Paradise of Demonic Gods

by Stayrr

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants. “From now onwards, everything r

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Chapter 559: Contention

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The eyelids of Hoppes, the team leader of the Sword Tower, trembled crazily. These waves of power were too astonishing. Moreover, the other party kept on crushing the martial wills of those from the Regional Academy, causing them to have thoughts of wanting to flee quickly.

In the next instant, the powers of the wind, thunder, earth, and fire gathered together, turning into waves of power that was pitch-black like ink. Just as this gush of power was about to explode, a light pillar rose from the ground, piercing toward the sky in a diagonal slant. It completely encompassed the Fifth Prince and the power he had gathered, then a series of world-shaking explosions were set off.

If it was said that the power which the Fifth Prince had gathered earlier was astonishing, giving the impression that it could destroy the entire Regional Academy, then the power contained within this majestic light pillar could be said to be so powerful that one could not tell how great its prowess truly was. It seemed as if the entire Great Western City would crumble under this attack.

Violent shock waves came gushing over, and in this instant, everyone felt as if they were being surrounded and attacked by the Reduced Force Fields of countless Conferred Knights. They had no choice but to retreat backward.

It was only from several kilometers away that the shock waves then gradually dissipated, and people then had the time to look toward the sky.

Accompanied by the whizzes of violent gales and exploding fireballs, all the dust and smoke were swept away. The Fifth Prince threw off all the smoke and dust from the explosion as if he was slapping dust off himself, and he appeared with a thick layer of golden light around his body. It was clear that the earlier attack had been fended off by his Divine Remains Equipment completely.

James and Hoppes were both taken aback as they thought, 'Who on earth is this guy in golden armor? What violent fist arts. What amazing fist intent.'

They then saw Tyrant standing before the Fifth Prince. Toward this man who had been brought back by Fang Xingjian yet never did anything but eat, sleep, and nap on the couch, James, Hoppes, and the others were not very clear of his background. However, from the looks of things, he had been the one to fend off the golden armored man earlier. So, his abilities were clearly not insignificant.

Sensing this, James and Hoppes exchanged glances and smiled bitterly. They were both supposed to be people with the power to dominate in their own domain, existences who could be ranked in the top one hundred of the Empire.

This was especially as James had eventually reached the level of a Demigod with one tier of perfection, appearing to be even more spirited than before. However, with the looks of things, with the world's metamorphosis, more and more experts had appeared. Even being Demigods with one tier of perfection seemed insufficient to allow them to do as they wished in the world.

In fact, these was all because they were with Fang Xingjian. With Fang Xingjian's abilities, his enemies were naturally all top notch characters. Otherwise, all of his enemies would have been slashed and killed by him immediately.

Otherwise, with the level James was at, a Demigod with one tier of perfection, he would at least be able to dominate over an area for a short period of time.

In the sky, Tyrant sighed and looked at the Fifth Prince who was covered in golden armor. He suddenly sniffed and said while smiling, "You're that Fifth Prince guy?"

The Fifth Prince was slightly taken aback. He had not expected that the other party would be able to identify him despite the fact that he was completely encompassed by the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Armor. What he did not know was that previously, Tyrant had merged into one with Fang Xingjian to give him a good bashing.

As such, with Tyrant's powerful physical body and sharp senses, he was naturally able to identify the Fifth Prince's identity just from his scent, form, and aura.

However, what astonished the Fifth Prince even more was the God-Perishing Palm Tyrant displayed earlier. Its prowess was world-shaking, and even though the Fifth Prince was wearing a Divine Remains Equipment, he had found it to be a little hard to handle. Moreover, the attack was very similar to the one Fang Xingjian had performed in their previous encounter.

Thinking of this, the Fifth Prince's eyes narrowed and he asked, "Who are you? What relationship do you have with Fang Xingjian?"

Tyrant grinned, "We're just friends. Why, have you picked up some fist technique and returned to seek revenge from him? But with your current abilities, you won't even be a match for him. It might be a little difficult for you to seek revenge from him."

"You're courting death!" The power from waves of martial will provided the Fifth Prince with reinforcements. He instantly broke through sound barriers, bringing along many supersonic waves as he charged out toward Tyrant. The Fifth Prince unleashed a punch with unrivalled ferocious, and his entire fist and arm was like a raging dragon, smashing out toward Tyrant's face.

Boom! With a loud explosion, his fist smashed Tyrant's face with no reservations at all. However, it was as if an ordinary person had punched titanium alloy. Tyrant's body shook slightly, but no marks were left at all.

This was the current power of Tyrant's physical body. After having engulfed the bodies of two Divine level experts, his body's strength was now only a little bit weaker than that of Fang Xingjian, who had condensed 10,710 specialty seeds.

Tyrant grinned and said, "There's no pain or itch. How about this? I'll only fight you with my legs. If I use my hands, it'll be my loss."

"Ignorant!"

The Fifth Prince let out a cold laugh and performed his Sovereign Fist at full power. This time around, it truly displayed the Fifth Prince's outstanding talent on the path of fist arts.

This was not a simple fist technique. The Fifth Prince's Sovereign Fist contained the various bare-handed techniques across the world, including clawing techniques, finger techniques, palm techniques, seizing, and wrestling.

Furthermore, in each and every move, there was a dominating aura that seemed to want to engulf the world, the sun, and the moon. As power circulated, the layers of stacking and reflecting techniques were like a top notch mastery in fist arts.

However, this time around, the Fifth Prince's Sovereign Fist met its match. When faced with the Fifth Prince's fist technique, Tyrant paid his opponent's stances and power no heed, and just kicked out repeatedly.

If he could fend off the fists, he would do so with a kick. Otherwise, he would forcibly take the attack. With his two hands wrapped around his chest and his legs turning into a series of afterimages, he pressed toward the Fifth Prince. Waves of overwhelming power, that seemed to bear the weight of Mount Tai, caused the Fifth Prince to be a little at a loss, leaving him to continue absorbing and converting the forces.

The Fifth Prince's fist intent kept on crushing down, yet to think that there was not much effect at all?!

Tyrant had often received the willpower impacts from Fang Xingjian's martial will. Although the attacking prowess of his martial will was not high, his defense and endurance were enough. Otherwise, how could he allow the Fifth Prince's fist intent to come at him as it wished?

Although the Fifth Prince had not succeeded even once, he could sense through the repeated collisions that his fist intents, which kept slamming toward Tyrant time after time, had caused Tyrant's consciousness to shake continuously and show signs of collapsing.

'Hmph. In at most two minutes, the fist intent of my Sovereign Fist will be able to crush him completely.'

Just then, Tyrant laughed out wildly and kicked out toward the Fifth Prince's stomach. The Fifth Prince let a cold snort and sent a Sovereign Fist down. The Fifth Prince's hands dropped down like the skies had collapsed and the ground had sunk in, negating Tyrant's kick. However, Tyrant quickly moved his foot back then sending it shooting out at lightning speed once again. The Fifth prince bellowed furiously. Being left with no choice, he sent out a kick to meet Tyrant's. With a bang , the two forces collided, and the Fifth Prince felt as if the bottom of his foot had gone numb.

However, Tyrant appeared as if nothing had happened and continued to kick out toward the Fifth Prince. The kick was negated by the spinning force from the Fifth Prince's palm and then landed on the Fifth Prince's stomach.

At the next moment, the Fifth Prince's countenance changed drastically. A stream of expressions like the fury of wild beasts flashed in his eyes.

"You! You dare…! My stomach….!"

"That's enough," a voice rang out from the Fifth Prince's body. It was Tian Yi's voice. Even an idiot could sense the fury in Tian Yi's voice. It appeared to sound calm. However, under that calm, there were flames that could burn through everything. It was like a volcano that was about to erupt.

"This is too unsightly. I shall personally take action."

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Chapter 560: One Against Two

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As a wave of white lights shone on Tyrant and passed through him, his expression stiffened. At the next moment, the martial will throughout his body was already completely suppressed by Tian Yi.

The difference between their martial wills was far too great.

Tyrant's martial will was being compressed to a corner of his consciousness, continuing to bellow out furiously like a huge beast.

Tian Yi smiled as he watched the suppressed Tyrant. He slowly took over and controlled Tyrant's body.

"Too weak.

"Why is it that people in the world are so weak, causing me to feel so lonely...

"Is looking for an opponent so difficult?"

'Tyrant' smiled, revealing a strange expression. He looked at his body and hands and said, "This body isn't bad. Why don't I use convert the power of this physical body into the the power of my will and try to attain for the Divine level?"

With how powerful this physical body was, if he were to convert all of the physical power into willpower to strive to attain the Divine level, how powerful would he become after succeeding?

When a person was in a good mental state and had a strong will, their body would become healthy as well. When a person was plagued with illnesses, their mental state would shrivel and their will would be weak.

The will and the body always had a close connection, affecting and influencing each other. When a Knight attempted to attain the Divine level, they tended to tap into this connection, using their extremely powerful body to strengthen their martial will and break out of the restrictions of the Divine level.

Even Tian Yi himself was curious to find out how far he could go if he were to refine the power from this body.

On the ground, James and the others revealed astonished looks. Zhou Xingwen and the others had also rushed over. They looked at the two black dots in the sky and asked, "How is it?"

James wore a grim countenance. "Mister Tyrant seems to be suppressed."

"Weren't they fighting on relatively equal grounds earlier?" Anderson asked puzzledly.

"Another person seems to have appeared and suppressed Tyrant's will." James' brows knitted tightly together, and there was great worry in his eyes. "Mister Tyrant's body is so powerful that it's a rare find of one in every 10,000 people. To be able to easily suppress his consciousness in just an instant, and even taking over his body… This person's strength is no joke."

The leader of the sword arts team, Hoppes, also appeared surprised. "If he's able to suppress Tyrant so easily, then won't he able able to suppress all of us with just a single thought if he wishes to?"

"And it seems that the person has only appeared in the form of his will. His actual body isn't present." Thinking of this, James exhaled and said, "To be suppressing Tyrant with just a will… This power...

"Could he actually be a Divine level expert?"

Thinking of this, everyone appeared dazed, nervous, and terrified.

Zhou Xingwen mumbled, "A Divine level expert… Doesn't that mean he's invincible amongst everyone in the entirety of the Great Western Region? Won't it be useless even if Xingjian comes back?"

After all that talk, the expressions of everyone in the surroundings changed. The power which Tian Yi had displayed so simply in this instant was really astonishing.

However, at this moment, a stream of sword Qi cut across the air and rained down like the Milky Way, shrouding over both the Fifth Prince and Tyrant.

Just as Tian Yi had used his terrifying martial will to suppress Tyrant, and was even thinking of refining Tyrant's body to strengthen up his will and strive to attain the Divine level...

An astonishing stream of sword Qi came plunging down from the skies. Everywhere it passed by, light and space distorted, and it was as if the sword Qi wanted to crush everything into dust.

This single sword sliced through the air, forming a 1,000 meter sword Qi, and even distorting light and space. The person who could accomplish something like this was naturally Fang Xingjian, who had condensed 1.08 billion physical particles and 10,710 specialty seeds in his physical body, breaking through all extremities.

The sword Qi that cut across the air immediately caused Tian Yi and the Fifth Prince to sense an immense danger. Both of them retreated and dodged it.

The single sword attack had separated the two of them. Fang Xingjian stood high up in the air, frowning as he looked at Tyrant and the Fifth Prince. Then he said coldly, "Fifth Prince? You still dare to come court death?"

The Fifth Prince laughed out loud and said, "Fang Xingjian, you really think that you're a genius who is blessed by the heavens and is unrivalled in this world? Previously, you were only lucky and had temporarily surpassed me.

"The truth is that I'm the real main character in our history, the destined one. The reason I've come to the Great Western Region today is to exterminate your entire family! Everyone related to you must die!"

"Ignorant," Fang Xingjian said with a cold smile. Then he looked in Tyrant's direction and asked, "And what are you?"

Tian Yi controlled Tyrant's body and revealed a faint smile at the corners of his lips. "Although you're amazing, you've yet to reach the Divine level and are still a little weak. You don't have the right to know who I am. But if you can manage to keep yourself alive with the two of us around, you'll have the right to know my name."

"Interesting. When I fought against the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, the degree of his arrogance wasn't even as much as that of the two of you," Fang Xingjian said in a cold voice as streams of light burst out from his eyes. "Since that's the case, I'll first kill the Fifth Prince before I drag you out from Tyrant's body.

"The two of you can do your best to fend off my attacks."

As Fang Xingjian spoke, he had already swung his hands to send a sword Qi, that was several thousand meters in length, slashing out and tearing through the entire sky.

Faced with this astonishing sword Qi, the Fifth Prince and Tian Yi dodged it once again.

However, this time around, the sword Qi was not the one which Fang Xingjian had hastily sent out when he was rushing over earlier.

How could the sword Qi, that was unleashed when Fang Xingjian was in his serious mode, be dodged so easily? Moreover, after the sword arts exchange which had lasted for the past seven days and seven nights, his sword arts had improved in leaps and bounds once again. In that instant, the sword Qi concealed itself, having darted into spatial gaps.

'What?! To think that even the sword Qi he unleashed is able to move into spatial gaps? His sword arts has already reached such a level? The Supreme Chief's Astral Obscurity Sword isn't even fit to carry his shoes for him.'

These thoughts flashed through the Fifth Prince's mind at lightning speed. However, before the sword Qi arrived, Fang Xingjian's body had already appeared before the Fifth Prince with a flash. Fang Xingjian pierced the air with his sword finger, and tapped on the Fifth Prince's head.

With a single sword attack, a deathly aura gushed forth. Then the Fifth Prince felt as if his life did not belong to himself, and that he was already dead.

One after another, attacks were made without any reservation at all.

'What a terrifying martial will!' Knowing that he was already in a life and death situation, the Fifth Prince also unleashed his full powers.

Sovereign Fist—World-Shaking Fist!

When this punch struck out, it was as heavy as mountains and rivers. The Fifth Prince's fist seemed to have prints that were like the mountains and rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars, as well as like the homes of people. It was as if the entire world was contained in this single punch, bursting forth explosively as his fist struck out.

Engulfing the world, turning the world into one's own... This was the disposition which the Fifth Prince had nurtured from countless victories and trainings. It had caused his fist intent to be especially powerful.

Now, everything in this fist was being smashed out toward Fang Xingjian.

The image depicted in this fist was as if a sovereign had tossed the entire world toward you, and it all depended on whether you would be able to accept it.

How domineering was the Fifth Prince and how strong were his desires? He was a person who wanted to possess everything and snatch it all for himself. However, this attack was one which went against how he usually acted. It seemed to say he was going to give up the world, which he had fought to possess, to his opponent.

It could be said that ever since he created this World-Shaking Fist, the Fifth Prince had decided on not using it unnecessarily. The moment he used it, it meant that the situation was such that he had gone all out and either party involved must die.

As the punch struck out, it was as if the entire world was thrown out as an attack. The Fifth Prince felt that his entire body was very empty. This was because all of the power from his will and mind had been condensed into this single punch, and it was now pouring out.

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Chapter 561: Slashing Repeatedly

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It had been a long time since the Fifth Prince had this kind of feeling where his body felt very empty. After this one punch, he gained an additional comprehension that was quite famous.

'When a sovereign gives away the world, he requires endless resolution and courage. It's an act that pursues great freedom and liberation, to be freely advancing with valiance.'

The Fifth Prince could feel that his fist art cultivation had improved once again. After this battle, he would definitely be able to reach a whole new level.

This one single punch could be said to contain all sorts of intriguing colors. Who would be able to remain unmoved when faced with the entire world? The horror held in that gush of will would intoxicate anyone. They would not dodge it even if they knew it was fake.

However, when faced with this punch that the Fifth Prince had sent out with the entire world behind it, Fang Xingjian did not have any yearning for it. Neither did he receive it forcibly. Instead, he disappeared once again, moving through spatial gaps and then abruptly appearing beside the Fifth Prince, thrusting out a sword attack.

Avoiding the strong power and striking weak spots, Fang Xingjian was like a sword immortal from the ancient past. He also seemed to have a great determination to disregard everything. Even if he was given the entire world, he would view it with disregard and turn to leave with a flash. This displayed Fang Xingjian's martial will that had broken through life and death, and sought to live on in the midst of death.

Having seen through even life and death, what would one see in the world?

With that last flash when he entered spatial gaps, it was as if he had gone into hidden seclusion, yet still remained renowned in the world. He then reappeared in the world, rising up in revolt and shaking the entire world.

Accompanying this sword attack from Fang Xingjian, many deeply entrenched scars appeared on the Fifth Prince's Divine Armor. Terrifying sword force surged, weakening the defense of the Divine Armor, layer by layer.

As the sword of Infiltrating Void cut in deeper into the layers, the insides of the Fifth Prince's body had been minced up into a fog of blood, and he could not regenerate in time.

However, right now, the most terrifying thing was still Fang Xingjian's sword intent attack. It depicted a scene which held a message, 'I don't need you to give me the world, and I don't want the world that you're giving me. Now, I'm going to snatch it over by myself.'

It was as if this one sword attack had brought about a precarious situation—a difficult choice between life and death. There was even a gush of the Six Heaven-Soaring Swords' intent mixed in with it.

There seemed to be an explosive sound ringing in void space, and Fang Xingjian managed to actually shake out the Fifth Prince's consciousness from his physical body.

Seeing this scene, Tian Yi was about to make his move. However, just then the sword Qi that had cut into the spatial gaps previously suddenly appeared before him explosively, slashing down on Tyrant's physical body viciously.

The sword Qis which Fang Xingjian had slashed out at full power were something which even Tyrant could not neglect, let alone Tian Yi who had just suppressed Tyrant will and had yet to get accustomed to this body. Tian Yi was sent flying several thousand meters away by this sword attack.

Despite this, he managed to recover very quickly. However, it was in this short instant that Fang Xingjian managed to find the smallest opportunity.

Under the Fifth Prince's astonished gaze, his body which had lost the control of his will was now defenseless. The insides of his body had been shattered directly by Fang Xingjian's Infiltrating Void, turning into lumps of bloody fog and encompassing the Divine Armor.

"No!!"

The Fifth Prince let out an agonizing cry, wanting to return to his body and regenerate it. However, how could Fang Xingjian possibly allow him to do that? With a sweep of his sword finger, Fang Xingjian's deathly sword intent once again slashed out toward the Fifth Prince's will.

The black sword intent, which filled up the sky, encompassed the Fifth Prince's body, instantly exploding his will and stirring it into mush.

By this time, Tian Yi had finally arrived. Controlling Tyrant's body, he sent out a punch. Violent power came smashing down, as if breaking through the restraints of time and space.

The auras of over 1,440 specialty seeds were suddenly unleashed explosively, turning into streams of auras and soaring into the air. Countless physical particles exploded concurrently, unleashing glorious light into the sky.

At this moment, Tian Yi had actually ignited 99% of Tyrant's power, displaying his great cultivation of being able to suppress consciousness and control another person's physical body.

Faced with Tyrant's almost full-power punch, even Fang Xingjian was unwilling to take it head-on forcibly. With a flash, he stepped into the spatial gaps once again and then reappeared abruptly several thousand meters away with a flash, slashing out across space with multiple swords.

With each slashing sword, waves of black deathly aura attacked toward Tyrant. The terrifying sword light moved at light speed in the air, piercing into Tyrant's mind in an instant and clashing with Tian Yi's will.

Fang Xingjian could even see that in Tyrant's consciousness, a huge figure of light was standing in the middle, exuding waves of majestic divine pressure. It was as if the figure was the King of all Gods in the heavens, the commander at the center of the world, capable of suppressing the entire world with just the back of his palm.

Streams of deathly swordless paths slashed against that light figure's body, sending out endless ripples and sparks splattering. Those sparks were from their thoughts, created from the collision of wills.

"Oh?" Fang Xingjian did not manage to defeat Tian Yi with that slash of his deathly aura. The toughness of Tian Yi's martial will had reached an unbelievable level.

Taking this chance, the Fifth Prince once again gathered his martial will, turning into a floating phantom. It was clear from just one look that he had suffered great damages.

The Fifth Prince cast an extremely vengeful and blood-thirsty gaze toward Fang Xingjian, then he looked at his own body.

His physical body had been torn up by Fang Xingjian into meat paste, and there was a fog of blood covering his entire Divine Armor, which seemed to be going through some changes.

After the Divine Armor shrank and scattered with the Fifth Prince's flesh and blood, it seemed as if it had been revived and was now endlessly absorbing the Fifth Prince's flesh and blood.

The Fifth Prince immediately started communicating with Tian Yi by sending information currents to each other's consciousness.

The Fifth Prince said in astonishment, "My physical body! What is going on?!"

Tian Yi frowned. "It seems that although the Four-eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's consciousness died, it hasn't been vanquished. Right now, stimulated by your flesh and blood, it has awakened once again. However, it's still in a hazy state. If you let it continue absorbing your body like this, it might really come back to life."

"Little Black isn't dead?" The Fifth Prince asked in astonishment. However, at the next moment, he became a little nervous. "Then if I let it continue absorbing my body like this, won't I lose my physical body?"

"So be it then. You'll be able to join me in purely training your martial will."

The Fifth Prince said anxiously, "That can't do! Master, quickly help me to stop it! Save my body!"

The Fifth Prince still wanted to takeover the entire mortal world and enjoy endless beauties, great wine, great delicacies, and everything else in this world. How could he lose his body?

Their communication was completed in just an instant. Tian Yi frowned and grabbed out with one hand, plundering through the world. He was like an ancient god wanting to grab the sun and the moon as he grabbed out for the Fifth Prince's physical body. Violent power pressed down inch by inch, creating explosions in the air and turning the area within 100 meters into a vacuum.

This was Tian Yi's self-created palm art—Number One Palm in the World.

However, how could Fang Xingjian possibly allow Tian Yi to grab the Fifth Prince's physical body? He tapped out with his sword finger, meeting and clashing with Tian Yi's palm. Amidst the violent shakes, it was as if the entire space was going to collapse as thick waves of white forces swept out in all directions from where their palm and finger met.

The shock waves created from this attack sent the Divine Armor flying out over 1,000 meters away, simultaneously completely shattering the Fifth Prince's physical body into dust.

As the Fifth Prince watched this scene, he let out an agonizing cry, and his eyes filled with endless madness and vengeance.

However, Fang Xingjian still did not stop there. With a swoosh, the aura from the sword intent in his body soared into the air. Then, with a flash, Fang Xingjian appeared behind Tian Yi and tapped out toward Tyrant's head.

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Chapter 562: Leave, Leave, Leave

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The moment Fang Xingjian's sword attack came slashing down, strong waves of turbulent deathly sword intents gushed into Tian Yi's mind, as if wanting to hit out his intent completely.

Rumble! However, as their intents collided, not only was Tian Yi's violent martial will not struck out, it pushed back the sword intent instead, wanting to counter attack Fang Xingjian's mind.

This attack revealed how powerful Tian Yi's formidable martial will had become through the process where he continued to get accustomed to the world.

As for Tyrant's mind, Tian Yi did not try to defend it at all. This was because he knew that Tyrant had yet to reached the level of brain regeneration. So, if Fang Xingjian did not wish to kill Tyrant, he would not attack the brain.

As expected, Fang Xingjian's body darted into the spatial gaps with a flash and then reappeared above Tian Yi. This time around, he had gotten even nearer to Tian Yi than before. More waves of sword intent plunged down from the skies, and it was as if the entire sky was going to collapse, destroying every living thing in the world.

However, Tian Yi smiled coldly again. With a rumble, the light figure in Tyrant's mind sent out a punch, and violent martial will instantly destroyed Fang Xingjian's sword intent.

As an existence that could purely use martial will to affect the physical world, Tian Yi was way above Fang Xingjian when comparing just their wills.

Therefore, for a few consecutive attacks, Tian Yi had not paid any heed to Fang Xingjian's physical attack. He merely crushed Fang Xingjian's martial will during the repeated collisions.

'Hmph, the reason I keep breaking your will is so that I can establish an impression in your mind that I'm invincible and cannot be obliterated.'

However, just as Tian Yi was thinking of this, Fang Xingjian sent out another sword attack once again, and the corners of his lips revealed a hint of a smile.

This time around, Tian Yi had completely broken through Fang Xingjian's will, yet he had not been able to break through Fang Xingjian's sword force.

The most amazing factor in this sword attack from Fang Xingjian was the technique required.

The sword of Infiltrating Void and the Light Pursuit sword ripples were activated at the same time. This sword attack consisted of the combination of the Infiltrating Void's mysterious ability to move through spatial gaps and the speed of the Light Pursuit's sword ripples.

In that instant, over ten million streams of the Infiltrating Void's sword force exploded in Tyrant's mind. The terrifying power instantly vaporized his brain completely.

If it Tyrant was by himself, it would not have been so easy for Fang Xingjian to attack his brain directly even if he wished to do so. However, as Tian Yi continued to not guard it time after time, it eventually became a habit.

It was only when Tyrant's brain was being attacked that Tian Yi became stunned. "To think that he's not caring about the life of his subordinate?"

While Tian Yi was in a daze, Tyrant's brain exploded. His skull cracking slightly, and a depicted scene of the six realms of rebirth 1 and soaring will came plunging down from the sky.

A human's will required the support of the brain, and it was only with the brain's support that the will would then be able to control the body from a physiological level.

Right now, without the support of the brain and while his consciousness was concurrently being shaken by the Six Heaven-Soaring Swords, Tian Yi's will finally turned into a light figure and slowly flew out from Tyrant's body.

A furious message accompanied by his martial will was sent out in all directions at light speed.

"Hmph, you're really vicious. To think that you would kill a subordinate, who is a Demigod with three tiers of perfection, just like that in order to drive me out."

"Is that so? Are you sure that he's dead?"

Their wills clashed, and information was exchanged. Tian Yi immediately looked in Tyrant's direction.

In that instant, he was slightly taken aback.

To think that Tyrant's corpse had started to regenerate again?

Tian Yi, who had been cultivating in the Preeminent Sect since young, was not only unaware of the method to reach the Divine level, but he was also unaware of the existence of Mages.

This regeneration that was against common sense immediately created an emptiness in Tian Yi's heart. However, with his cultivation, he was able to instantly fill up such a void in the blink of an eye, taking only one-thousandth of a second at most.

However, it just so happened that amongst the people present, there was someone with a sword intent so powerful that it could seize the chance created from this one-thousandth of a second.

Waves of pure black sword edges dashed out from Fang Xingjian's body. The Heaven's Volition Sword Intent was activated!

Fang Xingjian had chosen not to use the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent all this while, allowing his martial will to be be at a disadvantage and even exploding Tyrant's brain. This then created a gap in Tian Yi's soul in that instant. Fang Xingjian had planned out so many moves just so that he could unleash the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent at this very moment.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

In that instant, the light figure, which Tian Yi was in the form of, let out a world-shaking and agonizing cry. Violent martial will was unleashed, causing over 1,000 people in the Regional Academy to faint at this very moment. Countless animals with weaker wills even died, bleeding from their seven apertures.

As for the light figure which Tian Yi had transformed into, it was now like scorching hot oil that had been shaken crazily and was even starting to melt.

Like pouring burning petroleum onto white paper, the pitch black Heaven's Volition Sword Intent instantly crushed Tian Yi's martial will layer by layer, as if wanting to melt it completely.

"Let's leave!"

In that instant, having turned into a beam of extremely strong white light, Tian Yi wanted to bring the Fifth Prince with him and leave.

Right now, both of them were purely in the state of wills and could move at light speed. Even though they were no match against Fang Xingjian, their fleeing speed was not something which Fang Xingjian could be a match for. With a flash, they had turned into light rays that cut across the air and completely disappeared.

"To think that he exists purely in the state of the will?"

Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed. With a flash, he traveled a distance of several thousand meters and arrived before the Four-eyed Heavenly Winged Armor, wanting to bring it with him.

After absorbing the Fifth Prince's flesh and blood, this Divine Armor went through an amazing transformation. It seemed to have evolved just like a living creature.

However, just as Fang Xingjian had reached out his hand to grab the armor, a tremor emerged, stirring up water-like ripples. Then at the next moment, a gray palm reached out.

The moment this palm appeared, the temperature within 100 li of the entire Great Western City seemed to rise. All the water in the air seemed to be reducing at an astonishing speed.

To think that just the appearance of a palm would almost trigger the creation of an endless stretch of barren land?!

However, when faced with the sudden appearance of this claw wanting to snatch the Divine Armor, Fang Xingjian looked unsurprised like he had expected it. He activated his Heaven's Volition Sword Intent once again and slashed out with Instant.

An additional second seemed to have been added to the time of this world, and the gray palm clashed with a sword attack. Due to there being an additional second, Fang Xingjian managed to grab hold of the Divine Armor.

That gray palm showed no signs of any yearning for the armor. In the blink of an eye, it once again retreated back into the dark space passageways, disappearing completely. It was as if the temperature change and the creation of barren land had been an illusion.

Looking at the surrounding sky, Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed slightly, and there seemed to be killing intent gathering in them.

Tyrant rushed over from the side and said, "What terrifying powers. Don't tell me that was..."

"The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord," Fang Xingjian said calmly. "On my way back, I felt that a kind of faint malicious intent had wrapped around me. Therefore, when I was fighting against the Fifth Prince and the other guy just now, I had done so in many steps, rather than going all out right from the start. I was preparing for this.

"I didn't expected that the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord would still be tailing me.

"It seems that he wasn't satisfied about letting me off. But with this test, he should know how strong I am as well."

After the exchanges and training which went for seven days and nights, Fang Xingjian's soul had become even clearer and sharper. Now, even the Five God-Slaying Swords showed signs of merging together.

If it had not been for the training during the past seven days and seven nights, allowing his sword arts to improve once again, he might have been put at a disadvantage today.

Fang Xingjian thought, 'Having collided with the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent and the Instant sword, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord is probably feeling surprised and doubtful, and won't not be taking action recklessly again.'

Tyrant gasped, "It's really him? I have yet to see him in action even after having been with the Terrene Shrine for so long. To think that you've even exchanged a move with him?"

He could not help but ask anxiously, "How was it? How was your trip to the Terrene Shrine this time around?"

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Chapter 563: Spoils of War

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"Damn it! Damn it!

"Fang Xingjian! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to let him know that going up against me is the thing he'll regret the most throughout his entire life!"

Waves of intense fury and hatred unleashed explosively, and there seemed to be a breeze of eerie wind blowing in the valley.

However, with the unleash of the waves of fury, the Fifth Prince's martial will, that was like a phantom image, became increasingly thinner. It was as if he was going to disappear from this world at any moment.

In fact, for those below the Divine level, after having their physical bodies destroyed and only their martial wills remaining in the physical world, they should not be able to exist for long.

The will required the support from the physical body in order to exist in the consciousness. That was unless the individual could train up their will to the Divine level, thereby turning into a material existence that could affect the physical world.

Seeing that the Fifth Prince was slowly dissipating amidst his waves of fury, Tian Yi said in a deep voice, "Focus and calm yourself down. Don't let your mind run wild. If this goes on, you'll really die!"

"Die?" The Fifth Prince laughed out maniacally. "Without a physical body, what's the point in living on? I might as well be dead."

"Without a physical body, you can follow me in purely tempering your martial will," Tian Yi said nonchalantly. "Even if you're unwilling to purely cultivate your martial will, you can still wait till your will gets more powerful before you snatch a physical body and revive once again."

"Snatch a physical body and revive once again?" The Fifth Prince was stunned for a moment before saying, "That's right. I want to revive! I want to seek revenge from Fang Xingjian! I want him to beg while feeling great regret and pain!"

Waves of hatred were endlessly unleashed from deep within the Fifth Prince's consciousness, making him exude streams of faint black light.

"This is the way to go," Tian Yi said coldly. "That Fang Xingjian is truly an opponent more formidable than any others I have ever met before. If I don't get rid of this person, my heart won't be at ease." Right now, Tian Yi was feeling equally bad. The light he was emitting from all over his body had become so faint that it was like a layer of paper. It was as though if a gush of wind were to blow past, Tian Yi would disappear completely.

The attack from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, which had struck a gap in his soul in that instant, had damaged him greatly.

Thinking of the terrifying prowess from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, Tian Yi's light figure seemed to tremble uncontrollably.

'With this great blow, I've lost the fruit of my hard work for the past three months at least.' Tian Yi's eyes narrowed. 'Fang Xingjian, was it? I'll have you remembered now.'

The Fifth Prince finally managed to calm himself down as he said, "Let's recover first and then go look for my sworn elder brother. He's the Fist Emperor, the leader of the Great River Alliance and one of the ten great Divine level experts in the Empire. With his help, we'll definitely be able to regain our abilities before seeking Fang Xingjian for revenge."

Countless levels underground below the grass plains in the north.

The place was completely filled with the auras of sulfur and intense flames. The dark underground river formed from streams of lava continued to emit waves of powerful heat ceaselessly.

A figure wrapped up in a gray cloak from head to toe darted out from a cave.

The Terrene Shrine's Grand Elder, the Worm King, who had been at the side immediately went up and said, "My Lord, you're back? How's Fang Xingjian?"

The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord's hoarse voice rasped from under the gray robe, "This lad really did not go all out when he was fighting against you guys." He once again recalled Fang Xingjian's Instant, which had come and left without a trace. Right now, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord was feeling extremely wary against Fang Xingjian.

Even a Divine level expert like himself had not been able to sense where that sword attack had come from.

"Fang Xingjian isn't to be underestimated. Leave him be for now. Wait till I've attained a breakthrough to the second tier of the Divine level, and my will and physical body are able to transform interchangeably, then I'll be able to offer my own physical body as a sacrifice to perform black magic, completely refining this Drought Demon True Physique. By then, I'll naturally be able to suppress him with great ease," the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord said nonchalantly. "Fang Xingjian isn't the crux. It's the Black Demon and the others. To think that they are going to join forces with the Empire's royal family to kill an evil god's clone.

"Hmph, can the clone of an evil god be killed so easily? But it's good that they're doing this as well. If I can refine the Drought Demon True Physique before they succeed, I'll be able to profit from this risky operation and become the one to gain the most out of this.

"Although other people are unaware of this, I've known that the Church of the Universal Truth have been keeping their eyes on the world's boundaries and passageways. They won't be able to hide the descent of an evil god from the members of the Church of the Universal Truth."

Elsewhere, Fang Xingjian had already returned to the ground while grabbing onto the Divine Armor.

James, Zhou Xingwen, and the others immediately came up to him, with James being the first one to ask, "Xingjian, the person who attacked at the end...?"

"It's the Terrene Shrine's World Annihilation Heavenly Lord," Fang Xingjian said, paying no mind to their astonishment. Then he carried on, "I want to think of a way to modify this armor. Get Wang Xiaoyan to come to the Sacred Land."

At the next moment, he had already appeared in the Sacred Land with a flash.

After absorbing the Fifth Prince's flesh and blood, this armor—which was made from the Four-Eyed Heavenly Beast—continued to undulate, and there seemed to be a mysterious change occurring throughout its body.

Tyrant had followed Fang Xingjian here. After hearing about Fang Xingjian's encounter with the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, Tyrant sighed and said, "To think that things have turned out like this. As expected, you didn't manage to get your hands on the Origin Essence Stone? The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord has been keeping a close guard on it, and now he is also guarded against you. It'll probably be even harder for you to get your hands on it now.

"But you said that the royal family is going to join forces with the Mage Association to kill the clone of an evil god? This is really sensational news."

Fang Xingjian thought the same as well.

What kind of existences were the evil gods? They were horrifying life forms that existed endless space-time away, in the heavens beyond the heavens. Their powers could allow them to travel through the world's passageways, which were extremely far, and arrive at Miracle World. They could even lend out their power to all Mages in the world to use.

Existences like these... Their power and the level of their strength were beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Right now, the people from the royal family and Mage Association had actually set their thoughts on the evil gods who existed in the heavens beyond the heavens. They were really audacious.

"Kill the clone of an evil god?" Tyrant sighed. "In history, there has been almost no one who has done something like this before. I feel that this is an extremely bad thing. The evil gods are too powerful. Those who cultivate black magic should all understand the great power the evil gods possess.

"If their consciousness really descend upon this world, then there will be no way to kill them. If that happens, the entire human world may just be destroyed even before the arrival of the seventh onslaught. They are taking too much of a risk to be doing this."

Fang Xingjian nodded. "But it's impossible for us to go and stop them too. Together, the royal family and the Mage Association are too powerful a force to be reckoned with. Moreover, I feel that the Church of Universal Truth probably won't ignore this. Right now, what we need to do is continue to get more power so that we'll have a chance to have a stand in the major future events."

Fang Xingjian looked at the Divine Armor in his hand and seemed to be able to sense a mysterious power nurturing within it.

Just then, Wang Xiaoyan—Wang Clan's Eldest Miss and a descendent of the Mountainous Sea Dynasty—entered. "I heard that you were looking for me?"

"Take a look at this." Fang Xingjian slightly exerted force in his palm and sent the armor, which was made out of the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, before Wang Xiaoyan.

Wang Xiaoyan took a quick look at it, touched it a little, and kept on scanning it with her Heaven's Perception. Her expression intensified with more and more surprise.

"Interesting. This is an armor made from a Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast, right? Could it be the one that the Fifth Prince had?" Wang Xiaoyan gasped in surprise. "The way the armor was forged is horrible. It can be said to have been created by violently compressing it.

"However, the means in which the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's will was mounted is very amazing. To think that he's able to directly erase the Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast's memories from its will, and to attach it in the armor, allowing it to be the source of energy for the armor.

"This makes the entire Divine Remains Equipment a live one. It's amazing. It's really amazing.

"This is especially when it has even absorbed the flesh and blood of an expert. It seems that it even has some special changes."

Fang Xingjian said, "Then are you able to modify this? I have use for it."

Wang Xiaoyan smiled. "I may not be as good as you in a fight, but in terms of forging Divine Weapons and Armors, you're no match for me. Leave it to me. In two weeks at most, I'll give you a level 32 Divine Remains Equipment. But the materials..."

"Get whatever you need. Money is not a problem."

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Chapter 564: Divine Armor

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Ten days later, Tyrant and Fang Xingjian stood next to each other in the Sacred Land.

"Weaponry and armor have always been extremely important to Knight experts," Tyrant said. "The Knight experts of history, especially the Divine level experts who have left their names behind in history, tend to have their own armor and weapon as well. When a powerful person is equipped with powerful Divine Remains Equipment, they will undoubtedly enjoy great success in their endeavors.

"With this set of armor that the Fifth Prince has sent over, as well as the Divine Sword forged from that Divine level spinal bone, your battle prowess can be at least two times stronger than before.

"But…"

Tyrant sighed, saying, "Right now, you don't have the Origin Essence Stone, Are you not going to strive to attain brain regeneration before completing the tenth level of mystical prints?"

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "Brain regeneration will not be able to bring me a qualitative increase to my current battle prowess. I might as well try for it after gaining the tenth level of the mystical prints."

As Tyrant and Fang Xingjian were conversing, Fang Xingjian's only disciple, Lilia, was currently amassing sword light on the training grounds before them. She slowly pushed the longsword in her hand, performing sword moves bit by bit while appearing to be as slow as a snail.

If an expert were to see this, they would be able to sense the waves of destructive powers on the tip of Lilia's longsword.

Tyrant looked at Lilia, who was training seriously, and said, "You want to nurture this disciple? You've even imparted your Five God-Slaying Swords to her?"

Fang Xingjian nodded. It was true that the people under him were not powerful enough. A primary reason for this was that they had only recently cultivated to the fifth level of the mystical prints and had yet to have enough time to use up the talents they had gained.

However, considering how Lilia revered Fang Xingjian as if he were a god, it showed there was value in nurturing her.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian imparted the Five God-Slaying Swords to her. It was a pity that although she had help from the fifth level of the mystical prints, her talent in sword arts was still a far cry from Fang Xingjian's. Therefore, amongst the five swords, Lilia was only able to better comprehend the All-Conquering sword. It was also the reason why she had focused on specially cultivating this particular sword technique.

As she moved the sword slowly, Lilia was slashing the physical particles in the air, bit by bit. It could be said that each step she advanced was more difficult than slashing 1,000 people.

Just then, Fang Qian came over with Wang Xiaoyan. During the past few days, she had been helping Wang Xiaoyan in forging that Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Armor.

As a great genius from Earth, Fang Qian's educational background was much higher than that of Fang Xingjian. She was extremely familiar with the various information of mathematics, biology, and chemistry. It was also why she had managed to be selected by Li Shuanghua and sent to work with the First Prince in learning the means of forging Divine Remains Equipments.

During the past few days, she had been having exchanges and working together with Wang Xiaoyan. Wang Xiaoyan was amazed by Fang Qian's various knowledge which surpassed what was available in Miracle World. On the other hand, Fang Qian was constantly learning from Wang Xiaoyan the techniques of forging Divine Remains Equipment, a legacy which Wang Xiaoyan had inherited from the Mountainous Sea Dynasty.

Fang Qian said, "The Divine Armor is done."

"Oh?" Fang Xingjian looked toward Fang Qian's head, slightly surprised. He then saw that a Four-Eyed Heavenly Winged Beast the size of a child's palm had emerged from amidst her thick long hair. It was looking curiously toward the surroundings.

Wang Xiaoyan looked at this Divine Remains Equipment with great emotion. "This should be the best equipment that I have had forged in my life. With this experience, I'll be even more confident in helping to forge the equipment using the Divine level spinal bone next."

Fang Xingjian looked at that small beast and said, slightly surprised, "You revived it?"

"It's not considered to be revived. Its original will has been forcibly crushed to become a pure source of energy. This one that you're looking at, if we're to use an analogy, it's more similar to being just a life form's brain and intelligence," Fang Qian said. "On Earth, there had long been plans of using life forms to create armors, but there have been restrictions in the materials and the intelligence system. I can't believe that the problems have been resolved here.

"This is like refining a living Divine level ferocious beast into an armor. It has a certain amount of intelligence and will continue to eat, evolve, and adapt to the environment, gaining more and more power."

Fang Qian then placed the small beast in Fang Xingjian's hands. He asked, "How do I use i?" The small beast laid quietly on Fang Xingjian's hand, seemingly totally unafraid of strangers. It just looked quietly at Fang Xingjian, not moving at all.

Lilia, who was at the side, also walked over. She looked at the small beast in Fang Xingjian's hands, and her eyes sparkled. "It's so cute."

Fang Qian said, "Put your finger into its mouth and let it take your blood. You're a Demigod with three tiers of perfection. Your blood will not only have information regarding your physical body but also your powerful martial will. After it has taken your blood, it will remember you."

Hearing that, Fang Xingjian placed his finger into the small beast's mouth and then relaxed the toughness of his body. As the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetic forces continued to weaken, his finger reached about the same level of toughness as that of an ordinary Conferred Knight.

The small beast bit his finger, creating a small wound, and started taking in Fang Xingjian's fresh blood. It then licked Fang Xingjian's wound, and strong medicinal powers took effect, quickly healing Fang Xingjian's wound.

As if sensing Fang Xingjian was baffled, Wang Xiaoyan explained, "This is the Mountainous Sea Dynasty's secret arts—the Medicinal Armor Art. We spent over two million gold and used over 500 types of medicinal herbs to break its body system completely. This allowed the blood in its body to turn into medicine while it continued to ceaselessly absorb ether particles.

"With this, as long as you have the armor on, its medicinal prowess will continue to seep into your blood. Not only will it be able to heal your injuries at any moment, it can also continue to replenish your physical body. It can even have a subtle influence in strengthening your physical body."

"This money was well spent." Fang Xingjian smiled. "How do I put it on?"

Fang Qian said, "It should have already accepted the information of your physical body as well as your martial will. Try using Heaven's Perception directly to transmit information onto it."

"Equip my body."

At the next moment, the small beast's body underwent an astonishing change. It expanded at a rapid speed, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a set of golden armor, wrapping up Fang Xingjian's body entirely.

The moment it wrapped around Fang Xingjian, countless flesh spikes pierced onto Fang Xingjian's body directly. At this moment, Fang Xingjian was still wearing the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, yet the spikes had pierced through it instantly. Then, like a monster at mealtime, the spikes immediately ate up the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

The entire golden armor vibrated, absorbing the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor into its body through the spikes. The Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor's consciousness let out agonizing cries like it wanted to struggle. However, it was completely destroyed amidst a wave of golden light.

The Divine Armor then continued to pierce through Fang Xingjian's physical body. The toughness of a level 32 material was not something which Fang Xingjian's current body could be a match for.

Back then, when Fang Xingjian was attacking the Fifth Prince, he could not do anything to this set of armor. He could only use the sword of Infiltrating Void to pass through this layer of defense and to strike the Fifth Prince's body directly.

As many spikes pierced into Fang Xingjian's body, strong medicinal powers surged in, incessantly exchanging with the blood in his body. It could be said that the impurities in his body were being cleansed constantly, and Fang Xingjian's physical body continued to strengthen and heal.

The even more amazing thing was that a gush of golden will connected together with that of Fang Xingjian, filling up every inch of space around him.

In that instant, Fang Xingjian was already completely wrapped up by this streamlined golden armor.

Although Fang Xingjian had yet to reach the Divine level, now that he had this set of level 32 armor, he was now able to use the materialized will in the Divine Armor or even borrow the will from the Divine Armor and turn it into his flesh and blood.

It was just that the Divine Armor's willpower was not as strong as that of the Divine level World Annihilation Heavenly Lord.

However, it could be said that after putting on this Divine Armor and then putting its will to use, Fang Xingjian gained some ability to be able to materialize his will, as well as to convert it into flesh and blood.

His defense had even reached level 32. Additionally, even if his opponent was able to pass through space to attack, with Fang Xingjian's recovery abilities in combination with the Divine Armor's medicinal abilities, he would be able to recover instantly.

Furthermore, with Fang Xingjian's sword skills, he still had the confidence to be able to put up a good fight against the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord even if he did not choose to activate the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. Although he might not be able to win, he was not afraid of the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord at all.

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian let out a long whistle and could not wait to want to try out the prowess of the Divine Armor. He suddenly punched out toward Tyrant, who was next to him. Tyrant's eyes flashed, and he did not hesitate in fending off Fang Xingjian's fist with his palm. However, his countenance changed immediately, and he activated the Gates of the Netherworld to absorb Fang Xingjian's power. After doing so, he retreated a few steps back while covered in cold sweat. His entire arm had turned completely numb from the trembles.

Initially, despite being at three tiers of perfection and having over 10,000 specialty seeds, Fang Xingjian's physical strength could not gain an advantage over Tyrant, who had engulfed two Divine level magic prints Warriors.

However, right now, with the addition of the power from the Divine Armor's will, he could crush Tyrant with just his physical body alone.

Additionally, Fang Xingjian's deathly sword intent, together with the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent in his consciousness and the Divine Armor's will, now made the power of his will far surpass that of all the other Conferred Knights.

Fang Xingjian was truly invincible amongst those below the Divine level.

Tyrant's countenance turned grim as he said, "What a good Divine level armor. What name are you planning to give it?"

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Chapter 565: Origin Essence Stone

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"What will I name it?" Fang Xingjian did not care much about this. He looked toward Fang Qian and Wang Xiaoyan, saying, "This is the Divine Remains Equipment which the two of you worked together to modify. You can have the job of naming it."

Wang Xiaoyan gave it some thought and said, "This Divine Armor is able to keep on engulfing various materials, including other Divine Remains Equipment, to evolve itself. Why don't we call it the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor?"

"World-Engulfing Battle God Armor? That doesn't sound bad. We'll go with that then." Fang Xingjian looked at the golden armor with great satisfaction. With a movement of the consciousness in his mind, the armor shrank and turned into an invisible layer of stratum corneum, sticking itself tightly onto Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian continued to ask, "How long more will it take for the Divine Remains Equipment to be forged from the Divine level spinal bone?" Once he could be equipped with the sword and the armor, Fang Xingjian's power would grow tremendously. Even if he were to go and get the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, he would not have to be scared that someone would be waiting to prey on him in secret.

"The World-Engulfing Battle God Armor was something we modified from the previous refinements, while the Divine Sword, that is to be forged from the Divine level spinal bone, needs to be refined starting from scratch. However, the preparations are almost done. After succeeding in refining the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor, we have gained even more experience. Now, we only need to make some changes to the blueprint. Within two to three months, we'll be able to forge a longsword that's a Divine Remains Equipment."

After Wang Xiaoyan finished saying that, Fang Xingjian nodded. "Alright. Feel free to use whatever resources you require. There's no need to save on the money."

After discussing more about the design and plans for the Divine Remains Equipment, Wang Xiaoyan and Fang Qian took their leave. However, soon after that, Zhou Xingwen came in and placed a drawing before Fang Xingjian.

"Xingjian, we have news of a Origin Essence Stone. It doesn't belong to the Church, the Terrene Shrine, or the Empire's royal family. We've discovered a piece of Origin Essence Stone which may still be undiscovered."

"Oh?" Fang Xingjian unrolled the drawing to see that it was one of a dazzling and extremely beautiful young lady. However, Fang Xingjian was not attracted by the young lady but by the necklace around her neck that had a gemstone on it.

Fang Xingjian took a look at the necklace and said, "Someone used an Origin Essence Stone to make a necklace?"

"There's this possibility," Zhou Xingwen said in a deep voice. "After all, there are only a few Origin Essence Stones in the entire world. Few people know of it, and even fewer people recognize it. We've only came up with this suspicion after having verified it multiple times."

"That's right." Fang Xingjian nodded. "Who is this lady?"

"Audrey Pop, the Young Miss from the Pop Clan," Zhou Xingwen said. "The Northern Ice Region's Pop Clan has been dealing with food trade for close to 100 years. They're a wealthy and influential clans in the Northern Ice Region. Although they might not be considered to be one of the best, they are a first-rate influence. It probably wouldn't be easy if we offer to purchase it directly."

"There's no need to alarm them." Fang Xingjian put aside the drawing as he made up his mind about getting his hands on this Origin Essence Stone. Moreover, in order to have absolute confidence, he would need to personally take action in secret and get his hands on the Origin Essence Stone.

Thinking of this, he handed the drawing back to Zhou Xingwen and said, "Leave it be for now. Just keep an eye on it."

Zhou Xingwen was slightly taken aback, as if he had not expected Fang Xingjian to react this way. Was the Origin Essence Stone not something very important and to be acquired immediately?

However, after Fang Xingjian was placed in an unfavorable position from the Terrene Shrine's ambush previously, he no longer planned to let his subordinates alarm others when something as important as an Origin Essence Stone was involved. He planned to personally head to the Northern Ice Region and take a look.

In particular, with the eyes of the First Prince, the escaped Fifth Prince, and the Terrene Shrine all focused on him, this made Fang Xingjian even more unwilling to lose this chance of acquiring an Origin Essence Stone.

Therefore, after Zhou Xingwen left, Fang Xingjian said to Tyrant, "Take on my appearance for the next few days and help me watch over the Great Western City. Make a few trips outside and show your face appropriately."

"Oh?" Although Tyrant was a little surprised, he still nodded to indicate his agreement. Fang Xingjian then looked toward Lilia, who was practicing her sword art at the side, and said, "Lilia, stop for a while."

Seeing that Lilia's face was flushed red, with heat rising from all over her body, Fang Xingjian said, "Tidy up and head out with me."

With Lilia around, she could act as a cover for him. Moreover, he could also take the chance to nurture this disciple of his.

After all, records of Lilia's identity had been almost entirely removed. So, she was the right person for the job.

Therefore, that afternoon, Fang Xingjian brought Lilia along and arrived at Boulder City in Northern Ice Region. The two of them cut across the air and descended over ten kilometers outside the Northern Ice Region. The moment they landed, Fang Xingjian kept his aura in check and changed his appearance.

With the control he had over his physical body, doing things like changing the corner of his eyes, the tip of his nose, or his cheekbones was far too simple. Such changes to the details of his appearance made him look like a completely different person. Even if many students from the Regional Academy had seen him before, they might not be able to recognize him with his current appearance.

The two of them walked toward the Pop Clan's manor, arriving at the wall outside the backyard.

Fang Xingjian looked at Lilia and said, "Wait here for a while. I'll head in and take a look first."

As he spoke, Fang Xingjian performed the sword of Infiltrating Void, entered spatial gaps, and completely disappeared.

Seeing how Fang Xingjian came and went as he wished, envious feelings grew in Lilia's heart.

Out of the Five God-Slaying Swords, the one technique which Lilia was the most envious of and had liked the most awas the Infiltrating Void. It allowed one to come and go as they wished, combining attack and defense into one. It was a pity that she had been unable to comprehend it. On the contrary, she was able to advance quickly in the training of the All-Conquering sword. She felt very helpless about this.

Fang Xingjian darted into spatial gaps and moved casually throughout the entire Pop Clan. With his current sword arts cultivation, he could do something like this with great ease, like a fish swimming in the water. In that instant, he had gone through the entire manor of the Pop Clan, then he eventually stopped in a garden located in the backyard.

The plants in the entire garden had been trimmed into various styles, and several hundred types of flowers were in bloom. The entire place appeared extremely beautiful.

In a pavilion located in this garden, a young lady, whose beauty could be said to be capable of bringing down countries and cities, was reclined on a long bench, with her white dress trailing down to the ground. The young lady's big round eyes were looking at the flower in her hands, while her clean and elegant little feet dangled causally. She was the Pop Clan's Young Miss, Audrey Pop.

This Young Miss, who was said to be the top beauty in the Northern Ice Region, was currently looking at the flower in her hands with a sad expression. It was as if there was something bothering her.

In such a situation, Fang Xingjian took a step forward and exited the spatial gaps, appearing before Audrey.

Audrey blinked and asked, "Who are you?" Her eyes were filled with curiosity and confusion, seemingly totally unafraid of the appearance of a stranger.

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "I'm here to look for you."

"Look for me? Could it be that you want to kidnap me?" Audrey asked with a smiled. "Aren't you afraid that the guards will seize you?"

"In this world, there's no one who can seize me," Fang Xingjian said as his gaze swept past her neck and wrist. However, he did not discover the location of the necklace. Frowning, he asked, "Where's the necklace that you wore around your neck in the past? Why don't I see it anymore?"

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Chapter 566: Eight Directional Crimson Dragon

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Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, Audrey seemed to find this even more interesting as she let out a soft smile and asked, "You're here to look for the Star of Brilliance? Could it be that you're a robber and you're here to snatch my necklace?"

Fang Xingjian replied, "I'm not a robber. Unless I'm really left with no choice, I'm willing to pay for it. Of course, I can also help you do things in exchange for the necklace. You said that it's called the Star of Brilliance?"

"Buy?" Audrey seemed like she had just heard something funny and laughed out loud. She only stopped after a long while later, shaking her head as she looked toward Fang Xingjian and said, "Do you know how much money the Pop Clan has? We own almost half the food trade in the entire Northern Ice Region. The wealth of the Pop Clan is enough to even buy Northern Ice Region's capital city."

Audrey then looked at Fang Xingjian with slight curiosity and said, "With so much money, are there people can't we hire for the things we want done? It's true that you're amazing to have managed to sneak tracelessly into the garden in our backyard. But if we're talking about something you can help me with… Do you dare to assassinate the leader of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon?"

The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon was the number one dark influence in the Empire. They controlled the strongest assassins, killers, and mercenaries in the south. They were said to be the strongest non-governmental power, and they did all sorts of dark jobs.

If it was said that the Great River Alliance led by the Fist Emperor was a triad, then the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon was a terrorist group through and through.

Their leader was Xia. No one knew where he came from or who his parents were. They only knew that he had been known as Xia from the moment he first joined the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon.

Now, more people called him the Undying Xia. He was one of the ten great Divine level experts in the Empire.

Hearing Audrey's words, Fang Xingjian fell silent for a moment before saying, "I don't know why you want to kill him.

"But if you were willing to hand the Star of Brilliance to me, putting killing him aside, I can at least guarantee that he won't be able to bring you any harm."

"Hehe." Audrey looked at this strange man and kept on dangling her feet. With fair skin that seemed as tender as a baby's, she revealed an amused smile.

She looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "That Undying Xia is one of the ten great Divine level experts in the Empire. I heard that he has experienced countless deadly situations, but he managed to survive through all of them. Back when he had yet to reach the Divine level, he had even assassinated a member of the Myriad Star Palace. He ended up being hunted down by the Myriad Star Palace and was on the run for three consecutive years. Despite this, he still managed to survive. And you're saying that you'll be able to fend him off?

"I don't know where your confidence comes from."

However, at the next moment, Fang Xingjian suddenly disappeared right before Audrey. She blinked and looked around at her surroundings, but he was nowhere to be seen. Their earlier conversation seemed to be just an illusion.

'What's this?

'Was that person earlier a man or a ghost?'

Just as Audrey was thinking of this, another elderly man appeared before Audrey. The man seemed to have a calm disposition, and the aura he exuded was like the strong waves of the sea, displaying a fierce and ambitious disposition.

However, right now, there was only fatigue in his eyes.

When Audrey saw this old man appear, she put aside her confoundment from Fang Xingjian's appearance and disappearance, and said immediately, " Father 1 , are you here to persuade me again?"

"Audrey, the princess that I dote on the most," the old man called out. Then when he saw Audrey's cold expression, he let out a bitter laugh. "If the situation allows, I would be willing to let you find your own lover. Regardless of whether he is rich or poor, or even if he is weak or useless, it'll be fine as long as you like him.

"But reality doesn't allow me to do this. A representative from the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon will be attending tonight's banquet..."

"Eight Directional Crimson Dragon... You're really going to marry me to Xia?" Audrey stood up and said angrily. "That Xia! Don't you know what kind of person he is? He has countless women, and there are even rumors that he has built himself a paradise filled with all the women he grabbed from other places. The women there are never allowed to put on any clothes and have to engage in sex with him endlessly, day and night. You want me to marry someone like that?"

Existences like killers and mercenaries were very tense during battles. Thus, when they were able to relax, they tended to let their desires loose, indulging themselves in pleasures. Of course, there were also a small group of mercenaries who would look for simple things as their hobbies.

However, the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon's Xia was clearly not such a person. As the leader of an international terrorist organization, not only did he like to indulge in pleasures, but he was even more wanton than ordinary mercenaries.

After knowing of Audrey being the top beauty in the Northern Ice Region, he had gotten someone to send a letter indicating that he wanted to marry her.

To seek help on this matter, the old man had run to almost all of the various great influences in the Northern Ice Region. However, when they heard that they would be going up against the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, all of them had shaken their heads and rejected his request.

As for the Empire's government, while they might help him in ordinary circumstances... What kind of situation was the Empire in at the moment? The First Prince was dealing with two Divine level influences, namely the Myriad Star Palace and the Full Moon Shrine.

The King and the Abyss Lord, on the other hand, were preparing for the operation of joining forces with the Mage Association to summon and kill an evil god. How could they possibly let themselves be involved in other complications and make an enemy out of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon?

Andolf, the head of the Pop Clan, looked at Audrey with sympathy and said, "I don't have any way out of this. I'm really left with no choice anymore. For the past three months, the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon has only said a few words and we've already lost 30% of our businesses. If this goes on, even if Xia doesn't do anything, our clan will collapse.

"Father has let you down, but I really don't have any other way out. If you don't marry Xia, it won't be long before our entire Pop Clan deteriorates completely."

Audrey could not bear to see her father like this either. She sat down again without saying a single word and merely looked toward the flower fields outside as the grief in her eyes grew even stronger.

When her father, Andolf, saw the state his daughter was in, he felt great pain too. However, there was nothing he could do. He could only say, "This matter was still a secret at the beginning, but the other side seems to be unable to contain themselves any longer. Tonight, they'll send someone over to announce your engagement during the banquet.

"By then, the entire Northern Ice Region will know of this. They'll even be sending people to take care of you day and night..."

"Are they trying to force me to my death?!"

Seeing how Audrey appeared as if she were dead, Andolf let out a sigh and slowly took his leave. As a man, he had undoubtedly thought of fighting it out to protect his own daughter.

However, as the head of a clan, he did not have the courage to sacrifice his clan and fight against the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon.

After Andolf left, Fang Xingjian appeared once again. However, this time around, there were no changes to Audrey's gaze at all. She merely stared at the flower fields as if she were dead.

Upon detecting Fang Xingjian's appearance, she could not help but say, "How is it? Now that you know what has happened, do you still dare to do work for me?"

Fang Xingjian said, "I see. The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon wants to force you into a marriage? I understand. I'll help you fend off the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, and I guarantee that Xia will never be able to force you to marry him. In return, you'll give me the Star of Brilliance."

Audrey threw an astonished glance toward Fang Xingjian, as if she had not expected him to say something like this.

A long while later, she burst out laughing, appearing as beautiful as if countless flowers had bloomed. Although Fang Xingjian's words seemed childish and and ridiculous, but at the very least, he was the only one who expressed that he was willing to help her.

"Don't put on a front. Just leave. Otherwise, if you are discovered by the guards, you won't be able to leave anymore.

"As for the matter with the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, I can only blame my own bad fortune."

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Chapter 567: Banquet

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Seeing Audrey's reaction, Fang Xingjian did not say much. He knew that facts would speak louder than words.

"We'll leave it to tonight to see if I'll be able to fend off the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon. You just need to prepare the Star of Brilliance."

Audrey smiled, shaking her head. "You want the Star of Brilliance this much? If that's the case, I'll give it to you. Anyway, I won't have anymore use for it. If you need it, then you can have it." After saying that, she stood up and headed for her bedroom.

Fang Xingjian looked at Audrey in astonishment. It was as if he was not expecting her to be cool with it.

On the way, Fang Xingjian continued to move between the spatial gaps as he followed Audrey through many pavilions and buildings. They then arrived at her cloakroom.

The entire cloakroom covered an area of over 100 square meters. There were all sorts of clothes, jewelleries, shoes, and many other things. It showed Pop Clan's wealth.

Audrey walked up to her jewellery cabinet, pulled out a drawer, and took out a gemstone necklace from a corner. She said to the air, "Strange guy, are you still there?"

Fang Xingjian appeared with a flash from the spatial gaps. He looked at the Star of Brilliance which Audrey was holding in her had. One of the red gemstones used for the necklace was suspected to be an Origin Essence Stone.

Audrey handed the Star of Brilliance to Fang Xingjian, saying, "Take it. This is the thing that you want, right? Take it and leave. The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon isn't that easy to deal with. Don't be rash and end up losing your life."

Fang Xingjian was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected to be able to get his hands on the Star of Brilliance so easily. He looked at Audrey's beautiful face, took the Star of Brilliance, and studied it.

Scanning it with waves of Heaven's Perception, Fang Xingjian attempted to channel in his deathly sword intent. At the beginning, there was nothing. However, as more and more of his deathly sword intent was channeled in, Fang Xingjian soon realized something with his sharp senses. There seemed to be almost no depletion to the deathly sword intent that had been channeled into the Origin Essence Stone.

The Origin Essence Stone was even able to absorb some kind of unknown energy to replenish the sword intent's depletion.

'Not only can consciousness be stored in it for a very long time, but the consciousness would even continue to be nurtured.

'However, a person must be of an extremely high level of cultivation with extremely sharp senses to be able to detect such fine differences.'

Fang Xingjian looked at the Origin Essence Stone in his hand and then lifted his head to look at Audrey. His emotions were a little complicated as he had not expected that Audrey would hand him the stone so easily.

Although she was not aware that this was a piece of priceless Origin Essence Stone, just the necklace alone was worth over 10,000 gold.

After seeing Fang Xingjian's strange expression, Audrey smiled teasingly and said, "What? Could it be that you still want other stuff? That won't do. My father will notice it. When that happens, he'll definitely give me a scolding."

"A small favor must be returned many folds over," Fang Xingjian said calmly. "Don't worry. I'm a person who distinguishes between favors and feuds, paying back in kind. Since you've given the Star of Brilliance to me, I won't let you do so for nothing. I'll take on the matter concerning the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon."

Audrey looked at Fang Xingjian, finding it both funny and angry. "Why don't you listen to what people say..."

She still wanted to say more but the strange man disappeared completely from her sight.

Letting out a bitter laugh, Audrey paid it no heed. To her, it seemed as if the other party had just been putting up a front and saying nice words.

As the top beauty in the Northern Ice Region, she had encountered too many men like this.

"I was still thinking if you could bring me with you and escape this place. To think that you left just like that."

Fang Xingjian left the place and once again appeared next to Lilia. She asked, "Master, how was it?"

Fang Xingjian nodded, "I've gotten it." Fang Xingjian opened his hand and the Star of Brilliance lay on his palm.

Lilia said excitedly, "Was it so simple? Master, you're truly very amazing. Are we heading back now?" Toward the latter part of her words, she appeared slightly down. It was as if she had not expected that they would be returning so soon, considering it had not been long since the two of them left for this trip.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. "There's no hurry. We'll stay for the night. Tomorrow, I'll head back to cultivate the tenth level of the mystical prints."

During the next few hours, Fang Xingjian brought Lilia with him, found a vacant house, and then meditated and cultivated. When night fell, Fang Xingjian then performed Infiltrating Void while bringing along Lilia with him.

Fang Xingjian immediately felt layers of difficulty in bringing someone with him as he performed Infiltrating Void. He secretly calculated that even with his cultivation, he would only be able to bring three to four people with him at most. Otherwise, he would not be able to perform Infiltrating Void.

The two of them continued to pass through layers of spatial gaps. In the blink of an eye, they arrived in an empty courtyard in the Pop Clan's manor. Then, with a flash, they appeared in the physical world once again.

Right now, in the Pop residence, the place was filled with light all over, and there were lively sounds in the distant. There were constantly sounds of wine cups meeting and the laughter of men and women alike. It was clear that some kind of drinking party was going on.

"Come, let's go over and take a look."

Fang Xingjian's gaze flickered slightly, and he headed for the lawn where the gathering was being held.

The two of them walked over to the lawn and saw that there were many guests. Most of them were wearing gowns and suits. The men were dressed very smartly while the ladies wore expensive jewelleries. It was apparent that they were all very important and influential characters of the Northern Ice Region.

Many attendants walked on the grass, carrying cocktails and small desserts.

Men stood in small groups, occasionally bursting out in laughter.

Neither Fang Xingjian nor Lilia were dressed up for the event. They were wearing ordinary training clothes and appeared to be unable to fit in with the rest of the people present.

Lilia instinctively detested gatherings like this. She was the daughter of Kirst's City Lord, but back when she was in Kirst City, she had never attended such drinking parties. She felt that they were boring and a waste of time.

So, Lilia could not help but ask Fang Xingjian, "Master, how long are we going to stay here?"

Fang Xingjian walked to a corner with her, closed his eyes, and started to quietly cultivate his ether organs. Hearing Lilia's question, he replied, "We're waiting for the people from the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon to come."

Just as Lilia was feeling a little impatient, a male's voice of surprise rang out, "Lilia, why are you here?"

Lilia lifted her head and looked over. She frowned. "Kite?"

The young man was dressed in a smart suit and his hair combed back. The treasured sword hanging by his waist was clearly very valuable, and he appeared to be filled with the aura of a noble.

This guy was Kite, Lilia's classmate back in the Great Western City's Knight Academy. He had once pursued Lilia.

"Lilia, where have you been all this while?" Kite looked at Lilia, pleasantly surprised. He then looked warily at Fang Xingjian. However, Fang Xingjian had concealed his aura and changed his appearance. Therefore, it was impossible for Kite to recognize him.

Looking at Kite, Lilia frowned and said, "Why have you become like this? You look so weak and girly. Didn't you work hard in cultivating your martial arts?"

Kite was slightly taken aback, appearing slightly awkward. Standing beside him was an effeminate man who seemed to be his friend. This effeminate man found what Lilia had said to be funny. "Young miss, although you look quite pretty, you're quite fierce when you talk."

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Chapter 568: Meeting

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Oliver looked at Kite and asked, "She's the Lilia that you've been thinking about all this time? Aren't you going to introduce us?"

It was only then that Kite reacted. Thinking of his current achievements in the Northern Ice Region, he lifted his head with confidence flashing in his eyes. He looked at Lilia and said, "This is my cousin, Oliver. I followed him here to the Northern Ice Region for business. Our family has always been in the ore trade in the Northern Ice Region, and Oliver is the person in charge here. Right now, I'm his assistant.

"We have many working relationships with the Pop Clan as well. That's why we're here to attend the banquet tonight."

Thinking of how, during this period of time, each sum of money he spent was worth thousands or ten thousands of gold, and that each command he gave was followed by several tens of Knights… Moreover, with the aid from countless resources, his abilities had also soared tremendously. All these things made Kite straighten his back even more proudly.

He threw a glance toward Fang Xingjian, thinking that this guy appeared extremely ordinary and that the clothes he wore were also very plain. Kite could not sense any hint of power coming from Fang Xingjian either.

Due to this, Kite lost a large part of his wariness and asked curiously, "Lilia, why have you come to the Pop Clan? Is this man here a friend of yours?"

Lilia took a look at Fang Xingjian. Seeing that his eyes were still tightly closed and that he was still cultivating, Lilia said, "He's my friend. I just came by to take a look at the banquet tonight."

Kite smiled at Fang Xingjian. He could not be bothered to ask for Fang Xingjian's identity and just said to Lilia directly, "Lilia, accompany me over there. I'll introduce you to a few people. In the future, no matter what you're doing, it'll definitely be very useful."

Kite was filled with impulses to show off his network in the Northern Ice Region to Lilia right now. Having gotten such a rare opportunity to encounter Lilia, he had to get her to stay.

He also had a lot that he wanted to say to Lilia. Kite wanted to ask why she had withdrawn from the school, where she had gone, and why was it that he was no longer able to see her in the Great Western City thereafter...

Hearing that, Lilia turned to take a look at Fang Xingjian. Although Fang Xingjian still did not show any reactions, Lilia still replied, "Thank you, but there's no need for that."

Kite continued to say enthusiastically, "Lilia, don't be shy. Although I don't know what you're doing now, the people I'll be introducing you to are all influential people. As long as you form a close relationship with them, it'll benefit you greatly in the future no matter which domain you choose to be in."

Beside them, Oliver frowned slightly when he saw Lilia look occasionally toward Fang Xingjian. He knew that the relationship between Lilia and Fang Xingjian was probably not something simple.

He patted Kite on the shoulder and said, "Forget it. If she's unwilling, then let's go. I brought your name up to Bruce two days ago. He wants to meet you today. Come with me."

At the beginning, Kite was still a little unwilling to part with Lilia. However, upon hearing the name 'Bruce', his expression changed immediately, and he nodded to Lilia, saying, "Then Lilia, I'll go off to meet an important person first. You must wait for me. I'll come look for you in a while."

He was then dragged away by Oliver. Soon after, Oliver said to Kite, "You fool. Your goddess' relationship with that guy doesn't seem simple."

"What? Impossible. That guy look so ordinary. They're probably just friends."

Oliver grinned while saying, "Didn't you notice it? Each time you asked Lilia a question, she would turn to look at that guy. It's clear that her actions are all dependent on him.

"Moreover, it's not only outstanding guys who are attractive. Some guys aren't capable at all but know the right things to say to keep girls happy. They are very popular as well."

Kite frowned slightly and seemed to want to head back immediately.

Oliver shook his head and said a little helplessly, "What are you being so impulsive for? Do you want to beat up that guy? Or are you going to question Lilia? You're really childish. Before you deal with others, you must first find out his background."

Kite asked puzzledly, "How do I do that?"

Oliver's expression relaxed. He looked at Kite as if he were playing a game. To him, teasing the people under him was also considered to be an interesting game.

Oliver said, "There's an attendance list for all the guests who are here today. Later on, I'll get someone to check out the name of the guy who had came with Lilia. We'll be able to find out then.

"These are all small matters. There are women anywhere. These are just two unimportant people, and we'll be able to deal with them anytime.

"The crux is Bruce.

"I'll be introducing you to Bruce today. So, I'm telling you, don't mess things up.

"I brought up your name several times to him previously, and he's willing to meet you. There's no need for me to say more about how amazing Bruce is. You must perform well later."

Kite nodded. Thinking of how he was going to meet Bruce very soon, nervousness flashed in his eyes.

Bruce was the Eldest Young Master of the Henry Clan, a top notch clan in the Northern Ice Region. There were two members of the clan from two generations who had been the Governor of the Northern Ice Region. After one hundred years in the Northern Ice Region, they had become a deeply rooted clan in this region and possessed great influence.

After the terms of the two Governors ended, the Henry Clan moved to the Northern Ice Region, instantly becoming the number one clan in the region.

It could be said that if one wished to stay in the Northern Ice Region, without the support from the Henry Clan, they would be in two different worlds.

Bruce, the Eldest Young Master in the Henry Clan, had already become a level 29 Conferred Knight despite his young age. Moreover, under his management, the Henry Clan's ore businesses had taken up over 70% of the market share. He was now an overlord in the region, and even the current Governor had called to meet up many times. Bruce could really be said to be a master of both martial arts and literature.

Although Bruce had yet to fully take over the Henry Clan, everyone already considered him as the next clan head.

Kite followed his cousin, Oliver, to a corner on the lawn, where they saw many young masters and young ladies, each with a great air of nobility, surrounding around a young man.

This young man was wearing a dark golden suit and holding onto a scepter. There was also a ring with a green gemstone on his index finger. All of these together displayed the disposition, elegance, mystery, and low-profile dignity which were passed down through a 100-year-old aristocrat clan for decades through the generations.

He was Henry Clan's current Eldest Young Master, Bruce.

Upon seeing Kite and Oliver, Bruce laughed out loud. "Look who's here? My brother, Oliver."

Just a simple line gave off a pleasant and comfortable feeling like enjoying a spring breeze. Bruce shared a light embrace with Oliver before turning to Kite and saying, "This must be the Kite whom you've often mentioned to me? I heard about the matter concerning the Black Quarry. You did quite a good job."

Kite nodded, feeling a little overwhelmed by the flattery, and said, "You're praising me too much. Compared to the magnificent work you've done with the canal, what I've done is nothing."

"Don't be nervous. You're Oliver's brother, so that means that you're one of us." Bruce patted Kite's shoulder warmly, closing in the gap between them. He was truly a born leader.

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Chapter 569: Reversed Scales

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Kite quickly got close with Bruce. He felt Bruce had a graceful demeanor and was knowledgeable. No matter what they talked about, he would be able to get straight to the crux of things. Moreover, Bruce did not carry himself with airs of arrogance. He simply, simply...

'...has the disposition of a sovereign?' Kite thought. 'If Bruce had been born in the royal family, his achievements might not lose out to the First Prince.'

Halfway through their conversation, an attendant suddenly walked up to Oliver and said something softly in his ear.

Oliver smiled and looked at Kite. "Your little girlfriend is really special."

"Oh? Kite's girlfriend is here as well?" Bruce asked. "Why didn't you bring her over?"

Oliver shook his head and shared with him what had happened earlier. He then said, "Guess who that guy is."

"Who?"

Oliver smiled with a hint of disdain in his eyes as he responded, "Their names are not on the name list. Both of them snuck in."

"What?!" Kite exclaimed.

Oliver then smiled again with a hint of arrogance in his eyes. "I've already told them to inform the guards. Just wait to watch a good show. Later on, just find a good chance to appear and be the hero to save the damsel in distress. As for that guy, it'll just take a single word to deal with him."

Kite instantly understood. Oliver wanted him to go over and help Lilia to resolve her predicament when she was being chased out.

Bruce looked in Fang Xingjian's direction with interest. It was rare to be able to see such a farce at the Pop Clan's banquet.

As for people like them who had snuck in, they were probably coveting for fame and wealth, wanting to find someone to curry favors to. Both Oliver and Bruce had encountered too many people like these previously, so for them, it was interesting to occasionally make a fool out of these people.

Two guards appeared before Fang Xingjian and Lilia, nodded in greeting, and said politely, "Excuse me, can I please see your invitations?"

Lilia frowned slightly and said, "We tossed them away after entering. What do you want?"

The two guards exchanged glances with slight changes to their expressions. They now looked toward Fang Xingjian and Lilia with a hint of contempt. In their opinion, a beauty like Lilia had probably snuck into the banquet to look for a man with authority and influence.

"I apologize, but this is a private banquet. We suspect that the two of you have not been invited. Please come with us."

A hint of surprise flashed on Lilia's face. She turned to look at Fang Xingjian but did not receive any instructions from him. The two guards were already starting to get a little impatient. "Please come with us."

The situation here had already drawn the attention of many people in the hall. Now, the gazes cast toward Fang Xingjian and Lilia were all different, with some of contempt, others of amusement. Some felt curious, and others were judging them.

Amongst a group of married ladies, one of them by the name of Vicky said, "To think that people can sneak in even into a banquet of the Pop Clan… The security really isn't up to standard."

Another lady next to her said, "Hehe, I've long felt that they were strange to be wearing those clothes to attend this banquet. It turns out that they snuck in."

Yet another lady added, "That lady looks quite pretty. She must be here to catch herself a man."

Hearing the teasing coming from the crowd, hints of fury flashed on Lilia's face. During this past period of time in which she had been receiving guidance from Fang Xingjian, her cultivation level had reached that of a level 25 Conferred Knight. She was now starting to condense specialty seeds and was not to be underestimated. At this moment, she really felt like striking out at the people.

However, her flushed face was interpreted by the others as her embarrassment and awkwardness. Kite frowned and was about to step out as he could not stand it anymore.

Oliver, who was next to him, grabbed him by the shoulder and grinned, saying, "Why are you being so anxious? The show is just starting.

"If you step out after they've been dragged out, telling them that she was the lady companion you brought with you, she'll definitely fall head over heels for you. By then, you might even be able to reach home base with her tonight."

Just then, Fang Xingjian finally opened his eyes slightly, throwing a glance toward the two guards. With this one simple glance, the faces of the two guards turned pale. It was as if they had fallen into the ice plains in the north pole and rendered unable to move.

"Scram."

The two guards immediately retreated a few steps back with trembling legs, seeming as if they were about to flee.

However, just as the two of them were about to flee, a lady dressed in white walked over quickly.

The lady had beautiful long hair draping down her exquisite and elegant face, as well as fair and tender skin, making her appear like a legendary spirit. The moment she appeared, the gazes of almost everyone present were drawn to her, overwhelmed by how amazingly the gods had created her.

The person who had just arrived was the Young Miss of the Pop Clan, the lady who was said to be the top beauty in the Northern Ice Region—Audrey Pop.

She walked up to stand in front of Fang Xingjian and shook her head helplessly. "The two of you can leave. These two are my friends."

The two guards threw a horrified glance toward Fang Xingjian and left immediately when they heard Audrey's words as if they had been granted amnesty.

When Audrey stepped in to help Fang Xingjian and Lilia, it shocked everyone present.

Even Kite and Oliver were also astonished. However, seeing Audrey take Fang Xingjian's hand and leave, their mouths opened wide, unable to say a word.

Bruce, who was at the side, suddenly crushed the wine glass he was holding. Killing intent seemed to be amassing in his eyes.

Oliver immediately recalled that Bruce and Audrey were seen to be the most suitably matched couple amongst the younger generation of the Northern Ice Region. It was said that Bruce had always had a crush on Audrey, and seeing how Bruce was acting now, it was clear that it was not just a crush.

Audrey pulled Fang Xingjian and Lilia away, and ran toward a small garden. She could not help but say, "Why have you come? Haven't I already given you the item? Are you really unafraid of death?"

She then shook her head. "Forget it. How about this. You're good at using stealth, right? If you're really unafraid of death, then do you dare bring me away with you?"

Lilia looked at Audrey with her guard up. With Audrey's beautiful and seemingly fragile appearance, Lilia felt Audrey was an overwhelming threat.

Furthermore, after hearing what Audrey said, Lilia's gaze reflected that she was even more wary against Audrey. Lilia looked at Audrey and asked, "Master, who is she?"

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "She's the person who gave me the stone. The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon has their eyes on her. I'm going to protect her."

Hearing this, not only did the wariness in Lilia's eyes not disappear, but it grew even stronger.

Audrey said helplessly, "What's with the talk about protecting? If you want to repay me, then just help me escape from here. I'll go pack up, and you can come to my room to look for me at 4a.m. tonight. It's decided then."

Seeing how eager Audrey was to try this out, Fang Xingjian frowned slightly.

It was just then that Bruce, Kite, and Oliver walked over. Having heard Audrey's words, the killing intent in Bruce's eyes grew even stronger as he glared at Fang Xingjian with great jealousy.

He had known Audrey since young and had felt that the two of them were a match made in heaven, the most suitable couple in the entire Northern Ice Region.

Bruce had always thought that Audrey had feelings for him as well, and as such, he already saw Audrey as his own woman, someone who was exclusively his. How could he possibly bear the thought of having others taint her? Fang Xingjian's current actions were simply just like pulling out his reversed scales 1 .

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Chapter 570: Beating Up

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Bruce walked over slowly and suddenly spoke in a loud voice, "Audrey, aren't you going to introduce your friend to me?"

When Audrey lifted her head to look at Bruce and the other two, she frowned slightly. "Who they are is none of your business. Bruce, you are in no position to interfere with my matters."

Hearing this, Bruce's fury grew even more intense, and waves of a strong and powerful aura that was like that of an ancient divine mountain rose within Bruce. His joints shook, creating sounds that were like steel reinforcing bars clashing together.

Strong power emerged, vibrating in waves from the surface of his power. The air seemed as if it had been compressed into something physical, and as he clenched his hands lightly, sounds of air exploding seemed to emerge from his palms.

Each and every one of his actions exuded a power and aura which were like those of a supernatural existence.

Beside him, Kite sensed what was happening, and he wore a horrified expression. The aura that Bruce was displaying at the moment made him seem like a totally different person from the one who had been chatting and joking cheerfully.

Bruce smiled coldly and did not reply to Audrey. Instead, he looked at Fang Xingjian and spoke with an indifferent tone as if he were a god standing above everyone else. "I'm Bruce Henry. I don't care who you are, nor do I care why you would dare to get close to Audrey.

"I'm now giving you one minute. If you scram from this banquet within one minute, I can treat it as if I have not met you tonight."

Although Kite was terrified by Bruce's aura, he thought of Lilia and still plucked up his courage to say, "Lilia, why are you still standing there? Come over here quickly."

Lilia threw them a look of disdain, as if she could not be bothered to say anything.

Feeling anxious and worried that Lilia would also suffer from Bruce's wrath, Kite was about to walk out to pull Lilia over to their side. However, he had only taken one step forward when Oliver quickly pressed down on his shoulder.

A series of information gushed into Kite's mind. Oliver said anxiously, "Why are you trying to create trouble? Even though Bruce was chatting and joking with you earlier, if you were to infuriate him, be careful that you might not be able to take a single step out of this city tonight."

A shiver ran through Kite's spine. He stopped in his tracks, not daring to take another step.

Bruce wrapped his arms before his chest, looked at Fang Xingjian coldly, and said, "There are 30 seconds left."

Fang Xingjian did not even throw a glance in Bruce's direction. Today, he was only here to help Audrey stand up against the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon. When would he care about the other people in the banquet?

He said nonchalantly, "Scram."

A cold glimmer of light shot out from Bruce's eyes, as if all kinds of plots and schemes were spinning around in his mind. "Brat, you are asking for this." Fang Xingjian was 19 years old, so it was true that he was just a brat to Bruce.

Just then, Audrey shouted angrily, "Enough! Bruce, if you continue to create trouble, I won't ever talk to you anymore in this lifetime." Audrey was still hoping for Fang Xingjian to help her escape. How could she possibly allow Bruce to interfere?

Hearing this, Bruce's countenance turned grim. He was so angry that he was on the verge of spitting out blood, feeling as if his heart had been stabbed fiercely by someone.

He pointed toward Fang Xingjian and said, "You're good. You're very good."

As Bruce said this, his expression was as if someone had stomped down several times on his feet. He looked at Fang Xingjian as if he was a man-eating wild beast.

However, Bruce liked Audrey too much. So, he eventually turned to leave after taking a long look at Audrey and Fang Xingjian.

However, he had just turned when Fang Xingjian's voice rang out, "Did I say that you can leave?"

Bruce was so infuriated that he started laughing, turning back to look at Fang Xingjian as if he were looking at an idiot.

Oliver could not help but frown and said, "Lad, learn what's good for you. Before you do anything, it's better for you to be clear about who your opponent is."

"You talk too much." As Fang Xingjian said this, he tapped out a finger across space. Then Oliver felt intense pain on his face, as if someone had smashed his face with a great hammer. He flew out, spinning. Oliver's entire face was distorted, deformed, and covered in blood. He was completely disfigured.

Oliver struggled to touch his face. Then when he saw his hand covered in blood, he bellowed out crazily, "I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him!"

"How dare you?!" With a furious snort, Bruce took one step forward and appeared before Fang Xingjian. Strong power shook through his body, and he charged out toward Fang Xingjian like a human-shaped tank. Bruce crushed the flower beds with his powerful stomps wherever he passed by, and he seemed to have compressed the air before him into something physical.

From the side, Audrey shouted in surprise, "All of you, stop now!"

However, how could Bruce possibly stop? All he could see right now was Fang Xingjian, and he was bent on killing and crushing him, letting Fang Xingjian understand what kind of existence he had offended.

However, just as Bruce's punch was about to strike Fang Xingjian's face, Fang Xingjian kicked out casually. His kick could not be seen. In fact, none of his actions could be seen before Bruce was sent flying out like a missile and knocking into Oliver, who was still on the ground. The two of them smashed through a wall. Then with a loud boom , they landed on the lawn where the banquet was being held.

Audrey covered her eyes uncontrollably and gasped, "Oh, my god. What on earth are you doing?" She understood the Henry Clan's abilities too well and knew that Fang Xingjian had just stirred up a hornet's nest.

Kite was totally dumbfounded as he watched this scene, only reacting after a few breaths. He shook his head while looking at Fang Xingjian and Lilia. "You guys are on your own now." After saying that, he ran toward the direction of Bruce and Oliver. He seemed to be able to imagine the great fury of Bruce and the Henry Clan. A storm was about to brew.

Just as Kite fled from the small garden, countless gazes turned toward him. It was apparent that the situation in the garden had already attracted the attention of the people at the banquet.

On the ground, Bruce's muscles were twitching. He was covered in dust and unable to get up to his feet even after a very long while. Oliver was in a worse state. His head was covered in blood, and his consciousness was very hazy.

Kite quickly helped them up and moved them toward the seats at the side. Everyone looked at this scene in astonishment, and even more people immediately gathered around and showed great concern toward Bruce.

However, the two of them were after all, Conferred Knights with astonishing recovery abilities for their physical bodies. It did not take long before they began to recover bit by bit.

A short while later, Audrey walked out with Fang Xingjian and Lilia. This made everyone even more surprised and puzzled as they kept trying to guess what had happened.

A few married ladies in the distance chuckled. One of them, by the name of Madam Vicky, was clearly a well-known tattletale in the circle. When she saw this scene, she covered her mouth and laughed softly. "There's going to be a good show to watch now. Bruce and Audrey have known each other since young, and Bruce has always been thinking of marrying Audrey. This lad has offended Bruce greatly."

Another lady next to Madam Vicky said, "To think that they dare to take action at the banquet… Bruce must be overwhelmed with fury this time around. However, this lad is quite strong to be able to give Bruce a beating."

Vicky laughed. "What's the point for an individual to possess a little strength? Moreover, Bruce's talent in martial arts has always been ordinary. However, ever since Henry Clan's Old Ancestor retired from the Governor position, he has kept himself closed up in seclusion for twenty years. Who knows what level he has reached now?

"The youngsters these days are too arrogant. Just because they are a little strong, they become unaware of how big the world out there is. He should be made to experience some sufferings."

Another aristocratic lady smirked. "I wonder how Bruce will deal with him. Haha, the Young Miss of a wealthy family has taken a liking to a commoner. Do they really think that the real world is like a romance novel?"

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Chapter 571: Rehlings

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Level 29 was segregated into many different tiers. There were people like the Fifth Prince and the Supreme Chief, who were Demigods at two, three, or four tiers of perfection.

There were also people who were merely at the pinnacle of level 29, like the Governor and the Regional Chief.

Then there were people like the Deputy Governor, Sword Saint Sasa, and Hoppes who was the head of the Sword Tower... These people were amongst the second tier of level 29.

There were also people like Hildebrand, students who were amongst the top three in the academy.

Additionally, there were people who were on the lowest level, students who had just become level 29 Conferred Knights. Bruce was one such example.

Being at level 29 brought about endless potential, but there could be vast differences in battle prowess between these groups of people. Fang Xingjian had already understood the principles behind this since a long time ago. The stronger ones amongst them, those at the level the First Prince was at previously, would be able to single-handedly change the circumstances of a country.

The weakest amongst them, like Hildebrand who was just one of the top three students in the academy, would merely enjoy a little reputation and fame in being called geniuses.

Although Bruce had become a level 29 expert, he was at the very bottom amongst those at level 29, so Fang Xingjian's earlier display of strength was enough to crush him.

If it were in another situation, Fang Xingjian's earlier performance would have placed him in high regard. However, as the person he struck was Bruce, people had already begun to mourn for Fang Xingjian.

While Bruce laid back on a reclined chair, listening to the endless words of concerns from the people around him, his countenance grew increasingly grim. It was as if he was forcibly suppressing his fury, yet he was also like a volcano before an eruption, able to bring about a world-shaking disaster at any moment.

To him, everyone was casting at him gazes filled with ridicule, and there were only jeers behind those words of concern.

"Go to the clan and call for Master Masa. Right now. Immediately," he said as he grabbed one of his subordinates. "Tell Masa that I want that man dead. I don't care what his background is, and I don't care whose subordinate he is, or who he has backing him up. Before the banquet tonight ends, he must die."

Bruce spoke in a soft voice, and the words he said were like a cold wind coming from the north pole. Kite, who was next to him, shivered uncontrollably, and he cast a pitiful gaze toward Fang Xingjian.

Simultaneously, he heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully, Bruce had not transferred his fury onto Lilia.

Oliver, who was also at the side, now had his head covered in blood. He looked at Fang Xingjian with great hatred. "That's right, he must die. No one has ever dared to do this to me. This man... I want to break all of his limbs and feed them to the dogs!"

At the same time, he also looked at Audrey with disdain. He could not understand why this woman was so foolish.

It was true that the Pop Clan was very amazing. However, compared to the Henry Clan, who had been staying in the Northern Ice Region for over a hundred years, the Pop Clan was nothing.

Having been in the Northern Ice Region for over a hundred years and even produced two generations of Governors, the Henry Clan now had countless followers in the Northern Ice Region's government. Oliver felt terrified just from thinking of the influence that the Henry Clan held. Even the top person in the Northern Ice Region, the current Governor who was one of the First Prince's subordinates, would place a high level of importance in placating the Henry Clan.

'Foolish woman. The Pop Clan is in serious trouble because of her.' Oliver looked at Fang Xingjian as his eyes filled with scorching vengeance. "Lad, you have no idea what kind of monster you're up against."

Simultaneously, he turned to look toward a corner of the banquet where the head of the Pop Clan, Andolf, was positioned.

Bruce also looked toward Andolf, as if questioning why he was not doing anything.

Most of the people turned their gazes toward Andolf. They seemed to want to see what the host of the banquet would do.

However, Andolf merely wore a composed expression, showing only a little dissatisfaction in his gaze as he looked at Fang Xingjian. However, after looking at Audrey, a hint of loving pity flashed in his eyes.

'Sigh, forget it. Just let Audrey act wilfully for once. As for the Henry Clan, they are amazing, but if our clan really does become affiliated with the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, then the Henry Clan will be nothing.' Andolf turned his gaze onto Fang Xingjian, smiling coldly in his heart, 'It's just that this young man... I hope that Audrey won't commit any mistakes.'

Andolf detested youngsters like Fang Xingjian. In his opinion, people like Fang Xingjian were filled with youthful vigor and tended to be ignorant of just how big the world was simply because they had made a little achievement in their cultivation. They would think that their talent was unrivalled and that the whole world spun around them. There were too many unnecessary contradictions in this world, and these contradictions were all caused by youngsters like Fang Xingjian.

Although Fang Xingjian had displayed powerful abilities in casually defeating Bruce and Oliver, it depended on who he was compared to. The power that Fang Xingjian had displayed earlier would only be amongst the top five in a Regional Academy. Although it was considered quite good, it was only that and nothing more.

Andolf thought, 'If it was one year ago, I might give you a chance to pursue Audrey. However, right now, what are you when compared with the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon?'

When everyone saw Andolf's behavior, they were all secretly puzzled. Could it be that the brat was some kind of important character? To the extent that Andolf was having reservations?

"Andolf... Pop Clan... I will remember this. You guys are great." Vengeful feelings kept on surging in Bruce's heart. "Hmph, wait till Masa comes. When he comes..."

As expected of a level 29 Conferred Knight, Bruce's physical injuries had recovered by quite a lot. With a light shake, he shook off all the dust and dirt on him. However, the hatred in his heart grew even more intense.

However, he knew from the earlier attack that he was no match for Fang Xingjian. Moreover, the Pop Clan was not helping him. Therefore, he could only hold it in and wait till the expert from his clan arrived.

Audrey stood next to Fang Xingjian and placed her hand on her head like she had a bad headache. She kept on saying, "Why are you so impulsive? Do you know that he is the Henry Clan's Eldest Young Master, Bruce? If you offend him, there won't be any place for you in the entire Northern Ice Region. Do you know that?

"Even if you have great stealth abilities, you'll still have to eat, sleep and rest, right? Once the Henry Clan makes their move, you won't even be given a single chance to take a breather. Moreover, their clan has no lack of experts, and there are definitely existences who are stronger than you."

However, when she saw how nonchalant Fang Xingjian was being, her anger increased even more.

Just then, a series of gasps rang out from the banquet's entrance. It seemed that some kind of important character had arrived again.

Bruce threw a sideward glance toward that direction and saw a strong bald man who was slovenly dressed. This person was the number one genius in the Northern Ice Region, Rehlings, who had once helped Fang Xingjian in testifying for the Rebirth Sword Technique.

Seeing this genius, Bruce's eyes narrowed slightly. Although the influences of Rehlings' family was a far cry for Bruce's, Bruce was no match for him in terms of personal abilities.

Thankfully, although the two of them were not friends, they were not enemies either.

As the number one genius in the Northern Ice Region and an expert who was seen to have a chance to strive for the Divine level, Rehlings' appearance attracted everyone's gazes. It was as if Rehlings had been born to be the center of attention.

The only person who could be a match for Rehlings seemed to be the Henry Clan's Eldest Young Master, Bruce. One of them was unrivalled in influence, while the other had astonishing strength. They were said to be the two most outstanding people among the Northern Ice Region's younger generation.

The gazes of countless people darted to and fro continuously between the two of them, as if in anticipation that the two of them would meet up. Bruce was the only one who felt a little awkward. He did not wish to meet Rehlings in a moment like this. However, he adjusted his emotions a little and waited for Rehlings to come over. In the meantime, Bruce displayed the air of an aristocrat.

Just as Bruce thought that Rehlings would walk over in his direction, Rehlings looked puzzledly in Fang Xingjian's direction. Then, laughing out loud, he headed toward Fang Xingjian.

Oliver frowned. "This guy knows Rehlings?"

"So that's how it is. His backing is Rehlings? But to be with Rehlings, he shouldn't be an ordinary person either. Why haven't I seen him before?" Kite said as he was unable to understand the situation. "But even Rehlings is only of a similar standing with Bruce. He isn't even Rehlings himself, so what's the use?"

Madam Vicky, who was standing in the distant, spoke with disdain, "So, he sees Rehlings as his backing. But Rehlings is only slightly stronger than Bruce in terms of his individual abilities, and while it is true that he has amazing talent, how could his overall abilities be compared with the Henry Clan's power that has been accumulated over a hundred years? In terms of actual abilities, Rehlings is still a far cry to go against the Henry Clan.

"Moreover, this guy isn't even Rehlings himself."

As everyone looked at Fang Xingjian, their gazes seemed to have changed slightly. However, even if Rehlings himself had been the one who struck Bruce, he would not be able to take on the aftermath by himself. Moreover, the one who had struck was not even Rehlings himself.

Rehlings, on the other hand, looked at Fang Xingjian with some curiosity. He sent out a powerful martial will gushing toward Fang Xingjian that was filled with waves of the prestige of thunderbolts.

Thunderbolts came down from the heavens and held endless prowess. Moreover, they were able to change the environment and bring about vigor. They had always been seen as a symbol of the gods, the link between life and death.

Right now, Rehlings' martial will had with it the prestige of thunderbolts, making one feel as if they were facing a great might that had descended from the heavens.

However, Fang Xingjian did not move at all and just took on the martial will as it came, just using the deathly sword intent in his heart to casually collide with Rehlings' martial will.

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Chapter 572: Sybarite Concubine

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"Fang Xingjian?"

"You're able to recognize me?"

"Hehe, although there is some slight changes to your appearance, I'm still able to recognize the disposition coming from your will."

Their exchange was over in an instant. Rehlings chuckled and said, "Why have you come to the Northern Ice Region? Why didn't you tell me that you're here?"

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "It's nothing important. There's no need to trouble you."

However, Rehlings refused to leave Fang Xingjian alone and kept on wanting to discuss about martial arts.

The fight between Fang Xingjian and the Terrene Shrine was well concealed and no one knew of it. However, just his records of having defeated The School of Sword Arts' Supreme Chief, as well as having pushed back the Fifth Prince in the Eastern Sand Region, were sufficient to earn him the top position amongst the younger generation of the Empire.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian was not saying anything, Rehlings grinned and said, "Do you know that you won't be able to participate in the National Selections this time around?"

Fang Xingjian lifted his head and threw a glance toward Rehlings. A little surprised, he asked, "Oh? How did you know that?" The prize for getting first place in the National Selection was a Divine Remains Equipment. Fang Xingjian was definitely going to try to get it.

When Rehlings saw that his conversation topic had finally gotten Fang Xingjian's attention, he grinned and said, "I have my own information network. The Knight Association and the National Central Academy are planning to invite you to be a judge for the coming National Selection. Therefore, you won't be able to join in the capacity of a participant.

"This is the latest insider news. It'll probably take one week before it reaches your Great Western City."

"Judge?" Fang Xingjian frowned, unable to understand why the central government was doing this.

Audrey looked at Rehlings and Fang Xingjian with slight astonishment. Seeing how Rehlings, who usually did not care to talk much to others, had actually spoken so much with Fang Xingjian, a sense of confusion grew in her mind. "Who on earth are you?"

Fang Xingjian said, "You'll find out in a while."

Rehlings took a look at Audrey and Fang Xingjian, frowning sightly to himself. He communicated with Fang Xingjian through martial will, "Brother, you better not lay your hands on this lady. An important character has already reserved her."

"Xia? You know about this as well?"

"Of course. If it's not to see the demeanor of a Divine level expert, why would I possibly come? But since you know of this, why are you still getting involved with this lady?"

"I'm going to protect her."

Their communication ended instantly, and Rehlings eyes were agape as he looked at Fang Xingjian in disbelief. Fang Xingjian was going to go against the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon for Audrey's sake?

Rehlings smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, a beauty's arms spells the hero's demise. Aren't you risking too much for Audrey's sake?"

Audrey asked puzzledly, "What are you guys talking about?"

Rehlings threw a glance at her and smiled while shaking his head. "It's such a fortunate thing to be blessed with good looks."

From afar, Bruce saw Rehlings treating Fang Xingjian warmly and smirked in his heart. 'You've merely been raved as the number one genius in the Northern Ice Region, yet you really treat yourself as somebody great.

'Everyone of you thinks of yourself as a genius with astonishing abilities. But, hmph, the accumulated power of our Henry Clan that spans over a hundred years isn't something you guys will be able to understand.'

Being beaten up by a kid made Bruce extremely infuriated. Right now, even if Rehlings was going to stand up for him, Bruce had already decided that he did not plan to show Fang Xingjian any leniency on Rehlings' account.

Thinking of how both Rehlings and Audrey were sticking by that kid, the fury Bruce felt grew tremendously intense. He could not hold it in anymore and grabbed one of his subordinates, urging, "Why isn't Masa here yet? Send another person to get him to hurry."

However, at that moment, there was suddenly music ringing out in the sky as flower petals rained down. It was as if the celestial world had descended upon the human world. Over ten ladies in white muslin clothes were carrying a large sedan while floated down toward them. The ladies looked just like the fairies and saints in the legends, drifting in midair.

Amidst the waves of fragrance and the celestial music, a lady with a wonderful figure and white veil over her head sat in the sedan. She then slowly stood up before everyone. "Diana from the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon has specially come to pay a visit to the Pop Clan."

Bruce raised his brows, suddenly having a bad feeling about this. "Diana from the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon? Why has she come?"

Madam Vicky, who was standing afar, said in astonishment, "Diana? Within the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, Xia is the leader. Xia has the four women he dotes on the most ranked below him, helping him take charge of different areas respectively.

"Out of them, Diana has the name of Sybarite Concubine. Her job is to specially pick out beauties for Xia and fill up his paradise. For her to visit the Pop Clan, could it be…" Saying this, she could not help but smile. "There really has been a lot of events happening today. There's going to be a good show to watch now."

Vicky was not the only one in the banquet who knew of Diana's background. Everyone who knew of it started to whisper amongst themselves, then they looked at Audrey with strange gazes.

Audrey was the top beauty in the Northern Ice Region. If Diana had not come for her, who else could she be here for?

Audrey's face turned pale, and she felt weak all over like she was going to collapse at any moment.

The head of the Pop Clan, Andolf, walked out. "Good evening, Madam Diana. We appreciate the kind sentiments of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon. Please extend our well wishes to Lord Xia."

Wearing a veil over her face, Diana revealed only her pair of eyes, which swept across everyone present with an indifferent gaze. Her gaze stopped on Audrey for a moment. Then she saw Lilia and nodded slightly as well.

Diana said, "There's no need for all the formalities. The Lord has already decided on the wedding with Miss Audrey. The reason I'm here is to bring her back with me. This must be Miss Audrey. She really is a great beauty.

"That female attendant next to her isn't bad either. I shall bring her with me as well."

Andolf's countenance turned a little grim. If Audrey was taken away just like, how would the Pop Clan lift their heads up before others in the future?

From afar, Bruce clenched his fists together as his face turned green and his lips pale. There seemed to be astonishment, fury, and terror in his eyes. At the next instant, he stood up. However, before he could say a word, Oliver had pulled him back and tried to persuade him, "Bruce, as long as you're alive, what kind of woman won't you be able to get your hands on? This is the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon we're talking about. It's the Undying Xia. Even if you don't care about yourself, you must consider your family!"

In fact, the moment Oliver pulled him back, the fury Bruce had forcibly summoned up had already dissipated. Right now, he could only look at Diana and Audrey with an extremely complicated expression. There were terror, relaxing, and vengeful emotions in his eyes, all mixed up together in an extremely complicated mess.

Madam Vicky sighed, "The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon… Even with the power they had accumulated over a hundred years, it's impossible for the Henry Clan to fend them off. The Divine level expert doesn't even have to be present. Just a single word from them can suppress an entire clan… This is really what it means to be impressive. In comparison, the aristocrats in the Northern Ice region are nothing."

Rehlings kept on communicating with Fang Xingjian through information currents, trying to persuade him, "Xingjian, don't be rash. With your talent, you have the chance to strive for the Divine level. If you act impulsively, you'll just be destroying your future.

"The Eight Directional Crimson Dragon's Xia has world-shaking abilities and is one of the ten great Divine level experts of the Empire. Bear with it for now. It won't be too late to exact revenge when you get stronger in the future."

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Chapter 573: Terror

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From the moment when Diana first appeared and silenced the entire scene with just a few words until now, no one had dared to stand up and rebut her. This showed the unparalleled dominance of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon and Xia, and how they did things as they wished.

Diana looked at everyone present. Then as a hint of disdain flashed in her eyes, she had already put out her hand, sending out streams of long white muslin sashes toward Audrey and Lilia.

However, just then, a palm that seemed to hold surges of magical power suddenly appeared. Surpassing time and space, it grabbed at the sashes Diana had shot out.

Fang Xingjian casually grabbed the white muslin and looked at Diana. "Where is Xia's will? Get him to come out and meet me."

"You're courting death!" Diana was infuriated. Xia was one of the ten great Divine level experts in the Empire, the leader of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, and a person of great pride and dignity. How could it be allowed for someone to call him out so easily?

Diana's palm shook, and a gush of violent strength gushed forth, flowing along the white muslin. Wherever it passed by, the air exploded and strong gales blew, as if wanting to shatter everything the white muslin came into contact with.

However, when faced with this attack, Fang Xingjian casually slashed out with his sword finger, turning the white muslin into small pieces. Then with just a single movement, he appeared behind Diana, and with a light grasp, he wrapped his hand around Diana's neck, lifting her up as if she were a small chicken.

"How dare you?!"

Many astonished and furious bellows rang out, and the female attendants, who were all dressed in white and standing next to Diana, had already begun to attack. Countless shadows of kicks and palms encompassed Fang Xingjian entirely.

Almost all of these ladies had the cultivation of being at the pinnacle of the first transition. As they punched and kicked out, they were like many huge elephants dashing out. When over ten of them attacked at the same time, it was as if a bomb had lit up. Even the air seemed like it was going to explode.

However, at the next moment, a loud bellow exploded together with waves of violent martial will.

"Scram!"

Just how powerful were Fang Xingjian's inhales and exhales now? He was able to create an explosion in the ground with just a single blow of air, and right now, layers of stacked air currents exploded with a loud bellow. The ladies in the surroundings who were dressed in white felt that their minds had blanked out. They were badly shaken by the shock waves that were mixed with intense martial will, causing them to collapse while bleeding from their seven apertures.

Diana, who was the closest the to source of the attack, had gotten the worst of it all. Even though she had the battle prowess of a level 29 Conferred Knight, her mind was still buzzing away, and she almost lost her consciousness completely.

Everyone looked at this scene in astonishment. To think that someone would dare to attack the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon's Sybarite Concubine?

Rehlings covered his face like he did not dare to imagine how things were going to develop from there.

Bruce was stunned for a moment before he suddenly let out a breath. "Idiot."

Audrey looked at Fang Xingjian, stunned. A strange gleam seemed to flash across his eyes.

In such a situation, Diana's eyes rolled up suddenly, revealing the whites. Waves of mysterious incantations kept on being released from her body.

They did not come from her stomach, throat, or mouth. The sounds were produced by the ceaseless trembling of her entire body. It was like countless worms making noises, giving off an evil and brutal feeling.

Accompanied by the waves of mysterious incantations, Fang Xingjian seemed to sense that waves of fervent will and beliefs were emerging from Diana's consciousness. They were like signal transmitting towers, shooting out in all directions.

"Hmm?" Fang Xingjian looked at this scene in great astonishment. Then at next moment, he felt a surge of will descend from the heavens and enter Diana's body.

It was an extremely brutal, shrewd, and crazy aura. The First Prince's will had the dignity of a sovereign, as if he was a divine ruler who ruled over the world, whereas the Fifth Prince's will had a disposition that would engulf the world and nurture himself. It was also extremely evil and selfish.

On the other hand, the will that descended from the skies and entered Diana's body could be said to have an extremely brutal, blood thirsty, and primitive disposition that went against all humans and the society.

Furthermore, Fang Xingjian also sensed fervent admiration and beliefs from Diana's will.

'To think that this Xia is able to get his subordinate to have such fervent faith in him? He then uses his subordinate as a signal transmitting tower, allowing him to place a part of his martial will into his subordinate's body at anytime and anyplace?' Fang Xingjian thought. 'Does this guy really think he's a god?'

By this time, Diana's eyes had already turned completely white, and a violent gush of power was emitted from her body, shaking off Fang Xingjian's hand.

"Who?!" An explosive air current shook the air as a single word came out from Diana's mouth. Although it was only a single word, it seemed as if the entire world was starting to tremble.

"Who dares to go up against my Eight Directional Crimson Dragon?"

Under the divine might, everyone felt as if a Mount Tai was crushing their bodies. Countless people dropped to the ground due to the waves of pressure from the Divine level expert. Violent will shot out as if they were material, and terror grew in everyone's heart. It was the fear of having their lives in the control of someone else's hands.

Under the terrifying divine might, Andolf, the clan head, looked at Fang Xingjian in great astonishment and horror. How could he have expected that even the great matter would be messed up by this person? Thinking of how Xia might vent his anger onto the Pop Clan, he pointed at Fang Xingjian, shivering as he said, "It's him. He assaulted Diana. He acted on his own. It has nothing to do with us."

Everyone looked at Fang Xingjian, as if waiting for him to collapse, cry, yell, and beg for forgiveness.

However, Fang Xingjian was destined to disappoint them. Streams of deathly sword intent shot out explosively from Fang Xingjian's body. It was as if streams of black smoke had soared into the air, wanting to cover up the sun and the moon.

The terrifying aura caused everyone's hearts to palpitate. Right now, the pressure coming from Fang Xingjian's body was actually about the same as the one Xia had brought about.

Bruce's countenance changed. He had been able to forcibly support his body at the start, but after Fang Xingjian also unleashed his martial will, Bruce let out a stifled snort and dropped to his knees with a thud .

As for Kite and Oliver, they had both already been forced to their knees under the pressure of Xia's exploded aura.

As he dropped to his knees, Bruce looked at the two people in the sky, and his face flushed extremely red. It was as if his pride had been given a great hit. Veins were even popping up on his eyeballs.

In the end, only two other people remained standing within the entire place. One of them was Rehlings, who had surges of will with the power of thunderbolts circling around his body. He appeared to be very much at ease.

The other person was Lilia. She clenched her teeth while her body trembled like she would drop to her knees at any moment. However, she hung on forcibly, trying to get used to the willpower impacts from a Divine level expert.

However, the two people in the sky did not care about these. After unleashing his martial will, Fang Xingjian looked at Xingjian and asked, "You're Xia?

"I'm Fang Xingjian from the Great Western Region. Audrey is now under my protection. If you have any problems, I'll take them all on."

His voice billowed in the air, exploding as if it was a rumble of heavenly thunder. Yet, it was also like a lightning bolt, piercing through everyone's consciousness.

In this moment, almost everyone was completely suppressed by Fang Xingjian's martial will, unable to summon any thought of resisting.

However, Xia was clearly not one of them.

A series of terrifying laughters containing a terrifying aura emerged from Diana. It was as if the Demon Lord from hell had appeared and was going to bathe the mortal world in blood.

"How long has it been? How long has it been since someone dared to speak to me like this?

"And you dare to have ideas on my woman?

"No one can have ideas about my women. Kid, I'll you know what real terror is."

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Chapter 574: Shaking Strongly

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"Then take on my sword attack. I shall shake the dignity of Divine level experts like yourself."

Faced with a portion of Xia's martial will, Fang Xingjian knew that it was impossible for Xia to agree to his request easily. Therefore, he was prepared to fight at full power from the very beginning.

In that instant, over 10,000 specialty seeds exploded, and at this moment, there seemed to be a power that would cause the mountains to howl and tsunamis to surge in Fang Xingjian's body.

The power from the 1.08 billion physical particles was also unleashed, turning into countless beams of piercing white light that pierced through the skies.

A black sword blade soared into the sky, and the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent was activated. The majestic power sliced the layer of clouds into two.

Simultaneously, a golden armor appeared, encompassing Fang Xingjian's body completely. The will of the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor was also fully activated, turning into waves of warm golden currents that surged within Fang Xingjian's body. Waves of power mixed together with Fang Xingjian's own physical strength, and the surrounding space trembled crazily, as if it had been twisted to an extreme.

The golden gleam from the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor and the dark gleam from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent intertwined together, turning into a stream of dark golden light that exuded waves of auras of death and destruction.

The changes happened in that instant. Within almost one-thousandth of a second, Fang Xingjian had unleashed almost all of his powers, bent on giving Xia, the leader of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, a great shock right at the very beginning.

Violent sword intents seemed to want to pierce through space as waves of extremely intense power seethed in his body. At this moment, Fang Xingjian felt like he had turned into a star. If he were to unleash the trembling and seething power in his body, the power would bring about earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcano eruptions.

It was also almost at this same instant when Fang Xingjian unleashed his powers that a look of surprise first appeared on Xia's face.

Xia then immediately took action as well. Then as he did so, waves of vast, immense, primitive, and bloodthirsty will came gushing forth. When he sent out a single punch, the entire world seemed to have returned to the moment when humans had just been created, and everything was still in a state of chaos.

The survival of the fittest, in which the weak fell prey to the strong—this was what the heavenly way entails.

Those in power controlled and ruled over everything. This was the ultimate truth of this world.

Waves of intent were unleashed explosively from Xia, turning into an overwhelming power and striking out toward Fang Xingjian.

Xia's martial technique was primitive, rough, and blood thirsty. It was like how ancient human tribes would scavenge for food, filled with an instinctive aura and a unique martial will.

"My way is the heavenly way!"

"Take this! Heavenly Way Fist!"

With this punch, air currents exploded, the space became twisted. The punch also held an extremely terrifying martial will of survival of the fittest, and that his way was the heavenly way.

Before this Heavenly Way Fist, as long as they did not surpass Xia in power, everything physical would be crushed into dust by the will that was filled with the seething principles of the heavenly way.

Therefore, Xia did not perform and fanciful techniques with this punch. He merely continued, continued, continued, and continued to unleash all of Diana's power, sending out all the power from his martial will explosively and then turning everything before him into scraps.

With this one punch, it was as if those who abided by it would prosper while those who went against it would be destroyed, and that everything in the world was crumbling.

There were no techniques which could dodge or negate Xia's Heavenly Way Fist, and his opponent would be forced to collide with him head-on.

Every strong expert would have their own way, their own paths, and their own unique disposition. For the First Prince, it was to dominate over the world, attaining the dignity of a sovereign. Therefore, he had always been suppressing other influences, wanting to be the ruler of the world.

For the Fifth Prince, it was to engulf the world, using the entire world to nourish himself. Therefore, all this while, he had been on the search for heavenly and earthly treasures all around the world, looking for various benefits to strengthen his own abilities.

As for the way of the Undying Xia—the leader of the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon—was the survival of the fittest and instincts of all living things. Everything would be returned to the most primitive state.

It was at this moment that Fang Xingjian suddenly understood that the paradise Xia had built was not only purely for his enjoyment. The paradise was also for him to see through his own path. It was because all living things had only two instincts—survival and reproduction.

This was also the difference between the heavenly way and human way. Xia had carried out the pursuit of the heavenly way. In a whole of survival of the fittest, one would have to eradicate their human nature, leaving only their beastly side to them.

Faced with this punch, with the effect of the heavenly way where it was the survival of the fittest, the immense fist intent, spirit, and martial will made everyone feel as if they had been brought back to the ancient times when humans had just been created... the era when humans led the lives of savages.

Waves of boundless and primitive auras surged forth. Everyone present felt as if their existences were very insignificant, and it was as if their physical bodies would disintegrate at any moment under Xia's terrifying fist force.

The terrifying aura and power left everyone present without any ability to resist, leaving only desperation in their eyes.

At this moment, the same thought appeared in everyone's mind—it was impossible for them to fend off this punch.

However, Fang Xingjian did not think the same way. He had never planned on negating or escaping the power from this punch. Instead, he also summoned all of his power and sent out a tap of his finger toward Xia's fist.

The powers from over 10,000 specialty seeds and 1.08 billion physical particles, the will of the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor, and the blade of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent were all activated, amassing to become a gush of power that was no weaker than Xia's.

Both the Infiltrating Void and Light Pursuit swords were activated concurrently and merged into a single move by Fang Xingjian's unrivalled sword art. They turned into a myriad of sword waves and exploded both within and outside of Diana's body.

At the next moment, the two powers completely clashed. The light rays became twisted, turning into many light rings that circled around them. The space in the surroundings started to tremble, sending out layers of ripples.

Countless forces exploded on their bodies. However, due to the effect of the distorted space, they gathered within ten meters around the two of them.

At this moment, the area within ten meters around them was filled with light rays that had circular shapes, distorted space, erupted air currents, and the high temperature of several ten thousands of degree celsius which had been created from the explosions. The area within ten meters had turned into a completely dead space, but not a hint of it was leaked out. All of these continued to attack the bodies of the two people crazily in the distorted space.

It was also due to the distorted light rays that their bodies had instead turned pitch black They were like two black holes crazily engulfing and releasing the light rays and heat energy from their surroundings, increasing the temperature and the destructive forces at the center.

Everyone looked at the darkness in the sky with astonished gazes, feeling terrified by the overwhelming destructive powers.

Any existence below the Divine level would probably become disintegrated into the most basic physical particles if they were to get close. Everyone present could not even observe the situation that was happening.

A very long while later, the darkness slowly dissipated, and the distorted space gradually became calm again.

When the space was no longer distorted, a loud explosive bang rang out. Shock waves, which brought along seething heat currents with it, were instantly unleashed, flipping over several tens of buildings. Then they shot out toward everyone present oppressively as if they would tear apart everything.

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Chapter 575: Admitting Mistakes

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Air currents blew onto Bruce's body at a rate of over 1,000 meters per second. His countenance turned grim, and he unleashed his power wildly. However, he was still pushed back over 1,000 meters before he came to a stop.

Lilia's countenance changed, and she was about to be blown away when Rehlings' hand grabbed her shoulder lightly. Then he did a hand chop, creating blades formed from the countless thunderbolts soaring up into the air. With that, he managed to destroy the tempest, avoiding a situation where countless people would be sent flying out. In an instant, the entire lawn was charred.

Everyone immediately looked toward the sky, but there was no longer any sight of Diana's body. Only Fang Xingjian was left, dressed in the golden World-Engulfing Battle God Armor as he stood in void space. He was emitting waves, that would make people's heart palpitate, from all over his body.

"Fang Xingjian, I remember you now…"

Xia's voice came ringing out from void space, becoming softer and softer until it completely dissipated in space.

The martial will of Xia—one of the ten Divine level experts—was wiped out by Fang Xingjian's sword.

What is power? What is influence?

What of the Henry Clan, of Pop Clan, of the number one genius in the Northern Ice Region? Before Fang Xingjian's sword attack, all of them appeared dull and meaningless.

To think that he could suppress Xia's martial will even though he was only at the level of a Demigod… It was a miracle, a legend, something which was unprecedented in the course of history.

At this moment, the faces of the many aristocrats turned grim. Madam Vivian stared at Fang Xingjian. Then as she thought of what she had said earlier, her face turned flushed red. To think that she had been unable to recognize Mount Tai and had treated a dragon as a loach.

At this moment, Bruce was looking at Fang Xingjian with a dazed gaze. 'Fang Xingjian? He's the Empire's number one genius… That Fang Xingjian? To think that he has pushed back Xia's martial will? How is that possible?' Thinking of all these, his countenance changed drastically. There was regret, worry, anxiety, jealousness, and hatred in his eyes.

'Why?! Why is there someone like Fang Xingjian in this world?! Why am I not the one to have his talent and his abilities?!'

Rehlings' eyes were gleaming. 'Amazing, this is really amazing. To think that he has defeated the martial will of a Divine level expert as a Demigod… This is something that has never happened in history before.'

Audrey looked at Fang Xingjian who was in the sky. Her mind was completely filled up with images of him.

Lilia looked at Fang Xingjian who was in the sky, and the admiration in her eyes grew increasingly fervent.

The head of Pop Clan, Andolf, looked at Fang Xingjian. Then as he thought of what he had said earlier, his eyes were filled with regret. Earlier on, after Xia appeared, Andolf had been the first to step out and push the blame onto Fang Xingjian. He had wanted to let Xia think of him favorably while also shirking away from any responsibilities.

However, he had not expected for Fang Xingjian to be this strong, to be unexpectedly capable of going up against Xia's martial will.

'Sigh, how did things turn out this way? Why did something like this happen? I'm so regretful!" Andolf screamed out in his mind. 'If I knew that this would happen, I wouldn't have taken a stand so quickly! Now that I've offended this person, I wonder how he will deal with me.'

Fang Xingjian descended slowly from the skies. His mind was still occupied by the battle he had with Xia earlier. This was the first time he had gone all out in a fight against the will of a Divine level expert, and he could be said to have comprehended a lot through this experience. He had the faint feeling that his sword art had improved again, and the Five God-Slaying Swords showed further signs of integrating.

However, just as he landed slowly, with everyone watching him dazedly while wearing various expressions, a loud whistle rang out. Then a figure pierced through the sky like a thunderbolt, appearing above the lawn with loud laughter.

"Henry Clan's Masa has arrived. Young Master, is this the lad who is courting death?"

Bruce shouted out in astonishment, "Don't!"

However, it was already too late. The figure in midair paused for a moment and then came plunging down like a meteor, heading for Fang Xingjian.

The auras of 1,440 specialty seeds were unleashed, representing that this person was at least a Demigod with one tier of perfection. The terrifying power continued to be unleashed explosively in his body with every bit of his muscles shaking and his every bone trembling, releasing a loud sound like that of a thunder.

With just a simple dash, it was as if a myriad of thunder claps had rung out in the entire sky.

The person's power, might, and courage had all reached an extreme. Then at the next moment...

There was a bang!

As Fang Xingjian punched out behind his head without taking even a single look, the man by the name of Masa was punched into minced meat across space, scattering onto the ground like a rain of blood.

Fang Xingjian stopped trying to comprehend the experience and opened his eyes. He looked toward Bruce with a scorching gaze, "You sent him here to kill me?"

Shrouded by Fang Xingjian's gaze, Bruce currently felt that his thoughts and consciousness had all frozen. His body felt weak like he was going to drop to his knees at any moment.

However, he was after all the person who was first in line to succeed the Henry Clan. It was impossible for him to give in so easily with just a glance from Fang Xingjian. Bruce continued to push himself to stand and look at Fang Xingjian. He said furiously, "Fang Xingjian, I offended you a little earlier, not knowing of your identity and abilities. However, I didn't bring you any harm after all.

"But not only did you injure me, you've even killed one of our Henry Clan's Demigod experts. What else do you want?"

Fang Xingjian looked at him with indifference and said slowly, "Earlier on, did you say that you wanted to get this Masa here to kill me?"

"That was just something I said out of spite." With Bruce's pride, he was already feeling greatly humiliated just from saying this. However, under Fang Xingjian's pressure, he had no choice but to put aside his pride for now.

Bruce had initially thought that although Fang Xingjian had some talent and potential, he would only be about the same as Rehlings, being at most at the level of talented geniuses or teachers in the Regional Academy.

Although Fang Xingjian was strong, it would still have been easy for a great clan of long history like the Henry Clan to deal with him.

However, Bruce had not expected that Fang Xingjian's abilities to have far surpassed his imagination, managing to destroy the martial will that Xia had sent with just a single sword attack.

Bruce was not the only one. Beside him, Oliver also felt extremely regretful. How could he have expected that he would encounter a great genius like Fang Xingjian who could go up against a Divine level expert at this banquet? It was like he had encountered a scene from some legendary story.

Still wanting to maintain some of his pride, Bruce could not let go of himself fully. Instead, he quickly got Kite, who was still stunned and in a daze, to kneel down and beg, "Lord Fang Xingjian, we have been ignorant to not know of your identity, thus resulting in there being some misunderstandings. Since you're able to go up against the martial will of a Divine level expert, you are undeniably the top genius of the Empire. Please let us off, we'll definitely repay you with great thanks."

Kite then tugged at Bruce's pants and tried to persuade him, "Bruce, Lord Xingjian is able to fight against Xia's martial will, proving that he is already someone at the level of a Divine level expert. What's so hard about apologizing and admitting your mistakes to him?"

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Okokok... I know what yall are gonna say... THIS FIGHT IS TOO SHORT! IT BARELY EVEN STARTED! I'm totally with you there...

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Chapter 576: Display of Power

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Hearing that, Bruce was infuriated. He glared at Oliver and scolded, "Oliver, I couldn't tell that you're someone who would fawn upon the rich and influential, and bend with the wind depending on the situation.

"While you may want to kneel down and admit your mistake, to curry up to Fang Xingjian, I'm not as shameless as you are."

He then looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Fang Xingjian, regarding the earlier matter, that was my bad. After I return, I'll get my clan to send you an apology gift of 100,000 gold. We'll considered the case closed with this. What do you think?"

"Case closed?" Fang Xingjian looked at the three of them with a spurious smile. How could he possibly let the two of them off easily? However, although he had decided to protect Audrey, he was not able to attend to everything himself. Otherwise, all sorts of insignificant people could come for him.

Therefore, he naturally had to back up the Pop Clan, letting this clan be the one that could truly be a shelter for Audrey in the future. For this, he did not mind to showing off his power in the Northern Ice Region a little, making a stand for himself.

Fang Xingjian said, "Initially, it could just be considered a small warning with me dealing you a sword attack when you've offended me. However, since you even harbored the thought of killing me, it's impossible for me to let things end so simply."

"Fang Xingjian, don't be asking for too much," Bruce said, stiffening up. "I've been bestowed with the title of a Conferred Knight by the Empire, and I have both a government title and authority. Are you planning to violate the laws and kill me?

"I've suffered and admitted my mistakes after having offended you earlier. What else do you want?"

What Bruce said was right. Although both the Sybarite Concubine Diana and the Undying Xia were both very powerful, they did not have any roles in the Empire's government. Even if they were to be killed, the government would not come looking for trouble.

However, if Fang Xingjian were to kill Bruce right in front of so many people, he would be considered to have violated the rules of the Empire and the Knight Association. He would get himself in a lot of trouble. This was also what Bruce was depending on.

Furthermore, the action of him admitting his mistake had already dealt a great blow to his pride. When Fang Xingjian continued to push him further, it stimulated rebellious thoughts in Bruce. He immediately summoned up the courage to be unafraid of death.

Even an ordinary person would jump off a building and commit suicide or slash people up with a blade if they were extremely infuriated, let alone a prideful person like Bruce when pushed to the extreme.

'At the very most, I'll just fight it out with you. Aren't you just more powerful than me? If you kill me, it won't be good for you either!'

At this moment, the rebound effect from being extremely infuriated and having his pride suppressed to the limits caused Bruce to forcibly lift up his head despite the oppression coming from Fang Xingjian. His martial will even showed signs of making a breakthrough.

A series of thoughts flashed through Bruce's mind, and he suddenly had a new comprehension toward the current situation.

'That's right, he doesn't dare to kill me. Although Fang Xingjian is powerful, there's still the First Prince and the King to suppress him. If he really dares to make a move, the royal family will have a handle over him and take the effort to bring him down.

'That's right, what does it matter how strong he gets? As long as I don't die today, within ten or even twenty years, there'll be one day when I'll surpass him and I'll stomp down on him.'

This series of thoughts and comprehension gave one the feeling of dancing on the edge of a blade, especially when the person was facing a powerful expert like Fang Xingjian.

The aura coming from Bruce got increasingly stronger, and his martial arts began to progress even further. He once again regained the disposition of a confident and sagacious elit, just like how he had been at the banquet earlier.

Fang Xingjian looked at him and said, "Why would I kill you? Of course, I won't. I just want to take you in as a cleaner. I'll have you cleaning up dirt and toilets for me for ten years."

"What?!" Hearing Fang Xingjian's first line, Bruce was still feeling very proud and thought that he had understood the most important point. However, he got a huge shock as Fang Xingjian continued on, and grief and indignation appeared on Bruce's face.

"Fang Xingjian! You want me, the successor of the Henry Clan, to clean toilets?! You're taking this too far! You're really taking this too far! I won't do it even if I die!"

"You don't have a choice." As he spoke, Fang Xingjian shook his palm, sending out streams of sword intents that tore apart the sky and headed for Bruce. The terrifying sword force and martial will mixed together, making it hard for one to discern which was the true power and which was just a phantom martial will.

After his fight with Xia, Fang Xingjian now had a new understanding in martial arts. The powers from both his physical body and will mixed together and combined perfectly, as if he were truly a Divine level expert.

Bruce let out a furious bellow. Then just as he was about to explode and retaliate, he was completely suppressed by a deathly sword intent. He could not move his physical body even an inch. The sword force then continued to move around Bruce's body fiercely, destroying all the power he had. They then gathered in Bruce's consciousness, suppressing all of his martial arts, co-ordinating abilities, and his martial will.

It could be said that at this moment, Bruce still had the physical body of a level 29 Conferred Knight, but he only had the power of an ordinary person. He was unable to to unleash any hint of martial technique or extraordinary strength.

Then a wave of pressure surged forth, and Bruce dropped to his knees with a plop like he was grovelling and kowtowing for forgiveness.

Bruce's cultivation had gone from that of a level 29 Conferred Knight to that of an ordinary person, and he might not ever be able to cultivate again in the future. What kind of blow was this?

Bruce's countenance was pale, and his eyes were filled with desperation. It was as if his soul had been drawn away in just a moment.

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "Lilia, keep a watch on him. Later on, bring him back to the academy to be a cleaner."

"Yes." Lilia walked up next to Bruce.

Seeing how vicious Fang Xingjian was, all the people present were silent like cicadas in winter. Both Oliver and Kite lowered their heads even more, and their hearts beat increasingly faster, seemingly afraid that Fang Xingjian would deal with them in the same way.

Fang Xingjian threw a glance toward Oliver and Kite, saying, "After you scram home, bring one million gold to the Great Western Region as an apology gift for the things you've done today, and we'll forget about what happened today."

Hearing about the compensation of one million gold, Oliver's face shook, as if something very important to him had been taken away. However, thinking of Fang Xingjian's power, he eventually clenched his teeth and agreed.

He felt extremely regretful. 'One million gold... It's one million gold! I don't have this much money. How much properties and assets do I have to sell? All the hard work of over ten years and all that the clan has accumulated over the decades will all go down the drain.'

Fang Xingjian's gaze swept past to the head of the Pop Clan, Andolf, and said, "You're a person without any backbone, and you aren't capable of taking on the responsibility of the clan. In the future, there's no need for you to be the head of the Pop Clan anymore. Let Audrey take over."

Andolf's countenance changed as he gritted his teeth. However, he did not dare to object.

Audrey, who was at the side, said, "That's enough, Fang Xingjian. I never thought of becoming the clan head. You can just bring me away from here from today onward."

Fang Xingjian said, "Since I asked you to do it, then you must do it. Andolf can't defy, neither can you."

Audrey was extremely angry and wanted to rebut, but she felt an extremely powerful and overwhelming will that seemed like something material pressing over and encompassing her body. It prevented her from saying a single word.

Fang Xingjian turned to look at Andolf and said, "Do you have any other complaints?"

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Toilet cleaner get! Well, at least he may feel happy to realize that Xingjian himself has no need to use the toilet. Plenty of others have to tho... considering the amount of *coughs* which Tyrant had collected back then...

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Chapter 577: Formation

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"No, I have no complaints," Andolf said dejectedly. "It's true that this time around, I failed to assess the situation and make the right judgement. From today onward, Audrey will be the head of the Pop Clan, and I'll listen to all of her commands."

At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. If he had not offended Fang Xingjian, then he might have been able to borrow Fang Xingjian's power to really become the head of a top notch aristocrat clan like the Henry Clan.

"Alright, but Audrey will return to the Great Western Region with me in case the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon comes to launch a sneak attack. I'll temporarily send someone to manage the Pop Clan on Audrey's behalf." Fang Xingjian's voice resonated in the air, as if many explosions were set off in the sky.

Faced with Fang Xingjian's words, no one else present dared to go against him. The series of thunderbolt-like actions and means he displayed earlier had really given everyone a huge shock. It was likely that from that day onward, as long as Fang Xingjian was still alive, no one would dare to offend the Pop Clan.

Even an aristocrat lady like Vicky had a slightly flushed expression when looking at Fang Xingjian. Thoughts of love were stirring within her, and these were reflected through her gleaming eyes as she licked her lips slightly.

This was how it was. With how young and powerful Fang Xingjian was, he was extremely attractive to these married aristocratic ladies.

However, just as everything present was almost settled and no one else dared to resist Fang Xingjian, a soft sigh rang out from the horizon and entered everyone's ears.

Concurrently, waves of green flames started burning on Bruce's body, bringing forth waves of explosive powers and grabbing Bruce toward the air.

Looking at this scene, Fang Xingjian let out a cold laugh and sent an immense deathly sword intent charging into the horizons. "Trying to pull tricks before me? Come out here!"

The deathly sword intent struck an area of the cloud layer across space, clashing fiercely with the martial will of the concealed person.

It was a white-haired man who looked very old and had a strong resemblance with Bruce.

"Great-Grandfather! Save me!" Bruce cried out in pleasant surprise upon seeing the elderly man in the sky. He was Henry Clan's strongest expert, the previous generation Governor who had the cultivation of a Demigod.

The old man let out a sigh and said, "Sigh. Young man, being too impetuous will make it easy for you to be placed in an extremely unfavorable position in the future. Be forgiving and let people off whenever possible. Since Bruce has already admitted his mistakes, why do you still have to push him so far?

"Although our Henry Clan is neither the royal family nor a Divine level faction, we won't mind going all out with our lives on the line. Do you really want to make sworn enemies out of us, not stopping until either party has died?

"Moreover, when you forcibly went up against Xia earlier, you only defeated a portion of his martial will. You definitely don't feel good knowing that you're going to be targeted by the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon, right? Why do you have to create more enemies for yourself?

"Moreover, in the exchange of that one move with Xia earlier, it's impossible for you to be completely unscathed. You must also have been inflicted with injuries, right?"

Unlike Masa from earlier, who had been too rash and gone straight into fighting upon his arrival, this Old Ancestor of the Henry Clan had secretly made his way here after sensing Bruce's danger. He had made sense of the situation first before suddenly making his move, wanting to save his great-grandson. It was a pity that he still had not managed to escape from Fang Xingjian's sharp eyes.

"Not stopping till either party has died?" Fang Xingjian repeated these words softly. Then he looked at the elderly man and said, "Old man, you've attained two tiers of perfection in your specialty seeds and ether organs, right?"

Fang Xingjian's gaze was as sharp as sword light and instantly saw through the elderly man. He continued calmly, "A mere Demigod with two tiers of perfection dares to mention in my presence about having a battle to the death? Let me show you if I've suffered from any injuries in the fight against Xia."

As he spoke, the sword intent on Fang Xingjian's body grew even stronger, and he pointed outward with a finger. Streams of Infiltrating Void sword force exploded both inside and outside the elderly man's body. It was as if the elderly man's body had rebelled, and endless amounts of his flesh shattered. His muscles were disintegrating, and his organs breaking down. In almost a single move, the elderly man was about to be turned over.

The elderly man let out an agonizing cry. Covered in blood all over, violent martial will vibrated out as he looked toward Fang Xingjian savagely. "You little cheat! Do you really think that you have our Henry Clan in your grasp? The 100 years of power our clan has accumulated isn't something you can even imagine!"

Violent will soared into the air, and the auras of four experts rose from it, appearing around the surroundings of the entire manor in a flash, seeming to have encircled it.

These four auras came from four corpses, the corpses of the Henry Clan's previous clan heads. Right now, all of them were floating in midair, sending out waves of world-shaking power explosively.

These four clan heads who had already died seemed to all have been Demigod level experts when they were still alive. Their physical bodies had not rotted, and right now, they still looked very much alive. They also seemed as if they were just in deep sleep and would wake up with just a blink.

The Henry Clan had been around for over 100 years, but their foundations had already developed long before the Empire was founded. It was just that they only truly became a top notch great clan starting from 100 years ago.

Prior to their establishment as the Henry Clan, they had been an evil sect—the Myriad Spirit Sect—which had run amok across the entire Northern Ice Region. The Henry Clan's first clan head had been a member of the Myriad Spirit Sect's upper echelon.

Thereafter, with the unification of the Empire suppressing the Myriad Spirit Sect, the founder of the Henry Clan had rebelled against the Myriad Spirit Sect and worked with the Empire to eradicate it. The Henry Clan had thus gained a lot of benefits from this. They had even inherited a large part of the Myriad Spirit Sect's art of formations.

Thereafter, in order to remove the influence from the Henry Clan, the Empire moved the entire Henry Clan to another region. However, after generations of hard work, as well as two of their clan heads becoming the Governor and managing the Northern Ice Region, they eventually moved back to the Northern Ice Region.

Throughout this long passage of time, countless stories and legends were created.

Aside from the current elderly man, there had been a total of four Demigod level experts produced in the clan. They were usually stored in the Henry Clan's ancestral burial ground, enshrined and worshipped day and night. Various formations were used to maintain the power and vitality that still remained in their bodies.

In crucial moments, the corpses of the four experts would be brought out. The elderly man would set up layers of formations and would immediately be able to unleash astonishing battle prowess.

Of course, they would not choose to do this unless there was no other way out. Bringing out the corpses of their ancestors for battle was something that would only happen when they were planning to fight it out with their opponents to the bitter end.

At this moment, the four Demigod experts abruptly opened their eyes as if they had been revived. All four pairs of eyes, which were filled with killing intent, were staring at Fang Xingjian.

Right now, their physical bodies had the energy of ether particles flowing through them. Their minds were filled with the information of various battle techniques and battle experience that had been drawn out from ether particles. The auras coming from them continued to increase, seeming to have already reached the level of a Demigod with three or even four tiers of perfection.

Even the corpse of four Demigod experts would not be able to hold up such a formation and power for long. They would only be able to activate this for two to three times a year. Otherwise, the corpses would break down.

However, the moment the formation was activated, the prowess would also be world-demolishing. It was the highest level of profound secrets that belonged to the Myriad Spirit Sect, and it had been perfectly inherited by the Henry Clan.

Furthermore, due to the world's metamorphosis which had occurred during the past few months, the formation's prowess had increased once again. This also increased the confidence of the Henry Clan's head even more.

The head of the Henry Clan laughed out loud, saying, "Fang Xingjian, this is the Midchilda Formation that has been passed down in secret throughout our Henry Clan. It can use the physical bodies of Demigod experts to draw out energy and information from ether particles. All of them hold the power of a Demigod with four tiers of perfection, as well as endless martial arts and battle experience.

"This is the power our Henry Clan has accumulated for a hundred years. It isn't something that you can imagine.

"You're only able to defeat a small portion of Xia's martial will. Do you really think that you can go up against Divine level experts? It's impossible for you to be able to defeat the five of us single-handedly.

"However, I'm unwilling to become sworn enemies with you. If you're willing to just admit your mistake and offer the armor you have on you as compensation, then I can consider letting you off."

As he spoke, a strong greed glowed in his eyes as he looked at the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor that Fang Xingjian was wearing. It was apparent that he very much wanted this Divine Remains Equipment, which exuded Divine level will.

Before the elderly man launched the sneak attack earlier, he had been setting up the formation. Talking with Fang Xingjian was merely him trying to feign civility. Now that he had activated the formation, he finally bared his claws and teeth.

"Gift you my equipment and then let you deal with me later on? Do you think that I'm an idiot? Furthermore, old man, this is what you've been relying on?" Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "It's a waste for me to give you a chance."

Fang Xingjian eyes started assessing the four Demigod bodies as he wondered if he should also add them to the materials used for the forging of his Divine Sword.

How astonishing would the prowess of his Divine Sword be if it were made from a chunk of Divine level spinal bone and the remains of four Demigods?

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Chapter 578: Breaking Formation

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"Arrogant," the elderly man said, letting out a snort. "Then I shall let you have a taste of our power. Otherwise, you won't know just how big the world out there is."

At the next moment, the elderly man formed seals with his hands, instantly creating over 100 seals. Simultaneously, the four clan heads opened their mouths with savage expressions and let out a furious bellow. It was as if they were demons or devils bellowing out furiously under the moon.

Trembling sound waves, which seemed like they were physical, were sent out, and layers of invisible ripples that could be seen by the naked eye swept across the entire sky. Even the earth started to shake a little like there were a myriad of horses galloping and stomping down on ground.

Soon after, the four figures turned into four bolts of lightning, clashing toward Fang Xingjian.

Roar roar roar roar!

A series of four tremendous roars and four punches struck out, breaking through the air. It was as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was caving in. Fang Xingjian took a step forward into the air, dodging the attacks.

However, the surface under his feet had been blasted into smithereens in this explosion, turning into a huge crater that was five to six meters deep.

Concurrently, the four clan heads did not hold back and continued to chase Fang Xingjian. Violent fist force whizzed about in the air, creating vibrations as if they wanted to tear a hole in the sky as well.

Streams of strong gales continued to blow in the air, pushing a way through the cloud layers and revealing the bright moonlight.

The currents from the powerful tornadoes almost overturned the manor, and countless buildings had already been turned into ruins.

Everyone looked into the sky and saw that Fang Xingjian was like a ray of flashing light, continuously flitting around in the sky. Occasionally, he would deal punches and kicks, and then retreat immediately. It was as if he was being constantly chased by the power of the four clan heads, looking like he was being completely suppressed.

However, Fang Xingjian was extremely calm, and he was still thinking, 'These four corpses are really good materials. I shouldn't waste them.'

He was afraid that if he were to deal too great a blow or the rebound power from his body would damage these four sets of remains. That was the reason why he continued to retreat.

Fang Xingjian wanted to look for an opportunity to launch a single sword attack to deal with the battle prowess of the four corpse yet not inflict any harm to the state of their corpses.

However, the others did not know what was going through his mind. When the head of Henry Clan saw that Fang Xingjian was being completely suppressed by him and was not even able to retaliate, he immediately unleashed his martial will with a cold laugh. "Fang Xingjian, it's better if you surrender. Although you have extraordinary talent, the corpses are able to almost endlessly absorb the power from ether particles while they're within my formation. They enjoy almost limitless power and vitality, so it's impossible for you to win."

On the lawn, Bruce appeared to be pleasantly surprised. He had wanted to get up to his feet, but was kicked back onto the floor by Lilia.

"What are you doing?!" Bruce bellowed furiously. "Can't you see the battle situation in the sky? Fang Xingjian is already at a disadvantage, and it's over for him. Do you still want to resist?"

Lilia frowned and sent Bruce rolling on the ground with a kick. She shouted, "That's bullsh*t! With Master's ability, even if that Xia comes personally, he'll only be doomed to death, let alone the few dead dogs from your clan. Just wait and see."

Lilia had absolute confidence in Fang Xingjian, but that was not the case for the others.

Bruce smiled coldly as he watched the battle in the sky, hoping that Fang Xingjian could be captured alive and that he would be able to step on him.

Audrey was also looking at Fang Xingjian anxiously. She was worried if Fang Xingjian had really been hurt in the earlier exchange with Xia, wondering what would happen if he were to really be defeated by the head of Henry Clan.

The head of the Pop Clan, who was standing at the side, was equally nervous. Right now, Fang Xingjian was considered to be their backing, and if he were to be defeated by the Henry Clan, then the Pop Clan would end up in even more dire straits.

While many thoughts flashed through everyone's mind, the battle situation in the sky had already undergone a change in less than a second.

Just as all the people present held gazes of worry, relief, or vengeance, Fang Xingjian received a punch, from one of the clan heads, with one hand. Then with a bang , he held down another clan head's wrist.

However, while Fang Xingjian had the two clan heads locked down, it also meant that his body was being held down by the two of them. Therefore, the two of them concurrently kicked out toward Fang Xingjian's stomach.

Violent power came pressing down, and the air seemed to be compacted into something material. Before their physical bodies clashed, the shock waves from the air were already colliding into the golden armor, releasing huge rumbles .

Concurrently, the remaining two clan heads also punched out toward Fang Xingjian's back. Not only did their attacks amass violent power, but there were also endless amounts of wind and fire accompanying them.

One of the clan heads' fists had green flames that burned intensely, and the high temperature caused the air to distort. The piercing green light seemed as if it had become a sun, and there were even hints of burned marks on the clan head's fist. The punch seemed to be mixed with an intent of world annihilation in it as it struck out.

The fist of one of the other clan heads came toward Fang Xingjian with powerful gales. Surges of wind force were sent out at several thousand meters per second, making each gust of wind like a blade cutting through the air. They were capable of slashing apart an aircraft carrier's armor plate. It also seemed to carry the intent of a kind of irreversible generation trend, in which history seemed to seethe forth like strong gales.

With the two clan heads attacking at the same time, the wind enhanced the intensity of the flames. The flames borrowed the power of the wind, turning into many green flaming tornadoes that came pressing down explosively on Fang Xingjian's back. When paired with the punches of the other two clan heads, it seemed as if the four clan heads were going to break a hole in the sky.

The even more terrifying thing was that when both of their fist intents, great annihilation and historical trends, were mixed together, it was as if they were telling everyone that the end of the world was coming. There seemed to bet a trend that was irreversible and undefiable, preventing the people from being able to summon any power to resist.

If this joint attack by the four of them were to be unleashed on the ground, it was likely that half the city would disappear completely. If unleashed, the violent intents of the impending world's end could even cause several hundred thousands of people to lose their will to survive, go crazy, or commit suicide.

However, when faced with such an attack, there was not even a hint panic in Fang Xingjian's eyes. The moment he wanted was the instant when the four clan heads were all held down in one spot at the same time. This short instant, when their positions were all held down at one spot due to the joint attack, was sufficient for him to do many things.

The Instant sword technique was activated!

The graceful sword mark slashed across the bodies of the four clan heads, cutting through their nerves and cerebellums.

No one could see clearly where this sword attack had came from nor when it had ended.

By the time the head of the Henry Clan reacted, many sword marks had already appeared on the four bodies, having cut through their countless neural networks and their entire cerebellums. In that instant, the physical bodies of all four of them went out of control.

"It's useless." The head of the Henry Clan put his hands together, continuously forming different seals. "Recover!"

With the physical bodies of the four clan heads and the enhancement from the formation, their injuries could heal almost immediately.

However, just as they were recovering, Fang Xingjian took this opportunity to send his deathly sword intent sweeping out, covering the four clan heads' bodies entirely.

"Suppress!"

There seemed to be pop pop pop pop sounds of explosions ringing out in void space, and the will, the head of the Henry Clan had placed on the four bodies, was completely wiped out. His control over the four clan heads was instantly lost, and the four clan heads plunged down toward the ground.

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Chapter 579: Come to a Conclusion

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Sensing that he had lost control over the four Demigods, the head of the Henry Clan revealed an expression of disbelief. However, being as crafty as he was, he reacted very quickly.

Almost simultaneously at the same time as when Fang Xingjian sent out his sword intent toward the four Demigods, the old man sent out explosive streams of green flames. He instantly accelerated to several tens of times the speed of sound. It was as if the end of the world and death were behind him, and he was trying to flee from their pursuit.

This was the Myriad Spirit Sect's secret Killing technique—Doomsday Shield. It was a Killing technique that stimulated all of one's potential under the pressure of the world's impending doom and one's imminent death, allowing the user to accelerate instantly.

The old man's entirety shot out like a rocket, causing a myriad of thunders to explode. In just a few breaths, he had appeared several tens of kilometers away as if he had teleported.

'This Fang Xingjian's abilities are really terrifying.

'To think that he managed to break through my formation in just an instant, defeating four Demigods. How on earth did he do that?'

At this moment, Henry Clan's head was still shocked. This was especially after Fang Xingjian's final sword attack which broke the connection within the four Demigods' bodies and he then continued to use his deathly sword intent to break the martial will the head of the Henry Clan had placed on them. Fang Xingjian was truly too powerful. At the thought of having lost the four Demigods, he immediately felt great heartache, as if his heart was dripping blood.

As he was thinking about these, he had already flown out over 100 kilometers and landed on a mound.

However, he had only just landed when his expression changed drastically. He looked at Fang Xingjian, who was right in front of him, as if he had just seen a ghost.

To think that Fang Xingjian was already standing there and looking at him. It was as if Fang Xingjian had just taken a relaxed stroll. What kind of speed and explosive force were these?

The countenance of the Henry Clan's head changed drastically, and he retreated at once, acting just like a panicked elephant and breaking numerous big trees. However, he had just retreated for over 100 meters when he felt that everything before him turned dark. A sharp aura entered his brain, as if wanting to shatter it at any moment.

"Wait!" The Henry Clan's head suddenly dropped to his knees and said, "I admit my loss. Our Henry Clan has been accumulating wealth for over 100 years, and the money we hid away in secret exceeds ten million. As long as you're willing to let me off, I'm willing to give all of it to you. From today onward, our entire clan will be under your command."

If it was before everyone, the Henry Clan's head might not be willing to drop to his knees and beg for forgiveness. However, since there was not a single person nearby currently, the pressure he felt had dropped by a lot.

"Then receive a sword intent from me." Fang Xingjian tapped a single finger on the old man's head. A sword intent entered the old man's consciousness directly and remained hidden there.

Sensing Fang Xingjian's sword intent entering his consciousness, the Henry Clan's head let out a sigh and shut his eyes.

However, he was a Demigod expert after all, and both his will and character were extremely powerful. Despite this, he quickly accepted his plight and said while sighing, "Sir, I implore you to return me the four Demigods to me later. They are the foundation to our clan, and if they get destroyed, our entire clan will probably collapse and won't be able to serve you anymore."

"Hmmm?" Fang Xingjian looked at the Henry Clan's head and said, "Are you threatening me?"

"I wouldn't dare. In exchange, I'm willing to present you the art of formation that has been passed down through my clan for over two hundred years."

As they spoke, the principles and information concerning formations amassed into information currents and entered Fang Xingjian's brain.

Then after a few breaths, the old man had already been brought back to the manor by Fang Xingjian. The old man's clothes were torn and disheveled, and his face was covered in dirt. He looked just like a refugee.

"Great-Grandfather! Save me!" Bruce cried out. However, when he saw the dirt-covered face of the Henry Clan's head, Bruce's expression froze.

The Henry Clan's head glanced at Bruce. Then he closed his eyes and sighed, saying, "Do your work well after you've arrived at the Great Western Region. This will do you good and train up your temperament."

Hearing this, Bruce felt as if the sky had collapsed. For him to waste ten years in the Great Western Region, unable to enjoy or cultivate while having to clean toilets… This was worse than killing him.

The Pop Clan's head, Andolf, let out a long breath. The gaze with which he used to looked at Fang Xingjian was now more tame.

All the people present in the banquet now looked at Fang Xingjian with respectful and terrified gazes. As long as Fang Xingjian was still around, they probably would not dare to harbor any ill intent toward the Pop Clan. This was the shock they had received from his pure power.

Fang Xingjian could not be bother dealing with the things that were to follow, including the handing over of the clan head responsibilities, receiving various compensations from the Henry Clan, as well as the setting up of an alliance between the Henry Clan and the Pop Clan. So, Fang Xingjian brought Audrey and Lilia back to the Great Western Region and then sent people over to handle the management of the two clans instead.

As for the corpses of the four Demigods, Fang Xingjian returned them to the Henry Clan after the Henry Clan's head repeatedly implored and said that he was willing to hand over the art of formation legacy and over ten million worth of wealth.

After all, the Henry Clan's accumulated power and secretly hidden wealth were by no means insignificant. If they were used to help Fang Xingjian forge his Divine Weapon, its effectiveness could be increased tremendously. It would be even more effective than what the four Demigod corpses could contribute to the forging.

Fang Xingjian also had a strong interest in the art of formations. He felt that he would be able to use it to strengthen his own sword arts.

Moreover, if the remains of these four Demigods were to stay with Henry Clan, then they could be used to help the Henry Clan and the Pop Clan to shock their enemies, as well as fend off some of the vengeance attempts coming from sources other than the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon. This meant Fang Xingjian would not have to attend to everything personally.

Once he returned to the Great Western Region, Fang Xingjian no longer cared about these matters and entered the Sacred Land immediately, starting his final cultivation for the tenth level of the mystical prints.

All the materials had been transported to his training room, and after ten hours, densely packed prints had covered Fang Xingjian's body. They emitted waves of fluorescent light and exuded a kind of endless and ancient mysteriousness.

Almost at the very instant that the tenth level of the mystical prints was activated, violent information currents gushed into Fang Xingjian's brain like tides. Endless streams of information exploded in Fang Xingjian's mind.

Delicacies, travel, love, friendship, sword arts, saber arts, memories, sunset, attending lessons…

Various information remnants that were in the ether particles were gushing forth like waves of chaotic tides. Even with the processing ability of Fang Xingjian's brain, he currently still had a feeling as if his consciousness had become blurry and that his brain had crashed.

It was only after three whole hours that Fang Xingjian slowly began to grow accustomed to this feeling.

Right now, the entire world had already become different to him.

All the things he saw displayed scenes of their future developments. Fang Xingjian felt that he seemed to be able to see a future trend. Yet, it was also as if the information he had received from the ether particles already contained the countless future possibilities.

After studying the information for over ten minutes, exhilaration flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes.

'So that's how it is. To think that the tenth level of the mystical prints allows one to sense information of future possibilities in ether particles.'

To be able to receive sudden inspiration and sense good fortune and calamities… These were abilities that only people who were at the fourth tier of the Divine level possessed. Yet now that Fang Xingjian had completed the tenth level of the mystical prints, he gained this ability in advance.

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Chapter 580: Four Tiers of Perfection

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To be able to receive sudden inspiration and sense good fortune and calamities… These were abilities that only people who were at the fourth tier of the Divine level possessed. Yet now that Fang Xingjian had completed the tenth level of the mystical prints, he gained this ability in advance.

The effects of such abilities on the increment of one's battle prowess were not directly visible, but the overall help rendered was far too great. It could be said that it would be hard for the individual to encounter situations such as ambush and assassination. This was because once the individual sensed any danger, they would just need to change their course of movements.

'Excellent. The tenth level of the mystical prints brought increments to my talent once again. I can even see some futuristic trends, and my control over the physical body has reached an extreme. It's good for me to strive to attain brain regeneration now.'

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian sat down cross-legged, planning to strive toward attaining the level of brain regeneration at one go.

With the deathly sword intent and the will that surpassed life and death, both of which he had condensed in Demonic City, Fang Xingjian could have attempted to reach the level of brain regeneration a long time ago. However, it was because he had wanted to play it safe that he had been putting off this issue until now.

He continuously scanned the situation in his brain, constantly monitoring and recording the situation that was occurring.

At the next moment, a gush of sword force swept across his brain, shattering it completely and turning it into meat paste.

That one sword attack required great courage—great courage that enabled one to step between life and death without fearing death.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian felt that he was gradually losing control over his entire physical body. His heartbeat and breathing had both stopped, and his consciousness was also starting to become blurry due to the disappearance of his brain!

"Regenerate!"

Deathly sword intent was unleashed explosively, allowing him to regain clear consciousness. Then Fang Xingjian's brain started wriggling and regenerating.

The brain was the part of the human body that was in charge of managing one's thoughts and consciousness.

Losing it meant that the human body would not be able to think or control itself. This would apply even for a top notch Demigod.

However, when a level 29 Conferred Knight's martial will reached an extreme level of intensity, their will would be able to exist for a short moment of time even without the brain. They would be able to transmit information within their neural networks through their will and recover their physical body.

Intense martial will was the prerequisite toward reaching the level of brain regeneration.

The second requirement was unrivalled talent. One must be able to recall the living state of the brain at the previous moment, as well as its entire structure. With that, one would then regenerate the brain as would be done with the other parts of the body.

Any slight mistakes that might occur during this process could bring rise to an irreversible result. In a less severe situation, one might lose their memories, while in a more severe case, one might lose part of their brain's function and possibly even become an idiot or enter a vegetative state.

Fang Xingjian had already fulfilled both conditions. When he condensed the deathly sword intent earlier, he had already been in possession of a will that could continue to exist for a short period of time even if his brain were dead. The tenth level of the mystical prints, in addition with his original talent in sword arts, had given him memory power and calculative abilities that surpassed human limits.

After his brain shattered, he immediately started to regenerate it. Countless cells that could not be seen by the naked eye continued to be produced, moved, and regenerated. At the beginning, the process was a little slow, but it got increasingly faster eventually.

The entire brain was continuously regenerating and reassembling itself at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye. After a short few seconds, his pupils abruptly contracted, and his cranial nerves were already reconnected to the entire body. He felt an intense pain run through his body, and he shivered uncontrollably.

The brain regeneration was a success.

At this stage, Fang Xingjian had finally become a Demigod with four tiers of perfection in his specialty seeds, body toughness physical particles, and brain regeneration. Moreover, with over 10,000 specialty seeds and 1.08 billion physical particles, his abilities far surpassed that of ordinary Demigods. He could even fight a few rounds with first tier Divine level experts.

His success in attaining brain regeneration also meant that he no longer had any weakness. Even if his brain were to be destroyed in the future, he would be able to recover at any moment and continue on with his battle.

'After experiencing so much hard work and difficulties, I've finally gotten this far.'

Memories of his past two years ran through Fang Xingjian's mind at the speed of lightning, and strong emotions flashed in his eyes. He felt a strong desire—the urge to strive to attain the Divine level.

In fact, with how he had become an unprecedented case with four tiers of perfection, he had all the qualifications to attain the Divine level.

However, just as Fang Xingjian was thinking about this, a twisted emotion rose in his heart.

"Hmmm? This is the ability of Sudden Inspiration and Sensing Good Fortune and Calamities?" Fang Xingjian immediately understood that this meant that if he were to strive for the Divine level right now, it would be extremely disadvantageous for his future.

This was how amazing the Sudden Inspiration was.

Humans were faced with countless options, but in situations where there was a lack of information, one tended to not know which option was better.

However, Sudden Inspiration could help one to gain a vague feeling that allowed them to make the right choices, keeping away from harm and heading toward the good.

Therefore, at tier four of the Divine level, one would already be able to stand at the top of the world, and it would even be hard to die. Right now, with the tenth level of the mystical prints, Fang Xingjian had gained this ability.

He then wondered if the Second Prince also had such an ability? Had the Second Prince decided to help him due to his Sudden Inspiration?

"Since that's the case, I'll train for a little longer until I've completed all ether organs before I strive for the Divine level." Fang Xingjian stood up and moved his body a little, letting out an explosive sound that was like many steel reinforcing bars colliding together. 'Mmm, now that I've reached four tiers of perfection and also have the World-Engulfing Battle God Armor, I can go and get the Panwu Heavenly Raiment, right?'

Just as Fang Xingjian was deciding on this, he felt a strong feeling of danger, and there was piercing pain between his brows.

Therefore, he closed his eyes and started to exude an ineffable and etheral disposition. It was as if it was something that was right before him. Yet, at the same time, it seemed like it did not exist in this world.

'Oh? Could it be that someone has laid an ambush for me at the place with the Panwu Heavenly Raiment? Or is there danger with the Panwu Heavenly Raiment itself?'

Fang Xingjian gave it some thought and then dropped the plan on obtaining the Panwu Heavenly Raiment. Instead, he sat down and started cultivating.

"Since there's danger, I shall conserve energy and be fully prepared while waiting for the right opportunity, continuing to merge the Five God-Slaying Swords as I form ether organs."

Fang Xingjian made the calculations. With his current progress, he would need another four to five months before he could finishing creating all of his ether organs. To ordinary people, this was already unbelievably fast. However, to Fang Xingjian, it still seemed to be too slow.

As for the merging of the God-Slaying Five Swords, it was something which Fang Xingjian had started to work on ever since the exchange with the Fourth Prince and Prince Philip. His goal was to integrate all five swords into one, such that a single sword attack could hold the prowess of each of the Five God-Slaying Swords.

However, each of the Five God-Slaying Swords was an extremely deep and profound martial technique which ordinary people might not be able to complete their studies on even if they were to spend their entire lifetimes studying. Even with Fang Xingjian's talent, it was not an easy task to merge all five swords into one.

This was especially the case when he felt that he was still short of something in his knowledge of sword arts, which caused the process of his integration to be a little slow. It was because he had to create a way to integrate the many sword techniques and moves all by himself.

However, the slow speed was only something that was relative to Fang Xingjian himself. When he was up against Xia's martial will, he had already integrated the sword of Infiltrating Void and the Pursuit Light sword ripples. This was something which would take other people several decades or even centuries of hard work, having several generations of people modifying it before it could be achieved.

Additionally, the art of formations he obtained from the Henry Clan was very interesting as well. It contained many things which Fang Xingjian had not seen before. He had the feeling that if he were to study the art of formations properly and integrate it into his sword art, thereby creating sword formations, he would be able to increase the prowess of his Killing technique once again.

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Chapter 581: Shang

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Just like that, Fang Xingjian would cultivate day and night, occasionally giving guidance to Lilia regarding her sword art or having a spar with Tyrant. There were also times when he would head to Great Western City to have some food. Fang Xingjian did all these, while concurrently condensing ether organs, learning about formations, and working on merging his sword techniques together. Unknowingly, another half a month passed by.

As Fang Xingjian combined the sword of Infiltrating Void and Light Pursuit sword ripples together, he finally managed to add in a little of the sword light from the All-Conquering sword.

The sword of Infiltrating Void would penetrate through void space, combining both attack and defense into one.

The speed of the Light Pursuit sword ripples were extremely fast and would catch the opponent unaware.

The All-Conquering sword could destroy everything, even light rays.

If he could combine these three swords into one and perform them as a single move, the result would be extremely powerful.

Other than this, Fang Xingjian had also gained a faint understanding of the art of formations. Now, he only needed to find a chance to test it out and think of how he could integrate it into his sword art.

On this night, just as Fang Xingjian had merged three of his sword techniques together, he opened his eyes abruptly, unleashing a three-foot long sword light, and looked toward the north of the Great Western Region.

"Hmm?"

A feeling rose in his heart due to Sudden Inspiration and Fang Xingjian sensed that something was amiss. It was as if something that was related to him had happened, and yet he did not feel any danger.

'I should go over and take a look.'

Fang Xingjian knew that the Sudden Inspiration would not appear for no reason at all. He stood up and took a light step forward. Then, in a few flashes he had already darted through the Sacred Land, soaring into the sky and heading toward the north of the Great Western City.

Right before Fang Xingjian flew out of the city, in a northward commoner village outside the city, a Knight darted toward a small alley along with his two subordinates.

The Knight had thick golden hair and was very handsome. However, he wore a cold expression as he spoke, "This is the tenth person who has gone missing. As they are all commoners, the management does not pay it much heed. However, I can't leave it be. This time around, I must track down this evil sect."

As of late, some evil sects and influences had suddenly appeared in many areas around the Great Western Region.

In fact, with the existence of extraordinary strength in the Miracle World, as long as a second transition expert or even a first transition expert would build up some influence, it would be extremely easy for them to start up a sect.

However, once religious sects got out of control, they would bring about great disasters. This was also why the Empire always actively suppressed the many religious sects.

"This newly appeared sect is called Shang," the handsome Knight declared. "It's said to have been created by an insignificant first transition character. The people they target are often commoners, and thus the management isn't paying it any heed. However, I can't just leave this be. This is considered an unauthorized operation. You guys should think this over carefully."

There were two Knights behind him, one male and one female. Hearing that, both of their expressions froze. Then they replied, "Leader, we'll listen to your command."

"Alright."

In the spatial gaps, Fang Xingjian frowned slightly. 'Shang? Evil sect?' He thought, 'Now that the seventh onslaught is getting closer and closer, all influences and organizations keep on expanding their powers. The situation will become increasingly chaotic, so there would be space for the religious sects to survive on this land.

'But my senses… was it about this Shang?'

At that time, in the courtyard of an empty and spacious house that was located in a corner of the commoner district, deep in a dark and small valley, several tens of poor people who appeared very haggard and were dressed slovenly had gathered together. They crowded around a fire, mumbling some kind of ancient and mysterious incantations as they wore respectful and fervent expressions.

Behind them, a man with a tall stature and with tattoos on his face looked at this scene and nodded, revealing a satisfied expression.

There was a man with a short stature next to him who said, "It's a pity that once we have revived, we need to cultivate from the very beginning. Our abilities are recovering too slowly, considering how we can only get a hold of the bodies of commoners like these."

The taller man said, "It's fine. With the world's metamorphosis, plus the fact that we still have our experiences, we'll be able to recover our abilities in one to two years at most." Thinking of this, hints of a fervent gaze appeared in his eyes. "With our influence, through gathering countless unrivalled experts and legendary characters, it'll only take us one to two years to grow enough to rule over the entire world.

"There's no way that anyone could be a match for us. Furthermore, as our abilities continue to grow stronger, our influence will also get increasingly stronger. It won't be long before we'll be able to prepare the bodies of first transition or even second transition experts of the Lords and let them revive as well. Our growth rate will get increasingly faster."

"It's a pity that True Lord Qingshan, Grand Duke Alba, and the Saint can't be revived," the short man sighed, saying, "The requirement for the power of the physical bodies to sustain their consciousness are quite high. We'll probably need to look for second transition or Demigod experts."

Thinking of the few legendary characters, the two men's gazes filled with respect.

"When True Lord Qingshan revives, we'll instantly become the strongest organization in the world. With his capabilities, it'll only take one word for him to overthrow the Krieg royal family."

As the two of them were talking, the tattooed tall man's brows suddenly rose, "Hmm? Someone's here?"

With a dash, he came to a wall and punched out with a sound like the rumbling of a cannon, his fist crumbling the walls and going for the enemies behind the wall.

However, just as he unleashed his punch, a furious bellow rang out from the other side of the wall, unleashing a punch that clashed with his.

Bang bang bang bang! Sounds of muscles exploding kept ringing out and the handsome Knight who had been hiding behind the wall let out a sniffled snort, retreating over ten steps back, with hints of blood flowing down from the corner of his lips.

The tall man let out a cold laugh, kicked away the shattered pieces of the wall hat was under his foot and asked, "Whose lackeys are you to dare to create trouble here?"

The handsome Knight looked at the tattooed tall man and said, frowning, "Who are you? I don't recall someone like you being part of the Great Western Region. Someone who's at the peak of the first transition shouldn't be a nameless nobody."

"You don't have the right to know who I am," the tattooed tall man replied with arrogance. "There are two other small mice? How could you possibly hide from me? Come out."

After saying these, at the next moment, the tall tattooed man created several tens of afterimages and illusions with a flash, attacking in all directions. With a single move, he managed to force the two other Knights out as well.

In the blink of an eye, the four of them were engaged in an intense battle. Each and every move of the tall tattooed man created countless afterimages and illusions as he attacked with them, managing to suppress his three opponents.

The handsome Knight said in surprise, "Is this the Myriad Spirit Sect's Myriad Phantom Fist? This skill should have been lost 200 years ago. How is it that you know it?"

"You only managed to recognize it now? It's too late. Take my Nine Illusions Fist as well." The tall man let out a laugh and punched out. In that instant, nine illusions came pouncing out from his body and attacked the three Knights. Each of the illusions were able to strike out with the full power of the tall tattooed man.

Amidst layers of trembling and exploding air, the three Knights were sent flying and they collapsed on the ground, unable to get back to their feet.

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Chapter 582: Sword Formation

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Behind the tall tattooed man, the poor commoners cheered.

The tall tattooed man let out a cold laugh and headed for the trio. "The three of you are good materials."

However, at the next moment, he suddenly came to a stop and looked behind the three of them with a serious gaze. A young man had suddenly appeared without them realizing.

Fang Xingjian did not say anything. He only took a look at the situation in the surroundings and then slowly walked up to the tall tattooed man.

The handsome Knight also heard sounds and turned to look toward Fang Xingjian who was walking toward them. He shouted, "Be careful! His Myriad Phantom Fist can create illusions from fist force and be thrown out as an attack across space. Don't let him draw his distance from you…"

However, before he finished his words, that tall tattooed man let out an explosive bellow and started to flee.

"Oh? You know me?" Fang Xingjian raised his palm calmly and tapped down across space, pressing down the tall tattooed man onto the ground as if he were a fly.

Then, he sent his sword intent sweeping outward, knocking all the commoner believers out.

Seeing how Fang Xingjian had dealt with the other party with such ease, the handsome Knight and his two subordinates just stared, eyes and mouth agape.

The tall tattooed man glared at Fang Xingjian and said while smiling bitterly, "To think that it's you. You've already gotten your eyes on us? It's really as True Lord Qingshan says…"

"Who is True Lord Qingshan?" Fang Xingjian frowned and threw a quick glance toward the shadow in the south. There seemed to be sword light sweeping across void space and as an agonizing cry rang out. The tall tattooed man's partner, the short man, exited his concealed status, falling onto the ground while covered in blood.

He had been pierced through his stomach.

The tall tattooed man looked at Fang Xingjian with an expression of calmly facing death, "Fang Xingjian, you can only be arrogant now, while it still lasts. We already know of your background and our Shang is created just to stop you. Countless legendary characters, experts, and heroes will come to stop you. Even True Lord Qingshan has his eyes on you. You're dead meat. I'll be waiting for you down in hell."

Fang Xingjian's expression was stunned for a moment. He then realized that the other party had already self-detonated his martial will, completely entering a vegetative state.

Since martial will could be used to attack others, it could naturally also be used to attack oneself. When that happened, the person's consciousness would become countless shattered fragments, making it impossible to return to its original state. The person would either enter a vegetative state or become a lunatic.

This method of suicide was light-speed fast and even Fang Xingjian had been unable to stop him.

A person with such means of controlling their martial will should be at least a Conferred Knight. How had this person been able to do this?

He then looked at the other one. The man had also committed suicide at the same time.

Fang Xingjian frowned. 'They know of my background?' His eyes narrowed slightly. There were two things about his background. The first was that he came from Earth's Demonic City. The other was his sword arts talent.

He did not care about others knowing that he came from Earth's Demonic City. It would not pose a big problem to him.

However, his sword arts talent, the purple flame, the man dressed in black… He had yet to understand all these until now. He planned to head to the Church of Universal Truth that was situated in the north after he had attained the Divine level and to settle the matters in the Empire.

To think that someone was saying that they had already seen through his background.

'Could it be that someone knows about the purple flames as well?' As he thought about this, Fang Xingjian had already soared into the air and with a slight turn, headed for the direction of the Regional Academy.

'The sense from Sudden Inspiration was right. There's someone who knows of this?'

The moment Fang Xingjian returned to the Regional Academy, he gave out orders to investigate Shang, and to go all-out into bringing down this evil sect and into capturing their members.

Fang Xingjian had immense influence right now. It could be said that after the Second Prince had gone into seclusion, he had become the spokesperson for the entire faction under the Second Prince, being the strongest expert in the Great Western Region, an unsurpassable existence by people from both the underworld and the righteous paths.

The regional government sent people to investigate the Shang. Many factions, including the Radiant Cult and the Ice Palace had also sent people to help out. In less than a week, they had wiped out many of Shang's bases.

However, the people from this organization were far too loyal. Almost everyone who had the chance to do so would self-detonate their consciousness to commit suicide, while commoner believers knew nothing of the organization's upper echelon.

And as countless of their bases were wiped out, the entire Shang gradually fell silent, as if they had completely given up on the Great Western Region.

In Hildebrand's manor in the Great Western City.

Countless voices were engaged in an intense quarrel in Hildebrand's brain.

"Damn it! Who was the one who did this? To think that they wiped out over half of our bases!"

"This is the equivalent of having wiped out all of our recent achievements."

"The most important thing is that we've lost quite a few people who had been revived. One of them had even been a Divine level expert in the past."

"What should we do? With how stringent the investigations are, there's no way that we can continue our operations."

Everyone's quarrel grew increasingly intense. Grand Duke Alba, a Divine level expert whose name had astounded the Jade Dynasty 5,000 years, ago, spoke calmly, "Alright, there's no need to quarrel. With the current situation in the Great Western Region, the only person who get can people from both the underworld and from righteous paths to work together, and even get great factions to surround and attack us is Fang Xingjian."

"It's him?"

"He has already noticed us?"

"We must fight it out to the very end."

"We must not give up."

Saint Luoluo, the female Saint of the Church of the Universal Truth 3,000 years ago, also said, "We don't know if Fang Xingjian had did this unintentionally or if he is targeting us intentionally. If his actions are intentional…"

Morudo, king of the ocean, king of the sky, and king of the earth, said, "It's impossible for his actions to be intentional. Our people would definitely not divulge any information. And if he was really targeting us, Fang Xingjian would be more likely to take action personally. He might even have found his way here."

"The problem right now is what we should do from now on," said Grand Duke Alba. "It's too dangerous to stay here. But if we were to leave the Great Western Region, Hildebrand's influence wouldn't be enough to support our rapid development."

At the mention of this, everyone looked toward True Lord Qingshan, who had lowered his head as countless thoughts flashed in his mind.

He lifted up his head and said, "Then let's go. We'll leave the Great Western Region and head to the north. I sense that an overwhelming force is calling for me from there."

In the Sacred Land, four short swords made of bone were floating right before Fang Xingjian. These four short swords had been made from his rib bones. They looked as if they were made of white jade, emitting waves of mysterious mist.

The next instant Fang Xingjian clenched a sword incantation with one of his hands and the four short swords immediately emitted four colors—black, red, yellow and green.

"Infiltrating Void!"

The black short sword darted through void space and entered spatial gaps.

"Light Pursuit!"

The red short sword instantly disappeared, leaving behind several tens of thousands of sword marks on the ground.

"All-Conquering!"

The yellow short sword soared into the air, tearing through the atmosphere, and unleashing a series of explosive sounds of the air disintegrating.

"Instant!"

The green short sword disappeared then concurrently appeared over 100 meters away.

Watching as the four short swords once again flew back toward him, Fang Xingjian nodded. During this period of time, after having merged the Infiltrating Void, Light Pursuit, and All-Conquering, he had then tried to bring in Instant but to no avail.

Afterall, Instant was too profound and powerful, thus it was not that easy to merge it with something else.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian decided to let relax and start to study the art of formation. He wanted to turn the formations into his own sword formation.

These four short swords were the results of his work.

The Myriad Spirit Sect's formation was one that displayed different formation styles through separating the physical bodies and consciousness of multiple experts. Then, they would be able to control the ether particles in the surrounding space to increase their strength and unleash all sorts of attacks.

Right now, the four short swords had respectively channeled four different streams of Fang Xingjian's sword intents by. They acted as if they were his clones, setting up the sword formation.

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Chapter 583: Hades

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Fang Xingjian channeled different sword intents into the four white bone short swords respectively. He then used his sword force to activate them across space, forming a sword formation.

Once the power of the sword formation was unleashed, the white bone short swords would be able to directly endlessly absorb the energy from ether particles. They would then be able to perform the sword of Infiltrating Void, the Light Pursuit sword ripples, the All-Conquering sword, and the Instant sword respectively.

The four white bone short swords directly tapped into the explosive forces of the ether particles that existed in the world. It was as if there were four Fang Xingjians, who were not equipped with any equipment, performing the Five God-Slaying Swords personally.

'There are still aspects of the sword formation that haven't been perfected. My cultivation is still lacking, and the white bone short swords are also too weak. Otherwise, the prowess of this sword formation can still be increased.'

Fang Xingjian looked at the four floating white bone short swords and thought, 'Once this sword formation is performed, it will be as if there are four of me performing the sword techniques. Since that's the case, then I shall name this sword formation as the Celestial Eradication Sword Formation.'

Right now, the damaging prowess of the Celestial Eradication Sword Formation was already very powerful. However, Fang Xingjian still held expectations that as his cultivation and his sword art mastery increased, and moreover, if he could gather four Divine Longswords as well... then the prowess of the sword formation increase to an unfathomable level.

Just as Fang Xingjian was thinking this, Zhou Xingwen walked in and reported, "Xingjian, the matter with Shang..."

A short while later, after hearing Zhou Xingwen's report, Fang Xingjian nodded. "They still can't be found? It seems that they might have already left the Great Western Region then," Fang Xingjian said, frowning. "Continue to watch out for them. If you really can't find them, then there's no helping it either."

Although Fang Xingjian really wanted to know Shang's background, the loyalty of their subordinates, as well as how secretive and vicious they were, was really beyond his expectations.

Just as Fang Xingjian was thinking about the matters concerning Shang, Zhou Xingwen spoke up once again, "According to the news from the Central Region, Dongfang Lin challenged the leaders of 12 factions of the Central Region five days ago. There wasn't a single person who could take on one of his saber attacks. He's known as the top expert amongst the youngsters in the Imperial Capital." Then Zhou Xingwen added, "Right now, everyone is saying that you and Dongfang Ling are the strongest experts amongst the youngsters, and everyone is hoping that the two of you can fight it out."

Fang Xingjian shrugged and said, "There are just too many people who like to watch shows."

Zhou Xingwen smiled and said, "But Dongfang Ling said that he really hopes to have a spar with you, and that if you have time to go to the Central Region, then he hopes the two of you can meet as friends through martial arts."

Before the appearance of Fang Xingjian and the Fifth Prince, Dongfang Ling had been the number one genius in the Empire. He had passed the National Selection at the age of 14 and become a Royal Knight.

Dongfang Ling was already 28 years old now, and his cultivation was said to be truly unfathomable. This was especially true as after the world's metamorphosis, there were rumors that he was extremely close to attaining the Divine level. Moreover, the reason why he was currently challenging experts everywhere was so that he could find an encounter which could allow him to attain a breakthrough to the Divine level.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. He did not have much interest for Dongfang Ling. Right now, amongst his opponents and the experts, his attention was focused on the Divine level experts like the First Prince, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, the Undying Xia, and the Fist Emperor.

Just then, Fang Xingjian suddenly lifted his head, as if sensing something from the Sudden Inspiration and the tenth level of the mystical prints.

"I'm going making a trip outside."

Fang Xingjian left this line behind and then disappeared into the air with a series of fading afterimages. He emptied out his consciousness completely and followed that faint feeling he was sensing. His body cut through the atmosphere, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared at the top of a mountain several kilometers away. Fang Xingjian saw the Fourth Prince standing there.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's arrival, the Fourth Prince was slightly stunned. "Xingjian, how did you know that I've come to look for you?"

Fang Xingjian did not reply. Instead, he looked at the Fourth Prince with a chaotic aura and said, "Are you here today because of the Hades Vault? Is the vault going to open up soon?"

"That's right," the Fourth Prince said, slightly taken by surprise. He nodded and continued, "Xingjian, I've come to look for you this time around because the Hades Vault is about to open up soon. Come with me and help me get the Senluo Six Heavens Sword.

"However, the Hades Vault is a secret area that was created by the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor, who founded the Jade Dynasty. Even if I possess his sword arts legacy, I wouldn't dare to say that it'll be 100% safe. We must be very careful."

"Alright." Fang Xingjian nodded. With the Sudden Inspiration's senses and his current abilities, this trip seemed like it would be able to bring him both dangerous and lucky encounters.

Then Fang Xingjian went straight to the point, "But I need to go back to get something." Simultaneously, his eyes seemed to be shooting out streams of sword light. They seemed to contain endless feelings of mystery and chaos, seemingly piercing through the Fourth Prince's body as he said, "Philip, you're in the Fourth Prince's body?"

Philip's martial will sent out information, including that of surprise, "That's right. You're able to tell even this? It seems that your cultivation has improved rapidly during this period of time."

He then explained, "My actual body has to stay behind to guard the northern borders. Therefore, this time around, I can only leave about 30% of my martial will's power in the Fourth Prince's body. We don't know what dangers the Hades Vault might have, so we'll need you, Xingjian, to help to look out for the Fourth Prince."

Fang Xingjian nodded. Then in the blink of an eye, he created a long black line in the sky as he returned to the Sacred Land, appearing before Tyrant.

Tyrant asked curiously, "What's the matter? I seem to have sensed someone spying on this place earlier."

Fang Xingjian said. "That's right. I need to go somewhere. It might be very dangerous. Come along with me."

Tyrant sighed and said, "Can I not go?"

Fang Xingjian put out his wrist and said, "Hurry up. What are you worrying about? With our current abilities, even if we were to encounter a Divine level expert, we wouldn't know if we're going to lose unless we fight it out."

Tyrant shook his head helplessly, then he turned into a bangle and slipped onto Fang Xingjian's wrist.

With a few consecutive flashes, Fang Xingjian appeared before the Fourth Prince and said, "I'm ready. Let's go."

The Fourth Prince threw a glance toward Fang Xingjian's wrist, nodded, and then said, "Then let's go."

Both of them were Demigod experts, and they cut through the cloud layers, flying at a rapid speed. They moved at several tens of times that of supersonic speed. Cutting through the sky and shaking the air, they brought forth a myriad of roaring thunders.

However, both of them were flying several hundred thousands meters up in the air. So, although they produced a lot of noise, they had relatively little impact on those on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, they travelled across multiple regions and appeared at the southern borders.

The two of them passed through the cloud layers and gradually descended to a height of several hundred meters up in the air. They looked down at a scene of luscious greeneries and countless mountain ranges with endless cries of birds and beasts, just like that of a tropical rainforest.

The Fourth Prince said, "It should be near here. I can sense the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's aura. It seems the Hades Vault has already opened."

The two of them continued on, searching as they went. Then in the blink of an eye, they arrived before a collapsed temple. A large part of it had already sunk into the ground. The various huge sculptures, mottled walls, and collapsed doors of the temple all gave off an extremely ancient feeling.

"Back then, the Jade Dynasty started developing from the southern borders. Their Imperial Capital had also been at the southern borders. It's said that during the Jade Dynasty's reign, this had been the most prosperous place in the entire world.

"I also chanced upon the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor over ten years ago when I was travelling around the southern borders."

Looking at the temple before them, the Fourth Prince said, "It should be inside here. I can sense that there seems to be another space in there. It means that the Hades Vault has already opened."

Fang Xingjian walked up to the door, squatted down, and said, "There are marks on the ground. Someone has already gone inside."

The Fourth Prince's countenance turned grim. "There are others who know that the Hades Vault has opened? Could it be that, aside from me, there are others who have also inherited the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor?"

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Chapter 584: News

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Just as Fang Xingjian was helping the Fourth Prince to check out the Hades Vault...

The event that had occurred in the Northern Ice Region also gradually started to take effect.

The Pops Clan and the Henry Clan had jointly suppressed most of the influences in the Northern Ice Region. Relying on the prowess Fang Xingjian had displayed at the banquet, as well as their own powers, the two clans jointly dominated and unified a large number of the aristocrat influences in the Northern Ice Region.

With a series of lightning speed operations, the influences of the two clans expanded rapidly. Then after they stopped their operations and were digesting the results of the battles, news of Fang Xingjian having defeated a part of Xia's martial will finally spread out at the speed of a typhoon. While Fang Xingjian was exploring the Hades Vault, he once again shook the world.

At a manor outside the Imperial City in the Central Region, a young man with white hair, brows, and eyes sat cross-legged on the grass plains. With each breath he inhaled, the grass and trees on the grass plains shook with the same frequency.

It was as if the white-haired young man had already merged as one with the entire world.

Before him, another young man said, "Brother Ling, that Fang Xingjian has actually defeated a portion of Xia's martial will despite not even having reached 20 years old. Although it's just a portion of Xia's martial will, Fang Xingjian is too powerful. Are you really going to challenge him?"

The white-haired young man opened his eyes. There was a feeling of emptiness inside them. It was as if there was nothing else in the world that could leave any traces in his heart.

"Currently, the talented geniuses of the Empire are just the Fifth Prince, myself, the Supreme Chief, Fang Xingjian, and a few people from the seven great clans. The First Prince has already attained the Divine level and is currently suppressing two great factions in the Xingwu Region. There's no way I can disturb him.

"Although the other four princes are also amazing, it'll take me no more than three moves to kill them.

"The seven great clans have legacies spanning over two hundred years. It's a pity that they are all cowards who know only of hiding themselves and putting hard work in their cultivation. They don't show the air of a Knight at all.

"Fang Xingjian is the only one who rose from the commoners, has extraordinary talent, has had many fortunate encounters, and is growing stronger at a rapid rate. Only a great genius like him is deserving to take an attack from my saber."

Saying that, the white-haired young man lifted his head and look toward the sky. As his gaze moved, the cloud layers 10,000 meters high up in the sky started to tear into two, revealing the pitch black outer space. It was as if an invisible long saber had sliced up the sky.

"I'm only one step away from attaining the Divine level. I just hope that this Fang Xingjian will not disappoint me and that he can let me have the chance to sneak a peek at the true appearance of the Nine-Tiered Heavens, letting me advance into the unrivalled realm of martial arts."

In the northeast side of the Empire's Northern Ice Region, at the center of the Enraged Dragon River which was located in an area of snow and ice, several million tons of water kept gushing out with great impact and tearing up all physical matter before them into pieces.

The chill of the river water was so cold that it could pierce through to a person's heart and freeze any animal to death.

Under such a situation, a human figure emitted faint fluorescent light while wrapped up into something sphere-like.

Behind him, a scar-faced man sent out a glare, and the water currents were pushed aside by his condensed martial will that seemed material. His martial will forcibly accepted the water pressure of several million tons of water and opened up a space in the center of the river.

This person was the leader of the Great River Alliance and one of the Empire's ten great Divine level experts—the Fist Emperor. Beside him, the one that had been distorted into remnants of illusions, was the Fifth Prince who was only left with his martial will.

Tian Yi was mixed in with the Fifth Prince, hiding in the deepest and most concealed part of the Fifth Prince's heart, helping the Fifth Prince to stay alive. Existing purely as a lifeform in the state of the will, it seemed as if even the Fist Emperor had not realized Tian Yi's existence.

The First Emperor grabbed out across space toward the bottom of the river under his feet, and endless air bubbles surged up, accompanied by thunderous rumbles. It was as if the entire Enraged Dragon River was about to be crushed in his grasp.

Looking at this world-astonishing power, a fire burned in the Fifth Prince's heart. 'This is the power of a Divine level expert. Fang Xingjian, just you wait. I'll definitely kill you.'

At the next instant, the Fist Emperor grabbed out again. Then, as if he had shaken void space, a large crystallized substance was extracted from the center of the river.

"Alright, this is the ice crystal formed from the gathering and condensing of the Enraged Dragon River's chill for tens of millions of years. Today, I'll create a Inborn Divine Physique with ice flesh and algid bones for you using this ice crystal. Go in quickly!"

The Fifth Prince nodded and dashed into the ice crystal with a swoosh. In that instant, a gush of violent chill gushed forth, causing him to feel so cold that even his thoughts were almost frozen.

"How is this possible? I don't even have a physical body now. I'm only left with my martial will. Yet to think that this ice crystal can affect me?"

"Keep quiet," the Fist Emperor said. "This ice crystal was born after tens of millions of years, and it has absorbed the information and energy from an endless amount of ether particles. Therefore, it has already produced a simple will. As long as you can defeat it, your martial will will naturally improve."

"Yes!"

In the ice crystal, the Fifth Prince and Tian Yi worked together to fend off the waves of chilly intent that seemed to want to freeze even their thoughts.

After ten days and ten nights, a snow-white figure dashed out from the center of the river. Violent chilly air shot out in all directions, freezing ten li of the Enraged Dragon River.

All the river water within the ten li instantly froze over and became motionless, turning into many ice flowers that stood upright.

"Hahahahaha," the Fifth Prince laughed out loud. "With ice as my bones and ice crystals as my flesh, the body created from this 10,000-year ice crystal has given me physical strength that can be a match for Divine level experts. Elder Brother, this is all thanks to you."

The scar-faced Fist Emperor floated up slowly. He looked at the Fifth Prince and said, "Sworn Brother, are you going to look for Fang Xingjian to exact revenge now?"

"That's right. My body has been created, and my martial will has absorbed the will in the 10,000 year ice crystal that can freeze the world over. Right now, even if a Divine level expert wishes to defeat me, they'll need to take it seriously and go all out.

"Ordinary Conferred Knights are no longer a match for me." As he said this, a savage expression appeared on the Fifth Prince's face. "I'm going to look for Fang Xingjian to exact my revenge right now. I want him to suffer a pain that is ten or hundred times worse than what I experienced."

The Fist Emperor frowned. If it were not for his relationship with the Fifth Prince's mother who was a great benefactor of his, the Fist Emperor would not really be willing to help to take care of this brat.

So, he could only say, "Sworn Brother, have you forgotten that the reason you were defeated by Fang Xingjian previously was because you were too rash? I didn't tell you this before since you were cultivating, but Fang Xingjian had a conflict with the Eight Directional Crimson Dragon in the Northern Ice Region a few days ago. Xia sent down a part of his martial will, but it was wiped out by Fang Xingjian. This person's cultivation is already at a world-shaking level. Even now, you're probably still not a match for him.

"Moreover, it's said that he is wearing a Divine Armor which has a power that's as strong as mountains and as vast as the seas. It's probably a Divine Remains Equipment."

"What?!" Hearing this, the killing intent in the Fifth Prince's eyes surged even more. It was a vengeance that was inscribed in his heart. "He must have taken my Divine Armor and modified it into his own. This trash! I'm going to kill him for sure!

"But why is it that his cultivation has improved so rapidly? To think that he's already able to go up against Xia's martial will?"

Thinking of this, he lifted his head and looked toward the Fist Emperor, saying, "Elder Brother, why don't you make a trip to the Great Western Region with me and help me to kill Fang Xingjian?"

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Chapter 585: Danger

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The Fist Emperor frowned and said, "The Empire wants to wipe out all the factions. If I kill Fang Xingjian now, your father will probably make me his target immediately.

"Moreover, if you want to seek vengeance, then you should work hard cultivating by yourself. What's the point in relying on my power?"

The Fifth Prince lowered his head. Thinking of how Fang Xingjian was wearing his armor, standing at the top while continuing to grow stronger, even becoming capable of fighting against a Divine level expert… The pain the Fifth Prince felt in his heart was so intense that it felt as if ten thousands of ants were biting him.

He looked at the Fist Emperor and said, "Then how about this. Brother, please let me train in the Asura Way with you."

The Asura Way was a terrifying Killing technique which the Fist Emperor cultivated. It was also a martial path that was brutal toward the enemy and even more brutal toward the practitioner.

"The tiger eats the sheep, the sheep eats the grass, the grass absorbs all the nutrients of the world. The intrinsic nature of the world is brutal. To be able to understand and know brutality, to be brutal toward your enemy and toward yourself… To absorb nutrients from brutality and comprehend the balance of the world… This is the Asura Way."

The Fist Emperor said in a deep voice, "When a person is in pain, their potential will be stimulated. An injured wild beast is even more vicious. One can experience rapid progress in the Asura Way, but the stimulated growth in cultivation is one that stems from the body's instincts toward pain and brutality. It brings about great damage to the body and the mind. Are you sure that you want to do this?"

"Yes," the Fifth Prince said, "If I don't kill Fang Xingjian... If I don't crush him completely with my power and surpass him, I might as well be dead."

Fang Xingjian still did not know of the various changes that were currently occurring within the Empire. After spending some time studying the temple at the entrance, both he and the Fourth Prince affirmed that someone had already entered it before them.

"It seems like there really are other people who have also received the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor," the Fourth Prince said, with his countenance turning a little grim. "We must be even more careful when we enter."

"We'll cross the bridge when we come to it," Fang Xingjian said and then looked at the marks outside the door. "The marks disappear at the entrance. It seems that once you enter through the doors, unforeseen circumstances may occur.."

The Fourth Prince nodded and said, "The Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor from 5,000 years ago was a powerful figure who ruled over the world and led mankind against the fifth onslaught. His Divine level cultivation had probably reached level 35, 36, 37, or even higher. He probably had the powerful abilities to control time and space, as well to create an alternate space.

"The Hades Vault he created probably doesn't exist in this world. Instead, it exists in the time and space which he created."

Fang Xingjian nodded, looked at the door in front of them, and said, "Then let's go."

The two of them were on their guard, preparing the powers in their bodies as they walked toward the door.

At the next instant, Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince both entered through the door to the temple at the same time. The moment they passed through the doors, the scenery before them changed, and it was as if both time and space had been put through a series of distortions. When they took another look, they had already arrived at an extremely wide and spacious sky.

The entire sky was filled with thunderbolts, strong gales, and an endless stretch of tempest.

The two of them were slightly stunned to suddenly appear amidst the tempest. However, at the next moment, both of them activated their specialty seeds and stepped into void space, using the backlashing forces to stabilize themselves.

"Hmm?" Fang Xingjian frowned as streams of electricity flashed all over his entire body. "I feel there's an invisible force that keeps on tugging at the physical particles in my body, wanting to absorb me into the ground."

The Fourth Prince's body was also flashing with electricity as he continued to strengthen the power of the physical particles in his body. He then lowered his head to look at the layers of strong gales and thunderbolts under his feet.

"There's a force that keeps on disintegrating everything physical and then absorbing the from somewhere under our feet." A hint of astonishment flashed in the Fourth Prince's eyes. "It's said that powerful Divine level experts can distort time and space. How big is this Hades Vault that the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor created?"

"I don't know," Fang Xingjian said, looking at the endless layers of clouds, lightning, and all sorts of burning flaming clouds and flashes under his feet. "Everything will continue to be absorbed to the center. Then let's go down and take a look."

At the next moment, the two of them dashed deep into the cloud layers. However, after dashing for several tens of kilometers, Fang Xingjian pulled the Fourth Prince, and they came to a stop. The Fourth Prince looked at Fang Xingjian oddly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Strange gazes flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes as he said, "Let's wait a little. I've been sensing people following us as we moved. Let's take a look to see if it's really the case."

Not long after they moved, a gray light appeared about one to two minutes later. It was the Terrene Shrine's Grand Elder, the Worm King.

The Terrene Shrine had been keeping watch on the Fourth Prince's movements.

However, the moment the Worm King appeared, a sharp sword light exploded on his body, instantly slashing him up into several hundred pieces of minced meat.

"Ahhh!" An endless string of agonizing cries rang out from his body, which instantly transformed into countless flying bugs, scattering off and fleeing in all directions.

At the same moment that the Worm King's body dispersed, Fang Xingjian's sword finger moved. Light Pursuit sword ripples were sent sweeping out, about to kill the countless waves of bugs.

However, just when the Light Pursuit light ripples were activated, surges of black Qi rose from the sea of worms that had come from the Worm King. It turned into countless black snakes and clashed fiercely with the Light Pursuit light ripples, blocking Fang Xingjian's attack.

The auras from the black snakes formed a body that was human for the upper half and snake for the lower half. It was like a demon from the legends, standing amidst the lightning and flaming clouds.

The Worm King also successfully regenerated himself, turning into a human figure and hiding behind the creature that had just appeared.

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, "World Annihilation Heavenly Lord? You've been following us?" As Fang Xingjian had sensed that there were people chasing after them, he had brought the Fourth Prince with him as they moved through spatial gaps. However, he was still unable to get rid of that feeling.

Seeing the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord appear, Fang Xingjian finally understood why. The martial will of a Divine level expert could directly scan the existences in the spatial gaps. It was just like how in the past, Li Shuanghua had been able to locate where he had been.

This figure that had emerged from the Worm King's body, formed from condensed martial will, was the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord. It was apparent that he had left behind a portion of his will in the Worm King, then the two of them had followed the Fourth Prince all the way into the Hades Vault.

Hearing what Fang Xingjian said, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord said coldly, "That's right. Both you and the Fourth Prince have blessed destinies and have experienced various fortunate encounters. So, of course, I'll keep an eye on you to snatch away your fortunate encounters. This time, the treasures from the Hades Vault will all belong to our Terrene Shrine."

"Is that so?" The World Annihilation Heavenly had just finished saying his piece when another two black figures descended from the skies. Waves of auras that were like the sulfur and lava of hell came down plunging from above as if dragging the entire space down into hell.

"All the land in the world belongs to the royal family. World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, have you asked if I'm agreeable to you snatching the Empire's land?"

At the next instant, a huge black palm came plunging down from the skies.

It was so huge that it seemed as if it had filled up the entire world. The palm's pitch black color was like that of River Styx in hell, and it was as harsh as the scorching sun high up in the sky.

Violent power came striking down, with the pressure of the attack, Overturned Hell. The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord let out an agonizing cry, and his figure, which had been condensed from his martial will, shattered and went flying out.

The Word Annihilation Heavenly Lord screamed, "George Krieg! You've reached tier two of the Divine level?!"

The First Prince's voice seemed to have penetrated through time and space as it transmitted in from all directions, "Fourth Brother, I've known since a long ago that you inherited the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor. It's fine that you don't care about cultivating the martial arts of the Ancient Path of Hell and instead focus on these small legacies.

"But at this moment, when the country is in danger and the world's circumstances are changing, you should be stepping out quickly and assisting me in obtaining the treasures from the Hades Vault to substantiate the country's reserves."

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Chapter 586: Joint Attack

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The Dark Knight was standing at the entrance to the Hades Vault.

Next to him, a set of platinum armor stood in void space, emitting powerful auras of sulfur and lava from all over its body. It was just like a living volcano that would erupt at any moment.

The set of armor seemed to be grouped together from chunks of unknown remains, with hints of spiritual light shining from the white bones. It was as if the demon lord from hell had appeared.

The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord's martial will went gushing out as he said, "Hell's White Bone Armor? I see… You're not at the tier two of the Divine level. You didn't use your will to create a clone with a physical body and then send it here. Rather, you just left a part of your martial will in the armor."

Thinking of this, overwhelming greed shone in the eyes of the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord. The Hell's White Bone Armor, which belonged to the Ancient Path of Hell, was a treasured armor that had been passed down to each generation's Sect Master. It was said that it had been forged by the founder of the Ancient Path of Hell—Saint Adam—after killing 99 types of Ancient Divine Beasts, 72 demons from beyond the heavens, and 12 Divine level experts, as well as depleting countless heavenly and earthly treasures.

The power the armor held was formidable and vast like the mountains and the seas. In particular, this entire set of armor was used purely for defence. It was said to be indestructible in the face of all attacks and impenetrable in the face of all evils.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent… To think that the Abyss Lord has even passed this set of armor to you," the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord said. "Since that's the case, you can leave this set of armor behind."

As he spoke, streams of gray light rose from his body, and countless black space-time passageways opened. Many tentacles emerged from them and tangled together, quickly forming a huge ball of flesh. It looked just like a huge beating heart.

The First Prince's brows twitched, and the two hands of the Hell's White Bone Armor moved up suddenly, then another Overturned Hell slapped down toward the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord.

Simultaneously, a powerful martial will swept out toward Fang Xingjian. "Fang Xingjian, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord goes against human nature and is toxic to the world. Let's join forces to defeat his clone first.

"He is performing black magic, summoning the blood and flesh of a demon lord from an alternate world. He's going to use the blood and flesh to form a battle-compatible physique. Don't let him succeed."

As they spoke, a huge black palm was already smashing down fiercely on the huge meatball. With an explosive bang and under the overwhelming power, an endless stretch of space and light rays distorted as the atmosphere within a range of 100-li exploded. All the lightning strikes, flaming clouds, and thunderbolts were all crushed.

Under the terrifying attack of the Overturned Hell, the blood and flesh of the demon lord, who was from an alternate world, was sent splattering in all directions. The demon lord let out agonizing howls like a crying baby or an unrivalled demon fetus that was about to be born.

"Xingjian, what should we do?" The Fourth Prince's will was channelled into Fang Xingjian's brain.

With a flash, Fang Xingjian's finger tore through the sky, bringing about a world-shaking sword Qi that was ten kilometers long. It went toward the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord, slashing down fiercely.

"Kill the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord first, then the First Prince."

At the next instant, the impressive sword Qi tore through void space. It appeared behind the flesh and blood of the demon lord with a flash, and then slashed through it.

Hissssss sounds kept ringing out, and the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord bellowed furiously, "Fang Xingjian! Are you crazy?! Quickly join forces with me to defeat the First Prince. Otherwise, with this set of Hell's White Bone Armor on, his will can unleash 50% or more of his actual body's powers."

Fang Xingjian could not be bothered replying to the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord and activated the Light Pursuit sword ripples directly. Several ten millions of sword ripples slashed out, sending the demon lord's blood and flesh splattering. Then blood rained down.

Howl howl howl howl howl!

The violent bellows brought about a series of sound waves from the demon lord's blood and flesh. A completely blood-red human figure, who seemed as if he had appeared from a pool of blood, appeared.

Level 11 black magic—Crimson Corpse King.

The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord had summoned a Crimson Corpse King from an alternate world, temporarily controlling his will for battle.

The instant the Crimson Corpse King appeared, the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord's will dashed in directly, and bloody flames started to burn all around it.

"All of you will have to die! Undying Flames!"

A tremendous boom rang out! The World Annihilation Heavenly Lord sent out endless waves of light and heat like a sun that had risen into the sky. Endless flames exploded from the body of the Crimson Corpse King, filling up every inch of space within a range of one thousand li.

The even more terrifying thing was that as these flames extended outward, they showed no signs of extinguishing at all. Instead, they turned into lumps of plasma, filling up the sky. They heated up and disintegrated everything, turning into physical particles—the basic form of all things.

Fortunately, Fang Xingjian had hidden himself within the spatial gaps. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight and the Fourth Prince had to retreat rapidly while cutting off the parts of their bodies which were on fire and then performing regeneration.

"What kind of flames are these?! To think that they can't be extinguished!" The Dark Knight let out a surprised cry as he chopped off his right hand.

The First Prince continued to stand upright in void space, not moving an inch. The Hell's White Bone Armor emitted waves of hellish lava aura, and all the flames that neared the First Prince were turned into light and heat, and then absorbed into the armor. The armor appeared as if it really was indestructible in the face of all attacks and impenetrable in the face of all evils.

Concurrently, at the center of the explosion, the Crimson Corpse King had already disappeared. The earlier attack had actually been the self-detonation of this life form which had come from an alternate world.

When the Crimson Corpse King disappeared, another three sets of flesh and blood of demon lords appeared slowly, twitching and hatching.

It was apparent that the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord had summoned another three sets of Crimson Corpse Kings to self-detonate. An attack like this was too crafty and too fierce!

Fang Xingjian could imagine that an attack like this would only take one second to flatten all of Demonic City. It was no wonder that the Empire wanted to wipe out the Terrene Shrine. Lunatics like these were far too dangerous.

Just as the three sets of Crimson Corpse Kings were about to self-detonate, the First Prince and Fang Xingjian made their moves at the same time.

The moment the First Prince made his move, he used the ultimate skill of the Ancient Path of Hell that was only passed down to the direct descendants—Mortal World Reversal.

His two hands were like two huge millstones crushing against each other, sending out waves of violent power spinning out. Simultaneously, it was also as if there were countless wheels spinning incessantly in the sky.

Surges of air currents and the flames left behind by the Crimson Corpse King were brought up, put through friction, and spun around as they wiped out each other. It was like a great millstone from hell was plunging down from the skies, spinning, erasing, overturning, and reversing all the mountains and rivers, men and women, young and old, righteous and evil.

They seemed to depict a scene of flipping the world over, bringing about great chaos and turning the mortal world into hell. It was as if Mortal World Reversal could directly distort one's will.

With a single move of Mortal World Reversal, the spiral-shaped distorted space came descending down from the heavens and smashing out toward the three Crimson Corpse Kings.

In an instant, the three Crimson Corpse Kings seemed to stretched out endlessly, turning into many spinning strands of noodles and then turning into an increasingly turbid spiral.

While the First Prince was performing the Mortal World Reversal which was out to obliterate yin and yang, distorting righteousness and evil, Fang Xingjian also performed his greatest technique, the All-Conquering sword.

In the blink of an eye, sword mark after sword mark extended out in the spiralling space, just like countless cracks appearing on glass. In the blink of an eye, they filled up all of the space at the Crimson Corpse Kings' location.

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Chapter 587: Mysterious Young Man

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For that one move, although the First Prince and Fang Xingjian had not had any prior exchanges, their attacks worked together perfectly. They completely suppressed the Crimson Corpse Kings' flames which had been produced from their self-detonations.

Boom! A spark of fire exploded from the center. However, with the distortions caused by the Mortal World Reversal and the slashes from the All-Conquering sword, the flames were unable to spread out. They continued to be pushed into spins, being slashed and weakened. Very quickly, they dissipated into the air.

Black smoke darted out, but it was similarly encompassed by the spiraling space the Mortal World Reversal had created and then slashed apart by the All-Conquering sword. This sword attack, which could slash through light and electromagnetic waves, would undoubtedly be able to slash through the waves of human's martial will.

After a succession of several thousand sword slashes, the black smoke diminished in volume and was about to completely disappear.

"George Krieg! Fang Xingjian… I will… be… back…"

Not only had their attacks killed the three Crimson Corpse Kings, but they had also even managed to completely wipe out the martial will sent here by the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord.

The gray Worm King wanted to flee but he then felt piercing pain run through his body, which had been pierced by several million Light Pursuit sword ripples.

"Ahh! Fang Xingjian!" The Worm King let out a furious bellow, and countless evil bugs spurted out venom which could melt even level 29 Divine weapons. The venom passed through the air, bringing about a disgusting stench. It was also seemingly possible to see countless souls, that had died wrongful deaths in distorted states, cry out.

However, with just a dash, Fang Xingjian had already dodged the attack, escaping into the spatial gaps.

At the same moment as when Fang Xingjian dodged, a huge black palm came plunging down. Under the Overturned Hell, the Worm King was like a squashed cockroach, and countless bugs were shaken up across space, turning into pools of liquid.

Immediately after, the black palm quickly retracted, and Fang Xingjian's Light Pursuit sword ripples turned into sword Qi waves, slashing through void space and sweeping through the Worm King's remains like shock waves. They instantly disintegrated him up into basic physical particles.

The series of attacks went past so fast that everything seemed to be a blur. While Fang Xingjian and the First Prince were attacking the Worm King, they were also attempting to attack each other as well as avoid each other's attacks.

After the Worm King was killed, the First Prince and the Dark Knight stood in void space. Their gazes swept through the space of several li around them with an intense pressure.

"Are they gone?" The First Prince said, frowning. "This Fang Xingjian is getting increasingly difficult to deal with. In my current state in which I'm controlling the Hell's White Bone Armor, it won't be that easy for me to suppress him although I'll stay undefeated."

The Dark Knight said, "Your Highness, let's enter quickly and get the legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor."

The First Prince nodded, Then at the next moment, both of them turned into two astonishing rainbows, bringing about streams of air currents, and they went into the depths of the Hades Vault.

Elsewhere, Fang Xingjian brought the Fourth Prince with him. Moving across void space, they jumped through spatial gaps repeatedly and headed deep into the Hades Vault.

The Fourth Prince asked, "Xingjian, why don't we continue to fight it out? It's rare for Eldest Brother to have diverted part of his power to battle. With you and 30% of Philip's martial will on our side, the three of us might be able to catch them unaware and have the chance to bring down this clone of his."

Before Fang Xingjian replied, Philip, who was in the Fourth Prince's body, said directly, "We mustn't do that. The reason the First Prince dares to send his clone to battle is because of the Hell's White Bone Armor. This armor was made by Saint Adam, and it has unfathomable power.

"Furthermore, this armor was made purely for defence. It has depleted 99 Divine level ferocious beasts, 72 demons that Mages had summoned from beyond the heavens, as well as 12 Divine level experts. With such powers gathered together purely for the sake of defense, how strong would it be?

"There are almost no attacks that are effective against it, and it can be said that ever since the Ancient Path of Hell was founded, there has been no records of the Hell's White Bone Armor being defeated. It can be said to be an unparalleled equipment which has reached a pinnacle that is hard to surpass."

The Fourth Prince's eyed gleamed, and he asked, "It's that amazing?"

"It's that amazing," Philip said. "This unparalleled armor is able to turn all received attacks into pure heat and then absorb the heat to form an unrivalled defence.

"It's because of this pure defence that the Ancient Path of Hell can continue its legacy till today, protecting the generations of Sect Masters from falling."

The Fourth Prince's brows furrowed tightly. Thinking of his Eldest Brother having such an armor, he felt it was a powerful threat. Then he asked directly, "So, this Hell's White Bone Armor cannot be defeated, and we can only find ways to seal and suppress it?"

"That's right," Philip replied with a grim countenance. "Another option is to reach a Divine level cultivation of level 34, 35, or even 36… a level that is beyond our imagination. We might be able to defeat him then."

Fang Xingjian did not say anything, nor did he explain why he retreated earlier.

He did not know anything about the Hell's White Bone Armor. The reason he retreated earlier had been because he had sensed danger. That had been why he left immediately, giving up on fighting it out with the First Prince.

Right now, after travelling for about several hundred kilometers, Fang Xingjian suddenly came to a stop. He noticed that they were moving onto increasingly higher grounds, and there was increasingly stronger suction. Additionally, the space around them was filled with explosions, thunderbolts, and flames. Fang Xingjian frowned and said, "There's something odd about this space."

About one hour later, not long after Fang Xingjian and the First Prince left, a blue-haired young man slowly revealed himself. A pretty young lady followed behind him, put her hand to her chest, and said, "What a terrifying battle. To think that both the World Annihilation Heavenly Lord and the First Prince came.

"And that Fang Xingjian could actually fight against their clones... What terrifying sword arts."

The blue-haired young man frowned slightly and said, "I initially thought that Fang Xingjian was just a person who enjoys undeserved fame, someone the Krieg Clan's second son had brought up to fame. I didn't expect that his sword arts cultivation would already be at this level. He will probably be able to attain the Divine level at any time now."

Thinking of this, he let out a soft laugh. "I didn't expect that, aside from our seven great clans, there would still be others who can reach this level."

The seven great clans were the descendants of seven out of the eight Divine level experts who had founded the country, excluding the Krieg royal family.

For the past two hundred years, they had been quietly resting and nurturing themselves in the dark, gaining strength and slowly accumulating battle prowess. It was only after the world's metamorphosis started that they gradually began to come up to the surface.

"Brother? Aren't we going to give chase?"

The mysterious young man let out a soft laugh, and a brilliant confidence gleamed in his eyes. "There's no hurry. The First Prince is only following after someone else, and the Fourth Prince merely inherited the sword art legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor.

"I'm the only one who has truly inherited the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's core legacy—the cultivation method of the Styx Netherworld Waves. If I were to hide myself in the Hades Vault, even Divine level experts won't be able to find me.

"As long as I'm willing to, I can even borrow the powers of the Hades Vault.

"Moreover, amongst the eight founding clans of the country, the Krieg royal family is in the center and has inherited the throne. However, those in power will attract animosity, and every generation has to deplete a large amount of energy and power to rule the country. It's unlike how it is for our seven clans who can focus on our cultivation and await for the arrival of the onslaught."

Thinking of this, a hint of viciousness and greed flashed across the young man's face. "Right now, they aren't aware of the actual structure of the Hades Vault. We'll just let them continue to venture deeper in. The deeper they go, the stronger my power will become.

"The talent of someone like Fang Xingjian is too strong. People like him shouldn't exist in this world. I'll kill him and then perform the Styx Netherworld to rob him of his sword arts."

Thinking of this, feelings of great desire and greed were shown on the young man's face.

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Chapter 588: Sensing

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Fang Xingjian sensed that the attracting forces coming from the surroundings were getting increasingly stronger. He also sensed the great explosions, seas of flames, and thunderbolts that continued to occur around them. Then he said, frowning, "It seems that as we continue deeper in, the explosions get increasingly stronger. Even the space has started to become distorted, and the temperature continues to increase. Moreover, it seems as if the space that we traveled for the past 100 kilometers has gone through fundamental changes to its temperature and pressure."

Both the Fourth Prince and Philip sensed the surroundings and agreed, "It really is the case."

As a Divine level expert, Philip sent his martial will sweeping out, and the area he could sense became wider. His countenance changed, and he said, "This space seems to continue to absorb physical particles down into the space below by disintegrating physical substances through the use of high temperatures and high levels of pressure. This feeling..."

"It's just like the sun." Fang Xingjian's brows twitched. "After disintegrating everything material, it'll then absorb them into the center and heat them up, burning them up as fuel? Moreover, it's directly burning them by causing the physical particles to explode, producing a powerful source of energy to sustain the operation of this space."

"It's just similar. Although those in the Divine level are powerful, they are not really gods," Philip said. "Although I don't know why the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor wants to create a space like this, it's impossible for him to create a real sun. Let's continue on. With our abilities, we should be able to resist the high temperatures and high levels of pressure."

The mysterious blue-haired young man also brought along the charming young lady and advanced forward.

The young man said, "The Hades Vault is the last work of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor which he put his heart and soul into. From the outside to the inside, there are a total of nine layers, and only the most central space has formed a large piece of land under the extreme pressure. In each domain, both the temperature and pressure would be doubled or more."

"Nine layers of space, with land in the center?" The young lady asked, astonished. "It's modeled after our world and the Nine-Tiered Heavens?"

"That's right. As expected of the unparalleled expert who unified the world and led humanity up against the onslaught... His initial goal in creating this Hades Vault was not for it to be a treasure vault. Instead, it was because he wanted to create a small new world of his own and have the Nine-Tiered Heavens as well. He wanted a small world that would be constantly undergoing the world's metamorphosis.

"And with each deeper layer, the time would accelerate. At the final layer, if one were to stay in there for several years, only one day would have passed in the outside world.

"The Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's ability to control time and space is really far too powerful.

"Had he really succeeded, he would have been able to produce an endless supply of experts through this world, allowing humanity to go up against each future onslaughts easily.

"And even if they failed, they would be able to retreat back into this small world and be unaffected by any dangers or threats."

After hearing the mysterious young man give an introduction of the situation inside the Hades Vault, of the ideas of creating a world and saving humanity... the young lady was completely taken aback. "It's really a big job. However, he still failed in the end, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to seal up the Hades Vault and just treat it as a treasure vault."

"That's right," the blue-haired young man sighed and said, "Humans aren't almighty, and even the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor was unable to do everything. He created a small world that seemed to be able to operate and maintain itself for many years. It was a space that could stretch, where acceleration of time was possible. He created a world, but he was still unable to create a real Nine-Tiered Heavens. Therefore, it's impossible for one to advance to the Divine level in the Hades Vault. It's also impossible for one to continue to advance to level 31 and then all the way to level 39 through the nine layers of space here after attaining the Divine level.

"A Divine level expert will not be able to attain any progression here if they stay here. To a Divine level expert, this place is a graveyard..."

The young lady nodded and thought that if a Divine level expert were to be trapped here, unable to attain any progression in their cultivation despite the passing time and could only watch as their lifespan passed by at an accelerated rate... it would truly be a fate that was worse than death.

As the young man continued to advance deeper into the Hades Vault, he continued, "But the power the Hades Vault contains is still not to be underestimated. It continues to absorb the material things from beyond the heavens, bringing them down into this small world, and then disintegrating them into the most basic physical particles. It will absorb them into the center to be burned, unleashing the endless explosive powers of the physical particles in order to sustain the changes of space and time.

"The legacy the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor left behind is located in the most central location, and it is the Senluo Six Heavens Sword. This holds the endless wealth that the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor left behind to help humanity to go up against the onslaughts."

Having said this, the corners of the young man's lips curled up into a hint of a smile. "However, although that is the most dangerous place to others, it's the safest place for me.

"I've inherited the Waves legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor, so I can control a portion of the power of the Hades Vault, borrowing the almost endless energy that's located in the core of the vault. At the center of the vault, my abilities are comparable to that of a Divine level expert."

With the speed at which Fang Xingjian's group was moving at, the distance they covered after three whole hours would have allowed them to cross almost the entire world. However, other than the increasingly powerful pressure and high temperature, as well as endless burning and explosions, they did not encounter anything else.

Philip frowned. "Isn't the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's control of space too powerful? Is a Divine level expert able to create such an immense space? Additionally, I sense that the flow of time seems to be a little strange?"

A level 29 Conferred Knight was already able to sense the flow of time and the changes to space. This was even more so for a Divine level expert.

The Fourth Prince nodded as well and looked at Fang Xingjian, asking, "Xingjian, what do you think?"

Fang Xingjian did not say a word. He merely performed the Mountainous Sea's Book of the Way and sensed his lifespan. His lifespan, which had initially been decreasing with every passing second, now only moved after ten entire seconds had passed.

'The time in here has been accelerated? And to think that even with such an acceleration, the reduction of my lifespan has not accelerated with it.' Fang Xingjian smiled coldly as he thought, 'It seems that I really must die three years later, without a single minute or second less.'

Hearing what the Fourth Prince said, Fang Xingjian replied nonchalantly, "Time has been accelerated. As we continue to get closer, the acceleration of time will probably get increasingly faster."

Hearing that, both Philip's and the Fourth Prince's frowns deepened. Philip asked, "Xingjian, you can sense these?" Philip tried his best to sense the surroundings and seemed to discover that there really were such signs. However, he still could not be too sure.

Changes to time were too hard to sense. It already took a great level of cultivation for one to be able to sense the flow of time, let alone being able to sense the acceleration of time or even being like the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor and controlling time.

Fang Xingjian did not say anything but slowed down his speed. Hints of chaotic and indifferent auras flashed in his eyes, giving one an intense feeling of something that was not human. He then said slowly, "Let's walk slowly. I feel that this Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's legacy isn't something that we can get our hands on so easily. Let's cultivate as we advance forward. We can make use of the time acceleration here to increase our cultivation. That way, we'll be in the best state to face on our opponents."

The Fourth Prince gave it some thought. Thinking of the consecutive judgements Fang Xingjian had made earlier, be it about how someone had been tailing them, that there was danger and they should leave, or even about the flow of time... Fang Xingjian always had been right. Therefore, the Fourth Prince decided to trust him once again, saying, "Alright, we'll listen to you."

In Fang Xingjian's eyes, waves of faint aura grew increasingly intense. He now looked like a god up in the heavens, controlling the ways of the heavens while looking down on the mortal world.

Concurrently, he thought to himself, 'I'll make good use of this time to condense my ether organs in this space with accelerated time and strive to attain the Divine level.' He also thought, 'If this Hades Vault can really keep on accelerating time while not affecting my lifespan, won't I be able to keep staying here and enjoy a longer lifespan?'

The three of them slowed down their rate of advancement and maintained their battle strength. Fang Xingjian even spent half of his attention on condensing ether organs.

Then as they went deeper into the vault, the temperature and pressure in the surroundings continued to increase incessantly. The entire space seemed to have become a huge furnace, and they continued to be scorched by the high temperature and high pressure. As such, they constantly used their powers to reinforce their physical bodies and increase the toughness of their bodies.

Both Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince could sense that their physical bodies seemed to have become sturdier and stronger due to being subjected to such tempering. It was like how when a piece of heavily tempered steel was hammered repeatedly, only the strongest essence would be left behind.

As they cultivated and progressed onward, two months passed by in the blink of an eye. Fang Xingjian's group experienced a total of nine qualitative changes to the temperatures and pressure level. There seemed to be no end to the space before them.

However, one day, Fang Xingjian's eyes suddenly shone with gleaming light, and a series of rumbling explosions rang out from his body. It sounded as if countless worlds were being destroyed and created.

Both the Fourth Prince and Philip looked at Fang Xingjian's body. "This is..."

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Chapter 589: Five Tiers of Perfection and Just Right

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At the next moment, Fang Xingjian opened his mouth and suddenly let out a fierce bellow that was like the heavenly thunders. He sent endless streams of sound waves seething out in all directions, destroying countless stretches of flame clouds and explosions.

Then Fang Xingjian took in a deep breath, and it was as if a black hole had suddenly appeared in the sky. The boundless rays of light, air currents, and flames were all instantly drawn into Fang Xingjian's mouth.

Fang Xingjian's body was like an infinite space, yet there also seemed to be some kind of potential in his physical body that had been completely unleashed.

Various powers in the world, including geomagnetic forces, rays from the stars, sunlight, and many others were being wildly absorbed into Fang Xingjian's body, filling up every single one of his physical particles. All the energy that had been depleted in the Hades Vault was rapidly replenished.

The Fourth Prince said in astonishment, "This condition… Perfection in the ether organs?"

Philip wore a grim countenance as well and said, "That's right. What a fast speed… The condensing of one's ether organs is the toughest obstacle to clear, taking the most time and effort. I initially thought that he would need to take at least one to two years to complete this. To think that he has succeeded so quickly?"

As they spoke, the strange condition in Fang Xingjian's body gradually disappeared, and his physical body calmed down once again.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian had reached a perfection in his ether organs, and the recovery of his energy had reached an unprecedented degree. All the energy he had depleted while in the Hades Vault was once again replenished to peak condition.

Being at level 29 with five tiers of perfection, Fang Xingjian could faintly sense a restriction. It was as if there was no way that he could progress any further after having reached this step. His battle prowess seemed to have reached a pinnacle of level 29, just below the Divine level.

This feeling was very vague, but it truly existed.

Although the ether organs did not directly increase his battle prowess, they allowed his recovery abilities to increase greatly. There seemed to be no need for him to worry about any energy depletion, and he would now be able to unleash his full power explosively at all times.

'Tyrant, how is it for you?'

'I've long completed it. Have you forgotten that I know black magic? Using black magic to form ether organs… I completed the process ten days ago, and I'm now already at four tiers of perfection.'

'Alright.'

At the next moment, a hint of strange aura flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes, and he said, "Let's go. I sense that our chance is here."

"What?"

Before the Fourth Prince could react, Fang Xingjian had already grabbed hold of him. With an explosive boom , a violent power caused the area within 100 li to explode into a sea of flames. Their speed instantly reached an extreme as they darted through spatial gap after spatial gap at high speed, heading toward the center of the Hades Vault.

As Fang Xingjian sensed that the surrounding space was moving back at rapid speed, he could not help but be amazed at how vast the Hades vault was. Then, as he saw the increasing flow of time, Fang Xingjian finally understood something.

'Even the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor is probably unable to create such a big world. It should be that he started this 5,000 years ago. Then as the 5,000 years passed, it would be as if several hundred thousands or millions years had passed in the Hades Vault. That was why it has now expanded to its current stage amidst the endless burning and explosions.

'At the start, time might not have accelerated at such a quite rate, but with the passing of so many years, more and more physical particles were burned. Additionally, there had been constant changes to both gravity and mass, causing the space to grow increasingly bigger and time to flow increasingly faster.'

At this moment, even Fang Xingjian was full of admiration for the profound design the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor had developed when he created the Hades Vault.

Elsewhere, at the center of the Hades Vault, there was a purely black piece of land.

The stretch of land was lifeless, and there was no hint of vitality at all, nor could any living creatures or plants be seen. It was like a meteor from beyond the heavens.

If one were to take a closer look, they would be able to realize that the entire land was trembling and fluctuating incessantly. It was not in a solid form; rather, it was in a gaseous or plasma state. Although it looked like a piece of land, it was more like a lump of black flames.

At the center of this fiery land, the First Prince was standing in void space. The area within 1,000 li around him was being endlessly engulfed in flames and explosions. With every passing minute and second, it seemed as if there were countless waves of fire and shock waves lashing out at the First Prince's body with a power that could crush mountains and rivers, as well as overturn rivers and seas.

Waves of pressure came from across space and pressed down on the First Prince's body, as if wanting to squash every single physical particle in his body into powder.

At this moment, almost every single inch of skin on the First Prince's body was trying to fend off pressure that held the impact of mountains and rivers. It was as if he were supporting the entire country single-handedly.

Meanwhile, the Dark Knight had disappeared and was nowhere to be seen.

However, regardless the kind of attacks that had been lashed out, they were unable to breakthrough the Hell's White Bone Armor. This ultimate treasure of the Ancient Path of Hell seemed to symbolize unparalleled defence. No matter what kind of attack struck his body, they were turned into streams of hellish fire and absorbed into the Divine Armor, once again increasing the waves of sulfuric lava aura on the Hell's White Bone Armor.

Concurrently, the First Prince's martial will gushed out as he said, "Do you still want to try? Rona, I didn't expect that you to have received the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's Waves legacy. However, even if the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor were still alive, he can forget about breaking through my Hell's White Bone Armor. Can it be that you actually think that you're even more amazing than the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor?"

The young man called Rona smirked and said, "George Krieg, the Krieg royal family is really shameless. Even the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor won't be able to break through that armor? If he really were to come back to life, the Krieg royal family will probably be the first to kowtow and revere him.

"You said that I'm unable to break through your Hell's White Bone Armor, but are you able to get out of the Hades Vault? With the time acceleration here, I'll just continue to refine you for eight to ten years 1 . I don't believe that you'll be able to continue to hang on."

Although the threat in his tone was fierce, the blue-haired young man, who was hidden amongst layers of flame clouds, looked at the scene before him with a grim countenance. 'Damn it, isn't this Hell's White Bone Armor far too powerful? Borrowing the power of the Hades Vault, I continue to refine him with the flames and pressure in the center of the vault. The destructive force that is unleashed every minute is able to break mountain tops and rivers. Yet after an entire 20 days, he is still perfectly fine?'

Then, thinking of how Fang Xingjian still had not arrived after all this time, Rona's frown deepened. 'I initially wanted to bring the two of them down and refine them together. I didn't expect that Fang Xingjian not to make his move even until now. Of all times, the Senluo Six Heavens Sword has to appear now, and the First Prince wants to take it. There's no way that I'll just watch as he does that.

'If this were to continue, I won't have any remaining power to suppress the Hades Ghost Dragon and to obtain the Senluo Six Heavens Sword.'

When Fang Xingjian brought the Fourth Prince along with him here through the spatial gaps, this was the scene that he saw.

Then they looked at the area below the First Prince and saw that there was a deep pool formed from black flames. The entire deep pool was almost the size of the Great Western City. Around it, there were nine huge four-legged horned dragons, that were over 1,000 meters in length, lying flat on the flaming ground.

Each of these dragons continued to lay there like they were dead. However, there were no signs of them rotting at all. Every scale and strand of hair made it seem like the dragons were still alive, as if they would awaken at the next moment.

On the necks of the huge dragons, there were a total of nine huge chains leading into the deep deep pool.

In the pitch deep black pool, the nine thick chains were pulled very straight, then they trembled and shook incessantly. It was as if there was something struggling wildly in the deep pool.

The deep pool, the nine huge dragons, the thick chains, and the endless ripples in the deep pool... These were the sights that Fang Xingjian saw.

Simultaneously, the Fourth Prince pointed to the deep pool and said, "It's inside. I can sense that the Senluo Six Heavens Sword is in the deep pool."

The moment the Fourth Prince finished saying this, the chains bent abruptly, and the water from the deep pool continued to rise as if some tremendous object was going to charge out.

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Chapter 590: Seizing

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The undulations of the deep pool were visibly getting increasingly stronger. Then at the next moment, a large red figure darted out abruptly, leaping out from the deep pool.

It was a strange fish that was covered in red scales all over. The fish had a single horn on its head and a face like that of a human.

Its human face had a very savage appearance, just like a lady overwhelmed by wrath. The fish's eyes were gleaming with scarlet red light.

The huge human-headed fish was about as big as an aircraft carrier, and the moment its tremendous head got out of the water, the fish let out a loud roar. Its overwhelming power raised it higher and higher, making it seem as if it was going to leave the deep pool and fly into the sky.

However, the nine chains were pierced through its body, and they were all stretched taut when the fish flew to the highest point. Loud bangs rang out, making one worry if those chains were going to break at any moment.

Sensing that its body was slowly descending, the human-headed fish opened its mouth and let out a furious howl like it was unable to accept this situation.

The fish stuck out a rotten and battered tongue from its huge mouth. On its coated tongue, a huge black coffin had sunk into the flesh, pierced and restrained by countless granulations. It was as if someone had embedded this coffin onto the human-headed fish's tongue.

"The Senluo Six Heavens Sword is in there!" The Fourth Prince's will was sent out to Fang Xingjian and Philip at the speed of lightning, and the two of them made their moves at the same time.

Under the guidance of his Sudden Inspiration, Fang Xingjian moved and stopped repeatedly until he arrived at the deepest part of the Hades Vault. It was true that they had arrived at the perfect timing.

Not only were the First Prince and the mysterious young man, Rona, engaged in an intense fight, but the human-headed fish had just leaped out from the black deep pool. It was roaring furiously, revealing the black coffin that was on its tongue.

At least, in this current moment, neither the First Prince nor Rona could spare the effort to seize the Senluo Six Heavens Sword. In this moment that was less than one second, it was a rare opportunity for Fang Xingjian and the others.

Faced with this rare opportunity, Fang Xingjian's and Philip's martial wills joined together, and their exchange was completed at lightning speed as they took action immediately.

In an instant, a beam of white light extended out from the Fourth Prince's body, encompassing the entire body of the human-headed fish. Philip held down the fish's body and forced its mouth open.

However, almost at the same moment as when he came into contact with the human-headed fish's body, Philip sensed waves of an astonishingly huge force being unleashed from its body. He felt that he was not suppressing a living creature, but a magnitude 10 earthquake instead. With only 30% of his powers available in his clone, he already reached his limits to suppress the fish for just a few seconds.

"What kind of monster is this?"

However, these few seconds were considered a lot to Fang Xingjian. Less than one-thousandth second later, Fang Xingjian had already appeared on the tongue of the human-headed fish, standing before the black coffin.

Piercing straight forward with his sword finger, he sent out streams of dreamy light and shadows. The sword of Infiltrating Void, Light Pursuit sword ripples, and the All-Conquering sword were joined together as one, and a myriad of sword shadows encompassed the entire black coffin.

At the next moment, waves of foul-smelling black blood burst out. Fang Xingjian had Tyrant store the black coffin into the Gates of the Netherworld, and it completely disappeared from sight.

Fang Xingjian quickly drew back and left the mouth of the human-headed fish, returning to his original position.

It had all happened in just an instant, from when the human-headed fish leaped out from the deep pool until the moment when Fang Xingjian and Philip quickly joined forces to seize the black coffin. The entire process was over too quickly. Although it appeared very simple, both Fang Xingjian and Philip had unleashed their full power concurrently and then managed to get their hands on the black coffin during this rare opportunity.

Just as Fang Xingjian returned to his original position, waves of world-shaking killing intent swept out toward him. They gave the feeling that the entire world and all of the living creatures on it wanted him dead... that they wanted to kill him.

The First Prince and the young man, Rona, communicated through their martial wills at the speed of lightning.

The First Prince said, "We'll leave the matters between us for later. Let's kill Fang Xingjian and seize the Senluo Six Heavens Sword before we fight it out between us."

The young man, Rona, wore a savage expression as he replied, "Alright! Fang Xingjian! I'm going to tear him up into pieces!"

At the same moment as when the two of them finished communicating their thoughts at lightning speed and were about to take action…

The nine huge dragons that had been laying flat on the flaming ground slowly opened their eyes. Meanwhile, the human-faced fish, that was restrained by the chains, kept on releasing world-shaking, agonizing cries due to the wound that had been inflicted onto its tongue. The fish sent out violent power which agitated the deep pool, surging up waves of tsunamis that were several hundred meters high.

Stretched taut, the nine chains creaked continuously, seeming like they would break at any moment.

However, with the coffin being taken away, the wound on the human-faced fish's tongue grew increasingly bigger, and waves of black foul-smelling blood splattered out in all directions like a rainstorm.

As the black blood scattered onto the nine huge dragons who had initially seemed to be in deep sleep, the dragons slowly started to move. There was an increasing bright glow in their opened eyes, and it was as if they would truly be awakened at any moment.

"Let's go!"

At almost the same instant as when Fang Xingjian got hold of the coffin, he returned to the Fourth Prince's side and grabbed him by the shoulder, preparing to leave.

However, when he took a step forward, vibrating the void space and darting out over a distance of 100 li, the entire space started to become overturned, chaotic, and distorted.

Waves of will, which seemed to want to obliterate yin and yang, distort righteousness and evil, and overturn what was right and wrong, darted out toward the brains of Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince. It was as if they wanted to completely mix up their consciousness and turn their characters around.

Concurrently, the space in the surroundings had turned into a spiral, trapping the two of them in void space.

This was the ultimate move of the Ancient Path of Hell—Mortal World Reversal.

At the same moment as when the First Prince made his move, Rona, the mysterious young man who had inherited the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor's Waves legacy and originated from one of the seven great clans that had stayed in seclusion for 200 years, made his move as well.

Under his control, the countless flame clouds in the sky came pressing down, gushing into the First Prince's Mortal World Reversal. The crimson red light filled up every single spiral, and the violent and high temperature seemed to want to burn everything up into smithereens.

Streams of fire dragons encompassed Fang Xingjian completely, and the high temperature of several hundred thousands degrees heated the air into a viscous plasma state. The area within the spiral space seemed to have become a land of death.

"Fang Xingjian, hand over the Senluo Six Heavens Sword and I'll spare your life."

Simultaneously, on the other side of the deep pool, the strange occurrences were still happening. As the Hades Ghost Dragons awakened one by one, all of them looked at the human-faced fish that was still struggling and leaping above the deep pool.

Then at the next moment, all nine dragons darted out toward the human-faced fish at the same time.

The face human-faced fish immediately revealed a frightened look. It was still thinking of escaping when a huge dragon claw came descending down, crushing its face, and clawing out a large piece of its flesh.

Black blood scattered in all directions, and the foul stench encompassed an area of almost 100 li, driving the nine Hades Ghost Dragons even more crazy. They were like vampires that craved for fresh blood, biting and tearing the human-faced fish.

With the blood rain and the increasingly weakening cries of the human-faced fish, even the last bit of its tail was swallowed by one of the Hades Ghost Dragons in the end. The entire human-faced fish, that was the size of an aircraft carrier, had been torn apart completely.

After having engulfed the human-faced fish, the Hades Ghost Dragons seemed to swell up. They were exuding a faint light, appearing as if they had really become alive.

Then all nine of the Hades Ghost Dragons turned their gazes toward Fang Xingjian.

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