Xi, had become so formidable. The moment he
moves, it’s a killing move.” Du Qingxi’s clear eyes were unusually bright, and the corners
of her icy cold mouth curled up into a delighted arc.

“You wouldn’t have fallen for him, right?” Song Lin smiled broadly as he ridiculed.

“Fuck off!” Duanmu Ze and Du Qingxi spoke out at the exact same time. But, one of them
had hidden bitterness and was unwilling, the other was shy and uneasy. Song Ling saw with
his eyes, understood in his heart, yet didn’t say anything.

“Sister, Big Brother Chen Xi has won!” Mu Wenfei’s little face was red, and he jumped
about in excitement.

“Yes, I saw.” Mu Yao’s fist, that was originally clenched tightly, had slowly let go as she
completely relaxed and the happiness on her pure and pretty oval face was difficult to
conceal.

Dao Insight Stage, top-grade yellow-rank flying swords, a profound sword technique and
movement technique. Amongst the younger generation of the various great powers in
Dragon Lake City, only a few tens of people are able to compete with him. Formidable! I
never imaged that I, Li Kun, would have misjudged as well… On the spectating platform,
an old man whose entire body had fallen into a patch of shadows faintly sighed with
emotion. If Chen Xi saw him, Chen Xi would surely be able to recognize to his
astonishment that this old man was actually that mysterious old man that sat behind the
table at the Darchu Soulguard’s great hall.

The screen of light on the arena was rescinded, and that beautiful and refined female
attendant ascended the arena once again before saying in a loud voice. “Young Master Xie
Zhan’s side has lost in the second round.” She then turned to look at Xie Zhan. “Young
Master Xie, do you still want to carry out the third round?”

At this moment, Xie Zhan’s expression was already completely livid and gloomy, his gaze
furious and fierce, and it was almost to the point of desiring to kill. He’d originally thought
that since it was a best of three, his side was already in an invincible position. How could
he have imagined that not only would Chen Xi defeat the 8th star Violet Palace Realm
cultivator, Lin Shaoqi, with a single strike, at this moment, Chen Xi had once again killed
the 3rd level Violet Palace Realm body refiner, Tang Xu, with overwhelming superiority?

Why is it like this?

Xie Zhan recalled the conditions he’d promised Chen Xi before the battle, and when he
thought of how he had to kneel down and apologize to that pair of brother and sister that
had no background, unrestrainable rage and ruthlessness emerged within his heart. But, it
wasn’t good for him to go back on his words under the gazes of everyone present. If that
happened, then the Xie Clan’s face would be completely lost.

What should I do?

Xie Zhan’s expression was indeterminate, and he was at a loss towards what to do.

“Want to go back on your word? Look at the surroundings, there are countless gazes staring
at you here, and if you go back on your word, it’s alright as well, but your Xie Clan’s name
will probably be destroyed,” Chen Xi said indifferently.

“Dammit! You…” Xie Zhan’s expression was ferocious, he was angered to the point his
eyes almost spouted fire, and he stared fixedly at Chen Xi, wishing for nothing more than to
hack this detestable kid into thousands of pieces.

“Oh, even Xie Zhan would be driven to such a state. Looks like words shouldn’t be spoken
so conceitedly.”

“Exactly. Now that he has no way to back down, I wonder what Xie Zhan will do.”

“Hmph! Xie Zhan ought to receive a slight lesson. He’s always arrogant, overbearing, and
has no respect for anyone. If it wasn’t for him having the Xie Clan behind him, he’d
probably have been killed long ago.”

Numerous voices entered into his ears and were like numerous blades that cut Xie Zhan’s
heart, causing him to be enraged to the point his entire body trembled ceaselessly. Since he
was young, when had he ever suffered such grievance?

Dammit!

All of you are damnable!

Xie Zhan’s eyes instantly went red, and he couldn’t care about anything else as he leaped
onto the arena with a swish, then looked at Chen Xi who was opposite of him and gnashed
his teeth as he said, “I’ll fight the third round. I don’t have to apologize if I die. If you die…
Then it couldn’t be better. I’ll surely torture that pair of brother and sister to death!”
At this moment, everyone was able to discern that Xie Zhan had completely gone mad. The
words he spoke were resolute and ruthless and had trapped both him and Chen Xi into a
situation that would only end when one party died.

“Looks like you still haven’t changed and woken up to reality. Since you’re looking to die,
then I’ll fulfill your wish.” Killing intent flashed within Chen Xi’s eyes as the last sentence
Xie Zhan spoke had completely aroused the killing intent in his heart.

The battle would break out at any moment, and all the cultivators on the spectating platform
shut their mouths as they shot their gazes towards the arena in unison. The Xie Clan’s
Young Master might be killed during this battle, and this was an extremely serious matter!

“Xie Zhan, stand down!” It was at this moment that a low and deep voice was like thunder
that had descended from the skies, rumbling and exploding in the air around the entire
arena. A swish accompanied this voice, and a figure was swift like a bolt of lightning as it
descended onto the area.

This person’s figure was tall and stalwart, and he was actually taller by Xie Zhan who had
an imposing build by the height of a head. A head full of dense long hair hung down
loosely on his shoulder, and his face seemed as if it was cut out by a blade, possessing well
defined angles. Moreover, there was a narrow scar from a saber on his left cheek that
seemed like a centipede, and it added a savage and vicious aura to him.

“Xie Meng!”“It’s actually Xie Meng. Since the end of the last Hidden Dragon Rankings, he
seemed as if he’d evaporated into thin air. Now he’s actually appeared here!”

“Haha, there’s a good show to see now!”

The spectating platform abruptly emitted cries of surprise when they saw this person, and
they all had expressions of disbelief.

“Brother!” Xie Zhan called out in a low voice, yet he lowered his head in embarrassment.
Being driven to such a state by another and even causing his brother to come out was truly
too shameful.

“If you didn’t step up the arena today, I surely wouldn’t have come out and bothered about
you.” Xie Meng’s voice carried along a sonorous and forceful feeling of slaughter, and he
said with a deep voice, “Fortunately, you didn’t disappoint me. Go down, leave this place
to me.”

Xie Zhan nodded, then turned around and left. As he walked, he felt afraid in his heart. If I
chose to kneel and apologize earlier, then I’d probably have been expelled by the Xie Clan,
right?

“This battle already has no need of being carried out. I’ll represent my younger brother and
apologize to you and that pair of brother and sister.” Xie Meng’s gaze swept Chen Xi and
he said with an expressionless face, “Moreover, I guarantee that no one within my Xie Clan
will look for trouble with all of you again. How about it?”

All the people on the spectating platform couldn’t help but nod to themselves, being able to
make Xie Meng declare such a stand was already the greatest compromise of that Xie Clan.
It allowed both parties to have room to make a choice, and not continue the life and death
situation.

However, unexpected to everyone, Chen Xi actually didn’t agree!

“Earlier, when your little brother drove my friends into a hopeless situation, did he ever
think of apologizing and letting them off? If I lost in this arena battle, can you imagine what
would have happened to them?” Chen Xi spoke slowly with a calm expression, and his
voice was like a lake without ripples, not carrying any feelings.

Xie Meng’s face became gloomy as he asked indifferently. “Then what do you want?
Speak your terms and I can compensate you, so long as it isn’t too excessive.”

“I just want to ask you a question.” Chen Xi’s voice slowly became icy cold. Because he
recalled the scene from before, he recalled the gazes of Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei that was
despaired, helpless, terrified, and worried. Rage leaped up within his chest, and it was
smoldering, yearning to be vented. “If it was you, would you agree to let him off just like
this?”
Chapter 123 – Bad News

Xie Meng was questioned to the point that he was stunned. He asked himself, if he was
Chen Xi and under these circumstances? He would indeed be unable to forgive Xie Zhan
for his actions.

But he couldn’t admit it.

He was the eldest son of the Xie Clan, which was one of the six great clans of Dragon Lake
City. Why would he put himself as an equal status with Chen Xi and put himself in Chen
Xi’s shoes?

What a joke!

Who’d seen a disciple from a great power making friends equally with a beggar on the side
of the streets?

Who’d seen an eagle in the sky worry about the feelings of an ant?

His status, identity, and the honor of his clan didn’t allow Xie Chan to do this, so he didn’t
even think about it before asking coldly. “What exactly do you want?”

“Kneel down and kowtow, fulfill the promise.” Chen Xi spoke word by word.

Xie Meng sneered, and the centipede scar on his left cheek warped. “Are you sure you want
to do this?”

“Chen Xi! Forget it. You’ve already won. It isn’t good for yourself as well if this continues.
Of course, if you insist on doing this, we’ll support you too.” It was at this moment that Du
Qingxi’s group of three stepped up the arena.

The appearance of the three instantly caused all the cultivators on the spectating platform to
be dumbstruck, because they completely never imagined that Chen Xi would actually be
related to these three people!

“Du Qingxi, Duanmu Ze and Song Lin. The status and identity of these three aren't inferior
to Xie Meng in the slightest!”

“Interesting! Everything from today is truly too interesting! Causing four out of the six
great clans to appear in a short while, this arena battle is truly difficult to come by in a
thousand years.”

“No wonder that kid dares to speak like that to Xie Meng. So it turns out he’s a figure with
a great background as well!”
Indeed, everything that happened today had caused them to be dazed as there were too
many things for their eyes to take in. For the sake of a pair of brother and sister that had no
background, the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Yan Qingni was the first to stand out, and
then Chen Xi was drawn out. After watching two battles that could be called shocking,
when they thought the climax would end here, Xie Meng who’d never shown his face for
ten years had arrived unexpectedly. Subsequently, three geniuses that represented three
different clans had arrived soon after him…

All of this was like tidewater that fiercely assaulted the thoughts of everyone present in one
wave after another, and it caused their minds to sway to the point they almost lost their
sanity.

“Yeah, Big Brother Chen Xi. I and little brother already aren’t angry anymore. Don’t harm
yourself for our sake.” Mu Yao held her little brother's hand and walked up the arena, and
her face was filled with an expression of gratitude and concern.

Chen Xi sighed to himself, yet his face was calm and indifferent as before.

He knew that no matter if it was Du Qingxi’s group of three, or Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei,
they were all sincerely thinking for his own good. But he was unable to accept a situation
like this in his heart.

Why must I accept it when he makes a concession?

Why were Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei refused by everyone when they wanted to apologize?

Chen Xi naturally understood that this was the difference in status, identity, and strength. It
was the difference between a tiny ant and a colossus, but understanding was understanding,
yet he thoroughly hated these rules of the game that was influenced by all this.

It was precisely because these rules existed that those utterly wicked and evil people lived
for a hundred years, yet those who had good intentions towards others instead died a violent
death on the streets. There was no justice, there was no good and evil, and everything was
decided by strength.

A life for a life, and repay one’s debts? Karma and retribution, what goes around comes
around? So long as one possesses absolutely strength, one is able to wantonly trample
upon all that! Who would carry a reverent and devoted heart to care about it?

Enraged or not, Chen Xi had to accept this current situation. Incidents like this happened in
every corner of the heavens and the earth. It was playing out at all time, and he was utterly
unable to remedy law of existing, that had continued for countless years, by himself.

But Chen Xi was absolutely unwilling to let Xie Zhan off like this. He wasn’t a chivalrous
person that enforced justice on behalf of the heavens, but he had to interfere with incidents
that occurred by his side.
However, what happened next instead caused Chen Xi’s plans to completely come to
nothing.

“Chen Xi? Which Chen Xi?” Xie Meng seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes
squinted as he cried out in surprise and bewilderment.

All the people on the spectating platform were paying attention to the event over here, and
after they heard Xie Meng’s words, there were some quick-witted people that abruptly
recalled the great incident that shocked Dragon Lake City a few days ago.

“Chen Xi! So he’s Chen Xi!”

“I remember now. He’s the fellow that killed the six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and a
Golden Core Realm cultivator of the Su Clan!”

“No wonder, no wonder he was able to win two rounds in such a relaxed manner. So it
turns out that it’s him!”

The entire scene was in an uproar!

Numerous gazes shot onto Chen Xi in unison, seeming to want to see clearly exactly how
terrifying this youth’s strength was.

“So it turns out that Big Brother Chen is so formidable!” When Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei
heard the surrounding sounds of discussion, the gazes they shot at Chen Xi carried
boundless admiration.

“It really is you.” The gaze Xie Meng shot at Chen Xi was completely serious. When a
person had a great reputation, he would exude a great awe-inspiring effect on others. No
matter how confident he was of his own strength, when faced with an existence that was
able to kill a Golden Core Realm cultivator, he couldn’t avoid weighing the consequences
of battling Chen Xi.

“What? Could it be that there’s something different between the previous me and the
current me?” As he gazed at Xie Meng whose attitude abruptly changed greatly, Chen Xi
didn’t conceal the tone of ridicule in his words.

“You’ve already completely offended the Su Clan, could it be you still want to offend my
Xie Clan?” Xie Meng’s face sank as he spoke coldly.

“Since I dare kill Su Leng, I dare kill you as well, want to give it a try?” Chen Xi spoke
calmly.
Xie Meng’s face swiftly became gloomy, yet he didn’t say another word. He didn’t want to
play a game of who was more ruthless with a madman. Not to mention, this madman was
about to suffer the frenzied counterattack of the Su Clan, and it wasn’t worth for him to
meddle in it. Du Qingxi’s group of three that were by Chen Xi’s side similarly caused him
to be exceedingly afraid. Under these circumstances, it obviously didn’t pay off for him to
go head to head with Chen Xi until the end.

“Young friends, how about you two give this old man some face and write off this matter?”
It was at this moment that an aged voice clearly sounded out around the arena. The voice
seemed to carry along boundless charm that caused one to feel as if bathing in spring breeze
and to be unable to arouse the slightest thought of going against it.

“Greetings Senior Pure Fortune!” At this moment, even though they hadn’t seen the owner
of the voice, all the cultivators present stood up respectfully, then cupped their fists and
bowed towards the distant sky, and it was an extremely magnificent sight at the scene.

“Daoist Pure Fortune is the owner behind the Immortal Assembling Pavilion. He’s a great
cultivator with unfathomable cultivation, and even the leaders of the various great powers
would be courteous when they met him.” Du Qingxi’s voice that was chilly like spring
water entered into his ears, causing Chen Xi to be unable to refrain from being shocked at
the same time he came to a sudden understanding. This Daoist Pure Fortune looks to be a
formidable figure of Dragon Lake City as well.

“Young Master Chen Xi, this is the compensation of my Immortal Assembling Pavilion to
you as a token of apology. Our Pavilion Master said that he welcomes you to be a guest at
our Immortal Assembling Restaurant at any time.” The beautiful and refined female
attendant walked up the arena once more, and delicate hands held a jade box.

“I’ve done nothing to deserve this. Please take it back.” Chen Xi shook his head. “Today’s
matter will end here. I won’t fuss about it any longer, and I hope that Young Master Xie
Meng will adhere to his own words.” Even the owner of the place that was reputed to be the
number one place of indulgence in Dragon Lake City had come forward, and Chen Xi
could only stop and make a compromise.

“Hmph! How could the words of I, Xie Meng, be a trifling matter?” Xie Meng grunted
coldly, then flicked his sleeve and left.

“Young Master Chen Xi, if you don’t accept this, then the Pavilion Master will dismiss me
from my job.” The beautiful female attendant looked pitifully at Chen Xi as she implored.

This scene caused Du Qingxi’s black brows to frown, then she stretched out her hand to
receive the jade box. “Since it’s like this, I’ll help you accept it.”

The female attendant was stunned, her gaze swept Du Qingxi and Chen Xi before
puckering her lips and smiling, then she didn’t disturb Chen Xi any longer, and she turned
around and left.
Du Qingxi instead felt her heart jerk from the female attendant’s gaze, causing her entire
body to instantly feel uncomfortable, and she felt her cheek’s become slightly hot as well.

“Let’s leave quickly. The feeling of being spectated by so many people is extremely
uncomfortable.” How could Chen Xi have not noticed this scene? He coughed dryly right
away before walking down the arena, and then he called out to Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei as
he walked out of the Immortal Assembling Pavilion.

“Hey, aren’t you going to see what treasure is in the jade box?” Du Qingxi chased up to
Chen Xi.

“Isn’t it alright if you help me take a look?” Chen Xi said casually.

“Me? Mmm, okay.” Du Qingxi was stunned for a moment before a smile that couldn’t be
concealed surged out on the corners of her mouths, and it seemed as if Chen Xi’s words had
actually caused her to be exceedingly happy. However, she didn’t open the jade box and
instead embraced it tightly in her bosom, and her clear eyes became distant as she thought
of something.

“Duanmu, I advise you to quickly withdraw, so as to avoid affecting our brotherhood.”

“Bastard! When did I say I would fight for a woman with Chen Xi? Dammit, I only feel
like… I feel like I slightly want to drink wine.”

“Alright, I’ll accompany you.”

“Good brother!”

“Brothers forever!”

Song Lin and Duanmu Ze had their hands over each other’s shoulder as they followed from
behind and whispered to one another via voice transmission. All along away, it attracted a
mass of strange gazes that stared fixedly at this two people that were overly intimate.

——

He’d just walked out of the Immortal Assembling Pavilion when Chen Xi suddenly saw
Xie Meng standing leisurely in the distance, and he couldn’t help but frown. Could it be
that this fellow is not resigned?

“Don’t worry. I’ve never changed the words I’ve said.” Xie Meng seemed to recall
something, and his expression was relaxed and pleased as he said while grinning, “I waited
for you to come out because I suddenly recalled a matter, and there’s was a need to let you
know.”

“Speak.”
“Your younger brother is a Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciple, right?” Xie Meng
suddenly asked.

Chen Xi’s face sank, and he instantly understood what matter it was. When he was in the
Southern Barbaric Nether Domain’s sword immortal’s abode, he’d once overhead that Su
Jiao’s elder brother, Su Chan, was the closed door disciple of a great Rebirth Realm
cultivator of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

Present, he’d completely offended the Su Clan. If the Su Clan made a frenzied
counterattack, it would surely implicate his younger brother!

When he thought up to here, Chen Xi’s expression became gloomy to the extreme.

“Looks like you’ve already thought of it.” Xie Meng grinned as he said, “But there’s
something you still don’t know. Your younger brother is an extraordinary genius in the
Sword Dao within the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. After he participates in the Hidden
Dragon Rankings this year, then so long as his achievement isn’t bad, it’s very likely for
him to become one of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Elite Disciples. But if an
unforeseen event were to happen halfway, then it would be too pitiful.” As soon as he
finished speaking, Xie Meng’s figure swayed before his figure instantly transformed into a
wisp of a black shadow that left elegantly.

“Don’t worry. No matter how high Su Chan’s status is, he wouldn’t dare act rashly in the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.” Du Qingxi consoled from the side.

“But, there’ll surely be small troubles.” Chen Xi sighed. “From what Xie Meng said earlier,
it seems that the Su Clan will be up to some petty tricks that are aimed at my little brother
during the Hidden Dragon Rankings. Looks like I have to go see my little brother before
this.”

Du Qingxi nodded as she said, “Mmm, it good that you understand. Feel free to tell me if
you encounter any troubling matters.”

“There ought to be no trouble. After all, I’ll be participating in the Hidden Dragon
Rankings as well, and at that time, I ought to be able to help my little brother.” Chen Xi
smiled and tried his best to look slightly relaxed.

“This fellow… Anyhow, no matter what difficulty you encounter, we’ll surely go at it
shoulder to shoulder with you. As for anything else, don’t think so much about it.” Duanmu
Ze moved over and said casually, “I originally planned to give you a welcoming dinner
today, but in the end, we didn’t get to taste Master Yue’s Nine Treasures Banquet and
instead set off a string of disgusting things. Come, come! Let’s go find a place to drink
wine.” Chen Xi nodded. He’s already vaguely sensed that along with his appearance in the
Immortal Assembling Pavilion, the revenge of the Su Clan wasn’t far away.
“Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, thank you for your assistance to Mu Yao and her younger
brother.” When Chen Xi and the others intended to sit in the Six Unicorn Treasured
Carriage and leave, Yan Qingni, who wore a jade dress, walked over from afar.
Chapter 124 – Ascending The Mountain

Yan Qingni was an extremely beautiful young woman, without a doubt. She had long hair
that was jet-black like ink, arched brows and cherry lips, and white and tender skin, causing
her to be a feast for the eyes.

But Chen Xi’s perception of her wasn’t good. When Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei were
pressured step by step by Xie Zhan, this woman’s attitude of avoidance was fully noticed
by him. He understood in his heart that this woman was extremely calculative and adept in
weighing the advantages and disadvantages, and she wasn’t as simple as she seemed on the
surface.

“Big Sister Qingni.” Mu Yao called out from  the side while her little brother Mu Wenfei
pursed his lips instead. Obviously, the little fellow had sensed the change in Yan Qingni’s
attitude earlier.

“Come with me, doesn’t Wenfei want to join the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?” Yan
Qingni wouldn’t fuss about it with a little kid, she lightly smiled and gave out her
invitation.

With regards to Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei, Chen Xi did indeed not know how he should
arrange a place for them. Presently, he was all alone as well, and he’d completely offended
the Su Clan as well. Bringing the pair of brother and sister along would obviously involve
them in his troubles.

“No, I want to take Big Brother Chen Xi as my Master.” Mu Wenfei raised his little face as
he spoke with a loud voice.

Take me as Master?

Chen Xi was exceedingly astounded, and at the same time that he felt it to be amusing, he
felt a trace of being moved from being trusted by someone. But he was absolutely unable to
agree to it. He knew extremely clearly in his heart of how much ability he had, and taking
Mu Wenfei as his disciple was leading a young man astray.

However, when he looked at the firmness and hope in the little fellow’s eyes, Chen Xi
didn’t know what excuse he should use in reply. Especially when the little fellow had a big
sister beside him that possessed eyes that were like the stars in the night sky and caused
others to be enchanted by them, was also staring at him with a hopeful expression, It caused
Chen Xi to feel the pressure on him increase greatly.

“Since you’re unwilling to go to the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, then come to my clan.”
Du Qingxi glanced at Mu Yao, then pretended to unintentionally glance at Chen Xi, before
giving out her invitation, and she said complacently in her heart. This little girl has
obviously fallen for Chen Xi as well. Dragging the two of them into my clan will allow me
to prevent her from getting a step closer to Chen Xi…

Du Qingxi’s heart jerked when she thought up to here, and her beautiful face blushed.
What’s wrong with me? Why am I always thinking of being on guard against all women
that come close to Chen Xi?

Chen Xi didn’t know that countless amounts of tiny thoughts had spun within Du Qingxi’s
heart, and he smiled as he nodded to Mu Wenfei and said, “That suggestion isn’t bad. The
Du Clan is one of the six great clans of Dragon Lake City, and so long as you cultivate
bitterly and diligently, you’ll surely be able to become formidable.”

“But…” Mu Wenfei was still not resigned, but he was slapped on the head by Mu Yao, and
she said, “Listen to Big Brother Chen, it surely won’t be wrong.”

“Alas, alright.” Mu Wenfei was depressed.

Chen Xi smiled then casually withdrew an armor type Magic Treasure that flowed with
bright lights and was only the size of a palm. Runes appear indistinctly on its surface as the
aura of a treasure suffused it, and even when looked at from afar, one would know that it
was of extraordinary quality. Chen Xi passed it over to Mu Wenfei and said, “This
Darkcloud Armor is for you to protect yourself.”

Intermediate-grade yellow-rank defensive Magic Treasure?

When she was refused by Mu Wenfei, Yan Qingni felt slightly depressed, but when she
saw Chen Xi taking out a defensive Magic Treasure and gifting it away, the depression in
her heart vanished completely.

Although she was able to produce yellow-rank Magic Treasures, she wasn’t willing to give
it away so easily. Not to mention she’d already discerned that after this pair of brother and
sister went to the Du Clan, they would obtain extremely great care, and it would be much
better than being introduced into the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect by her and becoming an
Outer Court disciple.

At this moment, even she was slightly envious of the luck of this pair of brother and sister.

“Hmm? Right, this storage belt’s style is exquisite, its form is elegant and simple, and it’s
extremely suitable for Mu Yao. It’s for you.” Chen Xi withdrew a storage belt and passed it
over to Mu Yao.

Amongst the storage type Magic Treasures, storage pouches were the most inferior.
Whereas storage Magic Treasures that were able to be refined into rings, jade bracelets,
belts, or arm guards possess a value that wasn’t inferior to a low-grade yellow-rank Magic
Treasure.
When she saw Chen Xi casually giving away a storage belt next, Yan Qingni recalled the
first time when she met Chen Xi, and she’d thrown over a bottle of 50 kgs of spirit liquid as
if giving alms to a beggar. In her heart, she felt both ashamed and regretful, and she had a
feeling of being conceited.

Immediately, Yan Qingni bid her farewells and left. She didn’t dare stay here any longer as
she was afraid of becoming upset from something else.

Mu Yao was fearful and uneasy as she held the storage belt. When she saw Yan Qingni turn
around and leave, she was slightly troubled and uneasy for a time, then her pretty little face
looked at Chen Xi, and she seemed to want to acquire some consolation from Chen Xi.
“Big Brother Chen, are my little brother and I slightly snobbish?”

Chen Xi smiled as she said. “This is your responsibility towards yourself and your little
brother. I believe that so long as both of you live well and become strong, your Big Sister
Qingni will surely look at the both of you in a new light, and she won’t fuss about these
trivial things.”

If Yan Qingni heard Chen Xi’s assessment of her, she would probably have the feeling of
having her heart being see through before covering her face and leaving. Because she was
indeed a person that was extremely adept in differentiating between advantage and
disadvantage.

“Oh, I’ll listen to Big Brother Chen.” Mu Yao fiercely clenched her small fists as she
laughed happily, and her pair of eyes that were bright like the stars became two crescents
from laughing, and she seemed especially pure and innocent.

The resolution in Du Qingxi’s heart to drag this pair of brother and sister into her clan
became even firmer when she saw this scene. This little girl is virtually a dangerous beauty
as she knows how to enchant men at such a young age. How much better would she be
once another few years passed?

“Let’s go to my clan.” Duanmu Ze sat in the Six Unicorn Treasured Carriage and shouted
out.

“No! Chen Xi must go to my clan!” Du Qingxi refuted right away. She noticed it was
inappropriate as soon as she finished speaking, and a wisp of a blush abruptly tainted her
beautiful face that was usually chilly like snow, causing her to look indescribably delicate
and charming. At that instant, the heaven and earth seemed to be overshadowed by her drop
dead gorgeous appearance.

Chen Xi was stunned.

Song Lin was stunned.

Duanmu Ze instead had an overcast expression, and he wanted to drink even more.
“I didn’t mean it that way, I…” The more Du Qingxi wanted to explain, the flurried she
was in her heart, and she directly shut her mouth. But her eyes didn’t dare glance at Chen
Xi again as she was extremely afraid that this fellow would laugh at her.

Chen Xi said with a smile, “I’m not going to any of your clans. Find a free vacant place and
we’ll have some food and wine.”

He’d thought it over before saying this. After all, there was an enormous clan behind each
of the three of them, and right now he’d already completely become enemies with the Su
Clan. Although the three of them wouldn’t feel anything wrong with it, going to any one of
their clans would draw the discrimination of their other clansmen, and it would
successively affect the impression their clansmen had of each of them. Moreover, if he did
this, it would seem that he, Chen Xi, was afraid of the Su Clan and had sought protection.

So, it was most appropriate to not go to their clans. If he wanted to go, then he would go
after he dealt with the calamity that was the Su Clan.

As disciples of great powers, Du Qingxi’s group of three were influenced by tactics and
politics since they were young, and their thoughts were extremely quick in picking things
up. They instantly guessed Chen Xi’s scruples and it wasn’t good for them to say anything
further.

Because if they said anything further, it would seem too fake, and too aloof.

——

Dragon Lake City’s western suburbs.

This place was densely covered with almost 50km of various types of courtyards that were
far away from the busy area of the city, and the environment was quiet and elegant. Many
rich merchants and disciples of clans in Dragon Lake City would buy a mansion and
courtyard here as their own place of leisure and recreation.

At this moment, within a hidden courtyard that was concealed by trees.

After drinking wine and chatting for a long time, Du Qingxi and the others had already left,
and only Chen Xi, Ling Bai, and Bai Kui remained within the extremely big courtyard.

When he rescued Mu Yao and Mu Wenfei, Chen Xi had thrown the two little fellows into
his storage ring. Although the space within it wasn’t large, there were numerous Magic
Treasures and spirit materials within, and it was sufficient for the two little gluttons to
happily eat them for some time.

But it was too depressing in there after all. So after Chen Xi let the two little fellows out,
they were extremely lively, and they bounced up and down within the courtyard. Plucking
the fruits on the tree, digging out the worms in the ground, taking out the bird eggs in the
bird nests below the eaves… In any case, he couldn’t be at peace for even a moment.

When Chen Xi saw this, he didn’t interfere with them, and he only instructed little Ling Bai
to watch his room door properly before walking into the room.

“Hu~” Chen Xi didn’t delay the slightest bit of time, and he sat cross-legged on the bed
before starting to circulate his cultivation technique and cultivate.

The words Xie Meng said before he left the Immortal Assembling Pavilion today caused
him to start worrying about his younger brother’s safety. Since a young age, Chen Hao had
a firm and stubborn disposition and was only focused on his own path of the sword, causing
him to be utterly ignorant of the ways of the world, and such a disposition probably
wouldn’t be well received within the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

This was still nothing, what Chen Xi was worried about the most was still the revenge of
the Su Clan.

Presently, Su Jiao’s elder brother, Su Chan, was the closed door disciple of a great Rebirth
Realm cultivator in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, and his status in the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect would surely be extremely lofty. A figure like this didn’t have to make a move
himself at all. Su Chan only had to slightly reveal a trace of dissatisfaction towards Chen
Hao and there would be countless people that were adept at observing the expression of
others and wanted to curry favor with him that would look for trouble with Chen Hao.

If this type of troubles were to occur one after the other, it was extremely difficult to
guarantee that Chen Hao’s safety wouldn’t be harmed.

This was something that Chen Xi was absolutely unwilling to see.

Because his only remaining relative in this world was Chen Hao, and Chen Hao had already
lost an arm previously because of the Li Clan’s ambush. If any mishap were to happen to
him once again, Chen Xi would absolutely not forgive himself for his entire lifetime.

So, Chen Xi intended to go see Chen Hao tonight.

It was advisable to be early and inadvisable to be late on many things. Instead of believing
that everything wouldn’t occur, wasn’t it better to make a move in advanced himself and
kill all sources of disaster in their cradle?

Whoosh!

Deep in the night in the few hours before dawn, a figure used the cover of the night sky to
vanish into the boundless night sky like a strand of drifting and light wind.
The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect at the southeast of Dragon Lake City was atop
Wanderingcloud Mountain. Wanderingcloud Mountain occupied an extremely large area,
and a group of mountains stood within it. There were 100,000 disciples in the sect, and if
there wasn’t someone familiar with it leading the way, it was utterly impossible to find
someone.

Moreover, there were numerous Sect Guarding Grand Formations covering all around the
entrance to the mountain. Once an outsider sneaking in was noticed, then not to mention a
cultivator at the Violet Palace Realm, even if it was a Golden Core Realm cultivator, the
person would still die a graveless death.

After the time for an incense stick to burn, Chen Xi stood before a towering and majestic
mountain range, and in his brain, Duanmu Ze’s introduction to the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect when they were drinking wine sounded out once again.

“The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect is formidable indeed, as they were actually able to set up
a few thousand sword formations. The might of every sword formation is sufficient to
annihilate a Golden Core Realm cultivator, and when activated at full force, even a Rebirth
Realm cultivator didn’t dare trespass a single step.” Little Ling Bai stood on Chen Xi’s
shoulder, and his eyes looked around the towering and majestic mountain range as he
praised repeatedly.

“Do you have a way to unlock it? Chen Xi suddenly recalled that this little fellow was a
sword soul that had lived for over 10,000 years, and the Master he followed was a
formidable figure that had comprehended the supreme Nirvana Sword Dao. Since he was
able to recognize the sword formations of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, he naturally
might possess the way to unlock it.

“I’m unable to unlock it with my current strength. But it’s extremely easy for me if I want
to avoid these grand formations.” Little Ling Bai crossed his arms before his chest as he
looked down at the formations and spoke proudly, and his white clothed fluttered, causing
him to have an appearance like a sovereign looking down at the world.
Chapter 125 – Traversing The Formation

In Dragon Lake City, if it was in terms of the enormity of a power and the vastness of their
hidden reserves and resources, then without a doubt, it would be the eight great sects, three
great institutions, and six great clans. Whereas amongst these great powers, if it was in
terms of the power with the greatest strength, then it would instead surely be the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

Sword cultivators were extremely adept in matters of slaughter and battle, moreover, there
were allegedly many Earthly Immortal Realm formidable sword immortals holding down
the fort in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. They were godly figures that lived in seclusion
within the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, wholeheartedly bitterly cultivating the Sword Dao
in order to overcome the heavenly tribulation and become a Heavenly Immortal that
possessed the same lifespan as the heavens and the earth.

However, legends were only legends after all. During these past 1,000 years, there had
never been anyone that saw the elegant demeanor of these sword immortals with their own
two eyes. Undeniably though, this rumor proved how formidable the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect was from another aspect.

“The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect is indeed formidable. It’s formed from a group of 72
mountains, and every one of them was protected by an enormous sword formation. All of
them are interwoven together, deriving and generating together an enormous group of
sword formations that possesses 10,000 plus restrictions that are used to protect the sect.
It’s indeed extremely formidable.” On the precipitous and rugged mountain path, little Ling
Bai stood on Chen Xi’s shoulder as he lightly muttered in Chen XI’s ears.

After he found out that little Ling Bai possessed the ability to avoid the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect’s Sect Guarding Sword Formation, Chen Xi didn’t hesitate to depart from the
foot of the mountain right away, and he drifted and flew all along the way as he dashed
towards the peak of the mountain.

“Stop!” After the time for an incense stick to burn, Ling Bai abruptly pointed towards the
precipice that lay before them and said, “This place seems to have no path to tread, but it’s
actually a Yin-Yang Splitlight Sword Formation used to mislead others. It’s made from 108
flying swords as the foundation of the formation and a Mirage Souldevouring Pearl. A mass
of illusory realms and forests of swords are contained within it, and slight carelessness
would cause one to fall into a nightmare that causes one’s Dao Heart to become
unprotected. It’s extremely formidable.”

Chen Xi raised his eyes to look, and under the moonlight, the precipice that lay before him
seemed to be connected to the heavens. It was smooth like a mirror as if it was leveled with
a single sword slash, its surface covered in moss and creeping vines, and there was nothing
out of the ordinary on it.
However, when he released his Spiritual Perception to search it, he felt a ghastly sword qi
that was like a boundless expanse of water assaulting his face, and it was like a fierce beast
that was accumulating strength while waiting to attack hiding within the precipice. It
seemed to be warning others not to come close, otherwise, their blood would spray and they
would surely lose their lives.

“Listen to my direction and walk step by step. You must not fly because it would trigger the
reaction of the restrictions, and at that time, the entire Sect Guarding Sword Formation of
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect would activate in unison, then even an immortal would be
unable to save you.”

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.” Chen Xi took a deep breath and stabilized his mind before
raising his feet and walking towards the precipice.

Swish!

The seemingly hard and thick precipice was instead like a layer of coiled up air that Chen
Xi stepped into with a raise of his feet. As soon as he stepped in, it was like he’d entered a
picturesque world that possessed a clear blue sky with soft white clouds, luxuriant trees,
and a gurgling river.

There was a limestone arched bridge on the clear and windy river. A lad sat on a buffalo
while playing a flute, playing a light and cheerful rhythm.

Under the arched bridge was an old man wearing a straw cape and a bamboo hat on his
head that was rowing his boat and catching fish.

Whereas at the other side of the river was actually a paradise with a bamboo forest that
danced with the breeze. A simple stone door was hidden on the rock wall and the words
Unfettered Immortal Abode was written on it. On the grass before the door was a white
tiger pouncing at a butterfly, a spirit monkey holding a peach, a deer holding a ganoderma
in its mouth, and a red-crowned crane flapping its wings and crying out, and it was a scene
of a place an immortal lived.

“Fellow Daoist, please pass the bridge. The bridge leads to an immortal abode that’s a place
of fortuitous encounters.” The lad on the buffalo spoke in a clear voice.

“Fellow Daoist, please get on the boat. The boat will cross the river to the immortal abode
that’s on the other side.” The old man in the river laughed loudly in an unrestrained manner
as he gave out his invitation.

It was like the immortal realm in drawings.

A lad on a buffalo.

An old man wearing a straw cape.

A blessed ground that an immortal lived in was on the other side of the river and could be
seen with a single glance.

At this moment, when one heard the invitations given out by the two of them, it seemed as
if a great fortuitous encounter and luck of a great immortal was within reach. If it was an
ordinary person, the person’s mind would probably have swayed since long ago and the
person’s soul would have become enchanted before slowly moving towards the divine
place on the other side of the river.

But Chen Xi had already been warned by Ling Bai, so how could he be enchanted by
everything before him? He stood on the spot with a calm and indifferent expression as he
remained unmoved.

“That old man is Yin, the lad is Yang, the stream of water in the river is the Yin sword
formation, the limestone on the bridge is the Yang sword formation, whereas the
extraordinary immortal abode on the other side of the river and the picturesque scene in the
surroundings was instead illusorily transformed from the Mirage Souldevouring Pearl.”

Little Ling Bai had his arms crossed before his chest and said in disdain, “I originally
thought it would be similar to the Yin-Yang Splitlight Sword Formation of the Hundred
Flower Sword Sect of 10,000 years ago and is able to transform into an illusory scene of a
universe. Unexpectedly, it’s an incomplete sword formation, and it’s not even worth to be
laughed at. That old man and lad are where the core of the formation is, and with your
strength, it’s sufficient to break apart this formation with a single sword strike. But in this
way, it would trigger the restrictions on this formation and you’d surely be noticed. You
only have to wade this river, pass the stone bridge, and you’ll walk out of this formation.”

Chen Xi didn’t hesitate and walked into the river right away, then walked step by step
through below the bridge and walked ahead. The river seemed to be bottomless, yet it was
actually only formed from the illusory realm, and it was like walking on flat ground.

“Fellow Daoist, the abode at the other side of the river contains supreme and extraordinary
techniques and treasures collected by immortals. Wouldn’t it be too much of a pity if you
let a fortuitous encounter like this slip by?”

“Fellow Daoist, the abode stores the supreme techniques of the world and is abundant with
immortal qi. Staying within it will allow you to become an immortal within a hundred
years!”

When they saw Chen Xi wade pass the river and stone bridge, the lad and old man had
regretful expressions, and their voices revealed boundless enchantment. If it was one with
slightly inferior willpower, the person would probably have their mind enchanted.

But Chen Xi instead turned a deaf ear to it as he walked forward step by step. The instant
he passed the stone bridge, all the scenes were like shattering bubbles as they vanished
swiftly.
Before Chen Xi could react, a spacious and desolate tomb reflected into his eyes.

This place was like an ancient battlefield with layer upon layer of grey haze in the air.
Gloomy winds whistled by, the ground was suffused with blood stains, and countless
swords were densely pierced into the ground. With a glance, the swords were dense like
weeds, and one actually couldn’t see where it ended.

Wuwu~

In the air, a wave of wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves sounded out, seeming to
be discontent, unwilling, miserable, resentful… It was like innumerable vengeful spirits
were crying and shakings one’s soul.

“Don’t move. This formation is a Bloodprison Devildevour Sword Formation, and it’s an
extremely formidable grand formation of slaughter. One wrong move and the innumerable
swords on the ground will transform into bloody devils that moved to devour you.”

Ling Bai frowned and his voice became icy cold. “This is a sword formation created by the
devil sects. Its foundation is formed by 3,600 baleful swords that vengeful spirits were
sacrificed to, and it draws upon the baleful void winds at the center of the earth. When
activated at full force, it’s sufficient to obliterate an Earthly Immortal Realm cultivator. But
based on its aura, the grand formation before us isn’t the complete Bloodprison
Devildevour Sword Formation, and it seems to be transformed from a sword formation
diagram Magic Treasure, causing its might to be greatly weakened. But even then, it’s
sufficient to obliterate a Golden Core Realm cultivator.”

“It’s so formidable?” Chen Xi’s expression instantly became much more serious. An
illusion formation wasn’t terrifying, so long as one’s mind was clear, it would at most trap
the person within it. But a slaughter formation contains killing intent with every step, and
one wrong move might cause one’s blood to splatter on the spot.

“Walking out of this formation and not triggering the restrictions is troublesome to the
extreme. Follow me.” At this moment, Ling Bai actually soared into the sky and flew by
Chen Xi’s side, and then with a swing of his arm, a sword qi pierced out.

Chen Xi saw clearly that amongst the dense swords on the ground, there was a sword that
wanted to prop up, yet was pressed down firmly by this sword qi of Ling Bai’s.

“Quick, we must walk out of the grand formation within the time of four breaths, otherwise,
even I have no way to get out.” As Ling Bai spoke, his fingers flicked out successively, and
numerous sword qi shot out violently. They seemed to be disorderly, yet it was as if he
possessed foresight, and they precisely pressed down on the numerous swords that wanted
to prop up.

Buzz! Buzz!
Sword qi that was like tidewater pierced the sky like a myriad of bees flapping their wings
and emitted a buzzing sound. Chen Xi followed closely behind Ling Bai, and they flew
forward as swift as a bolt of lightning.

Grating Wheel Sword Formation!

Flame Particle Sword Formation!

Four-Symbols Ice Dragon Sword Formation!

Shapeless Lightconfusion Sword Formation!

Under Ling Bai’s guidance and leading, Chen Xi safely avoided the numerous sword
formations that contained killing intent in every corner. During this process, his knowledge
towards formations became even deeper.

Although little Ling Bai had never reviewed any knowledge related to the Dao of
Talismans, because he’d already lived for 10,000 years until now and possessed extremely
abundant experience, the Sect Guarding Sword Formations of the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect were practically seen through with a single glance of his. Their true essence derived
with a single word of his, and he pointed directly to their weak points. With just a few
words, he’d allowed Chen Xi to comprehend the essence of every single sword formation.

Chen Xi originally possessed an extremely surprising natural talent on the Dao of

Talismans. After Ling Bai’s slight pointers and combined with his own understanding
towards the Dao of Talismans. As he walked in numerous completely different sword
formations and observed, comprehended, pondered, and inferred… Even though it was only
a hasty glance, he frequently felt enlightened and came to a sudden understanding. This
caused his cultivation in the Dao of Talisman’s to improve along with his comprehension.

Just like this, one of them spoke with fervor and assurance, while the other comprehended
with devotion. All along the way, they were like a pair of master and disciple that were
giving lessons and answering questions and seemed to have taken the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect’s Sect Guarding Sword Formation as a classroom for learning, and they were
extremely at ease. If this scene were to be seen by someone from the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect, it was a wonder what they would think.

——

Soarsky Peak was one of the 72 mountains on the Wanderingcloud Mountain Range, it was
precipitous and straight like a sword, and even when it was amidst the night sky, beautiful
lights still shot up into the sky from the mountain, and it was dazzling like the day.
Around the body of the mountain hung numerous waterfalls of sword lights that were 33km
long and completely suffused with violet lights; they were like numerous violet colored
dragons that guarded the surroundings, they possessed monstrous impetus and were
extremely striking.

This place was the great Rebirth Realm cultivator of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect,
Ancestor Ling Du’s, place of cultivation. The myriad of sword light waterfalls surrounding
the mountain was the Mountain Guarding Grand Formation that was set up by him
personally, the 36 Heavens Violetsky Sword Formation, and it possessed matchless might
to slaughter both devils and gods.

Whoosh!

A Transmission Talisman transformed into a wisp of white light as it flew into a palace at
mountainside of Soarsky Peak.

“Hmm?” On the meditation cushion, a young man with a handsome appearance opened his
eyes as he caught the Transmission Talisman with a raise of his hand.

Chan’er, that Chen Xi had already appeared in Dragon Lake City now… Quickly capture
his younger brother, Chen Hao. No matter what methods you use, you must put him in our
Su Clan’s prison before dawn. An extremely dignified voice sounded out, then the
Transmission Talisman instantly transformed into ash.

“Father’s voice seemed to be extremely urgent. Never mind, I’ll take a trip to Dragonhell
Peak right away.” The handsome young man stood up, then pondered for a moment before
walking out of the hall.

“Su Chan, for what are you going out in the middle of the night while bearing killing
intent?” It was at this moment that a rough and piercingly cold voice abruptly sounded out
within the hall.

Su Chan’s figure stopped and hurriedly turned around, and he said respectfully, “Reporting
to Master, disciple received an urgent transmission from my clan, and it ordered
disciple…” Su Chan hesitated to continue.

“Never mind, Master won’t ask you anymore. Remember, even if you have deep hatred,
since you’re both Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples, don’t commit the sin of murder
within the sect. Otherwise, I’ll surely not forgive you. As for once you’re outside the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, you can run wild.” The rough and piercingly cold voice
sounded out once more.

“Yes, Master.” Su Chan took a deep breath and bowed down, then he turned around and
walked out of the hall before transforming into a ray of light that flew towards the extreme
distance.
“Hmm? Going to Dragonhell Peak? That’s the place of exile for punishing sect disciples.”
Not long after Su Chan left, a tall figure swiftly appeared outside the hall, and his eyes were
like electricity as he looked towards the mountain in the extreme distance.

This person was 2.6m tall with white hair that hung down loosely like a waterfall behind
him, he possessed a pair of eyes that were sharp like sabers, an appearance that seemed to
be shaved and chiseled, and a piercingly cold glow of slaughter was suffused on him. He
was like a treasured sword that was filled with killing intent, a sword with a sharpness that
shocked the heavens, and he was precisely the Rebirth Realm sword cultivator who was
famous for slaughter and ruthlessness in the southern territory’s cultivation world —
Ancestor Ling Du!

“Something’s amiss! I keep having the feeling that something’s unusual, exactly what is
it?” Ancestor Ling Du stood with his hands behind his back, and his brows tightly locked
together as he fell into deep thought.
Chapter 126 – Dragonhell Peak

“I’ll kill you if you dare make a sound.” Chen Xi looked at the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect
Inner Court disciple that he’d clutched by the throat as he spoke coldly, and he couldn’t
help but sigh in his heart.

Right when he’d walked out from the ring after ring of Sect Guarding Sword Formations
with great difficulty, all of a sudden, he’d run into this Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciple
that was on patrol, so he could only helplessly restrain this person.

“Who… Who are you? This is the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect! If you dare kill me then
you can’t escape as well!”

This person had a wretched appearance. His face was long and narrow, his body skinny like
a monkey, and his name was Liu Zhang. At this moment, as his throat was clutched by
Chen Xi, his expression was of terror, rage, and bewilderment.

He was truly unable to wrap his head around how Chen Xi had appeared here. As a
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciple, he was extremely clear of the might of the Sect
Guarding Sword Formation. It was an existence that could annihilate cultivators at the
Rebirth Realm, and for the past thousand years, not a single person had passed through this
grand formation.

Yet presently, a person had silently walked out from within the grand formation, moreover,
the person didn’t trigger the restrictions on the grand formation. How could this not shock
him?

Could it be that this fellow is an existence that’s even more formidable than a Rebirth
Realm cultivator?

After feeling shocked, a wisp of dense terror arose within Liu Zhang’s heart, and he’d
unconsciously taken Chen Xi to be a ‘Senior’ with unfathomable cultivation.

Chen Xi had a flash of inspiration and he said, “I won’t kill you. How about we make a
deal?”

“No, even if I die, I, Liu Zhang, will not do something that’s harmful to my
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.” Liu Zhang replied with extreme resolution and was filled
with a strong sense of righteousness.

“Don’t worry, it will absolutely not put you in a difficult position.” Chen Xi slightly
admired the integrity of this fellow, and his tone became gentle. “Tell me where one person
resides, and I’ll give you a low-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasure. How about it?”
Low-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasure? Liu Zhang’s eyes lit up abruptly as he secretly
gulped down a mouthful of saliva, and then he didn’t even give it a thought before saying
without hesitation. “Alright!”

Chen Xi was stunned instead. Changing his mind so quickly? This fellow didn’t have
integrity, he was obviously acting earlier!

“Senior, whose whereabouts do you want to inquire about?” Liu Zhang smiled brilliantly,
then patted his chest as he said, “Senior, you’ve found the right person this time. You
probably don’t know that, but I, Liu Zhang, have the nickname detective. There isn’t a
person I don’t know in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect!”

“Okay, I want to know where Chen Hao is.” said Chen Xi. Then he took out a low-grade
yellow-rank flying sword from within his storage ring and shook it before Liu Zhang’s
eyes. “This flying sword is yours after you tell me.”

Liu Zhang almost became dizzy from the shaking as his eyes fiercely stared at the flying
sword in Chen Xi’s hand, and he said in excitement, “Of course I know! Chen Hao’s the
disciple of Martial Uncle Xuan Song, and his sword technique using his left hand is
extremely formidable! How could I not know?”

“Where is he?” Chen Xi confirmed what Liu Zhang said was true because the matter of
Chen Hao’s right hand being crippled and Chen Hao using his left to cultivate the sword
was something that a person who didn’t know Chen Hao would be utterly unable to speak
of.“Dragon…” Liu Zhang’s eyeballs spun around as he said with slight difficulty, “Senior,
I’ve told you already, you won’t kill me, right?”

“Lead the way. I’ll let you go once I see Chen Hao. I wouldn’t go so far as to kill you in
front of Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, right?” Chen Xi casually tossed the flying sword to
Liu Zhang as he spoke slowly.

“That’s true as well.” Liu Zhang nodded.

Immediately, Chen Xi carried Liu Zhang as he transformed into a breeze that flashed
towards the distance. With a rascal like Liu Zhang guiding the way, Chen Xi quickly
arrived before a mountain.

The mountain was extremely tall, entirely perfectly straight like a knife, yet possessed a
summit that was exceedingly vast. When looked at from afar, it was like a large umbrella
supported the sky, like a skyscraping mushroom, and its shape was extraordinarily strange.

“This mountain is called Dragonhell, and it’s the place of exile for my Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect to punish its disciples. It’s hot like an oven in the day, cold like a pit in the ice
at night, while accompanied by the erosion from roiling strong winds, and its environment
is extremely adverse.”
“Those disciples that were exiled here have to dig out an entire 500Kgs of Crimson Veined
Steel ore at the mountainside, then gather 50Kgs of Nine-Heavens Starsand every day, and
they’re like coolies and slaves that suffer unspeakably. Every disciple that was punished
and comes out from this place would have been tortured to the point they were
unrecognizable, and their appearance was simply extraordinarily miserable.”

“Around one year ago, I don’t know what sect rule Chen Hao violated, and he was exiled
here. He has to atone for his crimes for three years before being able to return to the sect to
cultivate.” Liu Zhang spoke with fervor and assurance, his excited expression contained
deep fear mixed within, and he completely didn’t notice that Chen Xi’s expression had
already gradually become extremely gloomy and icy cold.

As expected!

As expected, Chen Hao was implicated by me and has suffered the oppression of the Su
Clan, causing him to be exiled to Dragonhell Peak!

Wasn’t one year ago the time I’d just returned from the depths of the Southern Barbaric
Mountain Range? At that time, I annihilated the entire Li Clan, and I presume it drew the
attention of the Su Clan, so they…

Chen Xi almost didn’t have to think before he knew that with his younger brother’s
disposition, he would absolutely not violate the rules of the sect and commit a terrible
crime. How could he be unable to guess who caused Chen Hao to be exiled here?

Fortunately, Chen Hao was still alive now. If he were to be a step later, the consequences
would be unimaginable!

Chen Xi took a deep breath and forcefully restrained the resentment in his heart, then said
with a low voice. “Do you know where he will be now?”

“There are no less than 1,000 people being exiled on this Dragonhell Peak. You ought to be
able to find out from asking someone,” said Liu Zhang hurriedly. He acutely perceived that
the mood of this ‘Senior’ by his side seemed to be extremely bad. He instantly didn’t dare
talk nonsense as he was deeply afraid that disaster would come from careless talk and
would cause harm to himself.

“There’s no one watching this place?”

“There are, but only in the day, and there’s no need for watching at night. These people had
worked hard all day and had long since had their physical strength wrung dry. Who would
still have the strength to flee? Furthermore, this place is in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.
Even if one flees, one wouldn’t be able to leave the Sect Guarding Sword Formation.”
Chen Xi didn’t say anything further as he brought Liu Zhang along to fly onto the
mountainside of Dragonhell peak. At that place was a person clothed in rags, a haggard
appearance, and disheveled hair resting there.

Presently, it was already the small hours before dawn, the cold air on Dragonhell Peak was
even more extreme, cold to the point these people were curled up on straw mats. Even if
they were fast asleep, they still shivered, and their miserable appearances were even worse
than the beggars that slept out on the road.

Slap!

Liu Zhang obediently walked forward and slapped awake the middle aged man with a
sallow face and depressed eye sockets, then asked. “Do you know where Chen Hao is
now?”

“Chen Hao? That person with a severed right arm? He should be at the peak of the
mountain at this time.” The middle aged man awoke from his sleep and answered vaguely.

Chen Xi was already unable to bear taking another glance as he was afraid he wouldn’t be
able to control the rage in his heart, and he immediately carried up Liu Zhang before
flashed out towards the peak of the mountain.

Under the night sky, the peak of Dragonhell Peak was completely open, it was silent and
cold as boundless cold air transformed into a white mist that flowed around everywhere.
The gravel, rocks, and plants on the ground had a layer of thick ice crystals condensed upon
them, and it was simply like a world of ice.

Whereas at this moment, there was a youth that was practicing his sword in this roiling cold
air.

His clothes were ragged and tattered, his hair dirty and disheveled, and his gaunt figure was
simply like a bamboo, yet the left hand he held his sword with was exceedingly firm. It was
firm like a green pine rooted on a precipice, and every move he made was swift and
precise, precise to the point it seemed as if it was measured with a ruler. Because of this,
the might of his sword displayed a righteous and magnificent style that was like a great
river, a towering mountain, and it possessed an extremely dense imposing manner, causing
it to seem as if a continuous mountain and river was concealed within his chest, to seem as
if a Righteous Sword Dao was concealed there. The Righteous Sword Dao relied on him to
swing out these numerous moves that contained boundless might.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

What was surprising was that there was obviously not a shred of True Essence on his
sword, yet so long as the roiling cold air in the heavens and earth arrived 30m around him,
it would disperse and retreat, and it wouldn’t dare take a step past this boundary.

Kacha!

A clear sound resounded out, and his figure stopped before causing the sword images that
covered the sky to vanish, Only now could it be seen clearly that the thing held in his hand
was no sword, and it was clearly a piece of a branch that had broken into two.

Hu~ Hu~

He squatted on the floor as he panted intensely, and on his ghastly pale and gaunt force,
only his pair of eyes were bright to the point they were sparkling and were filled with
staunchness and persistence.

“I can’t rest, I want to become strong, I want to help share the pressure with my Big
Brother, I want to avenge grandfather, I want…” Amidst his muttering, he struggled to
stand up once again, and at the instant he stood up, his figure started staggering, and it
seemed as if he would be blown away by the wind in the next moment or perhaps fall on
the ground and be unable to arise.

But in the end, he still stabilized his body, and his left arm trembled as he carried up the
piece of the branch and started to swing out his sword moved once again.

Thump!

In less than 15 minutes, he once again fell onto the floor and panted heavily. His gaunt face
had become even more ghastly pale, and his eyes were filled with strands of blood threads.

“I can’t lie down! How can I, Chen Hao, admit defeat? I want to become strong. Brother
has given up too much for me, and if I still don’t become strong, he’ll surely be extremely
sad…” He muttered to himself, encouraging himself time after time as if he was an idiot or
madman that never knew what was yielding…

He entirely didn’t notice that there was a pair of eyes staring blankly at him from nearby,
and the gaze within the eyes was drowned with the feelings of being moved, suffering, and
resentment… All of these feelings had condensed into tears that rolled down.

That person was precisely Chen Xi. At this moment, Chen Xi was silently crying. After 17
years, it was at this moment, at this time, that he was unable to restrain his tears any longer.

A man doesn’t easily shed tears, only because they haven’t been deeply hurt.

“Little… Hao!”
Exactly, the youth who was gaunt like a wood and had a ghastly pale countenance, the
youth that fell down on the peak time after time yet crawled up time after time, was
precisely Chen Hao.

Chen Hao was clearly stunned when he heard the voice, then he shook his head and
muttered with a bitter smile on his face. “I’m hallucinating again, how could my brother
possibly come here.”

“Little Hao!” This time, the voice exploded out by his ears, it was so real, and it caused
Chen Hao to feel disbelief. He raised his hand with difficulty, and he saw a figure that was
beyond familiar standing by his side.

“Brother, I’m not dreaming, right?” Chen Hao eyes sprang wide open and the corners of his
mouth trembled.

Indescribable pain surged out from Chen Xi’s heart as his tears flowed, and he stretched his
hand out to embrace his younger brother, tightly embracing Chen Hao like when he
embraced the infant Chen Hao when he was young.

“This is real, it’s not a dream. Little Hao, Brother will take you away from this place,
okay?” Chen Xi’s voice was low and hoarse like a wounded wolf.

“Mmm…” Chen Hao seemed to be too tired, and he’d already fallen asleep as he replied.

“Sleep well. Brother will make the food you love the most when you wake up tomorrow.”
Chen Xi took a deep breath, then carried Chen Hao on his back before walking down the
mountain.

“Taking him away like this will only harm him.” It was at this moment that a clear voice
abruptly sounded out from afar, and along with this voice, a gap suddenly broke open in the
roiling cold mist on the peak of the mountain, and a middle aged man in plain robes floated
as he arrived.

The man’s had a handsome appearance with rough features, and a tall figure. He held a
goose feather fan in his hand like a teacher in a school of the mortal world, and his entire
body emitted a learned and refined aura.

At this moment, Chen Xi couldn’t be bothered to speak any nonsense, and his figure
flashed before flying down the peak of the mountain.

However, right when his body had just moved, he felt an extremely vast and powerful aura
suddenly gush over from all directions. The terrifying pressure was simply like a towering
and enormous mountain pressing down on him, causing him to be unable to move, and he
didn’t even have the slightest room to struggle.
So formidable! Only relying on his aura to completely restrain me. What extent has this
person’s cultivation attained? Chen Xi was greatly shocked in his heart, and only now did
he know that the handsome and refined middle aged man before him was actually an expert
with unfathomable strength!

Thump!

Liu Zhang, who’d always been observing from nearby, seemed to have been struck dumb.
His knees went weak and knelt on the ground, and then cried out with a trembling voice.
“Disciple Liu Zhang greets Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan!”
Chapter 127 – Daoist Wen Xuan

Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan?

On the way here, Chen Xi had already found out that Liu Zhang was an Inner Court
disciple with mediocre natural talent, yet at this moment, he called this learned and refined
middle aged man as Grand Ancestor. Wouldn’t that mean that the seniority of this person
was even greater than the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?

After all, the great Rebirth Realm cultivator, Ling Du, that was respectfully addressed as
Ancestor by the cultivation world was only the Senior Brother of the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect’s Master!

At this moment, Chen Xi was indeed stunned.

In the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, disciples were divided into Outer Court Disciples,
Inner Court Disciples and Elite Disciples. There were 10,000 plus Outer Court Disciples,
and the Inner Court Disciples numbered over 1,000. There were only 36 Elite Disciples,
and Yan Qingni was one of them.

The numerous Elders above the disciples were of similar seniority. There was no
differentiation between Outer Court and Inner Court. Because of their different abilities,
however, they were instead divided into Guidance Elders, Enforcement Elders, Refinement
Elders, Medicinal Pill Elders… There were more than 100 of them. The elder with the
lowest strength amongst them was at the Golden Hall Realm, and the highest like Ancestor
Ling Du had already attained the Rebirth Realm.

With the information he’d learned from Du Qingxi’s group of three, Chen Xi was
extremely clear about the composition of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s forces.
However, at this moment, the sudden appearance of a fellow that had a seniority that was
even higher than the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master had naturally caused him to be
greatly shocked.

Most importantly, Wen Xuan had completely suppressed him with only his aura. This
caused Chen Xi to instantly understand that this person was probably an existence that was
an old monster of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

“Don’t be nervous, Chen Hao is my disciple. I naturally wouldn’t harm him.” The refined,
learned, and handsome Wen Xuan spoke warmly, and his expression was warm and affable.

As he spoke, Chen Xi felt his body become light and the terrifying pressure from the
surroundings vanished instantly.

Chen Xi secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Truthfully speaking, Wen Xuan’s unfathomable
cultivation caused him to be unable to arouse the thought of resistance, as this was an
enormous gap in cultivation. With his current cultivation, even if he utilized the Grand
Astral Palm, it would still be utterly impossible for him to injure Wen Xuan.

Subsequently, he suddenly reacted to the meaning in Wen Xuan’s words, and he was
fiercely shocked in his heart. This fellow is Chen Hao’s Master? But why did he exile Chen
Hao to this Dragonhell Peak?

Seeming to have discerned Chen Xi’s thoughts, Wen Xuan fanner the feather fan in his
hand and said emotionally, “An unpolished jade can’t be made into anything. Hao’er’s
natural talent is the best I’ve seen, but if I want to unearth all his potential, then I must
fiercely temper his heart and cause him to be persistent, tenacious, devoted, and resolute
towards the sword. Only then would he be able to walk faster on the path of the sword, and
not come to the extent of being lost midway in the devil that is the pursuit of strength.”

“So, Senior is tempering Chen Hao?” Chen Xi frowned as he spoke.

“Exactly. If one wants to control strength, then one must first lose strength. Suffer infinite
torture and pain in a hopeless situation and use this to temper his Sword Heart. The saying
destroy before establishing is exactly so. I’ve put shackles on his True Essence, didn’t give
him food, and let him struggle in the intense cold for the sake of him possessing a Sword
Heart that never gave up.” Wen Xuan said with a happy expression, “You saw it earlier as
well. Chen Hao didn’t use a trace of True Essence and only relied on his comprehension of
the Sword Dao, yet was able to use a tree branch to exert a matchless sword energy that
was vast like the ocean. This is the transformation of the Sword Heart, and when he attains
an Enlightened Sword Heart, he can leave this place and advance towards the supreme
Sword Dao!”

Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding, but his brows were still tightly frowned as he
shook his head and said, “His body is already moving to the verge of collapse, his
meridians are blocked up, apertures destroyed, Dantian dried-up, and the vitality of his
flesh and blood have been consumed to limit. Even if you use up various medicinal pills to
nurse him, I’m afraid it will still be difficult for him to recover. What’s the use of the state
of his heart being any stronger? If I still don’t take him away, he probably wouldn’t even be
alive.”

“I’ve already found a Watersoul Embryo, I just have to reconstruct a body for him.” Wen
Xuan said with regret, “I originally intended to find some treasures that contained the soul
of the five elements of nature to help Hao’er reconstruct his body, but unfortunately,
treasures like that are too rare, and they can only be found by chance, but not sought after.”

Chen Xi didn’t know what a Watersoul Embryo was, but when he heard the words the soul
of the five elements of nature, he abruptly recalled. Isn’t there a Goldsoul Lotus Fruit
within my Dantian?

This Goldsoul Lotus Fruit was obtained by him in the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain’s
sword immortal’s abode. Chen Xi had always not known what it was, and he’d only heard
Ji Yu said that it was a goldsoul treasure born from the five elements of nature that were
extremely rare, even in the primordial era. As for its use, he didn’t know a thing.

Could it be that this thing is related to reconstructing the body?

Chen Xi’s heart thumped and he asked right away. “May I ask Senior, amongst the
treasures that contain the soul of the five elements of nature, can the Goldsoul Lotus Fruit
reconstruct the body?”

“Goldsoul Lotus Fruit?!” Wen Xuan’s body went stiff as he cried out involuntarily. At this
moment, he didn’t have a trace of his learned and refined bearing, and the shock the words
Goldsoul Lotus Fruit caused his heart could be seen from this.

Chen Xi instead felt that this reaction was normal. After all, when Ji Yu saw this fruit, he’d
lost his composure as well. No matter how high Wen Xuan’s cultivation was, how could it
compare to Ji Yu, who’d lived for a million years?

“Excuse my loss of composure, but if Little Brother really possesses this treasure, then I’m
completely able to help Chen Hao reconstruct a Goldsoul Body!” Wen Xuan had really
he’d slightly lost his composure as well, and he restrained his thoughts right away before
saying slowly. “During the primordial era, some almighty figures with extraordinary
cultivation would gather items of the five elements of nature to temper them into their
second Soul Core or a clone. Moreover, the items of the five elements of nature are innately
pure to the extreme and are from the quintessence energy of the heaven and earth, and
they’re able to acutely examine the profundity of the Grand Dao. When used to cultivate,
they have an unbelievably beneficial effect and are extremely miraculous.”

“Amongst the items of the five elements of nature, the soul lotus fruits was the most
wondrous. Lotuses are items that were developed by a trace of the vitality of the heaven
and earth, and they’re the most superior treasures for reconstructing the body. Whereas
amongst the soul lotuses of the five elements, the soul lotus that possesses the greatest
value for a sword cultivator to reconstruct the body would be the Goldsoul Lotus Fruit,
without a doubt!” Wen Xuan stared at Chen Xi with a burning gaze as he said, “Now, you
understand the value of the Goldsoul Lotus Fruit, right?”

Chen Xi nodded. At this moment, he’d finally understood why Ji Yu would say that day
that if he lost the Goldsoul Lotus Fruit, he would regret it for his entire lifetime. The
Goldsoul Lotus Fruit was indeed a heaven defying treasure that would cause the minds of
anyone who saw it to become vulnerable!

“Alright, I’ve told you everything I should. Leave your younger brother here. If I let him
leave now, not to mention all my efforts would be wasted, it’s extremely detrimental to
your younger brother’s growth, and that would be too much of a pity.” Wen Xuan smiled
warmly.

“Senior, you know my identity?” Chen Xi said in astonishment.

“Yes, I just guessed it.” Wen Xuan nodded. “I’ve heard Hao’er mention you more than one
time. Now that I’ve met you, I can see that you’re indeed a talented person that’s difficult
to come by.”

“Senior, you flatter me.” Chen Xi was firmly convinced now that this person ought to be
Chen Hao’s Master. Otherwise, with this person’s terrifying cultivation, this person would
absolutely not talk so much with him.

“Flatter?” Wen Xuan broke into laughter. “Since thousands of years ago, you’re the only
person that was able to avoid the Sect Guarding Sword Formation of my Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect without anyone noticing. This isn’t an undeserved praise.”

It was at this moment—

Whoosh!

A sound of something tearing through the sky sounded out from the distant horizon, then a
handsome young man in white clothes stood on a flying sword as he floated over.

“Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan?” This person saw Wen Xuan on the peak of the mountain
from afar, and he was stunned before hurriedly descending to the peak and bowing.
“Disciple Su Chan greets Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan!”

As expected!

The Su Clan’s movement is really swift. If I was a step later, wouldn’t Chen Hao have been
captured by him?

Chen Xi’s eyes squinted as he suddenly looked at Su Chan.

Whereas at this moment, Su Chan noticed the nearby Chen Xi as well. Especially when he
saw Chen Hao who was on Chen Xi’s back, he instantly understood in his heart that he was
a step too late.

Most puzzling to him was... Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan seems… Seems to know Chen Xi
and Chen Hao?

If it’s really like this, then it’ll be troublesome to take Chen Hao away!

Instantly, countless thoughts flashed within Su Chan’s mind, but he was a person with
extremely swift reactions, and his face immediately sank as he shouted out explosively at
Chen Xi. “Who are you? You actually dare trespass into my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?”

Chen Xi laughed coldly without end in his heart, and he hid his understanding and
pretended to be a fool. Questioning me like this? Don’t you just want to sound out the
relationship between me and Wen Xuan? Members of the Su Clan are all deep schemers as
expected.

“He’s the elder brother of my disciple, and he trespassed here because he was worried
about his younger brother’s safety, so it can be considered to be unintentional. I’ve already
forgiven him.” Wen Xuan glanced at Su Chan with deep meaning hidden within his gaze
and spoke in a warm voice.

“What!? Why is it like this?” Su Chan was unable to maintain his composure any longer,
and his face went pale as he cried out involuntarily. “Chen Hao is your disciple?”

At this moment, Su Chan’s heart was heavy to an unprecedented extent. If it’s really like
Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan says, then wouldn’t Chen Hao have become my Martial Uncle?

If I still dare look for trouble with him, I’m afraid… Even Master will be unable to protect
me, right?

Why is it like this?

Su Chan’s heart was in turmoil as he suddenly felt that the person his clan wanted to take
revenge on seemed to be impossible to kill any longer. Not only that, it was absolutely
impossible for them to look for trouble with Chen Hao in the future. Because a terrifying
existence like Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan stood behind him!

How could Wen Xuan have known that countless thoughts would emerge in Su Chan’s
heart because of a single thing he said? He was only slightly dissatisfied with Su Chan’s
attitude, and he said with a frown, “What? Would I deceive a junior like you?”

“Grand Ancestor, you’ve misunderstood. Disciple is just too surprised. You’ve been in
closed door cultivation in the rear mountain for a thousand years, and this disciple has
never heard of you taking a disciple, so I couldn’t help but be slightly shocked for some
time.” Su Chan hurriedly shook his head without end. How could he care question Wen
Xuan, who was a terrifying existence than was senior to his own Master, Ancestor Ling
Du? No matter how great courage he possessed, he wouldn’t dare do this.

“I know of everything you did in the past, including you joining together with other Elite
Disciples to suggest that the Sect Master exile my disciple here. I’ve noticed all of it. The
only reason I didn’t stand out and stop it was because I felt it was a dispute between you
juniors, and it was not worth interfering in.” Wen Xuan looked at Su Chan and sighed. “But
now it would seem that my thoughts were too simple.”

Grand Ancestor knows everything already?

Su Chan’s heart shook, and his back was instantly drenched with cold sweat. When he
thought of how the person he wanted to capture was his Martial Uncle in name, he felt as if
he’d fallen into an icy pit, and his entire body went cold.
“You can leave. You’re not allowed to take a single step out of Soarsky Peak for 10 years.
Otherwise, I’ll surely not let you off.” Wen Xuan waved his hand as he spoke.

“Yes, Grand Ancestor.” Su Chan’s voice was exceedingly bitter as he turned around and
left in dejection. From the beginning until the end, he didn’t take a single glance at Chen Xi
again.

“Are you satisfied with the outcome of how I handled this?” Wen Xuan looked at Chen Xi
and grinned as he spoke.

“Truthfully speaking, I’m slightly dissatisfied. You’re protecting him. At least, if I want to
kill him, I have to wait for ten years.” Chen Xi said helplessly.

“Hahaha, as the saying goes, understanding of worldly wisdom is true knowledge. This
perceptive ability of yours is extremely outstanding.” Wen Xuan laughed endlessly towards
the sky, and he didn’t mind Chen Xi’s slightly dissatisfied attitude in the slightest.

“Come, I’ll take you to see someone.” As Wen Xuan spoke, his figure flashed to swiftly
tear through the sky, and his speed was so fast, it was as if he was teleporting.

Not even giving me the chance to refuse. This Master of Chen Hao’s looks to be warm like
the wind, yet in his bones, he’s extremely overbearing and unreasonable! Chen Xi sighed in
his heart. When he saw Wen Xuan’s figure soon to vanish, he didn’t dare hesitate any
longer and executed his Divine Windwing Flight right away. With a whoosh, he chased
closely behind.
Chapter 128 – Azure Lake In The Secluded Valley

Whoosh!

A flying light tore through the sky like a wisp of flowing light that flashed in the sky.

Chen Xi executed his Divine Windwing Flight at full force, and only then was he able to
barely follow behind Wen Xuan. This had already caused him to be extremely strained,
however, when he saw Wen Xuan who flew comfortably, moving a distance of 3km with
every stride, shock surged out from within his heart.

I originally thought that even though my cultivation is unable to compare to Wen Xuan,
relying on the complete Wind Dao Insight that I’ve comprehended combined with the
Divine Windwing Flight, I would at least be able to slightly compare to him. Now it would
seem like no matter if it’s in cultivation or speed, I don’t have the slightest probability of
winning! Chen Xi sighed in his heart.

“Chen Xi, watch out. If I’m not mistaken, he’s probably a Nether Transformation Realm
expert.” Ling Bai spoke via voice transmission from within his storage ring.

What? A Nether Transformation Realm expert? Wouldn’t that be an expert that is a realm
higher than a Rebirth Realm cultivator? Chen Xi was shocked in his heart and felt
disbelief.

The path of cultivation was divided into the Postnatal Realm, Congenital Realm, Violet
Palace Realm, Golden Hall Realm, Golden Core Realm, Rebirth Realm, Nether
Transformation Realm, the eight great realms of overcoming tribulations in the Earthly
Immortal Realm, and above it was to step into the path of immortality, the Heavenly
Immortal Realm.

However, although it was a mere eight great realms, how many people in this heaven and
earth were able to attain it?

Amongst the one million cultivators of Pine Mist City, the highest cultivation was only at
the Violet Palace Realm.

Amongst the ten million cultivators of Dragon Lake City, Golden Core Realm cultivators
were only considered as first-rate existences.

In the confines of the southern territory, Rebirth Realm cultivators were already at the peak
standard. They shook everything around them with their might and were even respectfully
addressed as Ancestor by others.

This was only the Rebirth Realm. How difficult it was to advance to the next realm in the
path of cultivation could be known from this.
Presently, an existence that was very likely even more terrifying than a Rebirth Realm
cultivator was right before his eyes. Even if Chen Xi knew that the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect’s hidden reserves and resources were ancient and deep, he couldn’t help but be
shocked fiercely.

He was currently at the 6th star of the Violet Palace Realm in qi refinement and at the 2nd
level of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement. Even if he was able to exceed a realm
and kill a Golden Hall Realm cultivator, to exceed three realms successively and go against
a Nether Transformation Realm expert would only be a path that led to death.

“Ling Bai, who do you think he’s taking me to see?” Chen Xi said via voice transmission.
He was extremely curious, as besides his younger brother, Chen Hao, he practically didn’t
know anyone else in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. Who would Wen Xuan bring me to
see?

“Who knows? This fellow is exceedingly mysterious, and there was no need for him to
waste so much energy if he wanted to kill you. Hmm, you should act according to the
circumstances.” Ling Bai shook his head endlessly.

After around 10 minutes, Wen Xuan stopped before a quiet and secluded mountain. When
Chen Xi looked over, he saw a verdant forest on the mountain, a waterfall in a deep valley,
a flowing spring in a ravine, and mist suffused all over the mountain. It seemed like an
immortal paradise in the mortal world, and it was full of vitality.

“This mountain is my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s rear mountain restricted area, the
Ascension Peak. Without someone leading the way, no one can even think about entering
it.” Wen Xuan smiled as he explained, then with a swing of the feather fan in his hand, a
myriad of misty azure mist soared up into the sky and arrived atop Ascension Peak before
transforming into specs of azure light that seemed like rain as they rained down.

Whoosh!

An extremely long stairway flew out from Ascension Peak and had already appeared
beneath Wen Xuan’s feet in the blink of an eye, and it was like an arched bridge passed
through horizontally in midair, and the scene was extremely magnificent.

“Come up.” Wen Xuan raised his feet and walked up the stairs, and then he smiled as he
beckoned to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi was extremely curious about who exactly wanted to see him as well, and he didn’t
hesitate in the slightest to walk up the stairway.

Swoosh!

The extremely long stairway abruptly shrunk backward, carrying along Wen Xuan and
Chen Xi to vanish into Ascension Peak.
…

Within a quiet and secluded gorge on Ascension Peak, there were ripples on an azure lake.
Numerous lotus leaves were supported on the clear lake water. They slowly revolved
around under the cool breeze, and the bloomed lotus flowers emitted strands of delicate
fragrance. In the pleasantly cool mountain, the delicate fragrance assaulted the face and
refreshed the mind.

At the side of the lake, numerous snow white seagulls fluttered lightly, numerous aquatic
animals lay on the silver sand as they rested lazily, and a group of Three-Tailed Minks with
slick fur happily bore into the lake and when they ascended the shore once again, they held
a large and fleshy fish in their mouths.

Everything before his eyes could be said to be like a scene in a drawing that was
overflowing with vigor and vitality, and it was like an immortal paradise.

What dense spirit energy, there ought to be a top-grade spirit vein spread within this lotus
lake. Chen Xi followed behind Wen Xuan, and at the instant he arrived at the gorge, he felt
rich spirit energy assault his face. He inhaled a breath and felt strands of clear streams
flowing throughout his entire body, causing his mind to be refreshed and his spirits couldn’t
help but be raised.

“Hmm?” Chen Xi glanced over unintentionally and abruptly noticed that a tall figure stood
silently at the side of the vast azure lake in the distance. The figure had grey hair and wore
grey clothes, his back was ramrod straight. His entire figure seemed to have merged with
the azure lake and the blue sky, and he gave others a strange feeling of being illusory and
imperceptible. He seemed to not be a real person, but an illusion.

My soul is utterly unable to sense the existence of this person, and when relying solely on
my eyes, he changes between clear and blurry from time to time. Could it be that this
person’s cultivation is even more terrifying than Wen Xuan? Chen Xi was extremely
shocked in his heart.

“Both of you have come.” The grey clothed and grey haired figure beside the lake seemed
to have noticed something as he suddenly raised his head.

Finally, Chen Xi saw the appearance of the person clearly. This figure was an old man in
good health; his appearance was ordinary, his eyes indifferent, yet his brows were
extremely long and slanting downwards, and they fluttered with the wind. His entire figure
gave others a simple and strange feeling.

“Master.” At this moment, Wen Xuan had already put away the white feathered fan in his
hand and bowed respectfully, and when he gazed at the old man, his eyes revealed respect
and adoration that came from the heart.
This scene almost shocked Chen Xi’s jaw off. Master? The Master of a Nether
Transformation Realm expert? Then wouldn’t the cultivation of this old man be at the
Earthly Immortal Realm or above? Could it be that this old man is the Earthly Immortal
Realm peerless sword immortal that lives in seclusion in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect
like the legends of the outside world say?

But why would a peerless expert like this look for me without rhyme or reason?

At this moment, Chen Xi was completely no longer poised as Wen Xuan’s cultivation has
already caused him to feel that he was unable to go against it. Now, a formidable existence
that was senior to Wen Xuan had appeared, and no matter who it was, they would probably
be unable to maintain their calm.

“Mmm.” The old man nodded towards Wen Xuan, and then his gaze descended onto Chen
Xi. A trace of unusual color flashed within his eyes that were indifferent like water. “I’m
Bei Heng, the Supreme Grand Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. Little Brother, you
can call me Bei Heng.”

Wen Xuan’s entire body went stiff as he glanced at his own Master in disbelief. Up until
now, he was still unable to wrap his head around why his Master would ask him to
personally go bring this person to the restricted area in the rear mountain. At this moment,
when he suddenly head his Master talk with Chen Xi as if they were of the same
generation, the shock in his heart was imaginable.

Could it be that this little fellow has some terrifying background that isn’t known to others?
It ought to be like this, otherwise, with just his cultivation at the Violet Palace Realm, how
could he be treated like this by Master…? Fortunately when I met him, I didn’t use force
and my attitude was still acceptable. Wen Xuan felt extremely lucky in his heart, and the
gaze he looked at Chen Xi with had already carried a trace of a complicated color that was
indescribable.

At this moment, the shock Chen Xi felt wasn’t inferior to Wen Xuan. A Nether
Transformation Realm expert that was senior to Ancestor Ling Du was his younger
brother’s Master. Now, a formidable existence that called himself the Supreme Grand Elder
of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect had appeared, and he seemed to want to make friends as
if they were of the same generation… Chen Xi suddenly felt that the numerous things he’s
seen after entering the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect this time were too bizarre and too
unbelievable.

“Let’s go, follow me to the center of the lake.” Bei Heng smiled and didn’t say anything
further. He waved his sleeve and a shapeless force carried along Chen Xi and Wen Xuan to
swiftly vanish from the side of the lake, and in the next moment, they’d appeared in a
pavilion at the center of the lake.

This pavilion at the center of the lake was built from blue-gray stones. Its structure was
ordinary and extremely simple, and it was no different to the inns in the rest pavilions in the
mortal world.
But at this moment, because of the person at the side of the pavilion, the entire pavilion
suddenly glowed with an unfathomable and exuberant aura. It was like a completely blank
paper was splashed with ink by a great painter, and it became into a matchless painting of
magnificent mountains and rivers. In the same principle, this ordinary pavilion had
suddenly become extraordinary because of the existence of this person.

This was a beautiful youth in gorgeous embroidered clothes. Obviously, it was a woman
disguised as a man, yet she had her own natural charm. She was pretty, charming, elegant,
and unconventional, and her elegant demeanor was unrivaled.

At this moment, the beautiful youth sat barefoot at the side of the pavilion, and her pair of
small feet that were lustrous like white jade were in the azure lake water. Her feet shook
and fluttered as numerous groups of multicolored fish happily surrounded around and
kissed feet that were white and delicate like jade.

When they saw this scene, no matter if it was Chen Xi, Bei Heng, or Wen Xuan, all of them
unconsciously revealed a slight smile, and all the thoughts in their hearts vanished without
a trace, causing their minds to be immersed in a natural atmosphere that was indescribably
wonderful.

This wasn’t a charming cultivation technique that pulled out one’s soul, and the aura that
was naturally emitted from the body of the beautiful youth lead their minds to swim into
nature and merge with the world, and it was too wonderful for words.

Chen Xi didn’t know what he was thinking, his soul was muddled as if it was the dawn of
the world, and his entire mind swam in the boundlessly vast heaven and earth. He seemed
to have transformed into a strand of wind that was free, happy, and lively; and he didn’t
have any selfish thoughts, improper thoughts, distracting thoughts, delusional thoughts,
resentful thoughts…

He completely didn’t notice that within his sea of consciousness, the energy of his soul had
become lively, pure, condensed, crystalline, and translucent, and it was growing at an
extremely swift speed.

After an unknown period of time.

The beautiful youth withdrew her feet that were within the lake water and wore her shoes.
When she stood up, Bei Heng instantly woke up, and a trace of longing for more remained
within his gaze. He cupped his hand and was just about to speak when he was instead
stopped by the beautiful youth who lightly smiled and pointed at the nearby Wen Xuan and
Chen Xi.

Time flowed by and the time for an incense stick to burn passed. Wen Xuan awoke from
the miraculous atmosphere. His expression was dazed, and he seemed to be infatuated as if
he was mentally deranged. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he sat cross-legged on the ground
right away before closing his eyes and circulating his cultivation technique.
When the nearby Bei Heng saw this scene, even with the current state of his heart, a trace
of envy couldn’t help but emerge, and he said to himself, Xuan’er has bumped into an
extremely great fortuitous encounter from me bringing him here this time.

“Ah!”  In his muddled state, Chen Xi’s entire body trembled and it was like a morning bell
had resounded out within his sea of consciousness, causing his perception, six senses, and
soul to seem as if they’d acquired a baptism to become pure and incisive. He was able to
sense all the auras in his surroundings with extreme clarity, like the mountain winds, lake
water, the fish swimming within the lake water… Everything became full of life, so clear
and so enchanting.

This feeling was as if he had an extra eye. This eye was able to clearly see through
everything in his surroundings and was able to look down upon everything from the skies,
causing even the minutest thing to seem as if it was before his eyes.

Divine Perception!

At this instant, comprehension silently appeared within Chen Xi’s heart.

Chapter 129 – Acceptance and Goodwill

Divine Perception!

Chen Xi instantly understood that just earlier, his soul had transformed into a completely
new level.

Ordinarily speaking, Postnatal Realm cultivators tempered the senses of their body.

Congenital Realm cultivators instead condensed a Perception to comprehend the heaven

and the earth.

Violet Palace Realm cultivators transformed the Perception into Perception Force and they
were able to control Magic Treasures.

Golden Hall Realm cultivators instead molded the Perception Force into Spiritual
Perception, and they were able to comprehend the Heaven Dao a step further.

Golden Core Realm cultivators were fused and connected with Yin and Yang, and the
intersection of the Yin and Yang allowed them to condense Divine Perception. When the
Divine Perception was combined with their gold core, it was able to exert unbelievably
profound effects.

Whereas at the Rebirth Realm and above, it was Divine Sense, which was also the highest
level the energy of the soul was able to attain in the path of cultivation in the heaven and
earth. Supposedly, when one ascended to become a Heavenly Immortal, the Divine Sense
was able to transform a step further. But this level was too far away. Just think about it,
how many cultivators were able to ascend to become Heavenly Immortals from ancient
times until now?

I’m now at the Violet Palace Realm, yet I already possess the strength of Divine Perception
that’s on par to a Golden Core Realm cultivators, moreover, I’m only a step away from
cultivating it into Divine Sense. It’s truly unbelievable. Chen Xi took a deep breath and
opened his eyes, and when he saw the beautiful youth by Bei Heng’s side, he seemed to be
jolted awake from a dream as he instantly understood what had happened earlier. It was all
because of this person, and his heart couldn’t help but rise and fall in an unconstrained
manner once again.

Being able to bring others into a deep level of comprehension by relying on the aura that is
naturally effused from the body? What realm has a cultivation like this attained?

Chen Xi felt that the number of times he’d been shocked today was slightly frequent and
was simply the most in the past 17 years of his life. First, he encountered Daoist Wen Xuan
who was a Nether Transformation Realm cultivator that was stronger than a Rebirth Realm
cultivator, then he met the Supreme Grand Elder Bei Heng that was a realm higher than a
Nether Transformation Realm cultivator. Now, a mysterious and formidable beautiful youth
had appeared. Everything was virtually like a tidal wave, each wave higher than the other,
and each wave more shocking than the other.

The moment that Chen Xi opened his eyes, the beautiful youth pointed at the nearby Wen
Xuan and said, “Alright, ask him to leave first.”

There was no need for his Master, Bei Heng, to instruct him, Wen Xuan bowed deeply
towards the beautiful youth before turning around and intending to leave, yet he was
stopped.

“Right, take the little fellow on his back with you. I have a Firesoul Lotus Fruit here. Once
he molds his Enlightened Sword Heart, help him reconstruct his body.” The beautiful youth
smiled at Chen Xi before pointing at Chen Hao who was on his back, then a spirit fruit that
was glittering with a fiery light appeared on her delicate hand. The spirit fruit was the size
of an infant’s fist, it seemed as if it contained boundless crimson flames, and a shocking
wave of heat gushed out the instant it appeared in the air.

“Firesoul Lotus Fruit!” Chen Xi and Wen Xuen cried out involuntarily at the same time.

“Mmm, although he’s a sword cultivator, amongst the souls of the five elements of nature,
an item of fire attribute is the strongest for reconstructing his body.” The beautiful youth
nodded with a smile.

Chen Xi believed that what the beautiful youth said was true, yet he was unable to believe
that this person would casually toss out a Firesoul Lotus Fruit for the sake of his younger
brother. After all, this thing was a rare treasure of the heaven and earth that could only be
chanced upon by luck, yet not sought after. How many peerless experts would wish for
nothing more than to fight to the death for the sake of obtaining it?

She… Why is she so good to me?

Chen Xi vaguely had a feeling that everything he encountered today ought to be related to
the beautiful youth before him. Otherwise, with Wen Xuan and Bei Heng’s status, they
wouldn’t be so courteous to him at all.

“Don’t worry, with this lotus fruit, your younger brother’s cultivation will surely progress
vigorously. In the future, his accomplishments will be limitless.” Wen Xuan smiled warmly
at Chen Xi, then carried Chen Hao on his back before turning and leaving.

Chen Xi naturally wouldn’t refuse. Originally, he was thinking of using the Goldsoul Lotus
Fruit in his Dantian to help reconstruct Chen Hao’s body. But now, not only did he save a
Goldsoul Lotus Fruit, he’d unexpectedly obtained a Firesoul Lotus Fruit that was the most
beneficial to Chen Hao’s future cultivation, and it could be said to be an extremely good
thing. How could be possibly refuse?
After Wen Xuan left, the beautiful youth raised his eyes to size Chen Xi up as if she was
appreciating a treasure. She looked at him extremely carefully; her gaze was gentle, and it
caused one to feel as if one was bathing in the summer breeze, and caused one to be unable
to have an uncomfortable feeling or the feeling of going against her.

After a short moment, the beautiful youth suddenly grinned as she said via voice
transmission, “Not bad, you cause my efforts to come here and meet you to be in vain.
Hmm, I’ll gift you something before I leave.” As she spoke, a black light swiftly bore into
Chen Xi’s sea of consciousness. This thing was the size of a palm with a peculiar shape,
and it seemed to be a shattered piece of a tortoise shell.

How could Chen Xi not understand that this was a fragment of the River Diagram?

As expected, after this River Diagram fragment appeared, the piece of the River Diagram’s
fragment that silently floated without moving in his sea of consciousness had instantly
exploded out with a suction force, and it instantly fused together with the River Diagram
fragment that had entered into his sea of consciousness at this moment. They formed a
crescent moon shape that was an entire double in size.

Moreover, Chen Xi noticed that around the River Diagram fragments that had fused
together, a layer of a silhouette had appeared. The silhouette was divided into seven pieces
that were of peculiar shape, and with a glance, the seven silhouettes just happened to piece
together an almost completely round diagram.

This ought to be the complete shape of the River Diagram. Could it be that another seven
River Diagram fragments are still abandoned in the heaven and earth? Chen Xi instantly
came to a sudden understanding in his heart, then he muttered in his heart. Could it be that
this person knew I possessed a River Diagram fragment since long ago?

When he thought up to here, Chen Xi abruptly sobered up from the pleasant surprise of
obtaining the second River Diagram fragment, and the gaze he looked at the beautiful youth
with faintly contained dense fear and astonishment.

“Cultivate properly, future Little Junior Brother.” The beautiful youth seemed to
completely not notice Chen Xi’s gaze. After she grinned and sent a voice transmission, her
entire body instantly vanished on the spot, seeming as if she’d evaporated into the air, and
didn’t leave behind a single trace. It was as if she utterly never appeared!

Little Junior Brother! Chen Xi felt his head buzz, and it was as if he was struck by
lightning. Could it be that the fellow who was disguised as a man earlier is actually a
disciple of Senior Fuxi?!

At this moment, Chen Xi wished for nothing more than to jump into the abode and ask Ji
Yu, if the Master of the abode, Senior Fuxi, had actually left behind other disciples.
Regretfully, before he attained the Golden Hall Realm in both qi refinement and body
refinement, he was utterly unable to enter the abode.

Little Junior Brother… Little Junior Brother… If it’s really like this, then everything I
experienced today is very understandable. But how did she find me? Chen Xi frowned and
was extremely puzzled.

“This Senior really comes and goes in a rush.” The nearby Supreme Grand Elder of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Bei Heng, sighed, and his voice carried boundless regret.

This sigh instantly awoke Chen Xi who was in deep thought, and he asked, “Senior Bei
Heng, you know this person?”

“Don’t call me Senior, let’s form a relationship as equals.” A trace of a smile appeared on
Bei Heng’s simple and ordinary face as he said, “When I was young, hmm, around 2,000
years ago, I was once fortunate to encounter this Senior and obtained some guidance and
teaching from him. Unfortunately he didn’t take disciples. Otherwise, my accomplishments
now would absolutely not be as simple as the Earthly Immortal Realm.”

“Could it be that even Senior doesn’t know him?” Chen Xi clearly felt that Bei Heng’s
attitude towards him had become sincere and warm, and it even carried along a trace of
faint intention to curry favor.

“If you address me like that again, I’ll chase you out of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.”
Bei Heng acted angrily and said, “If Little Brother doesn’t mind, we’ll call each other as
brothers. I’m slightly older, so I’ll call you Little Brother Chen Xi, how about it?” As he
spoke, his eyes emitted a trace of eagerness.

Even if Chen Xi was any more composed, when he was looked at so sincerely by an
Earthly Immortal Realm expert who was the Supreme Grand Elder of the number one sect
in the Dragon Lake City, the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, he couldn’t help but feel as if he
was walking on air.

“This… Seems to be improper, right?” Chen Xi hesitated.

“It’s decided!” When Bei Heng saw Chen Xi hesitate and didn’t possess an obvious
intention of refusal, he instantly made the final decision.

It wasn’t good for Chen Xi to refuse again, and a strange thought couldn’t help be arise in
his heart. In this way, wouldn’t Daoist Wen Xuan have become my junior? He’s senior to
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master. Inferred from this, then when the Sect Master of
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect meets me, he would have to address me as Grand Ancestor
as well…

Chen Xi’s thoughts were actually correct. Although he wasn’t a member of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, because he had this layer of relationship with the Supreme
Grand Elder Bei Heng, then so long as one was of lower seniority than Bei Heng in the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, they would indeed have to address him respectfully as a
senior, and they had to admit it even if they didn’t want to.

After all, the more solid the foundation and the more ancient the hidden resources and
reserves of the sect was, the stricter the ranks within the sect were. As the saying goes,
there’s an order to seniority and there’s difference in relationship depending on status.

“Little Brother Chen Xi, you and I now call each other as brother, and we can be said to be
as intimate as real brothers. As the Supreme Grand Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect, I naturally should announce this to all the disciples of the sect and celebrate with the
entire sect for three days.”

Bei Heng had a generous expression as he said, “Moreover, I’ll open up a mountain on the
Wanderingcloud mountain range for you and renovate a palace there to be used as your
residence and place of cultivation. The daily supplies and payment of treasures will all be
according to the treatment of a Supreme Elder. You must not refuse, as this is Big Brother’s
goodwill, and if you refuse, then you’re not taking me as your Big Brother.”

Chen Xi gaped yet noticed he was unable to say a single word. Bei Heng had already put it
in this way, and if he were to refuse, it would seem insincere.

Besides that, he’d already completely offended the Su Clan. If he were to be able to obtain
this layer of relationship with the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, it would be an extremely
strong protective shield. If the Su Clan wanted to touch him, they would first have to think
over if the Su Clan was able to endure the consequences of offending the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect.

“Big Brother Bei Heng, being able to become brothers with you is an extremely great honor
of mine. But there’s no need for things like renovating a palace.” Chen Xi said seriously,
“After all, my cultivation is low now, and I’m absolutely unable to accept such generous
treatment.”

“Little Brother, are you worried about causing reproach?” Bei Heng shook his head and
smiled, then he said with a proud expression, “I, Bei Heng, am a great figure in Dragon
Lake City no matter what, and celebrating for the younger brother I admitted is a perfectly
justifiable thing. If someone can’t bear the sight of it, then it’s a great disrespect to both us
brothers, and I, Bei Heng, will let him understand what happened when someone dares
offend us brothers!” As he finished speaking, Bei Heng’s words were filled with raging
killing intent.

Chen Xi understood well the weight of these words. As the Supreme Grand Elder of the
number one power of Dragon Lake City, the height of Bei Heng’s status and the depth of
his cultivation was something that there rarely was anyone capable to compare with him.
So him saying these words weren’t an exaggeration.
“But I feel that doing things in a low profiled manner is better.” Chen Xi said with a smile.
The higher the tree, the stronger the wind. He couldn’t receive the protection of Bei Heng
forever, so it was better to incur less envy from others.

Most importantly, Chen Xi wasn’t willing to be seen as a weakling. Each person had his
own path to tread on. If he frequently drew support from Bei Heng’s strength, then
wouldn’t he be no different from those good for nothing disciples who possessed deep
backgrounds?

Relying on another’s power was only a tactic in the end, and the strength of one’s own self
was the strongest guarantee of survival!

“Since Little Brother is so persistent, then I’ll do it simply. But you must not refuse the
things that ought to be given to you.” Bei Heng had lived for countless years, how could he
be unable to perceive Chen Xi’s thoughts? In this way, he instead admired Chen Xi even
more. Because, when all was said and done, the reason he didn’t spare to stoop down and
make friends with Chen Xi was entirely because of the mysterious beautiful youth, as he
hoped to form a good relationship through Chen Xi.

As for Chen Xi, he merely played the role of a middleman, and in his eyes, he didn’t attach
much importance to Chen Xi. However, at this moment, when he saw Chen Xi’s actions
and persistence, he noticed that he seemed to have underestimated this little fellow, and his
mentality unconsciously changed greatly.

“That couldn’t be any better,” Chen Xi said with a smile.

“Haha! Come, come! I’m feeling very happy today, we brothers should drink to our heart’s
content and not return until we’re drunk.” Bei Heng pulled Chen Xi’s arm, then his body
shook before leaving the pavilion at the center of the lake right away, and he flew towards
the bank of the lake.
Chapter 130 – Pre-Competition Bitter Training

Daybreak.

Chen Xi left the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect swiftly. This time, he didn’t avoid the Sect
Guarding Sword Formation and instead took out an ancient command token, then he
walked into the formation like he was strolling idly in a courtyard, moving freely within it.

This command token was the size of a palm with a vivid image of a tiny little sword
inscribed on it, and with a glance, the little sword seemed as if it wanted to fly out from the
command token.

This was a command token Bei Heng gave Chen Xi, and when he possessed this command
token, it allowed him to enter and leave the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect at any time, and it
made it convenient for Chen Xi to visit Chen Hao.

“Fortunately, Bei Heng won’t reveal his relationship with me before the Hidden Dragon
Rankings end. I’ll be able to be at ease as I participate in the competition and guard by
Chen Hao’s side to be ready for anything that might happen.” Chen Xi carefully recalled
the details of his conversation with Bei Heng last night in his mind, and he only slightly set
his mind at rest when he noticed there weren’t any small mistakes.

“Chen Xi, you must not put all your hope on that old goat.” Ling Bai stood on Chen Xi’s
shoulder and couldn’t help but voice out a reminder.

“I surely won’t.” Chen Xi nodded, he suddenly seemed to have recalled something, and he
asked. “Right, did you discern the strength of the beautiful youth that was disguised as a
man?”

“It’s extremely terrifying, unimaginably formidable!” Ling Bai’s eyes revealed a trace of
seriousness as he spoke slowly.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be stunned. Despite being a 10cm tall, little Ling Bai was
extremely proud and conceited in his bones, and he was afraid of nothing, yet that
mysterious beautiful youth was able to cause Ling Bai to feel fear. Could it be that the
cultivation of that beautiful youth has already attained the Heavenly Immortal Realm?

“Chen Xi, how are you her Little Junior Brother?” Ling Bai had a perplexed expression.

Chen Xi shrugged. “I’m wondering about this as well.”

“Where’re we going now?” Ling Bai suddenly said in excitement, “Why don’t we go
capture a demon beast and have roast meat?”
“That won’t do. The Hidden Dragon Rankings are about to begin and I have to seize this
period of time to cultivate properly.” Chen Xi refused flatly, and under Ling Bai’s resentful
gaze, he quickened his pace to hurry in Dragon Lake City.

——

Su Clan, Main Hall.

The Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian had been sitting here since last night, and when the
sky grew bright now, his expression gradually became gloomy, and his expression was
anxious and doubtful.

“Zhentian, could it be that Chan’er didn’t receive the transmission?” The Grand Elder, Su
Lingfeng who wore a red robe and was like a young child asked in a sharp voice.

“No, I’ve already confirmed last night that he has received the jade slip. As for why he
hasn’t captured Chen Hao and brought him over…” Su Zhentian’s brows knit tightly as he
spoke in bewilderment. “Could it be that something unexpected has happened?”

“Absolutely impossible. Chen Xi’s younger brother, Chen Hao, has already been exiled to
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Dragonhell Peak, and he’s no different than a lowly
coolie. It’s as easy as flipping a palm for Chan’er to capture him, so how could something
unexpected possibly happen?” Su Lingfeng shook his head endlessly.

It was at this moment that Su Jiao rushed in, and her face that was usually indifferent and
reserved was already covered in frost. She didn’t care about greeting her father and the
Grand Elder before saying directly, “A Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciple came over
earlier, and he helped Big Brother pass over a transmission jade slip.”

Su Zhentian and Su Lingfeng glanced at each other in the eye, and their hearts sank
instantly.

Su Chan was the closed door disciple of Ancestor Ling Du. If it was an ordinary time,
asking one to help bring back something was understandable. But, the matter last night was
a top secret matter, and he didn’t do it himself yet asked someone to pass a transmission
jade slip back to the clan. Could it be that unexpected change had occurred?

Su Zhentian took a deep breath and forcefully restrained the agitation in his heart as he said
slowly, “What does the jade slip say?”

“My brother said….” Su Jiao’s expression kept shifting, and only after a long time did she
say bitterly, “He said that Chen Hao is the personal disciple of Daoist Wen Xuan, and
because of this matter, he has already been put under house arrest by Daoist Wen Xuan.”

Daoist Wen Xuan?! Su Zhentian gasped. As the Patriarch of one of the six great clans of
Dragon Lake City, the Su Clan’s Patriarch, he knew much more of the things within the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect as compared to an ordinary person, and it was even to the
extent that he even knew some things that the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect didn’t know.

According to his knowledge, this Wen Xuan was a Nether Transformation Realm expert,
and Wen Xuan’s strength is so terrifying that even Ancestor Ling Du had to respectfully
address Wen Xuan as Martial Uncle. Due to Wen Xuan living in seclusion in the rear
mountain all year long, so his reputation was instead not as great as Ancestor Ling Du. But
if anyone dared look down upon him, then that would be a huge mistake.

“Chan’er said…. That Chen Hao is the disciple of Daoist Wen Xuan?” Su Lingfeng still
didn’t dare believe it, and he muttered endlessly.

Although he was honored as the Su Clan’s Grand Elder, yet his cultivation lingered at the
perfection-stage of the Golden Core Realm, and he was only a step away to advance to the
Rebirth Realm. However, even if he advanced to the Rebirth Realm, he would still be one
realm inferior to Daoist Wen Xuan. Thus the shock in his heart when he heard that Chen
Hao had actually taken such a great figure as master was easily imaginable.

“It ought to be like this. Otherwise, Chan’er would have capture Chen Hao back to the clan
last night.” At this moment, Su Zhentian instead completely calmed down, and he said
slowly, “In this way, I’m afraid that wanting to use Chen Hao to draw out his brother, Chen
Xi, cannot be done.”

“Dammit! Not only can it not be done, if we annihilate his older brother, then once that
Chen Hao goes into a violent rage and begs Daoist Wen Xuan for help, our Su Clan can’t
withstand it.” Su Lingfeng cried out in a sharp voice.

“Hmph! Can’t withstand it?” A trace of a cold smile appeared on the corners of Su
Zhentian’s mouth, and he said gloomily, “Grand Elder, perhaps you still don’t know yet.
The Ancestor has already advanced into the Nether Transformation Realm a few days ago
and is a Nether Transformation Realm expert now. Moreover, he has already
comprehended the profundity of that thing, so if he goes against Daoist Wen Xuan, the
outcome of the battle if 50:50. So long as Ancestor stands out, that Wen Xuan will be
unable to do anything to us.”

“Ancestor… Has already become a Nether Transformation Realm expert? And has even
comprehended… The profundity of that thing?” Su Lingfeng seemed to have recalled a
terrifying thing, and he stared blankly as he fell into deep thought.

“Jiao’er, what else has your big brother said?” Su Zhentian shot his gaze at Su Jiao.

Su Jiao took a deep breath and said, “My Big Brother said that Chen Hao would be
participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings as well. So he suggests that Father makes a
move at that time as it’s undoubtedly the best time to kill Chen Hao. Moreover, according
to my knowledge, Chen Xi is participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings as well. In this
way, perhaps we can seize this opportunity to kill both of these brothers.”
“Not bad, his thoughts are just like mine.” Su Zhentian nodded and said, “During the
Hidden Dragon Rankings, all the disciples would be sent into Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, and
outsiders are utterly unable to interfere. So long as our Su Clan disciples that are
participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings gather together, they’ll surely be able to
annihilate these two brothers.”

“Indeed. The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda contains a world of its own. Unless one crushes the
Transportation Talisman, otherwise, they’re utterly unable to be transported out.” Su
Lingfeng said gloomily, “We only need to seize the moment before the two brothers crush
their Transportation Talismans to kill the two of them, and no one will be able to say
anything. After all, there are plenty of disciples that lose their lives during every Hidden
Dragon Ranking competition.”

“But, if they’re unable to kill the two of them before they crush their Transportation
Talisman, then wouldn’t we not have the chance to annihilate them in the future?” Su Jiao
frowned.

“There’s no need to worry. The Hidden Dragon Rankings is jointly held by the various
large powers, and our Su Clan is one of them. It’s an extremely easy matter to tamper with
the Transportation Talisman of the two brothers.” A trace of ruthlessness flashed on Su
Zhentian’s face. “He actually dared kill a Golden Core Realm Elder and six Golden Hall
Realm cultivators of my Su Clan. How can my Su Clan stand up in Dragon Lake City if we
don’t annihilate these two brothers?”

——

When Chen Xi returned to the quiet courtyard that Duanmu Ze arranged, he saw that Du
Qingxi’s group of three had long been waiting for him. Only after he asked did he know
that the three of them were participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings as well, and
during this period of time before the Hidden Dragon Rankings, they would be cultivating
behind closed doors within their clans. So they didn’t have time to take Chen Xi on a tour
of Dragon Lake City.

This instead just happened to coincide with Chen Xi’s thoughts. After all, he wanted to
seize this period of time to cultivate properly and prepare for the Hidden Dragon Rankings.
As for touring Dragon Lake City, it was a leisure that wasn’t essential, and he would have
time for it in the future.

After chatting about some things and rules that he had to pay attention to during the Hidden
Dragon Rankings, it wasn’t long before Du Qingxi’s group of three left.

Chen Xi didn’t dally, he sat cross-legged on the bed and was just intending to start
cultivating, yet he frowned and stopped.

Presently, my qi refinement cultivation just advanced to the 6th star of the Violet Palace
Realm, and my body refinement cultivation has similarly advanced only recently to the 2nd
level of the Violet Palace Realm. It’s obviously impossible to advance a level in half a
month of time. In this way, it would seem that instead of wasting this time, I should
properly cultivate my martial techniques.

Besides the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation that’s formed from the eight
Netherezim Flying Swords and the Windflow Divination Sword, I only possess the Grand
Astral Palm as a technique to battle my opponents. The Grand Astral Palm is my trump
card, and unless it’s necessary, it’s better if I don’t expose it… Chen Xi pondered silently.

The Hidden Dragon Rankings was a grand occasion for the entire cultivation world of the
southern territory, where geniuses were numerous like the clouds and experts were
innumerable. For example, Lin Shaoqi and Tang Xu that Chen Xi had defeated at the
Immortal Assembling Pavilion were only the top cultivators amongst cultivators from
outside Dragon Lake City. When compared to the genius figures of the eight great sects,
three great institutions, and six great clans, they were obviously inferior by a level.

Earlier, when he was chatting with Du Qingxi’s group of three, Chen Xi had learned about
many genius figures that were participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings. There were
figures such as the Azuresun Sect’s Qiu Leng who was called the Incorporeal Sword, the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Elite Disciple Fei Lengcui, the Comet Gorge’s Elite Disciple
Luo Xiu…

Almost all these geniuses of the younger generation had cultivations around the 8th level of
the Violet Palace Realm. Their natural talent was outstanding, their comprehension
extremely high, and their techniques had their own merits and were extraordinary. All of
them were astonishing talents that the powers they were from had attached great
importance on fostering.

They participated in the Hidden Dragon Rankings with the aim of spreading their
reputation and becoming well-known in the southern territory; they wanted to use this to
obtain even more support and favor from the powers they belonged to.

Actually, all the disciples that participated in the Hidden Dragon Rankings had these type
of thoughts. They treated the competition as a springboard to soar into the sky and amaze
the world with a single brilliant feat.

Chen Xi didn’t care about all of this, but he had to take these outstanding figures of the
younger generation that would participate in the competition seriously. After all, he wasn’t
fighting for himself any longer, and he still carried the responsibility of looking after Chen
Hao.

Originally, Chen Xi didn’t have to worry about Chen Hao participating in the Hidden
Dragon Rankings. After all, Chen Hao was a disciple of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect,
and even if he was eliminated, he wouldn’t suffer any harm.
But it was different now. Because of the existence of his enemy, the Su Clan, it caused
Chen Xi to faintly feel that the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time would absolutely not be
a simple competition for he and Chen Hao.

The Su Clan has probably already found out about Chen Hao taking Daoist Wen Xuan as
his master by now. But during every Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, there would
always be some disciples that lose their lives. If the Su Clan uses this as an opportunity,
and carries out hunt for me and Chen Hao, then it would be dangerous… Chen Xi took a
deep breath and shook his head, expelling out the distracting thoughts in his mind. I must
resist and stop everything that comes at me. Thinking so much makes no difference.

Swish! Swish!

56 high-grade yellow-rank flying swords with oppressive spirit energy descended onto the
floor before him. Chen Xi recalled the technique of the second level of the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation once more, then he took up a flying sword right away
before pricking open his finger and starting to draw talisman markings on the surface of the
flying swords with his blood.

Exactly! He wanted to bind all of these 56 flying swords, then pool together the amount of
64 flying swords when combined with his eight Netherezim Flying Swords to cultivate the
second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation!

After the transformation of his soul yesterday, it had already attained the level of Divine
Perception, and it wasn’t inferior to a Golden Core Realm cultivator. Thus, he was already
barely able to control 64 flying swords.

But the consumption of his True Essence would probably become extremely terrifying.

After all, amongst these 64 flying swords were eight top-grade yellow-rank flying swords,
and the remaining 56 flying swords were all high-grade yellow-rank flying swords. So if he
wanted to execute the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation,
how could the consumption of his True Essence be little?
Chapter 131 – Hidden Dragon Rankings, Begins!

The Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation was bought by Chen Xi from the
Treasure Heaven Pavilion. Although it was a profound-rank incomplete sword formation
diagram, it still had cost 400,000 kgs of spirit liquids, and it could be said to be extremely
expensive.

But the might of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation was indeed worthy of
this price.

Cultivating the first level allowed one to annihilate ordinary Golden Hall Realm cultivators.

After cultivating it to the second level, it wasn’t a problem for one to battle a Golden Core
Realm cultivator head on!

But with Chen Xi’s current cultivation, he was at most able to execute the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation’s second level around three times. After these three times,
his True Essence would be exhausted and dried up, and it was far from being able to
support him permanently in battle.

If I’m able to attain the Golden Hall Realm, then I’ll be able to easily execute the second
level of the sword formation. Chen Xi drew the talisman markings on the flying swords as
he pondered.

After the time for an incense stick to burn, Chen Xi’s countenance was pale, and his entire
body was extremely exhausted.

Using Blood Essence to draw talisman markings was an extremely great consumption of
both the mind and body. Fortunately, he’d already advanced his body refinement
cultivation to the 2nd level of the Violet Palace Realm now, he was full of vigor and
vitality, and it wasn’t a moment before he recovered.

Actually, this wasn’t the only benefit after his body advanced into the Violet Palace Realm.
When he didn’t circulate his cultivation, Chen Xi was indeed no different to an ordinary
person, yet once he circulated his cultivation, his body tightened, his skin vibrated, and
Shaman Energy instantly flowed within his body. This caused his body to be impenetrable
to weapons, and even a yellow-rank flying sword was unable to harm him.

“Rise!”

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A wave of sword howls that were like the tide sounded out within the quiet room as the 64
flying swords floated up under Chen Xi’s control before every eight flying swords formed a
small sword formation, and then all eight small sword formations linked together and
crisscrossed around each other to form a large sword formation.

When looked at from afar, this large sword formation was like a moving tai chi diagram.
Under the lead of the eight Netherezim Flying Swords, it was like a vast and mighty flying
sword tide that flowed ceaselessly in midair.

“Oblivion wind as the surface, flowing light as the foundation, the eight poles remain
unmoving, transform into one!” Chen Xi shouted with a clear voice, and the 64 flying
swords in midair swished to revolve around him as they emitted a type of shapeless and
fluttering sharp aura. Every flying sword glowed brightly with surging sword lights that
fluctuated indeterminately, causing hissing sounds to be emitted from the air that was sliced
by it. It was like a group of thoroughly tempered weapons that were accumulating force
while waiting to be deployed, and it yearned to drink fresh blood to its satisfaction.

Little Ling Bai had his hands crossed before his chest as he watched, and he couldn’t help
but nod to himself as his gaze revealed traces of surprise. This wasn’t the controlling of
eight flying swords, but an entire 64 flying swords. With the quality of every flying sword
at the top-grade yellow-rank or above, Chen Xi was still able to make them form a sword
formation that contained a piercingly cold aura and control them freely, and this was
already an extraordinary and magnificent feat. If it was another Violet Palace Realm
cultivator, then not to mention forming a sword formation, it would even be difficult for the
cultivator to control these flying swords.

Solely in terms of its might, the might of his sword formation now would probably even
cause Golden Core Realm cultivators to be extremely fearful. Little Ling Bai was a sword
soul that had lived for 10,000 years, and he himself had the inheritance of the Supreme
Grand Nirvana Sword Dao. Thus his gaze was extremely discerning and he’d instantly
determined the might of the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword
Formation.

Fifteen minutes later.

Drops of sweat were faintly visible on Chen Xi’s forehead, and then he couldn’t hold on
any longer, causing the 64 flying swords to emit a swish as they directly dropped to the
ground. With my current cultivation, executing the second level of the sword formation is
indeed too strenuous.  I’m only able to execute it around four times when exerting all of my
energy and my strength would probably fall short to execute it any more times after that…

“Chen Xi, this sword formation of yours made me recall a Thousand-Moon Oblivionwind
Sword Formation from 10,000 years ago. That sword formation was formed from over
4,000 flying swords, and the instant it was activated, sword qi swept in all directions and
shot into the sky, transforming into a thousand bright moons. On every full moon, it’s even
able to activate the energy of the lunar tide, and its might is sufficient to rival a heaven-rank
Magic Treasure and obliterate everything.” Ling Bai seemed to be lost in thought as he
spoke. “I heard you say that this Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation is only an
incomplete sword formation diagram, and it might be related to this formation.”
“Do you know the cultivation technique of that formation?” Chen Xi asked in surprise. He
was truly extremely satisfied with the might of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword
Formation, and when he thought about how the second level’s might was already able to go
head on with a Golden Core Realm cultivator, then what about the third level and the fourth
level? Wouldn’t they be even more formidable?

“That’s a secret sword formation of a great sword cultivating sect of 10,000 years ago. My
Master originally wanted to exchange for it with his Ten-Directional Nirvana Sword
Formation, but unfortunately, he was refused.” Ling Bai shook his head as he spoke.

Chen Xi was slightly disappointed, but he shook his head and didn’t think more about it.
He was still content. After all, merely the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight
Sword Formation was sufficient for him to use for an extremely long period of time.

“Chen Xi, no matter how strong the might of the sword formation is, it has diverged from
the true path of the Sword Dao in the end. Only by being single-minded and persistent
when cultivating the sword would one be able to walk future on the path of the Grand Dao
of the sword. When the Sword Dao is cultivated to a higher realm, it’s even able to destroy
all techniques with a single strike, killing gods and annihilating demons with extremely
formidable might.” Ling Bai reminded him with good intentions.

“I know this.” Chen Xi nodded. He recalled the scene when he saw Chen Hao last night, he
recalled how Daoist Wen Xuan said that to cultivate the sword, one must first cultivate the
heart; that was the principle behind the Enlightened Sword Heart. Now when he combined
it with what Ling Bai said, it instantly allowed him to have a deeper level of knowledge
towards the Grand Dao of the Sword.

A sword cultivator only needed a single sword to sweep through the universe without
restraint. Why was this so? Because a sword cultivator was persistent and single-minded,
without fear of anything, so a sword cultivator was naturally extremely formidable!

In the following half a month, Chen Xi stayed indoors. Besides his daily cultivation and
exchanging views on sword techniques with Ling Bai, he stayed silently in his own quiet
room all day as he cleared his mind and comprehended the essence and profundity of the
second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation.

Executing the sword formation was extremely easy, yet how to exert the full might of the
sword formation instead required diligent and bitter cultivation, and it required careful
contemplation and comprehension.

During this half month of time, although Chen Xi’s cultivation advanced slowly, his
cultivation in the Martial Dao instead advanced by leaps and bounds. This was naturally
because of Ling Bai’s guidance, as the little fellow’s understanding of the Sword Dao had
surpassed the scope that Chen Xi was able to understand long ago. He was usually able to
help Chen Xi understand and clear up Chen Xi’s doubts with a few words, causing Chen Xi
to become instantly enlightened and clear his thoughts.
The time until the Hidden Dragon Rankings grew closer and closer.

That day the weather suddenly became icy cold, and the cold wind whistled through the sky
all night long. Large snowflakes drifted down in the heaven and earth in copious amounts,
causing all of Dragon Lake City to be dressed in white and become a world of ice and
snow.

“What heavy snow!” Chen Xi walked in the courtyard while only wearing a thin long
gown, yet he didn’t feel cold in the slightest. The snow on the ground was already 30cm
thick, causing a crunching sound to be emitted when stepped on. The icy cold air assaulted
him while the sight of cold snow gladdened the heart and refreshed the mind, causing his
spirits to become refreshed and invigorated because of this.

“Hey, monster, quickly allow yourself to be captured without putting up a resistance!” At

the side, Ling Bai shouted as he chased after Bai Kui, and they played in the world of ice
and snow with extreme delight.

Chen Xi smiled lightly, yet unexpectedly, a snowball swooshed as it shot towards his face,
and at the time he was caught off guard, it smashed into his face with a pop. For a time,
snow fluttered in the air, splattering all over his body and causing him to be in an extremely
sorry state.

“Hahaha…” Ling Bai clapped and laughed loudly in the distance.

“Hmph! I’ll bury you!” Chen Xi stuck out his hand and grabbed a snowball the size of a
millstone, and he swung his hand towards Ling Bai, smashing it towards Ling Bai.

Ling Bai wouldn’t sit there helplessly to be struck, his figure flashed, dodging right away.
Unexpectedly, it was at this moment that the courtyard door was abruptly pushed open by
someone and Duanmu Ze walked in excitedly. He opened his mouth and was just about to
say something when he saw a white colored thing fly straight towards his face, and with a
bang, the snowball shattered, burying Duanmu Ze’s entire body within it.

“Eh, where’s Duanmu?” Du Qingxi and Song Lin, who entered after Duanmu Ze, were
stunned, and they raised their heads to look around.

Chen Xi couldn’t endure it any longer and started laughing loudly when he saw this scene.

“Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!” Duanmu Ze stuck out his head from the pile of snow and
fiercely spat out the snow on his mouth, and then he cried out. “Alright, Chen Xi, you
actually dare launch a sneak attack at me, I’m going to kick your ass.”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

For a time, snowballs flew out within the courtyard, and dragons of snow howled as an
intense snowball fight unfolded between Duanmu Ze and Chen Xi.
But due to the courtyard being too small, the battlefield quickly spread onto Du Qingxi and
Song Lin. The two of them were already extremely envious since long ago, and they didn’t
hesitate to immediately join the battle. One fighting side by side with Chen Xi, the other
forming an alliance with Duanmu Ze, and they fought to the point they were reluctant to
stop, they fought merrily and without restraint.

Just like this, four fellows that hadn’t been young since long ago had started playing a
childish snowball fight. In their hands, the snow transformed into flying cranes, old apes,
enormous dragons, white tigers, swords, sabers, spears, halberds… All of them were
lifelike and possessed shocking might, and they played with extreme delight.

“I quit! This fellow Chen Xi’s movement technique is too swift, and Qingxi deliberately
helps him. The two of us can only take a beating, it’s too unfair!” After a long time,
Duanmu Ze, whose face was covered in snow, resentfully withdrew from the battle. Song
Lin was alone and helpless, and he could only admit defeat after Duanmu Ze. Up to this
point, Chen Xi and Du Qingxi had become the final winners.

“Why aren’t you playing any longer? Let’s go again, again.” Du Qingxi pursed her lips in
dissatisfaction as she enthusiastically wanted to continue. At this moment, she was simply
like a playful little girl, and she didn’t have a trace of her elegant disposition that was chilly
and quiet any longer.

Duanmu Ze’s eyes revolved as he grinned and said, “No, unless you’re on the same team as
me.”

“You wish!” Du Qingxi rolled her eyes at Duanmu Ze.

“Childish, the two of you are truly childish.” Song Lin muttered from the side.

“Right, why did all of you come looking for me today?” Chen Xi felt his actions earlier
were slightly childish as well. At this moment, when he thought about it, he felt amused
and embarrassed at the same time, and he hurriedly changed the topic of conversation.

“Of course it’s to participate in the Hidden Dragon Rankings,” said Duanmu Ze casually,
then his face went grim as he cried out. “Shit! We’ve wasted so much time, let’s go
quickly, if we’re any later then we won’t make it.”

The Hidden Dragon Ranking competition is today? Chen Xi silently counted the time in his
heart and was instantly shocked, and he hurriedly dashed out with Du Qingxi’s group of
three.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Amongst the large snowflakes that covered the sky, a wave of bell rings sounded out
abruptly in the air of the entire Dragon Lake City for a long time.
When Chen Xi’s group walked out of the courtyard, they saw the people on the streets were
all swiftly hurrying towards the center of Dragon Lake City. If one were to look down from
the sky, one would notice that streams of human-shaped currents were gathering towards
the center of Dragon Lake City from all directions.

Most of these people didn’t possess the qualifications to participate in the Hidden Dragon
Rankings. They either lacked strength or their ages exceeded the rules, yet they were able
to head to the Buddha’s Trail Pagoda to watch carefully and use this to improve their own
cultivation, various battle techniques, and live battle experience.

“I heard that the amount of people participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time is
the most over the past few years, over 10,000 people, and amongst them are innumerable
genius figures who have possessed great reputations since long ago. Such a grand event is
simply rare to see in a thousand years, and missing it would be too much of a pity.”

“Yeah, I heard that practically all the outstanding figures in the younger generation of the
eight great sects, three great institutions, and six great clans are participating, and it can be
said to be an assembly of distinguished figures where geniuses are numerous as the
clouds.”

“The Darchu Dynasty’s Allstar Meeting is in another few years. After the Hidden Dragon
Rankings this time, some of the most outstanding talents will supposedly be selected to
represent the entire cultivation world of our southern territory and participate in the Darchu
Dynasty’s Allstar Meeting. I wonder who will be fortunate to participate in it and compete
with the experts in the world?”

“Have all of you heard? Chen Xi, who annihilated six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and
one Golden Core Realm cultivator of the Su Clan a while ago, will be participating in the
Hidden Dragon Rankings as well. The way I see it, there’s surely a space for him in the top
10.”

“Cheh, your information is already outdated. Half a month ago, Chen Xi defeated an 8th
star Violet Palace Realm genius at the Immortal Assembling Pavilion before using a
profound sword technique to annihilate an expert of the School of Fiendgod Body
Refinement right after that. His strength is so formidable that even the Xie Clan’s Xie Zhan
wasn’t willing to go against him.”

“No wonder. In this way, Chen Xi does indeed have the potential to advance into the top
ten.”

“Hmph! Top ten? He probably can’t even keep his life! This person stirs up trouble
everywhere. He had already completely offended the Su Clan and has now contracted
enmity with the Xie Clan’s Little Genius. There are 100 plus disciples of the Su Clan that
are participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankins this time, do you really think would they let
him off?”
“I’ve heard of this as well. The Su Clan has already spread the word that whoever is able to
force Chen Xi to admit defeat in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda will be able to the generous
rewards of 500,000 kgs of spirit liquid and three top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures!”

In the crowd of people that ran quickly on the streets, a variety of animated discussions
gushed into Chen Xi’s ears, yet his expression remained unchanged. There was no
happiness nor sadness in his heart; it was pure and cold like the ice and snow.

From afar, he saw a tall pagoda that pierced into the sky and stood tall at the center of
Dragon Lake City. The pagoda was entirely pure white, as if it was made from jadestone.
Under the heavy snow that fluttered about in the entire sky, it seemed exceedingly
extraordinary and divine.
Chapter 132 – Rules

Buddha’s Trial Pagoda!

A trace of shock couldn’t help but emerge in Chen Xi’s heart when he saw the white jade
pagoda that stood tall in the heaven and earth. According to his knowledge, this pagoda
contained a world of its own. It was further divided into four layers within it, namely the
Eight-Directions, Four-Symbols, Yin-Yang, and Oneness layers. Every layer was a
different heaven and earth, and all the cultivators participating in the Hidden Dragon
Rankings would be transported into the pagoda to decide the victor.

In other words, this Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was the main battlefield of the Hidden Dragon
Rankings.

Supposedly, this pagoda was originally an Immortal Artifact of legend, but due to unknown
reasons, it had become damaged and broken, causing it to lose various marvelous effects,
and only an empty shell like this remained.

However, although it was merely an empty shell, no one was able to obtain it. In the end,
under the refining of the great figures of the older generations of the various sects of
Dragon Lake City, the space within it was recovered.

Due to it containing a world of its own within, it was taken to be the trial grounds to test
disciples, and the Hidden Dragon Rankings came from this.

At this moment, there was a sea of people in the vicinity of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.
When glancing around, all that met the eye was a dense crowd of human heads.
Fortunately, this place was sufficiently vast and spacious, thus it didn’t seem to be crowded
when so many people were gathered together.

Before the pagoda was an enormous jade platform that was 300m long and 150m wide. A
canopy that seemed to be able to cover that the entire sky was unfurled atop the jade
platform. The top of the canopy was suffused with clouds and mist, as thousands of strands
of auspicious qi and a myriad of multicolored lights flew out from it and the aura of a
treasure shot into the sky.

This thing was transformed from a heaven-rank Magic Treasure, the Six-sun Golden
Streamer, that was possessed by the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling
Kongzi. When one was below it, it was like sitting between whistling pines and white
clouds. Neither wind, rain, hot, or cold could invade the space beneath it, and it was
extremely miraculous.

At this moment, there were over 15 men and women that were extremely dignified sitting
on the jade platform below the canopy.
At the center seat was an azure-clad old man. The corners of his mouth held a smile that
was warm like jade, his closed eyes seemed as if there were strands of divine light flowing
about within it, and he seemed to be extremely mysterious and profound.

The azure-clad old man was the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling
Kongzi, and he was similarly a great Rebirth Realm cultivator whose might shook the
southern territory!

At both sides of Ling Kongzi were the head figures of the other seven great sects, three
great institutions, and six great clans. All of them had deep bearings and formidable auras
that revealed their profound and tremendous cultivations.

A woman amongst them was particularly eye catching; she wore imperial robes that were
like fire, her black hair worn in a bun, her slim neck snow white, and her white appearance
was like a bloomed lotus flower, fine and smooth, causing her to look exceedingly
beautiful. But her expression was instead icy cold to the extreme. When her thin and
slanted eyes swept past, it was like a cold bolt of lightning tearing through the sky, and
there was actually no one that dared meet her gaze.

She was Madam Xing Yun, the Sect Master of one of the eight great sects, the Jade Flower
Sect. She was the one and only female leader of the various powers, and her strength was
unfathomable and strong in the extreme.

The leaders the other great powers had oppressive expressions and extraordinary bearings.
When the 15 plus of them sat up straight on the jade platform, although they were
absolutely silent, the formidable might that was emitted from them had instead deterred the
surroundings to the point no one dared to make loud noises.

When Chen Xi arrived, the surroundings of the entire pagoda were crowded by a mass of
no less than 100,000 people; the occasion was grandness of an unprecedented level, and it
shocked the hearts of everyone present.

If it wasn’t for the disciples of the various great powers shuttling back and forth within the
crowd and maintaining the order at the scene, the scene would probably be even more
crowded, to the point it was watertight.

“Look, the cultivators that are participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time are
over there.” Du Qingxi’s pointed at an open area before the jade platform as she spoke with
a clear voice.

Chen Xi raised his eyes to look. As expected, he saw that no less than 8,000 people were
standing in the open space, and there were both men and women with extremely young
appearances.

Chen Xi’s group didn’t stay within the crowd and walked over towards the open area.
At the entrance to the open space stood two Darchu Soulguards that carried swords on their
backs and wore black clothes. When they saw Chen Xi’s group, one of them spoke out.
“Halt, please display your command tokens.”

Chen Xi withdrew the command token he obtained when he registered at the Darchu
Soulguard’s great hall right away and passed it over.

“Chen Xi, 6th star of the Violet Palace Realm, 17 years old…” This Darchu Soulguard was
stunned as a trace of an unusual expression slip passed the depths of his eyes, and he took
out a jade talisman that had been prepared beforehand and passed it over with the command
token to Chen Xi.

Du Qingxi’s group of three took out their command tokens, and unlike Chen Xi, their
command tokens were bestowed upon them from the clans that stood behind them. This
Darchu Soulguard didn’t even look at the command tokens before directly producing three
jade talismans and passing it over to them.

“This jade talisman is the Transportation Talisman?” Chen Xi recalled the rules of the
Hidden Dragon Rankings. After one entered the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda and encountered a
life threatening danger, one only had to crush the jade talisman to be transported out. Once
one was killed before one was able to crush the jade talisman, then one could only blame
one’s self and no one else.

How could a trial competition not have any fatalities?

“The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda is divided into four layers, namely the Eight-Directions, Four-
Symbols, Yin-Yang, and Oneness. All the participating cultivators will be transported into
the Eight-Directions Layer, and once one seized sufficient amounts of command tokens
from others, one would be automatically transported into the second layer, the Four-
Symbols Layer. After that, one would undergo battles again to seize command tokens,
pushing on in proper order, until one entered the highest layer, the Oneness Layer, and
battle within it. The person that persisted to the end would be the person ranked as the first
in the Hidden Dragon Rankings.”

“What’s a sufficient amount?”

“Seizing command tokens is only a method to drive you to carry out battles, and whether
you’re able to enter an even higher layer of the pagoda entirely depends on if you’re able to
persist until the end. According to the routine practice from previous years, only 2,000
people were able to enter the second layer of the pagoda, the Four-Symbols Layer. These
2,000 people would undergo battles to eliminate another 1,900 people, and only the
remaining 100 people were able to enter the third layer, the Yin-Yang Layer. After another
round of battles, only the final 10 people were able to enter the highest layer, the Oneness
layer and decide the final victor.”
“So that’s how it is. Those that are able to enter the third layer are the top 100 ranked
people of the Hidden Dragon Rankings. Those that enter the fourth layer are the top 10
ranked people of the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and then after battling to the end, the last
person that remains is the person that’s ranked as the first in the Hidden Dragon Rankings!”

“Exactly, but the situation of the battle this year will probably be more intense than
previous years. Didn’t you see how many cultivators are participating in the Hidden Dragon
Rankings this time? Over 10,000 people! After entering the first layer of the pagoda, 8,000
plus people need to be eliminated!”

Chen Xi had just stood at the side of the cultivators that were participating in the Hidden
Dragon Rankings when a wave of discussion entered into his ears, and he couldn’t help but
be curious and send a voice transmission to Duanmu Ze. “As long as one persisted until the
end, wouldn’t the person be able to enter the second layer of the pagoda, why was there a
need to seize command tokens?”

“With more than 10,000 people together, what should be done if everyone didn’t carry out
any battles? How would others be eliminated?” Duanmu Ze grinned as he sent a voice
transmission. “Seizing command tokens is a method to drive you to carry out battles.
Moreover, the more command tokens you seize, then even if you’re eliminated, you can
rely on these command tokens and still be able to obtain the generous rewards of the
various large sects. Under these circumstances, who wouldn’t desperately seize the
command tokens and battle desperately?”

Chen Xi finally understood. Obviously, there were two ways to obtain the generous
rewards of the Hidden Dragon Rankings. One of it was to seize the command tokens and
exchange for the rewards. The other way was to rely on one’s ranking and win the rewards.

Cultivators that were ranked in the top 100 are able to obtain huge amounts of medicinal
pills and cultivation techniques as a reward.

Cultivators that ranked in the top 50 are not only able to obtain huge amounts of medicinal
pills and cultivation techniques, they were even able to obtain formidable Magic Treasures
as a reward.

Cultivators ranked in the top 10 already possessed the qualifications to be absorbed into the
eight great sects, six great clans, and three great institutions to become their core or elite
disciples.

Cultivators ranked in the top 3 would instead be taken as closed door disciples by Rebirth
Realm cultivators!
The cultivator that was ranked first would not only be able to obtain an extremely huge
amount of generous rewards, the cultivator would even be allowed to choose a Rebirth
Realm cultivator to be the cultivator’s Master!

“Hahaha! Chen Xi, so it turns out you’re here!” It was at this moment, that a voice was like
a thunderclap as it rumbled out, and accompanying the voice was a young man with an
imposing build walking over with large strides from afar. It was precisely the little genius
of the Xie Clan, Xie Zhan.

Over ten young men and young women in dark green clothes followed behind him, and the
same symbol was adorned on their chests. Obviously, these young men and young women
were all Xie Clan disciples that were participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this
time.

The entire surroundings of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda originally had an extremely quiet
atmosphere because the leaders of the various great powers were seated on the jade
platform, yet Xie Zhan’s loud laughter seemed to be extremely conspicuous, and in
practically an instant, it drew the attention of everyone present.

“Chen Xi?”

“So it’s him! But didn’t the rumors say that the Xie Clan’s Young Master has enmity with
Chen Xi?”

“Hmph! That fellow Xie Zhan did that intentionally for the sake of allowing everyone to
see Chen Xi’s appearance. After all, the Su Clan has promised heavy rewards. Anyone
that’s able to defeat Chen Xi in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda will be rewarded with 500,000
kgs of spirit liquid and three top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures!”

“How ruthless of him! Isn’t this making use of others to kill a person?! I’m afraid so long
as Chen Xi entered the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, he will encounter the converging attack of
countless people! It’s difficult for a pair of fists to go against two pairs. No matter how
formidable he is, he will surely be defeated and withdraw from the Hidden Dragon
Rankings.”

“Withdraw? The Su Clan had probably made the preparations to kill Chen Xi since long
ago, how could they possibly allow him to flee? It will probably be difficult for this fellow
to escape from the calamity this time.”

Not only were the surrounding people discussing Chen Xi, even the various leaders on the
jade platform had shot their gazes towards Chen Xi. Amongst them, Su Zhentian’s
expression could be said to be exceedingly gloomy, and the killing intent in his eyes wasn't
concealed in the slightest.

Su Zhentian completely didn’t intend to conceal it. Because the matter of Chen Xi
annihilating six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator of
the Su Clan was known to all the great powers of Dragon Lake City. What meaning was
there in trying to conceal it?

“Your older brother promised to not look for trouble with me again.” Chen Xi paid no
attention to the discussions in the surroundings, and he looked at Xie Zhan who laughed
complacently before him as killing intent instantly emerged in his heart.

“I’m just greeting you.” Xie Zhan shrugged and had a harmless expression. “Did I look for
trouble with you?”

Chen Xi paid no further attention to this person, he’d already decided in his heart that once
he entered the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, he would surely exterminate this fellow first.
Chopping weeds but not removing the roots was full of future troubles, as expected.

“Are you thinking of making a move against me in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda? You’ll
forever be unable to do so. Most of the people here will fight to kill you and receive the
rewards from the Su Clan. Even I am extremely moved by those rewards.” Xie Zhan spoke
sarcastically. As soon as he finished speaking, he brought along 10 plus Xie Clan disciples
behind him to turn around and leave, and he seemed as if he was afraid he’d be
misunderstood to be related to Chen Xi and become a common target.

“Big Brother!” After Xie Zhan left, a joyful shout sounded out, and an exuberant youth
with a heroic bearing that wore the royal blue colored robes of the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect ran over excitedly.

The youth’s appearance was 70% or 80% similar to Chen Xi between the brows, yet his
disposition was completely different. Chen Xi was indifferent like water, relaxed and
extraordinary; whereas he instead possessed an oppressive heroic spirit, and his entire body
carried a fierce aura that was like a sharp blade, causing him to be like an unsheathed
treasured sword with its edge completely exposed.

This person was naturally Chen Xi’s younger brother, Chen Hao.

A trace of a smile appeared on the corners of Chen Xi’s mouth when he saw his younger
brother, then his gaze focused as Chen Hao’s body emitted a faint Firesoul aura that was
completely pure, vast, and mighty, and the exuberance of Chen Hao’s flesh, blood, vital
energy, and qi had simply achieved an astonishing degree.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but say in surprise. “Your Master has already helped you reconstruct
your body?”

“Yes!” Chen Hao nodded fiercely, and his face was covered in killing intent as he spoke.
“Brother, I already know of your situation. Isn’t it only going against 10,000 people? I
don’t believe we can’t defeat them with the both of us fighting side by side.”
“This is your younger brother? What high sounding sentiments! Tell me, what extent has
your cultivation attained?” Duanmu Ze walked forward and grinned as he asked.

Chen Hao glanced at him, and then Chen Hao turned a deaf ear to Duanmu Ze.

Chen Xi had to explain from the side. “He’s my friend, Duanmu Ze.” Then, Chen Xi
pointed towards Du Qingxi and Song Lin and said, “They’re my friends as well. This is Du
Qingxi and the other is Song Lin.”

“A friend of my brother’s is a friend of mine.” Only now did Chen Hao nod and say. “I’ve
already cultivated to the 7th level of the Violet Palace Realm, and my cultivation in the
Martial Dao has attained the Dao Insight Stage. The Dao Insight I comprehended it the
Righteous Sword Dao.”

Duanmu Ze’s body went stiff as he asked. “How old are you?”

“Is age very important?” Chen Hao frowned, then he recalled that this person was his older
brother’s friend, so he could only answer. “I’ve just turned 15 this year.”

Duanmu Ze gasped and cried out involuntarily. “A freak!”

Chapter 133 – What a Coincidence!

Fifteen years old!

7th level of the Violet Palace Realm!

Cultivation in the Martial Dao at the Dao Insight Stage!

Presently, it wasn’t just Duanmu Ze who was completely stunned, even Du Qingxi and
Song Lin had astonished expressions, and they looked at Chen Hao with strange gazes.

A Freak!

The older brother being so ferocious is already impossible to accept, yet the younger
brother is so formidable as well. There’s simply no justice in the world!

Not to mention Du Qingxi’s group of three, even Chen Xi couldn’t help but be shocked in
his heart. He’d just seen Chen Hao half a month ago. At that time, Chen Hao’s True
Essence was sealed, his body damaged, and that miserable appearance caused Chen Xi’s
heart to ache without end.

Only a few days have passed since then, and his cultivation has already attained the 7th
level of the Violet Palace Realm?

“Chen Xi, the Righteous Sword Dao your younger brother cultivates is derived from the
bloodline of a king of sages in the primordial era. The might of the sword is vast, mighty,
and righteous. It’s an extraordinary Supreme Sword Dao in the world! In terms of might,
it’s on par with the Nirvana Sword Dao I possess now, and it’s extremely formidable.” Ling
Bai exclaimed with admiration via voice transmission.

“So it turns out that Chen Hao is already so formidable…” Pride suddenly arose within
Chen Xi’s hearts as he felt that the price he paid during these past few years was worth it.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

It was at this moment that the rings of a bell sounded out slowly, and after they resounded
out for three times, it abruptly stopped. The remaining sounds lingered in the air, carrying a
force that calmed the hearts of others, and the entire surroundings of the Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda instantly went silent, perfectly silent to the point a falling needle could be heard.

On the jade platform, the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect who wore azure
clothes, Ling Kongzi, stood up. His gaze swept out, causing everyone to feel as if he was
staring at them and not dare meet his gaze, and just this move revealed Ling Kongzi’s deep
cultivation.
“The Hidden Dragon Rankings is a grand occasion of the cultivation world of our southern
territory, I presume that all the disciples are already clear of the rules. I only hope all of you
will be sure to bring out your true ability in the test, and you’re not allowed to pretend to be
weak. The generous rewards provided by the various sects, institutions, and clans will only
be bestowed upon young people that are brave and wise. Alright, begin!” After this
announcement, the 17 leaders of the various powers stood up in unison and faced towards
the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda. Their hands formed a myriad of techniques in unison, and they
shot out like waterfalls that were crimson, azure, blue, and black. Various profound
techniques carried terrifying energy that caused one’s heart to palpitate as they gushed into
the door of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.

Rumble!

The tightly closed ancient door opened up slowly, five different colors revolved within it,
seeming to be like a whirlpool that was suffused with a dreamlike sheen, and it caused one
to be unable to see clearly what exactly was within it.

“Disciples that are participating in the competition, quickly enter!” Ling Kongzi suddenly
shouted out explosively.

Whoosh!

Right when Ling Kongzi had just finished speaking, a blue clothed young man covered in a
layer of a water barrier easily entered through the door.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

When the others saw this, they weren’t willing to be left behind, and they transformed into
blazing flames, had sword lights protect their bodies, or executed various flying techniques
as they gushed through the door like tidewater.

Those that dared take the lead to enter the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda were all people who had
absolute confidence in their own strength.

Exclamations of surprise frequently sounded out within the crowd.

“It’s Qiu Leng! The Incorporeal Sword, Qiu Leng!”

“Look quickly! Look quickly! That’s the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Fei Lengcui, the
goddess in my heart!”

“AH! Luo Xiu! Didn’t this fellow go to the desolate and sanguinary grounds to cultivate?
Why has he come here as well?!”

…
Outstanding figures of the younger generation appeared one after the other, causing the
atmosphere to arrive at a minor climax. When they heard these discussions, the various
leaders on the jade platform revealed a trace of a smile. Because most of these outstanding
figures were from their own sects, institutions, and clans.

“Big Brother, let’s go in as well.” Chen Hao was burning with eagerness.

“Alright!” Chen Xi nodded.

“Chen Xi, the Eight-Directions Layer is extremely vast, it’s an entire 5,000 km. Everyone
will be transported to different places by the energy of the pagoda after entering, you have
to be careful,” Du Qingxi said swiftly.

Chen Xi who was just about to move forward couldn’t help but be stunned. Wouldn’t this
mean that I’ll be separated from Chen Hao after entering?

Chen Hao raised his head up as he said firmly, “Don’t worry Big Brother, I’ll first go look
for you after entering. It’s only a distance of 5,000 km, I’ll surely be able to find you.”

“We can only do that.” Chen Xi raised his head and looked at Du Qingxi’s group of three.
“All of you be careful.”

“Alright, if it’s one on one, who’s afraid of who? Even if it’s a group fight, we have many
clansmen behind us. Which ignorant fellow would dare jointly attack us? I’ll be going
first.” Duanmu Ze laughed in disdain, then cupped his hands before taking the lead to flash
towards the pagoda’s door.

Du Qingxi shook her head as she said, “This fellow’s really short tempered. Let’s go as
well. The more people that go in, the more dangerous it is.”

Chen Xi’s group flashed towards the pagoda’s door and entered through right away.

——

“Young Miss, they’ve gone in,” said a Su Clan disciple.

“Mmm, let’s prepare to take action as well.” Su Jiao’s gaze swept past the surrounding 132
Su Clan disciples and said slowly via voice transmission, “All of you are the pillars of my
Su Clan and have limitless futures. When all of you go in this time, you must not let your
guards down. Remember, follow according to what was agreed upon earlier. After you
enter the pagoda, use the Soulsound Pearl as means of communication and swiftly converge
with me, and then we’ll kill Chen Xi and Chen Hao together!”

“Yes!” The mass of Su Clan disciples respectfully received their orders.

Su Jiao nodded to herself. For the sake of annihilating Chen Xi and Chen Hao in the
Buddha’s Trial Pagoda this time, almost all the top disciples in the younger generation of
the clan have been brought out. Moreover, all of them have been provided with top-grade
yellow-rank Magic Treasures. If they’re unable to kill Chen Xi when joined together, then
the heavens are really blind.

“Right, Su Tong, how is the thing I asked you to do?” Su Jiao suddenly thought of
something and asked the tall and thin young man by her side.

“Don’t worry Young Miss, I’ve already passed the news of the death of Chai Letian, Yu
Haobai, Cang Bin, and Murong Wei to the Starnet Palace, Myriadcloud Institution, Cang
Clan, and the Azurewood Institution. Besides the Azurewood Institution, all the other
powers have agreed that they will send disciples to assist my Su Clan during the Hidden
Dragon Rankings this time.” Su Tong smiled as a vicious and ruthless sheen appeared in his
eyes. “This time, no matter if it was Chen Xi who killed them or not, these powers have
already taken him as an enemy, and this tub of foul water can be considered to have been
completely splashed on Chen Xi.”

“You’ve done well.” Su Jiao praised, then she seemed lost in thought as she said, “But, I
really do suspect that Chai Letian and the others were killed by Chen Xi. Unfortunately, the
depths of that Southern Barbaric Mountain Range is truly too dangerous and we are unable
to investigate and verify it. Otherwise, if we’re able to find some proof and send it to these
powers, Chen Xi would probably have died a thousand times over already.”

“Come, let’s enter.” Su Jiao didn’t say anything further, and she led all of them that were
like a ball of dark clouds that gushed into the pagoda’s door.

When he saw them enter the door, Su Zhentian couldn’t help but feel faint anticipation.
This time, Chen Xi and Chen Hao will probably be unable to escape this calamity, right?

“Brother Su, what’re you thinking about?” A clear and warm voice sounded out.

Su Zhentian turned around to look, he saw it was the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect, Ling Kongzi, that spoke to him, and his expression remained unchanged as he
said, “I’m thinking of exactly which power will obtain the number one rank in the Hidden
Dragon Rankings this time.”

Ling Kongzi smiled and seemed as if he spoke inadvertently. “There are too many top
figures in the younger generation that are participating in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this
time, and it’s filled with various variables. Perhaps it’s an outcome beyond the expectations
of you and me.”

Hmm? What does this old fellow mean? Su Zhentian was stunned, when he wanted to
understand it a step further, he instead noticed that Ling Kongzi had already turned around
and raised his head to look at the surface of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.
At this moment, the 10,000 plus disciples that were participating in the Hidden Dragon
Rankings had all entered within the pagoda, and the door that multi-colored flowing lights
gushed about on had closed tightly. The mass of people present didn’t leave but instead
raised their heads and looked towards the surface of the pagoda like Ling Kongzi.

On the surface of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda that extremely tall and had a width of 300m2,
boundless amounts of flowing light appeared abruptly and undulated like water ripples as
they instantly formed numerous screens. There were mountains, rivers, gorges, forests…
All the scenes were lifelike as if they were close at hand, and they were extremely clear.

Numerous figures appeared on these screens. The instant they dropped to the ground, they
vigilantly dashed towards the surroundings to find a safe spot to conceal themselves, and all
of them seemed to be exceedingly experiences and vigilant.

It turned out that the surface of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was actually able to show all the
cultivators that had entered the pagoda to participate in the Hidden Dragon Rankings!

——

When he’d just stepped through the door, Chen Xi felt an energy that was impossible to
resist cover him, then his vision went blanks, and he’d already been instantly transported.
He didn’t know how long had passed when his body suddenly sank, and when he opened
his eyes, he’d already appeared before a river.

This river was 300m wide, its water clear and turbulent, and it roiled as it flowed. It emitted
a rumbling sound of waves hitting each other as they gushed, and it was exceedingly
magnificent. Whereas on the other side of the river was instead a luxuriant forest with trees
that towered to the sky.

Chen Xi’s gaze swept the surroundings, and he heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed that
only he was present within an area of 5km. The tip of his feet instantly tapped the ground,
and his figure was like a gust of wind as it flashed towards the luxuriant forest at the other
side of the river.

The forest was undoubtedly the best choice to cover up one’s tracks. This forest was vast
without end, and it covered an unknown amount of kilometers of area. Even if he were to
battle in the forest, Chen Xi wasn’t afraid in the slightest.

Because when he was in Pine Mist City, he’d once followed Ji Yu to cultivate within the
southern barbaric forest. He’s seen many bizarre and vicious demon beasts and had sneak
attacks launched on him by various vicious demon beasts that were adept in concealment.
Life and death battles like this had long ago tempered Chen Xi’s experience to the point it
was extremely abundant, and he naturally had a type of advantage towards forest battles.

Whereas flying in the sky would cause him to become extremely conspicuous. After all, the
first layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, the Eight-Directions Layer was only 5,000 km in
size. Now that a dense amount of over 10,000 cultivators had entered, it was possible that
these cultivators were at almost every corner. So long as one wasn’t an idiot, no one would
choose to fly in midair as it would cause one to become a target for all, and the person’s
end would surely be extremely tragic.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, Chen Xi had already arrived at the other side of the river. The instant
he entered the forest, he was just about to move forward when he seemed to have noticed
something, and he turned his head to look at the side of the river behind him. A figure had
appeared in the sky 10m above the side of the river. Besides that, at the other side, another
four figures appeared successively!

Obviously, these people were transported here like Chen Xi.

“Where is this?”

“Eh! Young Master!”

“Young Master? Haha! Xie Feng, Xie Heng, Xie Shan. Our luck is good! We’ve actually
been transported to the Young Master.” All these five people wore dark green clothes, and
when they looked at each other, all of them rejoiced greatly. Especially when they saw the
young man with an imposing build, it was precisely their Young Master, Xie Zhan!

“Haha! What a coincidence! With all of you here this time, we can move about together,
and our certainty to persist until the end will be even greater.” Xie Zhan laughed loudly
without end.

“It’s quite a coincidence indeed. Unfortunately, all of you have to fuck on out today.” It
was at this moment that Chen Xi walked out unhurriedly from the forest, and he has a smile
on his face as he looked at Xie Zhan.
Chapter 134 – Luo Xiu

Chen Xi!

Xie Zhan’s loud laughter stopped abruptly, and his eyes contained a shocked expression
when he saw Chen Xi who walked out from the forest. Motherfucker! Isn’t this too much of
a coincidence? Why have I been transported to the same location as this maleficent
existence?

Chen Xi’s current reputation in Dragon Lake City could simply be said to be like the sun in
the sky. He’d leaped across realms to kill six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and one
Golden Core Realm cultivator of the Su Clan. Then he defeated the 8th level Violet Palace
Realm Lin Shaoqi at the Immortal Assembling Pavilion before annihilating a genius figure
that was at the 3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm in the School of Fiendgod Body
Refinement. These brilliant combat achievements had spread into the ears of every
cultivator throughout Dragon Lake City, and he’d become the hottest after food topic in the
streets and lanes of Dragon Lake City.

Seventeen years old.

6th level of the Violet Palace Realm.

Eight top-grade yellow-rank flying swords.

Cultivation in the Martial Dao at the Dao Insight Stage.

This information was unearthed and disseminated by some scheming people, causing Chen
Xi to become the most dazzling genius in the younger generation overnight, and he’d also
become the center of attention of the various powers. If it wasn’t for Chen Xi having
completely offended the Su Clan and sown enmity with the Xie Clan, he would have been
probably been drawn over with great effort by the various powers and accepted by them.

Although Xie Zhan acted arrogantly and had even hated Chen Xi to the extreme limit, when
he saw Chen Xi appear before him at this moment, he still felt a wave of terror and
uneasiness.

When he recalled how it was precisely because of him revealing Chen Xi’s identity outside
the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda that caused Chen Xi to be exposed under the gazes of everyone,
and a trace of coldness couldn’t help but emerge within his heart. Hasn’t retribution come
too quickly?

These thoughts flashed within Xie Zhan’s mind. When he saw Chen Xi walking over step
by step towards him, he couldn’t endure the fear in his heart, and he shouted out in a grim
voice. “Chen Xi, you’ve already promised my brother that we wouldn’t attack each other. If
you dare attack me, then don’t blame my Xie Clan for taking you to be a complete enemy!”
At this moment, when they saw Chen Xi appear, the four disciples of the Xie Clan gathered
around Xie Zhan with serious expressions, and they seemed as if they were confronted by a
formidable enemy.

“This is the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, it’s the Hidden Dragon Rankings. If I don’t bash all of
you out of here, how would I enter the second layer?” As he spoke, Chen Xi’s figure
fluttered as he attacked fiercely, and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords tore through the
sky while carrying peerless Sword Insight that was fierce and swift as they shot explosively
towards the five of them.

This was the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, cultivators were transported in at every moment and
every second. Whereas Chen Xi had already become the thorn in the flesh of most people,
and if he wanted to pass through to the end, then he had to swiftly decide the end of battles
by killing everyone ruthlessly and resolutely. Once he was delayed by someone, he would
surely be noticed by the nearby cultivators, and when they surrounded him to jointly attack,
his situation would be critical.

So, when Chen Xi made a move at this moment, he didn’t hesitate in the slightest. The
eight Netherezim Flying Swords formed the first level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight
Sword Formation, and the sword lights were like the tide as they tore out ear piercing sharp
howls in the air.

“Dammit! Xie Feng, Xie Heng, Xie Shan, Xie Zhong, stop this fellow!” Xie Zhan shouted
out explosively, and as he spoke, his figure swayed yet he’d flashed out explosively in
retreat backward.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The instant that Chen Xi made a move, the reactions of the four Xie Clan disciples were
extremely swift as well. They didn’t hesitate in the slightest to draw their own flying
swords before pinching their hands in a certain style to utilize their sword techniques, and
their flying swords struck towards the eight flying swords that were flying straight towards
them.

Since these four people were able to participate in the Hidden Dragon Rankings, they were
obviously all top disciples of the Xie Clan, and the facts were indeed so. The ages of the
four of them were all around 20, their cultivations around the 6th star of the Violet Palace
Realm, and they could be said to be young and promising individuals who possessed
limitless potential.

At this moment, when the four of them joined forces, their confidence was boosted greatly,
and they’d already planned to seize this opportunity to kill Chen Xi and properly reveal
their ability before the Young Master, Xie Zhan. If they were able to obtain the generous
rewards of the Su Clan as well, then it couldn’t be better.

Unfortunately, their wishful thinking this time had come to nothing.

Crack! Crack!

Under the combination of the eight Netherezim Flying Swords, the first level of the
Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation that was able to annihilate an ordinary
Golden Hall Realm cultivator had directly crushed the flying swords of Xie Feng and the
other four, and then it didn’t lose momentum as it swiped towards their heads.

“Shit! This fellow is too formidable!”

“High-grade yellow-rank flying swords were crushed by him, this…”

“Retreat! We aren’t a match for him, if we continue fighting then it will surely end with a
loss!”

The flying swords being shattered caused the minds of Xie Feng and the others to be
affected as well, and their bodies trembled abruptly as their expressions became one of
extreme terror and ghastly paleness. Under the strong motivation of their will to live, the
four of them didn’t hesitate in the slightest to crush the jade talisman in their hands.

Om!

Four strange sounds resounded out at almost the exact same time, then the figures of Xie
Feng and the others were instantly dragged into the black hole that had appeared in the sky,
and they were transported away in the blink of an eye.

My full forced attack is something even a Golden Hall Realm cultivator is unable to
withstand. These fellows are really cunning to flee so swiftly. Unfortunately, I was unable
to make them leave their command tokens. Chen Xi’s figure flashed out explosively as he
thought, and he was like a gust of wind as the chased up towards Xie Zhan who was
extremely far in the distance. This fellow caused me to become a target for everyone. If I
don’t kill him then I’m afraid he will gather a batch of Xie Clan disciples and make a move
against me…

Xie Zhan had been scared out of his wits since long ago. Compared to when he saw Chen
Xi half a month ago, he clearly noticed that Chen Xi strength had obviously increased now,
and Chen Xi had actually caused his four clansmen to be unable to hold their own against
Chen Xi in the slightest. How terrifying a cultivation was this?

Dammit! Why did I offend a maleficent existence like this!? How good would it be if my
brother was here!? Xie Zhan was practically regretful to the point his intestines would soon
turn green, and he gritted his teeth as he exerted all his strength to flee for his life. He didn’t
dare turn around as he was deeply afraid that Chen Xi would catch up during the time he
turned around to look.“Still want to flee?” Accompanied by the icy cold and indifferent
voice was a figure that abruptly appeared 30m before him, and to his shock, it was Chen
Xi!
Xie Zhan’s pupils swiftly constricted, and he was terrified to the point his soul almost
emerged from his body. He turned around to fly towards the sky as he cried out frenziedly
in his heart. So long as I fly up to midair, I’ll surely be seen by the others. At that time, this
fellow Chen Xi would surely not dare chase after me…

“Hmph!” Chen Xi snorted coldly, then directly grabbed out with his hand, and his
boundless True Essence transformed into an enormous hand that fiercely grabbed onto Xie
Zhan’s body and dragged him back. After that, Chen Xi swung out his hand with a slap,
and it directly struck onto Xie Zhan’s face.

Slap!

Struck by Chen Xi’s slap, Xie Zhan was slapped to the ground, and then he cried out before
spitting out a large mouthful front teeth and blood.

“Chen Xi! You, you actually dare violate the agreement with my brother. You’ve already
completely offended the Su Clan now, could it be that you aren’t afraid of offending my
Xie Clan as well?” Xie Zhan roared with a savage expression. The reason he didn’t crush
the jade talisman and flee was that he was unwilling to leave because if the fact that the
Hidden Dragon Rankings had only just begun yet he was blasted out by someone were to
spread out, it would be too embarrassing.

“Do you have any other methods besides using these third-rate things to threaten me?”
Chen Xi directly stomped his foot on Xie Zhan’s face, fiercely stomping Xie Zhan’s face to
the point it was pressed to the ground. Xie Zhan emitted whimpers yet was unable to speak,
and it was useless no matter how he circulated his True Essence.

“Look! That’s Chen Xi!”

“Everyone join forces and kill him first!”

“Right, we’ll compete fairly after we kill him!”

At the side of the faraway river, another 10 plus cultivators were transported over once
again, and when they saw Chen Xi who was 300m away, all of them revealed greatly
delighted expressions as they shouted out loudly and flashed over towards Chen Xi.

“Looks like you don’t intend to flee anymore!” Chen Xi glanced into the distance and his
killing intent gushed out explosively, and then he raised his hand to slap it towards Xie
Zhan’s head. If this palm were to hit its target, then even a rock would be shattered into
powder.

Om!
Xie Zhan crushed his jade talisman with extreme unwillingness, and at the moment he was
about to be transported by the black hole in the sky, the palm Chen Xi slapped down
suddenly transformed into a claw that pulled down the storage belt on Xie Zhan’s waist.

“Chen Xi, I won’t let you off….” The voice came to an abrupt stop as Xie Zhan had already
vanished.

Whoosh!

Chen Xi didn’t have the time to size up the storage belt in his hand before executing his
Divine Windwing Flight, emitting a whoosh as he instantly vanished into the boundlessly
vast forest like a streak of light.

“Fuck! That fellow has escaped!”

“The rumors are really true, this kid’s movement technique is indeed swift like a bolt of
lightning. It’s utterly impossible to kill him in the forest.”

“It’s indeed so. There are too many places to hide in the forest, and this fellow’s speed is
too swift. We’ll be in danger if we chase him in there.”

Those ten plus cultivators chased to the edge of the forest before starting to discuss with
unwillingness in their hearts.

“Everyone, Chen Xi has fled, so should we…” Suddenly, a young man with braided hair
spoke out unhurriedly, and as he spoke, a jade green axe lightly swung out in his hand,
directly breaking open the back of a cultivator before him, and dark red blood mixed with
internal organs sprayed out.

After killing this person, the young man with braided her didn’t hold back in the slightest,
turning around and pouncing like a fierce tiger that sprang down from the mountains, and
his jade green axe swept out horizontally, causing another three cultivators to be caught off
guard and chopped into two by the sharp blade of the axe.

“Luo Xiu!”

“Shit! This fellow is the Comet Gorge’s Luo Xiu that’s bloodthirsty like a devil!”

When the other cultivators saw the appearance of the young man with braided hair clearly,
their faces instantly went pale, and all of them flew in escape towards every direction as if
they were avoiding venomous animals.

Slurp!
Luo Xiu didn’t chase after them, he stretched out his scarlet red tongue to lick the crimson
red pearls of blood on his face, and he had an intoxicated expression on his face as he
emitted a moan that was like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.

——

“So formidable! Forcing four Xie Clan top disciples to retreat with a single strike! This
Chen Xi is really a formidable person!”

“The profound-rank Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation! I’ve seen this sword
formation in the Misty Sea City’s Treasure Heaven Pavilion! This sword formation isn’t
complete, and there’s only the cultivation technique for the first two levels, but… This is a
profound-rank sword formation that only a Golden Hall Realm cultivator is able to execute!
How could a Violet Palace Realm fellow like him possibly execute it?”

“Hiss, this fellow is so brazen. Slapping the face of the Xie Clan’s Young Master to the
point it resounded, the young are truly terrifying!”

Outside the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, more than half of the gazes from the people present had
completely seen the battle between Chen Xi and Xie Zhan, they instantly burst into an
uproar, and the crowd buzzed in discussion.

On the jade platform, when a middle aged man in a gorgeous black robe that was
embroidered with gold threads heard the discussions from the surroundings, then recalled
the scene he saw earlier, his dense brows tightly pressed together, and his expression was
extremely gloomy.

He was the Patriarch of one of the six great clans of Dragon Lake City, the Xie Clan, and
Xie Zhan was his youngest son. When he saw Chen Xi easily blast out Xie Chan and the
other Xie Clan disciples from the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda as if he was sweeping out dead
leaves, Xie Kui’s expression was extremely unsightly.

“Brother Xie, that little fellow Chen Xi is too detestable. He doesn’t respect us entirely.
How about our clans join forces to annihilate this kid together?” A voice sounded out by his
ear, and when Xie Kui glanced over, Xie Kui saw the Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian, had
a smile on his face as he looked over.

Xie Kui’s expression remained unchanged as he replied indifferently. “During the Hidden
Dragon Rankings, victory and defeat is a common occurrence. My youngest son’s skills
were inferior to another, and he deserves to be driven out.”

Su Zhentian shook his head and said no more. He originally held an indifferent attitude
when he probed Xie Kui, and when he saw Xie Kui remained unmoved, he naturally didn’t
continue to pester Xie Kui.
“Brother Helian, this disciple of your Comet Gorge is a bit too despicable and shameless!”
At another side of the jade platform, the Jade Flower Sect’s Leader, Madam Xing Yun, had
an expression that was like ice as she spoke. Amongst the people the young man with
braided hair, Luo Xiu, had killed earlier, there just happened to be a Jade Flower Sect
disciple, and she couldn’t help but be enraged.

“Death can’t be avoided in the Hidden Dragon Rankings. Luo Xiu kills resolutely, and he
possesses both bravery and wisdom. I feel it’s extremely normal.” The Sect Master of
Comet Gorge, Helian Shui, laughed loudly as he spoke, and complacency that was difficult
to conceal was present on his aged face.

He was indeed extremely proud. Luo Xue was an Elite Disciple he thought extremely
highly of. Luo Xiu had just turned 19 when he attained the 9th level of the Violet Palace
Realm, and Luo Xiu’s cultivation in the Martial Dao had comprehended Dao Insight as
well. Coupled with Luo Xiu having just returned from the desolate and sanguinary lands,
his live battle experience had been tempered to the point it was extremely abundant long
ago. How could Helian Shui not be proud when he possessed a genius disciple like this?

He even believed that there would surely be a place of Luo Xiu in the top ten ranks in the
Hidden Dragon Ranking this time!

“Look quickly! Luo Xiu has gone to chase after Chen Xi!” However, it was at this moment
that an exclaim of surprise abruptly sounded out from within the ground, and it interrupted
Helian Shui’s thoughts, causing his expression to instantly become gloomy.

Why did Luo Xiu chase after Chen Xi without letting up?
Chapter 135 – Red Clouds With A Bloody Glow

Deep in the forest, above an ancient tree that required over ten people to encircle, Chen Xi
concealed himself within the dense branches. Meanwhile, his Divine Perception, that was
comparable to the Golden Core Realm, surged out to enveloped an area of 50 km.

In next to no time, he’d found his target.

A young man in blood red clothes, with braided hair and an evil appearance, had his hands
behind his back as he flashed swiftly towards Chen Xi. Every step the young man took was
300 meters in distance, and his speed was peerless, like he was moving with lightning
speed.

Comet Gorge’s Luo Xiu?

In an instant, all the information related to this person appeared within Chen Xi’s mind.
Comet Gorge’s most outstanding genius figure. Age 19, 9th level of the Violet Palace
Realm, Dao Insight Stage. Weapon — top-grade yellow-rank Blood Crescent Axe. Ruthless
and vicious character, quick and fierce battle style…

So it’s this person. We’re neither friends nor enemies, why would he chase closely and not
let up?

Chen Xi frowned without end. Since he’d defeated the Xie Clan’s Young Master, Xie
Zhan, he’d moved stealthily within the forest all the way, yet he kept having the feeling in
his heart that there was someone following him. At this moment, when his Divine
Perception swept out and saw Comet Gorge’s Luo Xiu, he instantly understood in his heart
that he’d been targeted. But he still couldn’t wrap his head around why exactly this person
would chase him closely and not let up.

Luo Xiu seemed to have noticed something as he suddenly raised his head, a dim and
piercingly cold sheen suffused his pair of strange dim blue colored pupils, and he seemed to
have noticed Chen Xi who was concealed on the large tree that was over 5 km away with a
single glance.

This person’s gaze is so strange!

Chen Xi’s heart went cold as he leaped off the tree before once again rapidly flashing into
the depths of the forest. It wasn’t that he was afraid, but he truly didn’t have the mind to
pay attention to Luo Xiu who was behind him before finding Chen Hao.

After 10 minutes, when Chen Xi was just intending to flash past an empty space in the
forest, he suddenly noticed that two group of cultivators that were quite distinct from each
other were in confrontation in the empty space.
On one side was 13 young men and women who wore neat silver colored clothes, and on
the sleeves of every one of them was the symbol of a dark green flying sword embroidered
there. Shockingly, they were the disciples of one of the six great clans, the Cang Clan.

On the other side was instead only five people. Although they wore different clothes, there
was an elegant ‘Du’ embroidered on their sleeves, and they were naturally members of the
Du Clan.

At this moment, the 13 Cang Clan disciples had surrounded the five Du Clan members at
the center, and all of them had drawn their Magic Treasures while revealing ruthless
expressions. They had the appearance as if they would attack brutally in the event of any
disagreement.

Chen Xi’s sudden entrance caused both groups of people to be shocked, then their gazes
swiftly shot over, and when they saw his appearance, the expressions of both sides were
completely different.

Those disciples of the Du Clan obviously had a rather deep impression of Chen Xi who was
on friendly terms with their Eldest Young Miss, Du Qingxi, and they immediately heaved a
sigh of relief; whereas those Cang Clan disciples instead revealed fierce gazes yet were
doubtful and indeterminate.

Chen Xi’s gaze swept pass both sides, yet he noticed that amongst those five Du Clan
disciples, the fluctuation of their auras was extremely chaotic, and their countenance was
pale. Obviously, they’d suffered injuries that weren’t minor, and both groups ought to have
already fought earlier.

Chen Xi was extremely calm towards this situation. During the Hidden Dragon Rankings,
although one could gather friends and companions to battle with them, one couldn’t avoid
from encountering the disciples from the various great powers, and when both sides battled,
no one was able to say anything about it.

Chen Xi didn’t have the intention to stop and help, and he raised his leg to continue moving
forward. He was on friendly terms with Du Qingxi, yet it wasn’t necessary for him to help
every single clansman of the Du Clan. Not to mention even if they weren’t able to be a
match for the Cang Clan disciples, they just had to crush their jade talismans and leave.
There was utterly no danger to their lives.

Besides that, even if he helped them through their current difficulties, then what about the
next? Would they be able to charge into the second layer of the pagoda? Would they be
able to charge into the third layer? When one’s strength was insufficient, knowing when to
retreat was the wisest choice.

When they saw Chen Xi like this, the eyes of the five Du Clan disciples obviously revealed
disappointment, whereas those Cang Clan disciples instead became secretly delighted.
Right when Chen Xi had just flashed over 30 meters away, a voice sounded out from
behind him. “Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, there’s a mass of Su Clan cultivators gathered 50 kms
away. You have to watch out.”

Chen Xi’s figure stopped when he heard this, and when he turned around to glance over, he
noticed that the person who reminded him was precisely the injured young man with a pale
countenance amongst the five Du Clan disciples.

Chen Xi was able to discern the sincerity in these words, he went silent for a short while
before turning around and walking over, and he said, “What’s your name? How were you
injured?”

When one shows kindness to me, I’ll return it tenfold!

If no one warned Chen Xi, then he wouldn’t hesitate to leave in the slightest, and even if
Du Qingxi asked him about it in the future, he wouldn’t feel the slightest mental pressure.
But now that the Du Clan disciple had warned him in good faith and had undoubtedly told
him of an extremely useful piece of information. If he still walked off like that, then it
would be hardly justifiable no matter what.

The Du Clan disciples were stunned when they saw Chen Xi return, then their faces
revealed a wisp of joy, and the young man with a pale countenance took a deep breath as he
forcefully restrained the excitement in his heart and said, “I’m Du Yu, and the injuries on
me were from the Su Clan disciples.”

Chen Xi was stunned, then he glanced questioningly at the 13 Cang Clan members.

“Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, you probably still don’t know. The Su Clan and Cang Clan have
joined forces to not only target you, but to also target the Duanmu Clan, Song Clan, and my
Du Clan.”

“Not only that, the Starnet Palace and Myriadcloud Institution have joined forces with the
Su Clan as well. They have joined forces, and as long as they see the disciples of our three
clans, they will spare none of us. They’re indeed detestable.” Seeing that Chen Xi seemed
to have the intention to interfere, those Du Clan disciples all spoke out as they struck the
iron while it was hot. Who was Chen Xi? A formidable figure that had killed six Golden
Hall Realm cultivators and a Golden Core Realm cultivator. If they were able to obtain his
assistance, then this predicament would collapse by itself!

Could it be that the matter of me killing Chai Letian and Yu Haobai has been found out by
the Starnet Palace and Myriadcloud Institution respectively? But what about the Cang
Clan? Right! Cang Bin had died under Du Qingxi sword at the territory of the Roc King…
If it’s really like this, then the situation of me and Chen Hao has become even more grim…
Innumerable thoughts flashed by in Chen Xi’s heart in an instant, and his expression
became icy cold. He raised his head to look at those Cang Clan disciples and said abruptly,
“If there were more of you this time, all of you probably wouldn’t let me leave so easily,
right?”

“How did you…” One of the Cang Clan young men casually replied, he hadn’t finished
speaking when he realized his error, and his expression instantly became unsightly.

“It’s really like this.” Chen Xi nodded.

“Chen Xi, what do you want?” Those Cang Clan disciples cried out. They were completely
unafraid when dealing with five Du Clan members, yet when there was an extra Chen Xi, it
was different. How could they possibly have not heard of Chen Xi’s current reputation?

The greater the reputation, the more fearsome one seemed to be.

The principle behind the so-called sayings of ‘renown reputation based on strength, and
possessing sufficient strength to awe a group of warlords’ was exactly like this.

Eight flying swords that tore through the sky in reply towards the Cang Clan disciples, and
the sharp cold light that contained fierce Sword Insight mixed within covered the heavens
and the earth as it shot out.

The battle didn’t have much suspense. With Chen Xi’s current strength, and under the
cooperation of the five Du Clan disciples, dealing with these Cang Clan disciples was
obviously an extremely easy thing.

The cultivations of these Cang Clan disciples were all at the Violet Palace Realm,
moreover, some of them even possessed cultivations that were higher than Chen Xi, but
their cultivations in the Martial Dao were instead completely inferior to Chen Xi. Coupled
with the terrifying strength of Chen Xi’s soul, controlling eight top-grade yellow-rank
Netherezim Flying Swords simply doubled his might, and he easily made a clean sweep of
everything with great might.

Because of this, it wasn’t even a short 1/8 of an hour before the 13 top disciples of the Cang
Clan were forced to crush their jade talismans and they left the pagoda with hatred in their
hearts.

Whoosh!

Chen Xi put away his flying swords, and he felt slightly regretful in his heart. For the sake
of swiftly ending the battle, he’d only seized the command tokens of these Cang Clan
disciples, and he didn’t get a single storage Magic Treasure in their possession. How could
he not feel regret?

The five members of the Du Clan breathed heavily as they squatted at the side, and the
gazes they shot at Chen Xi carried dense admiration. Even if they knew that Chen Xi was
extremely ferocious since long ago, when they saw how Chen Xi easily slaughtered all the
Cang Clan disciples at this moment, they were still shocked to the point they were
speechless for a long time.

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, for your assistance this time, all of us are deeply
grateful.” Du Yu was the first to stand up and speak respectfully, and the others stood up to
bow and thank Chen Xi as well.

“It’s nothing. All of you should quickly gather with the others. It’s probably extremely
difficult for all of you to enter the second layer of the pagoda with your strengths.” Chen Xi
spoke bluntly. When he fought together with these five people earlier, he’d noticed the true
strength of these five people since long ago, and truthfully speaking, it was really extremely
terrible, to the point he couldn’t bear to look at it.

Moreover, Chen Xi also noticed that those Cang Clan disciples that had crushed their jade
talismans to leave were like this as well. Their live combat experience was abundant, yet it
lacked the aura of resolute slaughter that one must experience the baptism of bloodshed and
the flames of battle to condense.

They were like flowers in a greenhouse. No matter how beautiful they bloomed, their
vitality was unable to compare with the wild flowers that had experienced the baptism of
wind, frost, snow, and rain.

Of course, Chen Xi didn’t look down upon everyone within the pagoda because of this.
After all, the cultivation of these 10,000 plus people represented the highest standard in the
younger generation of the southern territory’s cultivation world, and there was surely no
lack of extremely formidable figures amongst them.

Du Yu’s group of five were stunned when they heard Chen Xi, and their expressions
changed indeterminately. But, they couldn’t refute it before Chen Xi, and their expressions
were extremely embarrassed.

“All of you take care, I’m leaving first.” Chen Xi sensed that the Comet Gorge’s Luo Xiu
had chased up and was a few tens of kilometers away.

This fellow is really like a ghost that’s unwilling to leave!

Chen Xi cursed in his heart, then raised his legs intending to leave, yet a ghastly and sharp
laughter sounded out from the dense forest behind him. “Chen Xi, I’ll kill all of these
people that you just saved if you flee again!”

Chen Xi quickly turned around, and his expression was icy cold to the extreme. This fellow
actually dares threaten me, he truly deserves death!

Comet Gorge’s Luo Xiu!

The expression of Du Yu’s group of five abruptly turned to shock when they heard this
voice. How could they not guess who had come from this gloomy and unique voice?

“All of you leave first. You’re unable to help me and will instead become a burden to me.”
Chen Xi instructed.

The expressions of Du Yu’s group instantly became unsightly, and a few of them were just
about to speak, yet they saw a young man with braided hair who wore a blood red hanfu
swiftly arrive.

“Chen Xi is right. All of you are purely courting death by being here!” Wearing a blood red
hanfu caused Luo Xiu to look like a bloody fiendgod, and coupled with his sharp and
gloomy voice, it caused others to involuntarily arouse feelings of terror in their hearts.

The expressions of Du Yu’s group of five flushed red from anger, yet they didn’t dare
continue persisting in the end, and they turned around and left hastily.

“Your speed it truly swift. If it wasn’t for me threatening you with the lives of these
fellows, I’m afraid you would never meet me, right?” Luo Xiu laughed unhurriedly, his dim
blue colored pupils stared at Chen Xi like a venomous snake that was staring at its prey,
and he seemed extremely devilish.

“You infuriated me.” Chen Xi spoke with an expressionless face. As he spoke, the eight
Netherezim Flying Swords instantly floated around him with flashing cold lights and
roiling Sword Insight.

“Don’t be so anxious to attack. Could it be that you don’t want to know the purpose of my
arrival?” Luo Xiu spoke unhurriedly.

“Killing you is the thing I want to do the most now.” Chen Xi raised his hand and pointed
out, and the eight Netherezim Flying Swords buzzed before striking towards Luo Xiu like
bolts of lightning.

“Alright! Since it’s like this, then I’ll defeat you first.” Luo Xiu’s dim blue eyes narrowed
as the bloody glow on his body shot into the sky and transformed into roiling red clouds
that covered an area of 30 meters, and dense blood instantly suffused the surroundings and
assailed Chen Xi’s nostrils. The surrounding large ancient trees, vines, shrubs, wild grass…
So long as they were tainted by the bloody glow, they instantly transformed into green
smoke. They were corroded to the point they vanished, and it was extremely shocking.

Hiss~ Hiss~

The instant Chen Xi’s eight Netherezim Flying Swords touched the red clouds with a
bloody glow, it was as if they’d sunken into a ball of cotton, causing the force on the body
of the swords to be resisted and transformed into nothingness, and the surface of the swords
were even corroded by the ferocious bloody glow to the point they emitted resounding
hissing sounds.

Chen Xi hurriedly withdrew his flying swords, and he couldn’t help but be shocked when
he saw the surface of the swords had become greatly dimmer. What cultivation technique is
this? What an overbearing corrosive energy!
Chapter 136 – Blood Corrosion Dao Territory

When he saw Chen Xi’s shocked expression, Luo Xiu suddenly shook his blood red hanfu
as his body floated up to midair, and then he laughed out loud with a gloomy and sharp
voice. “Since we’re fighting, I’ll let you experience my true strength!”

As he spoke, the blood glow around him rose explosively once more, it was roiling like a
river, its bloodiness was like a tide, and it instantly enveloped an area of 300m in the
surroundings.

In the blink of an eye, the scene before Chen Xi’s eyes abruptly changed. The heaven and
earth were completely blood red, and there was a shocking blood colored current flowing
and surging beneath his feet.

“Chen Xi, you have to watch yourself. This fellow’s cultivation in the Martial Dao has
already attained the Dao Territory Stage that’s above the Dao Insight Stage. The blood
colored world before you was transformed from the Dao Territory he comprehended!”
Suddenly, Ling Bai let out a hurried warning, and his voice was extremely anxious.

Dao Territory!

Chen Xi’s heart instantly shook as he understood what was going on.

The cultivation in the comprehension of the Dao was normally divided into the four great
stages- namely the basic-stage, advanced-stage, unity-stage, and Dao Insight Stage,
whereas there was actually an even higher stage above it, the Dao Territory Stage.

Dao Insight was the true meaning contained within the Dao. Along with the comprehension
towards the Dao deepening, the strands of Dao Insight comprehended would become more
and more thick until it arrived at the limit. Then the great amount of Dao Insight would
converge and fuse together, and with a single comprehension of the Dao, it would obtain a
qualitative transformation to form a Dao Territory of one’s own.

This stage was called the Dao Territory Stage, and it was also called the Dao Barrier.

When a cultivator attained this stage, the cultivator would be able to cut out a territorial
barrier of their own from the heaven and the earth with a wave of their hand, and when
fighting an enemy in one’s own barrier, the cultivator would be in a condition of absolute
advantage!

Just like the complete Wind Dao Insight comprehended by Chen Xi, if he were to continue
accumulating and comprehending it, it would one day be able to transform into a Dao
Territory that belonged to him — Wind Dao Territory.
“Dao Territory!” A wave of gasping abruptly sounded out outside the Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda. Everyone looked in shock at Luo Xiu who was like a blood colored fiendgod that
stood in a world that was a sea of blood, and their faces were covered in expressions of
disbelief.

The Dao Territory Stage was a stage that Golden Core Realm cultivators that had fused Yin
and Yang together pursued for their entire lifetimes, and it was even to the extent that some
cultivators that had attained the Rebirth Realm might not necessarily control a Dao
Territory that belonged to themselves.

Because, if one wanted to attain the Dao Territory Stage, not only did it require bitter and
diligent cultivation, it also required extremely high comprehension ability and one’s own
recognition of the Heaven Dao to find one’s own Dao from the myriad of life and
phenomenon in the world. Moreover, it also required the fortuitous encounter of sudden
insight that could only be acquired by chance. It was like the Buddhist concept of a sudden
blow that caused one to realize the truth and be filled with enlightenment. Without this sort
of sudden insight and the various searching, fumbling about, tempering, and comprehension
in the early stages, it was utterly impossible for one to attain this stage.

Attaining the Dao Territory Stage was truly too difficult for cultivators, and most
cultivators didn’t have the good fortune of attaining the Dao Territory Stage in their entire
lifetimes, causing them to feel regretful throughout their lives.

Now, the 9th level Violet Palace Realm Luo Xiu had actually comprehended a Dao
Territory? How could it possibly not cause others to be exceedingly shocked?

“So… So it turns out the Xiu’er cultivation in the Martial Dao has already attained this type
of stage!” The Comet Gorge’s Sect Master, Helian Shui cried out involuntarily as well, and
he muttered endlessly in his heart.

At the center of the jade platform, the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling
Kongzi, frowned as he looked at Chen Xi who was caught in the world that was a sea of
blood, and a wisp of inexplicable worry appeared on his thin face that was warm like jade.

——

Waves of blood surged as the smell of blood shot into the sky, Luo Xiu stepped on the
blood colored lotus that covered an area of 30m atop the sea of blood, and his blood red
hanfu combined with his dim blue and strange eyes. He was like a fiendgod from the blood
prison of legend, and he possessed a shockingly imposing manner.

“Chen Xi, how’s my Blood Corrosion Dao Territory? I heard that you’ve already
comprehended Dao Insight. Unfortunately, you’re still slightly inferior to me! HAHAHA!”
Luo Xiu laughed loudly with a sharp voice, and then his expression went serious as he said
gloomily, “Do you know why I chased after you? Because I smelled a trace of a unique
aura on you, an aura that belongs to the six paths of reincarnation, the aura of the
Netherworld’s Purgatory. So long as I obtain it, the Blood Corrosion Spirit Technique I
cultivate will be able to attain mastery. At that time, I’ll be able to execute a complete
Blood Corrosion Dao Territory, and even annihilating a Golden Core Realm cultivator
would be extremely easy.”

Six paths of reincarnation? Netherworld’s Purgatory?

Chen Xi suddenly recalled that within his storage ring was a Netherworld Register and a
Condemn Evil brush. He’d obtain both of these extremely mysterious treasures from Su
Leng, and he’d never known their use.

Moreover, Ling Bai had once inferred that there two treasures were likely to have come
from the Netherworld’s six paths of reincarnation. But at that time, Chen Xi felt it was too
absurd, and he didn’t take it seriously. At this moment, when he heard what Luo Xiu said,
he thought in his heart and had already roughly determined that perhaps these two treasures
were really related to the six paths of reincarnation.

“How about it? Have you recalled it?” Luo Xiu asked unhurriedly, and he had an
expression of a cat playing with a mouse.

“Are you talking about this?” Chen Xi stuck out his hand and took out the Netherworld
Register. The instant it appeared, a vast, lofty, and righteous aura effused out. A myriad of
vengeful spirits suddenly gushed out from the surrounding sea of blood, their expression
savage as they emitted sharp and evil cries in unison. They wanted to grab the Netherworld
Register, yet were firmly controlled by the sea of blood, and no matter how they wailed and
cried, they were unable to take a step closer to Chen Xi.

“Right! Right! It’s that! The aura I smelled was from that! What pure energy of the
Netherworld! If I’m able to absorb its energy, then why would I have to worry about being
unable to suppress the vengeful spirits of this sea of blood? Chen Xi, give it to me and I’ll
let you go. Otherwise, don’t hope of escaping my pursuit, even if you crush your
Transportation Talisman today!” Luo Xiu’s body trembled as his dim blue eyes emitted
boundless greed and burning desire, and he wished for nothing more than to swallow the
Netherworld Register into his stomach right now.

Suppress the vengeful spirits in the sea of blood? Could it be that the energy emitted by this
book counters vengeful spirits and evil things? Thoughts flew within Chen Xi’s heart, yet
his expression remained unchanged as he said, “I still have one more thing, do you want to
take a look?”

Luo Xiu’s gaze stared fixedly at the Netherworld Register as he casually replied. “Could it
be that it’s related to the energy of the Netherworld as well?”

Chen Xi smiled as he commanded with his heart, and a brush that was like iron yet not
made of iron, like jade yet not made of jade, and completely pure black to the extreme
appeared in his palm.
Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

The instant the Condemn Evil brush appeared, innumerable words of ‘kill’ gushed into
appearance within Chen Xi’s mind as countless clear and icy cold shouts resounded out,
and piercingly cold killing intent shot into the sky. It seemed as if it wanted to judge the
world and kill all things that were evil.

“Hmm?” Chen Xi felt a thought of extreme yearning gush out from the Condemn Evil
brush, and this thought was so strong that it was like a valiant general that yearned to go out
to battle imploring the Emperor to approve him to go to battle.

“What treasure is this? It actually makes me feel… Feel…” Luo Xiu was extremely
bewildered, yet a feeling of extreme danger slowly surged up within his heart.

Since he stepped on the path to the Dao, he’d never felt this sort of feelings, the feeling of
fear, panic, terror, uneasiness… Various types of feelings interweaved together as they
surged to the point his entire body shivered, and he felt as if the god of death circling
around above him.

“Shit! This thing seems to innately counter me!” Luo Xiu seemed as if he’d seen the most
terrifying thing in the world, causing him to be terrified to the point he cried out with a
sharp voice, and then he circulated the True Essence in his entire body before turning
around to flee. His appearance was as if he wished for nothing more than his parents to
have given birth to him with an extra pair of legs, and the level of Luo Xiu’s terror at this
moment could be seen from this.

But it was still too late!

Swish! Swish!

Chen Xi’s palm loosened, and the Condemn Evil brush suddenly soared into the sky. It
emitted a clear howl as it swiped lightly, and a myriad of lights that were black like silk
threads sliced down, causing the entire world that was a sea of blood to seem as if it had
transformed into a piece of thin paper that was swept through by a sharp paper cutter,
instantly being sliced into countless bits.

It was like a hot knife cutting through butter, easily sweeping through everything in its way,
and the Blood Corrosion Dao Territory was actually unable to withstand this light strike of
the Condemn Evil brush!

“What exactly is this thing? What is it!!” In the distance, Luo Xiu’s fleeing figure stopped
abruptly as he clearly saw that black light that was fine like a thread was like a taut thread
of steel as it descended onto his Magic Treasures that protected his body. The Magic
Treasures were sliced into countless bits, and then the black light descended onto his True
Essence, similarly slicing his True Essence into countless bits…
Bang!

When he saw the black light was about to slice his body, Luo Xiu was unable to endure the
fear of death in his heart any longer, and he crushed the Transportation Talisman. He was
just intending to heave a sigh of relief when he suddenly saw that his body had already
transformed into a myriad of pieces of flesh that slowly fell all over the ground…

“What exactly is this?” This was Luo Xi’s final thought.

Om!

Chen Xi was extremely shocked by Luo Xiu’s death as well, however, before he could even
recover from his shock, the Netherworld Register in his left hand suddenly emitted a
mighty and terrifying suction force that completely absorbed the pieces of the sea of blood
in the surrounding 300m.

Swish!

The Condemn Evil brush fluttered and emitted clear howls in midair, and it seemed to want
to fly away. Chen Xi hurriedly stuck out his hand and grabbed, fiercely catching the
Condemn Evil brush that seemed to have a soul of its own, and he tightly held on without
letting go.

At this moment, Chen Xi held the Condemn Evil brush in his right hand, the Netherworld
Register in his left, and he looked extremely similar to the Netherworld Judge of legends.

However, at this moment, he was utterly unable to think of anything else, because the
Netherworld Register and Condemn Evil brush had become restless in his hands. They
were like a pair of proud and unyielding wild beasts as they struggled to escape from Chen
Xi’s hand.

Dammit! I wouldn’t let both of you out if I knew this would happen! Chen Xi clenched his
teeth tightly as he exerted the True Essence in his entire body to fiercely suppress this book
and brush.

After an unknown amount of time, the Netherworld Register and Condemn Evil brush
finally stopped resisting and returned to stillness. Only then did Chen Xi completely heave
a sigh of relief, and his entire body was already drenched in sweat.

Luo Xiu was actually killed by a light swipe of the Condemn Evil brush. It obvious that it
was because of the bloody aura on his body that the killing intent of the Condemn Evil
brush was drawn out … Chen Xi couldn’t help but feel disbelief when he recalled the scene
from before, and he faintly had a trace of vague understanding towards the use of the
Netherworld Register and the Condemn Evil brush.
However, he’d already decided that before he completely controlled these two treasures, he
wouldn’t easily take them out to be used at any time. He wasn’t willing to watch idly by as
they fly off from his grasp because he was unable to suppress them.

“Hmm? I undoubtedly sensed a strong fluctuation of auras effusing out from here
earlier…”

“Senior Brother, I noticed it as well.”

“Everyone, hurry up! The outcome of the battle has probably already been decided. Perhaps
we can catch some heavily injured cultivators and obtain some benefits!”

A wave of clamorous sounds indistinctly sounded out from the distant forest.

Looks like the commotion Luo Xiu made has already drawn the attention of the nearby
cultivators. Chen Xi’s heart went cold. He didn’t dare continue thinking, and he
differentiated the direction before executing the Divine Windwing Flight, causing his figure
to be like a wisp of a gale that instantly vanished in the luxuriant forest.
Chapter 137 – Under Attack From All Sides

Chen Xi didn’t know that at the instant the Netherworld Register appeared, everyone
outside the pagoda felt a piercing pain in their eyes, and they couldn’t help but shut their
eyes. When they opened their eyes once more, they saw that all the screens on the surface
of the entire Buddha’s Trial Pagoda had vanished, and replacing it was a dazzling white
light.

“What happened!?”

“Exactly what happened to the battle between Chen Xi and Luo Xiu? Why can’t we see
anymore?”

“Dammit! It was a battle between two great young geniuses! Why did the screens
disappear?!”

Most of the people present were staring fixedly at the battle between Chen Xi and Luo Xiu,
as amongst these two people, one was the most outstanding genius of Comet Gorge that had
comprehended Dao Territory; whereas the other was a formidable youth that had suddenly
risen to prominence and had a reputation that was like the sun in the midday sky. The battle
between these two people practically represented a battle of the highest standard in the
young generation of Dragon Lake City, and it had even attracted the gazes of most of the
people. Everyone was anticipating it with excitement, watching it unblinkingly, as they
feared they would miss any detail.

Yet they never expected that all the screens had vanished at the most critical moment!!

Instantly, great waves of confused noises rose up around the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, it was
like an exploding pot of boiling water as they discussed loudly and vented the displeasure
in their hearts.

On the jade platform, the leaders of the various powers had indeterminate expressions.
During these past 1,000 years, when had such an unexpected event happened in the
Buddha’s Trial Pagoda? Could it be that something has happened within it?

It was at this moment that a layer of great waves suddenly appeared on the white light that
was on the surface of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, then the white light vanished, and the
screens of the Eight-Directions Layer of the pagoda had once again returned to its prior
state.

Whoosh!

All the confused noises stopped abruptly, the scene went utterly quiet, and the gazes of
every present had shot towards the same direction. However, besides a shocking mess,
there was no trace of Chen Xi and Luo Xiu in that forest any longer, and the battle between
the two of them seemed to have already ended.

“Exactly who was the victor?”

“Where’s Chen Xi? Why can’t I find him?”

“Luo Xiu… Luo Xiu has vanished as well!”

“Motherfucker! Such a brilliant battle was actually missed, it’s truly irritating!”

Right when everyone was discussing animatedly, a Comet Gorge disciple hastily ran up the
jade platform to arrive before the Sect Master of Comet Gorge, Helian Shui, and he spoke
of something in a light voice. As he spoke, he had an expression of extreme fear as he
sweated profusely, and he seemed to be reporting an extremely terrifying matter.

After that, everyone saw Helian Shui suddenly smash the jade table before him, shattering
it to pieces; his expression was extremely gloomy and livid, and his entire body emitted a
terrifying aura that caused one’s heart to palpitate.

Could it be that Luo Xiu lost?

The same thought emerged in the hearts of everyone when they saw this scene, and then all
of them were shocked by this thought. How could that be possible? How could Chen Xi,
who was inferior in both cultivation and Martial Dao comprehension, defeat Luo Xiu
who’d comprehended Dao Territory?

“Brother Helian, calm down. You said that death can’t be avoided in the hidden Dragon
Rankings and one deserves death when one’s skill is inferior to another.” The nearby
Madam Xing Yun of the Jade Flower Sect spoke out abruptly, and a trace of a smile that
was impossible to conceal had appeared on her face that was beautiful like a rose. She’d
always been brooding over Luo Xiu launching a sneak attack and killing a few disciples
from her sects. At this moment, when she saw Helian Shui’s appearance of extreme
explosive rage, how could she not be able to guess that Luo Xiu had suffered a mishap?

“Hmph!” Helian Shui grunted coldly before taking a deep breath and forcefully restraining
the explosive rage and killing intent in his heart. He completely paid no attention to Madam
Xing Yun who mocked him, and instead raised his eyes to look towards the Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda. He wanted to see exactly how high of a cultivation that little bastard Chen Xi
possessed to actually be able to…

——

Whoosh!
Chen Xi flashed and fluttered forward swiftly in the forest, and he was swift like a bolt of
lightning.

“Ling Bai, when do you think I’ll be able to attain the Dao Territory Stage?” Chen Xi spoke
with Ling Bai as he flashed forward.

“This is difficult to predict. Presently, you’ve only comprehended Wind Dao Insight. No
matter how formidable it is, it still lacks variation. I suggest that you should properly
comprehend and ponder over other Dao Insights. The more different types of Dao Insights
you master, the stronger the Dao Territory condensed from them will be. After all, 10,000
years ago, my Master had comprehended 38 types of Dao Insight of the heaven and earth,
like the wind, lightning, ground, pond, five elements, yin, yang, the changes of the four
seasons, star movement, lunar tide, solar tide… All the myriad of things in the heaven and
earth contain profound and unfathomable Dao, and the more that one comprehends, the
deeper it showed that one’s comprehension was. Thus, the might of the Dao Territory
condensed would naturally become formidable along with this comprehension of Dao
Insights.”

Ling Bai spoke with fervor and assurance as he said, “Moreover, the more Dao Insights you
comprehend, the more formidable the might of your golden core will be, as when you
condense your golden core, the various Dao Insights will fuse with the yin-yang
phenomenon of the golden core. Some formidable cultivators of 10,000 years ago only
relied on their own golden core to be able to obliterate a myriad of techniques, kill gods,
annihilate demons, move mountains, and blaze the sea. It was all because the amount of
Dao Insights comprehended was an unimaginable amount, causing the might of the golden
core to be much more formidable than some Magic Treasures of top quality!”

Chen Xi quickly came to realize the truth, and he muttered. “So that’s how it is. Looks like
I have to lay emphasis on cultivating this aspect. I keep having the feeling that during my
cultivation in the future, it would be a competition towards the comprehension of Dao
Insight. As the saying goes, strength is boundless, and the deeper one’s comprehension
towards the heaven and earth, the stronger the techniques mastered by one would surely
be…”

“Exactly, Dao Insight is something that every cultivator must master. No matter if it is
cultivation, combat, or overcoming the tribulation, it can’t be separated from one’s own
comprehension towards the heaven and earth.” Ling Bai agreed. “When cultivators pursue
immortality and seek the Dao, the Dao they seek is precisely the Dao of the heaven and
earth. If one isn’t able to comprehend a trace of the profundity of the heaven and earth, then
one would be no different than an ordinary person in the mortal world.”

Chen Xi took a deep breath and said, “Ling Bai, don’t help me when I encounter battles
after this, allow me to face it alone. To me, the Hidden Dragon Rankings is undoubtedly the
best place to temper myself.”

“Don’t worry, it’s impossible even if you ask for my help. There’re many old freaks
watching outside this Buddha’s Trial Pagoda. Once my identity is exposed, then it will
probably bring boundless disaster to you, and the both of us will die…” After he finished
speaking, Ling Bai went silent.

The time for an incense stick to burn had already passed since the entrance to the Eight-
Directions Layer of the pagoda was opened, and the over 10,000 cultivators participating in
the Hidden Dragon Rankings ought to have already arrived. At this moment, cultivators
were hidden in every corner of this layer.

Besides Chen Hao and Du Qingxi’s group of three, everyone else had been marked as an
enemy by Chen Xi in his heart.

When dealing with enemies, he naturally couldn’t let his guard down.

The annihilation of Luo Xiu was the contribution of the Condemn Evil brush, and Chen Xi
didn’t believe that he would still be so fortunate after this.

Hu~

Chen Xi took a deep breath as he started to concentrate his energy, and he was like a
hunting leopard in a highly taut state. His enormous Divine Perception spread out, causing
any movement in his surroundings to reflect within his mind with extreme clarity.

He flashed swiftly without stopping, and in the blink of an eye, he’d already charged out of
the vast forest to arrive in a rocky gorge. Suddenly, Chen Xi dashed out while slating his
body towards the ground, and then his body suddenly turned before he fiercely slapped his
palm out, slapping onto an inconspicuous grey colored rock beside him.

Unexpectedly, this rock didn’t split into pieces but instead emitted a shrill cry as it leaped
up and transformed into a young man with a gloomy and ruthless expression. He’d actually
concealed himself by transforming into a rock, intending to wait for an opportunity to
launch a sneak attack on Chen Xi!

If it wasn’t for Chen Xi’s Divine Perception being extremely strong, to the point it was on
par with a Golden Core Realm cultivator, if it wasn’t for Chen Xi feeling a trace of unusual
fluctuation on the rock, he would have almost been deceived, and the consequences were
unimaginable.

This young man with a gloomy and ruthless expression seemed to not be a disciple of the
various great powers of Dragon Lake City. He wore a jade robe with hair bundled into a
bun, and he attacked extremely ruthlessly. The instant that he was forced to reveal his true
form by Chen Xi, he raised his hand and smashed a clump of dark blue sand at Chen Xi’s
face.

However, Chen Xi’s reaction was faster than the young man, with a command in his heart,
a Netherezim Flying Sword shot out explosively, and the peerlessly sharp blade directly
swiped past the young man’s head, causing him to become a headless corpse. After that,
Chen Xi swung his sleeve with surging True Essence, smashing the clump of dark blue
sand to scatter and fly backward, and it sprinkled all over the young man’s corpse.
Instantly, a roiling and pungent odor emerged from the corpse, and in the blink of an eye, it
was corroded to the point even a trace of bone fragment wasn’t left behind.

Only a command token lay alone on the ground, its surface was corroded to the point it was
full of bumps and holes, and it was deformed.

What atrocious grains of sand!

Chen Xi’s eyes squinted, then he shook his head, and he didn’t even pick up the command
token on the ground before turning around and leaving.

After he entered this gorge, Chen Xi had encountered over 10 unusually ruthless cultivators
all along the way, and a variety of crafty and atrocious abilities appeared without end. If it
wasn’t for Chen Xi’s Divine Perception being extremely formidable, then no matter how
high his cultivation was, he would probably be unable to avoid being sneak attacked to
death.

Chen Xi didn’t show mercy in the slightest when dealing with these people, and he killed
them with a single blow and without the slightest hesitation. He didn’t have any feelings of
pity, nor did he give them the chance to crush their Transportation Talisman. If one wanted
to kill another, then one had to understand that one would be killed. These people obviously
didn’t give him the chance to live, so why should he hypocritically let them leave?

But what caused Chen Xi a headache was that along with him moving forward, the
cultivators he encountered grew more and more numerous. There was slaughter and battle
everywhere, yet the strange thing was that once they noticed Chen Xi’s arrival, no matter
how intensely the two sides were fighting, they would instantly stop and join forces to
attack him. Their appearance was as if they were absolutely irreconcilable enemies with
Chen Xi.

Chen Xi naturally knew the reason, if they were able to kill him, they would be able to
obtain the extra reward of the Su Clan that was 500,000 kgs of spirit liquid and three top-
grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures. Who wouldn’t be moved by such a reward?

People would die for wealth just like birds died for food. This was a dictum that was
indisputable since ancient times.

Chen Xi naturally wouldn’t allow himself to be killed without putting up a fight. When he
encountered fewer people, he would kill them; when he encountered many people, he
would execute his Divine Windwing Flight to flee. Not only did he not receive any injuries,
he’d instead obtained a large pile of command tokens and storage Magic Treasures, and it
could be considered to be an unexpected delightful event.
If it wasn’t for the sake of converging with Chen Hao, Chen Xi even wanted to do the
business of killing for other’s possessions, and obtain an extremely great ill-gotten wealth.

But along with the passing of time, Chen Xi’s situation became difficult. Due to his tracks
being exposed already, there were group after group of cultivators chasing behind him at
this moment, and they were like a tail that he couldn’t shake off. They approached in a
formidable array and with an extremely enormous force.

Amongst these people, most of them were disciples from the Starnet Palace, Myriadcloud
Institution, and Cang Clan. They’d obtained the instructions of the seniors behind them
since long ago that they were to stand on the side of the Su Clan. So when they noticed
Chen Xi’s tracks, they naturally chased closely without letting up.

Regretfully, their speeds were utterly unable to compare with Chen Xi, who’d
comprehended a complete Wind Dao Insight. The distance between them and Chen Xi
grew larger and larger, and they were already left behind by Chen Xi by at least 500 kms. If
it wasn’t for them having people that were outstandingly skilled in tracking amongst them,
they would probably have lost Chen Xi long ago.

“These damnable fellows are like ghosts that don’t go away. If I wasn’t anxious to find
Chen Hao, I’d surely turn around and kill them!” Chen Xi was chased to the point he had
no place to vent his bellyful of rage as well. Especially when he hadn’t found a trace of
Chen Hao up until now, the gloominess in his heart could be easily imagined.

Right at this moment, a wave of the sounds of battle abruptly sounded out ahead. The scale
of the battle was large to the extreme, as the strong True Essence fluctuations from the
battle could be felt from far away.

Chen Xi’s Divine Perception spread out. With just a glance, he saw 100 plus people
fluttering about in midair atop a faraway grassland that was vast and level, whereas on the
ground, a few Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples wearing royal blue clothes had formed
a circle. Obviously, they’d been trapped there.

Amongst them, Chen Xi saw a figure that was familiar to the extreme. Shockingly, it was
his younger brother, Chen Hao!
Chapter 138 – Making A Move

When he saw Chen Hao and the other seven Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples trapped,
Chen Xi didn’t impatiently make a move to save them.

Those 100 plus Su Clan disciples formed a circle in midair, forming a peculiar grand
formation that seemed like an extremely long spiraling dragon, and bright lights flew out
from it, suffusing it with boundless brilliance. All the energy of the disciples was gathered
together, and it emitted a terrifying aura that was sufficient to annihilate a Golden Core
Realm cultivator.

This caused Chen Xi to not dare rashly make a move, moreover, he was extremely curious.
Why were Chen Hao and those seven disciples able to persist until now?

In the battlefield, Chen Hao held a sword in his left hand, and he swiftly slashed down.

It was an extremely simple slash, yet it was mighty and righteous, filled with a piercingly
cold aura of pressing forward with an indomitable will that was grand and towering. At this
instant, everywhere the sword light passed, the airflow in the sky became chaotic and
collapsed, and it actually vaguely revealed a trace of being incinerated, it was like the sky
was about to be incinerated.

Bang!

It was like they were fiercely rammed by a raging and roaring boundless sea of flames, and
the grand formation formed from the over 100 Su Clan disciples abruptly swayed intensely.
Waves of exclaims of surprise and enraged howls sounded out, and it was as if someone
had suffered a great loss from this attack.

“Junior Brother, nice Century Slash!” A young girl in white clothes with beautiful hair
pinned by a phoenix shaped hairpin and features that were elegant like a drawing beside
Chen Hao couldn’t refrain from exclaiming out, and her pair of pretty eyes were filled with
extraordinary splendor.

As she spoke, a pair of weapons that were like sabers, yet weren’t sabers, like swords, yet
weren’t swords, had appeared in the delicate hands of the young girl in white clothes. The
blade of the weapons were shaped like fine teeth that emitted boundless ferocious energy.

This was a pair of top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures called Azureviolet Dualblades,
one was azure the other violet, and it was a pair of great weapons bestowed to the white
clothed young girl by the Sect Master of Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling Kongzi.

Supposedly, these Azureviolet Dualblades were a pair of heaven-rank Magic Treasures

many years ago. It obliterated innumerable experts in the hands of an Enforcement Elder of
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, and even the resentment of countless experts still
remained on it, smeared with blood stains, ferocious and ruthless. But, it was precisely
because this Enforcement Elder had slaughtered too heavily that at the time he tried to
overcome the heavenly tribulation, he was punished by the supreme lightning, causing him
to not only lose his life, but this pair of Azureviolet Dualblades suffered a heavy injury as
well, declining from the heaven-rank to the yellow-rank.

Even then, amongst yellow-rank Magic Treasures, the Azureviolet Dualblades were still an
existence at the top, and they were valuable to the extreme.

“Thousand Leagues of Fluttering Snow!” Killing intent flashed in the eyes of the white
clothed young girl, and in an instant, a myriad of blade lights pierced out. They were like
snow fluttering and whizzing as they swept through the heaven and earth. Every blade light
was both azure and violet, palm sized, and as they fluttered out, it was as if heavy snow had
floated up in the heaven and earth, emitting out copious amounts of ferocious energy that
couldn’t be withstood.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, sounds of exploding rose and fell continuously on the grand formation formed
by the 100 plus Su Clan disciples, every palm sized azure and violet blade descended like a
raging thunderclap that was ferocious and piercingly cold, and they gave rise to endless
sparks that spattered out.

“Senior Sister Lengcui’s Azureviolet Lightning Explosion is outstanding as well.” The

nearby Chen Hao swung the sword in his hand to resist the attacks that assaulted him from
all directions as he praised endlessly.

Shockingly, this white clothed young girl, with features that were elegant like a drawing,
was the number one Elite Disciple of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Fei Lengcui, and
she was a talented figure that was reputed to be the leading figure in the younger generation
of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

No wonder they were able to resist until now. Chen Hao’s Righteous Sword Dao is
magnificent, powerful, and righteous; that young girl obviously possesses a cultivation at
the perfection-stage of the Violet Palace Realm, and her comprehension in the Martial Dao
is faintly growing towards the condensing of a Dao Territory. With her and Chen Hao
standing shoulder to shoulder and withstanding the attacks before the others, they would
indeed not lose for some time. Extremely far in the distance, Chen Xi exclaimed endlessly
with admiration, and then he frowned as his gaze swept towards those Su Clan disciples.
Wait, these people have obviously not used their full strengths, surrounding yet not
fighting, they seem to be waiting for something…

When he thought up to here, a flash of understanding arose in Chen Xi’s mind, and he
instantly understood the intention of the Su Clan disciples. They obviously wanted to draw
him out, and then deal with Chen Xi and Chen Hao with one clean sweep!
——

“Senior Sister Lengcui, these Su Clan members have formed a grand formation and trapped
us here. If this goes on, our True Essence will surely be consumed to the end. If we’re
unable to break out of the encirclement, then the consequences are unimaginable.”

Fei Lengcui swung about the Azureviolet Dualblades, its blade lights were like shuttles that
swept out to cover the entire sky, and the blade lights contained ferocious and piercingly
cold energy as they obliterated all the attacks in their surroundings.

When she heard a Junior Brother speaking, she shook her head and said, “Don’t be
distracted. The Heavenly Cage Grand Formation set up by those Su Clan disciples is too
strong to be broken, and breaking out of the encirclement is obviously impossible. At this
moment, we can only do our bests to hold on and wait for the other disciples of the Sect to
come to our rescue.”

“Senior Sister, I’m afraid we’re in trouble this time. I’m already unable to hold on for much
longer. When the other disciples of the Sect come to our rescue, I’m afraid it will make no
difference.” Right at this moment, another disciple cried out breathlessly. “Perhaps, our
footsteps will stop at the first layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda this time. I’m not resigned
to this fate!”

“Junior Brother Qing Luo, you must not speak such demoralizing words. The outcome will
always be unknown until you fight to the end.” Fei Lengcui abruptly rose her voice and
said, “Junior Brothers, we came to the Buddha’s Trail Pagoda to temper ourselves and
harden out Dao Hearts. At this critical moment, everyone must persist, as being in difficult
circumstances is a superb opportunity to temper ourselves. After we experience this
calamity, it will surely be greatly beneficial to our cultivation!”

“Senior Sister, you’re correct, but…” The youth called Qing Luo hesitated to speak.

“But what?” Feng Lengcui frowned.

“Senior Sister, I’m not afraid of being blamed by you. This matter is like a fishbone in my
throat, and I’ll be uncomfortable until I spit it out.” Qing Luo gritted his teeth and said,
“The reason that Su Clan is surrounding us is entirely because of Junior Brother Chen Hao.
We’re suffering an undeserved calamity.”

“All of you think this way as well?” Fei Lengcui’s face went cold as her gaze swept past
the other disciples. When she saw them all keep silent, she instantly understood everything,
and she said with a stern voice, “Chen Hao is a disciple of my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect,
he’s from the same place as us, and is of one heart and one mind with us. A matter of his is
a matter of our Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. Let me ask all of you. If any one of you
offends a formidable enemy, yet the Sect doesn’t help you, how would you feel?”
“Yeah, Senior Sister Lengcui is right. We’re all disciples of the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect, we naturally ought to help each other with a united heart. If we abandon the brothers
by our side at this moment, then we’ll surely be disdained and cast aside by the other
brothers in the Sect in the future. Would we have the face to call ourselves members of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect? Junior Brother Chen Hao, I apologize.”

“Right, help each other with a united heart, advance and retreat together!”

“Junior Brother Chen Hao, I apologize.”

All the disciples revealed ashamed expressions when they heard this, and they apologized
endlessly.

Chen Hao had always been coldly watching from the sides, and when he saw this, he was
both moved and grateful to Fei Lengcui in his heart. He knew that if it wasn’t for Fei
Lengcui, he would probably have already been abandoned.

When she saw this, Fei Lengcui smiled lightly, and she was just about to say something
when her expression abruptly became grim.

In midair, the over 100 Su Clan disciples abruptly got into action, they didn’t trap the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples with the Heavenly Cage Grand Formation any
longer, and they instead unleashed an all-out attack!

“Since Chen Xi isn’t coming out, then we’ll kill his younger brother first!” Su Jiao, who
wore black clothes, let out a tender shout in midair, and then she started directing the Su
Clan disciples by her side. “Su Tong, you take fifty people to deal with those
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples, you must be sure to cause them to be tied up and
unable to extricate themselves! The remaining people will kill Chen Hao with me!”

“Yes!” Over 100 Su Clan disciples shouted out loudly in unison, then they rushed down
from mid air like a dark cloud that covered the sky and hid the sun.

Everyone one of these Su Clan disciples had cultivations around the 5th star of the Violet
Palace Realm, and they were practically the entire elite force of the younger generation of
the Su Clan. They were adept in joint attack techniques, and they were both highly
disciplined and brave and skillful in battles. At the instant they got into action, they were
like an orderly and united army, dividing into two groups of 50 people. One group moving
to surround the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples led by Fei Lengcui, the other led by
Su Jiao as they moved to kill Chen Hao.

“Hehe, this little girl is not bad looking. Unfortunately, she’s from the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect. Otherwise, I’d surely capture her, properly ravage her, and vent my flames of
lust.”
“These few worthless trash are actually hiding behind a woman. They’re truly devoid of
any sense of shame and have thrown all the face of the members of the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect. Alas, each generation is more inferior than the previous.”

“If all of you allow yourselves to be captured, we’ll naturally not make it difficult for you.
Otherwise, wait to be blasted out of this Eight-Directions Layer by us!”

The instant they descended onto the ground, the 50 Su Clan disciples led by Su Tong
moved to jointly attack Fei Lengcui and the others, surrounding Fei Lengcui’s group in a
watertight enclosure, and they mocked as they fought with their full strength, intending to
disturb Fei Lengcui’s state of mind.

“Dammit!”

“Fuck! They actually dared insult us as worthless trash!”

When the male disciples saw this scene, all of them cried out loudly in rage.

“What are all of you shouting for! Don’t all of you have even this little bit of composure?”
Fei Lengcui shouted with a clear voice, the Azureviolet Dualblades in her hand formed a
myriad of blade lights that blasted out explosively towards the surroundings, and the
ferocious and piercingly cold light caused the air to whimper!

“Brothers, form the Six-Combination Slaughter Formation.” The leader, Su Tong, smiled
coldly.

Instantly, all 50 of them had extraordinary bearings as they moved in the form of the big
dipper, and the True Essence of every single one of them was aroused. Every 10 of them
formed a group, when their attack failed, they resolutely retreated, and then the second
group of 10 people would charge up successively. They attacked successively and
repeatedly like an endless and ruthless enormous wave that was billowing, a new wave
arose after the previous subsided, and the terrifying force caused the area which Fei
Lengcui and the others could move in to rapidly shrink, causing them to be in a critical
situation.

Bang!

Blades collided, causing Fei Lengcui’s entire body to shake, and her countenance went pale
as she staggered and retreated endlessly.

Once Fei Lengcui retreated, three Su Clan disciples took advantage of this weak point to
advance!

“Everyone, protect Senior Sister!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Numerous sword lights flew out, the six male disciples behind Fei Lengcui reacted
extremely swiftly, and exerted their entire strengths to attack those three Su Clan disciples.
Although they successfully withstood the attacks, the enemies nearby seized the
opportunity to launch a sneak attack and succeeded, causing numerous bloodstains and
scars to instantly appear on their bodies.

“It’s useless unless all of you crush your Transportation Talismans.” Su Tong laughed
endlessly with a savage expression. How could he not be happy when he was able to drive
the disciples of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect to such an extent?

On the other side, the situation of Chen Hao who was all alone was extremely dangerous.
Su Jiao and the other 50 plus people had surrounded him to form a 300m long circular
formation, completely trapping Chen Hao within as various Magic Treasures, talismans,
flying swords, and puppets flew out like a storm to attack Chen Hao.

Even though Chen Hao’s current body was reconstructed from the Firesoul Lotus Fruit, and
his right hand was present, he still held his sword with his left hand to withstand the endless
attacks that came from every direction. If it wasn’t for his Righteous Sword Dao being
extremely powerful and mighty, he would have probably been torn into powder since long
ago.

But even then, he’d already completely lost the opportunity to gain the initiative. He could
only clench his teeth tightly as he bitterly withstood the attacks, and his entire body was
almost drowned by the endless attacks.

“Junior Brother Chen Hao, how are you now?” Fei Lengcui’s extremely anxious shout
sounded out from the distance.

“I still have the strength to battle, so I naturally should fight until I die!” Chen Hao shouted
out explosively as his eyes carried a type of mad battle intent that was extremely willful, it
was as if he never knew what it was to flee, or what it was to yield.

However, when facing the attacks that roiled and gushed over like tidewater, no matter how
high the intention to kill his enemies was in his heart, the situations became more and more
despairing.

It was at this moment that howls of the sword that seemed like the roars of dragons and
howls of tigers sounded out in the sky and shook the heaven and earth. Immediately, 64
flying swords transformed into numerous flowing lights that were like falling meteors, a
heavy rainstorm, as they shot down explosively.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Over ten Su Clan disciples that were jointly attacking Fei Lengcui and the others were
instantly transformed into minced meat, and blood sprayed out in the sky.
Chen Xi had made his move, brazenly launching an attack when facing over 100 Su Clan
disciples!

Chapter 139 – Go Prison 3,000 Slashes

The instant Chen Xi made a move, it was with the second level of the Oblivionwind
Flowinglight Sword Formation that was formed from 64 flying swords, and its might was
so formidable that it was able to cause Golden Core Realm cultivators to feel fear.
Moreover, the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation was famous for its extremely
swift speed, and when combined with the Wind Dao Insight that Chen Xi had
comprehended, its speed was no different to a flowing light or a flying rainbow.

This strike could be said to have a might like a thunderclap, and its speed was swift like a
bolt of lightning!

Those ten plus Su Clan disciples entirely didn’t have the time to avoid it before being killed
on the spot, and this sudden scene instantly shocked everyone present, causing a trace of
sluggishness to appear in their movements.

This was exactly the outcome that Chen Xi wanted. This charge to save them wasn’t a rash
action, but was instead because he saw the Su Clan disciples had broken through the line of
defense of Fei Lengcui’s group of seven, and all of them roared as they prepared to get their
share of spoils, causing them to have no time to attend to their rear. Thus, he used this to
take them by surprise.

Relying on this opportunity, he was like a fierce tiger that sprang down from the top of the
mountain, aiming onto his prey before moving out brazenly. The eight Netherezim Flying
Sword were sharp, swift, and fierce, they contained the piercingly cold energy of ice from
his cultivation technique, and when combined with the profound and swift Divine
Windwing Flight, he was simply like a sharp light that was exceedingly swift and all-
conquering as he slaughtered the crowd of people in all directions.

Swish! Swish!

Chen Xi attacked resolutely and ruthlessly, every strike taking a life without showing the
slightest mercy. The eight Netherezim Baleful Swords twisted and shot out, and a few
people present would lose their lives.

Just within this simple instant, another ten plus disciples of the Su Clan were killed, and
this was still because Chen Xi was avoiding wasting his True Essence and was unwilling to
utilize the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation any longer. If
he were to execute it with his entire strength, then a single strike would probably kill even
more Su Clan disciples.

When the nearby Su Jiao saw Chen Xi make an appearance, she was first delighted.
However, when she saw Chen Xi kill over 10 Su Clan disciples with a single strike, rage
arose in her heart, and when she saw Chen Xi’s momentum was like an unleashed torrent
that made a clean sweep of everything before it, she didn’t dare dally and shouted out
loudly. “Don’t get entangled in battle with him! Retreat and set up the formation!”

The Su Clan disciples had been attacked by Chen Xi to the point they were bewildered
since long ago, and when they heard this, it was as if they were jolted awake from a dream.
They resolutely abandoned the enemy by their sides and retreated explosively to converge
at Su Jiao’s location.

How could Chen Xi watch idly by as they flee? Not to mention that once Su Jiao
successfully set up the formation, the situation that he opened up with great difficulty
would become non-existent, the situation would instantly become extremely dangerous. His
figure instantly swayed, following them like a shadow as the eight Netherezim Flying
Swords interweaved into a large net that moved to stop them from another side.

Regretfully, the Su Clan disciples had recovered from their earlier shock, and Su Jiao’s
loud shout had allowed them to find a pillar to rely on. They retreated as they resisted him,
and under the price of losing two clansmen, they finally converged together with Su Jiao.

At this moment, due to Chen Xi’s appearance, Su Jiao’s side had called off the attack
towards Chen Hao as well, and the two forces combined to quickly form a new grand
formation that trapped Chen Xi, Chen Hao, and Fei Lengcui’s group of seven in the center
once more.

Chen Xi knew that he’d already lost the opportunity to swift annihilate his enemies. He
didn’t continue chasing after them and instead looked towards Fei Lengcui’s group of
seven and cupped his hand as he said, “Earlier, thank you for not abandoning my younger
brother, Chen Xi is boundlessly grateful. I’ll surely give all of you great reward as thanks in
the future.”

When Chen Xi’s words entered into the ears of Fei Lengcui’s group of seven, it caused
them to heave a sigh of relief, and they knew that they’d temporarily escaped the
misfortune of being killed.

But when they saw the grand formation jointly formed by the surrounding Su Clan
disciples almost completely taking form, their hearts were instantly in their throats once
again, and their expressions were heavy.

“Brother!” Chen Hao walked over as he wiped the sweat off his forehead, and he said
happily, “I knew you would come.”

“Don’t fight so desperately in the future. If you can’t win, then run. There’s nothing to be
ashamed of,” said Chen Xi with a low voice. Earlier, when he saw Chen Hao’s desperate
and unyielding appearance, he was indeed shocked, and he was extremely worried that if
Chen Hao encountered an enemy that couldn’t be defeated in the future, then Chen Hao
would only lose his life if he continued acting in this way.
“Oh.” Chen Hao lowered his head and replied with a low voice. Obviously, he didn’t really
agree with Chen Xi’s views.

With great enemies before them, Chen Xi knew that this wasn’t the time to teach Chen Hao
a lesson, and he could only sigh in his heart and say no more.

“You’re Chen Xi? The expert that killed six Golden Hall Realm and one Golden Core
Realm cultivators of the Su Clan?” Fei Lengcui looked at Chen Xi with a bright gaze, and
she seemed as if she’d found a new continent and was filled with curiosity.

The other people behind Fei Lengcui were like this as well. The gazes they shot at Chen Xi
carried a trace of an unusual hue, seeming to be unable to believe that the youth with a
reputation that was like the midday sun was the fellow before their eyes.

“Let’s first deal with the situation before us, alright?” Chen Xi avoided making a reply, and
he shot his gaze towards the distant Su Jiao.

“Alright.” Fei Lengcui and the others knew that this wasn’t the time to chat, and they
stopped saying anything further right away before looking towards the surrounding Su Clan
disciples.

At this moment, under Su Jiao’s direction, besides the 20 plus people that were killed by
Chen Xi, the remaining 108 Su Clan disciples had once again formed a grand formation.
Three people forming a circle, three circles forming a ring, three rings forming a group, and
ring piled upon ring, and they were like numerous spindrifts that encircled the surroundings
according to a strange positioning.

The instant the grand formation was formed, a tremendous pressure instantly assaulted
them from all directions, causing them to feel oppressed to the extreme, and it was as if
they were within a prison.

“This is the Su Clan’s Triwater Go Prison Formation, one produces two, two produces
three, and three produces all things. Moreover, it’s formed based on the composition of a
Go game, secretly containing the intention to encircle and annihilate. Besides that, the
strength of every single person is able to be converged onto a single person, and so long as
one of them suffers an attack, the attack would be jointly mitigated by all of them. It’s
extremely formidable.” Fei Lengcui obviously understood the grand formation before them
extremely, and she quickly explained.

“It’s formidable indeed.” Chen Xi nodded. The strength of 108 Violet Palace Realm
cultivators were superimposed together, and its might was easily imaginable, it was
virtually able to annihilate Golden Core Realm cultivators.

“Brother, what should we do?” Chen Hao asked.

“Kill our way out, moreover, we have to be fast!” Chen Xi spoke without hesitation. While
dashing all the way here, a huge number of cultivators were following behind him, and
most of them were disciples of the Starnet Palace, Myriadcloud Institution, and Cang Clan.
Based on the time that has passed, they would soon hurry over here, and once they were
allowed to converge with the members of the Su Clan, the consequences would be
unimaginable.

So, only by seizing this moment now to press on and kill their way out without letting up
would they have a chance at survival.

Of course, when they had no alternative, they could crush the Transportation Talisman and
leave. But who would be willing to do so? This was merely the first layer of the pagoda,
and if they were to be forced to leave at this moment, there probably would be no one that
was willing to accept that outcome.

“Since it’s like this, we’ll listen to Fellow Daoist Chen Xi’s instructions and act together,”
Fei Lengcui said decisively.

“Alright, I’ll take the lead, all of you follow behind me.” Chen Xi wasn’t an indecisive
person, he instantly flew out to flash towards the distance, and his objective was
surprisingly the location of Su Jiao.

Destroy the leader and the army will collapse, and it’s also able to take the opponents by
surprise. Chen Hao’s older brother isn’t simple. Fei Lengcui nodded to herself, and he
brought along the other disciples to follow behind Chen Xi.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

64 flying swords swiftly floated around Chen Xi, every eight swords forming a minor
sword formation, eight minor sword formations forming a grand sword formation, and
under the lead of the eight Netherezim Flying Swords, the grand formation abruptly emitted
a shocking aura of slaughter that was piercingly cold, seeming to be a group of experienced
veterans that were accumulating force while waiting to be deployed, yearning to drink their
fill of fresh blood!

Om!

His Sword Insight was like a tide that emitted clear roars like a dragon, and pure and
ghastly sword energy shot into the sky. The surrounding people instantly felt suffocated,
and they felt as if their soul and skin was faintly aching from being cut by the sword energy
that effused out into the air.

How formidable!

He’s actually able to control 64 top-grade yellow-rank flying swords, moreover, the
formation formed by them contains powerful Wind Dao Insight. How did he achieve it?
Fei Lengcui’s cultivation in the Martial Dao was faintly about to breakthrough to the Dao
Territory Stage, and she had extremely discerning eyesight. Thus, she’d discerned the
might of Chen Xi’s sword formation with a single glance.

“Oblivion wind as the surface, flowing light as the foundation, the eight poles remain
unmoving, transform into one!” Along with Chen Xi’s voice, the 64 flying swords that
formed the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Transformation transformed into a profound
Sword Insight diagram that shot straight at Su Jiao.

Line after line of enormous trenches was torn open on the hard rock ground everywhere the
sword formation passed, and the surrounding space seemed to be crying mournfully with
uneasiness, emitting a sad droning sound.

“I knew that you’d choose me. Unfortunately, no matter how formidable your sword
formation is, you’re dead for sure today!” A trace of cold and grim killing intent appeared
in Su Jiao’s eyes as she formed seals with her right hand, and then she shouted coldly. “Go
Prison, 3,000 Slashes!”

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Strong True Essence abruptly gushed out from the bodies of the 108 disciples, and it was
transmitted to another in the distance by a special method. In the end, it converged onto the
tip of Su Jiao’s finger, condensing into a ball of black and white light, Yin on one side,
Yang on the other, and it revolved endlessly, seeming to clearly be the black and white of
Go. The space surrounding the ball of light seemed to be unable to endure this energy of
destruction, and it shattered inch by inch before collapsing, causing a chaotic vortex with
black and white intersecting each other to undulate out.

Su Jiao flicked her finger!

In the heaven and earth, 3,000 black and white True Essence airflows that were distinct
abruptly appeared, and they transformed into peerlessly fierce strands of sharp lights that
were fine like threads as they slashed down.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sounds of collision that was dense like drumbeats sound out, it was like lightning striking
endlessly, and it was thunderous to the ear. The sword formation formed by the 64 flying
swords swayed intensely, and it was faintly on the brink of collapse.

What a terrifying strength! Chen Xi’s face was cold as he circulated the True Essence in his
body with all his might, and he didn’t hold back any longer. His full force pouring of True
Essence into the 64 flying swords caused them to stabilize once more, yet they were in a
deadlock with the 3,000 True Essence airflows that were a distinct black and white, and
they had no strength left to fight the enemy.
“Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, I’ll lend you a hand! Thousand Leagues of Sealing Ice!” The
Azureviolet Dualblades in Fei Lengcui’s hands gave rise to waves of ferocious and raging
azure and violet energy, and then it condensed into glittering and translucent ice crystals
that covered the sky as they sprayed out. The heaven and earth instantly went extremely
cold, and it was as if everyone had entered a place of extreme cold that couldn’t be
encountered in a long time.

“In the lofty heaven and earth, only my sword is righteous!” Chen Hao shouted out loudly
as the sword in his left hand stabbed out simply, and a mighty Sword Insight that couldn’t
be withstood brought along a tremendous force that caused the world to go dim as it surged
out.

The other disciples understood as well that they’d arrived at the critical moment, and all of
them exerted themselves to the utmost. For a time, various types of energies flew through
the sky and gushed out like dragons and wyrms, causing the space to become chaotic and
causing the heaven and earth to tremble, and it carried along an extremely terrifying
imposing energy.

Rumble!

Under the full forced attacks of Chen Xi and the others, those 3,000 True Essence sharp
lights that were a distinct black and white shattered inch by inch, transforming into a roiling
and violent airflow that blasted towards the surroundings, and the ground in an area of 50
kms surrounding them was blasted to the point the ground was scorched and overturned,
causing bits of shattered rocks to spatter out.

“It’s useless, no matter how you struggle. This is only the attack of the Triwater Go Prison
with the weakest might, yet it’s already so strenuous for all of you to withstand it. Chen Xi,
how will you and your brother flee now?” Su Jiao said coldly, “It’s useless even if the two
of you crush your Transportation Talismans. You can try it if you don’t believe me.”

“You’ve tampered with the Transportation Talismans?” Chen Xi’s heart sank, and his
expression was already icy cold to the extreme. Since Su Jiao spoke with such certainty,
how could he possibly be unable to guess that the Transportation Talisman had been
tampered with?
Chapter 140 – Chen Xi’s Counterattack

“What do you think?” Su Jiao smiled lightly as she looked at Chen Xi with a gaze as if she
was staring at a dead man. “The Hidden Dragon Rankings has always been jointly held by
my Su Clan and the other powers, and if my Su Clan wants to kill someone here, who
would be able to flee?”

“I never expected that your Su Clan is actually so despicable and shameless.” Fei Lengcui
frowned with detest. It was a fair competition, yet the Su Clan had misused their position to
conduct some shameful tampering, how could this not cause others to be enraged?

“Say no more. There’s only one word to deal with a person like this — Kill!” Chen Xi
always had an irreconcilable enmity of death with the Su Clan. At this moment, being
schemed against by the Su Clan to the point it caused himself and Chen Hao to lose their
way of retreat had caused him to be enraged to the limit!

There were no other thoughts in his mind, and he disregarded everything else. Today, he
would kill all the Su Clan members present, as only in this way would he be able to vent the
hatred in his heart!

“Fellow Daoist Chen Xi, the attack from before has already consumed 99% of my True
Essence, I’m afraid I won’t be of any help any longer.” Fei Lengcui spoke with a dejected
expression.

The others nodded as well when they saw this, and they carried boundless unwillingness as
their expressions dimmed. Before Chen Xi had arrived, they were already bitterly holding
on under the siege of the Su Clan disciples, and the attack from before had even consumed
their entire strength. Presently, they were already at the extent of having no strength to
battle.

They’d already made the preparations to crush the Transportation Talisman and leave the
pagoda. Because, the situation before them was no different than a hopeless situation, and
they were completely powerless to save themselves from this hopeless situation.

“Brother, I can still fight,” Chen Hao gritted his teeth and said, yet his countenance was
extremely pale. Obviously, he was forcing himself to hold on.

Chen Xi said with a calm expression, “All of you stay back, let me do it alone!”

“You alone? Haha, you really dare boast!”

“Could it be that this fellow has gone mad? Or is there something wrong with his head?”

“It seems to me that he knows there’s no chance of breaking out of the encirclement, so
he’s courting death.”
All the surrounding Su Clan disciples emitted a wave of ridicule. As far as they were
concerned, Chen Xi’s strength was indeed formidable, yet now that Chen Xi’s sword
formation was already completely suppressed by them, if Chen Xi was only relying on his
own self to battle, what else was it but courting death?

It wasn’t only the Su Clan disciples, even Fei Lengcui and the other Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect disciples were anxious and doubtful as well. That was the Su Clan’s most
formidable Triwater Go Prison Formation that possessed a strength that was able to
annihilate a Golden Core Realm cultivation. Was Chen Xi… Able? Could it be that it’s
really as the Su Clan disciples said, Chen Xi knows that there’s no chance of breaking out
of the encirclement, so he’s planning to seek death?

“Brother…” Chen Hao raised his head.

Chen Xi laughed as he interrupted. “You probably don’t know what exactly is Brother’s
strength. Watch properly today, it isn’t such an easy thing to surpass me.” As he spoke,
Chen Xi body swayed as he executed the Divine Windwing Flight, and he vanished on the
spot with a swish. He seemed to have transformed into a myriad of afterimages that
fluttered indeterminately in the surroundings, like a strand of wind that was trapped in a
prison and was searching for a gap to escape from.

At practically the exact same instant, the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight
Sword Formation that was formed from 64 top-grade yellow-rank flying swords shot
towards Su Jiao.

“This move again? Heh, looks like you’ve really exhausted your bag of tricks.” Su Jiao
laughed in disdain before flicking her finger. The Go Prison 3,000 Slashes whistled out to
directly smash Chen Xi’s attack, and it seemed to be extremely casual and easy.

Actually, the might of the second level of the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation
was extremely formidable, but the Su Clan’s Go Prison 3,000 Slashes converged the
strength of 108 Su Clan members, and it was equivalent to 108 Violent Palace Realm
cultivators launching an attack at the same time. Thus, its might was naturally far from
something the current Chen Xi could go against.

When they saw Chen Xi’s strike being smashed, the expressions of Chen Hao, Fei Lengcui,
and the others were extremely unsightly. Especially Chen Hao, he tightly puckered his lips,
and he’d already decided that when Chen Xi encountered danger, he would risk his life to
save Chen Xi.

“The strength behind it has weakened. Looks like you’re only able to execute a sword
formation like this for a few times.” Su Jiao looked at Chen Xi who fluttered about
indeterminately in the surroundings, and she spoke unhurriedly. “If I’m not wrong, your
True Essence is probably on the verge of drying up. So, you don’t have to waste your
strength in vain by trying to flee, it’s utterly useless. Now, die! Go Prison Board, Mountain
River Seal!”
Su Jiao’s black clothes fluttered in the wind. Her expression was extremely cold as she
waved her hands and a myriad of palm images condensed into a fist before she fiercely
made a squeezing movement!

Rumble!

Thousands of thick chains that were covered in dark lights instantly appeared in the air.
They were like thousands of enormous black dragons that directly inserted themselves into
Chen Xi’s surroundings, and they bound around round and round before fiercely tightening
towards the center!

Chen Xi instantly felt boundless pressure press down onto him from all directions,
squeezing him to the point his entire body emitted cracking sounds, his breathing became
hurried, his vital energy and blood roiled, and the veins on his face bulged, causing him to
look extremely terrifying.

In the eyes of the others, Chen Xi was like a criminal that was imprisoned by a myriad of
chains. Not to mention fleeing, even struggling a bit was extremely strenuous, and he’d
completely become a sheep waiting to be slaughter and was at death’s door.

“Shit! He will die if this goes on!” Fei Lengcui’s expression suddenly went grim as she
cried out involuntarily from her fright.

“Brother!” Chen Hao cried out sadly, and he was just intending to throw himself forward
when he was instead forcefully stopped by the other disciples of the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect.

“You’ll just be throwing your life away if you go. If you don’t want to make your brother
die for nothing, then wait and see what happens first.” Fei Lengcui took a deep breath as
she said slowly, “Because, I keep having the feeling that Fellow Daoist Chen Xi isn’t like a
person that would seek death.”

When the surrounding Su Clan disciples saw that the outcome was certain, all of them
couldn’t help but laugh loudly.

“I knew this kid was seeking death. Hmph! This move Go Prison Board, Mountain River
Seal has consumed 70% of our True Essence, and even a Golden Core Realm cultivator
would be imprisoned to death. Using it on this kid is obviously a waste.”

“Yeah, this kid is too weak. He was actually thinking of going against all of us by himself,
isn’t something wrong with his head?”

“Hmm? Something’s off. If it was another, the person would have been squeezed to death
by the strength of this attack long ago. This fellow is still alive, he really is extremely
tenacious.”
Su Jiao noticed that Chen Xi had actually withstood the pressure from the imprisonment by
the myriad of chains as well. For the sake of avoiding any unexpected turn of events from
happening due to the undue delay, she casually swung her hand right away. “He has already
lost all ability to battle now. Su Tong, the three of you go kill him and bring back his head.
I want to bring it back to the Su Clan’s memorial hall to comfort the souls of my Su Clan’s
six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator!”

“Yes!” Su Tong’s group of three stepped out to arrive before Chen Xi, and as they looked
at Chen Xi who was completely entangled by the chains that were coiled with a myriad of
dark lights, the three of them laughed with savage expressions.

“Chen Xi, I heard you have the treasures from the sword immortal’s abode in your
possession. Now that you’re dead, it will benefit my Su Clan instead, haha!” Su Tong
laughed gloomily, and as he spoke, he lifted up his flying sword to cut Chen Xi’s head.

However, right at this moment, he suddenly saw that not only did Chen Xi’s eyes not
contain the despair and rage of meeting his death, a trace of ridicule had flashed within
instead…

“Die!” A cold and indifferent voice sounded out.

Chen Xi who had a dispirited and weak aura in the eyes of everyone suddenly stood up, and
an ancient, desolate, and boundless terrifying aura gushed out from his entire body.

Crack! Crack!

Along with his movement of standing up, the myriad of chains that imprisoned him
instantly shattered and collapsed, and they actually seemed like paper!

At this moment, the airflow around Chen Xi’s body surged as two desolate and ancient
energies that were yellow and green respectively had twisted around him like two dragons.
The energies roared as they circled around his body, the surging dragon roars shook the
sky, and it made him looked like a primordial fiendgod.

Shit!

Su Tong was shocked in his heart, he was just about to leave when an enormous fist
abruptly sprung up before him, and the airflow effused out from it caused him to smell a
dense smell of death.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It wasn’t only Su Tong, at almost the exact same instant, even the other two Su Clan
disciples that came over with Su Tong had their heads blasted into minced meat and blood
that splattered into the air by the fist condensed by Chen Xi from Shaman Energy.
This development was truly too quick. From Chen Xi freeing himself from the chains to
annihilating Su Tong’s group of three, it had almost happened at the exact same instant. It
was quick to the point everyone saw something flash before their eyes, and then they saw
the headless corpses of Su Tong’s group of three staggering before crashing to the ground.

Fei Lengcui muttered absent-mindedly. “School of Fiendgod Body Refinement, so this is

his trump card…”

“Formidable!”

“Junior Brother Chen Hao, your brother is too formidable!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

The other six Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples couldn’t help but exclaim in shock as
well.

“My brother has always been extremely formidable!” Chen Hao was excited to the point his
little face had flushed completely red.

At almost the exact same instant, Su Jiao’s eyes squinted, the complacent, relaxed, and
disdainful expression on her face had vanished without a trace, and her expression had
become icy cold to the extreme. Dammit! I’ve been fooled! This fellow is actually a
cultivator of the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The instant after Chen Xi killed Su Tong’s group of three, before the surrounding people
recovered from their shock, his figure didn’t stop in the slightest as he charged into the
group of Su Clan disciples like a fierce tiger that had escaped its shackles and a wolf that
had entered into a group of sheep. Every punch he shot out would blast off a head. In the
blink of an eye, he’d killed over 10 Su Clan disciples, his imposing manner was ferocious
as he advanced unopposed.

“Guard the surroundings, set up the formation!” Su Jiao was burning with rage as she
shouted out explosively.

Chen Xi had seized this opportunity to tear open a gap in the Triwater Go Prison Formation
with great difficulty, how could he allow them to set up the formation once again? His
figure instantly flashed out like a large eel that had drilled its way into a shoal of sardines,
and his figure fluttered indeterminately as he moved about to kill the Su Clan disciples,
turning their entire world upside down and causing them to be in a complete disarray.

Some Su Clan disciples were scared stiff by how Chen Xi fought as if he was cutting
melons and cabbages since long ago, and before Chen Xi came close to them, they’d
crushed their Transportation Talisman and were transported out of the pagoda.
But most of the Su Clan disciples were still well-trained, and after they heard Su Jiao’s
explosive shout, they instantly converged towards Su Jiao.

Gradually, a Triwater Go Prison Formation that was formed from 60 plus people would
soon to take form!

When they saw this scene, the hearts of Fei Lengcui, Chen Hao, and the others couldn’t
help but rise to their throats, whereas Su Jiao secretly heaved a sigh of relief. But when she
saw that another 30 or 40 Su Clan disciples were on the ground after meeting a tragic death,
she was unable to feel happy in the slightest, and her expression was grim and icy cold to
the extreme.

However, Chen Xi would absolutely not give her the chance to form the grand formation,
With a command in his heart, an enormous palm that covered an area of almost 300m
appeared in the sky. It covered the sky and concealed the sun, and it seemed like a dark
cloud that had appeared out of thin air.

On the palm, dense Fifth-Earth energy and Second-Wood energy roiled endlessly as a
myriad of stars flowed about and revolved on the striations of the palm according to a
profound trajectory. It was like the hand of a fiendgod from ancient times descending to the
realm of men, and a mysterious, desolate, and ancient aura that was terrifying shot up into
the sky.

Grand Astral Palm!

At this moment, Chen Xi had finally utilized his strongest trump card. After combining
with the energy of the Fifth-Earthstar’s baleful qi and the Second-Woodstar’s baleful qi, the
might of the Grand Astral Palm had already attained the second level, the Second-Wood
Realm. With a light squeeze, it was able to crush any yellow-rank Magic Treasure, and
when he was at the Sword Tomb Nirvana Realm, Chen Xi had even relied on the Grand
Astral Palm to instantly crush four Golden Hall Realm cultivators.

At this moment, this supreme Divine Ability that came from the primordial era had only
just appeared when a desolate and ancient aura gushed out from it, and it instantly awed the
heaven and earth, causing everyone present to feel extreme terror. It seemed as if what they
saw wasn’t a large hand that covered the sky, but it was instead a terrifying fiendgod that
had come from ancient times!

“Kill!” The Grand Astral Palm that covered an area of 300m slapped down.

Bang!

Everywhere it passed, any Magic Treasure that was taken out by the Su Clan disciples were
smashed into scrap metal. In an instant, over 10 Su Clan disciples were smashed into a pool
of mush, and they didn’t even have the time to let out a shrill cry.
Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Grand Astral Palm slapped down repeatedly like it was slapping tiny ants to death, and
numerous Su Clan disciples weren’t able to dodge before dying miserably on the ground
with a state of death that was so tragic that it was simply terrifying.

The lethality of the Grand Astral Palm that was terrifying to the point it couldn’t be
withstood had instantly shocked the hearts of everyone, and it fiercely assaulted their
perception towards the School of Fiendgod Body Refinement.

“This fellow is too terrifying. Everyone, flee quickly!”

“Crush your Transportation Talismans!”

“Quickly! Quickly!”

In a few breaths of time, more than 40 Su Clan disciples had died tragically on the ground
without even having the chance to crush their Transportation Talismans. The remaining 20
plus people had been terrified out of their wits since long ago, their souls almost left their
bodies as they crushed the Transportation Talismans and were transported out by the
energy of the pagoda.

Su Jiao was amongst them as well. She stared fixedly at Chen Xi before leaving, it was as if
she’d known Chen Xi for the first time, and her gaze revealed boundless hatred, rage,
unwillingness, terror, and frustration…
Chapter 141 – Entering The Four-Symbols Layer

Outside the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.

The atmosphere became perfectly silent to the point a falling pin could be heard.

Deathly silence.

It was boundlessly silent, as no one said a word and everyone’s mind was in a state of
shocked daze.

Since Chen Xi went into battle with Su Jiao and the 100 plus Su Clan Disciples, the gazes’
of everyone present had descended onto this battlefield.

On one side was the 100 plus Violet Palace Realm cultivators of the Su Clan that
represented the entire elite forces of the Su Clan’s younger generation. In other words, they
represented the future of the Su Clan, and every one of them would possibly grow into a
great figure that was extraordinary.

On the other side was Chen Xi, Chen Hao, and the seven young disciples of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

There was no need to say anything about Chen Xi, as his current reputation in Dragon Lake
City was like the sun in the midday sky.

Chen Hao wasn’t a well-known figure, but since he’d already cultivated to the 7th star of
the Violet Palace Realm and mastered Righteous Sword Insight, he was obviously an
unsurpassed genius.

Furthermore, amongst those seven Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples, Fei Lengcui was
a leading figure in the younger generation of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect and was a
genius young girl that was known to all in Dragon Lake City.

Which of the people present wouldn’t pay attention to such an extravagant line-up?

As expected, the battle was brutal and full of ups and downs, and it could absolutely be
called the most interesting battle since the Hidden Dragon Rankings started, a battle that
was bound to be recorded in the history books of Dragon Lake City.

In this battle, there was the lofty and mighty Righteous Sword Insight, the peerless and
ferocious Azureviolet Dualblades that sealed a thousand leagues in ice, and the Triwater Go
Prison Formation that was sufficient to annihilate a Golden Core Realm cultivator… But in
terms of the most dazzling and most striking, it would surely be Chen Xi without a doubt.
His combat expertise, strategy, and the strength he exerted were all brilliant and formidable
beyond expectations, and it took one’s breath away repeatedly and lead a person to endless
meaningful afterthoughts.

When they saw him being confined by the myriad of chains, everyone thought that he
would die for sure, yet when he broke open the chains and stood up, everyone understood
that Chen Xi had been concealing his strength since the beginning, like a lone wolf that
bore patiently and revealed his fangs at the most dangerous moment!

School of Fiendgod Body Refinement!

Shaman Energy!

A large palm print Divine Ability that covered an area of 300m!

As they watched the Su Clan disciples die tragically under the terrifying palm print, as they
watched Chen Xi slaughter in all directions like an ancient fiendgod, and as they watched
him turn around a hopeless situation by himself… All of this was so shocking, so
unbelievable, it caused the people present to not dare believe their eyes.

Only at this moment did they understand that not only was Chen Xi a qi refinement genius
that had comprehended Dao Insight, he’d even dual cultivated in the School of Fiendgod
Body Refinement to the Violet Palace Realm already and mastered an extremely terrifying
Divine Ability!

Only when Su Jiao left the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda with hatred in her heart did this battle
finally draw to a close.

But to the people present, every scene of this battle and every small detail still replayed in
their minds, and they were speechless for a long time.

“At the age of 17, his cultivation has attained the Violet Palace Realm in both qi refinement
and body refinement, and his cultivation in the Martial Dao is at the Dao Insight Stage…
This fellow is virtually a genius of a monstrous level!”

“He schemes ruthlessly, and his strategy was meticulous, to the point it took every
possibility into account. If a freak that’s proficient in both strategy and combat were to
grow up, how outstanding would he be?”

“I wonder what other trump cards he hasn’t revealed. With this fellow’s disposition, he
would absolutely not reveal all of his trump cards.”

After an unknown amount of time, the silent crowd burst into an uproar and various waves
of sounds sounded out explosively. The variety of topics all revolved around Chen Xi,
causing the crowd to seem full of extreme noise and excitement.
On the jade platform, the expression of the Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian, had already
become gloomy to a shocking degree, and his expression was extremely savage as his body
emitted dense killing intent that was utterly impossible to be concealed.

At this moment, Su Zhentian was like a volcano that was about to erupt. None of the nearby
leaders of the various powers went to provoke him, and there was no way to find out what
he was thinking in his heart.

After all, anyone was able to perceive that the 132 Su Clan Disciples were almost the entire
elite force of the Su Clan’s younger generation. Losing almost 100 of them in a short
moment could be said to have greatly injured the Su Clan, to the point it was an injury of
the bones. It was even to the extent that an embarrassing situation of having no one to
succeed the Su Clan might occur, and if it really was like this, then the Su Clan was not far
away from decline and annihilation.

——

Unfortunately, I only killed 97 people, and there are still another 35 that crushed their
Transportation Talismans and fled… Chen Xi sighed to himself, his gaze swept past the
pools of mush on the floor before swinging his sleeve to collect the storage Magic
Treasures that were left behind on the ground. After counting all the storage rings,
bracelets, belts…. There was actually 73!

A man can’t be rich without a windfall, just like a horse won’t get fat without eating grass
all night, our forefathers were telling the truth. These fellows are all Su Clan Violet Palace
Realm cultivators, and the wealth within their storage Magic Treasures ought to be
extremely abundant, yet it has instead benefitted me. Chen Xi didn’t check the things within
the storage Magic Treasures and instead put them all away.

Even though the Su Clan disciples had either died or fled, the great battle from before had
instead drawn countless pairs of eyes to spectate. With Chen Xi’s Divine Perception, he’d
noticed over 1,000 people concealed in the surroundings. Thus, this moment wasn’t the
time to check his spoils.

Most importantly, he could easily flee, yet the True Essence of Chen Hao and the other
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples had arrived at the state of being dried up. At this
moment, if someone took advantage of their weakness after the battle, it would be
troublesome.

“Let’s leave this place first.” Chen Xi swept the surroundings with his gaze before flicking
his sleeve, and a treasured vessel appeared out of thin air. Then it carried Chen Hao and the
others to tear through the clouds and fly towards an extremely distant place.

This treasured vessel was given to him by the Old Turtle King, and it was a Magic
Treasure. Not to mention its speed being extremely swift, it was even able to withstand the
full forced strike of a perfection-stage Violet Palace Realm cultivators, and it was sufficient
to be used in the first layer of the pagoda.

“This fellow’s strength is truly terrifying, he actually dual cultivated in qi refinement and
body refinement. Looks like I must be careful when I encounter him the next time. But my
Incorporeal Sword Insight has already achieved mastery, and I’m naturally unafraid of him
as well.” Not long after Chen Xi left, on a nearby small hill, a young man who wore a
scholar’s headdress revealed himself. His brows were dark black like ink, his eyes bright
like a hawk, three swords hung on his back, and his entire body was filled with a fierce and
arrogant aura. At this moment, he was looking at the treasured vessel that had disappeared
in the distant horizon, and he frowned as he silently pondered deeply.

If someone was here, they would surely be able to recognize the identity of this person. He
was precisely the one called Incorporeal Sword, Qiu Leng, a dazzling genius figure that
was from one of the eight great sects, the Azuresun Sect.

“Let’s go! The strength of this person is far from something we can defeat. If we’re
unlucky and encounter him, it’s better not to offend this person, and we should flee if we
can.”

“Fortunately, we hadn’t made a move yet. Otherwise, we’d surely suffer the same fate as
the Su Clan disciples.”

“Remember, we must not make an enemy out of this person in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.”

It wasn’t just the Incorporeal Sword, Qiu Leng, who was spectating the battle from nearby,
there were also disciples of the various great powers who’d seen Chen Xi turn around the
battle by himself, and a storm of shock and fear had arisen within their hearts long ago.
How would they dare have the thought of taking advantage of Chen Xi after he just finished
a battle? All of them turned around and left right away, and they utterly didn’t dare chase
after Chen Xi’s treasured vessel.

In a concealed gorge.

A treasure vessel swiftly descended, then Chen Xi, Chen Hao, and the others walked down
and entered into a concealed crack in the rock at the side, and behind the crack in the rock
was surprisingly a natural cave.

Chen Xi’s gaze sized up the surroundings for a while before nodding slowly. If it wasn’t for
his Divine Perception being exceedingly strong, he would really be difficult for him to
know that a cave existed here, and it was extremely suitable to be used for recuperation.

“Chen Hao, you, Miss Fei, and the others should make the best use of your time and
recover your strengths. If I’m not wrong, we might be transported to the second layer of the
pagoda later.” Chen Xi instructed.
“Okay.” Chen Hao nodded. He knew as well that the 2,000 cultivators that were able to
enter the second layer, the Four-Symbols Layer, were all outstanding figures that had
experienced slaughter after slaughter to emerge from the numerous participants. If he
wanted to defeat them and enter into the third layer, the Yin-Yang Layer, in the end, then
recovering his strength was the most pressing matter at the moment.

Fei Lengcui and the others knew that the situation was pressing as well and didn’t say
anything further. At this moment, all of them admired Chen Xi’s cultivation extremely, and
it could be said they would act upon anything Chen Xi said. They sat down cross-legged
right away before taking out some spirit liquid to start circulating their cultivation
techniques and recover their strength.

“Ling Bai, properly guard the entrance to the cave, I need to recover for a while as well,”
said Chen Xi via voice transmission.

“Leave it to me. I guarantee I’ll kill anyone that comes.” Ling Bai has already become
extremely bored from staying in the storage ring, he flew to the entrance of the cave with
raging killing intent when he heard Chen Xi, and his little body stood ramrod straight.

Ling Bai’s cultivation was sufficient to be on par with a Golden Hall Realm cultivator, and
he himself had inherited the supreme Nirvana Sword Dao of his Master. In this pagoda
where the highest cultivation was only at the Violet Palace Realm, he was simply a
supreme existence, and with him guarding the entrance to the cave, Chen Xi was naturally
able to be extremely at ease.

Chen Xi didn’t waste any more time. He found a place to sit down cross-legged before
taking out a bottle of spirit liquid and circulating the Ice Crane Technique, and then he
closed his eyes as he recovered his strength.

Three hours later.

Chen Hao, Fei Lengcui, and the others successively awoke from their recuperation, they
had clear gazes and were brimming with energy and vitality, and their strengths had
actually somewhat improved. Obviously, experiencing the soul-stirring fierce battle from
before had brought about an extremely great beneficial effect to their cultivations. This was
the charm of live battle, as after one experienced numerous baptisms from the flames of
battle, it would be strange if one’s strength didn’t improve.

“What cultivation technique does your older brother cultivate? It’s actually more profound
than the Wanderingcloud Blackhole Technique that we cultivate.” Fei Lengcui looked over,
she saw the surroundings of Chen Xi who sat cross-legged on the ground was suffused with
a profound ice aura that seemed like a layer of ice crystals, and every breath he took was
long, continuous, and possessed ample strength. It was like he was swallowing and spitting
out an ice dragon that whistled out in the sky as it moved about with a myriad of
phenomenon left in its wake.
Chen Hao shook his head and said, “I and my brother have already not seen each other for
two years. He was at the 3rd level of the Congenital Realm two years ago, and he cultivated
the Violet Sky Arts that was passed down from my clan ancestors. As for what cultivation
technique he’s cultivating now, even I don’t know.”

He was only at the 3rd level of the Congenital Realm two years ago?

It wasn’t only Fei Lengcui, even the other six Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples were
shocked in their hearts when they heard this, and a wisp of shock suffused their faces.

“Looks like your brother ought to have acquired a great fortuitous encounter. In the time of
two years, he’s attained the 6th star of the Violet Palace Realm and a body refinement
cultivation at the Violet Palace Realm as well. Such natural talent, even I am unable to
compare to him.” Fei Lengcui shook her head and spoke in self ridicule.

“Senior Sister, who doesn’t know that you’re only 17 now, yet you’ve already stepped into
the 9th level of the Violet Palace Realm, and you’re even soon to condense an Icy Snow
Dao Territory that belongs to you. Who in our Wanderingcloud Sword Sect is able to
compare to you?” The disciples called Qing Luo spoke out, and his voice carried heartfelt
admiration.

“I can’t compare to Chen Hao. He’s only entered the sect for two years, yet he’s already
cultivated from the Congenital Realm to the 7th level of the Violet Palace Realm, and he
has even comprehended the Righteous Sword Dao that’s one of the top Dao Insights in the
heaven and earth. Chen Hao will probably become one of the 36 Elite Disciples of our
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect in a few years.” Fei Lengcui looked at Chen Hao and smiled
as she spoke.

“Yeah, Junior Brother Chen Hao’s natural talent can indeed be said to be extraordinary, and
it’s truly enviable.” The others nodded as well.

“Extraordinary? So long as you cultivate bitterly and diligently and wholeheartedly seek the
Dao, then anyone can achieve it. To become a so-called genius, besides natural talent,
diligence and hard work are the most important.” Chen Xi woke up from his meditation,
and he spoke with a smile on his face.

He’d already recovered all of his True Essence now, and he faintly had the feeling that he
would soon breakthrough. He knew that it wouldn’t be long before he’d surely step into the
7th star of the Violet Palace Realm. Moreover, after absorbing the energy of the stars from
two Starsoul Meteorites, the Shaman Energy within his body had become even denser, but
there was still quite a distance before he could advance to the next level.

“Based on my calculations, a few hours have already passed since we entered the Eight-
Directions Layer. After a period of battle, the cultivators in the Eight-Directions Layer at
this moment are probably not far away from the number of 2,000. Let’s wait here, as it’s
better to conserve and store up our strength.” Chen Xi spoke slowly.
Om!

However, right when he just finished speaking, a special vortex abruptly appeared in the
sky above every single one of them, and a tremendous suctions force swept out. In the next
moment, Chen Xi and the others had all vanished on the spot.

Obviously, amongst the 10,000 plus Violet Palace Realm cultivators that had entered the
Eight-Directions Layer, over 8,000 had already been eliminated now, and all the remaining
2,000 cultivators had been transported into the second layer of the pagoda — The Four-
Symbols Layer!
Chapter 142 – Nameless Divine Wood

High above in the sky, Chen Xi looked down at the ground, and the entire expanse of
ground that covered an area of 5,000 km seemed to have been divided horizontally and
vertically to become an enormous 田 character.

At the center was a towering high platform that covered an area of 500 km. It led up layer
by layer, and it was completely pitch black as if it was constructed from black colored
jadestone. When looked at from afar, this high platform was like a sacrificial platform used
by barbaric people of ancient times to offer sacrifices to their gods and ancestors, and it
emitted a desolate, mysterious, and solemn aura.

At its corners that faced the four directions of north, south, east, and west, was respectively
filled with the scene of a world of ice and snow, a golden mountain range, a jade green
forest, and a sea of lava.

This place was the second level of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda — The Four-Symbols Layer!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the extreme distance, numerous flying lights swiped down from the sky before
descending on the ground of the lands that represented the four symbols[1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Symbols_(China)], and they vanished in the blink of an
eye.

In the Four-Symbols Layer of the pagoda, 1,900 of the 2,000 cultivators that entered had to
be eliminated, and only 100 cultivators were able to enter the third layer, the Yin-Yang
Layer. These 100 cultivators would be the people who were ranked in the first 100 of the
Hidden Dragon Rankings.

Looks like the competition is becoming more and more brutal. Fortunately, the members of
the Su Clan have practically been completely wiped out, and they’re already unable to
bring about any threat to me and Chen Hao. Moreover, I’ve given Chen Hao a new
Transportation Talisman from those that I obtained from the Su Clan disciples, so I don’t
have to worry about his safety. Chen Xi silently pondered for a moment, then his figure
flashed right away to descend towards the jade green forest. Compared to the other places,
the jade green forest was undoubtedly the safest place to stay in.

However, unexpected to Chen Xi, all 2,000 cultivators that entered the Four-Symbols Layer
seemed as if they had a tacit understanding amongst each other, and all of them had chosen
this jade green forest as the place to stay. It seemed that these people were similar to Chen
Xi, and all of them felt that this place was extremely safe.
The other three places were either a sea of flames with rolling lava, an icy land with ice that
wreaked havoc as it covered the sky, or a place with an environment that was too adverse,
and a slight mistake would even bring danger to one’s life.

“Chen Xi! It’s actually Chen Xi!”

“Let’s go! We aren’t a match for him!”

“Dammit! Why is it this maleficent existence!?”

The instant Chen Xi descended onto an empty space in the jade green forest, the few
cultivators that had arrived long ago instantly started crying out as if they’d seen a
terrifying monster, and they flashed towards the surroundings as if they were fleeing.

I never imagined that I was already so well-known… Chen Xi rubbed his nose and laughed
at himself. But in this way, it instead allowed him to be much more at ease.

There was a benefit of having a name that inspired fear: cultivators with comparatively
weaker strengths would utterly not dare go against him, whereas cultivators with
formidable strengths would have to weigh the price they’d have to pay before making a
move against him. In this way, it was equally valuable as a strong point for both offense
and defense, and he completely didn’t have to worry about the tiring situation of being
attacked from all directions.

Right at this moment, he suddenly felt a strand of faint second-wood aura. Although this
strand of aura was light and wispy, it was pure to the extreme, and it even caused the
Shaman Energy in his entire body to become aroused.

Could it be that a treasure that’s full of second-wood qi exists here? Chen Xi thought in his
heart, and then his figure flashed out instantly to search for the source of the strand of aura.

His Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts had been cultivated to the second level, the
Second-Wood Realm now, and not only was the Shaman Energy in his entire body filled
with the baleful qi of the stars, it even contained Second-Wood qi and Fifth-Earth qi.

After all, his Shaman Energy was converted from the baleful qi absorbed by his Second-
Wood Shaman Marking and Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking, so it naturally possessed the
attributes of all these energies.

If he wanted to breakthrough from the 2nd level of the Violet Palace Realm to the 3rd level
of the Violet Palace Realm, there were two ways to go about it. The first was to ceaselessly
convert baleful qi of the stars into Second-Wood Shaman Energy, and the other way was
naturally to directly find some treasures that contained second-wood essence and use it to
cultivate. At this moment, when he found out there might be a treasure that contained
second-wood essence in this jade green forest, it naturally caused Chen Xi to be tempted
extremely.

Ten minutes later, Chen Xi stopped at the center of this jade green forest, and his gaze
instantly descended onto a large tree. This large tree was 300m in height, its branches like
swords and sabers, and it was firm and unyielding with a coiling and strong trunk. It was
completely bald from top to bottom without a single leaf, utterly devoid of any vitality, and
it didn’t fit in with the green and luxurious ancient trees in its surroundings.

The instant he arrived here, Chen Xi smelled a strand of second-wood qi that was dense and
pure to the extreme, whereas the source of this aura was surprisingly the bald large tree
before his eyes!

I wonder what exactly this thing is? It’s obviously completely bald, yet it emits such dense
second-wood qi. Chen Xi silently pondered for a moment, yet he couldn’t wrap his head
around it.

Since it’s like this, then I’ll pull it up by the roots, and then I’ll completely absorb the
second-wood essence within it for the sake of making preparations to breakthrough to the
3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement. A trace of ruthlessness flashed
within Chen Xi’s eyes. As he spoke, his flicked his sleeve to shoot out a strand of vast True
Essence that transformed into an enormous hand that was 30m in size before firmly
gripping onto the trunk of the large tree, and then he suddenly exerted strength to pull it
out.

However, what shocked Chen Xi was that this tree actually didn’t budge an inch. After all,
this grabbing movement of his was even able to pick up an enormous rock that was 50,000
kgs in weight, yet it wasn’t able to do anything to a tree. How could it possibly not cause
him to feel shocked?

Grand Astral Palm, grab! Chen Xi gritted his teeth and an enormous hand that emitted a
desolate, ancient, and vast aura appeared out of thin air to grab onto this tree before fiercely
pulling it.

This large tree that was completely bald still didn’t budge an inch!

Chen Xi was completely stunned. The Grand Astral Palm was his strongest trump card, and
with a single squeeze, there was no problem for it to cause a yellow-rank Magic Treasure to
shatter. However, it was still unable to do anything to this tree.

Could it be that this tree is a Divine Wood of legend?

Chen Xi had heard before that during the primordial era, there were numerous Divine
Woods, like the Great Mulberry Tree that shot into the clouds, like the Sun Tree that had
numerous Sun Fruits hung on it… But he’d never heard or seen anything like the bald large
tree before his eyes that emitted dense second-wood qi.
Chen Xi was unwilling to give up, he withdrew a flying sword to hack and dig out the roots
on the ground, and he even wanted to break off the branches of this large tree, yet he
returned empty handed.

What should I do?

Could it be that I have to cultivate my Second-Wood Shaman Energy here?

Chen Xi frowned as he bitterly pondered without end. There were over 1,000 cultivators
roaming freely in this jade green forest, and if he were to cultivate here, it would be no
different than courting death.

——

“That kid isn’t killing others, yet he’s going against a tree. He’s truly strange.”

“He actually wants to take the Nameless Divine Wood. He’s truly ridiculously overrating
himself and laughably doesn’t know his own limits.”

“Yeah, that Nameless Divine Wood has been standing erect in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda
for an unknown amount of years, and there have even been innumerable people that wanted
to refine it. But in the end, didn’t they all return empty handed?”

“Talking about this Nameless Divine Wood. After so many years, there’s actually no one
that knows of its origins. Isn’t it peculiar?”

“It isn’t only this Nameless Divine Wood, aren’t the Vermillion Bird Area’s Nameless Fire
Crystal, Black Tortoise Area’s Nameless Water Pearl, and the White Tiger Area’s
Nameless Metal Rock the same? There’s no way to investigate their origins, yet all of them
emit dense second-wood, third-fire, ninth-water, and seventh-gold essence. It’s such a pity!
No one was able to obtain such treasures for a thousand years, and needless to say, it’s
regretful.”

Outside the pagoda, everyone looked with puzzlement at Chen Xi who ran up and down
around the large tree, and all of the revealed expression of knowing not whether to laugh or
cry, and they recalled some bits of matters related to the Four-Symbols Layer.

“Look quickly! The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Fei Lengcui and the Azuresun Sect’s
Incorporeal Sword, Qiu Leng, have started fighting. These two people are both the leading
figures in their sects, how can we miss such a battle?” A surprised exclaim suddenly
sounded out from the crowd, and then the gazes of everyone present moved away from
Chen Xi and shot towards the battle between Fei Lengcui and Qiu Leng.

Even the various leaders on the jade platform couldn’t restrain their curiosity, and their
gazes shot in unison towards the battle. At this moment, there was actually no one that was
paying attention to Chen Xi anymore.
——

If I have the second-wood qi of this large tree, then why should I worry about advancing to
the 3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement?

I truly wish for nothing more than to swallow it into my stomach!

A flashed of inspiration emerged in Chen Xi’s mind. Swallow into my stomach? How could
I have forgotten about this little fellow!?

“Bai Kui, go, bite off the roots of this large tree!” Chen Xi casually called out Bai Kui. This
little fellow was an infant Pixiu that ate all the rare treasures in the world, and if even Bai
Kui was unable to do anything to this large tree, then Chen Xi would really have to give up.

“Wuwu~” When he heard Chen Xi asking him to bite a tree’s roots, Bai Kui glared bitterly
at Chen Xi. However, in the next moment, his gaze was attracted by the large tree before
Chen Xi, it was as if he’d seen a top delicious delicacy in the world, and the little fellow
howled as he pounced over.

Kacha! Kacha!

Bai Kui’s teeth were sharp, to the point it made one’s hair stand on end. With a single bite,
he’d torn off a large piece of the tree’s root, and it wasn’t long before the coiling roots were
actually bitten off one by one and swallowed by Bai Kui into his stomach. That little
stomach that was the size of a fist was simply like a bottomless hole, and it easily digested
everything.

Chen Xi heaved a sigh of relief at long last, and he stared concentratedly at Bai Kui,
waiting for the moment Bai Kui bit off all the roots to swing out his hand and put away this
miraculous large tree.

Kacha! Bang!

Bai Kui lived up to Chen Xi’s expectations, and this 300m tall large bald tree had its roots
completely bitten off by Bai Kui before crashing to the ground.

However, what shocked Chen Xi was that after it lost its roots, this large tree’s trunk
actually transformed into bits of wood and powder with a speed that was visible to the eye,
and then it drifted down to the ground in copious amounts. Where was there even a trace of
second-wood qi left?

Why is it like this? Chen Xi was extremely disappointed. He’d taken great pains up until
this moment, yet he’d achieved nothing. It was truly depressing!

“Wuwu~” Right at this moment, Bai Kui’s unusual whimpering drew Chen Xi’s attention.
Chen Xi lowered his head to look, and a verdant young sapling reflected within his eyes. Its
leaves were verdant to the extreme, and second-wood qi that was dense to the point it
couldn’t be dispersed flowed out from it. The second-wood qi actually seemed material,
and it formed an expanse of jade green tiny clouds!

Bai Kui, on the other hand, emitted a greedy light from his eyes as he ferociously pounced
towards this little sapling….

“Come back!” Chen Xi abruptly grabbed out purely instinctively, and at the instant the little
fellow’s mouth was only 3cm away from the little sapling, Bai Kui was barely pulled back
by Chen Xi before he reached the little sapling.

“Wuwu~” Bai Kui glared bitterly at Chen Xi, and his little appearance was exceedingly
cute.

“I can’t let you waste this thing, go back and eat some Magic Treasures and play.” Chen Xi
casually tossed out with his hand and send Bai Kui who had a bellyful of bitterness back
into his storage ring. As for how the little fellow would waste the Magic Treasures in the
storage ring, he didn’t mind entirely, as the little fellow’s contribution was extremely great.
So, eating some Magic Treasures was compensation Bai Kui ought to receive, right?

Not to mention these Magic Treasures had been picked and chosen by Chen Xi since long
ago, and they were all things at the top-grade yellow-rank or below that he had no use for.
So, it didn’t matter if Bai Kui ate it, as all those Magic Treasures were prepared as food for
Ling Bai and Bai Kui.

In the next moment, Chen Xi’s entire mind was drawn by this little sapling, and his
intuition told him that this little sapling was surely a rare treasure that was incomparably
rare!
 Chapter 143 – Unforeseen Event

This little sapling was only the size of a palm, young and slender, with only three leaves on
it. Every leaf was an extremely verdant emerald, with second-wood qi that was dense to the
point it seemed to materialize drifting out from it. Three jade green clouds that were lively
and cute even floated on the three leaves, and they surged with rich and pure vitality.

Chen Xi was already able to confirm that the bald large tree was only a shell that served as
a layer of protection, and this little sapling was the source of the second-wood qi that was
emitted out.

This little sapling is so young, yet it’s already able to effuse such dense second-wood qi.
How extraordinary would it be if it matures? A treasure! This little sapling is absolutely an
incomparably rare treasure! Chen Xi took a deep breath and forcefully restrained the
excitement in his heart, and his gaze descended onto the roots of the little sapling.

This examination caused him to notice another thing that caused shock in him, Chaotic
Lifesoil!

Chaotic Lifesoil was a rare treasure that wasn’t of the five elements. According to legend,
at the chaotic times during the absolute beginning of the world, numerous beings of the
chaotic era were born from Chaotic Lifesoil. Once the heaven and earth were separated
from each other and the three dimensions were established, Chaotic Lifesoil was buried
within boundless time and had never appeared ever again.

When he was at the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain’s sword immortal’s abode, Chen Xi
had once discovered a trace of the Chaotic Lifesoil’s aura on a door in the Treasure Hall.
Regretfully, that was only a strand of aura, and it was utterly impossible to gather it.

There was a palm sized patch of obscure black ash colored soil at the roots of this little
sapling before him, and it emitted a trace of an exceedingly ancient aura. Although it was
weak, it caused shock to emerge in one’s heart, and one’s thoughts seemed to follow this
trace of aura to return to ancient times, to the chaotic times at the absolute beginning of the
world.

According to legend, before the world was created, many fiendgods were born from
Chaotic Lifesoil, and this little sapling is actually absorbing the energy of the Chaotic
Lifesoil now. No wonder it’s so miraculous. No matter how composed Chen Xi’s
disposition was, he couldn’t help but feel unrestrainable excitement surge through his entire
body.

A little sapling that poured out second-wood qi and a palm sized patch of Chaotic Lifesoil,
two treasures that were rare in the heavens and earth was right before his eyes, within his
reach. Who wouldn’t be excited?
I should seize the moment to unearth and take away the Chaotic Lifesoil along with the
little sapling first. Chen Xi took a deep breath as he suddenly became vigilant. This place
was within the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, and there were countless gazes watching this place.
If someone were to notice its aura and come over to take advantage of the situation, then it
would be troublesome.

Chen Xi took out a jade box before squatting down, and then he stretched out his hand to
carefully dig towards the Chaotic Lifesoil, as the little sapling's roots were thin and delicate
like hair and would break extremely easily, so he had to be careful.

However, a scene that Chen Xi never imagined occurred. Right when his hand just touched
the Chaotic Lifesoil, the Shaman Energy in his body seemed as if it was a group of sharks
that had smelled blood, and it gushed out from his body to cover the Chaotic Lifesoil along
with the little sapling before drawing them into his body, vanishing out of sight!

Chen Xi was shocked in his heart, then he noticed that at the center of the mysterious and
profound Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking on his back, a wisp of an obscure black ash colored
shadow had silently appeared there, and it was indistinct and faintly visible. Shockingly,
there was a palm sized patch of soil floating within it, whereas, on the other side, along
with the appearance of the black ash colored shadow, the shadow of a little sapling had
appeared on the Second-Wood Shaman Marking.

The Chaotic Lifesoil and little sapling have actually entered into my Shaman Markings?
Chen Xi was both astonished and bewildered.

He noticed that along with the appearance of the Chaotic Lifesoil and little sapling, there
was a faint connection between his Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking and Second-Wood
Shaman Marking, and it was as if a bridge had linked up the two of them. An obscure and
ancient aura gushed out from the Chaotic Lifesoil to pour into the Second-Wood Shaman
Marking to be absorbed by the little sapling before transforming into extremely pure
second-wood qi that poured into his body.

In just an instant, Chen Xi felt the blood, skin, tendons, internal organs, and even the
meridians and apertures of varying sizes in his entire body emit a copious and powerful
aura of vitality. They were full of vigor, and his vital energy and blood were exuberant to
the limit. In his dazed state, Chen Xi even had the misconception that his body was
endlessly becoming stronger and sturdier, and there would be a day that he would be able to
stand on the ground while holding up the sky with his hand, indomitable!

Bang!

In a flash, Chen Xi felt the Second-Wood Shaman Energy in his entire body attain
perfection, and another dense and profound Shaman Marking appeared once again on his
back!
This Shaman Marking’s structure wasn’t dense and simple like the Fifth-Earth Shaman
Marking, nor was it light and gentle like the Second-Wood Shaman Marking, it instead
emitted a sharp and cold feeling, like a hard saber or sword, strong and ghastly, and it was
precisely the Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking!

The 3rd level of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement — The Seventh-Gold Realm!

Chen Xi was shocked to speechlessness, his cultivation in body refinement had actually
risen explosively by a level in this short period of time!

The Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts’ nine levels of the Violet Palace Realm was
divided into the Fifth-Earth Realm, Second-Wood Realm, Seventh-Gold Realm, Third-Fire
Realm, Ninth-Water Realm… Chen Xi had cultivated in closed doors at the 1st level of the
Heavenpeak of Trials for one and a half years before being able to cultivate the Second-
Wood Shaman Marking and advance to the Second-Wood Realm, yet only about a month
had passed since then. Chen Xi had originally thought that he’d have to spend more than a
year to be able to cultivate the Second-Wood Realm to perfection, yet he’d never imagined
that just at this moment, in the space of a few breaths, he’d actually advanced!

He obviously felt that within his Shaman Energy, besides the attribute of the baleful qi of
the stars, Fifth-Earth, and Second-Wood, another trace of a sharp and cold Seventh-Gold
aura had appeared.

Swish!

The Shaman Energy in his body roiled and surged like a great river as they emitted roaring
sounds like thunderclaps, and it was more than two times stronger than before. The pores
all around his body effused out a trace of a desolate, mysterious, and vast aura, and it shook
the surrounding air to the point it buzzed, before dispersing and keeping away.

Moreover, strands of second-wood qi gushed out from the little sapling in the Second-
Wood Shaman Marking incessantly, ceaselessly pouring into his body to continuously
replenish his Shaman Energy and improve the vitality of the blood, flesh, tendons, skin, and
internal organs in his entire body. It could be said that with this little sapling, when Chen Xi
battled another, he entirely didn’t have to worry about the problem of his Shaman Energy
drying up!

But when the energy within the Chaotic Lifesoil was completely absorbed by the little
sapling, this effect would be lost, and this effect that was almost heaven defying would
vanish along with it. Moreover, according to Chen Xi’s inference, if he were to exert his
full strength to execute the Grand Astral palm, the speed the little sapling replenished his
Shaman Energy would be extremely far from able to follow up to the speed that he
consumed his Shaman Energy. Of course, in a battle, so long as he was able to acquire a
breather, he was completely capable of instantly recovering his Shaman Energy.
However, Chen Xi felt it was a pity that the little sapling was only able to replenish Shaman
Energy, but not increase his cultivation. If he wanted to advance to an even higher
cultivation level, then he must use Starsoul Meteorites to cultivate by transforming its
energy into Seventh-Gold Shaman Energy, and only then would he be able to cultivate the
Seventh-Gold Realm to perfection.

If I’m able to possess a treasure similar to the little sapling that’s able to continuously emit
seventh-gold qi, third-fire qi, and ninth-water qi, how good would that be? Chen Xi sighed
with emotion, and then his body stiffened as if he was struck by lightning. Because he
suddenly realized something. This place was the Azure Dragon Area of the Four-Symbols
Layer, and it possessed the little sapling that emitted second-wood qi. Then would a
treasure like this exist in the White Tiger Area, Vermillion Bird Area, and Black Tortoise
Area?

Chen Xi’s heart started thumping without putting up a fight, and he said to himself,
Nevermind, I’ll let those 2,000 cultivators kill each other in this Four-Symbols Layer, and
I’ll just seize this opportunity to gather treasures. When he thought up to here, Chen Xi
didn’t stay here any longer. He distinguished the direction before flashing out towards the
enormous golden mountain at the White Tiger Area.

All along the way, battles were happening at every corner of this jade green forest. All the
2,000 cultivators that were able to enter the second layer of the pagoda were either top
figures in cultivators of the same realm, or perhaps some of them they relied on the help of
their senior brothers of the same sect to arrive here. But once they arrived here, they had to
rely on themselves.

After all, only 100 people were able to enter the third layer of the pagoda, and these 100
people would be ranked at the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon Rankings and were able to
obtain a large number of medicinal pills, cultivation techniques, and Magic Treasures.
Besides that, their reputation would also resound throughout the cultivation world of the
entire southern territory, and they would obtain both fame and benefit. Under these
circumstances, even if it was a senior brother of the same sect, they would undergo a battle
amongst themselves for the sake of seizing a position in the top 100, and only people with
the strongest strengths would be able to enter a higher layer of the pagoda.

“Hmm? It seems lively over there.” When he was just about to flash out of this jade green
forest, Chen Xi seemed to have noticed something, and he instantly stopped moving as his
enormous Divine Perception covered out towards his surroundings.

At a place around 25 km away, a man and a woman were battling in midair. The young
woman had beautiful features as if from a painting, her skin jade supple, and she held a pair
of azure and violet blades in her hands. As the dual blades danced about in her hands, sharp
blade lights that seemed like a myriad of snowflakes swept through the heaven and earth,
ferociously and swiftly, and it contained the resolve to kill. Shockingly, it was the leading
figure in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s younger generation, Fei Lengcui.
Her opponent was instead a handsome young man wearing a scholar’s headdress, his brows
dark black like ink, his eyes bright like a hawk, three swords hung at a slanted angle on his
back, and his entire body was filled with a fierce and arrogant aura. It was exactly the
Azuresun Sect’s disciple, Qiu Leng, who was reputed as the Incorporeal Sword.

At this moment, two of the three swords on Qiu Leng’s back had left their sheaths, one
black, the other white. The black sword was pitch black and profound, the white sword
dazzling and resplendent, and they were like two soaring wyrms in his hands as he fought
with Fei Lengcui to a deadlock.

Both of them were genius figures that had comprehended Dao Insight, and before they
participated in the Hidden Dragon Rankings, their reputations had already resounded
throughout the entire Dragon Lake City. Before they entered the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda,
they’d even been regarded as ferocious figures that were able to charge into the top 10 of
the Hidden Dragon Rankings. The instant they started to battle each other, airflow that was
terrifying to the point it was sufficient to tear apart everything filled an area of 5 kms, and it
was extremely horrifying.

Such a world shaking battle had naturally drawn the attention of most gazes. At this
moment, there were already numerous cultivators watching the battle in their surroundings.
Those with weak strength concealed themselves in hidden spots, whereas those with
formidable strengths simply stood at positions with a good view. All of their gazes stared
concentratedly at the battle between the two, and they either had expressions of shock,
excitement, vague comprehension, bitterly pondering with a frown on their face, and so on
and so forth.

Chen Xi stood there and silently gazed at the battle for a moment before turning around and
leaving, The strengths of the two of them were more or less equal. Moreover, both of them
were holding back and didn’t bring out their full strengths. He didn’t know how long a
battle like this would need to continue on for, and comparatively speaking, searching for
the treasures that he was interested in was much more important.

Not long after Chen Xi left, three figures swiftly appeared at a concealed location nearby
the battlefield.

“It’s all thanks to Zhong Mu’s excellent plan of instigating the battle between Fei Lengcui
and Qiu Leng. After this battle, the two of them will probably be greatly weakened and
have no hope of entering the top 10 any longer.” A young man with a gaunt face and
striking white hair grinned as he spoke.

“Brother Lu Ping, you flatter me. It’s only some small tricks, and it’s not worth
mentioning.” The silver robed young man called Zhong Mu shook his head and smiled.

“Shouldn’t we seize this opportunity and make a move? I didn’t pass on the Shadowdevil
Movement Technique to the both of you to chat and joke around with it.” The last black
clothed young man with an ordinary appearance frowned as he spoke.
The expressions of the white haired young man called Lu Ping and the silver robed young
man called Zhong Mu became apprehensive in unison. They seemed as if they feared this
black clothed young man called Zhan Kong extremely, and they said with respectful
expressions, “Brother Zhan Kong is right.”

“That’s good, then we’ll make a move right now!” Zhan Kong nodded indifferently.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The tips of their feet tapped the ground and they instantly split up to flash towards the
surroundings, their auras were wispy like spirits that wandered about in the abyss of the
underworld, and ordinary people were utterly unable to notice them.

Kacha!

A spectating cultivator was caught off guard and had his neck snapped, causing him to lose
his life on the spot, and even before his death, he never saw clearly exactly how his
murderer looked like.

Pu!

Another cultivator’s heart was pierced through with a single stab of the sword, and he was
just about to emit a shrill cry when a large hand tightly covered his mouth, and he silently
passed away in the end.

Scenes like this swiftly played out in the surroundings. Those cultivators that were
spectating the battle between Fei Lengcui and Qiu Leng entirely didn’t notice that behind
them were three fellows that were like spirits who were silently reaping lives.
Chapter 144 – Advancing Triumphantly

“Who’re those three fellows!? What ruthless methods!”

“They seem to not be disciples of the various powers of Dragon Lake City, could it be that
they’re cultivators from outside the city?”

“How ruthless! Every move takes a life! The cultivations of these three people are so high,
yet why have I never heard of their names?”

“Yeah, the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda has always been used for training, and it isn’t a game of
killing others. These three people are too ruthless!”

The surroundings of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was in a complete uproar, and practically
everyone was shocked by numerous bloody scenes that occurred continuously on the
screens. When has an incident like this ever happened in the previous Hidden Dragon
Rankings?

It was only a trial, and if one’s skill was inferior to another, one could just crush the
Transportation Talisman. Yet these three people were despicable and ruthless, launching
sneak attacks to kill with every strike, and they actually had no intention of allowing
anyone to live!

The battle between Fei Lengcui and Qiu Leng in the pagoda had drawn the attention of
almost 500 cultivators to spectate. At this moment, under the sneak attacks of those three
people, only 10 minutes had passed, yet over 60 people had died already. Moreover, this
number was still rising, and if it were to continue on, then wouldn’t all the spectating
cultivators be killed in one fell swoop?

When faced with this sort of unforeseen event, even the leaders of the various powers on
the jade platform couldn’t maintain their calm.

“Fellow Daoists, have any of you recognized the origins of those three people?” The
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master, Ling Kongzi, spoke with a serious expression.

“I can’t tell.”

“I don’t know.”

“Strange, I’ve simply never seen or heard of the movement technique of these three people,
I wonder from which sect they inherited it from?”

The other leaders had gloomy and serious expressions as they shook their heads without
end.
Most of the cultivators that were sneak attacked and killed by those three people were from
their respective sects. Moreover, those that were able to enter the second layer of the
pagoda possessed exceedingly extraordinary natural talent and aptitudes. Every death of a
disciple like this was a disastrous loss to them.

“Since these three people aren’t disciples from the various powers of our Dragon Lake
City, then they’re surely cultivators from other places outside the city, and cultivators from
outside the city that wanted to participate in the Hidden Dragon Rankings had to register
themselves with the Darchu Soulguard and collect their command token.”

Ling Kongzi turned around and said to a middle aged man with a dignified expression,
“Qing Chuan, go check with the Darchu Soulguard. You must find out the origins of these
three people and report back to me.”

“Understood.” The middle aged man called Qing Chuan knew that the state of affairs was
pressing, and he accepted his orders and left right away.

“Fellow Daoist Ling, one can only leave this Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, yet may not enter. If
we allow these three people to go on like this, then wouldn’t all of our disciples be wiped
out?” The Jade Flower Sect’s Master, Madam Xing Yun, spoke with a face that was like
ice.

“Alas, based on the current situation, we can only hope that the disciples in the pagoda will
wake up, notice these three people, and save their own lives.” Ling Kongzi shook his head
and sighed.

The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was an Immortal Artifact of legend. Even though it was
damaged, with their ability, they were only able to open its doors once every ten years and
instruct their disciples to enter into it to undergo training. Whereas now, it was utterly
impossible to open up the door of the pagoda again.

“Looks quickly! There are three fellows carrying out assassinations towards the other
cultivators over there as well! Ah, over there as well!” It was at this moment that an
exclamation of shock sounded out from the crowd.

After that, everyone saw that within the entire Four-Symbols Layer of the pagoda, there
were still another two groups of people that were silently carrying out a slaughter towards
the disciples of the various great sects. These two groups of people were both made of three
people each, and the movement technique they executed was exactly the same as the three
people that were seen earlier. Obviously, these unfamiliar cultivators that totaled nine
people were together!

At this moment, many of the disciples of the various powers within the pagoda had noticed
that something was off, and they all stopped fighting before joining forces to battle those
unfamiliar cultivators that had suddenly appeared like spirits.
But what astonished everyone was that these nine cultivators with strange movement
techniques actually possessed extremely formidable strengths. Every single one of them
was almost not inferior to Fei Lengcui, and they at least possessed a cultivation around the
eighth level of the Violet Palace Realm. Moreover, all the weapons in their possessions
were top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures. Although these people were in groups of
three, their combat strength was so formidable that they still fought and utterly defeated the
other disciples. In the end, the disciples could only helplessly crush their Transportation
Talismans and flee from the pagoda.

Who exactly are these nine people?

The hearts of everyone present was heavy to the extreme. The Hidden Dragon Rankings
that was originally a grand occasion of an unprecedented level seemed to have been
smeared with a layer of shadows as well.

——

Chen Xi entirely didn’t notice that an extremely bizarre change was occurring in the Four-
Symbols Layer. At this moment, he was standing atop a golden mountain that was
extremely tall, and his burning gaze stared fixedly at the metal that emitted dazzling gold
light.

He’d noticed a trace of seventh-gold qi after arriving at the White Tiger Area, and dashing
along this aura, he saw an enormous rock that was completely round like a ball.

This rock was similar to the 300m tall bald tree that he’d seen earlier; it was impermeable
to fire and water, impossible to be scarred by weapons, and it was extremely hard. But
Chen Xi had a long since determined an appropriate method. He called out Bai Kui, and
Bai Kui cleanly bit off the rock with a few crunches, revealing a piece of metal at its utmost
core,

This piece of metal emitted dense seventh-gold qi, entirely gold in color with clear angular
edges, and it was like a palm sized piece of unrefined jade. The golden light emitted like it
was like sabers and swords, and it actually cut Chen Xi’s skin to the point it faintly ached.
After all, his current body had been tempered to the point it was extremely hard long ago,
and it was comparable to a Magic Treasure. Yet he still felt as if his entire body was
pricked by needles. Thus, exactly how sharp the gold light was could be seen from this.

What dense seventh-gold qi. As expected, this piece of metal is similar to the little sapling
that effused second-wood qi, they’re both rare treasures! Chen Xi praised endlessly in his
heart. Moreover, he noticed that there was surprisingly a layer of Chaotic Lifesoil beneath
this piece of metal, and it seemed that this piece of metal was a treasure born from Chaotic
Lifesoil as well.

The Azure Dragon Area and White Dragon Area have both proved to contain this type of
treasure. So, the Vermillion Bird Area and Black Tortoise Area will surely have treasures
of the same level! Chen Xi stretched out his hand to grab towards the Chaotic Lifesoil as he
pondered, and the familiar scene appeared once more. The Chaotic Lifesoil along with the
piece of metal was drawn into his body by his Shaman Energy, and they gushed into the
Shaman Markings on his back.

There was originally a patch of Chaotic Lifesoil in his Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking, and
when the two fused together, its volume instantly rose explosively by more than double,
whereas on the Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking, a piece of metal that emitted dazzling gold
lights floated indeterminately. Moreover, a connection was linked up between the Seventh-
Gold Shaman Marking and the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking.

At this moment, three shaman markings appeared side by side on Chen Xi’s back.

At the center was the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking, and a patch of obscure black ash
colored Chaotic Lifesoil floated within it.

On the left was the Second-Wood Shaman Marking, and within it was a green and luxuriant
little sapling.

On the right was the Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking, and within it was a piece of metal that
emitted dazzling golden lights.

With the Chaotic Lifesoil as the axle, the three Shaman Markings were linked up and had a
slight connection, and it was as if a bridge of the five elements had been linked together.
The Chaotic Lifesoil effused out an ancient and vast aura that gushed into both the green
and luxuriant little sapling and the piece of metal that emitted dazzling golden light, and
then it was converted into pure second-wood qi and seventh-gold qi that poured into Chen
Xi’s body to be transformed into roiling and surging Shaman Energy.

Bang!

The instant the dense seventh-gold qi transformed into Shaman Energy, it was like
numerous tiny sharp blades that washed through the blood, flesh, skin, and tendons in Chen
Xi’s body to repeatedly get rid of the impurities that were hidden deep within. In the span
of a few breaths of time, Chen Xi felt his entire body become light, his tendons and
apertures snow white like crystals, and his internal organs, flesh, and blood had been
thoroughly cleansed. They seemed to emit a trace of misty gold light, and it was like they
were covered with a layer of extremely tough golden skin, causing them to seem
incomparably divine.

Another few breaths of time later, Chen Xi’s entire body trembled as his body abruptly
emitted the explosive sounds of a thunderstorm, whereas, beneath the Fifth-Earth Shaman
Marking on his back, another Shaman Marking had appeared once again. Its markings were
fiery and conspicuous, unbridled and wild, and it was precisely the Third-Fire Shaman
Marking.
At this moment, Chen Xi had actually advanced once more to attain the 4th level of the
Violet Palace Realm in body refinement, the Third-Fire Realm!

I’ve advanced twice in one day and I haven’t even cultivated much. This… This is too
unbelievable! Chen Xi felt as if he was hit by a pie that fell from the skies, and was struck
dizzy. In his heart, he was instead worried that all of this was an illusion as he felt it was
unreal…

Hu!

Chen Xi took a deep breath and clenched his fist, he felt a strong feeling of strength that
he’d never had before gush throughout his body, and he felt as if he could shatter a large
mountain into powder with a single punch.

Of course, this was a misconception. But Chen Xi’s current strength had risen explosively
by a few times when compared with his strength from yesterday, and if he were to fight
with those 100 plus Su Clan disciples now, he was completely confident of annihilating all
of them!

The muddleheaded Chen Xi didn’t continue staying here any longer, and he hurried on,
dashing towards the Vermillion Bird Area without stopping. Without exception, he
acquired a palm sized and diamond shaped fire crystal that emitted third-fire qi and a patch
of Chaotic Lifesoil.

His strength rose violently by a level once again to arrive at the 5th level of the Violet
Palace Realm in body refinement — The Ninth-Water Realm!

Moreover, after experiencing the tempering and torture of the Third-Fire Shaman Energy,
Chen Xi’s body had become greatly stronger once again, and it was simply like a weapon
that had been thoroughly tempered in a furnace, perfect without a flaw.

After that was the Black Tortoise Area.

When he obtained the last pearl that emitted ninth-water qi and a patch of Chaotic Lifesoil,
Chen Xi was instead not shocked anymore, or perhaps he was already numb.

On his back at this moment, the Fifth-Earth Shaman Marking lay at the center, the Second-
Wood Shaman Marking and Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking on the left and right
respectively, and the Ninth-Water Shaman Marking and Third-Fire Shaman Marking on the
top and bottom respectively. All five shaman markings contained an extremely rare treasure
and were connected together with the Chaotic Lifesoil as the core, and they acted in
cooperation with each other from afar.

Moreover, Chen Xi noticed that the connection formed between the five shaman markings
that went back and forth in order was like the relationship of mutual promotion and
restriction between the five elements, benefitting each other and facilitating the growth in
each other, and they went in cycle after cycle as if it was entirely formed by nature. The
profound and mysterious connection between them was like a supreme law of the heaven
and earth that had existed eternally, and it emitted a mysterious aura that caused reverence
in others.

On the other hand, the Shaman Energy in his body used the baleful qi of the stars as its
source, and then it fused with the five elements of fifth-earth, second-wood, seventh-gold,
ninth-water, and third-fire, causing it to become even more desolate, vast, mysterious, and
ancient. It was like the energy that fiendgods possessed innately before the primordial era,
and its might was limitless.

The School of Fiendgod Body Refinement was born from the fiendgods during the
primordial era, and those formidable fiendgods innately possessed Shaman Energy that was
terrifying to the extreme, allowing them to burn rivers and boil seas, command the
universe, and look down upon the world.

Presently, Chen Xi undoubtedly possessed the potential similar to a primordial fiendgod,

and so long as he cultivated diligently without stopping on the path of cultivation, then he
would one day be able to grow into an existence as terrifying as the primordial fiendgods.

“This little fellow, Bai Kui, contributed greatly in allowing me to be able to successively
break through three times in one day this time. No wonder Senior Ji Yu said that a Pixiu is
a top auspicious beast in the world and is able to accumulate karmic luck. In this way, all
the good fortune I experienced today is surely related to Bai Kui.” Only at this moment did
Chen Xi deeply understand the value of Bai Kui’s existence. In the past, he’d only taken the
little fellow to be a glutton that consumed his Magic Treasures, but now, he didn’t dare
think like that anymore.

Moreover, if Bai Kui didn’t bite of the indestructible tree roots, rocks… Then Chen Xi
could only enter a mountain of treasures yet come back empty handed today, and it would
be utterly impossible for him to possess so many fortuitous encounters.

I wonder how’s the battles in the Four-Symbols Layer at this moment. Will Chen Hao, Du
Qingxi, and the others be able to persist until they enter the third layer of the pagoda?
Chen Xi pondered for a moment and was unable to be at ease in the end. He stood up right
away before flashing out towards the jade green forest of the Azure Dragon Area.
Chapter 145 – Great Conspiracy

Up until now, amongst the 2,000 Violet Palace Realm cultivators of the younger generation
that had entered the Four-Symbols Layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, there were already
over 200 people that had died tragically, 1,500 plus people had crushed their Transportation
Talismans and were transported out of the pagoda, and only less than 300 people still
persisted in the battle.

Amongst these 200 plus people that had died tragically, a huge portion of them were killed
by the sneak attacks of the nine unfamiliar cultivators of mysterious origin, and it was
horrifying.

Most of these cultivators that had died tragically came from the various powers. They were
young, possessed great potential, and had superb natural talent. Great hope was placed on
every one of them by the powers they were from, yet at this moment, all of them lay on the
ground and had met a tragic fate: death.  To the various powers, their losses could be said to
be extremely heavy, and in the past Hidden Dragon Rankings, it was utterly impossible for
such an incident to occur.

The culprits that had caused all this was those nine mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators!

Fortunately, the Four-Symbols Layer wasn’t large, and in next to no time, the remaining
disciples noticed that something was strange. They joined forces right away and launched
an assault towards the nine mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators under the lead of Fei
Lengcui and Qiu Leng.

When they saw this scene, the tense nerves of everyone standing outside the pagoda had
finally eased up greatly. As long as the disciples were able to kill these nine people, then
perhaps the competition would still be able to be smoothly carried on.

However, unexpected to everyone, when the remaining disciples were about to surround
and entrap those nine mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators, another 50 plus people from
the remaining 300 disciples had suddenly defected and struck killing blows towards the
disciples of the various sects that were by their side. In just an instant, another 40 plus
people lost their lives on the spot!

These 50 plus cultivators that had suddenly defected were actually of the same group with
those nine mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators!

Not only did this sudden change shock everyone outside the pagoda, even the disciples of
the various powers within the pagoda were caught off guard, and a tremendous change
instantly appeared in the situation as well.

Only over 200 of the disciples of the various powers led by Fei Lengcui and Qiu Leng
remained now, whereas, their opponents had instead changed from nine to 65!
Moreover, these mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators seemed to have been always hiding
their strength, and only at this moment of defection did they reveal their true strengths.
Every single one of them was formidable to the extreme, and although they couldn’t
compare to Fei Lengcui and Qiu Leng, they firmly surpassed the strengths of the other
disciples. So, even if there were only 65 of them, they instead faintly possessed a position
of superiority.

The battle exploded out in next to no time.

Under the joint forces of those 65 mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators, one by one, the
disciples of the various powers of Dragon Lake City crushed the Transportation Talismans
in their hands, leaving with hatred in their hearts. There were even some disciples that
weren’t able to escape in time and were directly killed on the spot.

The horror of the battle and the bloodiness of the scenes caused the expressions of all the
people outside the pagoda to be unsightly to the extreme, and it was as if an enormous rock
was pressing on their hearts, causing them to be unable to catch their hearts.

Moreover, everyone noticed that even if those mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators battled
to the death, they would absolutely not crush the Transportation Talisman, and they were
like loyalists that were indifferent to life and death, ruthless to the enemy and even more
ruthless to themselves!

It was precisely because of these fellow’s ruthlessness and mercilessness, and their
indifferent regard towards death. After a short moment, only Fei Lengcui, Qiu Leng, and
another 10 plus people remained on the battlefield, whereas, there were still another 32
enemies glaring at them like tigers glaring at their prey.

They’re done for!

This was the only thought in the hearts of everyone outside the pagoda, and the facts didn’t
exceed their expectations.

“Let’s go. There’s no meaning in continuing. These people are utterly not here to
participate in the Hidden Dragon Competition.” Fei Lengcui strenuously defended the
attacks that came from all around like tidewater as she spoke Chen Hao who was beside
her.

“It’s indeed so. All these fellows are ruthless and merciless, and they’re entirely unlike
members of our southern territory.” The nearby Qiu Leng said as well, “Let’s go. We can
still live if we go out, yet once these fellows go out, they will probably be captured by the
seniors of the various powers outside before being tortured to the point of being skinned
alive and having their tendons pulled out, and they will die a graveless death.”

“Alright! Let’s go!” Chen Hao forced an enemy back with a single strike of the sword
before crushing the Transportation Talisman in his hand.
Bang! Bang! Bang!

At the same time, Fei Lengcui and the others crushed their Transportation Talismans
successively, and they vanished on the spot.

In an instant, it actually seemed as if only those 32 unfamiliar and mysterious cultivators

remained in the entire Four-Symbols Layer.

“The opportunity has finally come. This Buddha’s Pagoda is an Immortal Artifact passed
down from the Buddhist Sect. Although it’s damaged and the Artifact Spirit has been
obliterated without a trace, so long as it enters into my hands, then I’ll surely be able to
restore it back to good condition in a hundred years!” Outside the pagoda, a black robed
woman spoke slowly with an extremely low and icy cold voice from the shadows in the
distance. Her entire body was covered in the black robe, her appearance unable to be
discerned, and she seemed extremely mysterious.

Beside the black robed woman was a middle aged man that was similarly covered under
black robes, and he said respectfully, “Congratulations Hall Master Fan, so long as 10
people from the remaining Devilspirit Guard are able to enter the highest layer of the
pagoda, they’ll be able to control the core of this Immortal Artifact. At that time, this
supreme Immortal Artifact will be yours, and only someone with a status like yours is
worthy of such a treasure!”

“Don’t count the chicks before they hatch. There’re many experts outside this Buddha’s
Pagoda. Feng Ming, get ready. Once the 32 Devilspirit Guards succeed, you and I will go to
their aid together, and we’ll leave as soon as we get the Buddha’s Pagoda from them.” The
black robed woman that was called Hall Master Fan spoke slowly.

“Okay! But Hall Master Fan, those 32 Devilspirit Guards…” The black robed man called
Feng Ming asked hesitantly.

“It doesn’t matter if they die. I’ll do the explaining when the Lord asks about it.”

“That would be great.”

“Hmm?” The black robed woman seemed to have noticed something, she suddenly shot her
gaze towards the surface of the pagoda. A pair of gazes that was cold to the bone shot out,
and a portion of a chin that was white and delicate like fine jade stuck out from beneath her
loose and comfortable black colored hat.

——

Dammit!

The losses of the various powers in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time can be said to
be heavy to the extreme!
It’s all because of these damnable fellows. A nice Hidden Dragon Rankings competition
has actually been turned into a battlefield of great slaughter. Once these fellows come out,
they must surely be torn into thousands of pieces before burning their bones and scattering
their ashes!

Outside the pagoda, the hearts of everyone present felt extremely heavy, and they were
exceedingly enraged as they looked at the 32 unfamiliar and mysterious cultivators in the
Four-Symbols Area.

“Eh! That’s…”

“Chen Xi! It’s actually Chen Xi! He actually hasn’t left yet!”

“Hmm? He’s flying towards those 32 villains! Could it be that he wants to annihilate them
by himself?”

“Can you not joke around at a time like this? The Su Clan disciples can’t compare to those
people. Every single one of them is ruthless, merciless, and fearless towards death, and the
strength of every single of them is even able to compare to the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect’s Fei Lengcui. No matter how formidable Chen Xi is, he can only flee as well when
encountering these 32 people.”

The people present noticed to their shock that within the Four-Symbols Layer, Chen Xi was
approaching towards those 32 mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators, and they couldn’t help
but emit numerous exclaims of shock.

“This kid is still striving to flaunt his superiority at a time like this. He’s truly courting
death! But, it’s best if this kid escapes…” On the jade platform, the Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su
Zhentian, looked at Chen Xi who was within the pagoda. When he recalled the six Golden
Hall Realm cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator that had died tragically at
Chen Xi’s hands and when he recalled the 96 elite Su Clan disciples of the younger
generation that had died miserably at Chen Xi’s hands, billowing hatred gushed out from
within his heart, and he wished for nothing more than to capture Chen Xi now before using
all types of brutal techniques of torture on Chen Xi!

——

When Chen Xi arrived at the jade green forest, he saw the innumerable corpses that lay on
the ground with blood that flowed out to form rivers, and the condition of their deaths was
extremely tragic. His heart suddenly tightened, then his Divine Perception spread out to
carefully sweep past all the corpses, and he secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he
confirmed that Chen Hao and Du Qingxi’s group weren’t amongst the corpses.

But a bloody and brutal scene like this still caused his expression to become extremely
serious. Because he faintly felt that it seemed like an unexpected change that he was
unaware of had occurred in the Four-Symbols Layer…
“Hmm? There’s still a person over there.” Right at this moment, a voice sounded out
abruptly from extremely far in the forest, and accompanying this voice, a few tens of
figures were like a roiling dark cloud that drifted over and had appeared before Chen Xi in
the blink of an eye. Shockingly, it was those 32 unfamiliar and mysterious cultivators who
were also the Devilspirit Guard that the mysterious Hall Master Fan spoke of.

But Chen Xi didn’t know all of his, yet he acutely noticed that the killing intent on these
people was dense to the extreme, and their clothing was tainted with fresh blood.
Obviously, they’d just experienced a fierce battle.

Chen Xi pointed at the corpses on the floor and asked. “These people were killed by all of
you?”

“Exactly. Presently, all the disciples of the various powers of your Dragon Lake City have
either lost their lives or fled, and only you remain. I advise you to get the fuck out of here
on your own, so as to avoid losing your worthless life.” A man with striking white hair
walked out slowly, and it was precisely the cultivator called Lu Ping.

Get the fuck out? Worthless life?

Chen Xi’s eyes narrowed as he spoke with an expressionless face. “Oh, in that case, all of
you aren’t cultivators from Dragon Lake City? If I’m not wrong, perhaps all of you aren’t
even cultivators from the southern territory.”

“Hmph! Do you think I’ll tell you?” Lu Ping grunted in disdain, and then he swung his
hand as he said, “Quickly fuck off, fuck off. You little bastard, why do you have so much
nonsense to say? Don’t force me to make a move, otherwise, this worthless life of yours
won’t be able to live until tomorrow!”

No matter how good Chen Xi’s temper was, he couldn’t help but burst into rage from being
insulted repeatedly, and killing intent instantly emerged in his heart, yet he said calmly,
“All of you have killed so many people, and you’ll probably have to die after you go out.
Since it’s like this, can you tell me what all of you are attempting to obtain? Could it be that
it’s this pagoda?”

As far as Chen Xi was concerned, the actions of these fellows were too unusual, and it
seemed as if they weren’t afraid of their own safety nor were they killing for the sake of the
rankings and prizes of the Hidden Dragon Rankings. Then, they surely were after
something, moreover, they were after something great. Otherwise, they would absolutely
not kill so brazenly right under the noses of the leaders of the various powers.

“How did you…?” Lu Ping spoke with astonishment, and then he suddenly reacted and
promptly shut his mouth.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. At this moment, Chen Xi was already able to confirm
that these fellows had come for the sake of this pagoda. After all, this pagoda was once an
Immortal Artifact many years ago. Although it was already damaged, to someone that was
able to repair it, it was undoubtedly a peerless treasure that someone would greatly desire
even in their dreams.

Looks like these fellows ought to have the method to repair the pagoda in their possession.
If it’s able to come into my possession, then wouldn’t it be equivalent to acquiring an
Immortal Artifact for free? Chen Xi’s heart palpitated with excitement.
Chapter 146 – The Hearts of People

Legends said that Immortal Artifacts contained a world of their own, and an Artifact Spirit
that possessed boundless energy resided within it. It was able to battle on its own with
wisdom similar to humans, and it was intelligent to the extreme.

The might of an Immortal Artifact was so formidable that it was even able to tear open
space and shatter a small world into pieces. It possessed terrifying might that dashed to the
heavens and covered the earth, and only an immortal Heavenly Immortal Realm expert was
able to completely exert its might! And the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was an Immortal
Artifact!

Even though this pagoda had already been damaged long ago and its Artifact Spirit
obliterated, but after so many years, there was still no one that was able to subdue and
repair it. That’s why it was taken by the various powers of Dragon Lake City as the training
grounds for the Hidden Dragon Rankings.

Presently, a group of mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators had actually disregarded their
lives and set their sights on the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda. Didn’t that show that they already
possessed the method to subdue and repair the pagoda in their hands?

If the old goats of the various powers of Dragon Lake City were to find out about this,
they’d surely fight to the death for it, whereas Chen Xi was obviously unable to resist the
temptation of an Immortal Artifact as well.

“Lu Ping, you’ve given away too much!” Right at this moment, another black clothed
young man with an ordinary appearance walked out from amongst the 32 Devilspirit
Guards, and it was precisely the mysterious cultivation called Zhan Kong. He seemed to be
the leader of this group of Devilspirit Guards, and the instant he stood out, all the other
Devilspirit Guards behind him revealed respectful expressions.

“When you go back this time, go to the Judgment Hall to receive punishment yourself!”
Zhan Kong spoke indifferently.

“Captain Zhan Kong, I…” Lu Ping’s face went pale, and he opened his mouth wanting to
explain, but when he encountered Zhan Kong’s icy cold and expressionless gaze, he was
instantly unable to say another word.

Judgment Hall? Looks like these fellows are all from the same organization. Chen Xi
seemed to have thought of something, yet his gaze descended to the young man called Zhan
Kong. He faintly felt a strange and formidable aura concealed within this person, and Zhan
Kong’s strength was obviously extremely formidable.

“Chen Xi, you can’t go out this time. Only after killing you will I be able to be certain that
no secret will be leaked out.” Zhan Kong held his hands behind his back as he spoke
indifferently, and a sense of superiority and power over the world gushed out from his
body.

“You know me?” Chen Xi spoke in surprise.

“You annihilated 96 Su Clan cultivators and helped me greatly, how could I not know
you?” Zhan Kong spoke with an expressionless face. “I can’t deny that your strength has
indeed exceeded my expectations, and it’s even to the extent that I don’t dare guarantee
being able to take you down by myself. Unfortunately for you, I won’t fight one on one
with you. You’ll surely die under the joint attacks of the 32 of us.”

“Aren’t you worried that I’d crush the Transportation Talisman and flee now?” Chen Xi
probed.

“I’ve already discerned that you still haven’t given up, even until now, and you want to
meddle in something that you shouldn’t. If you don’t give it a try, you wouldn’t be willing
to leave now at all.” Zhan Kong replied indifferently.

“You’re right. I will indeed not leave until I kill all of you.” Chen Xi nodded, and then he
said with a smile, “All of you have something in your possessions that interests me after
all.”

“You’re courting death!”

“Hmph! Shameless boasting!”

“Captain Zhan Kong, should we make a move now and kill this kid that has an exaggerated
opinion of his ability?”

Zhang Kong waved his hand and restrained them from continuing to speak, and only then
did he speak indifferently. “Chen Xi, do you dare to have a final battle after we enter the
Yin-Yang Layer? If you win, I’ll hand over the thing you’re interested in. How about it?”

“That couldn’t be any better.” Chen Xi agreed without the slightest hesitation.

“Captain Zhan Kong, why aren’t we making a move now and are instead waiting until we
enter the Yin-Yang Layer?” The nearby Lu Ping asked.

“Because all of you have experienced a fierce battle earlier. Your Captain needs to use this
period of time to allow all of you to recover your strengths.” Chen Xi said with a smile,
“Whereas I need this period of time as well to find out of some things from all of you. It’s
just as simple as that.”

“You’re extremely intelligent, but intelligent people die early.” Zhan Kong glanced at Chen
Xi as he spoke coldly.
Chen Xi smiled and said no more. Numerous black hole vortexes had suddenly appeared in
the surrounding sky before gushing out with an extremely great suction force that instantly
drew everyone present into it and vanished.

The third layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda was the Yin-Yang Layer. The people that
were able to enter into it were ranked in the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and
they’d already possessed the qualifications to obtain a huge amount of Magic Treasures,
medicinal pills, and cultivation techniques.

Regretfully, because of the appearance of Zhan Kong’s group, only a total of 33 people
including Chen Xi had entered into the Yin-Yang Layer this time. Moreover, these two
parties were about to undergo a battle of life and death, and there wasn’t anything like
rankings left to be competed for. So, the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time could be said to
only exist in name.

——

“What’s going on? Chen Xi and those villains actually didn’t fight and they’ve all entered
the Yin-Yang Layer of the pagoda?”

“He was chatting freely with those villains. Could it be that Chen Xi’s one of them?”

“It’s extremely likely. Bastard! I thought Chen Xi hated evil like poison and intended to
help us vent our resentment. But who knew that he was actually a person like this!”

“Perhaps he was always one of them!”

When they saw Chen Xi getting along peacefully with those 32 Devilspirit Guards and had
entered the Yin-Yang Layer together, the entire scene went into an uproar, and all of them
almost didn’t dare believe their eyes.

“Hmph! I knew since long ago that this animal, Chen Xi, harbored ill intent and was
plotting something. Everyone, I suggest that all of us make a move against him once he
comes out, skin him alive and torture him before tearing him into thousands of pieces!” On
the jade platform, Su Zhentian was delighted in his heart when he saw this scene, and he
emitted a sudden loud shout right away. His voice was so loud that it was like billowing
thunder, and the entire surroundings of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda could clearly hear it.

“Right! Kill him! He cheated us! He’s really detestable!”

“It’s not worth pitying the death of someone who assists evildoers!”

“Kill him! Kill him!”

Su Zhentian’s voice had only just sounded out when it instantly aroused the indignation in
the hearts of everyone present, and all of them shouted out loudly in unison. Those people
that were originally undecided echoed out with the view of the others, and in an instant,
Chen Xi had actually become a heinous criminal!

“Brother Su, aren’t you speaking too early?” On the jade platform, the Sect Master of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling Kongzi, couldn’t help but speak out with a frown when
he saw everyone in the surroundings that was extremely infuriated.

“Fellow Daoist Ling. Presently, all the Fellow Daoists present have seen Chen Xi colluding
with villains to commit all sorts of evil with their own two eyes. It’s already proven by
evidence, and I’ve instead noticed it too late. If I was able to expose this kid’s repulsive
side earlier, then the disciples of the various powers of our Dragon Lake City wouldn’t
have suffered such heavy losses.” Su Zhentian smiled coldly and indifferently.

“Looks like Brother Su has a bad opinion about Chen Xi.” Ling Kongzi spoke with a
frown.

“Bad opinion? Su Zhentian said seriously, “Not only do I have a bad opinion of him, I even
wish for nothing more than to tear this little bastard into pieces. Not only has he slaughtered
my Su Clan disciples, he’s even associating himself with those villains at this moment to
bring disaster to the disciples of the various powers of my Dragon Lake City. Who amongst
the people present is able to agree to not eliminating this kid?”

“Right! We can’t agree!”

“We must not let him off!”

“Well said, Patriarch Su!”

Su Zhentian’s words won the support and seconding of everyone present.

Because of the appearance of these Devilspirit Guards, an unprecedentedly grand Hidden

Dragon Rankings has instead become a bloody slaughter, and many of the disciples that
had died tragically were the friends and family of many people that were present. In other
words, these Devilspirit Guards were their common enemy, and when they saw Chen Xi
had actually colluded with these villains, how could they not be enraged in their hearts?

“Why is it like this?”

“Chen Xi isn’t a person like this!”

“These stupid fellows have all been deluded by that ignorant old man, Su Zhentian.”

In the crowd, Du Qingxi, Duanmu Ze, and Song Lin revealed enraged expressions. They
understood Chen Xi extremely well, and they knew that Chen Xi didn’t know these fellows
at all. How could he possibly be with them?
Besides the three of them, Chen Hao pursed his lips and didn’t say a word, yet his gaze was
extremely firm. He believed his own older brother, believed without the slightest
reservations, and his belief had never wavered a bit. Even if Chen Xi was really a heinous
criminal and became an enemy in the eyes of a myriad of people, he would still stand on
Chen Xi’s side without the slightest hesitation!

It was at this moment that a sharp cry resounded out abruptly. “AH! Everyone, look
quickly! Chen Xi and those people have engaged each other in battle!”

Engaged each other in battle?

The mass of people that were roaring in rage was stunned in unison, and then they raised
their heads to look towards the surface of the pagoda. Sure enough, they saw that within the
Yin-Yang Layer, Chen Xi was battling alone against the 32 Devilspirit Guards.

They saw Chen Xi being encircled at the center by the 32 Devilspirit Guards as various
Magic Treasures, techniques, and talismans blasted towards him as if they were worthless.
The situation of the battle was extremely intense, and it was utterly impossible to fake.

This… This is real?

Everyone was dumbstruck, the rage and hatred in their hearts instantly disappeared without
a trace as they stood there standing blankly, and their expressions were ones of extreme
embarrassment.

“Everyone, don’t be deceived. Only ten people are able to enter the highest layer of the
pagoda, the Oneness Layer, yet including Chen Xi, there are a total of 33 people amongst
them, so they have to eliminate 23 people. Chen Xi was helping villains do evil yet was
abandoned by these villains, it serves him right!” Su Zhentian wan doubtful and surprised
as well, but Su Zhentian couldn’t tolerate Chen Xi washing off his infamy, so he hurriedly
shouted out loudly right away.

“You ignorant old goat, I want to ask you. These people are fully aware that leaving the
pagoda meant death and they were entirely unable to obtain any rewards from the Hidden
Dragon Rankings, so why would they want to enter the highest layer of the pagoda? If my
brother is in their group, then why do they have to kill each other? Could it be that he can’t
choose to withdraw himself?” When he saw Su Zhentian still slandering Chen Xi at a time
like this, Chen Hao couldn’t endure any longer, and he flew up to stand in midair before
pointing at Su Zhentian and asking in a loud voice.

“Audacious kid! You actually dare insult me as an ignorant old goat? You’re courting
death!” Su Zhentian shouted out explosively before raising his hand to grab towards Chen
Hao.
“What? Did this disciple of my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect say anything wrong?” Ling
Kongzi took a step forward as he swung his sleeve, and a strand of vast True Essence swept
out with a bang to directly strike Su Zhentian to the point he took three steps back.

“Alright! Out of respect for you, Ling Kongzi, I won’t fuss about it with him. But when
Chen Xi is unable to resist the overwhelming numbers and escapes from the pagoda in a
sorry state, I’ll kill him! If anyone dares obstruct me, then it’s going against my entire Su
Clan, and even if…” Su Zhentian’s expression was extremely gloomy as he spoke, yet he’d
only spoken halfway when he stopped abruptly, and his gaze looked towards the surface of
the pagoda as his face revealed a wisp of disbelief.

When they saw this scene, the attention of everyone present shot towards the surface of the
pagoda once more, and then everyone gaped with expressions of extreme shock.

——

Author’s note: About the MC’s cultivation on the Dao of Talismans, it will be portrayed
with emphasis in the future. Please give me some time everyone. This book is called Divine
Talisman, so it naturally can’t do without the Dao of Talismans.

InVader’s note: This book was called Divine Talisman (神箓) at the beginning, but due to
the character 箓 being mistaken by many readers and even some other authors, the novel’s
name was changed by the author and ZH from chapter 685 onwards to Talisman Emperor
(符皇).
Chapter 147 – Soul Suppression Runes

In the Yin-Yang Layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.

The instant Chen Xi appeared once again, he saw the 32 Devilspirit Guards surrounding
him from afar. They didn’t make a single sound before brazenly attacking.

Practically all 32 of these people had cultivations at the 8th level of the Violet Palace
Realm and a cultivation in the Martial Dao at the Dao Insight Stage. Zhan Kong had even
attained the perfection-stage of the Violet Palace Realm and was only a step away from
stepping into the Golden Hall Realm.

The joint forces of these 32 people were sufficient to annihilate any Golden Core Realm
cultivator!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Numerous dazzling and resplendent rays of Magic Treasures shot into the sky, and every
single one of them was a top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasure. Under the control of these
32 people, the Magic Treasures were like a squall that poured down from every direction,
causing the sky to tremble and emit whistling sounds as they struck down like an erupting
volcano with an extremely shocking impetus.

They didn’t speak, nor hesitate, striking with their full force right off the bat. They
wouldn’t stop until they killed Chen Xi. Obviously, these 32 Devilspirit Guards had already
decided to completely annihilate Chen Xi in this strike!

Under these circumstances, Chen Xi didn’t dare hesitate to circulate the Shaman Energy
within his entire body before fiercely grabbing at the air with his right hand!

Om!

It seemed as if even the heaven and earth was trembling as an enormous palm that covered
an area of 300m appeared out of thin air, like a single hand that could hide the heavens, and
the entire hand was coiled with strong five colored air flows of bright yellow color, jade
green color, sharp gold color, crimson red color, and dark black color. The five colored air
flows whistled and roiled as they emitted a divine radiance, and on the striations of the
palm, innumerable dazzling stars revolved without end as they flickered between a bright
and dim state.

When the entire enormous hand appeared, a strand of heavy, abundant, sharp, violent, and
vast aura that was terrifying occupied the center of the palm before spreading out towards
the surroundings with a bang, causing the sky to be shaken to the point violent ripples
undulated out. The rocks on the ground were even pressed by this aura, to the point they
cracked inch by inch before exploding and collapsing.
When looked at from afar, this enormous palm that was filled with the energy of the five
elements and the baleful qi of the stars was simply like the hand of an indomitable fiendgod
from ancient times, with a monstrous imposing aura!

At the instant the enormous hand appeared in midair, it grabbed out fiercely, and all the
numerous Magic Treasures that covered the heavens and the earth were grabbed into the
palm. The five fingers of the palm clenched and a wave of explosions rumbled and
resounded in the entire heavens and earth.

The numerous top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures collapsed and shattered without the
slightest ability to resist, and in the blink of an eye, they’d transformed into a pile of
powder and bits that drifted down slowly before vanishing without a trace.

Presently, Chen Xi had already attained the 5th level of the Violet Palace Realm in body
refinement, and after his Grand Astral Palm fused with the Shaman Energies of Fifth-Earth,
Second-Wood, Seventh-Gold, Third-Fire, and Ninth-Water, it was as if it had been reborn.
Its might had skyrocketed by more than 10 times, and it had attained the 5th level of the
Grand Astral Palm.

Moreover, when he was at the 2nd level of the Violet Palace Realm, the Grand Astral Palm
execute by Chen Xi was able to annihilate four Golden Hall Realm cultivators. Now that
his cultivation has consecutively risen explosively by three levels, the might of the Grand
Astral Palm was already sufficient to crush profound-rank Magic Treasures. So no matter
how formidable these top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures were, they were still fragile
like paper before the Grand Astral Palm, and they were shattered as soon as the palm
clenched.

Crush! Crush! Crush!

The 32 Devilspirit Guards, with Zhan Kong in the lead, suffered a heavy injury when their
Magic Treasures were obliterated, they couldn’t refrain from spitting out a mouthful of
blood. Their countenances had already swiftly become pale to the extreme.

“How is this possible? Only half a day has passed since we saw this fellow execute this
large hand to annihilate the Su Clan disciples. How did this fellow’s strength rise
explosively by so much again?!”

“What Divine Ability is this? It’s actually able to crush top-grade yellow-rank Magic
Treasures!”

“Dammit! This fellow’s strength has skyrocketed by too much. Could it be that he has
always been concealing his strength?”

When they were at the Eight-Directions Realm of the pagoda, practically all of these
Devilspirit Guards had spectated the battle between Chen Xi and the Su Clan disciples, they
could be said to clearly understand Chen Xi’s strength, and it was because of this that they
were so confident in annihilating Chen Xi in this move. However, at this moment, the
strength that Chen Xi erupted with was instead stronger by an entire ten times more than
the strength they’d seen before. Not only had it caused their full force strike to hit nothing,
it even caused a certain level of injury to themselves. How could they not be shocked?

“Die!” Right when Zhan Kong and the others were secretly terrified, Chen Xi shouted out
explosively as the Grand Astral Palm crashed down once more.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Surging Shaman Energy of the five elements was mixed with piercingly cold baleful qi of
the stars that fluctuated violently, and it covered the enormous palm like a towering
enormous mountain that could crush anything as it fiercely smashed down. Instantly, there
were over 10 Devilspirit Guards that were unable to dodge in time, causing them to be
smashed into the ground before transforming into a pile of mush; they were dead without a
doubt.

“Shit! I’m afraid we’re unable to complete the assignment of Hall Master Fen this time.”
Zhan Kong dodged away in a sorry state, and his expression was already extremely heavy.

“Captain Zhan Kong, what should we do? The enemy is too formidable, and we aren’t a
match for him!” In the distance, Lu Ping cried out loudly, his voice revealing traces of
terror. No matter who saw their companions turning into a pile of meat that was like mash
in the blink of an eye, they would probably be terrified to the extreme as well.

“What should we do? We’ll still die if we escape from the pagoda, and even if we’re able to
survive, Hall Master Fan would surely not let us off. Instead of this, why don’t we take this
kid down with us!? Everyone, move out, execute the Bloodinfant Immortal Slaughtering
Formation!” A trace of ruthlessness flashed past Zhan Kong’s eyes as he waved out his
hand and waves of terrifying True Essence spread out. After that, an enormous pitch black
formation diagram flew out from his body. Black smoke roiled on the surface of this sword
formation as a sanguinary aura shot into the sky, numerous infants with warped
appearances wailed and emitted sharp cries, seeming like humans, yet weren’t humans,
seeming like ghosts. yet weren’t ghosts. They were very savage and terrifying to the
extreme.

“Yes!” A trace of resolution flashed on the faces of the mere 13 Devilspirit Guards that
remained, and their bodies transformed into flowing lights that flew into the enormous
formation diagram. Instantly, the dense and savage infants within the formation diagram
completely swallowed the bodies and souls of these 13 people, and then the formation
diagram emitted a blazing dark light as dense black mist roiled like a river on it, roaring as
if it intended to gush out from the formation diagram.

“Dammit! It’s actually the Bloodinfant Immortal Slaughtering Formation! How many souls
of infants, how much Blood Essence of young boys, and how much baleful blood would be
needed to refine this formation? Chen Xi, you must watch out. This grand formation’s only
use is to detonate itself. Its might is comparable to a Golden Core Realm cultivator
detonating his Golden Core, causing even Rebirth Realm cultivators to be unable to avoid it
and not dare take the brunt of the force!” Ling Bai seemed to be extremely shocked and
infuriated, and he roared as he sent a voice transmission.

Even Rebirth Realm cultivators aren’t able to withstand it?

Chen Xi was shocked in his heart. He didn’t dare hesitate to execute the Grand Astral Palm
with his entire strength to fiercely slap down towards Zhan Kong, and at the same time, he
withdrew the 64 flying swords to form a shield of swords to guard all around him.

“Die!” Zhan Kong laughed savagely as he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of
Blood Essence, then his arms shook, and the entire formation diagram left him and flew
out. The instant it appeared in midair, it transformed into 13 enormous blood colored
infants with twin horns on their heads, and their faces were warped and wicked.

Rumble!

When these 13 blood colored infants appeared, they detonated themselves and exploded.

Instantly, the heaven and earth seemed to be obliterated at this instant, and a terrifying
airflow that was like a tsunami swept through the heaven and earth with a loud crash. In an
area of 500 kms in the surroundings, the terrain, plants, and the spirit energy in the air all
showed a state of chaos and crumbling.

Crack!

In almost an instant, the Grand Astral Palm that slapped down shattered with a loud bang
before dispersing, whereas, Chen Xi had noticed things were going badly since long ago,
and he flew towards the distance. Yet he never expected that the extremely terrifying force
assaulted towards him in the blink of an eye, and the 64 high-grade yellow-rank flying
sword around him emitted a mournful cry in unison before becoming completely damaged
and transformed into bits and pieces that sprayed all over the sky.

Chen Xi felt as if his entire body was fiercely hammered by a myriad of enormous
hammers, his head droned as the bones and tendons in his entire body emitted tiny cracking
and breaking sounds, and he abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood as his countenance
became exceedingly pale.

The more cultivators it swallowed, the stronger the might of the Bloodinfant Immortal
Slaughtering Formation was. The complete Bloodinfant Immortal Slaughtering Formation
required swallowing 64 Golden Core Realm cultivators, and the might of its detonation was
entirely capable of obliterating an Earthly Immortal Realm expert.

Fortunately, the Bloodinfant Immortal Slaughtering Formation Zhan Kong had utilized had
only swallowed the bodies and souls of 13 Violet Palace Realm cultivators, and although
the might of its detonation was formidable, after being obstructed by the Grand Astral Palm
and the 64 high-grade yellow-rank flying swords, its might had already been weakened
greatly. Moreover, Chen Xi’s body refinement cultivation had already attained the 5th level
of the Violet Palace Realm. His body was even more formidable than a yellow-rank Magic
Treasure, and it was because of this that when the strength of the explosion blasted onto
him, he was able to fortunately escape this calamity.

“You… You… You actually didn’t die?” In the distance, Zhan Kong cried out loudly in
terror. “You monster! That was a might that was able to annihilate any Golden Core Realm
cultivator and cause any Rebirth Realm cultivator to suffer a heavy injury. How could you
be able to withstand it?”

Chen Xi paid no attention to Zhan Kong. As soon as the Shaman Energy within Chen Xi’s
entire body circulated, his broken and cracked bones and tendons instantly recovered
completely, and at the same time, a strand of second-wood essence with boundless vitality
gushed out from the miraculous little sapling in the Second-Wood Shaman Marking on his
back. The strand of second-wood essence gushed into his body, instantly allowing his
injuries to recover by more than half, and the Shaman Energy in his entire body recovered
by almost 80%.

Instantly, Chen Xi became full of spirit and vigor once again, and he was brimming with
health and vitality.

After all, in there was respectively the Chaotic Lifesoil, the Nameless Divine Wood, the
Nameless Metal, the Nameless Fire Crystal, and the Nameless Water Pearl, five types of
extremely miraculous treasures within the five Shaman Markings on his back. When all of
them circulated with each other, roiling second-wood qi, seventh-gold qi, third-fire qi, and
ninth-water qi transformed into Shaman Energy of the various attributes before
continuously replenishing the consumed Shaman energy in his body. It could be said that so
long as Chen Xi was given a chance to catch his breath during a battle, his Shaman Energy
was completely inexhaustible.

When Zhan Kong saw Chen Xi seemed to have already recovered to his peak state in the
blink of an eye, Zhan Kong was greatly shocked once more, and he felt his scalp go numb.
No matter how he wracked his brains, he was unable to wrap his head around what actually
was going on. Could it be that this fellow is a freak that can’t be killed?

“Die!” Chen Xi walked over with large strides before stretching out his hand to grab, and a
Grand Astral Palm appeared out of thin air to grab Zhan Kong into the palm as if it was
grabbing a chick, and it was actually extraordinarily easy.

It was normal when one thought about it. Earlier, when he activated the Bloodinfant
Immortal Slaughtering Formation, Zhan Kong had already poured all his True Essence into
it, and he’d even consumed his Blood Essence without hesitation to strengthen the might of
the formation. He’d already become extremely feeble, so how could he have the strength to
struggle and resist?
“Wait! You can’t kill me! Could it be that you don’t want to know how to obtain this
pagoda?” Zhan Kong cried out loudly in fear.

“I’ll naturally know after I kill you.” Said Chen Xi indifferently.

Crack!

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Kong’s entire body was directly crushed into strands
of dense and thick blood by the Grand Astral Palm, and it trickled down to drip to the
ground.

Up until this moment, not a single one of the 32 Devilspirit Guards had escaped, and they
were all killed by Chen Xi!

Swish!

Chen Xi flicked his sleeve, and besides the storage pouches of the 13 Devilspirit Guards
that detonated themselves that had gone missing, the 19 storage pouches on the ground had
entered into his possession.

The first storage pouch he opened belonged to Zhan Kong, and with a sweep of his Divine
Perception, he instantly knew of everything that was within the storage pouch. In this
storage pouch, besides large amounts of low-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures, 400,000
kgs of spirit liquid, and a small hill of medicinal pills and spirit materials, there was a
cultivation technique called the Shadowdevil Movement Technique and a talisman that was
coiled in the glow of a treasure.

Instantly, Chen Xi’s gaze shot onto the talisman. The paper of the talisman was pliable like
a gold leaf, and it emitted a gentle and dense gold light, There was a row of angular words
on the top, and Chen Xi was unable to recognize what type of runes it was.

“Celestial fighters, arrange yourselves and march forward?” Ling Bai spoke the
pronunciation of the runes on the talisman in one go, and it was obscure and peculiar, yet it
revealed a serious feeling that was solemn and awe-inspiring.

“What’s this?” Chen Xi was bewildered.

“If I’m not wrong, this should be the Soul Suppression Runes used by the ancient Buddhist
Sect! These words are the Nine Syllables of Truth of the Buddhist Sect!” Ling Bai spoke
slowly, and his voice carried a trace of shock. “Supposedly, every one of these Nine
Syllables of Truth contains a supreme divine ability of the Buddhist Sect, and it’s extremely
formidable and mysterious. But I’ve only heard my Master mention it, and this is the first
time that I’m seeing the real Soul Suppression Runes of the Buddhist Sect.”[1. I used a
proper translation of the nine words in the form of a sentence instead of splitting them one
by one because doing that would only make many words repetitive and the end product
would be confusing.]
Chapter 148 – Mount Meru

Buddhist Sect?

Chen Xi was extremely astonished. He’d once heard that there was such a special
cultivation sect during the primordial era. Its disciples wore cloth garments, had bald heads
and bare feet. They recited Buddhist scriptures, practiced chanting all day and night, and
they possessed wisdom that was deep like the sea, and boundless ability.

But this type of Buddhist Sect had vanished a million years ago. It was as if it had
evaporated into thin air, and the inheritance of the sect was buried into the annals of history.
Presently, the matters related to the Buddhist Sect had already become a purely imaginary
legend.

“The Buddhist Sect’s Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression Runes… Could it be that
these fellows wanted to rely on it to acquire this Buddha’s Trial Pagoda?” Chen Xi was
bewildered.

“Hmm? Buddha’s? I remember now!” Ling Bai said excitedly, “The word Buddha’s means
that it’s a Buddhist pagoda. During the primordial era, the location the Buddhist Sect
passed down its lessons couldn’t do so without a Buddha’s Pagoda. If I’m not wrong, this
Buddha’s Trial Pagoda is a Buddhist Sect Immortal Artifact!”

Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding. “If it’s like this, then it’s extremely easy to
understand. This Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression Runes is surely the key to
subduing this pagoda.”

“It’s indeed so. Presently, only you remain in this pagoda. You’ll surely be transported to
the highest layer, the Oneness Layer, and you’ll perhaps be able to use this talisman.” Ling
Bai said excitedly, “If you’re really able to acquire this pagoda, then it’s equivalent to you
obtaining an Immortal Artifact. An Immortal Artifact! It’s a terrifying existence that’s able
to annihilate an entire minor world.”

“Don’t get happy too early. This Buddha’s Pagoda is already broken, and I don’t know
when I’ll be able to repair it.” Chen Xi shook his head. “Not to mention I utterly don’t
know how to repair it, and this Zhan Kong’s storage pouch doesn’t any method related to
repairing this pagoda.”

“It doesn’t matter, take it slow. Even if it’s an empty shell of an Immortal Artifact, it’s still
able to make countless people fight to the death over it, and it’s extraordinarily rare.” Ling
Bai grinned as he spoke.

Chen Xi smiled, and he anticipated it extremely in his heart as well.

At this moment, he was just waiting to enter the highest layer of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda.
——

When Chen Xi was communicating with Ling Bai via voice transmission, it was another
scene outside the pagoda.

Everyone present had an expression of shock as their chests rapidly rose and fell. They
wanted to cheer, yet were unable to open their mouths even after a long time, and their
expressions looked to be strange and embarrassed.

They were embarrassed indeed.

For a period of time earlier, they’d thought that Chen Xi had colluded with those villains
and had become a traitor that helped the evil commit evil, and he was a heinous criminal.
They wished for nothing more than to tear Chen Xi into thousands of pieces before burning
his bones and scattering his ashes.

However, at this moment, when they saw Chen Xi annihilate all the villains without the
slightest hesitation, they understood that they were greatly mistaken, and they wanted to
cheer for Chen Xi, yet were unable to open their mouths. It would be weird if they weren’t
embarrassed!

Duanmu Ze had an extremely happy mood, yet he didn’t forgive them for their mistake and
mocked. “Hmph! These idiotic fellows are really extremely laughable! They deserve being
strung along by others for their entire lives.”

“Well said.” Song Lin spoke with great commendation.

“Alright, they were deluded by Su Zhentian as well.” Du Qingxi couldn’t help but smile.
When she saw Chen Xi display invincible might to annihilate all the villains, she felt
honored because of him, and had a feeling of proudness and happiness.

“Good! Such a Divine Ability is virtually comparable to the strength of a fiendgod from the
primordial era!” On the jade platform, the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master
exclaimed.

As soon as these words were spoken, it instantly won the approval of the leaders of the
various powers. Earlier, Fei Lengcui and the other 200 plus people were unable to
withstand those villains and were forced to flee from the pagoda. Now, Chen Xi had instead
easily annihilated 32 villains by himself. When the two were compared, it naturally made
Chen Xi’s abilities seem even more shocking.

The leaders of the various powers were all people with extremely discerning eyes, and they
naturally were able to discern that at the heart of the matter. The reason Chen Xi was so
formidable was that the might of the Divine Ability he executed was too terrifying. It had
crushed a few tens of top-grade yellow-rank Magic Treasures with a single strike, and such
a formidable Divine Ability was something that even they had only seen for the first time.
So they were naturally extremely amazed.

Only the Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian, had an extremely gloomy expression. The
greater the achievements Chen Xi’s made, the more uncomfortable he would be, and the
more he would hate Chen Xi in his heart. At this moment, when he heard the praise of the
various leaders towards Chen Xi, it was simply like a sharp sword had stabbed his heart, so
don’t even mention the grievance and rage in his heart.

“These damnable things! There were so many of them, yet they were actually unable to kill
a single person!” In the shadows far away from the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, Hall Master
Fan whose entire body was concealed in a black robe spoke with an icy cold voice.

“Hall Master Fan. In my opinion, they can’t be blamed for what happened this time, as the
opponent’s strength was too strong, and even I felt extreme fear as I watched. But now that
the Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression Talisman has fallen into his hands, it’s indeed
an extremely great trouble. That’s a priceless treasure of the Buddhist Sect that the Lord
wracked his brains and went through many hardships in order to obtain. If we lose it, I’m
afraid…” The nearby Feng Ming who was similarly covered in a black robe spoke
carefully.

“Hmph! I naturally know the consequences.” Hall Master Fan grunted coldly. “Even if he
subdues the pagoda by relying on the Soul Suppression Runes, he wouldn’t know how to
repair it. Can’t we just find a chance to come into contact with him, and then we’ll kill him
and seize the Soul Suppression Talisman and the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda?”

“Hall Master Fan, what you said is absolutely correct.” Feng Ming carefully smiled
obsequiously.

“I only hope that he’s able to retain the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, as a man’s wealth is his
own ruin by causing greed in others. Perhaps when he acquires the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda
under the gazes of everyone present, it would be the time of his death, and that would really
be troublesome.” Hall Master Fan sighed lightly.

——

The highest layer in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, the Oneness Layer.

This place was a space that only covered 300m, its walls were carved with a blissful scene
of soaring dragons flying up and down in the sky, blooming golden lotuses, and heavenly
flowers fluttering about in the sky. A barefooted monk wearing cloth clothes rode on the
back of the dragon, holding a smile on his face as he sat between the golden lotuses, and a
lifelike holy light flowed about, revealing a profound sense of kindness, peace, freedom,
and rejoice.
Perhaps this is the holy land of the Buddhist Sect in the legends. As expected, it’s different
from other cultivation sects and forms its own atmosphere and world. When Chen Xi was
transported in, he was drawn to the scenes on the walls in the surroundings, and as he
looked at the various auspicious, happy and beautiful scenes, he marveled at it endlessly in
his heart.

After silently observing for a short moment, Chen Xi’s gaze swept out unintentionally and
was instantly drawn by a rock that was as tall as a person at the center of the Oneness
Layer. This rock was like a mountain that had been shrunk countless time, and when looked
at carefully, he was even able to see the ridges on the mountain that grew higher and
higher, streams and waterfalls, precipices, green pines, and various other extraordinary
sights.

Moreover, at the center of the rock wall facing him was the words Mount Meru written on
it, and it vaguely emitted strands of the aura of light, solemnness, and peace. The auras
were indistinct and wispy, and if he didn’t carefully sense it, it would really be difficult for
Chen Xi to notice it.

“Could it be that this rock is called Mount Meru?” Chen Xi said in astonishment.

Om!

Right at this moment, Chen Xi suddenly felt a trace of vibration coming from within his
storage ring. When he looked to check, the Nine Syllable of Truth Soul Suppression Runes
Talisman seemed to have become alive, and it emitted a gentle and extremely pure gold
light.

Could it be that the key to subduing this pagoda is this rock that’s like a mountain? Chen
Xi thought in his heart as the Soul Suppression Runes Talisman instantly flew out.

Whoosh!

Before Chen Xi could react, this talisman had descended onto the rock and covered the
words Mount Meru. Instantly, the entire Mount Meru started to shake abruptly. It was like a
god that had been in deep slumber for thousands of years had awoken, and a strand of
extremely pure, thick, and peaceful aura gushed out with a bang to taint the entire Oneness
Layer with a layer of bright golden light.

Chen Xi noticed to his shock that the lifelike scenes on the walls on all sides seemed to
have really come to life. Heavenly flowers rained from the sky, golden lotuses sprang up
from the ground, and dragons whistled through the clouds as it danced about gracefully in
the sky. Waves of ancient, obscure, solemn Buddhist chanting shot out from the walls and
resounded in the entire Oneness Layer.

“Everything is brought about by fate, yet fate never lasts, and neither does everything
brought about by it. Master Buddha often reminds us, seek wisdom instead of being caught
up in the pursuit of fate…” Amongst this chanting that was like the tinkling of the bell in a
monastery, Chen Xi was in a trance and seemed to have entered a different world. It was a
world eternally illuminated by holy lights, the entire world a supreme place of happiness
that was covered in peace and joy. Golden lotuses springing out as heavenly flowers rained
down and could be seen everywhere. Numerous monks with peaceful expressions could be
seen between the mountains and rivers or by the flowers, and they sat within the base of the
lotus as they imparted knowledge and prayers and comprehended profound ways of
Buddhism. Heavenly dragons and golden phoenixes spiraled in the sky as they fluttered and
danced about, gods and ordinary people stood with smiles on their faces, and all of them
were naturally satisfied, feeling inexplicable happiness, feeling inexplicable freedom, and
they lived a life of ease and leisure with overflowing joy.

As he was immersed in this profound and unspeakable realm, the corners of Chen Xi’s
mouth slightly curved to reveal a light smile, and a trace of a peaceful and calm bearing
silently emerged from his body.

However, outside of the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, everyone only saw Chen Xi standing
senselessly and quietly in the Oneness Layer like a puppet that had fallen to be possessed
by the devil, and it was also like he’d lost his own soul.

Bang!

A muffled sound that was like a thunderclap exploded out in the heaven and earth, and then
everyone noticed to their astonishment that the entire Buddha’s Trial Pagoda that was
extremely tall was actually shrinking and shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye…

“The Lord was right, the Soul Suppression Runes Talisman is really a supreme talisman of
truth that is able to refine any Buddhist Treasure.” In the shadows extremely far away, Hall
Master Fan who was covered in her black robe muttered to herself.

“Hall Master Fan, we must not allow this talisman to fall into the hands of that kid.
Otherwise, when the Lord gets angry, neither you nor I am able to bear the consequences.”
Feng Ming looked at the pagoda that ceaselessly shrunk as he spoke with a complicated
tone.

“Of course. If he doesn’t hand it over obediently, then I’ll kill him and extract his soul
before confining it within a Soul Refining Lantern and make him suffer torture forever.”
Hall Master Fan spoke coldly.

Om!

A strange sound that was like the sound of a bell abruptly resounded out, and then everyone
felt their vision go blur before the entire Buddha’s Trial Pagoda had completely vanished.
In the spot that it vanished, Chen Xi stood all alone there with his eyes closed and holding a
smile on the corners of his mouth, and his entire body emitted a trace of a tranquil and
peaceful aura.
“Could it be… this fellow has subdued the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda?”

“How could that be possible? The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda has already been standing erect
here since a few thousand years ago. Although it’s a damaged Immortal Artifact, which of
the people that set their eyes on it during all these years didn’t go home empty handed?”

“It ought to be correct, it’s this fellow that has subdued it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t vanish
without reason nor rhyme! Dammit! The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda is gone, how will Dragon
Lake City conduct the Hidden Dragon Rankings in the future?”

The Buddha’s Trial Pagoda that was practically impossible to subdue in the hearts of every
single cultivator of Dragon Lake City had suddenly strangely vanished before their eyes,
and besides shock, it instantly caused a wave of shocked exclamations and animated
discussion.

“Why is it like this? Chen Xi has brought great calamity to himself this time!” Du Qingxi
spoke with a frown.

“This kid is really too daring. He took away the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda before the eyes of
so many people. How can the leaders of the various powers of Dragon Lake City endure
this?” Duanmu Ze laughed bitterly.

“He has indeed brought great calamity to himself. It was fine when no one was able to
subdue the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, but once it’s subdued, it has instantly become a hot
treasure. As the saying goes, as a man’s wealth is his own ruin by causing greed in others.
Chen Xi has led fire onto his body this time!” Song Lin’s brows frowned tightly together as
he spoke with worry.

“Little thief! You actually dare to brazenly seize my Dragon Lake City’s Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda, where do you place your respect for us? Hand it over obediently!” Right at this
moment, an explosive shout abruptly sounded out from atop the jade platform, and then
everyone saw that the figure of the Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian, flashed out,
transforming into a wisp of a black shadow as he stretched out his hand to grab towards the
distant Chen Xi.

At practically the same instant that Su Zhentian made a move, the Starnet Palace’s Sect
Master, Tie Yunzi, Cang Clan’s Patriarch, Cang Xiaolong, and the Myriadcloud
institution’s Dean, Jiang Zhenyu, attacked brazenly as well.

Instantly, four Rebirth Realm cultivators moved out in unison, and they moved to surround
Chen Xi from all directions before everyone could react to what had happened!
Chapter 149 – Seizing

Rumble!

The instant these four figures attacked, even the sky was shaken, to the point layer upon
layer of ripples undulated out wherever their figures passed. That level of strength was
already formidable to a considerably terrifying extent.

These four great leaders that were at the Sect Master level suddenly attacking had
practically exceeded the expectations of everyone present. No one had imagined that they,
who were such respected identities, would actually lose their composure to such an extent,
and disregard both status and situation to jointly attack Chen Xi!

The figures of Su Zhentian’s group of four were swift like lightning, to an unparalleled
extent. At almost the exact instant the sound resounded out, the four of them had rushed
down the jade platform, and they obviously had planned it since long ago.

Moreover, all of them had a cultivation at the Rebirth realm. At this moment, when they
brazenly attacked, the terrifying aura that exploded out from their bodies was like a
boundless ocean that swept out, causing everyone below the jade platform to feel
suffocated. Instantly, all of them were thrown flying in all directions, and they were simply
like leaves blown upon by autumn wind, easily swept away.

The distant Chen Xi who had his eyes closed and held a smile on his face felt a feeling of
extreme danger gush into his heart, a bloodcurdling feeling, causing him to abruptly sober
up from the peaceful and happy state, and then he saw the figures of Su Zhentian and the
other four people mixed with auras that were terrifying to the extreme as they flashed
explosively towards him. Just the auras that gushed out from their bodies caused Chen Xi to
feel a terrifying pressure that he was unable to break free from.

“What’s going? How did I come out from the Oneness Layer of the pagoda?” Chen Xi
hadn’t wrapped his head around it yet when he received a thought that Ling Bai sent over
within his mind. “Move aside quickly! These four fellows are Rebirth Realm experts.
You’re taken away the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, so how could they possibly let you off?”

In practically a tenth of an instant, Chen Xi instantly understood his current situation, and
his expression immediately became extremely unsightly. Su Zhentian’s group of four had
surrounded him from four directions as their formidable auras firmly locked onto him, and
four strands of terrifying pressure that only Rebirth Realm cultivators were able to possess
pressed down towards him from all directions. He felt like he was a piece of straw on the
boundless ocean, he was only able to barely withstand the terrifying pressure by circulating
his cultivation with his entire strength, and as for resisting or perhaps escaping, it was
something that was utterly impossible.

This was the extremely great difference in cultivation realms.

No matter how outstanding Chen Xi’s combat strength was, how high his comprehension
ability, or how formidable the Divine Abilities he possessed were, and even if he could
annihilate Golden Hall Realm cultivators and escape from the hands of Golden Core Realm
cultivators, but when he was facing Rebirth Realm cultivators that were two realms above
him, he was weak to the point he was simply like an ant, dead with a single stomp.

Not to mention, before him was four Rebirth Realm cultivators that were attacking him in
unison, and it was four titans using their fingers to smash an ant together. How could he
possibly have any room to struggle?

This was the first time that Chen Xi felt so powerless, that his strength was so insufficient,
and felt the despair of being on the verge of death.

Chen Xi was in danger!

Du Qingxi closed her eyes, Duanmu Ze’s face warped, Song Lin’s pupils constricted, and
Chen Hao bit open his lips. This scene happened too quickly, to the point it caused them to
be utterly unable to react to it, and they were utterly unable to take any action as well. Only
in the eyes of Su Jiao did a trace of excited joy flash, as her enmity with Chen Xi was
extremely deep, and she wished for nothing more than for Chen Xi to be killed at her
father’s hand right away. So this scene conformed extremely to her intentions.

“Die!” Su Zhentian flashed to arrive above Chen Si, and as he looked at Chen Xi who was
a short distance away, killing intent that was impossible to restrain gushed out from his
heart and the rage in his heart urged him to wish for nothing more than to instantly smash
the person before him into mush.

“Su Clan’s Patriarch, Su Zhentian, Starnet Palace’s Sect Master, Tie Yunzi, Cang Clan’s
Patriarch, Cang Xiaolong, and Myriadcloud Institution’s Dean, Jiang Zhenyu… I’ll
remember all of you. Even if I die, I’ll drag all of you down with me!” A trace of
ruthlessness flashed within Chen Xi’s eyes. He wanted to detonate his entire cultivation,
and every single one of them he brought down with him counted!

It was at this exceedingly dangerous moment that Chen Xi felt his vision blur, and a figure
had already appeared before him. Before he could even discern who it was, he heard four
bangs that were like muffle thunder explode out, then Su Zhentian’s group of four who’d
flashed over from four directions had actually been slapped flying more than 100 meters by
a flick of this person’s sleeve, and their figures were in an extremely sorry state!

Hiss!

This sudden scene was simply like a thunderclap emerging from flat ground, it instantly
caused the hearts of everyone present to shake, and they almost didn’t dare believe their
eyes. That was a joint attack from four Rebirth Realm cultivators, how could it possibly be
so easily deal with?!
At this moment, Chen Xi had clearly seen who the person that arrived was as well. This
person wore an azure robe and held a feather fan in his hand. He was warm like jade,
handsome and refined. Shockingly, it was precisely the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s
Daoist Wen Xuan! A great Nether Transformation Realm cultivator who wasn’t well-
known, due to being in seclusion all year long!

“It’s actually Daoist Wen Xuan. No wonder he’s able to destroy the pincer attack of Su
Zhentian’s group of four with a single strike!”

“Ah? I seem to have heard before that there’s a Nether Transformation Realm expert that
lives in seclusion in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. It wouldn’t be this Senior before us,
right?”

“So it’s an expert at the Nether Transformation Realm. Formidable! So formidable!”

When they saw that the mysterious person that had appeared suddenly was actually the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Nether Transformation Realm expert, Daoist Wen Xuan,
who’d practically shut himself off from the outside world, the expressions of the people
present instantly possessed an extra strand of admiration, reverence, and adoration.

But to Su Zhentian, Tie Yunzi, Cang Xiaolong, and Jiang Zhenyu, besides causing them to
be surprised and bewildered, Wen Xuan’s appearance also caused them to feel a wave of
rage.

They were just about to annihilate Chen Xi and seize the Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s
Pagoda, yet a Nether Transformation Realm expert had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
How could they feel well in their hearts?

“Master!” Chen Hao flew over and bowed in greeting.

“Your display in the Hidden Dragon Rankings this time wasn’t bad. Stand aside and watch
first, I’ll bring you back to the sect later.” Wen Xuan fanned the feathers fan in his hand as
he smiled warmly.

“Okay.” Chen Hao nodded, and then he arrived at Chen Xi’s side and asked. “Brother, are
you alright?”

Chen Xi shook his head, then he looked at Su Zhentian’s group of four, and he didn’t
conceal the hatred in his gaze in the slightest. If it wasn’t for Daoist Wen Xuan arriving in a
timely manner, he would have almost been forced by these four people to the end of
detonating his cultivation and dying on the spot. It was like walking a circle in hell. His
feeling of helplessness, rage, and unwillingness had all transformed into a bellyful of
hatred, and he’d already decided in his heart, once his strength became stronger, he would
surely obliterate these extremely despicable and shameless people!
Master? Daoist Wen Xuan was actually the Master of Chen Xi’s younger brother? No
wonder he would lend a hand.

When they saw Chen Hao greet Daoist Wen Xuan, the people present instantly revealed an
expression of sudden understanding, and then they were shocked in their hearts. Chen Xi’s
younger brother has actually become a Nether Transformation Realm expert’s disciple?
Then wouldn’t it mean that he’s of the same seniority as the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s
master?

“Martial Uncle Wen Xuan.” Seeming to be for the sake of verifying the guesses in
everyone’s hearts, Ling Kongzi flew down from the jade platform right away to arrive
before Daoist Wen Xuan and bowed in greeting before looking at Chen Hao and saying
with a smile, “I was originally intending on promoting you to an Elite Disciple after the
Hidden Dragon Rankings this time. Now there’s no need, as you’ve already become my
Little Junior Brother. Haha!”

Chen Hao was extremely clever as well, and he bowed as he called out. “Chen Hao greets
Senior Brother.”

“Good, good, good, hahaha! This is Senior Brother’s greeting gift, a top-grade yellow-rank
Magic Treasure, Azureflame Sword.” Ling Kongzi smiled as he spoke, then he withdrew an
azure colored flying sword that emitted a dense aura of flames, and he passed it over to
Chen Hao.

“Hmph! Your Wanderingcloud Sword Sect is playing a nice trick, winning over Chen Xi’s
younger brother is equivalent to indirectly obtaining the Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda in Chen Xi’s possession. Do all of you think that the Fellow Daoists present aren’t
able to see through this?” In the distance, Su Zhentian sneered.

“Exactly, that Buddha’s Trial Pagoda is something that’s commonly owned by the various
powers of my Dragon Lake City. Now, it has instead been monopolized by your
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, and all of us will absolutely not agree to it.” The Starnet
Palace’s Sect Master, Tie Yunzi, echoed with Su Zhentian.

“Exactly, we won’t agree as well.” The Cang Clan’s Patriarch, Cang Xiaolong, and the
Myriadcloud Institution’s Dean, Jiang Zhenyu, spoke at the same moment.

Instantly, these four parties had joined together to speak out in opposition towards the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect at the same time, causing the surrounding atmosphere to
instantly become heavy, and they seemed to be ready to jump at each other’s throat.

It was even to the extent that countless thought gushed out in the hearts of the various
leaders that were spectating from the jade platform. However, for fear of Daoist Wen
Xuan’s monstrous might, they still chose to spectate. But it could be ascertained that they
would absolutely not be willing to watch idly by as the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda entered into
the hands of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.
“The treasures in the heaven and earth belong to those who are fated. The Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda has stood erect here for almost 7,000 years, so why didn’t all of you subdue it?
Now, all of you are instead disregarding your bearings, bullying the small, and forcefully
seizing treasures in a brazen manner. Even I feel ashamed for all of you.” Daoist Wen Xuan
fanned the feather fan in his hand as he spoke with disdain.

“Hmph! All of us are doing this due to righteous indignation and are unable to endure the
pagoda falling into the hands of an outsider. How could it be bullying the small?” Su
Zhentian spoke with a gloomy face. “Daoist Wen Xuan, as a senior, you’re instead making
it difficult for us in all respects, and isn’t it because you covet this pagoda as well? That kid
must hand over the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda today, otherwise, the various Fellow Daoists of
our Dragon Lake City will not agree to it!”

“What if he doesn’t hand it over?” Daoist Wen Xuan lightly smiled, and a trace of a cold
light flashed within his eyes.

“Then don’t blame all of us for being rude!” Su Zhentian spoke with a cold smile on his
face. “Others are afraid of you, Daoist Wen Xuan, yet I, Su Zhentian, am unafraid. Today,
not only must that kid hand over the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, he must also pay with his life
for the clansmen of my Su Clan that have passed away! Daoist Wen Xuan, I presume your
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect isn’t willing to go into battle with the Su Clan, Cang Clan,
Starnet Palace, and Myriadcloud Institution, right?”

“Threatening me?” The smile on Daoist Wen Xuan’s face disappeared, and his refined face
was suffused with a trace of killing intent.

“This isn’t a threat. Chen Xi isn’t a disciple of Dragon Lake City, and he’s completely
unrelated to your Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. Since it’s like this, why are you forcefully
standing out for an outsider, Daoist Wen Xuan?” Su Zhentian said with an emotionless
face, “Not to mention, we’re asking for the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, yet we don’t require to
make it our own. The various powers of our Dragon Lake City are completely capable of
discussing a way to deal with it together, and then we can share this Immortal Artifact
equally. I presume that the other leaders present would be happy to see this scene.”

“Brother Su, great move. You want to bind all of us together to put pressure on the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?” On the jade platform, a black robed middle aged man with a
dignified expression said extremely coldly, “My Du Clan thinks that since this treasure was
fortunate enough to be subdued by Little Brother Chen Xi, then it ought to belong to him.
As the saying goes, the treasures in the heaven and earth belong to those who are fated. We
can’t commit the despicable deed of forcefully seizing treasures.”

This person was the Du Clan’s Patriarch, Du Wuyuan.

“My Song Clan thinks like this as well,” said the Song Clan’s Patriarch, Song Wenchong.
“My Duanmu Clan supports the opinion of Brother Du.” The Duanmu Clan’s Patriarch,
Duanmu Yunkong spoke out as well.

The Du Clan, Song Clan, and Duanmu Clan had spoken out in unison, and the situation
instantly changed once more. The three clans were faintly together with the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect to oppose Su Zhentian’s group of four clans.

This scene caused everyone present to be bewildered, their heads spun, and they were
secretly extremely shocked in their hearts. Isn’t Chen Xi a cultivator from outside the city?
How has he obtained the great help of so many powers?

Only Chen Xi himself understood that it was surely Du Qingxi’s group of three that had
played a role in affecting the attitude of the clans behind them. When he thought up to here,
Chen Xi raised his eyes to look, and as expected, he saw Du Qingxi, Duanmu Ze, and Song
Lin waving towards him, causing him to be unable to refrain from lightly smiling as a
strand of warmth arose in his heart.

“Hmph! We can argue about the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda later, but this kid’s life must be
taken to offer sacrifice to the souls of the members of my Su Clan that have passed away!”

Right at this moment, a sharp and ear piercing loud shout sounded out, and then everyone
saw a ball of bloody clouds roil as it approached from the distance. It transformed into an
old man with hair that hung loosely on his shoulders, and an emaciated and gloomy face
that stepped down from midair as if he was stepping on a shapeless flight of stairs. Every
step he took caused a trace of intense fluctuation to appear in the sky, and his body surged
out with a tyrannical aura that was like a rolling river pressing down onto everyone, causing
all the people present to go pale.
Chapter 150 – Monstrous Power and Prestige

“Su Clan’s Ancestor, Su Yingkong!”

“It’s actually this old goat! No wonder his aura is so overbearing. Supposedly, he’d gone
into closed door training to comprehend the Nether Transformation Realm a thousand years
ago. Now that he’s made an appearance this time, could it be that he’s already become a
Nether Transformation Realm expert?”

“This is just great, even the Su Clan’s Ancestor has stood out. I’m afraid it will impossible
for Chen Xi to escape his doom.”

“Indeed. He didn’t mention the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, and only came for the sake of his
clansmen’s revenge. Chen Xi is an outsider after all, so out of respect to the Su Clan’s
Ancestor, it wouldn’t be good for anyone to obstruct him.”

When they saw the red robed and emaciated old man appear, the people present burst into
an uproar once more, and besides being shocked, they couldn’t help but start to speculate
about Chen Xi’s fate.

“Greetings Ancestor. Congratulation Ancestor, for advancing to the Nether Transformation

Realm and achieving great enlightenment of the heaven and the earth!” Su Zhentian bowed
as he spoke, and his gaze glanced towards Daoist Wen Xuan who was opposite of him, and
he couldn’t help but sneer endlessly.

In Dragon Lake City, if it was said that Rebirth Realm cultivators stood at the peak, then
figures at the Nether Transformation Realm were existences that were above worldly
considerations. Only a few powers among the eight great sects, three great institutions, and
six great sects possessed a Nether Transformation Realm expert that was able to deter all
the powers in its surroundings with the expert’s terrifying strength.

As far as Su Zhentian was concerned, the appearance of the Ancestor today was
undoubtedly just perfect. Not only was he able to proclaim the hidden resources, hidden
reserves, and the strength of the Su Clan to everyone, he was also able to pin down Daoist
Wen Xuan, causing Daoist Wen Xuan to not dare act wilfully anymore, and it could be said
to be killing two birds with one stone.

Most importantly, at this moment, the Su Clan urgently required this strength to deter the
powers in its surroundings. Because after Chen Xi annihilated the six Golden Hall Realm
cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator of the Su Clan, the entire strength of the
Su Clan had been weakened by a small portion. Moreover, in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda
today, almost all of the top disciples of the Su Clan’s younger generation had been buried,
and the Su Clan could be said to have been injured greatly, to the point it had already drawn
the covetous gazes and aroused restlessness in the other great powers.
Under these circumstances of having troubles both internally and externally, a Nether
Transformation Realm expert appearing from the Su Clan undoubtedly provided the Su
Clan the ability to deter the various powers, and those that wanted to take advantage of the
Su Clan’s circumstances would have to consider the consequences of offending a Nether
Transformation Realm expert.

Advanced to the Nether Transformation Realm?

As soon as Su Zhentian finished speaking, the eyes of the leaders of the various powers
squinted as their expression turned surprised and doubtful.

“Wen Xuan, hand over that kid. You have no ties with him. Don’t affect the harmonious
relationship between our two powers because of him!” At the instant the Su Clan’s
Ancestor appeared, he shot his gaze towards Daoist Wen Xuan as he spoke indifferently.

“Hmph! You’ve only just advanced to the Nether Transformation Realm, yet you dare
flaunt your prowess before me?” Daoist Wen Xuan grunted coldly. “If it wasn’t for there
being many people here, and me being worried about injuring the innocent, I’d kill you
right now.”

Su Yingkong’s face sank as he said slowly, “If it was before, I’d slightly fear you indeed.
But I’ve advanced to the Nether Transformation Realm now, and I’ve even bound an
extremely formidable treasure. If you, Wen Xuan, aren’t afraid of death, then feel free to
try me.”

An extremely formidable treasure?

Wen Xuan suddenly thought of something and spoke in astonishment. “It wouldn’t be the
36 Violet-Lightning Azure Awls?”

Su Yingkong laughed loudly as he said, “I never imagined that you, Wen Xuan, knew of
this treasure of my Su Clan as well. Exactly, I’ve already bound all 36 Violet-Lightning
Azure Awls, and I’ve condensed them into a Violet-Lightning Azure Sword which is
already a Quasi Immortal Artifact. Wen Xuan, do you still have the confidence to defeat me
now?”

The expressions of everyone turned to an expression of astonishment when they heard this,
and they were extremely shocked in their hearts.

“Ling Bai, what’s a Quasi Immortal Artifact?” Chen Xi frowned as he sent a voice
transmission.

“A Magic Treasure that’s more formidable than a top-grade heaven-rank Magic Treasure
and already possesses the potential to advance to become an Immortal Artifact is called a
Quasi Immortal Artifact. But not to mention a Nether Transformation Realm expert, even a
true Heavenly Immortal has to spend at least a few thousands of years of bitter refining to
bind a Quasi Immortal Artifact and advance it into a real Immortal Artifact.” Ling Bai
swiftly explained.

Chen Xi instantly understood. No wonder the Su Clan’s Ancestor was so confident from
possessing a Quasi Immortal Artifact. Even though he’d only just advanced into the Nether
Transformation Realm, he already possessed the ability to battle Daoist Wen Xuan.

The Magic Treasures in the cultivation world were divided into the yellow, profound, earth,
and heaven rank. Every rank was further divided into the low-grade, intermediate-grade,
high-grade, and top-grade. A heaven-rank Magic Treasure was already the existence with
the strongest might below an Immortal Artifact, and Su Zhentian’s Violet-Lightning Azure
Sword possessing the might of a Quasi Immortal Artifact was indeed extremely formidable.

“Wen Xuan, think about it.” Su Yingkong smiled lightly when he saw Wen Xuan go silent,
and then he said with an unhurried voice, “Is it worth for the sake of an outsider?”

“Do you think I’m afraid of you?” Wen Xuan said with surprise, “You’re really laughable.
You feel your undefeatable in the world because you possess a Quasi Immortal Artifact?”

Su Yingkong’s expression instantly became unsightly. “I really want to know. Why exactly
are you, Wen Xuan, protecting this kid in all respects?”

“Because…” Before Wen Xuan could finish speaking, an aged voice abruptly sounded out
unhurriedly in the heaven and earth. “Because, he’s the brother of I, Bei Heng.
Understand?”

Along with this voice, a grey clothed and grey haired old man seemed as if he’d teleported
as he swiftly appeared before Su Yingkong, and then swung over 10 resounding slaps onto
Su Yingkong’s face, causing Su Yingkong’s face to instantly become red and swollen.

Everyone present in the surroundings was dumbstruck when they saw this scene, shocked
into speechlessness. A Nether Transformation Realm expert was violently slapped over 10
times by another, yet was actually unable to resist in the slightest?

My God!

This, this isn’t real, right?

This shock they felt from this scene had even surpassed the time Daoist Wen Xuan blasted
four Rebirth Realm cultivator back with a flick of his sleeve and caused them to almost not
dare believe their eyes.

Amongst the people present, only Chen Xi had a normal expression, because he knew this
Big Brother Bei Heng of his possessed this level of strength.
Exactly, this person was the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Supreme Grand Elder, the
Master of Daoist Wen Xuan, the Earthly Immortal Realm expert, Bei Heng!

“I originally intended to kill you, but out of respect for your older brother that has passed
away, I’ll let you off today.” Bei Heng casually tossed out, tossing Su Yingkong out as if he
was throwing out the trash. Then his figure swayed, and he’d already arrived before Chen
Xi before saying with a smile. “Older Brother has come late, and I’ve caused you to suffer
great injustice.”

Chen Xi shook his head and smiled. “It isn’t to the extent of suffering an injustice. I only
feel that my strength is too weak, causing me to require Big Brother’s help at every turn,
and I feel extremely sorry.”

Bei Heng waved his hand. “This is nothing, you don’t have to be polite to family.”

“Disciple Ling Kongzi greets Grand Ancestor Bei Heng!”

“Disciple Wen Xuan greets Master!”

The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master, Ling Kongzi, and Daoist Wen Xuan seized this
opportunity to move forward and greet him with extreme respect.

The people present seemed as if they were struck by lightning when they saw this scene,
and they were completely stunned. That old man with grey clothes and grey hair is actually
the Grand Ancestor of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master? The Master of Daoist
Wen Xuan?

All this was still nothing. What caused everyone to be unable to accept was this such an
extremely respected figure was actually Chen Xi’s brother! Wouldn’t that mean that even
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master, Ling Kongzi, had to address Chen Xi as Grand
Ancestor and Daoist Wen Xuan had to respectfully address Chen Xi as Martial Uncle?

The minds of everyone present was completely in disorder, and all of them stared their eyes
wide open as they stood dumbstruck on the spot.

“This fellow… He really concealed it deeply!” Duanmu Ze, Du Qingxi, and Song Lin were
all flabbergasted, and it was as if they didn’t know Chen Xi.

How can this be possible!? How can he possibly be brothers with the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect’s Supreme Grand Elder? Su Jiao’s countenance went pale with a swish. She
was waiting for her Ancestor, Su Yingkong, to successfully capture Chen Xi so that she
could humiliate and torture Chen Xi in every possible way, yet reality played an extremely
brutal joke on her…

As she looked at the Su Clan’s Ancestor who’d fainted from extreme terror and rage, the
pillars of support in Su Jiao’s heart seemed to want to collapse. She was truly unable to
believe how an ant, that she could practically squash to death with a flip of her hand two
years ago, had actually undergone such a change now. Not only had his cultivation
advanced by leaps and bounds, he was even able to become brothers with the Supreme
Grand Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect…

But no matter how unwilling she was to believe this, the facts were the facts, and it
wouldn’t change in the slightest from anyone’s unwillingness to believe it.

Her father, Su Zhentian’s, feelings were similar to hers, and even surpassed hers. Su
Zhentian placed his hopes on his Ancestor to deter the various powers of Dragon Lake City
and to capture Chen Xi to take revenge for the clansmen that had passed away. How could
he have imagined that the Ancestor would be slapped by someone, to the point that the
Ancestor fainted? The hope in his heart was instantly obliterated, and he could even foresee
that after this day, it would probably be difficult for the Su Clan to hold their heads high in
Dragon Lake City any longer.

“Greetings, Supreme Grand Elder!” The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect disciples present,
such as Fei Lengcui, Qing Luo, Chen Hao, and the other thousand plus people seemed as if
they’d awoken from a dream and knelt on the ground with a bang before speaking in
unison.

Bei Heng’s gaze swept the surroundings as he spoke indifferently. “The person beside me
is my sworn brother, Chen Xi. In the future, anyone who offends him, is offending me, Bei
Heng. So don’t blame me for being merciless!”

Whoosh!

The gazes of everyone present shot onto Chen Xi in unison, and the faces of everyone
revealed an expression of shock and envy. The Wanderingcloud Sword Sect was the
number one power in Dragon Lake City and even the entire southern territory, and Bei
Heng was the Supreme Grand Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. In the future, who
would dare offend a person that was sworn as a brother by Bei Heng?

At this moment, as he looked at the shock in the eyes of everyone present in the
surroundings, as he looked at all the Su Clan members whose faces had turned ashen, and
as he looked ahead at Bei Heng who stood with his hands behind his back, a wave of
emotion couldn’t help but emerge in his heart. A single person was able to cause a myriad
of people to feel reverence, and didn’t everything before his eyes the best explanation for
the saying — power and influence that dashed to the sky?

“Little Brother, let’s go. I’ve already selected a peak suitable for cultivation in the sect for
you, let’s go take a look.” Bei Heng laughed loudly as he pulled Chen Xi’s arm and walked
up into the sky. From the beginning until the end, he didn’t pay the slightest attention to
anyone present again, and it seemed as if in Bei Heng’s eyes, only Chen Xi was worthy of
such treatment from him.
“I never imagined that this fellow’s backing was an Earthly Immortal. Looks like it isn’t
just difficult to seize the Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression Runes Talisman and the
Buddha’s Pagoda from him. Nevermind, I’ll make contact with him first. If worst comes to
worst, I’ll flee right after I kill him.” In the shadows in the extreme distance, Hall Master
Fan, who was covered in a black robe spoke with a serious tone.

“Hall Master Fan, that kid has followed Bei Heng back to the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.
How should we make contact with him?” Feng Ming felt his throat become slightly dry, as
the greatness of Chen Xi’s backing caused him to feel extremely shocked, and he faintly
had the thought of giving up.

“Wait! I don’t believe that he’ll stay in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect and not come out
for his entire life.” Hall Master Fan gnashed her teeth and said, “We’ve lost the Soul
Suppression Runes Talisman, and compared with the punishment of the Lord, I’d rather go
offend an Earthly Immortal.”

“Hall Master Fan, you’re right. Then let’s put up in Dragon Lake City, and we must seize
the talisman back from him even if we have to wait a few years!” When the Lord was
mentioned, Feng Ming seemed to have recalled some scenes that were unbearable, and he
couldn’t help but shudder. He knew clearly in his heart that if they were unable to retrieve
the talisman, then the most terrifying torture in the world would probably be waiting for
them.

——

Up to this point, the Dragon Lake City’s Hidden Dragon Rankings for this year had come
to an end. Because of the sudden appearance of Bei Heng, it had completely dispersed the
thoughts of the various powers to seize the Buddha’s Pagoda in Chen Xi’s possession. It
also proved in another way that Earthly Immortal Realm experts really did exist in the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, and it wasn’t just a legend.

On this day, many things had occurred, yet there was always the figure of a person in all
these things, and this person was Chen Xi. He annihilated 96 Su Clan top disciples by
himself, slaughtered 32 mysterious and unknown cultivators, subdued the Buddha’s Trial
Pagoda, became sworn brothers with the Supreme Grand Elder of the Wanderingcloud
Sword Sect…

This youth that had walked out from Pine Mist City that was like a remote village seemed
like a dazzling star that emitted boundless light on this day, and he was like the sun in the
midday sky, causing others to be unable to forget him.

It could be predicted that in the next few days, Chen Xi’s name and deeds were bound to
spread throughout the entire Dragon Lake City and throughout the entire southern
territory’s cultivation world!
Chapter 151 – True Heart Peak

Whoosh!

A flowing light instantly vanished in the sky, and it flew into the vast Wanderingcloud
mountain range.

Chen Xi heard a rumbling noise as he felt himself being covered by a strand of airflow,
then the surroundings became indistinct as the scene before his eyes warped into numerous
ripples. Before he could react, he’d already appeared atop a mountain.

“Could it be that was a spatial teleportation technique?” Chen Xi swept his gaze towards
the surrounding group of mountains and couldn’t help but be shocked. He’d actually
already arrived within the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect! It should be known that it was
5,000 kms from nearby the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda to arrive before the Wanderingcloud
mountain range, yet only a few breaths of time had passed and he’d already flown almost
15,000 kms into the mountain range?

Spatial teleportation techniques were also called teleportation, and it was an extremely
formidable technique that only great cultivators at the Earthly Immortal Realm were able to
master. When cultivated to the limit, taking a stride would allow one to cross a distance of
over 500 kms.[1. Just to avoid confusion, Bei Heng took an unknown amount of steps.]

The reason Earthly Immortal Realm cultivators were able to execute it was because after
Earthly Immortal Realm cultivators experienced their heavenly tribulation, the True
Essence within their bodies would gradually move towards converting into Immortal
Energy. Only Immortal Energy was able to fuel such a formidable technique.

“Little Brother, how’s the mountain peak that I selected for you?” Bei Heng pointed at the
mountain below and grinned as he spoke.

“Big Brother Bei Heng has treated me well. This mountain peak’s loftiness has already
exceeded my imagination.” Chen Xi raised his eyes to look, and he saw this peak was
entirely quiet and beautiful, its imposing aura like a sword that pierced straight into the sky.
On the peak were five beautifully decorated palaces built upon it, with pavilion and
terraces, flourishing trees and tall bamboo bushes, and every corner of it was brand new.

“In the mortal world, building a palace like this on a mountain would probably require a
few tens of thousands of people doing bitter labor for a few tens of years, whereas in a great
sect, it was built in only a few months.” Chen Xi sighed with emotion.

“This is the ability of cultivators. Moving mountains and filling seas, plucking the stars and
moon out of the sky, turning the ugly into beautiful, and possessing various extraordinary
abilities that surpass the imagination of mortals. It was precisely because of this that the
people of the world are so persistent in seeking immortality and the Dao, yearning to
ascend the heavens with a single step and experience a meteoric rise,” said Bei Heng with a
smile. As he spoke, the two of them had already descended before the palace at the peak of
the mountain.

Instantly, many young disciples came over to greet them with a bow. “Supreme Grand
Ancestor, Supreme Grand Ancestor Chen Xi.”

These were all Inner Court disciples of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect and couldn’t
compare to Elite Disciples, yet were a level higher than Outer Court disciples. All of them
were at the Congenital Realm, and some formidable figures were as the Violet Palace
Realm.

Bei Heng had arranged for them to come over to attend to Chen Xi’s everyday life. After
all, on the entire peak, there were numerous palaces, medicinal fields, equipment
refinement rooms, and pill refinement rooms that needed to be taken care of. With these
Inner Court disciples doing these errands, Chen Xi only had to cultivate in peace, and he
wouldn’t have to waste time on trivial matters.

When he saw so many people bowing in greeting to him, and that some of them were even
older than him, besides sighing with emotion, Chen Xi wanted to take out some gifts to
give to them. But when he thought of how the two gluttons in his storage ring had
completely eaten all the Magic Treasures within long ago. He also hadn’t checked the
storage pouches he’d gathered in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda yet. Chen Xi instantly didn’t
know what to do, and he couldn’t help but frown, as he felt slightly embarrassed in his
heart.

Bei Heng was an old man with great wisdom from his age, so how could he possibly be
unable to discern what Chen Xi was thinking? He flicked his sleeve and gave every disciple
a bottle of Foundation Consolidating Pills that were used to consolidate the Dao
Foundation. “All of you properly attend to this brother of mine. In the future, extremely
great benefits will be waiting for all of you, depending on your performance.”

All these disciples revealed delighted expressions, then they bowed and said, “We’ll
remember the teachings of Supreme Ancestor!”

“Brother, look around this peak, does it still lack something?” Bei Heng waved his hands
and the disciples dispersed before he entered the largest palace with Chen Xi.

“It’s already enough. I’m devoted to cultivating, so I don’t regard possessions as important.
Big Brother Bei Heng’s arrangements have already caused me to be overwhelmed by your
favor.” Chen Xi smiled, and he was speaking from the heart indeed. In the path of
cultivation, a cultivator’s pursuit was to ascend the Grand Dao and possess the same
lifespan as the heaven and earth and to share freedom with the heaven and earth. Compared
to this, everything else was cloud and mist that passed the eye and wasn’t worth
mentioning.
“Very good! Little Brother, with this disposition, achieving the Grand Dao is something
that’s a matter of time for you.” Bei Heng laughed loudly as he said, “Right, this peak will
be that place you cultivate and comprehend the Dao in the future, so you should name it.”

“Name it?” Chen Xi thought for a moment before suddenly recalling the words that both Ji
Yu and Senior Fuxi had spoken. ‘To comprehend the Heaven’s Dao, stay true to your
heart.’ Then he said, “I’ll call it True Heart Peak.”

“True heart? Stay true to your heart? What a good name!” Bei Heng seemed to have
extremely strong feelings towards this and he spoke with emotion. “The Heaven Dao is
obscure and changes constantly. We cultivators are devoted towards seeking the Dao, yet
the path is bumpy and covered in thorns and devils. How many people have met their ends
because their Dao Heart became lost on this path? Too many, truly too many…”

After chatting idly for a short period of time, Bei Heng bid his farewells and left.

Chen Xi sized up his residence, quiet room, equipment refinement room, pill refinement
room, medicinal field, spirit beast hall… After that, he returned to the audience hall and
gathered the 72 Inner Court disciples that were tasked with the errands on True Heart Peak.

There were both males and females amongst these 72 Inner Court disciples, each occupying
half of the total, and there were two amongst them with a cultivation at the 1st star of the
Violet Palace Realm, whereas the others were mostly lingering at the perfection-stage of
the Congenital Realm.

Amongst the two disciples that had advanced to the Violet Palace Realm, one was a refined
and handsome young man with smart eyes, and he was obviously a clever and astute figure.
His name was Dong Fang. The other was an elegant and graceful woman with a mature and
refined bearing, warm and cute, and her disposition was rather outstanding. Her name was
Wang Wan.

“My heart is devoted to cultivation. I’ll leave it to all of you to take care of the internal and
external affairs of True Heart Peak in the future. I hope that besides dealing with these
affairs, all of you will cultivate diligently and bitterly, and all of you must not delay the
path of your cultivation.” Chen Xi spoke after thinking for some time. “Dong Fang, you
lead the other 35 male disciples to be in charge of managing clothing, goods, money, and
leaving the mountain to purchase various necessities. Moreover, you’re also in charge of
watching the mountain and the transferal of information.”

“Yes!” Dong Fang bowed as he received his orders.

“Wang Wan, you lead the other 35 female disciples to be in charge of cleaning up the pill
rooms, taking care of the medicinal fields, feeding the spirit beasts, and other such matters.”

“Yes!” Wang Yan bowed.

“Alright, so long as all of you perform well on True Heart Peak, I’ll suggest that Sect
Master Ling Kongzi heavily reward all of you, and it’s even not impossible to make an
exception to promote you to an Elite or Core disciple. But, if you commit an unforgivable
mistake, then I’ll be the first to punish all of you!” Chen Xi spoke with a deep voice.

As the saying goes, nothing can be accomplished without rules, as too much freedom would
cause trouble to arise easily. This was something Chen Xi was absolutely unwilling to see.
He understood that his status in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect as of present was
extremely special, and it could be said to be completely reliant on Bei Heng’s power and
influence. If carefully considered, even the Sect Master Ling Kongzi had to be respectful to
him. So, if he didn’t properly restrain these disciples, then they might rely on his power and
influence to do wrong and misbehave.

“Yes!” When they saw Chen Xi showing both firmness and softness, both strict and
impartial in rewards and punishments, the hearts of everyone present felt apprehensive as
they bowed to receive their orders.

Chen Xi waved his hands to order them to disperse before walking into the quiet room that
belonged to him, and then with a command in his heart, a pagoda revolved as it floated on
his hand.

This pagoda was divided into eight layers, entirely pure white like jade, and it emitted a
strand of wispy aura that was peaceful and silent, yet it was deathly still and gloomy as if it
lacked spirit and intelligence.

This pagoda was the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, a damaged Immortal Artifact with an Artifact
Spirit that had been obliterated!

When he subdued this pagoda, Chen Xi had already understood that this pagoda wasn’t
divided into the Eight-Dimensions Layer, Four-Symbols Layer, Yin-Yang Later, and
Oneness Later, and was instead divided into eight layers. There were another four more
layers under the Eight-Directions Later; every single layer was an independent space, and
every independent space was a small world that possessed an even larger and boundlessly
vast area than any of the layers he’d seen in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda when he
participated in the Hidden Dragon Rankings.

But even though he’d subdued the pagoda, yet before he completely repaired it, Chen Xi
was utterly unable to master the method to utilize it. What he could do now was merely
throw some things into the pagoda and then withdraw them, just like a storage pouch.

Of course, the space within the pagoda was larger than any storage Magic Treasure. It was
sufficient to hold an extremely long river, countless mountains, and Chen Xi entirely didn’t
have to worry about the space being insufficient.
Moreover, this pagoda could be placed within the space in his violet palace, causing it to be
countless times better concealed than treasures similar to a storage ring. Unless Chen Xi
was killed, otherwise, no one was able to obtain the things within the pagoda.

“Ling Bai, do you know how to repair an Immortal Artifact?” Chen Xi said with a frown.
He felt that he was wasting God's gifts by using an Immortal Artifact as a storage treasure,
and he would probably be laughed at to death if word of it were to spread.

“If I knew, I’d have become a Supreme Equipment Refinement Grandmaster that’s peerless
in the world long ago.” Ling Bai grinned as he sat cross-legged in midair and stared at the
pagoda as he probed. “Chen Xi, since this Immortal Artifact is an empty shell, why don’t
you let me eat it?”

“Roar!” Bai Kui roared with discontent, and he seemed to want a share.

“Knock it off, I’m talking about something serious.” Chen Xi glanced helplessly at the two
gluttons, and then he shook his head and said, “Looks like I’m unable to repair it for the
time being. I can only use it as a storage treasure.”

“Why are you in a hurry to repair it?” Ling Bai reminded. “Even if you repair it now, you
can’t use it with your current cultivation, right? This is an Immortal Artifact. You’ll only
barely be able to utilize it with a strand of Immortal Energy of an Earthly Immortal, and
you can’t exert its entire might unless you attain the Heavenly Immortal Realm.”

A single penetrating remark awoke Chen Xi from his dreams, and he slapped his forehead.
“This is indeed a problem.” When he spoke up to here, he’d completely lost interest to
study the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda and instead started to sort and count the spoils of the
battles from the Hidden Dragon Rankings.

Crash!

A large pile of storage Magic Treasures piled into a small hill. Amongst them was the
storage pouch he took from the Xie Clan’s Young Master, the storage Magic Treasures he
obtained from annihilating the 96 Su Clan top disciples, and the storage Magic Treasures
acquired from the 32 Devilspirit Guards… They formed a dense pile of 113 storage Magic
Treasures!

“Wow! We’re rich, we’re rich! How long will I be able to eat these for!?” Ling Bai
instantly pounced into the pile of storage Magic Treasures and closed his eyes with
happiness. Bai Kui followed his example and bore into the small hill before jumping
around in a lively manner.

Chen Xi slapped himself on the forehead as he looked into the sky with speechlessness in
his heart, and the enormous feeling of obtaining great gains in his heart had instantly
scattered in all directions before vanishing without a trace.
In the end, Chen Xi gritted his teeth before tossing the two gluttons into the pagoda. Only
after that did he dare open these numerous storage Magic Treasures to sort and count the
spoils of the battles. He had no choice. If these two gluttons were present, then they might
run off with a good treasure. It was fine if Ling Bai ate it, since it was able to benefit his
cultivation, yet if it was eaten by Bai Kui, then it would have really been a waste!
Chapter 152 – Visitors at the Peak

After spending the time for an entire incense stick to burn, Chen Xi finally finished sorting
through all the storage Magic Treasures. As he looked at the various treasures that were
twined with the glow of treasures, he couldn’t help but gasp.

Two million kgs of spirit liquid!

230 yellow-rank Magic Treasures of low-grade, 77 of intermediate-grade, 21 of high-grade,

and nine top-grade!

Amongst the treasures were various cultivation jade slips that numbered 62, 89 bottles of
various medicinal pills, and some other spirit materials, ores, and rare treasures… They
were numerous in number and densely packed.

Wealth fell down from the sky! Sure enough, a man is poor without a windfall, just like
horses are thin without eating grass all night. Those two million kgs of spirit liquid are
sufficient for me to cultivate until the Golden Hall Realm! Chen Xi couldn’t help but sigh
with emotion to himself, and then he shot his gaze towards these yellow-rank Magic
Treasures he’d plundered. With a quick glance over, he couldn’t help but frown, because of
these yellow-rank Magic Treasures, most of them were bells, hammers, sabers, axes, and
other uncommon Magic Treasures. There were only six high-grade flying swords and a
single top-grade flying sword amongst them!

Looks like I’ve rejoiced too soon this time! Chen Xi sighed.

His eight Netherezim Flying Swords and 56 high-grade yellow-rank flying swords had all
been obliterated during the battle with the Bloodinfant Immortal Slaughtering Formation
the captain of the Devilspirit Guards controlled. In terms of value, they were even more
valuable than all these yellow-rank Magic Treasures he’d plundered!

Especially those eight Netherezim Flying Swords that were a set of top-grade yellow-rank
Magic Treasures he’d obtained in the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain; they were
extremely precious. Now that they’d been obliterated into nothingness, it naturally caused
his heart to ache extremely. He was originally hoping to obtain a few pleasant surprises
from these Magic Treasures he’d plundered, yet how could he have imagined that there
were only six high-grade yellow-rank flying swords and a single top-grade yellow rank
flying sword amongst these Magic Treasures?

Presently, besides the Grand Astral Palm, Chen Xi’s strongest trump card was the
Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation, yet if he wanted to exert the full might of the
sword formation, he instead needed 64 flying swords. Moreover, the quality of these flying
swords couldn’t be lower than the high-grade. In this way, he had no choice but to consider
purchasing some flying swords once again to replenish them.
Of course, he’d bought two sets of top-grade yellow-rank flying swords in Misty Sea City,
and the first set of 56 flying swords were already gone now, whereas, the other set of 64
flying sword was something he bought for Chen Hao, so it was impossible for him to use
them.

Fortunately, the total value of the Magic Treasures on the ground was extremely
considerable, and when exchanged into spirit liquids, it would be more than enough even if
he were to buy 64 top-grade yellow-rank flying swords.

Swoosh!

With a flick of his sleeve, Chen Xi put away all the treasures on the ground into the
Buddha’s Pagoda, and then he didn’t hesitate any longer to start circulating his cultivation
and cultivating.

The Hidden Dragon Rankings this time allowed him to obtain great gains, and it also
allowed him to fully recognize his own strength. Perhaps he was able to easily annihilate
ordinary Violet Palace Realm cultivators, defeat Golden Hall Realm cultivators, and
perhaps he was able to flee from the hands of Golden Core Realm cultivators. But once he
went up against a Rebirth Realm cultivator, then he would completely have no ability to
hold his own.

When he recalled the scene of himself being jointly attacked by Su Zhentian and the other
three Rebirth Realm cultivators earlier, that feeling of despair, helplessness, and uneasiness
was something that Chen Xi truly didn’t want to experience a second time.

Moreover, his current residence within the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect was completely
reliant on Bei Heng’s power and influence. Once he lost this layer of protection, his
situation in Dragon Lake City would instantly become precarious.

It wasn’t only because of his four great enemies, the Su Clan, Cang Clan, Starnet Palace,
and Myriadcloud Institution. Most importantly, it was because in his possession was an
Immortal Artifact that countless people coveted!

A man’s wealth was his own ruin by causing greed in others. Chen Xi’s recognition of
these words could be said to be exceedingly deep. He even suspected that if Bei Heng had
the intention of obtaining this Immortal Artifact, then he would be utterly unable to resist. It
was either hand it over or die!

So, no matter if it was to protect his life or to protect this Immortal Artifact in his
possession, working hard to improve his own strength was the most pressing matter at the
moment!

Chen Xi sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, and with a command in his heart, the
spirit liquid within the jade bottle directly flew into his mouth. Under the lead of the Ice
Crane Technique, the spirit liquids swiftly circulated all around his body.
Rumble!

Within the space in Chen Xi’s violet palace, the enormous lake of True Essence violently
roiled, and the icy True Essence that was like ice crystals started to rise and expand
explosively with an extremely swift speed. This caused the lake in his violet palace to
instantly become more and more large, more and more deep, and the six glittering and
translucent stars that hung above the large lake became even more dazzling and resplendent
as they echoed with each other at a distance and effused out boundless amounts of chilly
brilliance.

Expanding!

Madly expanding!

Presently, Chen Xi had three million kgs of spirit liquid in his possession, and he could be
said to have an extremely deep amount of resources. He entirely didn’t have to worry about
the poverty-stricken scene of possessing nothing.

Just like this, 5,000 kgs of spirit liquids, 25,000 kgs of spirit liquids… All of the spirit
liquids transformed into thick and vast True Essence that poured into the great lake in Chen
Xi’s violet palace, and they ceaselessly refined, flushed, and expanded the large lake,
causing Chen Xi’s strength to rise steadily bit by bit at a visible speed.

Long ago, when he was in the depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Ranger, Chen Xi
had once sighed with emotion. If it wasn’t for the insufficient spirit liquids, he would have
even been able to break through to the Golden Hall Realm in one go. The reason was
extremely simple: the strength of his soul, Dao Heart, and his comprehension of the
Heaven’s Dao had already surpassed the scope of his cultivation. Amongst them, his soul’s
strength was already comparable to a Golden Core Realm cultivator! Perhaps it was
extremely difficult for other cultivators to breakthrough to the next realm, but to Chen Xi,
so long as he could accumulate sufficient True Essence, his cultivation would rise
vigorously all the way.

After all was said and done, breaking through to the next realm required strengthening of
the soul, comprehension of the Dao, and tempering of the Dao Heart. When these three
aspects were accumulated to a sufficient extent, it was exceedingly easy for one to advance
after absorbing spirit liquids to cultivate.

25,000 kgs of spirit liquid!

50,000 kgs of spirit liquid!

100,000 kgs of spirit liquid!

Crash!
Enormous rolling waves abruptly arose within the great lake in his violet palace, whereas,
in the sky above the lake, another dazzling True Essence star had shockingly appeared, the
7th star of the Violet Palace Realm!

If this scene were to be seen by other cultivators, their jaws would surely be shocked wide
open. Because 100,000 kgs of spirit liquids was already sufficient for ordinary Violet
Palace Realm cultivators to advance three levels, yet Chen Xi had merely advanced a single
level…

This was the miraculous effect of cultivating the Ice Crane Technique. This rare and
valuable qi refinement cultivation technique caused the violet palace lake that Chen Xi
cultivated to be much wider and deeper than ordinary Violet Palace Realm cultivators, and
the True Essence accumulated within it was pure and vast to the extreme. So, the spirit
liquids consumed by it was naturally countless times more than ordinary Violet Palace
Realm cultivators. It was precisely because of this that Chen Xi’s Dao Foundation had
already been tempered to become extraordinarily dense now, and his future path of
cultivation would become an extremely level path.

After all, the development of the violet palace was the establishment of the Dao
Foundation. The more solid the Dao Formation was, the greater the accomplishments
achieved in the future and the energy controlled by one would rise along with it to become
tremendous.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After he advanced to the 7th star of the Violet Palace Realm, Chen Xi still didn’t stop in the
slightest, and he continued to cultivate. He forgot the time, forgot everything around him,
and his entire mind was immersed in the profound state of growth. His heart was
completely vacant, forgetting both himself and everything else.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xi suddenly awoke from his cultivating, and at the
instant he opened his eyes, there was a wisp of an extremely brilliant light that silently
flashed by.

Hu!

Chen Xi lightly breathed out, and a stream of airflow shot out like an arrow before piercing
a hole through the wall that was 30m away with a bang!

Breathing out air like an arrow, the perfection-stage of the Violet Palace Realm!

Chen Xi stood up, his entire bearing more wispy and extraordinary than before, and it was
as if he would transform into a feather and soar into the heavens with a gust of wind. His
entire body seemed translucent, and he possessed the air of an immortal.
Advancing to the 7th star of the Violet Palace Realm consumed 100,000 kgs of spirit
liquids, the 8th level of the Violet Palace Realm consumed almost 200,000 kgs of spirit
liquids, and the 9th star of the Violet Palace Realm consumed an entire 500,000 kgs of
spirit liquids… If I were to activate the Oblivionwind Flowinglight Sword Formation again
with my current strength, it wouldn’t be a problem to activate it ten times. Even if I don’t
utilize the Grand Astral Palm, I would still be able to easily break open the Triwater Go
Prison formation that Su Jiao set up! As Chen Xi felt the boundless energy that gushed out
from his violet palace, he nodded in satisfaction.

“Supreme Ancestor, Grand Ancestor Wen Xuan and the Patriarchs of the Duanmu, Du, and
Son clans have come to pay a visit.” It was at this moment that a pleasing female's voice
that carried a respectful tone sounded out from outside.Chen Xi was stunned, then he
pushed open the door and exited the room. He saw Wang Wan, who wore a light yellow
dress, standing there beautifully with an experienced and elegant manner, and her
disposition was extraordinary.

“Oh, how long have I been in closed door cultivation?” asked Chen Xi.

“Supreme Ancestor, an entire month has already passed.” Wang Wan spoke with a lowered
head. As she spoke, her heart abruptly started to thump because she acutely noticed that
compared to one month ago, the cultivation of this brother of the Supreme Ancestor seemed
to have skyrocketed by a large amount, and the aura emitted from his body actually caused
her to have the vast feeling of facing a boundless large sea.

One month? Chen Xi was stunned. He never imagined that he’d just started cultivating and
a month had actually passed. As the saying goes, there’s no sense of time in the mountains,
causing one to not know when it is after the winter finally passed.

“Okay, how long have they been waiting?” Chen Xi restrained his thoughts and he walked
towards the main hall as he spoke.

“They already came once when you were in closed door cultivation, and this time is already
the third time they’ve come to visit.” Wang Wan hurriedly jogged over and swiftly replied.

As she spoke, the two of them had arrived at the main hall.

At this moment, within the main hall of True Heart Peak was not only Daoist Wen Xuan,
but the Du Clan’s Patriarch Du Wuyuan, the Song Clan’s Patriarch Song Wenchong, and
the Duanmu Clan’s Patriarch Duanmu Yunkong seated within. There was also Chen Hao,
Du Qingxi, Song Lin, and Duanmu Ze.

There were naturally female Inner Court disciples at the side that were serving tea and
water or serving fine wine and divine fruits. The entire main hall didn’t seem to be cold and
quiet, and it instead revealed a strand of a lively air.
Chapter 153 – Devil Sect Looming

True Heart Peak, main hall.

“Greetings, Supreme Ancestor!” When they saw Chen Xi enter, the male and female
disciples at both sides of the hall bowed in greetings as they spoke out in unison with
extremely respectful expressions.

During this month, the name of True Heart Peak could be said to have caused a great stir in
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. Its owner, Chen Xi, had even become the hot topic that all
disciples and elders of the sect inquired about.

The reason was extremely simple. Chen Xi had been personally identified by the Supreme
Grand Ancestor Bei Heng as his sword brother, and that was a relationship of equal
seniority. Solely this layer of identity had caused countless people to feel shocked and
curious.

Coupled with the fact that Chen Xi had annihilated six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and
one Golden Core Realm cultivator of the Su Clan with a cultivation at the Violet Palace
Realm, and in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda, he’d crushed the Su Clan’s Triwater Go Prison
by himself, annihilated 32 mysterious cultivators from outside the city, and had subdued the
Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s Pagoda… These numerous brilliant deeds were miraculous
and had resounded in the entire Dragon Lake City and stirred the entire cultivation world of
the southern territory. So who would still dare look down upon this youth that had come
from the faraway Pine Mist City?

It was precisely because of this that when Wang Wan, Dong Fang, and the other 70 Inner
Court disciples served Chen Xi, they were even more respectful, and no one dared be
disrespectful in the slightest because of his young age.

“All of you withdraw from here first.” Chen Xi waved his hand as he ordered the disciples
to leave before walking into the hall, and then his gaze swept everyone one by one before
cupping his hand and saying with a smile, “Junior Chen Xi extends his greetings to fellow
seniors.” After that, he nodded to Du Qingxi’s group of three and Chen Hao.

When they heard Chen Xi extend greetings to them as a junior, Daoist Wen Xuan and the
three Patriarchs secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and they secretly praised Chen Xi for being
considerate.

Earlier, when those Inner Court disciples addressed Chen Xi as Supreme Ancestor, besides
causing them to feel shocked, they couldn’t help but be slightly embarrassed. After all,
Chen Xi was currently a person of similar seniority as Bei Heng. If they were to address
him like that, every single one of them would instantly become juniors, and Chen Xi’s
words just happened to solve their embarrassing situation.
But even though Chen Xi spoke like this, they instead didn’t dare agree to this. After all, no
matter what, Chen Xi had still become sworn brothers with the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect’s Supreme Ancestor Bei Heng, and his seniority was out there in full view, and no one
was able to change it.

So after thinking over and over again, they instead didn’t know how to treat Chen Xi.

After all, even though everyone present was used to seeing great changes in the world, it
was still the first time they’d encountered a strange existence like Chen Xi, and it was
normal that they would be bewildered for a time.

“Seniors, we’ll each maintain a relationship of our own with each other, so all of you can
just call me Chen Xi. Otherwise, my younger brother would probably have to call me
Supreme Ancestor, and that would turn everything upside down.” Chen Xi smiled.

“Alright, then I’ll overstep my bounds and call you Chen Xi. But, don’t call me Senior, you
can just call me Wen Xuan.” Daoist Wen Xuan smiled warmly, and a wisp of admiration
suffused his eyes as he looked at Chen Xi.

“Exactly, we’ll each main a relationship of our own with each other, it’s the best this way.”
Du Wuyuan and the other two Patriarchs spoke with a smile, and their tone obviously
showed a much warmer attitude towards Chen Xi.

“Hey, this kid is really good at dealing with relationships. He’s formed a relationship of
similar seniority with my father, so wouldn’t that mean that I have to call him Martial
Uncle?” Duanmu Ze used his elbow to prod Song Lin as he sent a voice transmission with a
low voice.

“They’ve already agreed to maintain a relationship of their own, so what’re you still
making a fuss about? If Chen Xi wanted to take advantage of you, then you’d have to call
him Martial Uncle. After all, your father is someone who’s one rank of seniority lower than
Daoist Wen Xuan!” Song Lin glared at Duanmu Ze as he replied.

As soon as the problem of seniority was solved, the atmosphere in the hall quickly became
lively.

Daoist Wen Xuan and the others had come this time for the sake of the mysterious and
unfamiliar cultivators that had appeared during the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda. Those
mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators were all ruthless and merciless, and they treated life
and death with indifference. They were just like the loyalists fostered by a certain great
power, yet they just happened to be unable to discover any clues about them. It was as if
they’d appeared out of thin air, and it instantly drew the vigilance of the various great
powers of Dragon Lake City.
Because all these mysterious cultivators from outside the city had died miserably at Chen
Xi’s hands, so Wen Xuan and the others had come over hoping to obtain some clues from
Chen Xi.

When they mentioned these mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators, Chen Xi instantly
thought of a thing, and with a command in his head, a palm sized dark command token had
already appeared in his hand.

The surface of this command token was pitch black and icy cold, like iron yet not iron, and
on it was a diagram of a sickle with a blood crescent, yet it was also like a scythe that
carried blood on it, and it seemed to be exceedingly gloomy and mysterious.

“I obtained this command token from the storage Magic Treasure of the Captain, Zhan
Kong, of the 32 mysterious cultivators after I annihilated all of them. I’m unable to discern
its origins, but perhaps it’s useful to all of you.” Chen Xi passed the command token to
Daoist Wen Xuan.

“Blood colored crescent moon… I seem to have heard of this command token from
somewhere?” Daoist Wen Xuan carefully sized it up for a moment before frowning and
muttering.

“It’s the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect!” The nearby Du Wuyuan seemed to have thought of
something, and his face became grim as he cried out involuntarily.

“How could that be possible? Wasn’t the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect annihilated three
thousand years ago?”

“Yes. That year, Emperor Chu called together all the experts of the powers in the Darchu
Dynasty and experienced three months of bitter fighting in the Desolate Bloodhell before
finally being able to completely wipe out the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect. After that, the
Darchu Dynasty experienced a few more years of cleaning up before completely
annihilating all the disciples under the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect. In the last three thousand
years, there hasn’t been a single person that has seen a trace of the Bloodcrescent Devil
Sect, so how could it possibly appear once again? Could it be that they’ve risen from the
ashes?” Song Wenchong and Duanmu Yunkong became grim in unison.

As they watched the three Patriarchs with high status and authority losing their composure
and going grim in unison, the atmosphere within the entire hall instantly became
exceedingly heavy, and it caused the mood of others to become depressed along with it.

Chen Xi was naturally extremely shocked. What heinous crime had this Bloodcrescent
Devil Sect committed to actually cause all the experts of the entire cultivation world of the
Darchu Dynasty to move out and exterminate it?

“It should be correct. This blood crescent command token can’t be faked. Only an elder of
the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect is able to refine this thing.” It was amongst this oppressive
atmosphere that Daoist Wen Xuan spoke out with a deep voice, and his expression became
serious. “Those mysterious cultivators from outside the city are survivors of the
Bloodcrescent Devil Sect, without a doubt!”

“Dammit! All those years ago, the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect caused great bloodshed in our
cultivation world, and they slaughtered cultivators everywhere, and they intended to make
the entire Darchu Dynasty to completely submit itself under their despotic power. Now that
they’ve risen from the ashes, I’m afraid the cultivation world will once again fall into great
danger and disaster.” Du Wuyuan abruptly stood up and spoke with a low voice. “This
won’t do. This matter poses great implications, I have to make a trip back to my clan first.
Everyone, I’ll be taking my leave first.”

As he spoke, he left hastily without looking back, and he actually didn’t even have the time
to care about bringing along his own daughter. Thus, it could be seen how heavy his
feelings were at this moment.

After that, Song Wenchong and Duanmu Yunkong weren’t able to stay any longer, and
they left successively. When he saw this scene, Chen Xi’s mood felt a trace of seriousness
for no reason. Could it be that the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect is so terrifying?

If it’s really like this, then I’ve annihilated 32 disciples of the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect and
seized the Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression Talisman in their possession before
subduing the Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s Pagoda. It could be said that I’ve completely
offended the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect to a serious degree. In the future, if the cultivators of
this Bloodcrescent Devil Sect enter the cultivation world once again, then I’d probably
become the number one enemy in their eyes…

“Looks like the cultivation world is going to be in great chaos again!” Daoist Wen Xuan
sighed.

“Master, what’s there to fear? We’ll defend against anything that comes in our way! Not to
mention on every occasion of troubled times, it would surely be the time that heroes appear
one after the other. To us cultivators, this is instead an extremely great moment to temper
ourselves by getting rid of evil! Isn’t this a happy thing?” Chen Hao spoke with a firm
expression, his face was utterly devoid of fear, and it even faintly revealed a trace of
excitement.

“Bastard!” The refined and culture Daoist Wen Xuan couldn’t help but frown as well when
he heard this, and he berated, “You’re so young, how will you know how terrifying the
Bloodcrescent Devil Sect is? Three thousand years ago, its Sect Master and every single of
its 36 elders possessed a cultivation at the Earthly Immortal Realm, and they possessed
over a million disciples. If it wasn’t for Emperor Chu gathering all the cultivators in the
world at the critical moment, I’m afraid the current Darchu Dynasty would have become
the domain of the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect!”
“It’s so formidable?” Chen Xi couldn’t help but be secretly astonished. A single sect
possessed over 30 Earthly Immortal Realm cultivators. Just thinking about this sort of
strength caused one’s heart to tremble without end.

“It can’t be just described as formidable!” Daoist Wen Xuan sighed once more. “All those
years ago, although the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect was exterminated, almost all the peerless
experts of the Darchu Dynasty had fallen, causing the Darchu Dynasty to be injured greatly.
Even if it has experienced this 3,000 years of recovery, it’s still extremely far from arriving
at the peak state of all those years ago. For example, my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect
possessed six Earthly Immortal Realm seniors all those years ago, but after that battle, only
my Master survived, and the other five seniors had all fallen.”

Chen Xi was instantly at a loss for words.

“Alright, I’ll go see the Sect Master, Ling Kongzi first. All of you chat. Right, this matter
must not be mentioned to other people, as it will be difficult to handle if disorder is
caused.” Wen Xuan instructed, and then he shook his head before getting up and leaving.

In this way, only Chen Xi, Du Qingxi, Song Lin, Duanmu Ze, and Chen Hao remained in
the hall. All of them were still young, so even though there were able to feel how terrifying
the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect was from the words of their seniors, they didn’t experience it
themselves after all, so they didn’t fall to the extent of being full of worries and be unable
to rest in peace.

After chatting for awhile, Chen Xi suddenly thought of something, and he asked Chen Hao.
“Weren’t you with Instructor Meng Kong and Aunt Bai when you left Pine Mist City?
Where are they now? I have to find some time to visit them.”

Aunt Bai was Bai Wanqing, Chen Xi’s neighbor when he was in Pine Mist City. Chen Xi
and Chen Hao had received a good deal of care from her since they were young, and they
were like family.  Chen Hao’s entrance into the Pine Mist Institution to train and his
entrance into Dragon Lake City to join the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect was all with the
help of Bai Wanqing.

“I’m extremely curious as well. Before I joined the sect, Aunt Bai and Instructor Meng
Kong had once told me that they would stay in Dragon Lake City for a few years, and once
Xixi grew up a bit more, they would leave to the Darchu Dynasty’s Capital City, Silken
City. But during these past two years, I would look all around, yet would be unable to find
their figures every time I go about Dragon Lake City.” Chen Hao spoke with frustrations.
“Even the place they stayed has changed owners. They’d left without a sound, and they
didn’t leave any message.”

Chen Xi frowned without end. He could be considered to possess slight accomplishments

now, and he had a certain amount of savings in his possession. He originally intended to
properly thank Aunt Bai and Instructor Meng Kong after he found them, yet from what
Chen Hao said, they’d actually left Dragon Lake City long ago, and he couldn’t help but
feel deep regret in his heart.
“Where did they stay? Perhaps we can be of help?” Du Qingxi suddenly asked.

“Right, the powers behind Du Qingxi and the others cover the entirety of Dragon Lake
City. If we have their help, perhaps we’ll really be able to find some clues.” Chen Xi
pondered slightly before turning around to look at Chen Hao.

“They once stayed in an alley at the southwest area of Dragon Lake City, it seems to be
called… called…” Chen Hao stood up and said, “I’m unable to put it in words, I’ll bring all
of you over to take a look.”

“Alright, we have nothing else to do anyway, going and taking a look works as well.” Du
Qingxi nodded in agreement, and then she turned around to ask Duanmu Ze and Song Lin.
“How about the two of you?”

Duanmu Ze helplessly spread out his arms. “How would we dare disobey the instructions
of Eldest Miss Du?”

This fellow’s sights were discerning, and he noticed with a glance that the reason Du
Qingxi was so devoted to this was mostly because of Chen Xi. This caused him to feel
jealous and bitter, and the strand of thought of competing for Du Qingxi with Chen Xi had
completely been put out.

There was no other way, love was something that required mutual feelings, and it was
something that couldn’t be forced.

Chen Xi’s group moved out right away, leaving the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect and
heading towards the southwest area of Dragon Lake City under Chen Hao’s guidance. Due
to Dragon Lake City being too huge and flying in the sky was prohibited, for the sake of
making the best use of their time, all of them once again sat within the Six Unicorn
Treasure Carriage that Young Master Duanmu asked his father for, and it carried all of
them to flash out like a bolt of lightning.

However, right when they’d traveled halfway, Chen Xi suddenly noticed a trace of
something being off, then his formidable Divine Perception swept out to instantly sweep
through the surrounding 500 kms, and he immediately noticed a figure with suspicious
movements.

This person wore a black robe that covered his entire body, his movements indefinite yet
extremely swift, and he followed closely behind the Six Unicorn Treasured Carriage.
Obviously, the person was following Chen Xi and the others.

Looks like I was targeted by this fellow once I left the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect… Chen
Xi slightly pondered before understanding that this person had surely been hiding outside
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect for a long time, and it was all for the sake of waiting for
Chen Xi to make an appearance!
Who exactly is this fellow?

What does he seek from following me?

Chen Xi pondered for a moment, and he vaguely guessed that this person was either a scout
the Su Clan sent out, or a person that was covetous of his Immortal Artifact. But no matter
which it was, the intentions the black robed fellow had was surely harmful to Chen Xi, and
he decided right away to first give this person a lesson.

Om!

Chen Xi’s thick Divine Perception transformed into a shapeless lofty mountain that blasted
out to crush towards the black robed person’s sea of consciousness, and it was precisely the
soul attack technique Chen Xi cultivated — God Shaker Arts!
Chapter 154 – Chen Hao’s Rage

The God Shaker Arts was obtained by Chen Xi within the sword immortal’s abode in the
Southern Barbaric Nether Domain, and it was similar to the Godly Illusion Arts and God
Killer Arts; they were all profound and unfathomable soul attack techniques.

The Godly Illusion Arts could only be executed by a cultivator that had formed Perception
Force.

The God Shaker Arts could only be executed by a cultivator that had formed Spiritual
Perception.

The God Killer Arts instead had an extremely high requirement, and the strength of one’s
soul had to attain the Divine Sense Stage before being able to execute it.

Presently, the strength of Chen Xi’s soul had already attained the Divine Perception Stage,
and it was only a step away from forming into Divine Sense, so it was more than enough to
utilize the God Shaker Arts. Besides that, its might was much more formidable than when
he annihilated the Li Clan’s Grand Elder, and it was sufficient to instantly shatter the sea of
consciousness of an ordinary Violet Palace Realm cultivator, causing the cultivator to
become an idiot.

Moreover, under the circumstances of being caught off guard, the sea of consciousness of a
Golden Hall Realm cultivator would suffer a heavy injury as well, and the sea of
consciousness of a Golden Core Realm cultivator would experience a temporary dazed state
from the attack suffered by the sea of consciousness.

“Hmm?” The heart of Feng Ming, who was chasing closely behind the Six Unicorn
Treasured Carriage, jerked abruptly, and he acutely noticed that a formidable soul had
instantly locked onto him.

However, before he could even react to it, an enormous lofty mountain had appeared
abruptly within his sea of consciousness before fiercely smashing downwards, and pain that
came from the depths of his soul crashed throughout his entire body, causing a trace of
blurriness to appear in his consciousness. If it wasn’t for him forcefully controlling his
body, he would have almost knocked straight onto the wall.

“Dammit! It’s actually a soul attack technique! Who is it? Who attacked me from the
shadows?” After a short moment, Feng Ming sobered up from the intense pain, and he
revealed a murderous gleam as he fiercely swept the surroundings with his gaze.

The streams of people on the streets were like woven silk, coming and going busily with
normal expressions. Feng Ming looked around for a long time, yet was unable to find a
single suspicious trace, and he instantly muttered in his heart. I’m already at the Golden
Core Realm now, and only a Rebirth Realm cultivator was capable of attacking me from
the shadows. Could it be that kid has an expert guarding him?

He couldn’t be blamed for guessing like this. After all, a soul attack technique was too rare,
and he’d never think that not only had Chen Xi cultivated a soul attack technique, the
strength of Chen Xi’s soul wasn’t inferior to his in the slightest.

Fortunately, fortunately that expert didn’t have the thought of making a move to kill me.
Otherwise, wouldn’t I, Feng Ming, lose my life here today? When he thought up to here,
Feng Ming didn’t dare continue tracking Chen Xi, and his figure leaped out before
vanishing in the vast sea of people with a few movements.

It wasn’t long before he’d arrived at a house, and after looking around for a short moment,
he swiftly squeezed through the door when he saw no one was paying attention to him.

“Hall Master Fan, that kid has appeared in Dragon Lake City. Unfortunately, there’s an
expert by his side protecting him, and I’m unable to get close to them. Moreover, that
expert possesses a soul attack technique, and even my sea of consciousness was broken
open by him, causing me to suffer slight injury. If it wasn’t for me fleeing swiftly, I’m
afraid I wouldn’t be able to return again.” Feng Ming entered the room and spoke with a
gloomy expression. “I suggest we ask for backup. There’re too many experts in Dragon
Lake City, and it’s utterly impossible to seize the Nine Syllables of Truth Soul Suppression
Talisman by relying on our strengths alone. After all, the Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s
Pagoda, in that kid’s possession had already become the center of attention of the various
powers, and every single one of them wishes for nothing more than to seize it into their
possession. If we are to rashly make a move, then I’m afraid it would expose our
identities.”

Hall Master Fan, who wore black robes, was trimming a blood red devil’s snare. Her palms
that were delicate and white like fine verdant jade held a sharp flying sword. With a shake
of her wrist, some withered leaves would be sliced into countless pieces that rustled as they
fell to the ground as if it was drizzling, falling in copious amounts in succession, and her
demeanor was carefree.

However, when she heard Feng Ming’s words, Hall Master Fan’s hands stopped, then a ball
of swift and fierce sword qi bloomed atop the sharp flying sword before instantly mincing a
beautifully bloomed devil’s snare into powder, and even the flowerpot shattered into
countless pieces with a bang.

“Looks like we can only withdraw first.” Hall Master Fan’s voice carried along a trace of
unwillingness as she said with a sigh, “I originally thought that you would bring back some
good news, but who knew it’s instead…”

“Could it be that something has happened during this period of time?” Feng Ming spoke in
a surprised tone.
“Exactly. The Lord already knows of the news of the Devilspirit Guards being killed, and
he sent out a Bloodcrescent Message that orders the both of us to swiftly return to the sect
without the slightest delay.” Hall Master Fan spoke slowly.

“What? If we’re to go back like this, wouldn’t we be… be…” Feng Ming was unable to
continue and finish what he wanted to say, and his face revealed boundless terror.

“I’m not worried about that, as it’s currently just at the time that the Lord needs
subordinates, and he would absolutely not kill us. Since we lost the Nine Syllables of Truth
Soul Suppression Talisman, all we have to do is get it back.” Hall Master Fan said coldly,
“I’m just slightly not resigned. The Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s Pagoda, that was
originally firmly within my grasp has instead been wrecked by a little fellow, causing me to
gain nothing but a double loss. It’s simply a terrible humiliation!”

“Hall Master Fan, what you mean is?” Feng Ming instantly heaved a sigh of relief when he
heard there was no danger to his life. As for whatever terrible humiliation she spoke about,
he didn’t care about it in the slightest.

“What I mean? What else can I do? For the sake of reviving the sect to a prosperous state,
the Lord has already been planning and preparing for tens of years, and he won’t allow the
slightest accident. Now, because of the accident that befell the two of us, we’ve already
indirectly exposed the existence of the sect, and I’m afraid the various great powers of
Dragon Lake City have already long since guessed our origins.” Hall Master Fan spoke
slowly. “Moreover, the Lord called both of us back to the sect this time to accumulate
strength. So that in ten years, after the Blood Transforming Divine Pool’s refinement is
completed successfully, we’ll fully activate the Bloodcrescent Revival Plan!”

“We’re finally going to go to battle?” Feng Ming’s heart felt a wave of restlessness, and he
couldn’t help but lick his lips. “This Darchu Dynasty is indeed flourishing and prosperous.
Staying shut in the Desolate Bloodhell all the time is simply like staying in hell. I don’t
want to stay there any longer! But unfortunately, I still have to wait for another ten plus
years…”

“Ten years?” Hall Master Fan’s voice was wispy. “To cultivators, it’s only an instant.”

——

Within the Six Unicorns Treasured Carriage.

After he drove off the black robed person with his God Shaker Arts, Chen Xi heaved a sigh
of relief and completely relaxed, and he’d decided in his heart that unless there was
something extremely urgent, otherwise, he wouldn’t rashly enter Dragon Lake City again.

He knew that now that he possessed the Immortal Artifact, Buddha’s Pagoda, he’d already
become a target that was coveted by countless people, and he’d even offended the
Bloodcrescent Devil Sect that had likely risen from the ashes. Before his strength was
sufficient to protect himself, it was much better to hide in the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect.

In next to no time, the Six Unicorn Treasured Carriage stopped before a courtyard under the
guidance of Chen Hao.

This courtyard seemed to be old and shabby, and it had obviously been vacant for a long
time. Numerous pieces of red paint had peeled off and dropped down from the bright red
gate, the top of its walls were overgrown with withered grass and spots of moss, and a stray
cat leaped past the eaves of the house with a swoosh when it saw people approaching
before vanishing without a trace.

The instant Chen Xi’s group walked out of the Six Unicorn Treasured Carriage, the
emaciated old man that drove the carriage walked down along with them, and then he
raised his eyes to look at the courtyard before he went silent.

“This is Chen Fengshi, the Duanmu Clan’s head of investigation. He’s extremely
formidable, and all the big or small incidents in Dragon Lake City are unable to escape his
eyes and ears. Supposedly, the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling
Kongzi, wanted him to join the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, yet was refused by him.
Because of Chen Fengshi’s presence in the Duanmu Clan, they’ve become the most well-
informed existence amongst the various great powers of Dragon Lake City.” Du Qingxi
sent a voice transmission to explain to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi came to a sudden understanding, and he didn’t dare underestimate this ordinary
looking old man before him.

“Uncle Chen, do you know where the man, woman, and young girl that stayed in this
courtyard two years ago have gone?” Duanmu Ze asked.

“Young Master, that man is called Meng Kong, the woman is called Bai Wanqing, and the
young girl is called Xixi. They moved over here two years ago, yet stayed for not more than
seven days.” Chen Fengshi’s pair of muddle eyes revealed a deep pondering expression as
he spoke slowly.

“Then do you know where they’ve gone?” Chen Xi’s expression turned into one of joy as
he asked.

Chen Fengshi’s eyes squinted as he pondered deeply, yet didn’t speak for a long time.

“Don’t worry, Uncle Chen surely knows. At this moment, he’s searching through his
memories,” said Duanmu Ze via voice transmission, and he was filled with confidence.

Chen Xi nodded and said to himself, “Looks like asking for Duanmu Ze’s help was really
the right decision!”
“Young Master, I don’t know if some things are suitable to be spoken of.” After a long
time, Chen Fengshi spoke slowly.

“Go ahead.” Duanmu Ze said without the slightest hesitation, “These are all my most
trusted friends, there’s no need to hide anything.”

“This matter is related to the Starnet Palace!” Chen Fengshi shocked everyone with a single
remark.

Chen Xi’s expression sank instantly as he recalled Chai Letian who’d died at his hands.
Wasn’t Chai Letian’s ancestor a Nether Transformation Realm expert with exceedingly
high ability in Starnet Palace?

Could it be that it’s because of me?

But when he compared the timeframe, Chen Xi was slightly unsure. Because when Aunt
Bai and the others had vanished, he hadn’t killed Chai Letian yet!

“That young girl called Xixi word born innately with a Watersoul Body, and her natural
talent was one in a million. A female elder of the Starnet Palace called Jiang Qing took a
fancy to her, overbearingly making a move to seize the young girl and take the young girl
as her disciple.” Chen Fengshi spoke with an expressionless face. “Bai Wanqing left with
hatred in her heart while threatening that she would one day annihilate the entire Starnet
Palace, and her whereabouts are unknown. As for that Meng Kong, for the sake of seizing
back the young girl, his arms were crippled, the meridians in his entire body destroyed, and
he has become a crippled without a doubt. Presently, he has been reduced to become a
beggar on the streets.”

When they heard this, the expressions of the two brothers, Chen Xi and Chen Hao, instantly
became unsightly to the extreme and exceedingly icy cold, and even the expressions of Du
Qingxi’s group of three weren’t sightly to any extent.

Too shameless!

What difference did the Starnet Palace’s actions of forcefully seizing another’s daughter
have with those despicable people that trafficked people?

“I’ll kill Jiang Qing! I’ll kill her!!” Chen Hao gnashed his teeth as he spoke, and his voice
seemed as if it was squeezed out from between his teeth. He and Meng Kong had extremely
deep feelings with each other, and now that he heard Meng Kong’s arms were crippled,
meridians completely destroyed, and was reduced to become a beggar on the streets, how
could he suppress the rage within his heart?

“Uncle Chen, do you know where Meng Kong is now?” Chen Xi took a deep breath as he
patted Chen Hao on the shoulder to make Chen Hao slightly calm down before speaking
slowly.
“Follow me.” Chen Fengshi nodded and walked up the Six Unicorns Treasures Carriage.

Their group drove their carriage forward with a depressed and oppressive atmosphere, as
they’d all lost the mood to talk. Not long after, the treasured carriage stopped at a turn in
the street.

This turn of the street flowed with sewage and was covered in trash, yet one after the other
of tattered camps that were black like oil stood there, and they seemed as if they would fall
with a blow of the wind.

Before one of the tents was an emaciated man covered in dirt with shaggy hair and a
shriveled face that was curled in the sewage water, and his body was covered in a pungent
stench.

When Chen Xi and the others arrived here, this person was curled up on the ground without
the slightest movement. He seemed as if he’d lost his soul long ago and only his body
remained, and his vitality was weak to the extreme.

Chen Hao’s eyes sprang wide open when he saw this scene, and he said with a trembling
voice, “Uncle Meng Kong?”

The body of the beggar on the ground trembled, yet he didn’t raise his head.

Chen Xi couldn’t help but be lost in thought for a moment. He still remembered that when
he met Meng Kong for the first time, Meng Kong’s figure was tall and robust, impressive
looking and lofty, and he looked extremely heroic and handsome in appearance.

Yet now… He’d instead been reduced to a dirty beggar that was curled up in sewage. Was
this still the number one sword cultivator of Pine Mist City?

A strand of pain that was indescribably surged into his heart, and Chen Xi forcefully
clenched his teeth before closing his mouth and keeping silent.

Chen Hao on the hand had instead knelt on the ground, and he shouted while carrying sobs
in his voice. “Uncle Meng Kong, did you hear? It’s me, Chen Hao, I’m Chao Hao!”

When they saw this scene, Du Qingxi’s group of three revealed expression of being unable
to watch, and they felt sorrow in their hearts.

“All of you have got the wrong person. I’m not Meng Kong, leave quickly.” The beggar
that was curled up on the ground had finally spoken, his hoarse and weak voice revealed
indescribably pain, and he seemed to be enduring something by himself.

“You… You’re worried that I’ll offend the Starnet Palace? Isn’t it just an elder of the
Starnet Palace? I’ll go kill her right now!” Chen Hao stood up abruptly before turning
around and walking off.
“Don’t move!” Chen Xi shouted out explosively with a heavy voice. “It’s of no use no
matter how angry you are now. Let’s first bring Uncle Meng Kong back to the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect to properly heal his injuries. I’ll go visit Big Brother Bei Heng
to go rescue Xixi first.”

Chen Hao’s figure stopped, and he gnashed his teeth as he said, “Alright! But Brother, you
must not stop me from taking revenge for Uncle Meng Kong. Without Uncle Meng Kong,
then I, Chen Hao, wouldn’t be where I am today. I must take revenge for Uncle Meng
Kong!”

“I promise you, but not today.” Chen Xi did his best to remain calm, and calmer, before he
said slowly, “Now, let’s return to the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect first.”

Chen Hao went silent for a long time, and then he squatted down to carry Meng Kong on
his back before walking off to leave.

The dirty and smelly sewage water tainted his entire body, the pungent stench gushed into
his nose, yet he didn’t care. Because the one he carried on his back was the Master that sent
him on the path of the Grand Dao of the Sword.

Exactly. In Chen Hao’s heart, Meng Kong was his Master, and without Meng Kong, then
he, Chen Hao, wouldn’t be where he was today!
Chapter 155 – Unexpected Meeting

True Heart Peak.

After Chen Xi arranged everything properly for Chen Hao and Meng Kong, he flew
towards the restricted area in the rear mountains of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect right
away.

Aunt Bai’s daughter, Xixi, had fallen into the hands of the female elder of Starnet Palace,
Jiang Qing, and it was uncertain whether she was alive or not, nor did he know how her
situation was. He wanted to look for the Supreme Ancestor Bei Heng to head to the Starnet
Palace with him and force the Starnet Palace to hand Xixi over!

The Starnet Palace was one of the eight great sects of Dragon Lake City, after all. Its
hidden reserves and resources were deep, and although it couldn’t compare to the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, it was still shockingly huge. There were numerous Rebirth
Realm cultivators within it, and there was even the Nether Transformation Realm expert,
Chao Shao, holding down the fort, so it couldn’t be underestimated.

With Chen Xi’s current strength, wanting to annihilate the entire Starnet Palace by himself
was the same as an ant trying to topple a large tree, and he would only be courting death by
going. The reason he wanted to pull Bei Heng along was that Chen Xi wanted to draw aid
from Bei Heng’s power and influence to force the Starnet Palace to hand Xixi over. As for
asking Bei Heng to start a battle with the Starnet Palace, that was utterly impossible.

Because his relationship with Bei Heng was completely built upon the beautiful young man
that was a woman disguised as a man and had called him little junior brother. How could
Bei Heng possibly go against the entire Starnet Palace because of him?

But lending Bei Heng’s power and influence, and asking Bei Heng to ask the Starnet Palace
for a person was something Chen Xi was confident he was able to do.

Whoosh!

A flying light tore through the sky, and after a few breaths of time, Chen Xi had once again
arrived at the azure lake in the secluded valley.

“Big Brother Bei Heng.” Chen Xi saw from afar that the grey clothed and grey haired Bei
Heng was sitting on a lotus in the lake and cultivation, and he cupped his hand and spoke
from afar right away.

“Little Brother, you seem to be in a hurry and your state of mind is unsteady. Have you
encountered some difficulty?” Bei Heng opened his eyes, and his gaze that was deep like a
bolt of lightning swept past Chen Xi before he spoke in surprise.
“To be honest, I’ve come this time to ask for help from Big Brother…” Chen Xi disclosed
everything right away, and after he finished speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Bei
Heng.

“They’re going too far!” Bei Heng’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and then he pondered
slightly before replying. “Little Brother, what do you want me to do?”

Chen Xi said slowly, “I hope that Big Brother Bei Heng can stand out and ask for Xixi
from the Starnet Palace. It’s enough so long as Xixi is rescued. As for any other matter, just
leave it to me to deal with.”

Bei Heng said with displeasure, “Little Brother, you’re letting the Starnet Palace off just
like this? That’s letting them off too lightly!”

Chen Xi shook his head and said, “I know that the Starnet Palace is nothing in Big Brother
Bei Heng’s eyes, but if this were to cause our Wanderingcloud Sword Sect to become
enemies with the Starnet Palace, then my sin would be too great.”

Bei Heng nodded. “That’s true as well. Alas, if it wasn’t for the sake of taking all the
disciples of my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect into consideration, I’d surely annihilate the
Starnet Palace this time!”

This old fellow is really fake… Chen Xi sighed in his heart, yet he didn’t point it out. After
all, Bei Heng being able to stand out for him this time had already helped him greatly, so
what is there for him to be discontent about?

A so-called relationship of benefits was roughly like this. When there was benefit to gain,
one had an appearance of addressing another as brother, chatting and drinking merrily, and
being exceedingly intimate; yet when there was no benefit to be gained, one would instead
have a different appearance, pushing and shoving away, insincere displays of friendship,
and even complete breakdown of the relationship were possible outcomes.

The feelings in such a relationship was like drinking water, only the person knew if it was
cold or warm.

However, Bei Heng’s attitude was already extremely difficult to come by. Not only did it
solve Chen Xi’s urgent needs, it also caused Chen Xi to owe him a favor, and when
counted, this trade was still very worthwhile.

——

Starnet Palace was situated in the northwest area of Dragon Lake City on a mountain range
that covered an extremely great area. According to legend, the mountain range was formed
after a meteor fell from outer space and thousands of years passed. It was abundant in
minerals and ores, plentiful with spirit energy, and there were even traces and strands of the
energy of stars filled within it. Thus, it was named Falling Star Mountain.
When Chen Xi arrived here and stood high above in the sky, he saw numerous mountains
shooting up from the ground. Some were towering to the point they pierced straight into the
clouds, some were beautiful, some covered in jagged rocks of grotesque shapes, and some
were surrounded by waterfalls. When looked down at from midair, one could feel the
extremely dense spirit energy that was emitted by this enormous mountain range, and it was
like a blessed immortal ground.

“This is Falling Star Mountain, the location of the Starnet Palace.” Bei Heng spoke with
deep emotion. “Three thousand years ago, the Starnet Palace was the overlord of the
southern territory, and it possessed a few tens of formidable Earthly Immortal Realm
cultivators. Unfortunately, all of them lost their lives during the operation to exterminate
the Bloodcrescent Devil Sect that time. Otherwise, in the current southern territory, it
would be impossible for my Wanderingcloud Sword Sect to outshine others and come out
at the top.”

Chen Xi nodded with a calm expression, and it caused others to be unable to discern what
he was thinking.

“Let’s go. Even though there’s a Myriad Starnet Grand Formation that’s connected to the
heaven and the earth on Falling Star Mountain Range, it’s unable to stop me. I’ll take you
in.” Bei Heng swung his sleeve to cover Chen Xi before flashing towards the group of
mountains. All along the way, they moved unobstructed, and in next to no time, an
extremely lofty and towering mountain had indistinctively appeared in the extremely
distant horizon.

Row upon row of buildings that were completely jade white and innumerable were built
atop that mountain, and when looked at from afar, it seemed as if numerous white colored
dragons were coiled on the mountain, causing the scene to be extremely magnificent.

This was the main peak of Starnet Palace, Myriad Star Peak. The thousands of disciples of
elders of the Starnet Palace opened up their own abodes on this mountain to cultivate and
seek the Dao, whereas, on the peak of the mountain was an enormous palace that was
beautifully decorated, and atop it was two words that glowed with golden light — Starnet
Palace. The palace was covered with a wispy celestial glow, beautiful and magnificent. It
seemed like a celestial palace that caused one to instantly arouse the feeling of being tiny
like an ant upon laying eyes on it.

“Hmm?” When they were still 50 km away from that lofty mountain, Bei Heng cried out in
surprise, and he seemed to have noticed that the situation was slightly off. Before Chen Xi
could react, Bei Heng flicked his sleeve and instantly brought Chen Xi along to descend in
a concealed gorge before vanishing.

At this moment, Chen Xi noticed that in the sky above the palace, standing there was a
refined white clothed woman with an elegant appearance, a young man with an evil, yet
charming appearance and hair that was crimson red like fire, and a tall and thin old man
with white hair and a youthful face.
Aunt Bai!

Chen Xi’s pupils constricted abruptly, and he’d instantly recognized that the white clothed
woman was precisely Bai Wanqing, the woman that had taken care of him like a family
member!

Why is she here? According to Uncle Meng Kong, she vanished when Xixi was captured,
and she said that she would annihilate the entire Starnet Palace one day. Could it be that
she has come to take revenge today?

Who is that crimson haired young man and old man by her side? Are they helpers that she
found?

At this moment, Chen Xi almost exclaimed out in shock as countless thoughts flashed past
his mind. He truly never imagined that he would actually encounter Bai Wanqing here.

“Formidable! I’m already at the 2nd level of the Earthly Immortal Realm now and have
overcome two Heavenly Tribulations, yet I’m unable to see through that old man’s
strength. His strength is probably much greater than mine!” Bei Heng’s expression became
serious as he swiftly sent a voice transmission. “Chen Xi, you have to watch out. Those
three people that have come to Starnet Palace are obviously here with ill intentions. Let’s
hide first and observe from the sidelines.”

The Earthly Immortal Realm is also called the earthly immortal of overcoming tribulations.
Every time an Earthly Immortal overcame the Heavenly Tribulation, his strength would
undergo a tremendous change akin to rebirth, and once one successfully overcame nine
Heavenly Tribulations, the person would be able to achieve ascension to become a
Heavenly Immortal before breaking through the void and leaving.

But to cultivators, each of the nine waves of Heavenly Tribulations was more terrifying
than the previous, and a person that was able to overcome the nine waves of Heavenly
Tribulations was simply one in a million since ancient times, an existence that was like
phoenix feathers and qilin horns.  Most of the ends these cultivators was either to lose their
lives under the Heavenly Tribulation, or be fortunate to survive, yet become an existence
that was neither a mortal nor an immortal, in other words, a fallen immortal.

The strength of a fallen immortal was similar to an Earthly Immortal, but if a fallen
immortal wanted to survive, then the fallen immortal had to overcome wave after wave of
Heavenly tribulation, and there was utterly no end to this unless the fallen immortal were to
be reincarnated. Otherwise, a day would come when the fallen immortal would be struck to
death by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Of course, every time a fallen immortal overcame a Heavenly Tribulation, the fallen
immortal’s strength would skyrocket. During the primordial era, there were some
formidable fallen immortals that even suffered through a few hundred waves of Heavenly
Tribulations, and their strengths were sufficient to look down upon all experts and suppress
Heavenly Immortals with their extremely terrifying might. But under normal
circumstances, fallen immortals would mostly choose to be reincarnated and would not use
their lives to withstand the endless Heavenly Tribulations.

After all, the Heavenly Tribulation came from the supreme Heaven Dao, and it was the
terrifying beyond compare. A single mistake could cause one’s soul to be obliterated and
forever vanish within the heaven and earth, and it was even impossible to be reborn.

But no matter if it was an Earthly Immortal or a fallen immortal, they were all supreme
existences that swept through the heaven and earth, and they were beyond reach for Chen
Xi right now. Not to mention a Violet Palace Realm cultivator, even a Nether
Transformation Realm expert was a tiny existence like an ant before them.

So, when Chen Xi heard Bei Heng speak of that old man’s strength with a heavy tone, the
shock in Chen Xi’s heart could be easily imagined.

I never imagined that Aunt Bai would actually call over such a formidable helper here…
Her background seems to be even more mysterious and stronger than I imagined! Chen Xi
had noticed that Bai Wanqing’s identity was rather extraordinary long ago, but only now
did he understand that Bai Wanqing’s identity wasn’t just extraordinary, it had simply
exceeded his imagination.

“Hmm?” The instant Chen Xi and Bei Heng arrived, the old man by Bai Wanqing’s side
seemed to have noticed them, and his eyes suddenly swept over. At this moment, Chen Xi
abruptly felt as if his entire body was buried by a boundless expanse of sea, and the
terrifying pressure caused him to feel an intense feeling of suffocation from being on the
verge of death.

Fortunately, the old man’s eyes only stopped on him for a short moment before descending
onto Bei Heng, and after sizing Bei Heng up slightly, a trace of surprise flashed on his face
before he withdrew his gaze.

“Big Brother Bei Heng, he has noticed us!” Chen Xi sent a voice transmission, and when he
recalled the instant that the terrifying aura pressed onto him, he felt a wave of coldness in
his heart.

“I know, I engaged in battle with him using my Divine Sense, and I’ve already clearly
stated that I wouldn’t interfere.” Bei Heng stopped for a moment before saying bitterly,
“Moreover, I can’t interfere, either. I wonder where this old fellow came from, I dare
guarantee that he’s surely not someone from our southern territory, and he even might not
be a cultivator of the Darchu Dynasty. No matter if it was the southern territory, the eastern
sea, the central plains, or the northern barbaric lands, I’ve more or less heard of all
existences that have attained the Earthly Immortal Realm, yet I’ve absolutely not heard of
this person.”
Southern territory, northern barbaric lands, eastern sea, central plains… Chen Xi mulled
this over in his heart. The territory of the Darchu Dynasty was divided into four great areas
that each occupied an extremely great distance of millions of kilometers each. They were
vast territories with abundant resources and innumerable cultivation sects. The most
cultivators were at the central plains.

This was because the central plains was the location of the capital of the Darchu Dynasty,
Silken City. It was a place filled with various precious treasures and beautiful mountain
ranges and rivers, and ancient sects that had been passed down for a few hundred thousand
or even a few million years were situated there. No matter if it was the southern territory,
the northern barbaric lands, or the eastern sea, their cultivation world was far from being
able to compare with the central plains.

All in all, the central plains was the hub of Darchu Dynasty, with sects that stood like trees
in the forest and possessed a myriad of methods to pass down the Dao, and it was the holy
land of cultivation in the hearts of all cultivators!

However, at this moment, Bei Heng actually said that the old man was actually not a
cultivator from within the Darchu Dynasty, and Chen Xi’s heart instantly jerked. Could it
be that Aunt Bai isn’t from the Darchu Dynasty either?

“Two years ago, I once said that I’d surely annihilate your entire Starnet Palace one day.
Today, I can let all of you die swiftly if you hand over my daughter. Otherwise, I’ll make
your entire sect suffer the pain of your souls being tortured all day and night and be unable
to be reborn forever!” It was at this moment that Bai Wanqing spoke coldly in the distant
sky, and her voice revealed boundless hatred and killing intent that caused one to tremble
endlessly with fear upon hearing it.
Chapter 156 – Netherflame Soul Refining

On the vast and flat space before the palace stood countless Starnet Palace disciples at the
moment and a few tens of seniors who wore luxurious robes with star markings and
possessed extremely terrifying auras. Among them, the most outstanding and conspicuous
was a middle aged man in gold robes and a star crown, and he was the Sect Master of
Starnet Palace, Tie Yunzi.

At this moment, when they heard Bai Wanqing’s words that were filled with boundless
hatred, everyone from Starnet Palace had grim expressions, and they were extremely
enraged as they started cursing loudly.

“You’re going too far! How could my Starnet Palace’s 84,000 cultivators be afraid of the
three of you?”

“You’re truly courting death! Just the three of you want to annihilate my Starnet Palace?
It’s simply a joke as big as the heavens!”

“Hmph! Sneaking into my Starnet Palace has already made all of you unable to escape a
fate of suffering, yet you talk wildly about annihilating my Starnet Palace? The ignorant are
truly fearless, and all of you deserve death!”

“Shut up!” The Sect Master of Starnet Palace, Tie Yunzi, abruptly let out an explosive
shout, and his expression was already completely livid. With his sight, how could he
possibly be unable to discern if Bai Wanqing’s group of three really possessed such
strength? It was precisely because of this that when Bai Wanqing spoke those words, his
heart instantly thumped as he cursed in his heart. At this moment, when he heard the
disciples howling like idiots, he really wished for nothing more than to slap them to death.

As soon as Tie Yunzi spoke, all the voices vanished instantly, causing the scene to be
completely silent, to the point a falling needle could be heard, and the atmosphere became
quiet and oppressive.

These disciples all looked at their Sect Master with anxious and doubtful expressions, and
they seemed to be extremely puzzled about why Tie Yunzi would boost the morale of
others and reduce the courage of his own side. But with their cultivations, they were unable
to perceive the cultivation of the old man by Bai Wanqing’s side, and it confirmed the
saying — The ignorant are fearless.

Tie Yunzi paid no attention to the thoughts of these disciples, he took a deep breath before
looking at Bai Wanqing and cupped his hands from afar. He was just about to speak, yet at
this moment, loud laughter interrupted his words.
It was the crimson haired young man by Bai Wanqing’s side. He had a handsome and
charming face and crimson hair that was like fire. At this moment, he was laughing loudly
towards the sky, and an arrogant and overbearing aura gushed out from his body.

“Little Aunt, what is there to speak of with these ants? Since they dare forcefully capture
my Sister Xixi and make her their disciples, then all of them have to die!” The crimson
haired young man’s eyelids opened before he turned to sweep everyone from Starnet Palace
with a disdainful glance, and then he said coldly, “Let me tell all of you. No one in the
entire world is able to save you today. Quickly hand over my sister and I’ll let all of you die
a swift death. Otherwise, I’ll let all of you taste the feeling of their soul being refined by
Netherflame!”

Arrogant!

Proud!

The domineering aura emitted by this crimson haired young man and the dense disdain that
filled his tone made him seem like a fiend in human shape, and the Xie Clan’s Young
Master, Xie Zhan, was simply a pure and good obedient boy.

“Audacious! You’re going too far! Want us all to die? It seems to me that something is
wrong in your head!” A Starnet Palace disciples couldn’t endure any longer, and he cursed.

“Something is wrong with me…? You’re courting death!” The crimson haired young man’s
eyes narrowed as an illusionary image of a golden core that emitted boundless radiance
gushed out from the top of his head, and it was the size of a human head. Atop it were
fiendgods, waves, mountains, dark clouds, fire, water, and there was even a dragon, a tiger,
a flying crane, a gale… A variety of phenomenon gushed out into appearance, seeming as if
they were living things that looked majestic and grand.

Bang!

When this golden core illusory image appeared in the sky, the space surrounding the
crimson haired young man started to shake, and a terrifying air flow surged out to the
heaven and earth. Instantly, the clouds and mist in the surrounding 500 km were minced to
dispersal, vanishing into thin air, and an empty space appeared.

How formidable! A single golden core actually contains an entire 19 Dao Insights! In the
extreme distance, Chen Xi’s pupils constricted, and he was extremely shocked in his heart.

When a cultivator advanced to the Golden Core Realm, the Yin and Yang within the
cultivator would blend together, and it promoted the generation of spirit and essence. The
numerous Dao Insights comprehended by the cultivator would appear in the golden core,
and the more Dao Insights comprehended, the stronger the might of the golden core. If one
were to go a step further and comprehend Dao Territory, then the might of the golden core
would rise explosively by a few times!
Chen Xi had once seen Su Leng’s golden core. Su Leng had only comprehended a single
Dao Insight called Nether Dao insight, and when contained within his golden core, it
appeared as a dim airflow that seemed grey, yet wasn’t grey.

Moreover, up until now, Chen Xi himself had only comprehended a single complete Wind
Dao Insight, whereas, the crimson haired young man’s golden core instead had 19 Dao
Insights appear on it. The height of the young man’s comprehension and the depth of the
young man’s cultivation had simply arrived at an extent that was astonishing!

If this fellow comprehended Dao Territory, then it would probably be more than ten times
more formidable than Luo Xiu’s Blood Corrosion Dao Territory… At this moment, Chen
Xi recognized even more clearly the insufficiency of his strength.,

He’s once heard Ji Yu say that to never think that he was a one of a kind genius, because
the number of geniuses in this world exceeded his imaginations, and the people that had
natural endowments that were better than him were innumerable like the sand in a river.

The strength revealed by that crimson haired young man had undoubtedly proved these
words.

Whoosh!

In the instant the golden core silhouettes appeared, the crimson haired young man took a
step in the sky and a blazing blood colored red lotus instantly arose beneath his feet, and it
carried him to instantly appear before that Starnet Palace disciple, then his palm grabbed
downwards and with a bang, the disciples had already been smashed to mush. After that, a
strand of black smoke gushed out, and he grabbed towards the sky to firmly grab this
translucent figure that struggled erratically. Shockingly, it was the soul of that disciple.

“You’re truly courting death. I’ll let you taste the feeling of having your soul refined by
Netherflame. I’ll make you be unable to live or die, and let you feel despair to the depths of
your soul!” As he spoke, the crimson haired young man had already returned to Bai
Wanqing’s side like a ghost, and a strand of pitch black and billowing flames gushed out
abruptly from the golden core above him to cover the soul of this Starnet Palace disciple
before flushing up and down to roast the soul.

The movements of this crimson haired young man were extremely fast, it was only an
instant from the time he made a move to the moment he executed the technique of
Netherflame Soul Refining. Not to mention those disciples of Starnet Palace, even Tie
Yunzi and all the Starnet Palace elders weren’t in time to lend a hand, and they were caught
off guard.

“Ah!!” An extremely miserable sharp cry sounded out abruptly. In the flickering of the
black colored Netherflame, the translucent soul struggled intensely, curled up, and dodged
with an extremely warped and savage expression that caused the people that watched from
afar to feel their scalps go numb and a chill run down their spines.
“Oh, what a beautiful sound.” The crimson haired young man let out a moan that was
almost like he was sleep talking, and his evil and charming face was filled with an
expression of enjoyment.

“Dammit! Senior Brother Zhou Yu has been captured, kill him!”

“Right, he’s only at the Golden Core Realm. Let’s all attack together, kill him and seize
Senior Brother Zhou Yu’s soul back!”

“Kill!”

When they saw this extremely tragic scene, the eyes of the Starnet Palace disciples instantly
went red. They voiced out with rage and were just about to attack as a group, yet they were
once again firmly stopped by the Sect Master, Tie Yunzi.

At this moment, Tie Yunzi’s expression was already completely livid, and all the veins on
his face had already bulged. He was almost unable to endure the flames of rage in his heart,
and he wished for nothing more than to disregard everything, gather all the strength of all
the elders and disciples of Starnet Palace before fighting these three fellows with their lives.

What should I do?

Why hasn’t Martial Uncle Chai Shao set up the slaughter formation?

If this goes on, then my Starnet Palace will be in imminent danger!

Tie Yunzi knew since long ago that even if all of them moved out, it would still be
impossible for them to be a match for the old man by Bai Wanqing’s side. So he’d decided
long ago to allow the Nether Transformation Realm expert, Chai Shao, to expend all the
resources in the Starnet Palace to activate the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal
Slaughtering Formation!

The Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation was the Sect Guarding
Formation that was passed down in the Starnet Palace since ancient times, and unless it was
a moment of life and death, it would absolutely not be activated easily. Because the price
that had to be paid to activate this grand formation was truly too great, and it required at
least over 1,000 years before the Starnet Palace could recover from this consumption.

But it was precisely because of the price that had to be paid was heavy, that the might of the
Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation was extremely terrifying. When
activated at full strength, it was able to link up with the baleful energy of the stars in the
sky, condensing them into surging balefulstar divine lightning that slew devils and
annihilated gods, and possessed boundless might. Even if it was an Earthly Immortal Realm
expert that fell into the formation, the expert would still be obliterated into nothingness!
The crimson haired young man stretched out his hand and made a crushing movement.
Instantly, the soul of that disciples called Zhao Yu was crushed and scattered into the air,
and then he raised his eyes to look towards Tie Yunzi and he spoke slowly. “I’ll count to
three. If you still don’t hand her over, then don’t blame us for being ruthless!”

“One!”

“Two!”

“Wait! Elder Jiang Qing, hand her over!” Tie Yunzi turned around to look at a middle aged
woman with a gloomy expression and narrow and long cheeks, and he ordered coldly as he
sent a voice transmission at the same time. “Quickly, hand her over first and stall for some
time. Why should we worry about being unable to kill these three people once Martial
Uncle Chai Shao finishes setting up the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering
Formation?”

“Hmph!” Jiang Qing grunted coldly, but she knew that the situation was urgent, and with a
flick of her sleeve, a little lady around the age of 8 or 9 with a pigtail at the top of her head
and had an appearance that seemed like carved jade appeared before Jiang Qing.

Chen Xi recognized with a glance that the little lady was precisely Xixi. Fortunately, she
seemed to have not suffered torture, and only her expression seems slightly dispirited and
sickly, not having the lively and mischievous expression from before.

“Master, what did you call disciple for?” Xixi raised her head, and she had an expression of
dread as if she was extremely afraid of this middle aged woman before her.

“Xixi!” In the distance, Bai Wanqing saw Xixi and two rows of tears instantly flowed out
as she shouted out in a sorrowful voice.

Xixi’s figure stiffened, then she slowly turned around. When she saw Bai Wanqing, a
strand of pleasant surprise abruptly gushed out from her eyes before she revealed an
expression of terror and cried out. “Mother, flee quickly! Or else you’ll die! My Master will
kill you! Flee quickly!”

“This silly child, she’s still concerned about me even at a time like this…” When she saw
this scene, Bai Wanqing’s felt both sadness and rage in her heart, and she was truly unable
to imagine how great of an injustice and how great torture her daughter had suffered during
these two years to the point that Xixi was able to emit such a terrified expression.

Whoosh!

It was at this moment that the old man by Bai Wanqing’s side that had remained silent all
along stuck out his hand and grabbed. Space suddenly shook intensely before shattering
inch by inch, and a shapeless large hand appeared out of thin air 3 km away to instantly
grab Xixi over.
Its speed was so swift that it was simply like teleportation, causing Tie Yunzi and Jiang
Qing to be utterly unable to react in time. It could be known from this that if the old man
made a move long ago, hey would probably have long since annihilated everyone in Starnet
Palace!

Perhaps, it was all because Xixi was still in the hands of Starnet Palace that he hadn’t made
a move for so long.

“Wa!” Xixi fell into Bai Wanqing’s embrace, and she seemed to not dare believe it before
bursting into loud sobs.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry, Mother will take you home.” Bai Wanqing’s tears trickled down
from her eyes as well, then she raised her hand to strike out with a technique that caused
Xixi to fall into deep sleep before raising her head to look at everyone from Starnet palace,
and her expression was already icy cold to the extreme.

Shit!

Tie Yunzi’s heart thumped. He originally placed hope on using Xixi’s life as a threat to
stall for some time. Unexpectedly that old man had actually made an extremely swift move,
swift to the point that he was utterly unable to react in time, and it simply exceeded his
imagination.

At the same time, an unrestrainable bone piercing coldness arose in his heart, and he felt as
if he’d fallen into a pit of ice. If this fellow had attacked me earlier, then wouldn’t I have
already died long ago?

It wasn’t only Tie Yunzi, everyone present, including Chen Xi and Bei Heng who were
looking from the sidelines while concealed in the distance, felt their hearts shake greatly
and felt extreme terror when they saw the old man attack.

That attack speed had already exceeded the scope of which they could understand!

Only Bei Heng vaguely perceived that the old man seemed to have comprehended a trace
of the Spatial Grand Dao, causing a casual attack to be able to freely tear open space, and it
was more than double the speed of instant teleportation.

“Bai Gan, Uncle Teng, kill! Kill all of these people!” Bai Wanqing spoke word by word,
and her words were overflowing with killing intent and resolute to the extreme.

“Little Aunt, don’t worry. None of them will be able to escape today!” The crimson haired
young man called Bai Gan laughed coldly, and his handsome and charming face revealed
boundless killing intent.
“Young Miss, you must follow me back to the clan once this matter is done. Otherwise…”
The old man hadn’t finished speaking when Bai Wanqing interrupted him. “Don’t worry,
I’ll surely keep to the words I’ve spoken this time!”

“Good!” The old man nodded, his eyes that were allowed narrowed to slits had suddenly
opened up, and cold lights that were like two balls of lightning arcs shot out violently,
whereas, on his entire body, a terrifying aura that caused the heaven and earth to change
color gushed out with a bang. The space in 300 m around him suddenly seemed like the
surface of the sea, rolling and roiling, and it caused numerous spatial tears that were like
waves to shatter out in the sky.

At this moment, this old man that had been silent for a long time seemed to have become a
different person, and his imposing manner shot into the sky, causing the hearts of everyone
present to be unable to restrain from arousing a despaired and helpless feeling of tininess. It
was like they were facing a lofty large mountain that stood there holding up the sky,
impossible to be shaken, impossible to be surmounted!
Chapter 157 – Turning Disaster Into Good Luck

How terrifying!

Although he was 50 km away, Chen Xi still felt a strong energy pressed down towards him,
causing his limbs and bones to be stiff and heavy, and his breathing instantly became
difficult as well.

“Formidable! This fellow at least possesses a cultivation at the 6th level of the Earthly
Immortal Realm, and he has already overcome the Void Heavenly Tribulation. Otherwise,
it would absolutely difficult to grasp the Spatial Grand Dao to such a perfect extent!” Bei
Heng’s burning gaze revealed boundless yearning.

Chen Xi knew that amongst the nine waves of heavenly tribulations, every wave was
different. For example, the sixth wave, the Void Heavenly Tribulation, rained down with
Void Lightning that contained boundless spatial tearing and compression energy, and it was
extremely terrifying. But so long as a cultivator safely overcame it, the cultivators grasp
towards spatial energy would attain a whole new level, and with slightly more cultivation,
the cultivator would be able to thoroughly grasp the Spatial Dao Insight and would be able
to casually tear open space and carry out spatial teleportation to instantly move 5,000 km.

Obviously, since the old man in the distance was able to stand proudly in the space that
fluctuated and shattered like a sea, he’d surely have overcome the sixth wave, the Void
Heavenly Tribulation, and grasped the numerous profundities of the Spatial Grand Dao.

With this old man making a move against them, the Starnet Palace will probably be unable
to escape their doom this time… Chen Xi sighed emotionally in his heart. If he possessed
strength like this, he’d probably have annihilated the Su Clan countless times. Why would
he need to endure until now?

“Hmph! You’re going too far! So what if you’re an Earthly Immortal? Since you dare
offend my Starnet Palace, then all of you can stay here forever!” It was at this moment, that
a loud shout that was like thunder abruptly sounded out above the faraway palace. Then, an
old man in a luxurious robe with golden markings and who had sunken eye sockets and a
face covered in wrinkles flew up into the sky. He held a jade decorative item that glowed
brightly with silver light as it emitted a myriad of chilly fine lights.

With a gesture in his hand, a beam of light gushed out with a bang before charging into the
sky, and the sky that was originally sky blue and clear instantly fell into darkness, revealing
a myriad of fist sized stars that were dazzling and resplendent.

Om~

A wave of ear piercing and sharp sounds of airflow rubbing together instantly resounded
out in the entire sky above Falling Star Mountain. Accompanying this sound was 107
blazing bright beams of light shooting out at the same time from the 107 peaks on Falling
Star Mountain, and they shot into the pitch black sky before charging into the myriad of
stars.

Instantly, the entire heaven and earth changed in appearance.

The color of night assaulted them with a myriad of stars hanging in the sky, and it was as if
they’d entered into the boundless world of the milky way. Falling Star Mountain was
covered in graceful rays of starlight that were chilly, quiet, and filled with an ancient aura.

The Starnet Palace had vanished, the Myriad Star Peak had disappeared, and even Tie
Yunzi and the disciples and elders had all vanished within the misty starry sky, seeming as
if they’d evaporated into thin air.

“Hmm? It’s actually the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation!” The
old man by Bai Wanqing’s side that was called Uncle Teng had a cold expression, and his
eyes that looked down upon everything couldn’t help but reveal a trace of seriousness.

“Uncle Teng, is this formation very formidable?” Bai Wanqing’s gaze swept her
surroundings. She noticed that her group stood in an empty night sky, and starlight
revolved around them as it emitted a deadly still aura that caused one to be flustered.

“Little Aunt, there’s no need to worry. This formation is able to annihilate ordinary Earthly
Immortal Realm cultivators, yet it’s unable to do anything to Elder Bai Teng. After the
formation is broken in a while, I’ll surely extract the souls of all these bastards. As ants,
they still dare to challenge us, they’re really getting tired of living.” Bai Gan who had hair
that was crimson like fire spoke in disdain, and he seemed to be extremely confident
towards the old man by his side.

“Hahaha, you’re about to die, yet you still boast shamelessly? I’ll let all of you taste the
feeling of a myriad of balefulstar lightning striking in unison soon. All of you won’t be able
to flee this time. Especially that old bastard. I’ll refine you and completely suppress you
beneath the Falling Star Mountain, and I’ll make you become a guardian dog of my Starnet
Palace forever!” Tie Yunzi’s voice resounded in the night sky, and his voice revealed
boundless resentment and even contained complacency and unruliness mixed within.

Bang!

Bai Teng frowned as his hand fiercely grabbed towards the space before him, causing an
enormous rip to be instantly torn open in the night sky, and a figure could vaguely be seen
to be instantly vanishing at the side of the rip.

“Hmph! You fled fast enough! But do you think a mere Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal
Slaughtering Formation is able to trap me, Bai Teng?” Bai Teng grunted coldly, and then
he raised his eyes to sweep the surroundings as a 3m long emerald bamboo had already
appeared in his hand.
This piece of emerald bamboo had many bends and curves, like a snake or dragon.
Countless profound runes drifted out from it to form numerous verdant lotus flowers that
bloomed one after the other. On every lotus flower, a Daoist that wore a scholar’s hat and
ancient clothes sat up straight there, or closed his eyes and pondered, or chanted a mantra,
or held a sword and danced about in the air… The myriad of verdant lotus flowers seemed
to actually form an entire small world, and clear lights suffused out from it as strange
phenomenon appeared in the sky!

“Excellent! Once Elder Bai Teng’s Immortal Treasure, Verdant Lotus Shadowbamboo, is
drawn, who can compete with him?” Bai Gan clapped as he praised, and his eyes emitted
boundless burning admiration.

Bai Wanqing’s expression eased up as well.

“Immortal Artifact! That’s a real Immortal Artifact! Within it is a world of its own that
possesses a myriad of extraordinary forms. Possessing this treasure was sufficient to allow
one to move unhindered in the entire world!” In the extremely far away concealed cave, Bei
Heng’s heart shook greatly as he cried out involuntarily.

Chen Xi expression was similarly dazed endlessly. If I’m able to repair the Buddha’s
Pagoda, would it be able to display such a scene as well? I wonder where Aunt Bai found
this helper from, he actually possesses an Immortal Artifact. It’s truly difficult to believe…

Right at this moment, numerous bolts of lightning condensed from the baleful energy of the
stars surged down from the night sky. They were like a myriad of silver snakes that danced
wildly in the sky and were even more like countless silver colored waterfalls pouring down
from the sky.

For a time, the entire sky above Falling Star Mountain was completely covered in dazzling
and bright lightning arcs, causing the heaven and earth to instantly be suffused with a strand
of chilly, domineering, and empty aura that was terrifying.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Overwhelming amounts of lightning bolts endlessly shot down, and it seemed as if the sky
was collapsing as space shattered, mountains turned to powder, and the ground ripped open
as if a volcano had erupted and the end of the world had arrived. The terrifying energy of
destruction that was contained in the balefulstar lightning had simply arrived at an
astonishing level.

Swish!

Bei Heng casually swung his hand and a bronze mirror that was inscribed with dense
markings flew out from his hand to revolve as it floated above him. With a shine from the
surface of the mirror, a layer of a barrier that was gold in color shot out to envelop Chen Xi
and Bei Heng within it, and it seemed like an eggshell, thick and firm with the aura of
treasures coiling around it.

“This Fifth-Earth Mirror of mine is a Quasi Immortal Artifact. Little Brother, stay within it,
and you must not move. That balefulstar lightning is too terrifying, and it’s not inferior to
the lightning that descended when I overcame the first wave of Heavenly Tribulation. I’ll
circulate my Immortal Energy with all my strength, and it should be able to prevent the
both of us from dying with some difficulty. But it’s difficult to escape unless we wait for
this damnable grand formation to stop.” Bei Heng’s expression was serious as he swiftly
instructed.

“I’ve gotten Big Brother Bei Heng into trouble this time, and I’ll remember this debt. In the
future, if there’s anything that you need this brother to do for you, I won’t hesitate to lay
down my life if need be.” Chen Xi spoke with an apologetic expression.

“Little Brother, what are you talking about? If you continue speaking like this, then I’ll
leave you behind and not care about you.” Bei Heng glared and acted angry, yet he was
extremely comfortable in his heart, as what he wanted were exactly these words from Chen
Xi.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Rumble!

A balefulstar lightning struck down to smash onto the Fifth-Earth Mirror, and it blasted
down to the point that the golden barrier around the two of them trembled intensely without
end. Although they were separated by a layer of barrier, Chen Xi was still able to feel that
the pores on his skin had a tingling and trembling feeling.

“Hmm?” Chen Xi suddenly noticed that the extremely weak lightning aura gushed into his
skin, and the Shaman Energy that lay dormant within his blood, flesh, and skin seemed to
become lively.

“Balefulstar lightning… Isn’t its essence the baleful energy of the stars? Isn’t the energy
that’s absorbed by my Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts exactly the baleful energy of
the stars?” Chen Xi thought in his heart as an extremely daring idea gushed out into his
mind, and as soon as this thought appeared, it was impossible to restrain any longer.

When another balefulstar lightning struck down once more, he didn’t hesitate in the
slightest to stick out his hand and press it onto the barrier.

Bang!

Chen Xi’s body shook as he felt a strand of vast and violent baleful energy of the stars
charge into his flesh and blood like a wild beast that had escaped its chains, and it charged
about furiously, tearing his tendons, flesh, and skin to the point it almost broke apart inch
by inch.

Chen Xi hurriedly circulated the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts. Sure enough, the
violent baleful energy of the stars seemed to be restrained as they were instantly tamed, to
the point they were like sheep before submerging into his flesh and blood to transform into
strands of pure Shaman Energy. In an instant, Chen Xi felt that his Shaman Energy had
actually risen by a strand!

As expected, I’m able to absorb it! Moreover, it’s denser than when I cultivate while
holding Starsoul Meteorites! Chen Xi was delighted in his heart, and then he sat cross-
legged before the barrier and waited for the balefulstar lightning to descend once more.

Bai Wanqing had a peerless expert at the 6th level of the Earthly Immortal Realm
protecting her, and this expert even had an Immortal Artifact with matchless might in his
hand, so he utterly didn’t need to pay attention and worry about her.

Bei Heng was originally shocked in his heart when he saw Chen Xi approach the barrier,
and when he saw Chen Xi was unharmed, he was at ease instantly. He couldn’t help but be
slightly curious.. This little fellow seems to be using the balefulstar lightning to temper his
body!

When he realized this, Bei Heng’s heart abruptly thumped once more. After all, these
balefulstar lightning bolts were condensed from the purest and most violent energy of the
myriad of stars in the sky, and even he, with his level of cultivation, didn’t dare easily come
into contact with it, yet Chen Xi had instead taken this energy to cultivate. How could it not
shock him?

He’s actually able to use the baleful energy of the stars to temper his body. I’ve simply
never heard or seen this sort of body refinement cultivation technique. Could it be that it
was passed down to him by that mysterious senior? After he exclaimed with admiration, the
image of a beautiful young woman that was a woman disguised as a man couldn’t help but
appear in his mind. Right! Even if it wasn’t this mysterious senior that passed it down to
him, it’s probably an ultimate technique that’s controlled by the sect the senior belonged
to. After all, when they met each other on the azure lake, she’d addressed Chen Xi as little
junior brother…[1. She addressed him as Little Junior Brother via voice transmission in
Ch129, but the Author decided to use it in this way here, and it’s beyond something that I
can just erase or edit. So, I left it as it is.]

When he thought like this, Bei Heng’s resolution to form a good relationship with Chen Xi
grew even firmer.

Rumble! Rumble!

The balefulstar lightning splashed down as if they were worthless, the twisting and
brilliantly bright lightning arcs were like twisting silver snakes, yet the strength within it
was terrifying to the extreme, and it contained a piercingly cold violent aura of annihilation
that caused others to be terrified by the sight of it.

However, these bolts of balefulstar lightning that struck down were like medicinal pills that
fluttered down from the sky to Chen Xi, and amongst it was simply a great fortuitous
encounter that couldn’t be encountered in a hundred years.

He already didn’t have the mind to pay attention to everything in the surroundings, his
entire mind was immersed in cultivating, and his entire body was like a bottomless pit that
ceaselessly absorbed the baleful energy of the stars that scattered out from the barrier,
whereas his Shaman Energy was becoming thick and condensed at a speed that was visible
to the eye…
Chapter 158 – Blood Sacrifice

The balefulstar lightning was condensed from the purest baleful energy of the stars from the
myriad of stars in the sky combined with the energy of lightning to be formed, and it
contained extremely copious amounts of baleful energy of the stars and piercingly cold and
condensed lightning bolts. Every bolt of lightning that struck down possessed a might that
was sufficient to annihilate everything in the world and obliterate Earthly Immortal Realm
experts, and the words ‘Immortal Slaughtering’ in the name of the Nine-Palace Balefulstar
Immortal Slaughtering Formation came from this.

Moreover, for the sake of activating this grand formation, the Starnet Palace had practically
completely consumed all the resources that they’d conserved for a few thousands of years.
Thus, how terrifying a might the formation revealed could be easily imagined. If it wasn’t
for Bei Heng’s Quasi Immortal Artifact Fifth-Earth Mirror withstanding the roiling
lightning that poured down, Chen Xi would probably have been obliterated into
nothingness under the lightning since long ago.

It was fortunate that he possessed this layer of barrier to neutralize more than half of the
might of the balefulstar lightning, and it was only because of this that he was able to safely
absorb the pure and vast amounts of baleful energy of the star to ceaselessly temper,
hammer, and strengthen his body.

The saying danger and fortune exist side by side was most likely describing Chen Xi’s
current situation of turning danger into safety and turning disaster into fortune. Even Bei
Heng never imagined that Chen Xi actually dared draw the energy of the balefulstar
lightning to cultivate, and this action, that was almost at the extent of playing with his life,
caused Bei Heng to feel extreme shock.

In the sky 3 km from Falling Star Mountain, Starnet Palace’s Sect Master, Tie Yunzi, and
the Nether Transformation Realm expert, Chai Shao, stood shoulder to shoulder. Within the
eyes of the two of them, the entire vast expanse of Falling Star Mountain was covered in
balefulstar lightning. Those numerous lightning bolts struck down like the milky way
pouring down from above the nine heavens, and the lightning arcs that were dazzling bright
like daylight shone upon them, to the point their faces were flickering with brightness and
dimness.

“This is the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation? How many years
has it been? Since I became the Sect Master, it’s still the first time I’ve seen it. Although it
consumed the essence of the stars and over 100 million spirit liquid that was bitterly
gathered for a few thousands of years, so long as it’s able to annihilate that Earthly
Immortal, then it was worth it to expend all this!” Tie Yunzi muttered, and his gloomy
expression revealed madness.

“In short, after experiencing this battle and annihilating a 6th level Earthly Immortal Realm
expert that had comprehended Spatial Laws, my Starnet Palace will be able to become
famous throughout the world!” Chai Shao laughed loudly. “Let me see if anyone dares look
down on our Starnet Palace in the future.”

“Hmm?” As they spoke, the two of them suddenly saw that a myriad of verdant lotus
flowers had abruptly arisen in Falling Star Mountain. Every single lotus flower covered an
area of 10m and had an old man wearing a scholar’s hat and ancient clothes sitting or
standing within it. These old men formed seals with their hands, waved about their swords,
chanted scriptures… They had a myriad of different poses and expressions, and their
movements were all different, yet all of them explosively shot out streams of azure light
that charged into the heavens and shattered the sky!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The instant the balefulstar lightning that descended from the sky touched those lotus
flowers, they were like ice that melted into water, causing them to be instantly shattered,
obliterated, and disappear without a trace. Shockingly, within those myriad of lotus flowers,
Bai Wanqing, Bai Gan, and Bai Teng stood there, and under the protection of the numerous
verdant lotus flowers, it was as if they’d entered into another world. No matter how violent
of dense the balefulstar lightning was, it was unable to injure them in the slightest.

“Immortal Artifact! It’s actually an Immortal Artifact!” Chai Shao’s expression turned to
shock as he cried out involuntarily, and he seemed as if he’d seen something extremely
terrifying.

“Immortal Artifact? Shit! Martial Uncle, our Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal

Slaughtering Formation is probably unable to confine them any longer. What should we
do?” Tie Yunzi seemed as if he was struck by lightning as well, and his expression was
unsightly beyond compare as he understood that he’d probably offended a great figure this
time. Just think about it, if an Earthly Immortal Realm expert was able to possess an
Immortal Artifact as a weapon, then how great would the power that stood behind him be?

Chai Shao had an indeterminate expression, and he gnashed his teeth and said after a short
moment, “Kill! Use the blood sacrificial technique to completely simulate the might of the
Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation. We must kill this Earthly
Immortal Realm expert this time. If we allow him to escape, then Starnet Palace will surely
suffer unending acts of revenge, and it would even be to the extent of being erased from the
cultivation world. Not one of us is able to bear such consequences.”

“Blood sacrificial technique? Martial Uncle, it requires the cost of a few tens of thousands
of lives to be able to completely stimulate the might of the formation! This… Isn’t this a
little cruel?” Tie Yunzi shuddered with fear, and he spoke with a bewildered expression.

“Hmph! What time is it now to still be kindhearted? Didn’t we foster the disciples in the
sect for the sake of using them to help the sect pass through difficult situations?” Chai Shao
had a savage expression, and his killing intent surged. “You only have to sacrifice some
disciples, yet you’re able to obtain an Immortal Artifact in return, a real Immortal Artifact,
and it isn’t something like the Buddha’s Pagoda that’s only an empty shell is able to
compare to! With this Immortal Artifact, our Starnet Palace will surely surpass the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect once I advance to the Earthly Immortal Realm, and it will
become the number one sect in the southern territory. At that time, we’ll be able to recruit
as many disciples as we want, so why should we worry about being unable to make the sect
flourish?”

“Alright! I’ll join forces with the other elders right away to incinerate the souls of a few
tens of thousands of disciples and offer a blood sacrifice to the grand formation!” Tie Yunzi
hesitated for a moment before agreeing resolutely in the end.

As the leader of a sect, Tie Yunzi was a ruthless and cruel person, and after he analyzed the
pros and cons, his figure flashed out right away and intended to fly towards the distant
gorge where 17 elders and 60,000 disciples were hiding.

“Wait! Look over there, the Fifth-Earth Mirror! Dammit! The Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect’s Supreme Grand Elder, Bei Heng, is here as well!” Chai Shao’s expression instantly
went gloomy.

Tie Yunzi stopped his footsteps abruptly, then raised his eyes to look, and he saw that in a
narrow gorge in Falling Star Mountain, there was an enormous mirror floating in midair
and emitted a golden barrier to withstand the balefulstar lightning that covered the entire
sky and descended down. Within the barrier, he could vaguely see the figures of two
people.

“Chen Xi!” Tie Yunzi spoke out with doubt and surprise. He had an extremely deep
impression of Chen Xi, and in practically an instant, he’d recognized who that figure
belonged to, whereas, he didn’t have to guess to know that the person by Chen Xi’s side
was Bei Heng as only Bei Heng possessed this Quasi Immortal Artifact — Fifth-Earth
Mirror.

“Hmm? It’s that kid that killed my son, Letian?” Chai Shao was stunned, and his
expression instantly became extremely icy cold.

“Exactly. According to the Su Clan, it ought to be this kid that killed Junior Brother
Letian.” Tie Yunzi spoke slowly. “Moreover, this kid has subdued the Buddha’s Pagoda. If
it wasn’t for Bei Heng’s obstruction, I’d have seized it from him since long ago.”

“Good! The heavens are really assisting Starnet Palace!” Chao Shao’s voice seemed to be
squeezed out from the cracks between his teeth, and he spoke word by word. “Not only will
I be able to kill this old fellow at the Earthly Immortal Realm, I’ll also be able to avenge
my son and annihilate Bei Heng. In this way, after Bei Heng is wiped out and Starnet
Palace possesses two Immortal Artifacts, annihilating the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect in
the future would be extremely easy as well!”

“Go, quickly execute the blood sacrificial technique! Starnet Palace’s future hope to
become supreme in the southern territory’s cultivation world is in this battle!” Chai Shao’s
expression was already extremely insane, and his hair fluttered as he shouted in a low
voice.

Swoosh!

How would Tie Yunzi dare delay any longer, and his figure flashed to tear through the sky.

“Ah! Third Elder, why do you kill me?”

“Sect Master, you… you….”

“Bastard! All of you actually have the heart to slaughter the disciples of your own sect,
you’re simply worse than animals! I curse all of you! I curse your Starnet Palace to flow
with rivers of blood, to be utterly exterminated, and the Dao inheritance of the Starnet
Palace to be wiped out forever!”

After a short moment, a wave of shrill howls instantly resounded out from within that
gorge, and numerous roars of despair sounded out. It was simply like devils that were
suppressed in hell intended to reappear in the mortal world, and it caused chills to run down
one’s spine.

After that, countless bloody lights shot into Falling Star Mountain. Instantly, sounds of
thunder that shook the heaven and earth instantly resounded out in the sky as boundless
blood colors tainted the sky before transforming into numerous lightning bolts that were
violent like tidal waves as they struck down. At this moment, these balefulstar lightning
bolts had a trace of blood color in them; they were ferocious and violent, and their might
had risen explosively by more than double!

Tie Yunzi laughed coldly as he gazed at the balefulstar lightning with bloody lights
revolving around them that covered the sky, as a concept of being able to control countless
beings, annihilating everything with a thought, and creating a world with a thought arose
suddenly in his heart.

“Spending all the resources accumulated for thousands of years and sacrificing a few tens
of thousands of disciples, my Starnet Palace has paid such a heavy price, and all of you…
Must die today!”

——

Swoosh!

The surging Shaman Energy was like an enormous river that flushed, howled, and rolled
between his flesh, blood, and skin. The vital qi and energy in Chen Xi’s entire body was at
a peak state and every pore on his entire body was filled dense Shaman Energy, fifth-earth
energy, second-wood energy, seventh-gold energy, third-fire energy, ninth-water energy,
the baleful energy of the stars, and lightning energy mixed together. The aura that these
energies emitted became even more ancient, desolate, and vast. It was as if the lands of
chaos formed during the primordial absolute beginning of the world was emerging within
his body, and it was extremely mysterious.

At this moment, he’d abandoned all distracting thoughts and forgotten everything.

He’s forgotten the heavens, the earth, and himself!

He’s forgotten Bei Heng who was beside him, and he’d even forgotten his past and
memories.

The balefulstar lightning that descended above him and his own cultivation technique were
forgotten as well, yet the vital energy and qi within his blood had instead started to circulate
naturally, and it was purely natural without the slightest thoughts contained within it.

He felt as if he’d fused with the balefulstar lightning of the universe, changing and entering
into a mysterious and unfathomable state. He felt as if he’d grown wings, flew up into the
heavens and towards the boundless quiet depths that was above the sky.

After an unknown period of time, he’d arrived in a boundless space. On his right was an
enormous star that was red hot like fire and emitted dazzling bright lights; on his left was
another star as well, it was icy cold and gloomy, completely pitch black, and that black was
black to the point it caused one’s heart to palpitate and despair to arise.

These two ancient stars that had been revolving since the beginning of time were precisely
the Great Yang Star and Great Yin Star. One yang and one Yin, just like when the chaos
was first lifted and clear air rose while foul air sank, and the Yin and Yang separated to
develop the world.

“Great Yin, Great Yang…” It was as if a mysterious energy was driving Chen Xi, and he
unconsciously sat cross-legged in space, grasping Yin in his left hand and holding Yang in
his right, causing black and white to be distinguished clearly. His True Essence and
appearance were tranquil, neither happy nor sad, and he seemed as if he was the ruler that
controlled the Supreme Grand Dao of Yin and Yang.

In his mind, the two River Diagram fragments that had combined into one abruptly gushed
out with a strand of airflow that instantly that surged into in a strange scene of the five
elements being derived, the Yin and Yang alternating, lightning flashing, gales howling,
stars swiftly moved along a myriad of trajectories…

“Hmm?” Bei Heng was sparing no efforts to maintain the Fifth-Earth Barrier and withstand
the balefulstar lightning, and he seemed to have noticed something and turned to look at
Chen Xi before instantly being dumbstruck.

Two balls of lightning clouds had appeared atop Chen Xi who sat cross-legged on the
ground. One ball was pure black and deep, the other dazzling white, and the two balls of
lightning clouds revolved ceaselessly to form a completely round Yin-Yang diagram. Atop
the diagram, lightning roiled and baleful energy of the stars howled, it was like an
enormous black and white vortex and was even more alike to the mysterious black holes in
the depths of the universe that swallowed everything.

“Star, wind, lightning, Yin, Yang, five elements…” Bei Heng muttered involuntarily.
“These are ten types of Supreme Grand Daos amongst the 3,000 Grand Daos of the heaven
and earth, and any one of them is sufficient to make any cultivator comprehend it for their
entire lives!

Dao Insight was divided into Minor Daos and Grand Daos.

For example, the Tidal Dao Insight that the Roc King comprehended was a type Dao from
the Grand Dao of water, or the Ice Dao Insight comprehended by the leading figure of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s younger generation, Fei Lengcui, was similarly a type of
Dao from the Grand Dao of water. But no matter if it was the Tidal Dao Insight of the Ice
Dao Insight, they were both Minor Daos, and they were entirely unable to compare with the
Grand Dao of Water. Because the Grand Dao of Water was the ultimate form of the myriad
types of water in the world, it was the supreme king, the quintessence of water!

In the eyes of Bei Heng, the level of Dao comprehension that Chen Xi revealed now
contained ten types of Dao Insights, namely the star, wind, lightning, Yin, Yang, metal,
wood, water, fire, earth. Every single one of them was a Supreme Grand Dao!

These Dao Insights were like seeds planted in one’s heart, and so long as one cultivated
diligently and bitterly, comprehending it both day and night, then after one overcame the
nine waves of Heavenly Tribulation, it would be able to transform into true Grand Dao
laws, whereas, mastering a Grand Dao law was one of the symbols of a Heavenly
Immortal!

Bei Heng’s cultivation was currently at the 2nd level of the Earthly Immortal Realm, and
he’d already accumulated a strand of Immortal Energy in his body. His lifetime goal was to
charge into the Heavenly Immortal Realm and to obtain a deeper and more comprehensive
understanding of the Grand Dao.

According to his knowledge, all the existences that were able to overcome nine waves of
Heavenly Tribulation and ascend into a Heavenly Immortal had comprehended a Grand
Dao. In other words, only after one comprehends a type of Grand Dao would one have a
higher probability of ascending into the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

On the other hand, no matter how many Minor Daos once comprehends, if one is unable to
fuse them together and advance it to the level of a Grand Dao, then overcoming the nine
waves of Heavenly Tribulation would be full of difficulties and have narrow chances of
survival, and it was far unable to compare with a Grand Dao.

Bang!
Right when Bei Heng was thinking swiftly, a strand of terrifying blood colored balefulstar
lightning struck down, and it instantly shook his Fifth-Earth Mirror to the point it vibrated
intensely and wailed endlessly.

Bei Heng himself was shaken to the point his vital blood and energy roiled as well, and he
almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He hurriedly spat out a mouthful of Immortal Energy
onto the Fifth-Earth Mirror, causing it to instantly stabilize.

But in just an instant, the mirror started to wail intensely one more, causing Bei Heng’s
countenance to even became pale as the pressure on him suddenly increased, and a feeling
of danger swiftly surged into his heart.

I ought to be able to get through these lightning bolts if I abandon this kid, but I’ve already
expended so much on this kid. Wouldn’t it be too much of a pity if I give up halfway? Bei
Heng gazed at Chen Xi who circulated his cultivation technique with his eyes closed, and
Bei Heng struggled intensely in his heart.
Chapter 159 – Azureflower Spiritlord

Bei Heng’s expression was indeterminate. “If I continue diverting my attention to protect
this kid, then this old life of mine will probably have to be left here today. If I don’t care
about him…”

Bang!

Lightning crackled down and the violent energy shocked the Fifth-Earth Mirror to the point
it trembled intensely, and there were even traces of cracks appearing faintly on the surface
of the mirror. Obviously, it wouldn’t be long before this Quasi Immortal Artifact might
possibly explode into pieces.

Never mind, in the entire vast heaven and earth, I’m most important. So long as I can
survive, then who cares what happens? A trace of resoluteness flashed on Bei Heng’s face,
and then he stood up right away before lightly sighing in his heart as he looked at Chen Xi
who sat cross-legged on the ground. “Chen Xi, oh, Chen Xi, don’t blame me for not lending
a hand to save you. I’m only doing it to survive as well… Hmm?”

Bei Heng suddenly saw that at the center of the black and white ball of lightning clouds that
revolved ceaselessly above Chen Xi, an enormous vortex suddenly expanded out, and the
black and white colored energies mixed together like the convergence of Yin and Yang or
water and fire colliding, causing the vortex that was condensed from them to madly revolve
at an indescribable speed.

After that, a vast and peerless suction force surged out!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

It was like the sound of a myriad of bees flapping their wings in unison, and that vortex was
like the mouth of the ancient Divine Beast, Roc, as it gushed out with a terrifying suction
force that could swallow the heaven and earth.

Subsequently, Bei Heng saw that the balefulstar lightning that descended in the nearby 300
meters around Chen Xi seemed as if they’d been summoned, and they uncontrollably
surged towards the black and white vortex.      

Bang!

After it absorbed and swallowed all the nearby balefulstar lightning, the black and white
vortex seemed as if it had consumed an extremely great tonic, and it suddenly expanded by
30m, 300m… In practically an instant, its size had already expanded to cover an almost
3km area.
At this moment, when one looked at the black and white vortex, it was simply like a cloud
that covered the heavens and earth, alternating black and white, Yin and Yang revolving.
The completely circular vortex formed by it was even like the black holes in the depths of
the universe that swallowed everything, causing coldness to arise in one’s heart for no
reason, even when looking at it from afar.

“What a terrifying suction force!” Bei Heng’s expression abruptly went grim. He felt that
the Fifth-Earth Mirror actually wanted to struggle free from his control and fly towards the
vortex. He didn’t dare hesitate and instantly spat out a strand of Immortal Energy before
grabbing out with his hand to withdraw the Fifth-Earth Mirror back to float above him.

In this way, the barrier that protected Chen Xi vanished along with it.

But at this moment, Chen Xi already had no need of the protection from the barrier. The
black and white vortex above him that covered an entire 3km was like an unshakable wall
that blocked before him. It possessed an imposing aura, as if it could swallow everything in
the world, as it madly swallowed the roiling balefulstar lightning that descended from the
sky.

The more it swallowed, the larger the black and white vortex became, and it expanded out
towards the surroundings at a speed that was visible to the eye. If one were to look at it
from up above in the sky, one would notice that a quarter of all the balefulstar lightning in
the area of Falling Star Mountain was like a sea that flowed backward, gushing
uncontrollably towards Chen Xi, and the scene was shocking to the extreme.

The pressure on Bei Heng’s entire body instantly reduced, as he’d received the protection
from the black and white vortex by staying at Chen Xi’s side. But when he saw the
balefulstar lightning that gushed over from all directions, he still couldn’t avoid feeling a
chill run down his spine.

This terrifying energy was enough to grind him into dust countless times!

——

“Heartless! They actually used a blood sacrificial technique to activate the full might of the
Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation. This Starnet Palace’s Sect
Master was actually able to bring himself to do this.” Bai Teng held the Immortal Artifact,
Verdant Lotus Shadowbamboo, in his hand, and stood in the world that was formed by the
myriad of azure lotuses. His gaze was sharp, as if he looked down upon all the eagles in the
nine heavens, his mind broad as if it could hold the vastness of mountains and rivers, his
figure tall and big as if he possessed the imposing might to control the starry sky, and he
was like a supreme king that held a scepter.

But at this moment, his white brows knit slightly and his eyes emitted cold lights as his
entire body was coiled in a matchless aura of slaughter. Obviously, the Starnet Palace’s
cruel actions of using a few tens of thousands of lives to offer a sacrifice of blood to the
grand formation had completely infuriated him.

When a king is infuriated, blood flows into rivers.

Bai Teng wasn’t a king, yet he was more respected than a king from the mortal world. He
was a peerless expert at the 6th level of the Earthly Immortal Realm who held an Immortal
Artifact in his hand, and with a single thought, he could destroy the heaven and earth and
distort space!

However, right when he was about to attack with his full force and use the entire grand
formation to vent the flames of rage in his heart, he instead seemed to have noticed
something, and he suddenly gazed off far into the distance. After that, he saw an
incomparably enormous black and white vortex revolving violently with lightning roiling
and the baleful energy of the stars howling within it, one Yin and the other Yang, a
miraculous scene that seemed as if it was formed from nature, and the boundless
swallowing force had actually drawn over a quarter of all the lightning in the grand
formation.

“Yin, Yang, lightning, stars, wind, and there vaguely seems to be the five elements; ten
types of Supreme Grand Daos!” Bai Teng was stunned, and a stream of an icy cold sheen
that seemed like a waterfall suddenly exploded out from the depths of his eyes. With his
cultivation, he’d actually been shocked by the scene before him as well.

“Elder Bai Teng, you didn’t see wrongly, right? It’s really ten types of Supreme Grand
Daos?” The nearby Bai Gan’s body stiffened, and he said in astonishment. “Up until today,
I’ve only condensed 18 types of Minor Daos and one Grand Dao. Could it be that person is
more formidable than me?”

“Bai Gan, you finally understand that no matter how strong you are, there’s always
someone stronger, right? In the Clan, you’re indeed an extremely talented genius, yet when
compared with that little fellow in the distance, you completely fall short. You should put
away that arrogant and overbearing temper of yours and cultivate quietly.” Bai Teng didn’t
hold back in the slightest to reproach the nearby Bai Gan.

“Hmph! I’ve only cultivated for 19 years. If I’m given a little bit more time, I’ll surely
leave that kid far behind.” Bai Gan was unconvinced.

Bai Teng shook his head, and his gaze unintentionally glanced over to notice the nearby Bai
Wanqing quietly staring blankly at the black and white vortex with an expression that
seemed pleasantly surprised, disbelief, and extremely complicated.

“Young Miss, you know that kid?” Bai Teng asked in surprise.

“Perhaps… I’m mistaken.” Bai Wanqing shook her head as the image of a young man with
a stiff and sedate expression and a handsome appearance appeared in her mind, and then
she said in her heart. Only two years have passed now, how could that little fellow possibly
have cultivated to such a formidable degree? I’m surely mistaken.

“No matter what, those two people ought to have no ill intentions towards us, and they’re
tying down a quarter of the grand formation’s strength now. Actually, we ought to thank
them. We must not delay, I’ll seize this opportunity to destroy this formation and wipe out
everyone from Starnet Palace!” Bai Teng slowly finished speaking, and the Verdant Lotus
Shadowbamboo flew out from his hand.

Clear light drifted out gracefully as Immortal Energy swept out, and the world that was
formed from a myriad of azure lotuses instantly transformed into a 3m tall lofty titan. This
titan wore a scholar’s hat and ancient clothes, his entire body blooming with a myriad of
azure lotuses. His azure colored beard that was 300m in length fluttered with the wind. His
appearance was simple, and he was like the god that was born from the myriad of azure
lotuses.

Strength!

Strength that was impossible to describe effused out from the lofty figure. At that instant
the figure appeared, in the surrounding 3km, space shattered, the airflow was blazed into
nothingness, and the countless bolts of balefulstar lightning that surged down from the sky
actually seemed as if they were ground to dust by a shapeless hand, and had all been
obliterated in the sky!

“This is the Artifact Spirit of the Verdant Lotus Shadowbamboo, Azureflower Spiritlord?
Immortal Artifact, Immortal Artifact, as expected, its might is formidable. With Elder Bai
Teng’s cultivation, he’s only able to exert 40% of its might. If he was able to exert its full
might, then wouldn’t it be even more formidable and even more terrifying?” Bai Gan
looked at the tall and lofty figure, and the shock in his heart couldn’t be described with
words.

Bang!

Azureflower Spiritlord opened his enormous hand to grab out towards the space before
him, and a myriad of azure colored lotus flowers that possessed sharp edges that were like
blades shot out explosively. The strength that was emitted from every single azure colored
lotus flower was sufficient to compare with the full force strike of an Earthly Immortal
Realm cultivator!

Rumble!

The space and layer upon layer of restriction in the surroundings were completely blasted
into powder under the Azureflower Spiritlord’s might, and it seemed as if an enormous hole
was blasted out in the sky!

——
With two Immortal Artifacts in my possession, I don’t have to take the trouble of gathering
Magic Treasures to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation once I cultivate to the Earthly
Immortal Realm, HAHAHA! It’s truly fortune that dropped down from the heavens! Chai
Shao looked at the balefulstar lightning that was tainted with the energy from the blood
sacrifice and covered the entirety of Falling Star Mountain, and he seemed as if he’d
already seen the two Immortal Artifacts waving at him and were within reach.

Once all of them are killed, I have to think of a way to get an Immortal Artifact from
Martial Uncle Chai Shao. Otherwise, if he monopolizes both of them, then what meaning
would there be for me to continue being the Sect Master? Tie Yunzi gazed into the
distance, yet he’d secretly started to plan in his heart.

The thoughts of both of them were different, yet both subconsciously thought that no matter
if it was Bai Wanqing’s group of three, or Chen Xi and Bei Heng, all of them were bound
to die tragically within the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

It was at this moment that their eyes squinted. They saw an extremely enormous black and
white vortex surge into appearance in the distance, and it was like a black hole from space
as it madly swallowed a quarter of all the balefulstar lightning in the entire Falling Star
Mountain.

Dammit!

What’s that?

However, before the two of them could react to what it was, they saw a 3km tall lofty figure
spring up in the distant sky, and its entire body bloomed with azure lotuses, its azure beard
fluttering in the wind, and it was like a fiendgod or enormous spirit from the primordial era.
Although they were separated from it by the grand formation, Tie Yunzi and Chai Shao
were still almost suffocated by a terrifying oppressive force.

Bang!

The lofty figure grabbed out, causing space to shatter and the myriad of lightning bolts to
be wiped out. Instantly, almost half of the restriction set up within the entire Nine-Palace
Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation was destroyed.

Immortal Artifact!

Artifact Spirit!

At this moment, Tie Yunzi and Chai Shao’s expressions were indeterminate as they both
didn’t dare believe their eyes. How could this be possible? I’ve expended the resources of
Starnet Palace that were gathered for a thousand years and have even sacrificed the blood
and souls of a few tens of thousands of disciples. The might of the Nine-Palace Balefulstar
Immortal Slaughtering Formation is sufficient to annihilate any Earthly Immortal Realm
cultivation. How can it possibly be unable to hurt this fellow in the slightest?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The lofty figure stepped out in the sky, carrying a billowing imposing aura of majesty and
dominance as its hands grabbed out successively, causing area after area of space to shatter
and layer after layer of profound restriction to be destroyed and wiped out, and it made a
clean sweep of all obstacles.

In the sky, the myriad of stars became dim and blurred, and they gradually disappeared
from sight. It wouldn’t be long before this grand formation that was connected to the
myriad of stars in the sky would be completely destroyed, and the night would withdraw to
reveal the bright day once more.

The situation had exceeded all the expectations of Tie Yunzi and Chai Shao, and it had
become a situation of imminent danger.

“Martial Uncle, why is it like this? Why is it like this?” Tie Yunzi’s heart was bleeding as
he roared savagely, and the boundless terror and unwillingness that gushed throughout his
body caused him to seem like a demented madman.

“Do you think I’m resigned? We…” Chai Shao’s expression was ashen, his eyes hollow,
and he said bitterly, “We’ve still underestimated the might of an Earthly Immortal Realm
expert!”
Chapter 160 – Breakthrough

Yin!

Yang!

Five elements!

Lightning!

Wind!

Star!

Countless profound and colorful comprehension of these ten types of Supreme Grand Daos
were like tidewater as they rose and fell rhythmically in Chen Xi’s heart. But these
comprehensions were all scattered, scattered like precious pearls that had fallen all over the
ground, and only by finding a ‘string’ to string them all together would it be able to form
the most moving necklace in the world.

This ‘string’ was bitter and diligent cultivation, day and night of continuous comprehension
and visualization, and persistent searching and exploring.

When the black and white vortex appeared, Chen Xi instantly awoke from that profound
state. However, he noticed to his astonishment that the circulation of the Shaman Energy in
his body was already out of his control and was utterly impossible to stop.

This feeling was like he was in a boundless and vast sea, and no matter how he struggled,
he was unable to escape the fate of being slapped by the waves and could only gradually
move off into the distance with the waves.

Moreover, Chen Xi felt that his flesh, blood, and skin were like a fermenting ball of dough
that bulged and expanded, and it was ceaselessly filled with the baleful energy of the stars
from the outside world, to the point it was virtually about to explode.

Why is it like this?

I was obviously absorbing the baleful energy of the stars earlier!

This won’t do, if this goes on, then I’ll sooner or later by blasted open by this baleful
energy of the stars…

Chen Xi was originally thinking of looking at how the distant Bai Wanqing’s situation was,
yet at this moment, he already didn’t have to care about all this, and he gritted his teeth as
he madly recalled the cultivation technique of the 6th level of the Violet Palace Realm in
body refinement.

“The heaven and earth are divided into two, the light is Yang, the dark is Yin. The energy
of extreme Yin and softness comes from the Great Yin…” Chen Xi held his breath in deep
concentration and utterly had no time to carefully comprehend the profundity of the
cultivation technique before circulating the cultivation technique and leading the Shaman
Energy that had expanded to the point it was almost about to explode to slowly start
circulating.

Swish! Swish!

The Shaman Energy around his body surged and roiled like an arrogant and unyielding
proud dragon that was on a rampage, yet under the guidance of Chen Xi’s Divine
Perception, it quickly started to circulate along numerous profound pathways, and it was
received into his body by the apertures all around his body before moving between his
flesh, blood, and skin.

In practically the time for a few breaths, a new Shaman Marking had gushed into
appearance on Chen Xi’s back, it was a shimmering pitch-black, deep and quiet, and it was
precisely the Great Yin Shaman Marking!

To Chen Xi, the balefulstar lightning drawn by the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal
Slaughtering Formation was undoubtedly a supreme medicinal pill. While he was
comprehending the Heaven Dao, the vital energy and qi of his body had circulated
automatically, and he’d absorbed extremely dense and enormous amounts of baleful energy
of the stars since long ago. At this moment, when he circulated his cultivation technique
and condensed the Great Yin Shaman Marking, it was achieved without effort and was
something within reason.

This was what was called a fortuitous encounter. If Chen Xi didn’t cultivate the Universe
Starslayer Bodyforging Arts, he would be utterly unable to absorb the baleful energy of the
stars that was contained within the lightning and would be utterly unable to fall into the
miraculous state of sudden comprehension like he did earlier to comprehend a few types of
Dao Insights, and he naturally wouldn’t advance so easily like this.

After the Great Yin Shaman Marking was formed, Chen Xi felt that the baleful energy of
the stars in his body that had expanded to the point of almost exploding had finally eased
up greatly, yet it was still extremely dangerous, because he noticed that the black and white
vortex above him was still ceaselessly sending the baleful energy of the stars towards his
body, and there were even strands of lightning arcs mixed within. With the slightest
mistake, he would even be struck to the death by the lightning!

When I was cultivating earlier, my meditation brought me to fly to the ancient Great Yin
and Great Yang stars that were far beyond reach and had existed since the beginning of
time. From this, I’ve already comprehended strands of Yin Dao Insight and Yang Dao
Insight. Now that I’ve successfully condensed a Great Yin Shaman Marking, I should try
the Great Yang Shaman Marking next. As Chen Xi’s thoughts spun, he circulated his
cultivation technique once more and started to charge towards the 7th level of the Violet
Palace Realm, the Great Yang Realm. The outcome was extremely smooth like before. The
ease and delightful feeling caused even Chen Xi himself to be slightly unable to believe it.

But when he noticed another Shaman Marking of extreme Yang and firmness and was
blazing like the day appear on his back, he finally believed that he’d indeed condensed the
Great Yang Shaman Marking and advanced to the 7th level of the Violet Palace Realm in
body refinement!

At this moment, the Shaman Energy in Chen Xi’s body had greatly concentrated, becoming
more and more condensed and dense, to the point it was like liquid. His Shaman Energy
originally contained the aura of the stars, Fifth-Earth, Second-Wood, Seventh-Gold, Third-
Fire, and Ninth-Water, and now the aura of Yin and Yang had appeared as well, causing his
Shaman Energy to seem even more ancient, mysterious, and mighty.

However, this wasn’t the end.

After he consolidated the Great Yin and Great Yang realm, the black and white vortex
above him still ceaselessly poured baleful energy of the stars towards him, causing it to be
impossible for him to stop cultivating even if he wanted to.

But a difficult problem stood before Chen Xi. Amongst the nine levels of cultivation
technique for the Violet Palace Realm of the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts, he
already cultivated to the fifth level before, and he’d successfully cultivated the Great Yin
Realm and Great Yang Realm earlier. However, the cultivation of the following two realms
instead required one to rely on one’s own comprehension and develop it by one’s self, and
then condense a new Shaman Marking on one’s back.

Exactly, the 8th level of the Violet Palace Realm and the 9th level of the Violet Palace
Realm didn’t have any cultivation techniques, and it relied on one’s own comprehension,
one’s own Shaman Energy, and one’s own understanding of the Heaven Dao to condense a
new Shaman Marking!

This was a type of test. Leading an easy life with everything provided to one would cause
one to be unable to become a strong person forever, let alone walk in defiance against the
heavens on the path of cultivation? The path of cultivation for every single person was
different. It was said that there were 3,000 Grand Daos, and everyone possessed a fortune
of his own; even disciples that were taught by the same Master would differ tremendously.
Only by pondering and comprehending what one had mastered by one’s self would it truly
belong to one’s self and conform to one’s self.

But this type of test was only popular in the primordial era. Nowadays, the cultivation
system had been perfected, and numerous sects were like mushrooms that sprung up after
the rain. They stood numerous like trees in a forest at every place in the world. So long as
one’s natural endowments weren’t bad and one’s pockets weren’t light, any cultivation
technique could be obtained. So, who would do the arduous but fruitless task of blindly
pondering? What if they were to suffer from qi deviation?

Only an old fellow like Ji Yu who’d lived for a million years would do things according to
the rules of the primordial era. As for if this test was a fortune or calamity, only Chen Xi
himself knew.

A new Shaman Marking… Chen Xi instantly recalled the numerous Dao Insights he’d
comprehended during his cultivation earlier, he faintly noticed that besides the Wind Dao
Insight and Lightning Dao Insight, the other eight Dao Insights were related to his body
refinement cultivation.

For example, the Star Dao Insight was because the cultivation technique he cultivated was
related to the stars. Furthermore, the first five levels of the Violet Palace Realm, the Fifth-
Earth Realm, Second-Wood Realm, Seventh-Gold Realm, Third-Fire Realm, and Ninth-
Water Realm just happened to be related to the Dao Insights of the five elements, whereas,
the sixth level, the Great Yin Realm, and the seventh level, the Great Yang Realm, were
instead related to the Yin and Yang Dao Insights.

It seemed as if the cultivation of the Universe Starslayer Bodyforging Arts that was assisted
by the comprehension and visualization of the Fuxi Divine Statue would provide the
corresponding comprehension towards the Heaven Dao. Unknowingly, it would achieve
ripe conditions, and it was extremely profound.

The Wind Dao Insight was something I pondered and comprehended into existence. As for
the Lightning Dao Insight, it probably is something I unconsciously comprehended when I
absorbed the balefulstar lightning earlier, right? Chen Xi thought for a moment, and even
he felt his thoughts were slightly absurd. After all, the comprehension of this Lightning Dao
Insight had truly come too suddenly, and it was slightly baffling.

Actually, Chen Xi didn’t know that when he was cultivating earlier, the mysterious airflow
that gushed out from the two River Diagram fragments that had already joined into one was
the key to him being able to comprehend the various Grand Daos.

Whoosh!

The baleful energy of the stars that roiled as they gushed into his body had once again
caused Chen Xi to arouse the feeling of exploding from the expansion soon. The tendons
and skin in his entire body seemed as if they were filled up with enormous energy as
intense pain from swelling spread throughout his entire body. He didn’t dare ponder any
longer, biting his tongue right away and abandoning all distracting thoughts before highly
concentrating his attention on the skin on his back, and then he moved the Shaman Energy
according to the complete Wind Dao Insight he’d comprehended to flush out on his back.

Wind.
Freedom.

Ever-changing.

Unrestrained.

He’s visualized his Shaman Energy as wind, converting the Wind Dao Insight he’d
comprehended into the circulation pathway of his Shaman Energy, circulating it bit by bit
without daring to be careless in the slightest.

Gradually, a completely new Shaman Marking slowly bloomed like a flower on his back…
It was like the lines of a talisman’s markings that were poured down by the tip of a
Talisman Master’s brush, dense and profound, echoing with the heaven and earth and
conforming with everything in the world.

It was perhaps an instant, or perhaps a long time, this completely new Shaman Marking had
finally taken shape, and it was like it was breathing as it abruptly lit up before becoming
dim.

This completely new Shaman Marking was agile, graceful, and unrestrained, like a wisp of
free wind that was vividly portrayed.  Obviously, the Wind Shaman Marking that Chen Xi
himself had comprehended had finally succeeded! Whereas, his cultivation in body
refinement rose steadily to attain the 8th level of the Violet Palace Realm!

Chen Xi didn’t feel delighted, because he was completely immersed in the intriguing
comprehension of the Wind Shaman Marking that he’d condensed earlier. He wanted to
draw support from this comprehension that was difficult to come by and completely
transform the Lightning Dao Insight he’d comprehended earlier into the circulation
pathway of his Shaman Energy and charge towards a higher level of cultivation.

Lightning!

Master of slaughter!

Controls life and death!

Life and death were ever changing, distant and vague, and it represented the awe-inspiring
might of the heavens and didn’t allow violation.

As one of the Grand Daos, the energy of lightning was boundlessly profound as well. It was
able to warp space, annihilate everything, and it was able to transform atoms into a chaotic
state. At the same time, lightning was also the command for everything to prosper, as once
the thunder of spring sounded out, the myriad of beings in the world would awaken, their
lives would flourish and grow, and none of them would dare disobey this command. Even
the nine waves of Heavenly Tribulation used the energy of lightning as its method of attack
to replace the will of the Heavens Dao and to punish and torture the Earthly Immortal
Realm cultivators that intended to go against the heavens and change their fate. One could
know how terrifying the energy of lightning was from this.

At this moment, Chen Xi relied on the Lightning Dao Insight he’d comprehended to
condense a Lightning Shaman Marking on his back!

Hiss! Hiss!

Strands and threads of Shaman Energy that were mixed with arcs of lightning caused the
pores all around Chen Xi’s body to have a slight feeling of shivering and numbness, and it
caused one’s hair to stand on end.

But Chen Xi was unable to care about all this, he was immersed in the Lightning Dao
Insight. In his tranced state, he seemed to have seen a god with a human’s body and the
head of a bird, completely covered in lightning armor with an enormous hammer that
emitted a dazzling glow of lightning in his hand, and his entire body emitted an extremely
distant, ancient, and everlasting aura. He seemed as if he was born from the world, with a
smash from his enormous hammer, a myriad of lightning clouds would grow to descend
onto countless large worlds and annihilate the cultivators that defied the Heaven’s Dao and
wanted to go against the heavens and change their fate.

Traces of comprehension surged into Chen Xi’s heart, transforming into the circulation
pathway for his Shaman Energy before flushing onto the skin on his back. Gradually, a
Shaman Marking that was intricate like a winding silver snake had curled out into
existence, and it was piercingly cold and distant.

Lightning Shaman Marking!

During this extremely short period of time, Chen Xi had successively jumped four levels to
attain the 9th level of the Violet Palace Realm in body refinement!
Chapter 161 – Bai Wanqing’s Decision

After the Hidden Dragon Rankings ended, Chen Xi had gone into closed door cultivation at
the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s True Heart Peak for a month. Relying on huge amounts
of spirit liquid, the formidable strength of his soul, and the various comprehensions he had
towards the Heaven Dao, Chen Xi’s ample preparation allowed him to cultivate his qi
refinement cultivation to attain the 9th star of the Violet Palace Realm in one go. The great
lake in his violet palace was already vast like a sea, deep like a chasm, and nine True
Essence stars that were dazzling and resplendent hung above the violet palace lake as they
emitted a clear and natural shine. He was only a step away from advancing to the Golden
Hall Realm.

Presently, within the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation, Chen Xi

had turned danger into safety and obtained fortune from disaster, and he’d broken through
to the 9th level of the Violet Palace Realm in his body refinement cultivation. Moreover,
he’d used his own comprehension towards the Heaven’s Dao to create his own Shaman
Markings, condensing the Wind Shaman Marking and Lightning Shaman Marking. The
Shaman Energy all over his body was vast and boundless, dense to the point it was like
liquid, and it contained the aura of ten types of different energies. His body refinement
cultivation had skyrocketed by more than ten times when compared to before!

No matter if it was qi refinement or body refinement, his speed of advancement had simply
arrived at an astounding level, and he could be said to possess astonishing talent that was
unprecedented!

But all this wasn’t by a fluke in the slightest.

The path of cultivation relied 70% on diligent cultivation and 30% on luck. How
painstakingly Chen Xi cultivated wasn’t necessary to be described in detail, whereas
because of the auspicious beast, Pixiu, as a companion, Chen Xi didn’t lack luck. No matter
if it was the adventure in the sword immortal’s abode, the battles and slaughters in the
depths of the Southern Barbaric Mountain Range, the closed door cultivation in the Oceanic
Desert, the competition in the Buddha’s Trial Pagoda… Chen Xi’s situation could be said
to be extremely dangerous in all of these, yet it was precisely because of this that the
greatness of the fortune he acquired exceeded the expectations of an ordinary person.

It was exactly under this continuous slaughter, cultivation, and tempering, under the
baptism of blood and fire, and under this situation where danger and fortune co-existed, that
Chen Xi was able to safely walk to this extent today and attain exceedingly dazzling
accomplishments.

Star, wind, five elements, Yin, Yang, lightning… I’ve only just stepped through the gateway
of these Dao Insights, yet my cultivation has already advanced by leaps and bounds to such
an extent. I truly wonder when I’ve comprehended them to a deeper state and condense my
own Dao Territory, to what extent would their formidableness have attained? Chen Xi felt
the strong energy that gushed about within his blood, flesh, and skin, and a feeling of
confidence as if he could sweep through the world and reign supreme over the elements
arose suddenly in his heart.

However, even then, he still noticed that the black and white vortex was still ceaselessly
pouring the baleful energy of the stars into his body…

The black and white vortex covered an area of an entire 3km, and the balefulstar lightning
that it absorbed and swallowed had practically emptied a quarter of the grand formation.
This energy was something the Starnet Palace had spent a few thousand years to
accumulate, and sacrificed the bodies and souls of a few tens of thousands of disciples to
trigger. It was simply inexhaustible like a boundless sea, and the energy that Chen Xi had
absorbed wasn’t even 1/10,000 of its entire energy,  and could be said to be a hair from the
backs of nine bulls.

Rumble!

The expanding feeling of his body assaulted him once more and was even accompanied by
the intense pain of his tendons and skin being torn apart, and it was like tidewater as it
ceaselessly raged and moved about in every pore around his body.

Looks like I have to charge into the Golden Hall Realm of body refinement! Chen Xi grit
his teeth and was just intending to circulate his cultivation technique when he suddenly
noticed the Chaotic Lifesoil, that was originally quiet and inactive on his Fifth-Earth
Shaman Marking, seemed to have suddenly come to life, and it started to swallow the
baleful energy of the stars that gushed over from the outside world.

As soon as the Chaotic Lifesoil moved, the Nameless Divine Wood in the Second-Wood
Shaman Marking, the Nameless Metal Rock in the Seventh-Gold Shaman Marking, the
Nameless Fire Crystal in the Third-Fire Shaman Marking, and the Nameless Water Pearl in
the Ninth-Water Shaman Marking instantly seemed to have awoken from their slumber as
they started to ceaselessly absorb the energy sent over from the Chaotic Lifesoil.

These five miraculous treasures were obtained by Chen Xi from the Buddha’s Trial pagoda,
and they were able to effuse out pure qi of the five elements. That in turn could be
transformed into Shaman Energy with the attribute of the five elements to gush into Chen
Xi’s body and strengthen his body refinement cultivation.

In the past, Chen Xi was worried that after the Chaotic Lifesoil vanished, the five treasures
would lose their effect, yet now it would look like this worry was obviously unnecessary.

The baleful energy of the stars that gushed over from the black and white vortex was like
rainfall after a great drought, moistening and strengthening the Chaotic Lifesoil, whereas
the energy of the Chaotic Lifesoil indirectly nurtured the other four treasures, a circle that
went around and around again, and it was boundlessly profound.
With the Chaotic Lifesoil intercepting the energy that gushed over from the black and white
vortex, Chen Xi instantly felt the swollen pain in his entire body swiftly elapse bit by bit,
and the comfortable feeling from this was extremely wonderful like he was bathing in a
warm spring.

But Chen Xi still didn’t dare make any rash movements, because the black and white vortex
was formed from balefulstar lightning. So long as the slightest thing went wrong, it would
be possible for it to explode on the spot. Not to mention him, even an Earthly Immortal
would be blasted into nothingness by the explosion.

Looks like I can only wait for the energy of the black and white vortex to vanish before I
can move around freely. I wonder how Aunt Bai and the others are…? Chen Xi muttered in
his heart.

——

Bei Heng stood by Chen Xi side and didn’t dare make any rash movements either. After all,
he was currently within the area that the black and white vortex enveloped, and it was even
the core area.

He didn’t know if any movement by him would cause the balefulstar lightning within the
black and white vortex to explode, and the only thing he could do now was to wait for Chen
Xi to awaken from his cultivation.

When he thought about this, a strand of a complicated feeling couldn’t help but arise in Bei
Heng’s heart. Just earlier, he’d thought of leaving behind Chen Xi and saving himself. Yet
now, the situation had turned around; leaving Chen Xi who was maintaining the black and
white vortex would cause him to suffer as well. In other words, he’d obtained the protection
of Chen Xi now, and how could this not make him, who was a 2nd level Earthly Immortal
Realm cultivator, not sigh with emotion?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

It was at this moment that three flying lights tore through the sky to arrive before him.
Shockingly, it was Bai Wanqing, Bai Teng, and Bai Gan. The three of them seemed to be
extremely afraid of the energy condensed by the black and white vortex, and they stood far
away in midair without daring to come close.

Bei Heng was stunned, then he swept his gaze towards his surroundings and instantly
noticed that the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation that the Starnet
Palace set up had been completely destroyed long ago and had vanished.

Not only that, within the entire Falling Star Mountain, mountains were split apart, the
ground was cracked open, a scene of devastation met the eye from every corner, and the
entire surroundings were filled with a silent and desolate aura.
Could it be that everyone from the Starnet Palace has been slaughtered? Bei Heng
muttered in his heart, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart as he looked at the three
people in the distance.

A mere three people had annihilated the entire Starnet Palace, and even the Nine-Palace
Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation was unable to do anything to them. When
faced with this level of formidable figures, anyone would have to approach them carefully.

“Amazing! He’s actually using the energy of the balefulstar lightning to cultivate his body.
This level of body refinement technique simply beats the word of god. It’s unbelievable!”
Bai Teng’s gaze swept past Chen Xi and he nodded as he praised endlessly.

“Chen Xi? It really is this little fellow…” When she looked at his from nearby, Bai
Wanqing instantly recognized Chen Xi, and it caused her expression to turn to shock, yet
her disposition didn’t change, as it came naturally to her. Not to mention she’d practically
watched Chen Xi grow up, so how could she be unable to recognize that the youth that had
his eyes closed while cultivating in the distance was Chen Xi?

“Fellow Daoist, you know my Little Brother?” Bei Heng spoke with astonishment.
Although he’d discerned that Bai Wanqing’s cultivation was extremely shallow, there was
a 6th level Earthly Immortal Realm expert following by her side, so he didn’t dare consider
himself as a senior.

“Yes.” Bai Wanqing nodded, and then she realized something and looked at Bei Heng with
a surprised expression as she asked. “You and him?”

“I and Little Brother Chen Xi have already become sword brothers, and we treat each other
like our own brother.” Bei Heng replied without the slightest hesitation. He was worried
earlier that these three people would want to kill him so that there wouldn’t be any
witnesses, yet when he heard that Bai Wanqing knew Chen Xi, the strained nerves in his
entire body instantly eased up greatly, and he couldn’t help but rejoice secretly in his heart.
Fortunately, I didn’t abandon Chen Xi and paid no regard to him. Otherwise, even if I was
able to survive, I’d probably suffer the vengeance of these three people.

Thinking like this, Bei Heng was even more unable to see through Chen Xi. Chen Xi
possesses an extremely formidable and mysterious ‘Senior Sister’ and now he’s even
slightly related to these three people before me. Exactly how great is this little fellow’s
background?

“Oh.” Bai Wanqing nodded, and the feelings in her heart rose and fell in an extremely
unrestrained manner. She’d truly never imagined that after not seeing each other for only
two years, the changes in Chen Xi were actually so great, and he’d actually become
brothers with an Earthly Immortal Realm figure. She almost didn’t dare believe her eyes,
and she was extremely dazed.
After quite long of a time, she asked. “Since you’re his brother, I presume you’re familiar
with the matters related to him. Can you tell me?”

“Of course.” Bei Heng laughed heartily before tirelessly speaking of some of the things
related to Chen Xi right away. After he found out that Chen Xi had a special relationship
with that beautiful youth that was a woman disguised as a man, he’d spend a great deal of
energy to search for and gather information on things related to Chen Xi. Relying on his
supreme status and the strength of the entire Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, he’d quickly
controlled various information that was extremely full and accurate about Chen Xi.

At this moment, when he spoke of it in public, it was actually extremely smooth and easy.
He started from Chen Xi annihilating the Li Clan, to being chased after by the Su Clan, to
wiping out the six Golden Hall Realm cultivators and one Golden Core Realm cultivator of
the Su Clan, to how Chen Xi turned the tides in the Hidden Dragon Rankings by himself,
and how Chen Xi slaughtered the 32 mysterious and unfamiliar cultivators…

No matter how big or trivial, they were all vividly described by Bei Heng, and there were
also words of praise towards Chen Xi mixed within. In terms of how interesting it was, it
wasn’t inferior in the slightest to the legends of gods and spirit spoken by the storytellers in
the teahouses in the mortal world, causing Bai Wanqing to listen with great interest, and her
feelings followed along with it to become nervous, excited, proud, resentful, and so on and
so forth.

Even the nearby Bai Teng was deeply enthralled, and the gaze he shot at Chen Xi
unconsciously underwent a slight change, possessing both astonishment and admiration.

Only Bai Gan, who possessed crimson hair that was like flames, still had an unyielding
gaze, and his expression was arrogant and overbearing to the extreme. As for what he
thought in his heart, that was a mystery.

“Uncle Teng, I want to go take a look at the Su Clan.” After she finished listening to Bei
Heng’s descriptions, Bai Wanqing pondered for a long time before speaking suddenly.

“Young Miss, you promised me that you’d return to the clan with me after we annihilated
the Starnet Palace.” Bai Teng sighed. “If you delay any longer, I’m afraid that even I will
be unable to bear the Patriarch’s punishment.”

“Uncle Teng, you doted on me the most since I was small. This young man has a deep
relationship with me. It’s all because of the Su Clan that he’s suffered so much oppression,
and I want to help him.” Bai Wanqing blinked her eyes as she pleaded. “Even you know
that once I return to the clan, it would be impossible for me to come here again. So you
must agree to this request of mine.”

“It can’t be. Little Aunt, you’re so old already, yet you’re still acting like a spoiled child?”
Bai Gan spoke with an expression that was filled with disbelief.
Bai Wanqing fiercely glared at him before looking at Bai Teng once more with an
extremely pitiable expression.

“Alright.” Bai Teng shook his head helplessly as he sighed. “Young Miss, what do you
want me to do?”

Bai Wanqing’s expression turned into one of happiness before her eyes revealed a trace of
decisiveness in killing. “It’s naturally to annihilate the Su Clan, to pull out the weeds by the
roots, so as to save Chen Xi from future trouble.”

The nearby Bei Heng’s heart shivered when he heard this. This woman is too terrifying!
The Starnet Palace seized away her daughter, and in the end, their entire clan was
slaughtered. Now, for the sake of Chen Xi, she’s going to annihilate the Su Clan, this…
This is simply a she-devil!

“Alright!” Bai Teng hesitated for a moment before agreeing. “Young Miss, if you still
continue to loiter around here after this matter, then I’ll have no choice but to make a move
and bring you back myself.”

Bai Wanqing smiled sweetly. “Don’t worry, I surely won’t.”

“Oh, you! The Darchu Dynasty is the territory of the Huangfu Clan after all, yet we’ve
killed so many people here. Looks like when Huangfu Zhong Ling pays a visit to the
Patriarch in the future, it would probably not be easy to refuse him.” Bai Teng shook his
head. Although he was blaming her, yet his tone revealed a dense feeling of doting, and
anyone would be able to discern it.

But when these words entered into the ears of Bei Heng, it instantly caused him to seem as
if he was struck by lightning. What? Huangfu Zhong Ling is the current King Chu! He
possesses great powers over the land and is supreme, yet he actually has been refused
when paying a visit to their Patriarch?

My god!

Exactly how terrifying is the Clan behind these three people?

Chapter 162 – Taking Revenge

The Darchu Dynasty possessed a vast territory and abundant resources, and its four
territories, namely the southern territory, eastern sea, central plains, and northern barbaric
lands covered an area of 50 million km. An unknown number of sects were settled in this
area, and many cultivators cultivated in secret here. As the ruler of the Darchu Dynasty,
Huangfu Zhong Ling could be said to be supreme and possessed monstrous authority.

Bei Heng was only the Supreme Elder of the number one sect of the southern territory, the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect. In terms of status, he was completely unable to compare to
even a thousandth of King Chu’s status. At this moment, when he heard such shocking
news, the awe in his heart was obvious. In his eyes, the figures of Bai Wanqing’s group of
three had instantly become extremely tall and boundlessly respected.

“Please pass this jade slip to him once he wakes up.” While Bei Heng was shocked to the
point of speechlessness, Bai Wanqing had already made a Soundsaver Jade Slip, and she
passed it over.

How could Bei Heng dare dally? He hurriedly received it and carefully put it into his
storage Magic Treasure before saying with a smile, “Don’t worry Fellow Daoist, leave it to
me. May I know if Fellow Daoist has any more instructions?”

Bai Wanqing thought for a moment before withdrawing another command token and
passing it to Bei Heng. “This is my token. No matter if it’s you or Chen Xi, so long as
you’ve encountered trouble, feel free to come look for me at the Dark Reverie’s Bai Clan.”

The Dark Reverie!

Bei Heng was once again shocked in his heart as a magnificent world of legend surfaced in
his mind. That world was extremely beautiful, powerful, and grand, a miraculous place that
possessed countless legends and innumerable extraordinary experts, at that place…

When Bei Heng sobered up, Bai Wanqing’s group of three had already vanished. He
lowered his head to look at the command token in his hand that was like jade yet not made
of jade, completely jade white like snow, and amongst the revolving clouds and mist atop
it, a ‘白’ character written in an ancient style was faintly visible. A mere word seemed as if
able to freely sweep through everything like a sword and possess boundless weight.

I must keep this command token well, perhaps it’s a great fortuitous encounter for me. Bei
Heng carefully kept away the command token before heaving a sigh of relief. When he
turned around to look at Chen Xi, his expression had already become warm and amiable to
the extreme, and in his heart, he’d even raised Chen Xi’s status by a great length.
Bei Heng knew that he’d benefited from Chen Xi’s great karmic luck today, and that’s why
he was able to obtain the favor of the mysterious Bai Clan. How could he dare take Chen
Xi to be an ordinary person?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Right at this moment, countless sounds of objects tearing through the sky rose and fell
around Falling Star Mountain, and in practically an instant, a myriad of colorful lights had
flown to arrive here.

Bei Heng swept his gaze to the surroundings and instantly understood what was going on.

The commotion from the Starnet Palace activating the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal
Slaughtering Formation was truly too huge, and the natural phenomenon of a myriad of
lightning coming down in torrents was something that anyone who wasn’t blind would be
able to notice.

“Good gracious! How did the Falling Star Mountain become like this?”

“How terrifying! The entire Starnet Palace has actually transformed into a scene of
devastation! Who did it? Could it be that it was a Heavenly Immortal? After all, the might
of the Nine-Palace Balefulstar Immortal Slaughtering Formation is sufficient to annihilate
Earthly Immortal Realm cultivators!”

“Utter extermination overnight, how terrifying of an enemy did the Starnet Palace offend?”

A dense crowd of cultivators flew over in beams of light to float around the Falling Star
Mountain. These cultivators were all from the various powers of Dragon Lake City, there
were those from the six great clans, three great institutions, and those from the other seven
great sects besides Starnet Palace. At this moment, when they looked at everything that
seemed to have transformed into ruins, the expression of every single one of them was
covered in extreme shock.

The Starnet Palace was a great power with deep hidden resources and reserves and had
been inherited for a few tens of thousands of years. It possessed a few tens of thousands of
disciples, and even had a great Nether Transformation Realm cultivator like Chai Shao
holding down the fort. It was in a period of great prosperity and power, and it was situated
at the top of the southern territory’s cultivation world. However, now it had instead been
completely transformed into ruins, a place of death in a single day. Who would not be
shocked by it?

“Eh? Quickly, look over there! What a terrifying black and white vortex, it’s actually
completely condensed from balefulstar lightning. If this were to explode, I’m afraid even an
Earthly Immortal would lose their life!”

“Ah! There’re people there!”

“That’s…”

Instantly, the gazes of everyone swished over in unison to shoot towards the black and
white vortex that covered an area of 3km before shooting their gazes towards Chen Xi and
Bei Heng.

“Supreme Elder!”

“Chen Xi!”

When they saw Bei Heng and Chen Xi, numerous exclaims of surprise abruptly resounded
out.

Bei Heng raised his eyes to look over. He saw the Sect Master, Ling Kongzi, and the other
Elders of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect in the crowd, and then he said in a loud voice
right away, “So it’s Ling Kongzi. All of you’ve come at the right time. Now that the Starnet
Palace has been destroyed, you lead the Elders and disciples of the sect to search for the
treasures and resources within, then send it all back to the sect.”

“Ah! Supreme Elder, this Starnet Palace wouldn’t have been…” Ling Kongzi spoke in
astonishment.

“Do what I asked you to do, where’s all this nonsense coming from?” Bei Heng’s brows
raised as he berated loudly.

“Understood!” Ling Kongzi hurriedly received his orders. He’d brought along 17 elders
this time. As for disciples, he didn’t bring a single one along. After all, the fierce battle in
Starnet Palace was too terrifying, and it was extremely easy to meet with an accident. He
did this because he was thinking of the safety of the disciples. However, now he’d instead
regretted his decision, and he wished for nothing more than to call all the disciples in the
sect to make a move together, to fiercely plunder this place completely and empty out all
the various treasures that the Starnet Palace left behind.

After all, the Starnet Palace was one of the eight great sects of Dragon Lake City, and its
hidden resources and reserves were deep. Now that it had been completely wiped out,
exactly how many treasures would have been left behind by it?

Instantly, Ling Kongzi instructed an elder to return to the sect and call for reinforcements
before leading the other 16 elders to descend to the ruins of Falling Star Mountain and start
plundering.

As the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling Kongzi had come to Starnet
Palace to pay a visit to Tie Yunzi on more than one occasion, and he was extremely clear of
the location of the Treasure Pavilion, Technique Pavilion, medicinal field, and other similar
places. The instant he entered into Falling Star Mountain, he’d followed according to the
memories in his mind to dash straight towards these places that stored various treasures.
They simply seemed like a group of bandits that raided and plundered. Their experience
was abundant, and they deeply knew the three principles of swiftness, accuracy, and
fierceness.

This scene was noticed by the surrounding cultivators from the various sects, and their
hearts instantly started to burn with greed. The Starnet Palace had been annihilated, yet the
resources left behind by it was a piece of succulent meat, who wouldn’t want to take a bite
of it?

However, right at this moment, Bei Heng snorted coldly, with a sound so loud that it
resounded in the entire heaven and earth like a thunderclap, and it shocked the surrounding
cultivators to the point they instantly sobered up from their greed.

When they saw Bei Heng’s gaze that surged with killing intent, the hearts of everyone
couldn’t help but constrict, and they completely abandoned the intention to take a share.

Who was Bei Heng?

That was the Supreme Ancestor of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, an Earthly Immortal
Realm figure with an aloof status, and with this old freak that possessed terrifying strength
holding down the fort, who would dare make any rash actions?

Most importantly, the surroundings cultivators already firmly believed in their hearts that
the annihilation of the Starnet Palace was surely related to Bei Heng, and it was even to the
extent that it was caused by Bei Heng!

Just think about it, even the entire Starnet Palace had fallen at the hands of this old freak,
who would dare pluck the whiskers above the tiger’s mouth? Was that any different from
courting death?

Since they were unable to get a share, the surrounding cultivators turned around and left.
On one hand, they were afraid that their presence would cause Bei Heng to misunderstand;
on the other hand, they wanted to transmit the news of Starnet Palace’s annihilation back to
the powers they belonged to as soon as possible. This news was as great as the heavens.
The Starnet Palace’s annihilation was related to the distribution and benefits of the powers
of Dragon Lake City, and no one dared dally when dealing with this.

“Hmph! At least all of you are sensible.” Bei Heng grunted coldly, then he raised his eyes
to look at Chen Xi. He saw that the black and white vortex above him had already shrunk
from an area of 3 km to 300 m, and it wouldn’t be long before it would be completely
absorbed.

What a freak! The balefulstar lightning that surged within the black and white vortex that
covered an area of 3km was simply like an enormous river. How could his thin figure
possibly hold so much balefulstar lightning? Bei Heng gasped in admiration.
Bang!

After a short moment, only a millstone sized black and white vortex remained above Chen
Xi as it had been completely swallowed by him like a whale swallowing water, and his eyes
that were shut tightly for a long time had slowly opened up at this moment.

Crackle! Crackle!

A wisp of a vortex that contained lightning, wind, the five elements, yin, and yang Dao
Insights flashed within his eyes before they once again returned to calm.

What sort of eyes were these?

Deep and clear as if they were the most dazzling stars in the world, and it brought a
mysterious attraction that was irresistible to others as if it was even able to suck away one’s
soul!

After experiencing the tempering of the Great Yin, Great Yang, wind, and lightning
Shaman Energy, Chen Xi’s entire body had become even more flawless. The skin on his
entire body was glittering and translucent, smooth and fine, and it was simply even softer
than water and whiter than jade. His pitch black unbound hair was suffused with traces of a
bright glow, and he seemed as if he’d been reborn from the ashes, as if his body had been
completely changed to become extremely perfect.

Even though this body seemed tall and gaunt as if it was too weak to withstand the wind, its
hardness was comparable to a profound-rank Magic Treasure, and a casual squeeze with his
hand would be able to crush a yellow-rank Magic Treasure. It was extremely formidable.

My qi refinement and body refinement cultivations have both attained the perfection-stage
of the Violet Palace Realm, and I’m only a step away from advancing to the Golden Hall
Realm. Before long, I’ll be able to enter the Abode, and when Senior Ji Yu sees me again,
he’ll probably be shocked, right? After all, only a few months have passed since we met the
last time. How could he possibly imagine that I would cultivate so quickly? Chen Xi
seemed to have thought of Ji Yu’s astonished appearance and a wisp of a light smile
couldn’t help but suffuse the corners of his mouth, yet when he raised his eyes to sweep his
surroundings, he couldn’t help but be stunned.

The Falling Star Mountain that was originally a beautiful mountain with clear water, and
had an atmosphere like the abode of immortals, had now transformed into scorched earth.
Crumbling buildings and broken walls, a scene of devastation everywhere, it seemed as if it
was in ruins, and the scene was tragic and deathly silent.

At the depths of the ruins, the Sect Master of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Ling
Kongzi, and another ten plus people were unearthing something with excited expressions,
yet the figures of Bai Wanqing’s group of three were gone.
Only a short while has passed, how did this Falling Star Mountain turn into such a state?
Has the Starnet Palace been annihilated? Where’s Aunt Bai and the others? Chen Xi
looked around in frustration, and various questions arose in his heart.

“While you were cultivating, the Starnet Palace was wiped out by that Elder Bai Teng.” Bei
Heng seemed to have perceived Chen Xi’s bewilderment and sighed with emotion. “A sect
that had developed and existed for a few tens of thousands of years has completely
transformed into scorched earth in a single day. The affairs in life change constantly, and it
is indeed something to sigh about.”

“Where’re those three people?” Chen Xi wasn’t interested in the annihilation of the Starnet
Palace. He’d thought since long ago that since the Starnet Palace possessed an arrogant
disciple like Chai Letian, it would be annihilated sooner or later.

“This was left for you by that female cultivator.” Bei Heng passed over a jade slip to Chen
Xi, and it was precisely left behind by Bai Wanqing. “The three of them have already left
earlier, and they headed for the Su Clan’s Estate, as she intends to remove this enemy for
you.”

What?

Aunt Bai wants to help me annihilate the Su Clan?

Chen Xi had just received the jade slip and didn’t even have the time to look at it when he
was stunned by Bei Heng’s words.

The Su Clan could be said to be the enemy that Chen Xi hated the most. His marriage
contract being torn apart, his grandfather’s death, Chen Hao’s right hand being crippled, the
various humiliations and tortures he’d suffered since a young age… Practically all of this
was caused by the Su Clan.

It could be said that the final objective of his bitter cultivation and great efforts to become
strong all these years was to take revenge. Presently, the Li Clan had already been
annihilated by him, whereas, the Su Clan was already heavily injured, and he was closer
and closer to his objective of taking revenge.

She… Why is she so good to me? Chen Xi’s feelings were complicated to the extreme, and
he instantly didn’t hesitate to execute his Divine Windwing Flight to flash explosively
towards the Su Clan.

He didn’t know why he wanted to do this, and it was purely an impulse in his heart, an
impulse that was impossible to refrain. It was as if only by seeing Bai Wanqing with his
own two eyes would he believe that all this was real.
“This kid!” Bei Heng shook his head, and then he was stunned for a moment. “Right, once
the Su Clan is annihilated, the treasures left behind by them would become something that
has no owner. I can’t let others benefit from it…”

Instantly, Bei Heng called Ling Kongzi over and ordered him to return to the sect and
dispatch disciples over to the Su Clan, whereas, he himself instead swiftly flashed towards
the Su Clan.

It wasn’t long before he faintly saw a wisp of violent flames surging into the sky.
Shockingly, it was at the direction of the Su Clan!
Chapter 163 – Avenged

The Dragon Lake City’s Su Clan Estate was extremely large, with courtyards the stood like
trees in a forest, countless gardens, and row upon row of magnificent pavilions that were
inlaid with jade, and every corner of the Su Clan Estate revealed its owner’s dignity and
authority.

However, presently, all of this had transformed into a sea of flames.

Raging flames were like the most ruthless butcher in the world, burning and melting
everything. No matter if it was good or evil, beautiful or ugly, in the sea of flames, all of it
would transform into ash and return to the earth in the end.

The billowing flames burnt the sky red!

When Chen Xi rushed over, he saw a myriad of extremely verdant lotus flowers blooming
at every corner of the Su Clan’s Estate, and the lotus flowers sprayed out strands of azure
flames. The roof tiles, limestone, artificial mountains, pavilions, walls, and even the hardest
steel had all melted in the azure tongues of flames. They’d melted into tiny specs of dust
and crimson red molten iron, and even the surrounding space started to warp, evaporate,
and roil under the extremely blazing high temperatures. The raging waves of flames and hot
current caused everything to be covered in a layer of a dreamlike aura.

Shrill cries, enraged shouts, cursing, begging… Various types of forlorn and bitter screams
rose and fell as they resounded out from the sea of flames, and it was like the sea of flames
in purgatory and weren’t supposed to appear in the realm of mortals.

Surrounded by the myriad of azure lotus flames, no one in the entire Su Clan was able to
flee. No matter if it was the elders with high status and authority, the lowly servants, the
swimming fish in the pond, or the birds in their cages, all lifeforms were desperately fleeing
for their lives and struggling, yet it was to no avail, and in the end, they were blazed into
nothingness by the azure flames.

This was the might of the Immortal Artifact, Verdant Lotus Shadowbamboo. It was brilliant
like the sun and moon as it incinerated everything, and it treated death with indifference.
When used in the hands of Bai Teng, who was at the 6th level of the Earthly Immortal
Realm, although only 40% of its might could be utilized, this strength was already
sufficient to annihilate the entire Su Clan.

Su Clan, Su Clan… Chen Xi stood silently in the air as he muttered to himself. The raging
flames reflected on his clear and handsome face, causing it to flicker between dimness and
brightness, and it seemed as if flames had started to blaze within his eyes.When he saw the
Su Clan was about to be melted bit by bit, moving step by step to oblivion, Chen Xi’s heart
was instead empty and felt awful. So what if the Su Clan is annihilated? How can it bring
back grandfather to life?
Bang!

Chen Xi had his back to the sea of flames as he knelt in the sky, and a wisp of dense sorrow
gushed out from his heart. “Grandfather, Grandson has finally avenged you. Have you seen
it? But… Grandson is unable to see you again.”

The fire still blazed, yet the miserable screams gradually lowered and gradually vanished,
and it became empty with only the howling of the roiling flames being able to be heard.

When Chen Xi stood up, the entire Su Clan had already transformed into ash that covered
the sky. It fluttered about, rose up, and fell down in the sea of flames, and it was utterly
devoid of life.

From today onward, there was no Su Clan in this world any longer, there was no Su
Zhentian, Su Jiao, Su…

Bei Heng had already arrived at Chen Xi’s side without Chen Xi noticing, and as he looked
at the sea of flames, he felt waves of coldness in his heart. Another great power of Dragon
Lake City that had existed for tens of thousands of years had been obliterated, and all of
this was done by merely a single person and a single Immortal Artifact!

Yet the reason was merely because a woman wanted to help Chen Xi take revenge…

Was it absurd?

No!

This was the true cultivation world where the strong were respected, and it was bloody and
brutal. How many cultivators hadn’t died under the Heaven’s Dao, but had instead died
under the sharp blade of their enemy?

Too many!

Perhaps, this was similarly a type of punishment of the Heaven’s Dao towards cultivators.
While they possessed extraordinary strength, wealth, and authority, they similarly
possessed countless resentment, hatred, and karma.

Bei Heng took a deep breath and exerted great effort to restrain the palpitation of his heart,
and then he patted Chen Xi on the shoulder and said, “Your great enemy has been
annihilated, you ought to be happy.”

Chen Xi instantly woke up from the sadness of missing his grandfather. When he raised his
eyes to look, he instead noticed that he couldn’t find a trace in the surroundings, and he
couldn’t see Bai Wanqing anywhere.
“There’s no need to look, they’ve left since long ago.” Bei Heng said with a smile, “Little
Brother, you’re a fortunate person, and have experts taking care of you at every corner.
Unlike me, who’s a lonely ghost that can’t even find someone to depend on.”

Chen Xi laughed as he understood Bei Heng was joking. As the Supreme Elder of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, how could Bei Heng possibly be a lonely ghost?

“What a pity! I originally intended to seize the opportunity of the Su Clan’s annihilation to
salvage a great deal. Unexpectedly, that Elder Bai Teng is so cruel, he transformed the
entire Su Clan into dust and didn’t even leave a copper coin behind.” Bei Heng carried
slight regret as he sighed.

“Big Brother, do you lack copper coins?” Chen Xi couldn’t refrain from smiling.

“When you’re in my position, you’ll understand that the food, clothing, lodging, and travel
of the disciples that cultivate in the sect requires me to rack my brains to arrange all of it. It
looks wonderful in appearance, yet it’s actually extremely tiring.” Bei Heng sighed with
emotion.

Chen Xi acutely noticed that Bei Heng’s attitude towards him had changed. It had become
friendlier and more equal, and with a slight thought, Chen Xi had understood the reason.

In a single day, Bai Wanqing’s group of three had successively annihilated two great
powers of Dragon Lake City, and the terrifying strength they revealed and the attitude they
had towards him had indirectly caused Bei Heng to undergo a slight change in perception
towards him.

All of this was given to him by Bai Wanqing, and Chen Xi understood it, causing him to be
even more grateful to Aunt Bai that watched him grow up.

“Come, us brothers will go have some drinks. Your enmity has been avenged, and it’s a
happy occasion in your life. We’ll drink till we drop today!” Bei Heng put his arm on Chen
Xi’s shoulder as he laughed heartily.

“Alright, I just happen to want to tell Chen Hao and Instructor Meng of this good news as
well, so that they don’t have to be worried.” Chen Xi nodded.

——

In a single day.

The Starnet Palace had perished.

The Su Clan had perished.

Two of the ancient powers that had resided in Dragon Lake City for a few thousands of
years had been pulled up by the roots, and this news instantly shocked the entire Dragon
Lake City. Scouts from everywhere swarmed out, and various rumors fluttered about
Dragon Lake City along with this.

“What? The Starnet Palace and Su Clan were both annihilated by the Supreme Elder of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Bei Heng?”

“My ass! When the Starnet Palace was annihilated, Bei Heng was still at Falling Star
Mountain, yet the Su Clan had already suffered an attack at that time, so how could the
annihilation of both these powers have been done by Bei Heng alone?”

“Everyone, keep it down. I obtained information earlier, that during these two massacres
the kid that subdued the Buddha’s Pagoda was present on both occasions. Moreover, from
the beginning until the end, he had Bei Heng protecting him! Do all of you think that this is
related to him?”

“Chen Xi?”

“Right! It’s exactly him.”

“It can’t be! He’s just an outsider, and no matter how strong he is, he’s only at the Violet
Palace Realm. What ability does he possess to annihilate two great powers? It’s simply like
an ant that tried to shake a tree, an overestimation of his abilities. Impossible, it’s utterly
impossible!”

“Hmph! Could it be that he can’t have a power backing him? Could it be that it had to be
him who attacked alone and annihilated the two powers? Truly laughable.”

During this night, the streets and lanes, the tearooms and taverns, everywhere in Dragon
Lake City was discussions about the annihilation of the Starnet Palace and Su Clan, and it
all touched upon Chen Xi and Bei Heng. Due to the lack of sufficient evidence, no one was
able to deduce exactly who did it, but practically everyone thought that this matter was
surely related to Chen Xi and Bei Heng.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Xi seemed to become even more mysterious in
the eyes of the cultivators of Dragon Lake City, and as for Bei Heng, was there any need to
discuss this Supreme Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?

When some people were delighted, there would be some who were sad.

For example, the Cang Clan’s Patriarch, Cang Xiaolong and Dean Jiang Zhenyu of the
Myriadcloud Institution, both of them were in a state of uneasiness and worry all night, and
they didn’t dare go to sleep for a long time.
They were afraid because the information they grasped was clearer than others, and they
understood even more clearly about exactly how the Starnet Palace and Su Clan were
annihilated.

Because all this was related to Chen Xi!

The sad thing was they’d once joined forces with Su Zhentian and Tie Yunzi after the
Hidden Dragon Rankings ended to attack Chen Xi, with the intention of seizing the
Buddha’s Pagoda in Chen Xi’s possession.

Now, the Su Clan behind Su Zhentian had perished and the Starnet Palace behind Tie
Yunzi had perished as well, then would their powers be next?

Cang Xiaolong and Jiang Zhenyu both didn’t know that the unknown was the most
terrifying. So, these two great figures that commanded the wind and rain in Dragon Lake
City had finally felt the feeling of being in a constant state of anxiety and being unable to
sit or sleep comfortably.

——

Chen Xi didn’t know all of this, as he’d already returned to the Wanderingcloud Sword
Sect with Bei Heng and had returned to his own True Heart Peak.

“Brother, is what you said true? It was Aunt Bai that annihilated the Starnet Palace and Su
Clan?” When Chen Hao heard the news from Chen Xi, he was shocked to the point his jaw
almost fell off.

“It’s true, when have I ever lied to you?” said Chen Xi. Not to mention Chen Hao, even he
who’d seen it with his own two eyes almost didn’t dare believe his sight.

Bang!

Chen Hao suddenly knelt on the ground, his tears flowing as he choked with sobs in a low
voice. “Brother, if Grandfather was still alive now, he would probably be extremely happy,
right? During these past two years, I’ve cultivated day and night and cultivated without rest
precisely because I wanted to become strong and wanted to avenge Grandfather. Now that
our great enmity has been avenged, why do I not feel the slightest happiness in my heart?”

Chen Xi was at a loss for words. Wasn’t he himself like that as well? Their enemies had
died, yet they couldn’t get back their grandfather’s life. Besides Chen Hao and himself,
who else was able to experience this empty sense of loss?

This night, the two brothers drank a great deal of wine and spoke a great deal of nonsense.
This pair of brothers that had stuck together and helped each other since they were young
were now already different from before. One of them was the Junior Brother of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master, the disciple of Daoist Wen Xuan, and his status had
risen rapidly to become extremely eminent. The other was the sword brother of the
Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Supreme Elder, his status aloof, and his reputation had
spread extensively and shaken Dragon Lake City.

Perhaps if their grandfather, Chen Tianli’s, soul could see this scene from the heavens, it
would be sufficient to allow him to smile in the underworld.

Later at night, Chen Xi returned to his quiet room and sat cross-legged on his bed, and he
pondered for a long time before slowly taking out a jade slip. This jade slip was entrusted to
Bei Heng to pass over to him by Bai Wanqing, and it was a Soundsaver Jade Slip.

Bang!

The jade slip shattered into pieces, and a strand of a voice that was gentle and pleasing to
the ear slowly resounded out in the room.

Chen Xi, you’ve finally grown up. Aunt Bai is extremely happy and extremely proud. I’ve
found out a lot of things about you, and I’ve also found out that these two years have been
full of hardships for you. Aunt Bai’s heart aches extremely, so take the annihilation of the
Su Clan as a present from Aunt Bai to you and Chen Hao…

I presume you’ve suspected Aunt Bai’s identity since long ago. But once you arrive at the
Dark Reverie and meet me, you’ll understand everything. Of course, meeting me or not
isn’t important. What’s most important is that there are many things that you ought to
know, and it’s related to your mother and father…

Alright, it isn’t easy to come to the Dark Reverie. You have to work hard in your
cultivation! Even Uncle Teng says your natural talent is extraordinary and Aunt Bai
believes in you as well. You’ll surely be able to come to the Dark Reverie, and Aunt Bai
will be waiting there for you.

The voice curled upwards and vanished gradually.

Chen Xi sat alone in the pitch black quiet room, and his expression couldn’t be seen clearly.

— End of Book Three —