History's Number 1 Founder

by Stayrr

He time-traveled and got a system but Lin Feng’s pressure is as big as a mountain. System main quest: Ling Feng creates a school, establishing history’s number 1 sect, Ling Feng himself becoming the number 1 founder. And so to become history’s number 1 founder Lin Feng started to work hard. “Your name is Shi Tianhao? Natural born supreme king but it was stolen by your cousin. No

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Chapter 724: Leaving Easily Like This

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With Fangzhang above him and Zhu Hongwu blocking his path underneath him, Lin Feng felt stuck in between. He felt as if there was no way he could turn to.

However, Lin Feng did not panic. Instead, he lowered his head to look at Zhu Hongwu and he smiled slightly and said, "While Fangzhang may be in your hands, giving you an advantage here in the Ying Sea, it is still too early to say that the Great Zhou Empire is going win this round."

Zhu Hongwu said quietly, "The flow of history is not something an individual can stop. The glory that belongs to the Great Zhou Empire shall not be shared with anyone else.''

Lin Feng smiled and said, "What a pity that this glory does not belong with the Great Zhou Empire. The Great Zhou Empire can only bask in its own sun. The light of others shall blind the Great Zhou Empire.''

Zhu Hongwu's expression did not change as he walked over through the void to Lin Feng and said, "There's no use talking about it, we shall just wait and see.''

With each step, the aura on his body grew. It was if a demon had descended and the void above his head began to twist and turn.

Zhu Hongwu's powers increased exponentially but unlike an ordinary cultivator, who would brim with glow with such a power, his body remained like that of an ordinary mortal. However, his desire to fight began to turn into an illusion above his head.

Countless worlds appeared in the void above his head and each and every one of them, a plethora of gods chanted in unison.

The countless amount of worlds began to congregate together in the shape of a tyre and turned slowly above Zhu Hongwu's head. It appeared as if a terrifying power was in it.

Lin Feng looked at him and shook his head with a calm expression, saying, "I will revisit this mountain in the days to come, but I'm afraid you won't be welcome then.''

"For today, I must take my leave." As Lin Feng said that, he took out a jade stone. It was his final crystallization of his Holy Light of Creation.

The jade appeared bald and looked like an ordinary piece of jade that was as big as a goose egg. However, it sat quietly in Lin Feng's palm.

When Zhu Hongwu and Liang Pan, who was on top of Fangzhang, saw the jade, their hearts jumped.

They were unsure what it was, but they could not afford to let Lin Feng use it.

Zhu Hongwu's body moved as he stepped forth. Faster than light, he appeared before Lin Feng. The powers of a Martial Way cultivator had been pushed to its maximum by him. He was even faster than Fangzhang.

He punched out. It was if the entire universe was crashing down onto Lin Feng.

Fangzhang came crashing down on Lin Feng's head too. This time, not only did the dragons attack, even Liang Pan's avatar glowed with a bright light.

The light of the pavilion shone in all directions and covered the square Fangzhang. The golden light that surrounded Fangzhang then dimmed and turned into a dark gold.

Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light!

When the dark gold light appeared, Fangzhang appeared even more terrifying. Its celestial awe like the sea and no one could really tell how powerful it was.

Wherever the light shone, regardless whether it was the shapeless void or an actual object, it reduced them all to ashes, striking fear in the hearts of viewers.

Zhu Hongwu and Liang Pan moved quickly enough, especially the former. Light a bolt of lighting, he appeared before Lin Feng. His speed was faster than Shaoze Sword cultivators of the Mount Shu Sword Sect of a similar mastery.

This speed was above the reaction time of Lin Feng's Advanced Nascent Soul stage Steel Tree Avatar.

However, Lin Feng had no need to react. When he took out the bald-looking jade stone, everything had ended.

A formless and shapeless mana began to spread. It was without light, without sound and without any form, as if it had never even existed in the first place.

However, the patch of void where Lin Feng was at began to open.

The celestial mountain Fangzhang's Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light appeared to be useless.

Zhu Hongwu's punch, that contained enough power to turn the Heavens and Earth, was useless too.

Without a sound and trace, Lin Feng caused an entire locale to disappear. Only a huge hole was left.

As he felt the vibrations in the dimensions, Zhu Hongwu's normally calm and commanding face betrayed an expression of shock.

In the palace on top of Fangzhang, Liang Pan appeared shocked too. A heavy expression crossed his face as he said, "He opened an Inter-World Passage? This is the Ying Sea and not the chaotic Void Battleground. His avatar only possesses an Advanced Nascent Soul stage mastery, how does he do it?"

In a world, or somewhere like the Ying Sea, it was one thing to open the passageway into the void. However, to open the passageway between two worlds through the void, that was an entirely separate matter. Other than the Void Battleground, which was complex and chaotic, doing it anywhere else would be extremely difficult.

Furthermore, Lin Feng was able to break out despite the encirclement by Zhu Hongwu and Fangzhang. Regardless whether it was Zhu Hongwu or Fangzhang, both were able to utterly lock down the dimension.

Even an Immortal Soul Third Level cultivator may not be able to leave as easily as this.

Zhu Hongwu retracted his fist and he repeatedly opened and closed his palm. "It is not just the mere opening of a passageway, he was able to reach its other end almost immediately. While I could pursue and kill his avatar, I won't be able to stop him from sending information."

With Zhu Hongwu's speed, which was as fast as a bolt of lightning, he could cross through the Inter-World Passage and reach its other end, catching up to Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar.

However, in the span of that time, it was enough for Lin Feng's avatar to communicate to his actual self what had just happened.

Pursuing would only appease his anger; it was utterly meaningless in all other aspect. The secret that the Great Zhou Empire had obtained Fangzhang was about to be leaked.

Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu looked at the Inter-World Passage closing and fell into a sombre silence.

While it was only an avatar of Liang Pan on the mountain, it was still in the Immortal Soul First Level. Furthermore, Zhu Hongwu himself was present. Combined with the power of Fangzhang, they were still unable to harm a single hair on Lin Feng's Advanced Nascent Soul stage avatar. To them, it was a complete humiliation.

If the Great Qin Empire's Emperor Shi Yu, Shi Zongyue and the Vivant Joy Holy Man were to know about this, they would laugh their teeth off.

Despite the strong will of both Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu, both of them would feel extremely bad right now.

Other than feeling bad and emotionally repressed, a trace of suspicion plagued their hearts as they thought, "What was the jade stone that the Master of the Celestial Sect used just now? Not only can it break through the restrictions we'd placed on the dimensions, what else can it do? Is there any restriction to its use?"

"Hongwu, the situation is already as such. There's no need to pursue and kill him. With this in mind, let us plan our next step," said Liang Pan as he calmed himself and said to Zhu Hongwu who was at the bottom of Fangzhang.

For powerful cultivators like them, they would be affected too much. However, once a feeling of unhappiness arose, it was impossible for them to be rid of it. After a long while, it may turn into a demon in their heart.

However, both Liang Pan's and Zhu Hongwu's face had returned to normal. It was not that they did not care but rather, they knew that once this seed of doubt had been planted it would germinate and grow. However, it was still within their control. After they avenged themselves afterwards by finding Lin Feng, they would be able to rid themselves of this mental barrier of theirs, improving their resilience.

Zhu Hongwu said courteously, "It was fortunate that Your Majesty had seen this coming prepared for it already. While the secret of Fangzhang may be exposed, creating difficulties for the Great Zhou, we have their contingency plan. Let me go and prepare it."

Liang Pan nodded and looked to the void and said, "The Master of the Celestial Sect is truly full of secrets!"

With a tremendous sound, the humongous Fangzhang, dazzling with golden light, disappeared into the clouds on top of the Ying Sea without a trace.

On the other hand, Lin Feng left the Ying Sea directly and returned to the East Sea.

Travelling through the Inter-World Passage allowed him to leave the Ying Sea and return to Divine Lands.

Lin Feng turned around and looked at the disappearing Inter-World Passage. He shook his head and laughed, "It is unstable indeed."

He fondled the jade stone in his hand as he said, "An item from the system could either be very good or really bad."

The jade stone was known as the Barrier-Breaking Stone. After Lin Feng completed the system main quest for prestige, the system reward him with it.

Earlier, Lin Feng had only used it once. Now, he brought it with him to the East Sea.

It was indeed useful, particularly when escaping.

He was rather pleased with it. If not for this object, his actual body on Mount Yujing may have to stop his cultivation and rush over.

"Eh, Liang Pan, Zhu Hongwu, why don't you chase me and settle your debts with me right now? I too want to settle my overall debt with you too," said Lin Feng with a laugh. "Don't lose yourselves over what happened today, I will clear our debts very soon."

"Furthermore..." Lin Feng smiled and opened his hand. In his palm, a dark gold light flashed as it was trapped by a cage of purple gas. It was the celestial mountain Fangzhang's Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light.

As he felt the power within it, his mouth twitched and he said, "That's just the beginning."

His opponent did not continue with their pursuits so Lin Feng did not care about them. Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu viewed the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea with such importance, so how could Lin Feng not?

"Speaking about it, the items I brought are quite useful." As he thought, he kept his Barrier-Breaking Stone and took something else out. It was a semi-transparent pearl. In it, golden fog surged.

In the golden fog, a purple light flashed brightly.

This was the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. In the Ying Sea, it acted strangely twice. The purple light in the golden pearl shone very brightly, turning the entire pearl purple.

It happened once when Fangzhang appeared!

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Chapter 725: You Lay the Rules of the Game, I'll Defeat It

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During this appearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, everyone was plotting on obtaining them to control the Ying Sea. Ultimately, it was a huge treasure trove that inspired envy.

However, many people, including Lin Feng, were rudely made known to the fact that one of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, Fangzhang, was already controlled by the Great Zhou Empire.

To the Great Zhou Empire, obtaining Fangzhang was just the first step of their plan. Next, they must obtain Penglai and Yingzhou, the other two mountains of the Ying Sea. As everyone fought for control, the Great Zhou Empire already occupied an advantageous position.

Looking at the entire Ying Sea, the Great Zhou Empire was way ahead of its competitors.

Ever since Lin Feng knew that the talisman that opened the white light pathway was given to the Freshwater Holy Man by the Great Zhou Empire, an uneasy feeling rose in his heart.

While the Ying Sea was not as unpredictable and chaotic as the Void Battleground, it still required a cultivator with a high level of mastery and a deep understanding of the Ying Sea to directly send someone from the Divine Lands to the interior of the Ying Sea through a talisman. Furthermore, one must have a certain degree of control over the Ying Sea too.

The Great Zhou Empire possessed a geographical and benefitted from the foundation established by Emperor Tai many years ago. Hence, their understanding of the East Sea and the Ying Sea was deeper than others. However, even so, it was unlikely that they would be able to form the talisman.

Furthermore, while the talisman was only given to Immortal Soul stage cultivators who submitted to the Great Zhou Empire, it also meant that the talisman could be produced in bulk.

Hence, when Lin Feng entered the Ying Sea through the white light, it was also to ascertain his fears even though he hoped from the bottom of his heart that he was wrong.

However, what he feared came true; the Great Zhou Empire did manage to obtain one of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea.

No wonder the Great Zhou Empire had so much confident over the appearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea.

To Lin Feng, while his opponents may lay the rules of the game, he would surely find a way to beat it. He cannot let the Ying Sea fall in his enemy's hands.

Obtaining Fangzhang placed the Great Zhou Empire in an advantageous position. However, as others don't know about it, when Penglai and Yingzhou appeared the Great Zhou Empire would endeavor to conquer both in one fell swoop, maximizing their advantage.

However, now that news had spread, their possession of Fangzhang was now a double-edged sword. While the Great Zhou possessed a first-mover advantage, they became everyone's target at the same time.

Lin Feng naturally would not be nice to Liang Pang and Zhu Hongwu. When he left the Ying Sea, the first thing he did was to spread the news to as many people as possible.

He knew that the Great Zhou Empire would surely react to this leak. They would not stand by and do nothing. However, regardless what they would do, it was much worse for the Great Zhou Empire when the news leaked.

Furthermore, Fangzhang could be said to be the trump card of the Great Zhou Empire during the next appearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea. By leaking this information beforehand, even if Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu could calm themselves by then, they would still be plagued with this headache right now.

After spreading the news, Lin Feng began to investigate the Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light.

He obtained a tiny bit of it before he left with the Barrier-Breaking Stone using his Fences of Heaven and his Celestial Small Worlds spells.

While it was not a lot, its powers were exceptional. Even when he used his Advanced Nascent Soul stage Steel Tree Avatar to suppress it, he could feel the pressure.

However, this made Lin Feng satisfied. He looked at the dark golden glow and thoughts fluttered through his mind. Slowly, an idea took shape in his mind.

Other than the problems of the Great Zhou Empire and Fangzhang, other stuff caught his attention too.

The Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl that he brought along with him suddenly reacted. This caught Lin Feng by surprise.

The purple light of the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl was not from the Pearl itself. Earlier in the Cloud Forest World, when the group of them battled for the Hades' Dark Mantra, it was split into three. The Heavenly Charms Grand Sage, the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Great Zhou Empire each obtained one.

Then, no one observed that other than the three of them, Lin Feng's Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl flashed with a faint purple light.

Afterwards, Lin Feng carefully investigated the tiny sliver of purple light in the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl but to no avail.

He did not expect it to occur once again in the Ying Sea, much less twice. The second time it flashed was when Fangzhang appeared.

As for the first time, it flashed seemingly for no reason. Lin Feng did not notice anything strange about his surroundings.

Then, all Lin Feng thought of doing was to follow the white light pathway to Fangzhang and hence, he did not stop.

However, he knew that things were not as simple as it seemed. The first time the purple light shone, it could mean that he was near another celestial mountain.

It could be either Penglai or Yingzhou.

However, it was not yet time for the celestial mountains to appear. Regardless whether it was Penglai or Yingzhou, they were all lost in the many illusions of the Ying Sea. Even if Lin Feng himself had come, he may not be able to find it.

What caught Lin Feng's attention was that the first time the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl shone, it was much brighter than the second time at Fangzhang.

This meant that the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl could sense the presence of the other celestial mountain, and its reaction to it was much stronger than its reaction to Fangzhang.

Lin Feng thought, "Could this treasure be from the Ying Sea and hence, linked to either Yingzhou or Penglai?"

Its reaction to Fangzhang could mean that the celestial mountain was not directly related to the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. Instead, it came from the relative independence and inter-connectedness between the three mountains.

At this moment, the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl began to change. Purple light flashed once more. While it was not very eye-catching, it was surely triggered by something. Lin Feng looked at it oddly and said, "Right now, I'm on the East Sea. Why would there be any movement?"

As he puzzled over this, Lin Feng did not waste any time. Immediately, he tried to cultivate the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. As he performed a gesture, billows of purple clouds lifted the Pearl.

The Pearl vibrated in mid-air as faint light pointed towards somewhere faraway.

Even after he had left the illusory Ying Sea, the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl could still point the way for Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked into the distance and kept his Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. Then, he flew towards there.

As he flew, Lin Feng began to track his location and he thought, "This appears to be the northern part of the East Sea. It's not far from the Luofu Mystical Island and it's rather near the Inter-World Passage between the Divine Lands and the Ying Sea. The Inter-World Passage between the Barren Expanses and the Divine Lands is close as well…"

As he thought about that, Lin Feng could feel a powerful mana trembling in the West.

As he sensed them, he realized that the mana came from both human cultivators and demons. The two sides appeared to be in a covet stand-off.

As he was still rather far away, Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar, which was not in the Immortal Soul stage, could not tell the depth of his opponent's powers but only ascertain its presence.

He paid attention to it, and then sensed the mana being directed towards him.

Lin Feng arched his eyebrows and retrieved his supernatural awareness as he thought, "It appears two independent and separate worlds were in a face-off. Both are as vast as the Heavens. This kind of level could only be from an Immortal Soul stage cultivator or an Undying Demon Soul Third Level."

The human cultivator had mastered the Way of the Virtual Entity while the demonic saint had formed his original true spirit. Both were still quite some distance from forming their own heaven and earth.

The vast power and deep mastery that they had just displayed clearly indicated that they were in their Way of Virtual Entity or Syncretic Star Soul levels.

As they felt Lin Feng retracting his supernatural awareness, they refocused their attention on each other.

"One of them could be the Luofu Holy Man. It appears that he managed to get an Undying Demon Soul Third Level Demonic Saint stuck in the Inter-World Passage." Lin Feng shook his head and ignored them as he flew towards his destination.

Soon, he reached. It was a small, uninhabited island.

Lin Feng swept the island with his gaze and a green-robed young man appeared in his field of vision. He was sitting cross-legged in a forest and meditating.

The young man was no older than 15, 16. However, he was very tall. Lin Feng believed that he was almost 1.9 meters in height. However, his body was well-proportioned. He was not too skinny nor too buff.

Coupled with his handsome, clear face, he did not look very awkward.

However, he appeared to only be the Qi Cultivation stage. He did not appear to have been cultivating for long. He was not exceptionally talented and could only be said to be of above-average potential.

However, when Lin Feng's supernatural awareness swept over him, he realized that he brimmed with the power of many medicines and herbs.

The medicines were all very strange. While they had been absorbed him, they were not completely ingested. Instead, they appeared constrained by some spell of his.

The caster of the spell was at least in his Aurous Core stage. Evidently, it was not the youth himself.

Lin Feng guessed that the youth had mistakenly ingested the medicines and then, someone used a special spell to stop them from activating. However, there was no way of extracting these medicines from his body without injuring him and hence, they could only do that.

From this, one could see that the caster was either benevolent or had good ties with the youth. Hence, he did not want to harm him.

At the same time, the medicines were expensive and rare. The caster did not want the youth to ingest them.

However, what Lin Feng paid attention was the fact that the source of the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl's reaction was the green-robed Qi Cultivation stage young man before him.

"Interesting, the Hades Emperor had fallen more than 4000 years ago and the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl had existed for more than ten thousand years. Yet, it was interested in this guy, who looked no older than 16."

Lin Feng sighed in awe, "What's the tie between the two of them?"

He landed on the island and came before the green-robed young man. He took note of him and because of the disparity in their cultivation level, his counterpart would not even notice Lin Feng as long as Lin Feng wished to remain undetected.

After a while, Lin Feng took out his Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl and realized that it was shining with an unprecedented brightness.

It was reminiscent of the first time the Hades' Dark Mantra appeared.

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Chapter 726: More Discoveries

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Lin Feng curiously observed the tall green-robed youth in front of him, but could not detect anything out of the norm.

His age matched his physical appearance. He was between fifteen and sixteen years old, and the years that he had spent cultivating was around seven, give or take. He was at Level 10 of the Qi cultivation stage, and was just about to break through to Level 11.

The mantras that he practiced were standard and unimpressive. His mantras did not even seem to follow a particular type or system – therefore it was probably from an extremely typical and normal source.

Only a few tricks for Qi Cultivation were more practical and useful. However, those extra techniques were not of the same type and track as his mantras. Somebody else probably gave him a few pointers, and he figured out the rest by himself.

The resources that he could access over his journey of cultivation should also be minimal. Overall, he was an independent cultivator of the lowest level that could not be any more normal and typical. His Talent value was slightly above average, and he had yet to come across a life-changing event in his life. If nothing extremely fortunate were to happen to him and a great opportunity did not cross his path, it was unlikely that he would be able to form the aurous core.

Everything was ordinary and nothing seemed unusual. However, it was because of this very fact, juxtaposed against the changes inside the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl, that made the whole thing extremely strange. The longer Lin Feng observed this young man, the more suspicions and doubts arose in Lin Feng's mind.

"There seems to be… Something feels very uncoordinated?" Lin Feng's brows were slightly knitted together as he scrutinized the young man in front of him, but to no avail.

At this point, the green-robed young man had also completed his own meditation. He opened his eyes and received a rude shock when he saw Lin Feng quietly watching him right in front of his face.

The young man could not gauge Lin Feng's level of mastery, and after calming himself down, he stood up to greet Lin Feng before asking, "This… Senior, what do you need?"

Lin Feng looked him up and down again before answering casually, "It's my first time in the East Sea so I'm not very familiar with this place. I happened to see you here and was about to ask you for directions. However, from the looks of it, your circumstance isn't so good?"

The green-robed young man had returned to his original composure by now. Lin Feng did not give him any pressure, and he could still think rationally and logically. He replied with a stable voice at once, "Sir, this is the Northern ocean border of the East Sea. If you head South, you will reach the border crossing over into the Ying Sea territory."

"If you head East, then you will find yourself at the border between the East Sea and the demon tribes' Barren Expanses."

"If you heard North, you will find yourself at the Luofu Mystical Island," he paused momentarily before he continued. "However, due to the large numbers of demons entering the Divine Lands, the territorial waters around here have been extremely chaotic as demons roam the lands. The path towards the Luofu Mystical Islands to the North have also been cut off by demons."

Lin Feng listened with interest. "What about the Luofu Holy Man?"

The green-robed youth answered at once, "The Luofu Holy Man is currently situated at the border crossing over into the Barren Expanses, and is engaged in battle with one of the Grand Sages. The other seniors and cultivators under his wing are also locked in bloody combat with the invading demons. The whole situation is a complete mess right now, but from the looks of it, the demons are fighting a losing battle and the humans will triumph in time."

He recovered a little as he saw Lin Feng staring quietly at him and greeted him again. "My name is Luo Yao. I got lost after getting separated from my partner."

Lin Feng said plainly, "It seems like you ingested a particular pill earlier on, but the effects of the pill have been sealed off by someone."

Luo Yao's expression changed a little. He contemplated momentarily before answering, "Since you have already seen through it, I will not attempt to cover up anymore. However, you must forgive me for not divulging other sensitive information. Senior Mu has been very kind to me and I owe it to him to keep my mouth shut. Do forgive me for not discussing matters regarding Senior Mu."

Even though he was not clear what level of mastery this bronze-skinned young man clad in a purple robe possessed, Luo Yao did not attempt to deceive this person. His level of mastery was low, but he knew that if he tried to lie or craft artificial stories, his emotions would flutter and ripple and Lin Feng would be able to tell if Lin Feng was a powerful cultivator.

If that happened, he would have offended Lin Feng. He would rather just speak the truth and voice his own difficulties in the hopes that Lin Feng would be able to understand and empathize with him.

Of course, if Lin Feng was cruel and tyrannical that perceived others' lives as nothing more than grass, Lin Feng would have no problem extracting the truth from his mouth. There was even the Soul-Searching technique on the table.

All that was no longer within Luo Yao's control and he could only count himself unlucky.

Lin Feng did not really care that he was unwilling to divulge what he knew. He began to speak with a steady pace, "I will not force you if you're not willing to talk. However, you need to take me to see the man that forged the Nine Spirals Golden Pill. From what you said previously, his surname is Mu, am I right?"

Luo Yao was taken aback momentarily before taking a deep breath and replied, "So you already know."

Lin Feng said casually, "It's just the Nine Spirals Golden Pill. Of course, I am aware."

He had never seen the recipe for this particular pill and neither had he ever seen it before. However, he knew the name and effect of this pill, he managed to find out what pill it was when he was searching Luo Yao's body for the suppressed effects with his consciousness.

The Nine Spirals Golden Pill, coupled with the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke, could allow the user to form something known as the Nine Spirals Golden Eyes for a short period of time. The user would be able to tell the truth from the false, and he or she would be able to see through the myriad of illusions in the world.

It was clear that the person that forged this pill had intentions for journeying into the Ying Sea.

Part of Lin Feng's interrogation came from his curiosity regarding the connection between Luo Yao and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. The other part was because, though he was unfamiliar with the Nine Spirals Golden Pearl, he knew that forging the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke required the remains of a Spiritual Sea Horse.

The higher the level of mastery of this particular Spiritual Sea Horse, the stronger the effects of the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke. Even though he was still unsure, Lin Feng thought that the Spiritual Sea Horse given away by the Freshwater Holy Man had something to do with this pill.

Luo Yao was a little troubled at this moment. It was not because he was worried that Lin Feng would extract his blood and essence to obtain the powers of the Nine Spirals Golden Pill. He could tell from Lin Feng's attitude and tone and Lin Feng was completely uninterested in the Nine Spirals Golden Pill.

However, he had no clue what Lin Feng wanted with Mu Yu, the person that forged the pill. He was not sure whether Lin Feng harbored evil intentions towards Mu Yu. He owed Mu Yu a favor so he did not wish to harm his benefactor.

Lin Feng explained no more and smiled as he watched Luo Yao and awaited his decision. Even though he did not know what exactly was going through Luo Yao's head, he could infer from the ups and downs in Luo Yao's emotions that he revered Mu Yu.

Mu Yu was also kind to Luo Yao. All he did was temporarily suppress the effects of the pill in preparation for extracting the pill's effects in the near future with a non-invasive method, rather than directly extracting Luo Yao's blood and essence.

Perhaps Mu Yu was the person that was giving Luo Yao pointers in his path of cultivation?

Luo Yao did not think for too long before he gave Lin Feng his answer. "I do not know where Senior Mu is at this very moment. We can go back to the original destination and hope that Senior Mu is still there – perhaps then I can meet up with him."

"However, I cannot help you if you wish to tag along."

Lin Feng's expression was undisturbed. He began to laugh as he watched Luo Yao, who seemed like he was waiting for some judgment.

"What an interesting young man." Lin Feng shook his head as he chuckled.

This tall young man in green was calm and composed with clear and rational thought processes. He was very astute with his analysis of the situation.

If Lin Feng did not pursue the matter and let him go with just a laugh, then everything would be fine. If Lin Feng was infuriated by his annoyingly persistent attitude and wanted to press him for information, there was nothing Luo Yao could do. Lin Feng could even employ the Soul-Searching technique, and even if Luo Yao refused to talk, Lin Feng would have no trouble extracting information from him.

Even though he knew this fact, he still chose to adhere to his own principles. He was determined to keep his mouth shut and avoid leaking any information to Lin Feng, who was still clueless at this point – even though this kind of determination could possibly be meaningless and could even cost him his life without stopping Lin Feng from discovering his secrets.

However, he would never betray Mu Yu by bringing uncertain risks and danger to him.

This was not due to ignorance and stupidity. On the contrary, he was intelligent and calculative. It would have been stupid if he divulged everything he knew to Lin Feng to protect himself and mulled over his plans afterwards. Even though he did not know Lin Feng's level of mastery, he could already tell from the obvious gap between the two of them that he was unable to stir up anything with Lin Feng. Every small action of his was laughable. A small action such as the aforementioned might even infuriate Lin Feng.

Therefore, Luo Yao chose to keep calm and treat Lin Feng with respect. He knew better than to lie and deceive, and refrained from doing anything to make Lin Feng angry – besides keeping his mouth shut about his secrets.

He minded his own business and did not ask Lin Feng about his purpose for seeking out Mu Yu, neither did he propose any form of deal. The gap between the two of them was simply too great – doing anything of that sort was completely out of the question.

In the end, even though Luo Yao refused to cooperate for the second time in a row, Lin Feng held him in higher regard than before.

He was rational and intelligent and adhered to his own principles. He knew which lines he could not cross, was determined and was big on honor and dignity.

This piqued Lin Feng's interest even more. He laughed and said, "I won't bother you if you wish to keep your secrets to yourself. Still, you need to know that the things I wish to find out is not something you can hold back from me."

As he spoke, Lin Feng extended a finger and a stream of purple energy shot into the middle of Luo Yao's eyebrows.

Luo Yao was shocked initially but quickly realized that Lin Feng was not casting a spell to make him lose his rationality or his ability to think.

The stream of purple energy that shot into his body arrived at the part where the effects of the Nine Spirals Golden Pill were suppressed. The powers of suppression were nothing compared to the purple energy and Lin Feng released a little bit of the medicinal effects.

Luo Yao's eyes widened. He realized that even though Lin Feng released a tiny trace of the pill's effects, he did not completely lift Mu Yu's suppression spell. A large portion of the medicinal effects was still safely suppressed and was completely unaffected.

This feeling was almost like perceiving a man who could walk through walls. This man was able to enter a completely sealed secret room with no doors or windows, and subsequently retrieved something from inside the room before exiting without disturbing anything else inside.

After Lin Feng extracted a little bit of the medicinal powers, he began to cast a spell with his right hand and exclaimed, "Draw!"

Under the effects of Lin Feng's Retrospective Reconstruction Spell, the tiny trace of the pill's medicinal effects transformed into something like an arrow that shot towards the far end of the horizon.

Lin Feng waved his sleeve and swept up a shell-shocked Luo Yao and flew in the direction of the magic 'arrow'. He laughed and said, "If this pill was forged by this Mu Yu, then this arrow will lead us right to him. It's fine if it wasn't – the person I wish to find is the person that forged this pill."

Luo Yao only recovered after a long while. He forced out a laugh and said, "Your methods are really eye-opening for me."

Lin Feng glanced at him from the corner of his eye and thought to himself, "You are the one that has taken me by surprise."

When he was extracting the medicinal powers of the pill, Lin Feng was not just directing his consciousness. He channeled his mana into Luo Yao's body and instantly made more discoveries.

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Chapter 727: Unsuitable To Be Judged With The Standard System Of Judgment

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After injecting a stream of his mana into Luo Yao's body to extract a little bit of the medicinal powers, Lin Feng instantly realized that simply relying on his consciousness was insufficient.

Luo Yao's soul and essence was not completely balanced.

It was as if something that was not supposed to be there had been inserted into a vessel.

This trace of discoordination was so thin and weak that it could almost be completely disregarded.

The truth was that no matter how closely Luo Yao's soul and essence were pieced together with almost no leaks, it was ultimately not a complete single entity. This was different from the souls and physical bodies of normal people.

Not many people could detect this tiny difference. The reason was because there were no observable problems from Luo Yao's physical appearance. Even immortal soul stage cultivators would be unable to detect without careful observation.

The problem was that there would never be an immortal soul stage cultivator with nothing to do but observe a youth that seemed as normal as normal could be. Even if this immortal soul stage cultivator wanted to take him in as a disciple, all he would do would be to sweep Luo Yao's Innate Ability and Talent values with his consciousness; tiny unusual details such as this was still likely to be missed out.

Even Lin Feng himself very nearly overlooked this. If not for the reaction of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl, he would not have been to persistent about scrutinizing this young man.

The reason was because Luo Yao's soul and essence was fused together too well, almost to the point where there were no loopholes at all. The circumstance was extremely similar to other normal people.

"This man's soul is simple and clear, and he does not seem like the kind with complicated memories and experiences. I don't think he's aware of his own anomaly."

"Interesting, very interesting," Lin Feng clucked his tongue in amazement. "What is his connection to the three mountains in the Ying Sea, to the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl, or the Hades' Dark Mantra?"

Lin Feng looked up Luo Yao in the system. The system's explanation was intriguing and this piqued Lin Feng's interest even more. "This person cannot be judged with the standard system of judgment. This person has already recognized another as master, and only once this master-disciple relationship has been dissolved can he become a disciple of the Host, and only then can his Potential Value be displayed after switching up the system of judgment."

The 'standard system of judgement' simply referred to the standards for gauging and allocating the four Talent and Potential Values of humans.

Lin Feng had come across a situation like Luo Yao's before. When he was assessing Tun Tun and Lin Tong, the system would switch up the system typically used for humans and replace it with a system that was typically used to assess demons or other non-human entities.

The corner of Lin Feng's mouth curled into a smile. "Could this man's identity be part-demon or part-monster?"

After flying for a while, the purple light that was directing Lin Feng stopped before a small island before dissipating in the sky as tiny dots of light.

Lin Feng brought Luo Yao down into the island and immediately swept the area with his consciousness. He instantly felt the presence of two nascent soul beginner stage cultivators, along with a few aurous core stage cultivators and a couple of foundation establishment stage cultivators.

They proceeded deeper and deeper into the island and arrived inside a thick patch of forest and vegetation. When they were getting relatively near, Lin Feng released his aura and announced his arrival.

"Who goes there?" The other person appeared relatively tired and exhausted, but was clearly vigilant and aware. Once Lin Feng released his aura, his 'scent' was immediately picked up. However this person seemed furious and upset. After all, Lin Feng was only detected when he was already so near to him and his company of people. If Lin Feng harbored any intentions to harm the, the entire company would be endangered.

A male nascent soul stage cultivator was taking point as he walked up to Lin Feng carefully and warily. He watched Lin Feng with vigilant eyes as the other aurous core stage and foundation establishment cultivators followed closely behind him. Everybody was on guard.

Including the nascent soul stage cultivator, everybody had injuries of some sort. Some were heavier and some were lighter, and it was clear that they were part of the continuous bloody conflict with the demon races.

At least they could tell that Lin Feng's aura was human. If it were the rippling of demonic mana, the other party would not even bother with greetings – it was fight or flight. Either they tucked tail and ran, or they launched their assaults without any further hesitation.

However, they were still on their toes. They were still unsure whether Lin Feng was friend or foe. The other nascent soul stage cultivator had yet to show his face – in fact, he was doing all he could to mask his own aura to remain hidden just in case.

The male nascent soul stage cultivator in front of Lin Feng now was heavily injured. The female nascent soul stage cultivator that was trying to keep herself hidden sustained far lighter injuries. It was clear that the strategy they were trying to employ was to keep the stronger cultivator hidden in the case of unforeseen circumstances, while the weaker one kept the potential adversary busy.

However, no matter how hard she tried to hide herself, it was nothing compared to the penetrating power of Lin Feng's consciousness.

Still, Lin Feng did not care too much. He shook his sleeves a little and released Luo Yao. Luo Yao's face immediately lit up when he saw the company of people in front of him. "Thank God you're all okay!"

The male nascent soul stage cultivator in front of everyone also appeared relieved when he saw Luo Yao.

However, the aurous core stage and foundation establishment stage cultivators' expressions changed immediately after as their eyes bounced between Lin Feng and Luo Yao.

There was a female cultivator amongst them with light golden locks and was clad in a green robe. Her hair was only tied up with a single silver-colored ring, and her soft hair swayed in the wind.

She shot Luo Yao a look as she began to speak. Her voice was pleasant and sounded sweet, like the chirping of an oriole. However, her tone was overbearing and was the complete opposite of how her voice sounded like. "Who's this guy, Big Luo? Did you bring him here?"

Luo Yao shook his head. "He found this place all by himself."

A young man beside the pretty female cultivator furrowed his brows. "This senior has yet to form the immortal soul. How can he find his way here just like that?"

Luo Yao laughed sheepishly but said nothing to explain himself. Even now, he was still amazed by Lin Feng's abilities. He did not want to be misunderstood and distrusted by his old mates, but this wrongful accusation was simply too difficult to be explained.

Lin Feng took everything in at the side. He was musing to himself. "Heh! Big Luo…"

Even though he knew that the way this young lady addressed Luo Yao was most likely due to his height, Lin Feng still found it quite comical.

The original meaning of the two words referred to something that was eternal and omnipresent across all time and space.

This nickname was not something that could be used casually. Still, nobody would call a Qi cultivation stage cultivator out on something like this.

"Jinxi, Zhendong, enough nonsense."

The male nascent soul stage cultivator turned to frown at the young lady and the young man beside her. The two of them were his disciples – the young lady was called Yun Jinxi, and the young man's name was Cao Zhendong.

After telling off his disciples, he clasped his hands together and greeted Lin Feng. "I am the disciple of Master Huang, who is the second disciple of the Luofu Holy Man. My name is Mu Yu. How may I address you, and what is your purpose here?"

"If you have also been besieged by demons, you can join our company so we can watch each other's backs and journey towards the Luofu Mystical Island together."

Even though Mu Yu sustained severe injuries and looked a little unkempt, his disposition was free and easy. He gave people a kind of warmth, and spoke with generosity and dignity.

He glanced at Luo Yao as he continued, "Luo Yao is my junior. He's always been rather blunt and staid, so I shall apologize on his behalf if he has unintentionally offended you. Please don't blame him."

Lin Feng had a minor revelation. Even though he was not too clear about the details, he had previously received an introduction about the situation on the Luofu Mystical Island from the Kui Cow King.

The cultivators anchoring down the Luofu Mystical Island, besides the Luofu Holy Man whose level of mastery was way off the charts, there were his four main disciples.

The Luofu Holy Man had been alive for a long time, and even though he never established his own sect, the disciples that he took in over his lifetime was surely more than four. Perhaps they perished in battle, or perhaps they simply lived to the end of their lives before they formed the immortal soul. At the moment, there were only four of them.

The eldest disciple was in the immortal soul stage. When the Luofu Holy Man was not present, this individual directed the happenings on the Luofu Mystical Island. He roamed the East Sea as the Luofu Holy Man's representative and settled things on his behalf.

The second-eldest disciple was Mu Yu's master. He was in the nascent soul advanced stage and was named Huang Ming. He was extremely adept in the forging of medicinal items such as magical pills, and was touted as the best in his craft amongst the people under the immortal soul stage within the East Sea. Even some people in the immortal soul stage had pill-forging skills inferior to his.

Even though Mu Yu was only in the nascent soul beginner stage, he was a disciple of Huang Ming after all. There was no wonder that he could forge the Nine Spirals Golden Pill.

Lin Feng did not restrict Luo Yao's autonomy and let him return to Mu Yu's side.

Yun Jinxi looked at Luo Yao and asked, "Are you okay?" and Luo Yao answered, "I'm fine. This senior did not do anything to me."

Cao Zhendong grunted at Luo Yao's reply as he muttered under his breath, "Of course he won't do anything to you." He was ultimately wary of Lin Feng and Mu Yu's presence so he kept his voice down. The meaning of his statement was clear that Lin Feng intended for Luo Yao to be his guide.

Yun Jinxi said, "Senior Zhendong, this senior is a powerful nascent soul stage cultivator. Even though we can't tell his exact capability, it's definitely beyond Big Luo to do anything about it. Stop picking on him."

Even though she was trying to defend Luo Yao, it was rather conspicuous that she agreed with Cao Zhendong's judgment.

The other aurous core stage cultivators all nodded their heads upon hearing their exchange.

Luo Yao's lips trembled a little but said nothing more.

Lin Feng was unfazed by the conniving discussion the youths were having. He turned towards Mu Yu and asked, "I am here to inquire about one thing. Besides the Nine Spirals Golden Pill, have you also forged the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke?"

Mu Yu looked down and contemplated his response. The reason why Lin Feng brought Luo Yao back to them was surely because he detected the medicinal effects inside Luo Yao's body and discovered the identity to be that of the Nine Spirals Golden Pill. That was nothing too out of the ordinary. If he knew about the Nine Spirals Golden Pill, then he definitely also knew that the Nine Spirals Golden Pill was used together with the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke.

However, Lin Feng's intentions for asking him about the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke was worth mulling over.

Mu Yu was Huang Ming's disciple and knew that his master coveted the opportunity to break through to the immortal soul stage but never had the chance. Huang Ming banked his hopes on the birth of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea. He knew better than to take control of the three mountains, but he did wish to obtain some exotic resources and medicinal materials from the mountains. He also wanted to retrieve some exotic magic treasures from the Ying Sea so that he could ascend to the next level.

As Mu Yu was thinking to himself, somebody passed a message via voice-projection into his head. "Don't tell him. This is connected to the grand plan of your master and the marquis. Don't leak the secret to unrelated people."

The person speaking was Lu Ning, the female nascent soul stage cultivator who was hiding in shadows.

Her voice sounded out from within the deep vegetation. "If I may ask, what is your name?"

On one hand, she distracted Lin Feng with her question as she passed another voice-projected message to Mu Yu and the others. "We don't even know if this man is a human or a demon. I can feel the aura of the Saros Steel Tree from his body."

As soon as this was said, everybody's expression changed. The entire company turned to look at Lin Feng and they became even warier of this mysterious person in front of them.

They had just emerged from a furious battle with demons, and the Luofu Mystical Island was within the proximity of the connector from the East Sea to the Barren Expanses. They were perennially in conflict with demons even during their day-to-day lives and their blood feuds ran deep. The grudges between the humans of this area and the demons were far sharper than that in other areas.

Mu Yu returned a question. "Lu Ning, are you certain?"

Lu Ning replied with a voice-projected message. "More than a hundred years ago, I have been to the Great Thunderclap Temple and personally witnessed the Saros Steel Tree inside the temple."

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Chapter 728: Capturing The Demon And Obtain The Pill

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Lin Feng did not intercept their voice-projection messages to each other. Even though he was unware of what Mu Yu, Lu Ning and the others were communicating to each other, he could undoubtedly feel their rise in wariness.

Lin Feng raised his head and surveyed the dense vegetation around him with amusement. He realized that the space all around him was twisted until the original splendor was completely lost. It was as if everything was covered by some kind of magic formation with a permeating murderous aura. There was a feeling that a ravaging battle had just transpired.

This was probably what Lu Ning was leaning on. Even though she could tell that Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar was only in the nascent soul stage, she could not tell his true ability. Thus, she developed intentions to eliminate him.

Lin Feng shook his head lightly and extended his right hand. He surged across the space between them in an instant and made a grab at Lu Ning.

Lu Ning was stunned momentarily. She set up the Heme Blood Formation of Death with her own esoteric methods so that she could hide herself within. Normal people would have a hard time breaking through her formation, let alone seeing through her concealment. However, Lin Feng completely disregarded her magic formation and came directly for her.

The multiple layers of change within the magic formation were wiped away by Lin Feng in the blink of an eye, and Lu Ning was subsequently captured with not much trouble at all.

Terror seized Mu Yu and company. In that minute period of time, Lin Feng placed his abilities on spectacular display. The dominance that he exhibited made the entire company feel like they were facing an immortal soul stage powerhouse. Mu Yu was positive that even his master, Huang Ming, did not possess mantras and abhijnas as powerful as Lin Feng's.

The changes in situation that just eventuated left everybody at a loss. Their emotions were also in a mess and everyone was left dripping with anxiety.

Cao Zhendong shot a glare at Luo Yao angrily. "This is your fault!"

Luo Yao glanced at Lin Feng but said nothing, as if he was thinking.

Mu Yu pressed down his voice and said, "Senior, please have mercy on her. Even though she has betrayed her intentions to kill, that's only because she suspects that you are connected to the demons. We have been fighting demons for a long time coming, and this kind of suspicion – and with good reason – will raise alarm bells. If you have been offended, please forgive us."

Lin Feng's display of skills was purely human powers of cultivation. While it cleared the air of doubt in Mu Yu and company's hearts, it put them in a bad spot. Even though they were now confident that Lin Feng was not a demon, they ended up pissing him off.

Lin Feng said nothing in response. He turned towards the far end of the horizon and said, "So that's why. Are the materials used to craft the Nine Spirals Golden Pill connected to the dragon race? The demon races are targeting you – these are not random battles, are they?"

Mu Yu and the others were taken aback. They followed Lin Feng's gaze to the other side of the equator. In the next moment, a gash appeared at the edge of the world and several shadows giant dragons emerged from within. They howled as the shadowy figures lunged towards the group of people on the island.

There were two demonic lord stage dragons, and they were accompanied by a mystical beast with two wings and a cape like a porcupine. This beast looked like a bull but also resembled a tiger – it was a Qiong Qi, also at the demonic lord stage.

The three demon lords pounced towards everybody on the island. The jade-green dragon in front glared at Lin Feng with sky-blue eyes. He howled to his partners, "There are other people. He's also a nascent soul stage cultivator."

The Qiong Qi demon lord answered with adamant fervor. "If he's human then we can kill him along with the rest."

Hopelessness flashed across the faces of Cao Zhendong, Yun Jinxi and the others. If Lin Feng was absent, the whole company was also spent and exhausted. Faced with the besiegement of three demon lords and other demonic commanders, they were as good as dead.

The most powerful cultivator amongst them, Lu Ning, had been captured by the mysterious Lin Feng. They were not yet sure whether Lin Feng was friend or foe, and both these facts put them in the direst circumstance possible.

At least Mu Yu was still relatively calm and rational. He whipped out a Great Teleportation Talisman and swept up Cao Zhendong, Luo Yao, along with the other juniors and ordered them to leave. "I will try to hold them off as long as I can. Run away quickly, and seek help from your Senior Uncle Yuan and ask him to bring all of you to the Grand Elder. The Nine Spirals Golden Pill must be passed into his hands." (Translator's Note: Grand Elder is to remain faithful to the Chinese language. It refers to somebody two generations above, i.e., the Luofu Holy Man is the Grand Elder of Cao Zhendong and Luo Yao.)

The Great Teleportation Talisman's powers had not even begun to take effect before it was intercepted by Lin Feng, leaving Mu Yu and company petrified.

Lin Feng laughed as he shook his head and turned around towards the three demonic lords crashing down upon them. He raised one hand and began to cast a spell.

The Heaven-Bearing Seal could crush all beings, and brought the forces that held up Heaven and Earth to bear upon the three demon lords. In the next moment, the three demon lords in midair became like iron mounds and plummeted into the beach at the island's shoreline.

Two dragons and a Qiong Qi struggled as much as they could on the beach were unable to get up. They felt like something of infinite weight was weighing down on them that immobilized them. They wanted to take off into the void but there was no way out.

Mu Yu and company stood rooted to the ground, speechless.

Lin Feng glanced at the demonic lords that he had just dominated before turning to look at Mu Yu. He said calmly, "I am only concerned about the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke. Now, can you answer my question?"

Mu Yu felt his tongue twisting into a knot. After a long while, he forced out a laugh and replied, "I am only responsible for forging the Nine Spirals Golden Pill. The Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke is not my responsibility, so I don't know much about it either."

Lin Feng flicked his finger and the Great Teleportation Talisman he had just taken down drifted up into the air. "This talisman seems to be able to provide me with a lead."

Mu Yu said nothing as the jade-green dragon that was locked down by Lin Feng began to howl once again. "Be it the Nine Spirals Golden Pill or the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke, both items are forged with materials obtained directly from the bodies of demons. They murdered the son of the Dragon King to forge the Nine Spirals Golden Pill – hence the reason why we have been pursuing them. We want vengeance!"

"From what you've been saying, it seems as if somebody you know have been captured by people from the Luofu Mystical Island to forge their precious pills. We are on the same team – are you looking for the Spiritual Sea Horse, or the Nine-Winged Flying Fish?"

Lin Feng guffawed at the outrageous statement. "Who's on your team?"

He turned towards Mu Yu and said, "However, what this jade-green dragon just said is the truth. I did hear that forging the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke requires the remains of the Spiritual Sea Horse King – that's why I searched for you."

What the jade dragon could see, Mu Yu could as well. The only problem was that the connection between the Nine Spirals Golden Pill and the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke was of insurmountable importance to his master, Huang Ming. If something happened to the pills, it would ruin his master's plans.

However, the moment heard Lin Feng bring up the Spiritual Sea Horse King, a spark lit up violently in Mu Yu's mind.

The demon races launched a large-scale invasion of the East Sea and forced Huang Ming and his fellow juniors and seniors as well as his master to anchor things down and engage the demons in battle. The forging of the pills were therefore passed to his two disciples – Mu Yu and Yuan Xiu. Mu Yu was tasked with forging the Nine Spirals Golden Pill and Yuan Xiu was responsible for the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke.

The forging of the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke required a great number of materials. One of them included the remains of a Spiritual Sea Horse and the wings of the Nine-Winged Flying Fish.

Mu Yu had no clue where Yuan Xiu obtained the remains of the Spiritual Sea Horse, but he suddenly had a revelation.

The Spiritual Sea Horses were gentle by nature, and were very different from the usual violent and belligerent types in the Barren Expanses. They were also helpful towards water-type cultivation, and there were many independent cultivators rearing Spiritual Sea Horses of their own on the East Sea. At the same time, they allowed many wild Spiritual Sea Horses to live in the East Sea as well. However, Spiritual Sea Horses of the demonic lord stage were few and far between, and one of the relatively well-known one inhabited Mount Liubo.

Even though the location of the Flowing Waves Holy Man was unknown, the Kui Cow race that followed him previously were now following the Celestial Sect of Wonders on Mount Yujing. If the Spiritual Sea Horse that Yuan Xiu used to forge the pill was really the one that resided in Mount Liubo…

As these thoughts flowed through his head, Mu Yu began to feel goosebumps on his skin. He turned towards Lin Feng and asked, "Are you from the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

Luo Yao, Cao Zhendong, Yun Jinxi and the others all turned to look at Lin Feng with astonishment.

Even the three demonic lords that were locked down by Lin Feng paused their struggles momentarily and stared at Lin Feng with uneasy eyes.

Before Lin Feng could respond, Mu Yu continued to explain. "The Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke is the responsibility of my junior, Yuan Xiu. My voice-projection crystal that allows me to communicate with him has been misplaced, and I am not unable to communicate with him, neither am I able to triangulate his position."

"Junior Yuan forged the pill on a group of islands about three thousand miles North of the Luofu Mystical Island. If he hasn't moved due to the recent activity of the demon races, then he should still be there."

Even though he knew that Huang Ming heavily favored the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke, Mu Yu still explained everything he knew to Lin Feng without hesitation.

All Lin Feng wanted was the Spiritual Sea Horse King from Mount Liubo. He was not going after the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke, and seemed like he was not hostile towards the inhabitants of Luofo Mystical Island. Without that Spiritual Sea Horse, all they had to do was spend time to find another Spiritual Sea Horse and delay the formation of the pill. It was not worth it at all to antagonize the Celestial Sect of Wonders over something like this.

Mu Yu waved his hand in the air and his mana transformed into a light shadow as he placed the map o f the East Sea on full display and pointed out the island that Yuan Xiu was on.

Lin Feng took a look and smiled faintly, "Very well," and with that, he extended a finger and a stream of mana flowed into Luo Yao's body.

Luo Yao's body shook as purple light began to flicker with purple light. A single small golden pill floated out from the purple light and was sparkling with brilliance.

Mu Yu and others recognized it to be the Nine Spirals Golden Pill that had entered Luo Yao's body by accident when the furnace exploded during the demonic invasion. Mu Yu could only suppress the medicinal effects temporarily and eventually take Luo Yao to Huang Ming with the hope that Huang Ming could extract the medicinal effects of the pill without harming Luo Yao.

However, Mu Yu was not a hundred percent confident that Huang Ming could extract the medicinal effects of the pill without harming Luo Yao at all.

Lin Feng extracted the effects of the pill and even re-forged it into another pill.

Lin Feng released Lu Ning as well. Lu Ning did not even dare to move another finger as her face flashed green and white. Lin Feng paid no more attention to her and grabbed the three demonic lords that were still immobilized on the ground and departed into the void.

As Lin Feng left with the three demonic lords in his grasp, the other small demons that tagged along also scattered. A surreal feeling came over Lin Feng and company.

Yun Jinxi recovered after a long while and said, "This… This senior is really powerful and mysterious."

Cao Zhendong forced an awkward laugh and nodded his head in agreement. "Yes… Yes…"

Luo Yao was even more shell-shocked. When the three demonic lords came for them, the pressure he felt was so great that his body very nearly exploded into a blood pool. However, the pressure vanished immediately after when Lin Feng suppressed the three demonic lords with a flip of his palm.

Then, Lin Feng resolved the problem with the Nine Spirals Golden Pill that was stuck within his body. It felt as if Lin Feng had just lifted a heavy burden on his chest. He also knew that even Huang Ming might not have been able to extract the medicinal effects of the pill without harming him. Mu Yu cared for Luo Yao, but he was not entirely confident that Huang Ming would not favor the golden pill over his life.

Lin Feng undoubtedly did him a substantial favor.

However, up till this point, Luo Yao and company still had no clue who this enigmatic person was. This left everyone with complicated emotions and a million questions unanswered.

Lu Ning's face was as pale as ever. "Let's go. No matter what, Master Huang and others are still waiting for us."

The whole troupe began their journey back to rendezvous with their friends. What they did not know was that Lin Feng was still hidden up inside the void and watching them quietly.

To be more specific, he was just watching Luo Yao. He was observing the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl that he had just hidden within his body, and a smile appeared on his face as the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl sparkled with traces of purple light.

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Chapter 729: With Great Waves, The Mystical Mountains Revealed Themselves Before Their Time!

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An idea came to Lin Feng's head as he inserted the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl into Luo Yao's body.

Thereafter, he turned towards the three demonic lords that he had just captured. He tapped the two dragons on the head and said, "You are here for revenge so I will not do anything more to you guys. I will let you go – but do not even consider seeking those people out anymore."

With that, he sent the two dragons spiraling into the void and they instantly lost consciousness. When they came to, they were already thousands of miles away. They wanted to go back to where they were, but they could not muster any courage when they thought of Lin Feng's warning.

"Let's report this back to the Dragon King. With this person protecting them, we can't do anything to those thieving bastards even if we go back there." The two dragons flew away into the far end of the sky as there was nothing else they could do.

The Qiong Qi's was not so lucky. He was still completely immobilized by Lin Feng's mana.

"Everybody in the Celestial Sect of Wonders should be killed. My leader has already reached the third level of the Undying Demonic Soul – the Syncretic Star Soul Stage. Besides the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders himself, nobody else can protect you!" The Qiong Qi was hysterical. "I do wish to see if the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders can protect you for your entire lifetime!"

Lin Feng paid no attention to his maniacal ramblings and sent him tumbling with a wave of his hand. "So the demon that's standing off with the Luofu Holy Man is that old hag. No wonder the demonic aura is so familiar."

Back in the Cloud Forest World, the Golden Roc Grand Sage gifted the Celestial Spirit Snow Dew he had obtained from the Parasol Fairy to the Qiong Qi Grand Sage. The Qiong Qi Grand Sage was originally at the peak of the second level Undying Demonic Soul Stage, and after cultivating with the Celestial Spirit Snow Dew, the Qiong Qi Grand Sage managed to rise into the third level Undying Demonic Soul Stage. That was nothing too out of the ordinary.

Lin Feng laughed faintly after the small scuffle and said, "Now, Tianhao will have access to the blood and essence of the last of the Four Immemorial Evil Beasts for his cultivation with the four Great Chaos Furnaces."

Shi Tianhao and company had captured a few Qiong Qis previously, but they were all small demons in the demonic commander and demonic general stages, and not a single one was in the demonic lord stage. Now that Lin Feng managed to capture this Qiong Qi demonic lord, he had unintentionally plugged a nagging gap for his disciple – truly a pleasant surprise.

After settling the three demonic lords, he unlocked a voice-projecting crystal and passed a message to Xiao Yan. "Xiao Yan, do proceed to the group of islands three thousand miles north from the Luofu Mystical Island. One of the disciples of the Luofu Holy Man is forging a Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke over there, and the Spiritual Sea Horse King is probably also there. If you hurry, you might be able to arrive just in time."

On the other side, Xiao Yan replied, "I will make my way over with Zhener, Fifth Junior and the Kui Cow King. Second Junior and Sixth junior went searching in another area – I will notify them at once."

Lin Feng nodded in acknowledgement and said, "There is something else I have to do. Do take care of yourselves – the East Sea is riled up in conflict and hordes of demons have invaded the territory."

Xiao Yan laughed and said, "Don't worry, master. I have just dispatched a few blind mice."

Lin Feng channeled his mana and passed the map that he had just seen to Xiao Yan via the voice-projecting crystal.

After ending the communication line, Lin Feng's attention returned to Luo Yao and company. His lips curved into a faint smile as he waited patiently.

He was not that worried about Xiao Yan and the Spiritual Sea Horse King. Xiao Yan and company were more than capable of taking care of themselves and completing their tasks.

Xiao Yan and the others were already inside the Luofu Mystical Island. Even though they were not received by the Luofu Holy Man because the latter was locked in battle with the Qiong Qi Grand Sage, they still managed to meet up with the Luofu Holy Man's disciples that were anchoring things down in the island.

They had explained the situation, and the other party was also reasonable and cooperative. They were willing to return the Spiritual Sea Horse King, but their hands were tied up with the invasion of the demon races and the whole situation had descended into chaos. They were also unable to contact Huang Ming and Yuan Xiu, and were also unsure of the exact location where Yuan Xiu was forging the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi were familiar with the several locations that Huang Ming, Yuan Xiu and Mu Yu frequented on the island. They had split up and were searching for their target in their respective areas.

Now that Lin Feng had managed to triangulate Yuan Xiu's position, the group immediately departed to seek him out. There was not too much trouble and conflict after their awkward meeting as well. The eldest disciple of the Luofu Holy Man was unable to detach himself from his tasks at hand, but he sent someone to accompany them.

After Yuan Xiu found out about the connection the Celestial Sect of Wonders had with the Spiritual Sea Horse King, even though he knew that this would delay the formation of the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke and would probably incur the wrath of Huang Ming, he still handed over the Spiritual Sea Horse King without further ado.

The person that was sent forth to accompany Xiao Yan and the others was also relieved that there was not much conflict between the two parties. He heaved a relieved sigh after completing his task and asked Yuan Xiu after the departure of Xiao Yan and company, "Senior Uncle Yuan, Master wants to ask you a question: He's wondering, how did you manage to discover the recipe for the pill all of a sudden?"

The 'Master' was the eldest disciple of the Luofu Holy Man and was already in the immortal soul stage. Yuan Xiu knew that he could not avoid the messenger's question and neither could he deceive him or provide false information. This was connected to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, and perhaps even his Grand Elder, the Luofu Holy Man, would interfere.

Even Huang Ming would not be able to dispute his explanation.

Yuan Xiu answered immediately, "The prescription was provided by the Marquis of Jinghuan of the Great Zhou Empire. He provided the recipes for both the Nine Spirals Golden Pill as well as the Mystical Pill of clouds and Smoke. We are responsible for forging the pills and collecting the necessary materials, but my master has to share with the Marquis of Jinghuan after completion."

The messenger was the personal assistant of the Luofu Holy Man's eldest disciple. He understood a great many things about the East Sea and the Great Zhou Empire, thus he knew of the Marquis of Jinghuan's reputation. "So it was him. He's going to be full of treasures now."

Yuan Xiu shook his head with a light sigh. "Go back and report to your master. I have to seek out another Spiritual Sea Horse. It's not easy to find one in the demonic lord stage, and I might have to make do with a demonic commander advanced stage one instead. I can't spoil my master's grand plans."

Yuan Xiu was having a headache, but Xiao Yan and the others were having a good time on the other side. The Kui Cow King was reunited with the Spiritual Sea Horse King, and the latter was also reunited with his son. It was nothing out of the ordinary that they were in a celebratory mood. If not for the fact that the Spiritual Sea Horse King just barely escaped a certain death, the whole group would have been happier.

When the Spiritual Sea Horses displayed their original demon bodies, they looked just like seahorses, but a lot bigger than normal. They had four hooves and could tread on waves to roam the seas and dive under to venture into the depths of the ocean.

Even though they were gentle by nature and were not naturally proficient in battle, they were relatively adept at traversing the skies and journeying under the water. At the same time, their bodies exuded an exotic fragrance that had a rejuvenating effect on herbs and medicinal pills – this was the reason why he volunteered to stay behind on Mount Liubo to look after the Flowing Waves Holy Man's medicine store.

However, nobody predicted the catastrophe that was to come. Everybody else was enslaved by the Freshwater Holy Man, and the Spiritual Sea Horse King very nearly lost his life as well.

After reuniting with the Kui Cow King and expressing his gratitude towards Xiao Yan and company, the Kui Cow King recounted the recent happenings. The Spiritual Sea Horse King was full of awe and amazement.

"The leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is indeed legendary."

"My master is still missing, however. That's rather worrying."

It was inevitable that the reunification of the two demonic lords would bring up the Flowing Waves Holy Man, who had gone missing.

The Kui Cow King hardened his resolve and said, "The leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is all-powerful. Now that he has a lead on our master, as long as his life is not in danger, the day of his return will come in time. The leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders has his own plans – we can stop worrying for now."

The Spiritual Sea Horse King nodded his head in acknowledgement. "This is sound logic. I understand."

The Kui Cow King asked, "What are your plans now?"

The Spiritual Sea Horse King answered, "With the help of the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, I have managed to escape from my dire predicament. My debt has also been claimed."

"Even though we can't do much to help, we still know how to repay favors bestowed upon us. If the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is willing, my entire tribe is willing to enter ourselves under his wing just like you and your tribesmen, and do everything we can to help him in his endeavors."

"If this is too inconvenient for him, then we will not ask for more. We will remember this favor in our hearts, and if the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders has a task for us in the future we will do his bidding to the best of our abilities. We can remain on Mount Liubo to look after our original master's property and await his return."

"Our master's medicine store had been destroyed at the hands of the Freshwater Holy Man, so perhaps there is nothing much left to look after. Still, it's a thought."

The Kui Cow King said, "If this is your wish, then I will put in a good word with the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. However, whether or not this request will come through is entirely up to his judgment. I can't guarantee its success."

The Spiritual Sea Horse King and his son replied at the same time, "We understand. Everything is up to the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

Xiao Yan laughed as he overheard the discussion. "Look at you two. I can tell that the glory of the Flowing Waves Holy Man in the olden days must be spectacular and extraordinary."

The Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King answered in unison, "Thank you, master Xiao."

"Xiao Yan is the eldest disciple under the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Master Yang is his fifth disciple. You can ask them to help you put in a good word with Lin Feng as well to increase our chances of success." The Kui Cow King took the opportunity to speak his piece.

Yang Qing laughed and shook his head upon hearing his remarks. "The Spiritual Sea Horse King is pure at heart, and we have all been impressed by that. We will report truthfully, but the whatever the outcome is will be entirely up to our master. We don't really have the courage to beg him to change his mind."

Xiao Yan chuckled as well and said, "We won't need the voice-projecting crystal for this. You can follow us and meet up with our master yourself."

The company was sharing a laugh when they felt a violent tremble in the area towards the South. It sounded like the onset of an earthquake and a tsunami and their eyes fell upon roaring tides and giant waves towards the South.

The violent waves crashed towards Xiao Yan and company. Besides the whistling of the tides, there were vast and chaotic spiritual energies charged within.

Even with Xiao Yan's current level of mastery, he had to take this onslaught seriously, and the others struggled to maintain their stability.

"Eh?" Xiao Yan raised his head towards the source in the South and muttered under his breath, "This is not from the Luofu Mystical Island. It's from somewhere further away, nearer to the heart of the East Sea… It's from the tunnel connecting the Divine Lands and Ying Sea!"

A haze of fear came over the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King. They glanced at each other and exclaimed in unison, "The Three Mountains of the Ying Sea have shown themselves once again!"

Xiao Yan's brows knitted together once he heard their exclamation. "Nobody knows the exact time the three mountains will reveal themselves again. Still, everyone has a rough estimation. Their return to the world is still a little earlier than expected."

Xiao Yan turned towards the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King. "Are you certain?"

The two demons nodded their heads in agreement. "This phenomenon is consistent with the last time the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea surfaced upon the earth. Our master was still around back then, and he was able to enter the Ying Sea during that period of time. Even though he was unable to control the mystical mountains, he still managed to reap some rewards."

Xiao Yan wasted no more words and extended his Pure-Gold Flaming Wings, eclipsing the Sun. He resembled the rebirth of the Phoenix. He swept up everybody present, cut open the void and flew towards the South as he passed the message on to Lin Feng, Zhu Yi and the others.

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Chapter 730: Preparations Are Important

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The rebirth of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea usually followed a certain pattern. After a typically fixed period of time, they would show themselves to the world again. Even though the exact timing was unknown, a rough estimation could be made within a range.

Typically, the estimated timing of the reappearance of the mountains would be within the next year or two. Their reappearance at this point was undoubtedly earlier than expected – possibly on the very border of the estimated time range.

In the East Sea, the powers and cultivators that had their own ideas about the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea were only beginning to make their preparations. The sudden showing of the three mountains took everyone by surprise, but did not affect the speed of their reactions too much.

In a moment's notice, many powerful cultivators in the Divine Lands and even some in the Barren Expanses began to make their way towards the tunnel connecting the Ying Sea and the center of the East Sea.

Rather than the sudden reappearance of the Three Mountains, what pressured the others more was the information that originated from the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

One of the mountains, the Abbot Celestial Mountain, was already in the hands of the Great Zhou Empire. Everybody knew what this meant.

The Great Zhou Empire's power was far superior to most people, but there were many who were unwilling to let go of the Ying Sea just like that. Just because of that, the Great Zhou Empire became something of a public enemy and attracted antagonizing attention from a great many people.

The Great Zhou Empire was prepared for such a 'worst-case scenario', however. They began to manipulate the people around them and form coalitions and alliances to correct their dire position.

The reappearance of the Three Mountains simply meant searching for them was now possible. They were still hidden within the boundless vastness of the Ying Sea, and triangulating their exact location was still a challenge for most. Therefore, when the Ying Sea first began to tremble with monstrous waves and tides, the general public stayed their hands for the moment. The main directors of the rhythm and the flow of events was the Great Zhou Empire and several other great powers; they were conducting their own trials and errors and confronting each other as well.

There were some relatively weaker parties that did not harbor any hopes to take control of a Celestial Mountain for themselves. All they wanted to do was take the chance and rummage for some rare and exotic items from the Ying Sea. The time when the greater powers were challenging each other presented the perfect opportunity to smoke their way into the Ying Sea and retrieve a few rare items for themselves.

Lin Feng felt the surge of spiritual energy coming from the tunnel at the Ying Sea as well, and it was not difficult to infer that the it was due to the precocious reappearance of the Three Mountains.

After he received Xiao Yan's voice-projected message and confirmed his suspicions, Lin Feng was not so hasty to make his way there.

His attention was still focused on Luo Yao. It was not because he disregarded the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea – he was simply more concerned about the unnatural changes of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

After all, Lin Feng's journey to the East Sea was not for vacation or for some sightseeing at the Ying Sea. He was here for the Penglai, Yingzhou and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountains.

His target was not just to find the Celestial Mountains or to retrieve magic treasures from the Ying Sea. His aim was the same as Liang Pan, Zhu Hongwu and the other powers – he wanted to take control of the Three Celestial Mountains.

This was not something that could be done simply by getting there first. Controlling the Celestial Mountains required careful planning, intricate methodology and even a little bit of luck.

Therefore, Lin Feng's attention was still trained on Luo Yao. Based on the unusual circumstances that he had just witnessed, Lin Feng's intuition told him that this tall youth that seemed as average as every could get was one of the keys to coming out on top in this chaotic scene.

Naturally, he would not waste too much time on this. He ran the risk of letting someone else take control of the Celestial Mountains before he could even react, and nothing more could be said or done then. Furthermore, the various powers had limited time to act. If they could not gain control before a certain date, the Celestial Mountains would return to obscurity into the Ying Sea – and everybody would have to wait for the next time they showed themselves again.

However, the Celestial Mountains had just appeared and Lin Feng still had enough time – preparations were important, after all.

"After I complete the task at hand, I will make my way over there. You guys can proceed into the Ying Sea without me, but do watch out for each other," Lin Feng passed a voice-projected message to Xiao Yan. "Once you're inside, it will be difficult for you communicate with anybody in the Divine Lands via voice-projection crystals. I won't be able to triangulate your position that quickly as well, so please take care of yourselves."

Lin Feng's original body was training on Mount Kunlun and this endeavor required the entirety of his mana and abhijnas. Therefore, he was unable to imprint his physical spell bodies upon his avatars or on any of his disciples.

The confrontation at the Ying Sea would have far-reaching consequences. Many powerful individuals would be involved, and it was quite clear that there were some people that even Xiao Yan and company would not be able to handle.

Still, Lin Feng's incessant nagging was a result of his habitual concern for his disciples as their master.

Lin Feng was not actually that worried about their safety. For hot-headed and daring people like Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi, Lin Feng could already count himself lucky if they did not take the heads off other people instead.

The true colors would only be revealed in the crucial moments. The more complicated the situation or the greater the conflict, the happier these guys would be. They had big hearts and great ambitions and were all destined to be major players in the world.

After listening to Lin Feng's orders, Xiao Yan laughed in response. "Don't worry master, I understand. I will take care of myself and the others."

He cut off his connection with Lin Feng and passed another message to Zhu Yi. "Second Junior, we will proceed into the Ying Sea first without you. The fun is about to start – don't be late for it."

Zhu Yi smiled and answered, "Please go ahead. We will be there shortly." The Celestial Sect of Wonders had a secret marker for communicating with and sharing leads with each other, especially in a place that was difficult to communicate normally such as the Ying Sea.

At this moment, Xiao Yan and his company – including the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Horse King – entered the tunnel and into the Ying Sea.

Immediately after entering the Ying Sea, Xiao Yan produced a tiny crystal the size of his fingernail in front of his eye. He fixed it in place with his mana and attached the thin crystal onto his eyeball.

Under the control of his abhijna and mana, he managed to connect his own vision to the mystical powers of the crystal. He was now able to see the myriad of illusions within the Ying Sea and could tell the correct path from the wrong.

This was a remnant piece from the Heaven-Reflecting Stone that was left behind when Lin Feng re-forged it. The several bits and pieces that remained were processed to become tiny mirror-like crystals. Even though they were only remnants pieces of the original Heaven-Reflecting Stone, they still possessed the mystical abilities of the stone to break deceptions and see through illusions.

Everybody else, including Yang Qing, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang had a piece as well.

It was the first time they were inside such a vast and open foreign space like the Ying Sea by themselves. Lin Feng warned them about the Ying Sea, which was full of dangers and deceptive chicanery, but made preparations for them as well.

The more powerful and dangerous illusions were the most difficult to break. Some could not even be countered by the original Heaven-Reflecting Stone itself, let alone the remnant pieces of it. Still, these dangerous illusions were ultimately rare occurrences. Xiao Yan and the others took special care in their venture, and they were able to dodge a great majority of the various illusions.

The company proceeded forward across the white mist-covered Ying Sea. Their speed and efficiency were far greater than most common cultivators.

The only problem was that they still had no headway in their search for the Three Celestial Mountains.

"We might as well seek out the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain first, which is currently under the control of the Great Zhou Empire, and wait for an opportunity to present itself. At least our target is clearer." Xiao Yan remarked with a tinge of hostility in his voice. The Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King were both shell-shocked at his comment, however. "I don't think we can do anything to the Great Zhou Empire."

Xiao Zhener giggled and said, "That's why he said we have to wait for an opportunity to present itself. The Great Qin Empire will have their eyes set on the Great Zhou Empire without question. They won't just sit by and do nothing even if just one of the Celestial Mountains is being controlled by the Great Zhou Empire."

Xiao Yan chuckled and chimed in. "That is correct."

His expression changed a little as he spoke and he glanced downwards at the mist-covered surface of the Ying Sea.

Xiao Zhener and the others followed his eyes and looked downwards as well. Yang Qing began to get a little excited but said nothing.

It was Xiao Yan that spoke first. "What a rare sight. The bottom of the ocean has a spring with a vein of the Shaoyang Mystical Water."

He turned towards Yang Qing and continued, "This will be greatly beneficial to your line of cultivation, Fifth Junior."

Yang Qing nodded his head in agreement. "However, collecting the Shaoyang Mystical Water will take a lot of time. The Three Mountains of the Ying Sea are what's important. If we can take control of the Ying Sea, then searching for and retrieving the Shaoyang Mystical Water will be easy."

Xiao Yan shook his head but the smile on his face was still as warm as ever. His voice became a little more serious, however. "What if someone else retrieves it when we leave? If that person departs immediately after, then we won't be able to retrieve it even if we end up controlling the three mountains."

"Look further and don't lose sight of the big picture over small details. If we take too long to retrieve the Shaoyang Mystical Water, I won't agree to it either, but since you have the Grand Moon Primordial Water in your possession, retrieving the Mystical Water now will be a piece of cake. How can we turn away from something served on a silver platter?"

"We have to control the present to even think about controlling the future. If our slight delay causes us to miss our chances with the Celestial Mountains, then that will be due to our weakness, and also because we are not fated with them."

"We need to know how to compromise and give and take if we wish to survive in the world. However, we need to learn how to grasp opportunities presented to us. Who knows if this stroke of luck will lead us to even greater fortune? Our master is not even making his way here yet due to his tasks at hand. The completion of his task is probably going to be greatly beneficial to our endeavors."

After listening to his speech, Yang Qing pondered momentarily before answering, "You are right, Eldest Senior. Then may I request everyone to wait for me for a little while – I'll be right back."

He hesitated no longer and dived deep into the ocean. He could see a stream of light-green spring water flowing out from the seabed. The spring water and the ocean water did not mix together, and the spring water exuded a certain degree of warmth and flickered with golden light in the dark depths of the ocean's abyss.

Yang Qing pointed a finger and a stream of jade-green water flowed towards the spring of Shaoyang Mystical Water. The Water to rule all waters, the Grand Moon Primordial Water, swept up the Shaoyang Mystical Water spring and caused the seabed to shake and tremble.

Flashes of jade-green light surged around within the Shaoyang Mystical Water stream, and the entire vein began to fall into Yang Qing's grasp. The only problem was that the vein was a little too vast, and Yang Qing needed a little more time to be able to completely control it as he channeled more and more of the Grand Moon Primordial Water within.

However, at this very moment, a frightening force of demonic power barreled forth and pummeled Yang Qing's Grand Moon Primordial Water and detached him from the vein of Shaoyang Mystical Water.

Yang Qing was slightly taken aback as he felt a grand draconic aura envelop his body in the next moment, and he began to feel the movement of mana around his body slow down.

He had not felt such a powerful draconic aura before – not even from Jieyu, who was in the demonic lord advanced stage. He recovered quickly and thought to himself, "A dragon king with the Undying Demonic Soul?"

A giant black shadow emerged in the dark waters. Its entire body was deep blue and it was over a thousand feet long, and had a grand and intimidating appearance. Limitless demonic forces exuded from its body and seemed to stir up the entire ocean – it was a Sea Dragon King.

Xiao Yan detected the arrival of the Sea Dragon King even before Yang Qing's encounter. He frowned a little and was about to dive down into the ocean as well when his heart skipped a beat – he could feel that there was someone around him observing him from the shadows.

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Chapter 731: The Marquis of Jinghuan's List

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The Sea Dragon King began to show its hostility when it got close. Xiao Yan had already detected it earlier on and wanted to step in when the Sea Dragon King was directing its demonic powers to interfere with Yang Qing's extraction of the vein of Shaoyang Mystical Water. However, he felt a sudden discomfort in his chest.

That feeling was something that one only felt when there was someone, or something, watching and observing one from the shadows.

This type of spying was extremely obscure and mysterious, and was undetectable for most nascent soul stage cultivators. Yet, at the same time, it was ruthless and was fearless personified as Xiao Yan could feel this thing going through both his body and mana – even his soul.

Xiao Yan's brows knitted into a frown and he immediately unleashed a pale white sea of Pure Yang Primordial Fire above his head. The Four Appearances flashed around inside the white patch of fire and mana began to work through his entire body.

The radiant flames lit up the void in the immediate vicinity. Every ghost and shadow became nothing, and a plain ray of light appeared out of nowhere in an instant. It was shot across from a source far away and was trained upon Xiao Yan's body, and resembled the light from a mirror's reflection. This was the entity that was trying to spy on Xiao Yan in secret.

Upon realizing that he had been discovered, the other party decided to stop hiding himself and a figure appeared gradually from within the thick white mist.

The arriving party was a young man with a posh golden robe, a golden crown upon his head and a yellow belt around his waist.

His features and body ratio were well-balanced and had inch-long hair upon his head. He was handsome and good-looking and two pale-golden spheres that resembled actual Suns encircled his temples.

It was Liang An, the Marquis of Jinghuan of the Great Zhou Empire. There was a giant black flag erected behind him and it was on full display, swaying in the wind. Black light spiraled around the flag, and it felt as if there was a great army protecting the royal emperor.

The concept of power coming from this 'ghost army' was the willpower to protect their lord regardless of the strength of their adversaries, and regardless of any cataclysmic disasters that were to befall them.

The emperor under their protection was equally glorious. The majesty and dignity only an emperor could possess was unwavering and eternal, and it resembled the willpower of an emperor that would rule for millennia.

There were several other people standing underneath the Marquis of Jinghuan's Metaplasia-level Immortal Royal Flag. The two people taking point were nascent soul advanced stage cultivators – one was a strongman clad in armor, and the other was a middle-aged man in a flowing white robe. They both exuded a formidable aura and possessed extraordinary abilities.

The rest of the company were also in the nascent soul stage. They stood upright behind the Marquis of Jinghuan in silence. Even though it was only a handful of people, the feeling that they gave onlookers was one of a great sprawling army's undying passion to protect their lord, similar to that of the Immortal Royal Flag. The target of their protection was, naturally, the Marquis of Jinghuan.

There was an ember-colored light circle above Liang An's head. It was like a circular mirror, and released a pale-golden light that was shining on Xiao Yan.

Liang An's reaction was undetectable, if there was any at all, after being discovered by Xiao Yan. He chuckled and the light from the mirror vanished into thin air.

However, his withdrawal of the mirror's light did not mean he intended to retreat. It was quite the opposite as his whole body began to exude an aura that resembled a nocked arrow that was about to be released from its bow. He seemed like an all-consuming evil wolf-beast that was ready to pounce on its target at any moment.

"Your master did not imprint his physical spell body on you this time. Perhaps he felt that with your current nascent soul intermediate stage level of mastery, you won't need his protection anymore?" The Marquis of Jinghuan shook his head and laughed, "That's too careless. Maybe it's because the path of the Celestial Sect of Wonders has been so smooth to the point that he has forgotten that nascent soul intermediate stage mastery is really nothing much to be proud of."

He turned to look at Xiao Yan. "Of course, I do admit that you and your juniors have a superior battle prowess at the nascent soul intermediate stage compared to others of the same level of mastery. However, you guys are still far from being able to push over the world."

"After all, the reason why nobody really dares to touch your company is because you have the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders watching over you. If not for this fact, then you guys will have met your respective demises many times over."

Xiao Yan shot back a cold look. "Mount Kunlun was obediently quiet for a few days, but now you're back barking around. Your memory is really quite poor – since that's the case, I shall completely demolish you today."

The Marquis of Jinghuan scoffed at Xiao Yan's remark. "You seem to have your facts wrong. When the Celestial Sect of Wonders visited Mount Kunlun to observe the ceremony, I was playing the role of host and you were my guests. I wanted to give face to the Celestial Sect of Wonders – so, the person that escaped a certain disastrous fate was you."

He turned around and gripped the stand of the Immortal Royal Flag behind him and said calmly, "Xiao Yan, you are the most senior disciple of the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. People treat you with more respect than you deserve all because of him."

"Before the battle of Xiling City, you burned down the entire residence of the Yu Family inside Xiling City and devastated the Yu Family ancestral ground immediately after. That's quite spectacular, but in my opinion, the four great families of the Great Qin Empire are all groups of useless people – with the exception of Yu Xintao – and have no substance to back up their grandeur."

"What a pity that you've lost sight of what's real after a few compliments from the outside world. From my perspective, besides your connection to the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, you're nothing at all." The Marquis of Jinghuan shook the Immortal Royal Flag lightly and black light expanded outwards, eclipsing the Sun. "You managed to escape inside the Void Battleground by virtue of your master, and I gave you another chance on Mount Kunlun for the same reason and let you liv until now."

The Marquis of Jinghuan chuckled. "It's a pity that you can't escape your fate any longer. From my knowledge, Lin Feng only sent a nascent soul stage avatar to the East Sea, and is now tied up there and has yet to enter the Ying Sea."

"He has also been careless enough not to imprint any physical spell bodies on you or your mates. You tell me, what reason do I have to let you escape with your life this time?"

The smile on Xiao Yan's face was equally hearty and warm. However, in the eyes of onlookers, it was especially cold. "Liang An, I'm not sure if anyone has told you this before, but when you're so full of yourself you also tend to speak a lot of nonsense?"

"But I don't mind letting to drone on today," Xiao Yan's smile became ever colder. "It doesn't matter anymore. After today, you won't have a chance to speak anymore."

The Marquis of Jinghuan laughed at Xiao Yan's remarks, as if he was digesting what he just said. "Oh? If I were you, I'd worry about my partners first."

The Sea Dragon King at the Undying Demonic Soul stage in the deep sea was not in a hurry to leave after thieving the vein of Shaoyang Mystical Water from Yang Qing. He changed into his human form and floated onto the surface of the Sea and was quietly watching Xiao Yan and the Marquis of Jinghuan.

His human form was a middle-aged man in a long sky-blue robe. His eyes darted back and forth between Xiao Yan and the Marquis of Jinghuan with mild amusement – it was clear that he was going to sit this one out and watch the showdown from the sidelines.

However, it was quite clear that the pressure that came from this middle-aged man was slightly different. He had just conflicted with someone from Xiao Yan's company, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend, therefore if it came down to taking sides the Sea Dragon King was bound to lean towards Liang An's camp.

The young girl in a green shirt that had been standing quietly behind Xiao Yan this whole time began to giggle. "Xiao Yan, honey, you can let go and take this fight. I will anchor things down."

As she spoke, a faint ray of light lit up on her forehead and a single jade earring shimmered into existence from within. Frightening thunder strikes flashed and crackled on top of the jade earring and shook the entire world all around. The pale-white thunder strikes were so powerful that even the black light from the Immortal Royal Flag was unable to suppress them.

Xiao Zhener raised her hand gracefully in the void and a long blade appeared in her hands. It exuded a primal aura of supreme kingly dominance.

The Sea Dragon King's expression changed a little. He did not expect a nascent soul stage cultivator like Xiao Zhener to possess two different kinds of magic treasures.

Besides the Ancient Royal Sword that was gifted to her by Lin Feng, she also possessed the Ancient Jade Earring that had been bestowed upon her by her family as a talisman of protection.

Both magic treasures were only in the Gestation stage, and their maximum powers could not be unleashed in Zhener's hands. But with two magic treasures in hand, Xiao Zhener became a force to be reckoned with.

It was her solemn look, however, that was a lot more intimidating. Even when faced with the Sea Dragon King, who was already at the Undying Demonic Soul stage, her willpower was unwavering. Her strength in determination fueled her self-confidence.

The Sea Dragon King was just slightly shocked but recovered immediately after. He watched Xiao Zhener with mild interest and muttered under his breath, "Little girl, you can't possibly think that you can match me just because you have two magic treasures in your possession?"

Xiao Zhener was as calm as ever. "Even though you may be in the Undying Demonic Soul stage, who will be victorious in the end depends entirely on the course of battle. I don't have to beat you – all I need to do is to hold you back long enough. Xiao Yan probably won't need that much time on his side to defeat his adversary."

Xiao Yan's expression was equally calm. "Zhener, you're jinxing me."

Zhener's smile was enchanting. It was like the blooming of a lotus flower in the silent night, with a beauty that rendered all other things colorless.

She was already on edge after the Marquis of Jinghuan's continuous jibing and insults at Xiao Yan. In truth, with her temper, she wanted to face off the Marquis of Jinghuan herself. The only two things holding her back were the facts that she understood Xiao Yan's personality deeply, and she was aware of his current level of mastery.

Xiao Yan understood what Zhener was thinking as well. He was full of gratitude and love, and was bursting with pride as he turned to shoot a cold look at the Marquis of Jinghuan. "I won't need too much time indeed."

The Marquis of Jinghuan looked Zhener up and down with invasive eyes before he swiped the void with one hand and unleased a vast patch of blood-red light.

There was a list of names on the patch of red light. The Marquis of Jinghuan smiled casually and said, "Every beauty that has yet to land in my hands will be entered into this List of Lost Love."

"I will temporarily ignore the ladies in the Golden List of the immortal soul stage cultivators. I will make my own plans after I enter the immortal soul stage myself." The Marquis of Jinghuan's voice was unnaturally calm. However, the feeling that he gave others was one of true fearlessness and one without a care for the world.

"You were originally number three in the red list. You were behind Hu Yanyan of the Mount Qingqiu and the black phoenix Mo Yu of the Phoenix race. However, I will push your name up to number one right now."

The Marquis of Jinghuan chuckled as he continued, "Don't misunderstand me. Your closeness with Xiao Yan is just one of the many reasons. The greatest reason is still because your gracefulness and elegance is becoming much more charming than before."

"Oh, yes. Yue Hongyan of the Celestial Sect of Wonders has yet to form the nascent soul, but she's ranked number four in my list now. She's ranked one spot higher than Shi Xingyun of the Great Qin Empire – I'm still thinking about her, even now. It's a pity that she's not participating in your venture into the East Sea?"

He glanced at the group of nascent soul stage cultivators following behind him out of the corner of his eye and said, "I will hand over the Immortal Royal Flag to you. Your task is to capture the little beauty and retrieve the two magic treasures on her hands."

At the same time, the terrifying God-Slayer Puppet appeared beside the Marquis of Jinghuan. It exuded vast auras of blood-energy that burned like the scorching sun.

After handing over the Immortal Royal Flag to the white-cloaked middle-aged man behind him, he placed his palms together before extending his arms out towards the side. Icy light that sent chills down everyone's spines could be seen at the center of his palms. Every spot that the light touched, including the void all around, turned into ice. Even the thick white mist on the Ying Sea began to dissipate.

It was another magic treasure!

After losing the Ancient Royal Sword, he managed to find himself another magic item out of nowhere.

The Marquis of Jinghuan looked at Xiao Yan and company and laughed heartily. "I am a soldier at heart. When I cross blades with my enemy, only the outcome matters. In battle, my subordinates will definitely not sit by and watch."

As he spoke, he pointed towards Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhener before turning to the Sea Dragon King. "I only want the two of them. You can do whatever you want to the rest."

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Chapter 732: A Sudden Change Of Events

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Even the Sea Dragon King was slightly unhappy with the outrageousness of the Marquis of Jinghuan.

However, the battle prowess that he displayed was truly petrifying. If Xiao Zhener with two magic treasures in hand was enough for the Sea Dragon King to take her seriously, then the rich background of the Marquis of Jinghuan was even more of a problem for the Sea Dragon King even though he was already in the Undying Demonic Soul Stage.

The overall power of the God-Slayer Puppet was not yet at the Immortal Soul Stage, but based on pure physical strength alone the God-Slayer Puppet rivaled immortal soul stage cultivators.

A Metaplasia-level magic treasure – the Immortal Royal Flag.

A Gestation-level magic treasure – the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler.

In addition to the fact that the Marquis of Jinghuan himself was already at the pinnacle of the nascent soul advanced stage, was adept in the Martial Way and had experienced countless battles in his lifetime, his real battle prowess was not something typical nascent soul advanced stage cultivators could match. Even though he could not channel the maximum powers of the Immortal Royal Flag and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, the power he wielded was spectacular and impressive enough.

With such a rich and privileged background, even if he was faced with immortal soul stage cultivators, the situation would be something like a tiger hunting down a porcupine – there was just no way they could assault him.

It was still quite a challenge for the Marquis of Jinghuan to defeat and kill an immortal soul stage cultivator. However, most first-level immortal soul stage cultivators could not do anything to him either.

This was the result of his misplacement of the Ancient Royal Sword inside the Void Battleground. If not, with yet another Gestation-Level magic treasure in his possession, Xiao Zhener and the others would truly be speechless about his unbelievably good fortune.

The Marquis of Jinghuan glanced at the Ancient Royal Sword in Xiao Zhener's hands and grunted. "To the Ancient Royal Sword: You ended up in the hands of the Celestial Sect of Wonders not too long ago, and I will not fault you for submitting to them. However, you will return to me soon enough."

The Ancient Royal Sword trembled a little and a thick middle-aged male voice came out from within. "Both are nascent soul stage cultivators, but I would rather have Xiao Zhener as my master."

The Marquis of Jinghuan brushed aside the Sword's statement with a laugh. "You will still have a chance to change your mind before I ascend to the immortal soul stage. It doesn't matter if you regret after I reach the immortal soul stage as you will cease to be of importance to me then."

He turned towards Xiao Zhener. "In truth, you being in the hands of the little beauty is nothing much. She has ties to the Emperor of the Ancients. Back then, I wanted to take her in as a mistress, and if she accepted my request I would have given you to her as dowry anyway."

"As fate would have it, you ended up in her hands anyway. However, I am still without a wife and if she is willing to marry me, I have a host of other magic treasures beyond just the Ancient Royal Sword."

The Marquis of Jinghuan laughed as he continued, "I do not allow the other normal girls that I accept under my wing to see outsiders, but Xiao Zhener will be different. If I am married to such a talented prodigy, you will be my confidante and we shall explore and develop the future side by side."

Xiao Zhener did not pay any attention to Liang An's words. She looked down at the Ancient Royal Sword and whispered, "Sorry for all the trouble that you had to go through. You must be rather glad that the Celestial Sect of Wonders managed to help you out of your predicament."

The Ancient Royal Sword buzzed in response but said nothing else. The emotions that it just put on display was enough to answer Xiao Zhener.

Xiao Yan guffawed at Liang An's outrageousness. He shot a mocking look at the Marquis of Jinghuan and said, "Liang An, you may have a lot of treasures, but you don't have to keep thinking about the things that you can't get. Today, you get to choose – which treasures are you prepared to leave behind? Do put some thought into it."

Fire seemed to flicker in the deepest recesses of his pupils. It was quite unlike the fiery look that Xiao Yan typically possessed. Within every pupil, five sparks of flame seemed to be purposefully placed according to the positions of the compass and were jumping around.

"Ignorant little child." The Marquis of Jinghuan chuckled. Frighteningly explosive auras began to exude from his body as clear light rippled over his head. A beam of air shot up into the sky like the beacons used in ancient armies.

An image resembling a vast army with a force so formidable that the Earth shook seemed to appear from within the beam of air. It was as if the willpowers of millions of soldiers were injected into the beacon.

The group of cultivators behind him all had furious looks in their eyes as they channeled the power of the Immortal Royal Flag and black light began to surround Xiao Yan and company.

The Sea Dragon King was also preparing to engage in battle. The Ancient Lightning Jade Earring flickered over her head as she gripped the Ancient Royal Sword tightly in her hands. She stood calmly beside Xiao Yan as Yang Qing, the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Horse King prepared to fight.

At face value, it was not an optimistic setup for the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Xiao Yan was paired with the Marquis of Jinghuan and Xiao Zhener was to battle the Sea Dragon King. Battles could not be resolved within a short period of time, and even if the outcomes of these battles were temporarily ignored, Yang Qing and the others would have a hard time dealing with the Immortal Royal Flag.

Even if there was nobody channeling the power of this particular magic treasure, a small part of its power was already extremely formidable.

Xiao Yan appeared to be arguing with the Marquis of Jinghuan on the surface, but he was analyzing the critical points of the situation at the same time. He quickly thought of the counter-play, "If both Zhener and I can dispatch our adversaries quickly enough, we can face the Immortal Royal Flag together."

"We are on top of the ocean. Even though the Ying Sea is sinister and unpredictable, the Sea Dragon King still holds some form of geographical advantage. It's quite difficult for Zhener to emerge victorious against him – that means the crux of the situation will be my battle. Even if I can't defeat him quickly enough, it may force Liang An to use the Immortal Royal Flag to protect himself."

In truth, what made Xiao Yan more anxious was the golden light from the mirror that Liang An shone on him previously. It was not an abhijna – rather, it came from some exotic treasure that the Marquis of Jinghuan chose to remain hidden even now.

As he was contemplating his options, a crisp female voice rang out from beyond the horizon. "Falling Waves Sea Dragon, you are now a Sea Dragon King with an undying demonic soul. Battling a human cultivator that has yet to attain the immortal soul stage may be a little unsuitable for your status and even mildly embarrassing."

The thick white mist trembled a little but did not dissipate. Everybody present could feel that there was a powerful consciousness watching them from within.

As they heard this voice, be it Xiao Yan's camp or the Marquis of Jinghuan's, everybody was stunned.

"Yan Mingyue of the Great Void Sect?"

There was nothing too different about the cloudy mist. It formed the face of an individual – and it looked just like Yan Mingyue.

She had directly locked in on the Sea Dragon King with her mana from the very beginning. The Sea Dragon King, who was originally committed to watching the battle from the sidelines, grunted once as his expression changed a little and was just about to dive back into the sea when Yan Mingyue interrupted with a faint smile. "Don't be so hasty. The ensuring battle is between two of the most powerful individuals of the younger generation, and it shall be spectacular. You and I can bear witness."

The Falling Waves Dragon King stopped abruptly in his tracks and the look on his face was ugly. Yan Mingyue's tone was casual, and she was hidden within the cloudy mists yet seemed omnipresent. Her consciousness was dead-trained upon him and her hostility was conspicuous. If the Falling Waves Dragon King wanted to tuck tail and run, Yan Mingyue's subsequent assault would come crashing down on him with a force so great that he would not be able to handle her and may even result in his own death.

The Falling Waves Dragon King was already in the Undying Demonic Soul stage and his spiritual powers were developed. He could faintly feel that the sea beneath him – originally his paradise – was suddenly a lot more dangerous and insidious.

He was extremely suspicious that Yan Mingyue's original body was waiting for him below the ocean's surface.

His speed under the water was unrivaled and he was confident that he could shake off Yan Mingyue. However, if Yan Mingyue was waiting for him right under the surface, she would be able to launch her assault the moment he entered the water before he could even attempt to swim away.

The Falling Waves Dragon grunted coldly again and said, "Then I shall see how powerful the 'talented' youngsters of the generation actually are."

Yan Mingyue's laughter resonated through the clouds. "Just wait and see."

The sudden change in events stunned both Xiao Yan and the Marquis of Jinghuan momentarily. Yan Mingyue's actions were clearly to the benefit of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The smile on the Marquis of Jinghuan's face disappeared and an ice-cold look shot out of his eyes. "Quite a pity – I have always been thinking of speaking to you after I ascend to the immortal soul stage."

Yan Mingyue smiled faintly and said, "You and I can't really hit it off anyway. What's the point?"

"You are so conservative. The last time I spoke with Long Ye, her answer seemed to suggest that she will never let me have a chance to ascend to the immortal soul stage in my entire lifetime," the Marquis of Jinghuan was not too troubled but looked up at the sky as he laughed. "It's a pity that she was unable to do so by herself."

"I unintentionally entered a tiny world elsewhere because I had to engage in battle with her. It was an unexpected opportunity which gave me the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler."

The Marquis of Jinghuan shook his head as he laughed even louder. "I am perfectly fine with it if you wish to sit back and watch the fight."

He turned to look at Xiao Yan and smiled, "Alright. Even though the circumstances have changed a lot, the outcome will still be the same."

He tapped the God-Slayer Puppet and the giant body of flesh let out a blood-curdling howl and shot up into the void. It transformed into a straight black line as it lunged towards Xiao Yan. The black line left traces in the sky, as if the sky scarred in its wake.

Xiao Yan glanced at Yan Mingyue's face in the clouds but said nothing more. The Grand Sun Primordial Fire transformed into the form of the Blood Red Sparrow behind him and it extended its wings as he dodged the lunging attack from the God-Slayer Puppet.

At the same time, Xiao Zhener, Yang Qing and the others locked into battle with the company of the Marquis of Jinghuan, and a chaotic battle ensued.

The Immortal Royal Flag swayed in the wind as black light permeated the skies and eclipsed the sun. The great army within the black light howled hysterically as a concept of bloody power expanded outwards.

However, with Yan Mingyue holding back the Falling Waves Dragon King, Xiao Zhener was free to help out the rest of her company. The Ancient Lightning Jade Earring exploded with sharp silver lightning and clashed directly with the array set up by the black light from the Immortal Royal Flag.

The Ancient Royal Sword flickered with golden radiance and slashed open the various layers of black light.

The two different magic treasures were both of a surprisingly aggressive and offensive quality. One was silver and the other was golden as both gestation-level magic treasures faced off the metaplasia-level magic treasure – the Immortal Royal Flag – with confidence and fearlessness.

On the other side, Xiao Yan began to display the true power of the form of the Blood Red Sparrow. His entire body transformed into a stream of flowing fire and surged around the layers of the void. The God-Slayer Puppet was ultimately just a blunt instrument comparatively slower to react. Even though its piercing speed was incredibly fast, it was unable to catch up.

The Marquis of Jinghuan was not too worried by what he saw. He started to channel the power of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler and a ray of icy light shot up into the sky. It exuded a chilly and insidious quality that could be felt even from across the layers of cloudy mist. The sphere of icy light resembled the Moon in the sky as the world fell into silence and winter came over the earth in respect of this divine phenomenon.

Under the reflection of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, Xiao Yan began to feel the form of the Blood Red Sparrow that was transformed into by the Grand Sun Primordial Fire start to slow along with the flow of mana within his body. It was as if his entire body was being frozen in place.

The Marquis of Jinghuan chuckled and said, "That's why I said, fate is on my side. You have offended me, so fate placed this Great Ice Moonlight Ruler in my hands to counter your primordial fires to facilitate your defeat in my hands."

"Others treat you like the great disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and an up-and-coming prodigy of the younger generation, so you begin to think the same about yourself. But do you know what you are to me? You're just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. I haven't murdered you before only because I wanted to feed you till you're even fatter than you are now before I take you to the slaughterhouse. All your treasures, your women and your primordial fires will belong to me!"

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Chapter 733: A "Fed" Pig!

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The Marquis of Jinghuan laughed at Xiao Yan and said, "I was born a soldier and I have always known the importance of intelligence reports and information. You managed to assimilate so many kinds of primordial fires during your training under the Celestial Sect of Wonders. How can I not be wary of such power?"

"The Seven Legendary Primordial Fires are all extraordinarily powerful. However, my Great Ice Moonlight Ruler is a magic treasure after all. If you were in the immortal soul stage, then perhaps my magic treasure won't be able to freeze a single kind of your primordial fires. You're only in the nascent soul intermediate stage, so even your technique of primordial fire fusion has been weakened by the powers of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler."

As he laughed out loud, he lunged forward himself and followed behind the God-Slayer Puppet towards the slower Xiao Yan. "The only spell that I have to take seriously is the power of your fire lotuses after fusing your primordial fires together. Without that, you are just a tiger without its teeth."

His calculations were clear. The Great Ice Moonlight Ruler would not be able to completely disable the powers of Xiao Yan's primordial fire, but it would definitely cause great hindrance to his channeling and whatnot. Even if Xiao Yan channeled the power of the Heavenly Fire Lotus right now, its power would be much weaker than normal and Liang An would be able to counter them with his own abilities and with the help of the God-Slayer Puppet.

Xiao Yan's eyes were trained on the Marquis of Jinghuan as a ferocious look came across his face.

"Liang An, you talk too much. I'm not in the mood to argue with you."

He clenched his fists and extended them in front of his body. "If there's nobody else here to save you, then do speak your last words!"

Xiao Yan enveloped his body with the Grand Sun Primordial Fire as he exclaimed. The wings behind him flapped and trembled as he surged forward towards the Marquis of Jinghuan.

The Divine Token of the Five Thrones emerged amidst flickering clear light on top of his head. Layers of five-colored treasure light stood in his path and blocked the incoming God-Slayer Puppet.

The God-Slayer Puppets fists hammered upon the mirror-like barrier of five-colored treasure light but the latter remained unmoved and unfettered.

"Even though you also have a magic treasure, you don't have the ability to fully channel its power. You are only able to hold back the God-Slayer Puppet, and you no longer have power to defend against my attack." Liang An extended five fingers on one hand as he spoke and slammed down on Xiao Yan's head with bedazzling speed.

With an explosive crackle, the space and void all around Xiao Yan seemed to be sucked inwards by some kind of gravitational force and collapsed inwards towards the center – Xiao Yan was stuck in the middle and he was about to be crushed into a pile of blood.

The Spell of the Emperor, the Order of the Dictator. It was like a royal decree that, once passed down, had to be obeyed by the masses no matter what.

The form of the Blood Red Sparrow erupted outwards out came a purple tiger from within. It released a ear-splitting roar and gave people a feeling that the apocalypse and a great calamity had befallen the earth.

The dark and fiery Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire condensed into the form of the Great White Tiger. The Great White Tiger clashed head-on with the Marquis of Jinghuan's Order of the Dictator as the explosive aftershock from the violence swept away all the cloudy white mist around and above the Ying Sea.

The Falling Waves Dragon King's eyelids were twitching a bit too much as he watched on. "Without even discussing his stamina in battle, resilience and speed of recovery, their explosiveness and destructive powers in one move is very near that of my own original form."

The Marquis of Jinghuan was forced back but pounced back into the fray in the next moment. He began to channel the power of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler and icy light poured over everything underneath the sky and everything turned into frost. The Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire was more violent than the Grand Sun Primordial Fire but was still slightly affected.

Out of the blue, a ferocious ring erupted from within the monstrous flaming tiger.

The Marquis of Jinghuan could tell that it was the ringing sound of a lunging sword!

Xiao Yan raised a sword so wide and dense that it resembled a miniature door from inside the boundless volumes of bluish-purple flames. The sword had no sharp edges, and Xiao Yan shot a cold look at the Marquis of Jinghuan before bringing the sword down upon him with a heavy strike!

The explosive flames left purple scars all around the void as it blazed a trail across the space between them and lashed out at the Marquis of Jinghuan with immense force.

"This is not a magic item, but how can it be so ferocious? It seems to be of the same origin as the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire as well…" The Marquis of Jinghuan furrowed his brows and channeled the power of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler to block Xiao Yan's sword attack. At the same time, he launched another attack at Xiao Yan.

However, something changed all of a sudden.

A terrifyingly deep and bloody gash opened up on the surface of the wide Nefarious Almighty Sword in Xiao Yan's hands.

The blood-red scar resembled a tyrannical monster finally opening its eyes after an eternity of hibernation.

One could see the end of the world through the bloody scar in the sword. Even for someone like the Marquis of Jinghuan, who had been through countless bloody battles, felt a little intimidated by the sight.

The blood inside the insidious and murky Unholy Blood River seemed to boil as innumerable bubbles of blood exploded all around inside it.

The dark and dreadfully tranquil River of Styx flowed soundlessly but sent chills down people's spines. There was a feeling that it could cleanse everything and wash life away into nothingness.

The Avici Infernal Gale was like the love-child of mist and wind as it flickered with vast patches of red light. Ghastly souls and ghosts seemed to inhabit within them with sharp talons and claws and bristling banshee-like wails could be heard.

The gusts of the pitch-black Nine Nether Draught surged across the sky like black lines of light and roamed the void as they froze everything they came into contact with.

The bluish-purple Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire had gone hysterical. It terrorized the earth and destroyed everything in its path.

The black-colored Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze continuously consumed everything around it to boost its own strength as flames enveloped the skies above.

"…Netherworld Sea?" The Marquis of Jinghuan was aghast. Even the onlookers – including Yan Mingyue and the Falling Waves Dragon King – were momentarily speechless.

The Marquis of Jinghuan struggled to channel the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler to counter the effects of Xiao Yan's Nefarious Almighty Sword but fell into Xiao Yan's trap. The white-colored ruler was sucked in by the bloody gash in the sword and was immediately immobilized.

This was not a direct battle between the Marquis of Jinghuan and Xiao Yan, but neither was in entirely a battle between the Nefarious Almighty Sword, that was not yet a magic treasure, and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler. It was really a battle between the crack of the Netherworld Sea and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler.

Even though the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler was a magic treasure, its effects were now negated by the barrier powers of the Netherworld Sea. It could only protect itself from being sucked in by the gravitational forces of the crack.

The Marquis of Jinghuan was rooted to the spot. He never expected that the magic item he had acquired to specifically counter Xiao Yan's abilities was so easily immobilized and negated by something that was not even a magic item.

"I have never seen somebody as stupid as you. The soul of this magic treasure is even worse to recognize an owner like you. That is just pure stupidity and dumb courage." Xiao Yan chuckled and continued, "I need to thank you, though. If you hadn't channeled the full power of the magic item, it probably wouldn't have been stuck inside."

"You…" The Marquis of Jinghuan's eyes were widened with a fiery glare and was this close to vomiting blood.

The Great Ice Moonlight Ruler was like a lamb to the slaughter as it fed itself to the tip of the other party's weapon.

Who would have thought that the strange weapon could open the Crack of the Netherworld Sea?

"You think you've won?" The Marquis of Jinghuan was spitting fire from his eyes. His stance changed all of a sudden and the patches of skin not covered by his clothing turned pale white.

His hands were especially pale and was perfect and unblemished; they were pure and translucent and his veins and bones were clearly visible.

A Great Void Sect's divine martial way of the muscular body – the All-Enveloping Hand of Heaven!

If there was a hole in the skies, then I could only use my hands to repair the crack in the heavens.

Liang An's hands radiated with pale brilliance and the light enveloped the entire area around him. It was seamless and impeccable as it slammed towards the Nefarious Almighty Sword that still had the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler immobilized.

"It's not whether I think I've won, but rather I will win for sure." Xiao Yan extended his left palm like a claw and rose up to meet Liang An's palm. Fearsome and ominous black flames skipped around within his fingers.

The Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze morphed into the form of the Jade Green Dragon and clashed with the Liang An's All-Enveloping Hand of Heaven.

Even though the All-Enveloping Hand of Heaven was the epitome of wholeness and perfection, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze completely disregarded anything of the sort – it was just out to consume mana and life's essence.

If you were fragmented, then I would divide and conquer. If you were complete and without weakness, then I would just swallow you whole.

As he watched the powers of his All-Enveloping Hand of Heaven become negated by Xiao Yan, the redness in Liang An's eyes disappeared and clarity returned to his pupils.

He began to realize that without the slowing effects of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, the primordial fires that Xiao Yan controlled were back to their peak condition and was as ferocious as they could get.

If he kept trying to retrieve the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, he would end up playing into Xiao Yan's hands and thus he would be continuously disadvantaged as Xiao Yan had his hands on his soft spot.

Since that was the case, Liang An resolved to leave the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler alone so that he could be the one with the initiative once again.

After thinking through his logic, the Marquis of Jinghuan changed his stance once again. He retracted his hands made a wheel-like stance in front of his chest as he rotated his arms round and round.

Life was short, and the Buddha once said that life was ever-changing.

The great fears of life and death was so that humans could seek respite and refuge from the uncertainty of life – therefore, the eternal Vajra came into existence.

Existence was brief and nothing was constant over the course of one's journey; only the Vajra was always unmoving and unwavering.

The Ratnasambhava Mantra of the Five Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass – the Ratnasambhava Vajra Wheel Print!

Yan Mingyue nodded in approval as she witnessed this powerful abhijna. "Even though this person may have so many problems with his personality, his abilities are indeed impressive. He's a master of the royal mantras, mantras of the Great Thunderclap Temples and even those from the Great Void Sect. The mantras that he practices are also at the highest standards that a nascent soul stage cultivator can attain."

Face with the calmer version of the Marquis of Jinghuan, Xiao Yan's mouth curled a little. "You have improved a lot since the battle inside the Void Battleground."

Even so, Xiao Yan stood upright within the void and had no intention to retreat. His left hand formed a claw and the erupting flames materialized as the Jade Green Dragon form as his fight hand began to cast a strange spell.

Subsequently, a golden sphere of flame that was distinct from the Grand Sun Primordial Fire exploded into existence. It flickered with red and blue light as the golden flames morphed into a tortoise and a serpent behind Xiao Yan's body.

The tortoise and snake were complete opposites; one was active and the other inactive, one was Yang by nature and the other Yin. They were opposites yet they complemented each other as Yin and Yang came together to form another being altogether.

The Form of the Genbu!

It possessed immense force that was both dense and heavy yet agile and nimble at the same time. Every characteristic was on display in Xiao Yan's right hand. Once again, he rose up to meet the Marquis of Jinghuan's Ratnasambhava Vajra Wheel Print!

Both forces were dense and voluminous and were charged with immovable and unstoppable qualities. Miles and miles all around instantly flashed a brilliant gold color as they clashed.

Violent aftershocks shook the audiences as even people like Xiao Zhener struggled to find her footing. If not for the protection of the Ancient Lightning Jade Earring, the Ancient Royal Sword and the Immortal Royal Flag, everybody would have been swept off their feet.

This clash made Liang An furious as he was forced backwards once again.

He switched three different Martial Ways that were by and large superior to all others of the same type. Anybody could roam the world with just one of the three, yet he was able to master all three and fully channel their immense physical strength.

He showed no mercy as he launched his onslaught. Xiao Yan was the same – he met a change in technique with a similar change in his own and responded with three great Martial Ways as well. Everything was non-repetitive as a nascent soul intermediate stage managed to repel a nascent soul advanced stage cultivator. He even had the upper hand.

This engagement was almost as if Xiao Yan was mocking him.

Xiao Yan stepped inside the ocean of fire and the raging flames and treaded across the skies. He was like the tyrannical ruler that controlled all the flames in the world. He watched the Marquis of Jinghuan and laughed coldly, "So, who's the 'fed' pig now?"

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Chapter 734: Naked Pig

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The God-Slayer Puppet was lunging left and right in the void but was repetitively blockaded by the five-colored treasure light barrier set down by the Divine Token of the Five Thrones. There was no way it could get close to Xiao Yan.

The Great Ice Moonlight Ruler was also immobilized by the sudden appearance of the crack of the Netherworld Sea and was forced into self-preservation in order to prevent itself from being sucked into the Netherworld Sea for eternity.

"Do you know a fourth Martial Way?" Xiao Yan sauntered across the ocean of flames as his entire body riled the roaring flames all around. He transformed into something of a fiery shooting star and launched himself mercilessly towards the Marquis of Jinghuan. Liang An did not even have time to try and reverse the situation.

The Marquis of Jinghuan took a deep breath as the physical quality of his body began to change once again.

It was no longer a world-dominating aura of a divine emperor and neither was it the unmoving and unwavering form of the Vajra.

It was something more representative of the self, that he was the most supreme and tyrannical being to roam the world and without boundaries of any sort.

The essence of his blood and his mana began to condense as the veins and tendons popped out all over his body like restless serpents. The void shook with this explosive power.

"Xiao Yan, take this strike from me with your weak physical body." The Marquis of Jinghuan made a stance with his fists as his whole being entered pinnacle spiritual condition and launched another attack at Xiao Yan.

The speed of his punch was unrivaled – it was superior to even Xiao Yan's Form of the Blood Red Sparrow, and seemed to arrive faster even though it was executed later.

However, from what people could see, this punch felt extremely slow, as if he was gradually pushing his fists outwards.

The only thing was that this 'slow punch' blew up the sounds of hurricanes. There seemed to be a divine being awakening upon every pressure point in his body and were roaring and howling as they advanced. Every ounce of strength and power was combined together into a punch so fearsome that an illusion was created.

Within the illusion, Xiao Yan felt as if the universe was crumbling to pieces.

The great heavens and the vast world appeared to be eroding from the very center as everything was laid to ruin. The destructive decay spread to the circumference with increasing speed and was seemingly unstoppable.

The strength of this punch was increasing as well. At the start, it was just an ordinary move with a power and speed that seemed even inferior to the standards he displayed previously.

However, with every second that passed by, the power of the strike increased exponentially. The concept of power that represented the lack of boundaries of the self enabled the strength of the strike to skyrocket boundlessly.

Yan Mingyue seemed slightly taken aback by what was happening. Ever since she showed herself, she only had the same reaction after witnessing the opening of the crack of the Netherworld Sea. The others could not recognize what they saw, but she knew. "This is… The strongest Martial Way technique of the Emperor of Violence – Boundless Fist?"

The Emperor of Violence was the very last emperor of the world. He was originally known as the Yue Emperor, but he turned to violence and brutality and his soul decayed and was since known as the Emperor of Violence before he was overthrown and his throne was usurped.

Even though the Emperor of Violence was ultimately overthrown by a coalition of allies, his extraordinary abilities and his true power were still widely recognized.

The Boundless Fist was the Emperor of Violence's signature ability, and drew upon the true meaning of boundless strength and power without limits.

Once the strike was unleashed, the power would rise continuously to carve out a new dynasty for the practitioner – unprecedented, all obstacles would be overcome and nothing could hold it back.

Xiao Yan's eyes sparkled as he witnessed this spectacle. "So this is the technique that brought you to where you are today. The fundamental abhijna you picked up when you started on the journey in the Martial Ways."

"This move is interesting. It's far stronger than the other Martial Way moves you picked up along the way."

The Marquis of Jinghuan was calm as he replied, "Xiao Yan, I have to admit that you are a worthy opponent. Your prowess has shocked me, and you have forced me to use my signature move to take you down. Only opponents like you can truly benefit my personal development – but everything ends here."

"As much as I hate to say it, I can't let you live any longer. If not, the fat pig is going to fly into the sky."

The Marquis of Jinghuan held nothing back as he unleashed the Boundless Fist with unstoppable explosiveness. The power of his attack was far superior to the normal standards of normal nascent soul cultivators, and even the Falling Waves Dragon King frowned a little as he watched on. He realized that he would have to revert to his original form to stop this punch – if not, he might be in danger himself.

What was more frightening was the fact that the power of the Boundless Fist strike was ever-rising as if there really was no limit and no end.

Flames poured – quite literally – out of Xiao Yan's eyes as he trained his eyes on Liang An's fists. He had no intention to dodge the attack or retreat. Instead, he concentrated as he took a step forward and struck out with his fist, much like a giant hammer, towards the Marquis of Jinghuan!

"Master, your newly invented Martial Way shall draw first blood with this little bastard!"

Xiao Yan's body twisted a little as his fist crashed forward towards Liang An. In the sea of fire above him, the four primordial fires transformed into the Jade Green Dragon Form, the Xuanwu Form, the Great White Tiger Form and the Blood Red Sparrow Form and the powers of every single one combined into a single stream and charged up Xiao Yan's fists. (Translator's Note: Please refer to Genbu as Xuanwu from now on, as Genbu is a Japanese name for Xuanwu. Xuanwu would thus be more appropriate in the context of this novel.)

The Jade Green Dragon represented water, the Great White Tiger became wind as the Xuanwu became earth and the Blood Red Sparrow became fire. The void split open as the four empirical elements surged about chaotically. Unlimited power was continually created and destroyed.

This was the fundamental strength of the Four Appearances. This move drew upon the form of the Heavenly Hammer of the Eight Trigrams and boundless power was continually created and destroyed at the same time. Violent strength compounded upon each other exponentially and reacted like nuclear fission.

This frightening concept of power drew upon even the ever-increasing physical strength of Liang An's strike. His power was continually destroyed and converted to fuel the power of Xiao Yan's retaliation strike.

The Four Appearances Heaven Cleaving Script coupled with the Heavenly Hammer of the Eight Trigrams – the Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer!

Thousands of miles around the Ying Sea trembled with the force of this strike as if this particular area had a mind of its own and rejected the nature of this world-destroying force.

"This Martial Way technique is truly terrifying. It rivals even the Vairocana Zen Palm Fist Print." The Marquis of Jinghuan was shaking inside. He could only watch as the power charged into his fists to create the illusion in the void was completely sucked away and collapsed. It was not because of his own incapability, but his powers were destroyed by outside forces.

"What a pity! Pity! It's a pity that my Boundless Fist has a weakness. If not, how can you suppress it?"

The move that Xiao Yan learned from Lin Feng, the Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer possessed that petrifying quality of bringing cataclysmic disasters to the world. It completely vanquished the powers of the Boundless Fist!

The Boundless Fist was still rising in power and was not yet at its maximum strength. Its course of progress was immediately blockaded by the Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer, and the scene resembled something like a great fire that was just about to spread but was suddenly extinguished with a bucket of cold water.

This suffocating feeling almost made the Marquis of Jinghuan vomit blood.

However, at this very moment, a red-colored light circle appeared in the middle of his chest. It was round and was shaped like a circular mirror and radiated with pale golden light. It was the same mirror that he used previously to spy on Xiao Yan. Right now, it acted like a talisman of personal protection and stood fast in front of his chest.

In the next moment, a violent and brutal aura erupted from within. The concept of power was all-conquering and all-destroying, as if it could dictate all the happenings in the world.

With the red-colored mirror at the center, streaks of golden light shot outwards in all directions and enveloped Liang An's body. It transformed into a layer of body armor and sealed his entire being inside.

This golden body armor simply clashed with Xiao Yan's ferocious and unrivaled Four Appearances World-Destroying Hamer!

Flames surged into the sky and explosions crackled all around as the two forces clashed. A golden figure was struck backwards and was knocked back quite a distance before it repositioned itself in the void.

Flames were still jumping around upon the layer of golden armor. However, it was quite clear that the armor ate the full force of Xiao Yan's strike and protected the Marquis of Jinghuan.

Xiao Yan heaved a light sigh and said, "Indeed, the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence."

It was originally called the Body Armor of the Yue Emperor, and was originally the most supreme magic treasure that he carried around with him. It was forged by the Emperor of Violence with intense effort and over an extremely long period of time. It had the potential of becoming a Destiny-level magic treasure, but the Emperor of Violence was overthrown before that dream was realized. The Divine Body Armor was also heavily damaged and had since gone missing.

Yan Mingyue could tell that even though the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence was repaired and refurbished by the Marquis of Jinghuan many times, it was still not at its peak condition from all those years ago.

Its fate was worse than the Immortal Dragon City – magic treasures that had the potential to reach the level of Destiny, but were severely damaged before that could happen. At least, the Immortal Dragon City was damaged before it was even complete.

Even so, the powers of the Divine Body Armor were still extremely overbearing. It connected with the Marquis of Jinghuan on a spiritual level, and was worthy as his very last trump card.

With the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence on his body, the strength of the Marquis of Jinghuan could no longer be gauged by nascent soul cultivator standards. This body armor pretty much integrated with Liang An as one, and it brought up his abilities to the level of the Immortal Soul Stage.

"What a surprise! Xiao Yan, you are actually this powerful! It's funny that I saw you like a pig and wanted to feed you till you're fat before I resolved to end your life! Without the Divine Body Armor of the Yue Emperor, I would have been punched to the high heavens if I took your strike. I may even have died."

His entire body was enveloped by the Divine Body Armor, and his whole being began to exude tyrannical auras that made him look like a golden giant.

"The Divine Body Armor of the Yue Emperor had the potential of becoming a Destiny-level magic treasure. However, it sustained heavy injuries towards the end of the Antiquity Age and its foundations were also very nearly destroyed. Even though its powerful, I have been reluctant to use it for this very reason – I wanted to nurture it slowly so that I don't lose sight of the big picture over smaller things." The Marquis of Jinghuan howled as he continued, "But today, in order to kill you, I have to make an exception."

Xiao Yan laughed coldly and replied, "This turtle shell is your final trump card?"

"Turtle shell?" The Marquis of Jinghuan chuckled with an equally cold tone. "You still don't understand."

With an explosion, the Marquis of Jinghuan transformed into a golden streak of lightning and launched himself towards Xiao Yan at a speed that far exceeded what came before!

As he arrived in front of Xiao Yan, he punched out with the same move – the Boundless Fist. However, the Boundless Fist strike that was using was supported by the powers of the Divine Body Armor, thus it was far more terrifying than before.

He faced off Xiao Yan's Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer and was not at a disadvantage at all.

With the support of the Divine Body Armor, the Marquis of Jinghuan's physical strength ascended to another level. He was now able to sustain an even more exponential increase in the explosive power of the Boundless fist. He no longer needed to rely on his own blood and flesh to sustain the strike and risk his move falling apart due to that very fact.

Three clashes were exchanged above the Ying Sea. It was apparent that both parties were of nearly equal strength; the Marquis of Jinghuan no longer had to concern himself about personal protection with the help of the Divine Body Armor and neither did he have to worry about tiring himself out. He unleashed the maximum power of his own Martial Ways and was at the very edge of infinity. It was truly a frightening sight.

"Tsk, tsk. The powers of my Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer are not too bad already, but I have yet to fully understand my master's concept of power regarding the four empirical elements of the earth in its path of creation and destruction of the earth. Ultimately, I am unable to unleash its maximum power like he can."

Faced with a new and improved Liang An, Xiao Yan began to laugh to himself. "I was waiting for your final trump card."

From the very beginning, Xiao Yan's instincts told him that Liang An's most threatening powers had something to do with the mysterious mirror light. He was right after all.

Xiao Yan opened both his palms as raging flames flickered within. A petrifying aura permeated all around.

Even though the Marquis of Jinghuan was under the protection of the Divine Body Armor, he started to feel his skin crawl.

"Have you heard of a saying, 'Naked Pig'?" Xiao Yan chuckled but his smile turned murderous in the next moment. "I will strip you naked today! Even though you have a host of magic treasures, I want to see exactly what you have underneath all that!"

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Chapter 735: Yin Yang Burning Heavens, Four-Colored Fire Lotus!

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"Your Ancient Royal Sword was lost inside the Void Battleground."

"Your God-Slayer Puppet shall be locked down by the Divine Token of the Five Thrones after I take care of you."

"That irritating ruler of yours will never return to you even if it's not sucked away into the Netherworld Sea."

"Your Immortal Royal Flag is being held back by Zhener's Ancient Lightning Jade Earring and her Ancient Royal Sword. Your worthless subordinates are no match for Zhener's abilities."

"And now, I will strip you of the only thing you have left. Without this magic treasure, you cannot even compare to the egg-eyed bastard Shi Tianyi – I want to see, exactly how many strikes of mine can you eat?"

The two raging fires that Xiao Yan laid out beside his body started fusing together and the mana around his body began to grow.

In the center of his left palm, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire flickered with blinding brilliance as the milky-white Pure Yang Primordial Fire as well as the reddish-blue Nanming Primordial Fire flashed gold. All three primordial fires began to fuse together with an aura so violent that everybody could feel their skin crawl.

It was almost with immediate effect that the jumping fires vanished completely; a golden-yellow lotus throne with a dash of white remained, and the red and blue petals on the lotus flower swayed in the wind.

Within his right palm, the ferocious Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire fused together with the Nanming Primordial Fire as well as the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze. The flames were even more fearsome than before as the void all around began to collapse inwards. Another lotus throne formed, albeit with a slightly slower speed than before. This time, the lotus flower was a mix of gold, blueish-purple and pitch blackness as two red and blue spheres of light orbited the flower.

The Falling Waves Dragon King wore a solemn look on his face. He knew he could no longer underestimate Xiao Yan – he knew that he had to perceive Xiao Yan as an opponent of the same level that he was. If he fought with Xiao Yan, it was nothing like a great demon bullying a nascent soul intermediate stage human cultivator; it would be an epic battle to the very death.

Even Yan Mingyue appeared a lot more serious. "After one year, who would have expected this young man to develop with such extraordinary speed. He's only in the nascent soul intermediate stage – I really wonder how the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders managed to nurture an individual such as him."

The cultivators under the command of the Marquis of Jinghuan rolled up the Immortal Royal Flag at this point and retreated to a spot quite a distance away. They were willing to be disadvantaged in their battle against Xiao Zhener and company than risk getting caught in the fray between Xiao Yan and Liang An.

The Marquis of Jinghuan took a deep breath and said, "I heard that back when you destroyed the Yu Family ancestral home, you almost fainted after channeling the power of fusing three primordial fires together."

"Yet, from what I can see, you are able to fuse three primordial fires at whim and with extreme ease despite being only in the nascent soul stage."

The Marquis of Jinghuan was transformed into a golden giant under the protection of the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence. He started to integrate his own spiritual energy and blood essence with the spirit of the magic item and morphed into a streak of golden lightning as he lunged towards Xiao Yan. He wanted to interrupt Xiao Yan's fusion of the primordial fires.

Xiao Yan extended his palms and pushed outwards and the two Heaven Fire Lotuses barreled towards the Marquis of Jinghuan!

When he was in the aurous core advanced stage, he eliminated three nascent soul advanced stage grandmasters with just one Tri Fire Lotus. He was currently in the nascent soul intermediate stage, and his primordial fires were a lot stronger than before – naturally, the Heaven Fire Lotus that was fused would be a lot more violent and fearsome!

Even Immortal Soul Stage cultivators would have to take special care.

The Marquis of Jinghuan did not even try to dodge the attack. Instead, he cried out loud and pounched directly towards Xiao Yan!

"Kill!"

The Marquis of Jinghuan was very clear about the current situation. Xiao Yan's Divine Token of the Five Thrones was hindering the advance of the God-Slayer Puppet, very nearly immobilizing it. However, because of this very fact, it was also held up by the God-Slayer Puppet and thus it was unable to protect Xiao Yan.

Even though the offensive power of the Heaven Fire Lotuses was terrifying, his defensive abilities were comparative much weaker.

The Marquis of Jinghuan was gambling with his life. He wanted to use the Divine Body Armor to clash with the Heaven Fire Lotuses head-on and use his own Martial Ways to defeat Xiao Yan once and for all!

The frightening power of the Boundless Fist was unleashed once again. Explosive strength shattered the void all around as every inch of space thousands of miles around the Ying Sea was completely devastated by this epic battle between Xiao Yan and Liang An.

With the support of the Divine Body Armor, the power of the Boundless Fist was amplified and could rival even the explosive powers of the Tri Fire Lotuses!

The defensive capability of the Divine Body Armor was even more incredible. The first Tri Fire Lotus that Xiao Yan fused together – the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, the Pure Yang Primordial Fire and the Nanming Primordial Fire – boomed and crackled as it hammered down on the Marquis of Jinghuan's body. Blinding flames jumped all around as Liang An's body trembled under the sheer force of Xiao Yan's onslaught.

However, the golden armor seemed completely unaffected. There was not a single mark or crack even after eating the entirety of Xiao Yan's strike.

The second Tri Fire Lotus – fused from the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and the Nanming Primordial Fire – was even stronger than the previous one. The subsequent clash with the Divine Body Armor caused the golden radiance of the magic item to shimmer and dim, but the result was the same; the body armor remained intact and the defense prevails.

This was all in spite of the fact that it was a magic item that had yet to reach its maturity. Despite sustaining heavy damage all those years ago, and despite the fact that it was a nascent soul stage cultivator that was controlling it.

The magic item that was so highly regarded by the Emperor of Violence in the olden days, the magic item with the potential to become a Destiny-level magic treasure, was ultimately not something that could be matched by nascent soul stage cultivators – even if the nascent soul stage cultivator was somebody with extraordinary power like Xiao Yan.

Even Yan Mingyue and the Falling Waves Dragon King were not completely positive that they could break through the Divine Body Armor's defensive powers.

He no longer had to concern himself with personal defense as the Marquis of Jinghuan channeled his offensive powers to the maximum possible level. The Boundless Fist became ever stronger and violent as it crashed down towards Xiao Yan with a force that nearly eclipsed the world.

He was willing to risk clashing with Xiao Yan's assault because he knew that as long as he struck Xiao Yan just once, Xiao Yan was very, very dead.

Xiao Yan unleashed the power of the Blood Red Sparrow once again as the fiery golden wings extended behind him and he began to retreat. Liang An felt as if he had rediscovered hope and he was on the right path once again. He trembled with newfound determination and spirit as he continued on with all his might.

Over the entire process, the Marquis of Jinghuan made an unintentional discovery. He realized that the Divine Body Armor and the Boundless Fist had their weaknesses and loopholes, and were on full display at this very moment, but they were starting to repair and remedy themselves.

This was a pleasant surprise for Liang An.

This assault felt smooth and rejuvenating. The clearer his head was and the more rational his thought, the closer he connected with the spirit of the Divine Body Armor. All the mysteries and factors that perplexed him all those years before this were clearing up and he entered a healthy cycle of discovery and deeper understanding towards his mantras and abhijnas.

The most direct result was that the strength of the Boundless Fist became more powerful than ever and his ferocity felt equally limitless.

He even developed a feeling that even if he took off the Divine Body Armor at this moment and clashed with Xiao Yan's Four Appearances World-Destroying Hammer again, he would be able to hold his ground.

The tables seemed to be turning on Xiao Yan. Yan Mingyue was a little confused at the sight and thought to herself, "Why is he not using the frightening Martial Way that he just used? Why is he casting the Tri Fire Lotuses instead? At this level, this is still an extremely exhausting and draining spell for him."

"Furthermore, if three primordial fires are to be fused together, the optimal choices are the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire with the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze. The resulting combination of power would have been the greatest compared to the ones that he chose."

"Wait, could it be…"

At this moment, Liang An exclaimed with fervor and elation. "Xiao Yan, you have really brought me so much good fortune. I could have ascended to the immortal soul stage a long time, but I wanted my abhijnas and mantras to be the strongest they could be before I moved on to the Immortal Soul Stage."

"This battle with you helped me clear my doubts and bottlenecks with my mantras and abhijnas, and now everything is so smooth and clear. After eliminating you, my spiritual energy would be overflowing and if I would be able to cultivate the perfect Immortal Soul Avatar then."

The Marquis of Jinghuan was integrated with the Divine Body Armor at this point and was transformed into a flash of golden light. He trail-blazed around the void as thousands and thousands of his illusions popped up all around – he seemed omnipresent.

It was not just the Boundless Fist in play anymore. He started to channel the power of the Vairocana Vajra Wheel Print as well as the All-Enveloping hand of Heaven and the Order of the Dictator.

While he was unleashing his various attacks, the Marquis of Jinghuan started to fuse everything together with the Boundless Fist as the head of the dragon. Limitless powers of the divine Martial Ways were exhibited as the Marquis of Jinghuan unleased a great Divine Martial Way that was unique only to himself.

"Xiao Yan, you are indeed a great stepping stone!"

Between his exclamations, the Marquis of Jinghuan hammered another fist down upon Xiao Yan. However, at this very moment, the Divine body Armor he was wearing began to tremble violently and he felt an acutely ominous feeling from his connection with the Divine Body Armor. It was as if something calamitous was coming for him.

"Eh?" The Marquis of Jinghuan stopped in his tracks abruptly and was about to retreat without a single hint of hesitation.

It was too late.

The entire patch of void above them was suddenly covered in flames of all types and colors. The remnant flames from the Heaven Fire Lotuses that exploded on his Divine Body Armor previously did not dissipate, but they were condensed and drifting around the air above them instead.

The drifting flames began to jump and surge as they started to connect with each other and eventually grew into a sprawling sea of fire.

The Fire Lotuses that had just exploded before began to come together again sinisterly. Various Tri Fire Lotuses began to form with the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire on one side along with the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and the Nanming Primordial, and the Grand Sun Primordial Fire was on the other side with the Pure Yang Primordial Fire as well as the Nanming Primordial Fire.

Two types of ire lotuses came together to form an array of Yin and Yang with the Marquis of Jinghuan at the very center of it all.

In the next moment, Yin and Yang spiraled around as tremendous forces that resembled pulverizing anchors started pressing down on the Marquis of Jinghuan.

The void all around the Marquis of Jinghuan had been shattered into nothingness and pure chaos. Liang An could barely hold on with the power of the Divine Body armor protecting him. Even so, he was trapped and immobilized, and could only hold on to dear life by eating the full force of the great formation of Yin and Yang formed by the multiple Tri Fire Lotuses.

Xiao Yan was erect in the void and flashed a cold smile at Liang An. "I may not be as talented with magic formations as my second junior or my sixth junior, but do not forget who my master is. I will let you have a taste of my Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation! Let me remind you that this is the mountain defense formation of my Inferno Precipice!"

Violent and pulverizing forces crushed Liang An, who was stuck in the middle of it all. The Divine Body Armor he was wearing was being channeled to its maximum power as golden rays of light desperately resisted the explosive flames of the magic formation.

The Marquis of Jinghuan grunted and replied, "I suppose I miscalculated. I didn't expect you to change your direct and straightforward style of battle so I ended up falling into your trap. However, I have the Divine Body Armor to protect myself, and for all eternity as well. Not even your great formation can break through!"

"Such a powerful magic formation will drain much of your strength and mana. I want to see for how long you can sustain this magic formation!"

Xiao Yan guffawed at his remark. "For all eternity? Seriously? Nobody has the patience to fight a war of attrition with you."

As he spoke, he pushed his hands out in front of him as the Pure Yang Primoridal Fire, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire and the Nanming Primordial Fire appeared at the same time and insidiously condensed towards the tips of Xiao Yan's fingers!

The speed of fusion was a lot slower than the Heaven Fire Lotus formed from three types of primordial fires that Xiao Yan channeled previously. Xiao Yan also seemed a lot more meticulous and careful than before.

However, the frightening power of uncontrollable brutality and the similar apocalyptic strength was far superior to that of the Tri Fire Lotuses as well!

Innumerable glyphs and runes were cast into the flames and only after a long while did the raging flames start to mellow down.

A single lotus throne appeared between Xiao Yan's hands. The bottom layer was milky-white, the middle layer was pure gold and the top-most layer was a blueish-purple color. The heart of the lotus flower flickered with golden radiance as a red petal and a blue petal once again swayed in the wind.

As he witnessed what just transpired, Liang An's face underneath the Divine Body Armor finally began to betray a tinge of true fear.

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Chapter 736: Burning Heavens and Blazing Oceans, Nothing Remains!

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The Quad Fire Lotus formed from the Pure Yang Primordial Fire, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire and the Nanming Primordial Fire seemed normal enough as it did not exude a single ripple of mana and was just drifting ever so lightly towards the Marquis of Jinghuan, who was still stuck in the center of the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation.

Yet, the terrifying quality of it all that was obscure from sight was suffocating.

Even the Falling Waves Dragon King, who was already in the Undying Demonic Soul Stage, felt a chill run down his spine as he realized his mistake. He grit his teeth and pointed a finger into the ocean as he released the Shaoyang Mystical Water back into the sea – he actually released the very thing that he had just prized away from Yang Qing.

Once the Shaoyang Mystical Water was handed over, the Falling Waves Dragon King could not be bothered about Yan Mingyue any longer as he tucked tail and fled. He was unwilling to stay to stay even a second longer.

Yan Mingyue could not be bothered with him either as he took the initiative to escape. This was also partially because most of her attention was focused on Xiao Yan and the Marquis of Jinghuan. "He's able to fuse four primordial fires even though he's only in the nascent soul stage… Our original estimations were that he would only be able to achieve this after attaining his cosmic form during the nascent soul advanced stage…"

Liang An could also feel the petrifying pressure coming from the Quad Fire Lotus. The lotus had yet to explode, yet the preliminary aura was already enough to send waves of fear through his body.

The golden light coming from the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence flickered continuously as rows after rows of overbearing glyphs surged outwards. It was starting to retaliate instead of fully committing itself to defense. The idea was that if it could break free from the immobilizing pressure of the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation, it could potentially avoid clashing head-on with the Quad Fire Lotus.

Even though Liang An knew that he was giving up complete protection and he would be at risk of sustaining heavy injuries from the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation, he knew he had not much of a choice.

The combined burden of the Quad Fire Lotus and the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation weighed down upon his body. All of a sudden, a blood-red line appeared on the protective mirror in the middle of Liang An's chest.

It was single vertical streak that flashed with red light as it extended all the way from his ribs to his hips, much like a sharp and gashing wound.

Uncountable numbers of glyphs and runes flickered within this red gash as the Divine Body Armor desperately tried to repair itself. However, under Xiao Yan's unstoppable onslaught, the frantic efforts ultimately futile as the gash appeared again and again.

Liang An's face turned black as he saw the gash appear over the armor.

This was the very same scar that was given to the Divine Body Armor by the Destiny-level magic item, the Great Heavenly Wheels, during the finals years of the Antiquity Age.

It was the very same battle that caused the Emperor of Violence to come crashing down from cloud nine. He was very nearly sliced into half by the Great Heavenly Wheels and sustained injuries so heavy that he was destined never to return to his former glory.

Ever since the Marquis of Jinghuan became the owner of the Divine Body Armor, he had put in maximum effort in its repair and recovery. He succeeded in patching up this glaring scar, but he knew that remnants of this great wound were still there. This was the reason why he did not use this magic item unless it was absolutely necessary.

As a result, the Divine Body Armor's old scar resurfaced with dramatic effect as it faced off against the daunting forces of the four-colored Heaven Fire Lotus and the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation.

"Return!" The Marquis of Jinghuan could feel goosebumps all over his body as he began to sweat furiously. He could feel that he was arriving at the doorsteps of Hell.

With a single command, the Immortal Royal Flag and the God-Slayer Puppet gave up their efforts against their current opponents and flew back to protect the Marquis of Jinghuan. Even the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, which was originally immobilized by the crack of the Netherworld Sea, began to tremble with unprecedented force and determination as it tried its very best to break free.

The fusion of four primordial fires pretty much drained the entirety of Xiao Yan's mana. Still, he appeared calm and composed as he said, "It's useless. I've said before – I will strip you naked today!"

The Divine Token of the Five Thrones, which was originally in a defensive stance, began to change. The five carvings that followed the directions of the compass –"Shi", "Tai", "Chong", "Xia" and "Gu"– exploded with a blinding glow as the token took on an offensive stance and five streaks of divine light immediately fixed the God-Slayer Puppet in place!

The God-Slayer Puppet struggled hysterically to break free. Even though it was not very agile, the level of its pure strength was at the immortal soul stage. It should have no trouble facing off a Gestation-level magic item that was not being controlled by an immortal stage cultivator.

However, the powers of the Divine Token of the Five Thrones were far superior to most other Gestation-level magic treasures. It was channeling the entirety of its power to retaliate against the God-Slayer Puppet and managed to suppress the latter in one go.

The explosive retaliation from the Divine Token could only hinder the God-Slayer Puppet for so long. However, Liang An's situation was an emergency, this this momentary impediment was enough to prevent the God-Slayer Puppet from arriving in time to protect the Marquis of Jinghuan.

On the other side, Xiao Zhener began to channel the Ancient Lightning Jade Earring to the best of her ability and unleashed the powers of the Grand Yin Barren Lightning. The pale and thunderous white flashes of lightning was truly terrifying.

Xiao Zhener discharged her own store of Nanming Primordial Fire and fused it with the Ancient Royal Sword. The latter transformed into a streak of golden and fiery light as it combined with the power of the Grand Yin Barren Lightning and hammered down upon the Immortal Royal Flag. The chaotic mixture of fire and lightning pulverized the Immortal Royal Flag to the point where it was unable to free itself to protect the Marquis of Jinghuan.

The predicament of the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler was not much better. Even though it was trembling furiously in a desperate attempt to free itself and exploded with immense power, it was still fixed in place by the crack of the Netherworld Sea. It was undoubtedly unable to free itself in such a short period of time to go to Liang An's aid.

"Xiao Yan!" The Marquis of Jinghuan could feel his heart sinking to the darkest abyss. He could onlny watch as the Four-colored Fire Lotus detonated against his body.

In the next moment, Heaven and Earth returned to its original tranquility, everything was calm and all was quiet. Every single trace of sound was eradicated. Everybody else felt blinded momentarily, as if the day transformed into night in the very blink of an eye.

Sound, light and spiritual energy all around vanished into thin air.

After that brief second of complete serenity, roaring fires surged back into the sky as thousands of miles all around in the void became a scorching furnace of flames.

A huge patch of the ocean right below the battleground evaporated. Time seemed to freeze, and the ocean became like solid ground for a moment as a gigantic crater was blown out of it.

The ocean water recovered in an instant as they rushed back to fill up the crater.

The peaceful ocean became a howling maelstrom as tides raged and strong winds blew up hurricanes. Tall and frightening waves clashed against each other incessantly.

The multiple illusions within the Ying Sea started to tremble shimmer into vision as a result of the disastrous calamity.

The Marquis of Jinghuan was located at the very center of the explosion. He took a direct hit from the Quad Fire Lotus, and released a ear-splitting and agonizing howl.

The powerful Divine Body Armor enveloping his body no longer had the golden glow that it previously possessed. The magic protective mirror on his chest had also been completely shattered.

The gash in the middle of his chest could no longer be repaired and sustained, and the crack became wider and wider.

It was not just the chest area of the armor that lost its protective qualities – the entire magic item's concept of power was very nearly eradicated completely as the pieces of golden armor collapsed into pieces.

It was like a balloon. A single opening in the balloon was enough to release every bit of air that was inside; the only thing left behind was a useless layer of skin.

What petrified Liang An even more was that all this was only the beginning!

The explosion of the Quad Fire Lotus did not just stop there – it triggered the explosion of the entire Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation!

"Boom boom boom boom boom!" The sounds of the explosions came one after another as the twisted but immense power of Yin and Yang combined together every inch of the formation's power was brought to bear upon the already imploding Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence.

Xiao Yan's was like how one dealt with a nut with a tough shell – one would use a repeatedly hammer upon it to open a single crack. Once the crack appeared in the armor, it could never return to its original level of defense.

Then, he used a continuous force like a mill disc to grind the shell-less nut into powder!

He showed no mercy to the Marquis of Jinghuan.

The entire Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation exploded as the tremendous forces of fission finally tore the Divine Body Armor – following the old scar in the middle of his chest – directly into half!

The onlookers stared on with apprehension at the spectacle. Everybody could feel their hairs stand on ends, and even Xiao Zhener and Yang Qing were rooted to the spot, speechless.

The Divine Body Armor was an incomplete product all those years ago. It sustained heavy damage and resulted in a great reduction in its power. All those years of repair and recuperation by the Marquis of Jinghuan following the crack in the chest area of the armor.

All this could not hide the fact that a magic treasure with the potential of reaching the level of Destiny was forcefully broken apart as of today.

The person that laid the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence to ruin was surprisingly just a nascent soul intermediate stage cultivator.

Even though the detonations of the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation were not as ferocious or as violent as the Quad Fire Lotus, they lasted for a far longer period of time.

The raging tides that were crashing against each other continuously were now vaporized by the blazing flames above them. The remaining ocean water were bursting with air bubbles as steam from the boiling water thickened the layer of cloudy white mist above the Ying Sea and caused everything to turn into a patch of blinding whiteness.

Xiao Yan's two strikes, one after another, managed to achieve the state of 'Burning Heavens and Blazing Oceans'.

Yet, at this very moment, Buddhist chants rang out from beyond the void and a Buddha statue on a lotus pedestal revealed itself.

There was a lunar wheel in front of the lotus pedestal that was spurred by eight horses, and the right hand of the buddha had Cintamani Beads while its left hand held onto a bell. It took the form of the Ratnasambhava.

As this form of the buddha showed itself, Yan Mingyue giggled as she said, "I guess your patience ran out and you're finally here. What a pity – this is but an avatar, and you can't save this man."

She flashed out the Heavenly Imperial Jade and morphed into rolls of white clouds and a sprawling divine palace shimmered into vision out of nowhere and blockaded the magical body of the Ratnasambhava.

A young monk stood beneath the body of the Ratnasambhava. He wore a warm smile on his face as he shook his head at Yan Mingyue. "The Heavenly Imperial Jade… Heh, the Great Void Sect and the Heaven's Gate Sect withheld their feuding conflicts for the sake of the Nine Heavens in the olden days. Today, the Heavenly Imperial Jade is actually willing to be used by the Great Void Sect – the fate of the world and the fortunes of the earth are truly magical and unpredictable."

His voice grew ever so deep and soft as his body disappeared from sight. The sound of his voice followed immediately after, and the body of the Ratnasambhava retreated back into the void and vanished.

A haze of terror surrounded the Marquis of Jinghuan, who was still buried deep within the sea of flames, when he witnessed the departure of the young monk.

This source of fear did not come from the fact that the young monk was willing to let him die. This fear was mixed with revelations of some sort, as if he suddenly understood something important.

The only problem was that he no longer had much time to contemplate. The boundless volumes of fire had already completely consumed the Divine Body Armor at this point.

His physical body that had been hardened over time and was unmoving like that of the Vajra was also gradually melting within the furnace of primordial fires.

His agonizing cries resonated across the skies. "Xiao Yan…"

In the next moment, a stream of spiritual energy that was charged with the stench of blood shot up into the air. It was ultimately laid to ruin as it turned into streams of greenish smoke and dissipated into the air.

The figure of the Marquis of Jinghuan stood upright within the ocean of flames like a ghoulish statue. His body became like a porcelain vase being smashed to pieces.

Across the Divine Lands outside the Ying Sea, in a place far away from the East Sea, there was a camp that was lying between the borders of the Great Qin Empire and the Great Zhou Empire. An aurous core stage youth with clad in tight white clothing started bleeding from every hole in his body and collapsed backwards.

The guards surrounding him were all paralyzed with fear and confusion. Nobody knew why their great general's avatar would suddenly collapse just like that.

At the same time, another one of Liang An's avatars was sitting inside a pavilion in the middle of a mountain range. This avatar was wearing a long flowing white robe, and let loose another harrowing cry as its eyes grew hollow and its entire body froze like a wooden statue.

A gust of wind blew past it, and the white-robed scholar-like avatar collapsed onto the ground, as if it had been defeated by the wind.

The original body of the Marquis of Jinghuan that had yet to reach the immortal soul stage was completely devastated, and his avatars were destroyed along with him.

Xiao Yan's battle truly devastated the Marquis of Jinghuan to the point that nothing remained!

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Chapter 737: Spoils Of War

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Without the command of the Marquis of Jinghuan, the Immortal Royal Flag, the God-Slayer Puppet and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler paused momentarily before spreading out in all directions like prey running from their predators.

Xiao Zhener and the others were already a step ahead and tried their best to suppress and retrieve these magic items.

The cultivators under the command of the Marquis of Jinghuan scattered like rats, and nobody really paid attention to them anymore.

Yan Mingyue grinned as several streams of black and white Yin-Yang mana shot out to aid the others in capturing the Immortal Royal Flag and the other magic treasures.

Xiao Yan withdrew the Nefarious Almighty Sword as the Divine Token of the Five Thrones returned to the top of his head and enveloped in its signature five-colored treasure light. Xiao Yan was drained after the battle to the point where his legs became weak, but the Divine Token of the Five Thrones supported him and prevented him from falling to his unfortunate death into his own sea of flames – that would have been a real tragedy.

This battle could be said to have stripped the Marquis of Jinghuan till nothing was left. Besides the Immortal Royal Flag, the God-Slayer Puppet and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, even the Divine Body Armor of the Emperor of Violence was forcefully ripped from his body.

However, Xiao Yan refused to let his guard down. He took a moment to stabilize himself before he turned towards Yan Mingyue. "What do you have in mind?"

Yan Mingyue's Heavenly Imperial Jade transformed into patches of white energy and encircled the God-Slayer Puppet. She held a white and translucent crystal-like ruler that was flickering with icy light in her hand as well.

On the other side, Xiao Zhener was channeling the power of the Ancient Royal Sword and the Ancient Lightning Jade Earring to suppress the Immortal Royal Flag as she returned to Xiao Yan's side. Yang Qing, the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King started leaning in towards Xiao Yan as everyone shifted their eyes towards Yan Mingyue.

Yan Mingyue flashed a warm smile and said, "I don't mean you harm. I am just helping to hold down the God-Slayer Puppet and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler for the time being. These items belong to you and I have no intention to claim them for myself."

Xiao Yan glanced at her and nodded his head. "If that's the case, then you have my thanks."

With that, he released his inventory bag and a giant piece of tree log shimmered into vision. Its trunk was incredibly large and was flowing with thick spiritual energy.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath and absorbed the vast volumes of spiritual energy into his body, and his fatigue and dizziness were quickly remedied.

It took only a moment for Xiao Yan, who was previously about to collapse from fatigue, to return to his peak condition.

The epic battle with the Marquis of Jinghuan gave Xiao Yan a much-needed consolidation for his abhijnas and his control of mana. The eventual victory gave him an epiphany-like feeling that advanced his powers as he continued to absorb the spiritual energy from the colossal Cloud Forest Tree Trunk.

The large mass of the tree trunk started to shrink with a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

A spark of clear light lit up above his head and a figure appeared – it was Xiao Yan when he was barely the age of ten.

In this moment, Xiao Yan was consolidating and concentrating his entire life's worth of mantras and special abilities. He channeled the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, the Pure Yang Primordial Fire, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, the Nanming Primordial Fire and the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and used them as raw materials to materialize another human figure above his head.

The images of the eight trigrams appeared as well and morphed into the eight limbs of the giant figure. The pure-white Pure Yang Primordial transformed into the giant's torso.

The other four primordial fires each morphed into a head.

The head formed from the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire was bluish-purple and had an air of dominance as it released an ear-splitting roar.

The Grand Sun Primordial Fire transformed into a pure-golden head that was so blinding, much like staring at the sun with naked eyes, that the others had to shift their gazes away.

The golden head formed from the Nanming Primordial Fire had a pair of eyes that were radiating red and blue colors.

The Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze morphed into a head that was emanating with black energy that was so dark and murky that its facial features were obscured and blurry.

All the heads on the giant started to howl as its eight arms flailed about. The clouds in the sky started flitting around and the domineering giant possessed a deeply petrifying aura as it stood there in the void.

It was apparent that Xiao Yan had managed to ascend the nascent soul advanced stage after his battle with the Marquis of Jinghuan and unleashed his cosmic form!

Below the cosmic form, Xiao Yan's nascent soul also grew to his appearance when he was eleven or twelve. This was also a sign that he had ascended into the nascent soul advanced stage.

His nascent soul gradually descended into his head. Yan Mingyue smiled faintly as she watched everything and released the God-Slayer Puppet and the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler at the same time.

The two rogue items wanted to escape again, but Xiao Yan was prepared as he raised his eyes. He no longer needed the Divine Token of the Five Thrones to suppress the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, and the eight arms of his cosmic form extended outwards and grabbed the God-Slayer Puppet at the same time.

The God-Slayer Puppet struggled meekly as the eight arms of Xiao Yan's cosmic form roared again and rained streams of flames upon the God-Slayer Puppet and heavily damaged its soul.

Yan Mingyue smiled again and said, "Fearsome. Even though the God-Slayer Puppet cannot be truly considered to be an immortal soul stage cultivator, it's not too far from one. Yet, Xiao Yan is still able to suppress it with his cosmic form."

Xiao Zhener, Yang Qing and the others did not look too surprised. They had just witnessed one of Lin Feng's avatars unleash the cosmic form and the immortal soul avatar not too long ago.

Without the guidance of the Marquis of Jinghuan, the God-Slayer Puppet could only rely on its natural instincts to move about. It even started to fear Xiao Yan's immense power as its struggling became weaker and weaker till the end when it was in complete submission.

Xiao Yan turned towards the unstable Immortal Royal Flag. A pale-golden human illusion appeared from within the black light of the Immortal Royal Flag – it was a figure formed from pure light and was clad in golden armor with a golden helmet. There was a royal aura about him, as if the emperor of an empire had arrived on scene.

It was the original soul of the Immortal Royal Flag. It was a metaplasia-level magic treasure, and was already capable of materializing its original soul.

The only problem was that, before a magic treasure reached the Mahayana level, the power that a magic treasure could channel on its own was highly limited without tan owner. At this moment, the Ancient Lightning Jade Earring and the Ancient Royal Sword were also watching him with hostile eyes.

The original soul of the Immortal Royal Flag watched Xiao Yan for a while before it heaved a defeated sigh. "I wish to meet the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Before that, I don't wish to be enemies with you, and I am willing to travel with the lot of you as well."

The black light dissipated as the Immortal Royal Flag reverted to its original form of a giant black banner and drifted down in front of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan waved his hands as the sea of flames all around receded in an instant and returned into the center of his palms. There were even charcoal-colored remnants of armor that returned with the ocean of fire – they were the pieces of the Divine Body Armor that Xiao Yan had so mercilessly torn apart with the Quad Fire Lotus and the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation.

Xiao Yan used his mana to sweep one of the broken pieces and sensed the concepts of power contained within before he kept them.

After using the Divine Token of the Five Thrones to retrieve the Great Ice Moonlight Ruler, he turned back towards Yan Mingyue. "Yan Mingyue, whatever your intentions are, I have to thank you for your help."

"It is your right to share in the spoils of war as well. You can pick one."

The spoils of war from this battle was truly plentiful – there was a metaplasia-level magic treasure, a gestation-level magic treasure, an immortal soul stage Puppet, and a Divine Body Armor that had been destroyed but still contained much knowledge to be excavated.

The spaces in the middle of the Immortal Royal Flag contained the various treasures that the Marquis of Jinghuan had cached over the years, and were just lying there in wait for Xiao Yan to sort them out.

Yan Mingyue trained her eyes upon this handsome youth in front of her. She thought back to the courageous and brave teenager she had met all those years ago, and realized that he had indeed matured a lot since then.

Xiao Zhener and Yang Qing remained expressionless, but the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Horse King were slightly taken aback as they started to deliberate.

It was clear that Xiao Yan meant something else with those words.

Yang Qing glanced at them and passed a voice-projected message. "Yan Mingyue's intentions in helping us out was not just to aid the Celestial Sect of Wonders – she wanted to help the Great Zhou Empire as well."

"Even though the Marquis of Jinghuan was born of the Great Zhou Empire, this person had a very complicated identity and background. The form of the Buddha that you saw just now proves this point."

"Besides the lineage of the Emperor of Violence and the mantras that he had obtained from the Great Zhou Empire, he embodies shadows of the Great Void Sect's Radical Faction and that mysterious monk as well. He is a liability in this expedition into the Ying Sea and the reappearance of the Three Mountains."

"Whether Yan Mingyue was acting as a direct disciple of the Great Void Sect or as a collaborator with the Great Zhou Empire, there was enough reason for her to remove this liability," Yang Qing paused momentarily and raised his eyes towards the void above. "If I'm not wrong, Yan Mingyue's true target is the mysterious monk behind the Marquis of Jinghuan. Even master is extremely curious about the identity of that monk."

"The only problem is that that monk is too intelligent. He saw through Yan Mingyue's intentions instantaneously and withdrew right away. Perhaps that's because there are other people in the immediate vicinity besides Yan Mingyue, and if the monk refused to take off then an ambush would have been triggered."

The Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Sea Horse King chewed on his words but immediately turned solemn. "Will this ambush be used against us?"

Yang Qing said nothing more as he casted his gaze towards Yan Mingyue.

Yan Mingyue chuckled and said, "I said before that I mean no harm to the lot of you. These spoils of war are the direct result of your efforts, and I don't want anything."

She smiled warmly at Xiao Yan and continued, "You are worthy as Lin Feng's eldest disciple. You harness the power of five different primordial fires, and you have even been able to integrate the changes of the Yin and Yang into them."

The most powerful combination of Xiao Yan's Tri Fire Lotus was the one formed from the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, yet Xiao Yan avoided that.

Instead, he used the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and the Nanming Primordial Fire to form a Yin Fire Lotus while he used the Pure Yang Primordial Fire, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and the Nanming Primordial Fire to form a Yang Fire Lotus. The Nanming Primordial Fire was the balance between Yin and Yang, and also acted as a conduit for the changes of the Yin Yang Burning Heavens Formation.

The multiple transformations of the magic formation were unnaturally complicated and profound. What was more important was the fact that the Primordial Fires were naturally violent and explosive, and the Heavenly Fire Lotus was dangerous and volatile as well. Channeling such volatile and explosive power to set up a magic formation was risky as if he mishandled just one step in the process, the magic formation would have erupted before anything else could happen.

Over the past three years, Xiao Yan mastered this powerful magic formation with his own studies and masteries, along with Lin Feng's guidance.

Without this magic formation, even though Xiao Yan still had the world-ending power of the Quad Fire Lotus, he would not have achieved the same effect. He would still have been able to defeat the Marquis of Jinghuan, perhaps, and eventually send him running for his life, but he would not have been able to cut off his escape route and end his life right there and now.

The appearance of the Quad Fire Lotus was still a shocker for Yan Mingyue and the Marquis of Jinghuan as Xiao Yan was only supposed to be able to start practicing that after he ascended to the nascent soul advanced stage.

However, Lin Feng made special preparations for him when he first formed the nascent soul. Lin Feng used the powers of five different primordial fires to aid Xiao Yan in the process, and integrated the various abhijnas and mana into his nascent soul as a foundation for his eventual mastery. These foundations led to Xiao Yan's eventual success and his ability to fuse the four different primordial fires together to form the Heavenly Fire Lotus that shell-shocked even immortal soul stage cultivators.

Xiao Yan smiled at Yan Mingyue and said, "You flatter me."

His eyes swept across the void and asked slowly, "What plans do you have after this?"

He had also considered the same problem that Yang Qing thought about previously.

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Chapter 738: The Most Substantial Factor

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If the Great Void Sect participated in this epic battle of the Ying Sea, then Yan Mingyue's position would still be unclear. However, if she chose not to interfere, then it would be clear that Yan Mingyue was siding with the Great Zhou Empire.

There was not much rapport between the Great Zhou Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Yan Mingyue herself was on friendly terms with everybody inside the Celestial Sect of wonders. She was there with Lin Daohan are the Spiritual Conference of Mount Kunlun as well. From the outsider's perspective, Yan Mingyue, an outstanding disciple of the Great Void Sect, favored the Celestial Sect of Wonders a lot.

However, both Lin Feng and Yan Mingyue knew that the people supporting her were trying a new path that differed from the current tracks of the Conservative and Radical Factions. The third path was to lean towards the Great Zhou Empire, and Yan Mingyue was not about to change her stance and side with the Celestial Sect of Wonders over the Great Zhou Empire.

Over three years ago, after the battle of Xiling City, Lin Feng and Yan Mingyue had a brief light-hearted discussion about this issue of switching sides. Still, they were both crystal clear that all this was just banter, and would not become reality.

It was not because of the amount of blood and sweat she had injected into the Great Zhou Empire. If Yan Mingyue felt that the Great Zhou Empire was no longer aligned with her own path, she was decisive enough to give up all the effort she had put in over the years and start again.

Yet, even if she were to start again, she would not choose the Celestial Sect of Wonders either as they were not aligned with her interests.

The reason was not because Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders were too weak. On the contrary, it was because Yan Mingyue could see the frightening potential of the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. This was the true reason why both parties could never truly cooperate.

Even so, this did not affect the way she treated Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders. They could meet again in conflict, but before that they would be able to associate with each other happily and peacefully with a limited degree of cooperation while building on private friendships and relationships.

Public matters were not the same as private ones. Lin Feng, Yan Mingyue, and even Lin Daohan and Liang Pan were very clear about the meaning of this.

Many people who had insider information were perplexed and confused. The Great Zhou Empire and the Great Qin Empire were frequently at odds with one another, but the Zhou Emperor Liang Pan and the Qin Emperor Shi Yu were actually more than just acquainted. They admired each other, and even exchanged messages with one another at times. It was naturally a private discussion about mantras and whatnot rather than about official matters of sovereignty.

Yan Mingyue twirled the hair beside her ears as she watched Xiao Yan and company and said, "There are a lot of other exotic and rare treasures inside the Ying Sea other than the three mystical mountains. Since I'm already here, I'll try my best not to return empty-handed."

"My next move is to venture deeper into the Ying Sea. I am happy to do it with all of you if you guys are willing to travel together. If that's not to be, then we shall say our farewells till we meet again. The reappearance of the three mystical mountains means that there will surely be a chance for us to cross paths once more."

"However, when we meet again at the three mystical mountains, the main players will be Lin Feng and the other giants of the era. The few of us will only have to sit back and relax."

Xiao Yan laughed heartily at her remarks. "You're too kind. If that's the case, then we shall go our separate ways till we meet again."

Yan Mingyue was clear about the message she was trying to convey. She was here for the young monk and not for Xiao Yan and the others. There was no need for her to deceive or mask her true intentions. She helped Yang Qing extract the remainder of the Shaoyang Mystical Water and swept everybody up with her mana and everybody vanished into the cloudy mist above the Ying Sea.

Yan Mingyue watched Xiao Yan as he departed with his company and shook her head. "It's not just Lin Feng who is mysterious and unpredictable. His disciples have already far exceeded our original estimations and expectations. Xiao Yan is as such, so this can only mean that the other disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders cannot be gauged by our original estimations anymore."

The green-robed lady placed her hands behind her back as she cast her vision over the sprawling Ying Sea. She sighed and muttered under her breath, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders is really full of surprises."

"Where is Lin Feng now, I wonder? He's still the most substantial factor in the reappearance of the three mountains."

She was determined to reach the end of her own path. However, she could faintly feel that the greatest source of hindrance towards her success would not be from her own sect or from some other random influential power.

What could stop her in her tracks could very well be the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

With another faint sigh, Yan Mingyue disappeared into the void as well.

A handsome and good-looking young monk was sauntering along the Ying Sea, at a place far away from the previous battlefield. He was unkempt and dressed in a tattered grey monk robe as his naked feet rippled the surface of the ocean beneath him.

Every step he took was stable. It was as if he was not moving along rolling ocean water but was strolling over solid ground instead.

Walking over water was nothing much, but to saunter along the illusory and sinister Ying Sea as if it were solid ground was something else altogether. The fact that he was able to walk through the various frightening illusions and traps as if they were nothing was extraordinary.

The powerful illusions inside the Ying Sea drew upon the fates and destinies of the world, and even third-level Immortal Soul Stage would have to take special care when handling them. If not, they ran the risk of getting trapped forever.

However, this young grey-cloaked monk was like taking a walk in the park and treated the myriad of dangers in the Ying Sea as if they were nothing.

The young monk suddenly stopped in his tracks and tilted his head towards the side. Buddhist light flickered within the void and the monk with the form of the Ratnasambhava came out from within with a bright smile on his face as he gave his greetings.

The grey-clothed monk returned the greeting and asked, "Ratnasambhava, did something happen to the person under your guidance?"

The Ratnasambhava monk chuckled and answered, "Life is empty, death is empty – the cycle of life and death goes round and round. The last of our strings have been tied. Even though it's a little early, but still not a bad thing nonetheless."

"I'll leave it to you then." The grey-clothed monk smiled faintly again. "Just don't bring back a tail like this."

Before his voice dropped, the thick cloudy mist on the other side of the sky separated with streaks of flickering light.

The Ratnasambhava Monk laughed and remarked, "Sorry, I couldn't do anything about it. I'm only in the second level of the Golden Form. The fact that I managed to escape before they encircled me is already a blessing from the Buddha."

The grey-clothed monk smiled. "Then shouldn't you be on your way?"

The Ratnasambhava monk chuckled as his body transformed into a light shadow and integrated himself into the body of the grey-clothed monk, before the young monk simply resumed his original activity and kept strolling along.

However, he vanished after the very first step.

"金蝉大师, we have known each other for such a long time. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" A thick voice resounded across the skies.

Only the laughter of the young monk was left as his body was nowhere to be seen. "Fate will bring us together eventually. Why do you have to be so stubborn? The Three Mystical Mountains have reappeared once again, so everybody should focus their attentions on them."

The thick voice rang out once again. "Since you are here for the Three Mystical Mountains as well, then it won't be long till the day we meet again."

The arrival party's attitude was not particularly aggressive or hostile. If the 金蝉大师 refused to leave, then perhaps they would have a little scuffle, but if all the 金蝉大师 wanted to do was to get out of here then he was not about to chase after him.

The Three Mountains of the Ying Sea were back, and every powerful and influential party wanted a piece of it. Everybody else would gain, for free, from a bloody battle between two such parties at this point in time.

The 金蝉大师 was gone, and the dense lights in the sky gradually dissipated as well.

"I wonder what the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is doing right now? His original body isn't here, and he left his avatar in the East Sea and has yet to proceed into the Ying Sea."

Lin Feng, the man that everybody was thinking about, was still inside the East Sea on the Divine Lands.

He was following behind Luo Yao and Mu Yu in secret the whole time and watched them return to the Luofo Mystical Island.

As the person with his eyes on the ground, Mu Yu was clear that the thunderous and violent tsunamis from the entrance to the Ying Sea was due to the return of the Three Mystical Mountains.

Their reappearance was earlier than expected, and coupled with the demons that were seeking them out for revenge, he was unable to deliver the Nine Spirals Golden Pill to his master even though it had already been forged.

This made him uncomfortable and anxious. He was aware that his junior's situation was a lot worse. Xiao Yan brought away the Spiritual Sea Horse King, and the reappearance of the three mountains meant that he no longer had any time to find another replacement Spiritual Sea Horse. The forging of the Mystical Pill of Clouds and Smoke had not even begun.

He was anxious and jumpy but he still felt a wave of warmth when he looked at Luo Yao. Lin Feng helped him retrieve the Nine Spirals Golden Pill that entered Luo Yao's body by accident, so he no longer had to concern himself with what his master could do to Luo Yao to achieve the same end.

He watched Luo Yao grow up ever since Luo Yao was a kid. Even though his talents and everything were mostly average, Mu Yu admired his determination and his personality. He had already decided to take him in as his direct disciple.

Cao Zhendong and Yun Jinxi had to pull some strings to become his disciple. However, Mu Yu handpicked Luo Yao. He kept pushing Luo Yao into the outside world in order to grind and train him.

Mu Yu had always been following Luo Yao's progress in cultivation, and he had been guiding every step that he took in secret.

Luo Yao did not have much resources for cultivation. Therefore, his speed of progress paled in comparison to Cao Zhendong, Yun Jinxi and the others. However, every milestone that he reached was built upon solid foundations. Mu Yu had a plan for him, to nurture him to the point where his potential would be completely maximized. From his point of view, Luo Yao was eventually bound to rise in level a lot faster than Cao Zhendong and the rest.

There were two other things that bugged him still. One was the fact that the number of demons in the East Sea were receding as most of them were moving towards the Ying Sea, but there were still quite a few left in the East Sea.

One such race was the Dragon Race, and the dragons were here for revenge and vengeance.

Even though Lin Feng had already chased away two demonic lord stage dragons, there were still others that were hot on their tails.

The second thing was Lu Ning. He caught a glimpse of the cold-looking lady. She was a messenger sent forth by the Marquis of Jinghuan. During the furor inside the Ying Sea, she took a Nine Spirals Golden Pill from Mu Yu and seemed like she wanted to split paths and go back to the Ying Sea to meet the Marquis of Jinghuan.

However, she remained in the end and was still travelling together with Mu Yu and company.

Mu Yu's guess was that she was under a separate set of orders from the Marquis of Jinghuan, but he was not quite sure what happened exactly.

The fact that she was still with the company meant that their battle prowess was a lot stronger than otherwise. He felt a lot safer from the demons in hot pursuit, but made him feel a little hollow somewhat.

There was nothing much he could say or do besides hurry along their current trajectory and return to the Luofu Mystical Island before anything else.

Lin Feng was watching them from the void as he thought to himself, "I wonder if my guesses are correct?"

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Chapter 739: The Thunderstorm Is Coming

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The group of youngsters were in a comparably more jovial mood. Cao Zhendong and Yun Jinxi were even joking around with each other,

Luo Yao was a lot calmer than before as well. Once the Nine Spirals Golden Pill was retrieved from his body, his life was no longer in danger as long as he followed the pack. If they ran into something that not even Mu Yu or Lu Ning could handle, then there was nothing much he could do either.

Luo Yao felt a little different from before. His instincts told him that there was something different about him, but it was inexplicable and he could not quite put his finger on it.

He shook his head and laughed a little at himself. The things that he just encountered in the past few days were so daunting, dramatic and life-changing – they were more exciting and substantial than what he had experienced throughout his entire life.

He recovered his footing and looked up to see Lu Ning watching him quietly.

Lu Ning did not even try to mask her line of sight. She glanced a Luo Yao again before turning away.

Luo Yao could not help but feel a little uncomfortable. Lu Ning was a nascent soul stage cultivator and was actually more powerful than even Mu Yu. And him – he was only a Qi cultivation stage small fry, and if he came up against her it was like an ant versus and elephant. There was just nothing he could do if Lu Ning wanted something from him.

Mu Yu forged two Nine Spirals Golden Pills, and during the demonic invasion that caused the pill furnace to explode, one of the pills accidentally entered his body.

This pill was forged under Huang Ming's orders, and since Huang Ming was working together with the Marquis of Jinghuan, it was natural that they were to split one pill each.

Lu Ning wanted to sacrifice Luo Yao on the spot to retrieve the pill but Mu Yu stopped her. The solution was that Mu Yu was willing to give the other available pill to Lu Ning in exchange for Luo Yao's life.

Now that both pills were safe and sound, there was no reason why a great nascent soul stage cultivator like Lu Ning would care anything at all about a puny Qi cultivation stage independent cultivator like him. However, he kept getting goosebumps and kept feeling chills run down his spine.

Luo Yao was anxiously thinking to himself, but what he did not know was that Lu Ning was frustrated as well.

She had communicated with the Marquis of Jinghuan previously to report everything that had just transpired. She was meticulous and did not leave out a single detail – from Lin Feng's appearance to the end of the drama.

She thought that her task was just to retrieve the Nine Spirals Golden Pill and deliver it to the Marquis of Jinghuan once it was done. However, after some contemplation, the Marquis of Jinghuan ordered her to stay behind and travel with the rest of the company.

More accurately put, the Marquis of Jinghuan wanted her to travel with Luo Yao.

"Since you detected that there was a trace of the Steel Tree Avatar, then this nascent soul stage cultivator could very well be an avatar of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

There were not many people who had seen Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar before. Thus, it was highly unlikely that independent cultivators inside the East Sea were able to recognize him. However, the Marquis of Jinghuan knew better and was thinking to himself, "His original body is not here in the East Sea and it's just an avatar. He's not travelling with his disciples either – looks like he's planning something else on his own."

"Luo Yao has interacted with him privately before, and is also Lin Feng's beneficiary for the favor of retrieving the powers of the pill. They might interact with each other again in the future, so you should just be patient and observe for a while longer."

"If nothing's happening after a long period of time, you have my permission to take him down and use the Soul-Searching Technique to see if there's anything out of the ordinary."

She was a little confused when she first heard these instructions and glanced at Luo Yao once more. She had already used her consciousness to sweep Luo Yao's body but to no avail.

"Forget it. I'm just going to wait a little longer, and if I still turn up with nothing then I'm just going to use the Soul-Searching Technique."

Everybody had their own thoughts and worries. They travelled together and headed back in the direction of the Luofu Mystical Islands. Mu Yu and Lu Ning were both injured and their nascent souls were weak, thus they were not able to open the void and travel through it. All they could do was sweep up the others and travel in the sky.

There were a couple of demons along the way that tried to mess with them. Thankfully, there was not a single demonic lord stage demon so their journey was pretty much peaceful and safe.

The number of demons declined a lot more as they got closer and closer to the Luofu Mystical Islands. Cao Zhendong, Yun Jinxi and the others became even more relaxed. However, neither Lu Ning nor Mu Yu had any intentions of lowering their guard – on the contrary, they became even more wary.

Luo Yao had been uncomfortable throughout the entire journey. Even though his expression was calm, it was a little gloomy.

Yun Jinxi laughed at his look and said, "What's up, Big Luo?"

Luo Yao glanced at Mu Yu and Lu Ning before he lowered his voice and whispered, "I can feel a great calamity coming."

Yun Jinxi was stunned momentarily as Cao Zhendong turned to look at him as well.

Luo Yao pondered for a moment. "When we actually return to the Luofu Mystical Island then we will be safe. Demons won't dare to invade the island itself, and since that's the case, then they will probably be launching their very last assault at a place not too far from the island."

"The danger of this final invasion will be a lot greater than before. After all, it's their last chance at revenge."

Yun Jinxi asked, "Then why did they not concentrate their forces before to attack us? The areas near the Luofu Mystical Islands are ultimately still dangerous for them. We don't even have to talk about the Luofu Holy Man, the other cultivators on the island will come to our aid for sure."

Luo Yao continued to explain. "Areas too far away from the Luofu Mystical Island could have been too open and it would have been difficult to trap us in a choke. We could have escaped towards any direction. In this scenario, then they would have to stretch their resources and powers across a large surface area and this would weaken them."

"This is like the miscellaneous demons that we encountered along the way. We would have just rolled over them," it was obvious that Luo Yao was a little worried. "We have to return to the Luofu Mystical Islands in the end. This destination will not change, so it will be easier for them to ambush us at a place not far from our final destination."

"At the same time, as we get closer and closer to the island, then our guards will drop as we become more and more relaxed…" Luo Yao looked up and saw Yun Jinxi glaring at him as Cao Zhendong and the other cultivators blushed a little. He turned away awkwardly and hurriedly continued, "…so they could be waiting for that to happen and use some geographical advantage somewhere to ambush us."

"Of course, such a plan is risky business for them. Just like you said, if somebody from the Luofu Mystical Island has detected anything wrong, they will come to our aid as fast as they can. However, it can be because of this very fact that our adversaries' strength will be stronger and more ferocious. They will be aiming to eliminate us as quickly as they can."

After hearing his words, the rest of the company started to contemplate amongst themselves. They wanted to rebut his argument, but Luo Yao's prediction had a real possibility of happening. Furthermore, Mu Yu and Lu Ning did not say anything in response and it was quite clear that they were in agreement with Luo Yao's judgment.

The troupe's jovial mood died down in an instant. Yun Jinxi forced out a smile and said, "There's logic behind Big Luo's words. We have been a little blinded by our emotions. Keeping our guards up is always the right thing to do – we should only start to relax once we enter Luofu Mystical Island."

Everybody nodded their heads in agreement. Yun Jinxi surveyed the ocean areas surrounding them and tried to make a rough gauge of the distance they still needed to cover. All of a sudden, she laughed heartily and exclaimed, "Senior Cao, we are reaching our families' very own tiny little island."

Cao Zhendong glanced around and started laughing as well. "Heh, you're right."

Luo Yao remained silent. The tiny island in which both Yun Jinxi and Cao Zhendong were born was the same island that he grew up in.

He shared a childhood with Cao Zhendong and Yun Jinxi. He was the same age as Yun Jinxi, and Cao Zhendong was slightly older. The Cao and Yun Families could be considered small cultivation-based families and were relatively more influential.

When both Cao Zhendong and Yun Jinxi displayed outstanding talents for cultivation, they were both sent by their respective families to seek mentorship inside the Luofu Mystical Island.

He, on the other hand, was an orphan. He was raised by an old priest on the tiny island. The old man treated him like a son and he treated him like a father. At the same time, they were like mentor and disciple as well, and all the ordinary mantras that he now possessed were passed down by this man.

The old priest was only in the foundation establishment advanced stage and was unable to form the aurous core. Ultimately, he brought this regret to the grave and only after Luo Yao held his wake and funeral did he leave the tiny island to explore the world. He was invited by Yun Jinxi to travel together and ended up in the place where Mu Yu forged his pills.

Mu Yu had known him since a long time ago. Mu Yu had already developed intentions to nurture this orphan kid from the very start, so he closed one eye and let Luo Yao stick around. This eventually led to the accidental explosion of the pill furnace and the Luo Yao's unintentional consumption of the magic pill.

As they came closer to the tiny island of their childhood, Luo Yao could feel his emotions stirring in his body. He tried his best to control it, however. Cao Zhendong and the others tried their best to suppress their own emotions as this was not the right time to visit their families and return home.

As they passed by the tiny island, both Mu Yu and Lu Ning's faces changed.

Cao Zhendong and company stared for a moment longer before their expressions turned gray as well. The tiny island was in a state of devastation so great that it was visible to the naked eye. There was no need to probe it with one's consciousness as it was crystal clear.

A deathly aura could be felt coming from the tiny island.

"Master…" Yun Jinxi looked up at Mu Yu with tears in her eyes eyes. Mu Yu heaved a heavy sigh and took everyone down onto the tiny island. Lu Ning remained in the sky where she was, even though she did not object and neither did she take her leave.

It was a tragedy. The people inhabiting the island had been slaughtered, and every single building was laid to ruin. Every single structure became a pile of rubble as broken beams and pillars littered the grounds.

Besides the Cao and Yun Family, there were a few other tiny cultivator families living on the island as well. However, the individual with the highest level of cultivation was only at the foundation establishment stage. It was clear that there was no way they could repel any incoming assaults, and the ultimate consequence was complete annihilation.

Cao Zhendong stared ahead at the old Cao residence that was now a pile of dust. He was rooted to the ground and his mouth was half-open but no sound came out at all.

On the other side, Yun Jinxi was having an even harder. She could clearly see the dreadful remains of her dead family members lying all around the crumbled Yun residence. Her dignified and magnanimous father, her lovely and caring mother…

Luo Yao did not really know what to say to Yun Jinxi as the young girl started to wail and bawl. He wanted to comfort her, but he knew that simple words were meaningless and would ring hollow. He wanted to offer to exact revenge together, but he was only at the Qi cultivation stage, so that would have been a laughable offer. Yun Jinxi herself was a lot stronger than he was.

He had always been inclined towards this lively and vivacious girl. As he watched her cry her eyes out, Luo Yao felt some pressure bearing down on him as well.

Lin Feng witnessed the very same scene from the void and sighed to himself. He had discovered the tragedy that had befallen this tiny island way before their company did. The only regret was that it had already happened.

The demons were not powerful enough to find out Luo Yao and Yun Jinxi's backgrounds on their own. Even if they wanted to seek vengeance, they would be seeking out Huang Ming and Mu Yu instead. The fate of this tiny island was a purely unfortunate coincidence – the demons wanted to do something to vent their anger, and this tiny island just happened to be there, ripe for the taking.

"This is not the time to be grieving," Lin Feng shook his head a little as he turned towards the skies on the far end of the horizon. "The calm before the storm has passed – the real thunderstorm is coming."

After a while, Lu Ning felt a chill run down her spine as she turned to look in the same direction. A hole opened in the sky as countless demons spilled out from within and lunged towards the tiny island!

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Chapter 740: Rebirth!

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After the reappearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, many demons started to make their way into the Ying Sea as well. Everybody wanted to take a little something back from their adventures and perhaps return home with some exotic and rare treasures inside the Ying Sea.

The demons still remaining in the East Sea were greatly reduced at this point in time. However, the demons that appeared in front of Mu Yu and company had three demonic lord stage dragons amongst their ranks, along with several other dragons of lower levels of cultivation.

The three demonic lord stage dragons did not even include the two that Lin Feng had chased away previously.

As they observed the invader's line-up, both Mu Yu and Lu Ning felt their hearts sink. Lu Ning was even considering the possibility of taking Luo Yao away and run away – in the end, the demons were here for Mu Yu.

The demons had something else in mind, however. They circled the company as barriers were set up all around the void; they were determined not to let a single person escape. Lu Ning dispelled all other thoughts as she knew she had no choice but to face the enemy together with Mu Yu and the others.

In the last chaotic battle, Mu Yu misplaced the voice-projection crystal that allowed him to contact his seniors and juniors. There was no way of contacting the Luofu Mystical Island or Huang Ming to call for aid. Their only hope was that this place was not too far away from the Luofu Mystical Island.

If anybody from the Luofu Mystical Island detected anything wrong, a patrol party would be sent forth to investigate. However, till then, it was up to Mu Yu and the rest to support themselves and stay alive.

The only problem was that the difference in battle prowess between the two parties were just too great. The battle had barely just begun when the humans started to feel the intense pressure.

Mu Yu and Lu Ning were barely able to take care of themselves. Luo Yao, Yun Jinxi and the others could only rely upon themselves and team up with the other aurous core and foundation establishment stage cultivators to face off the lower-level demons that came upon them.

Yun Jinxi and Cao Zhendong glared at the demons before them as flames poured out of their eyes. Furious thoughts of revenge and vengeance masked over the confusion and fear of the ambush as they started channeling their own abhijnas and magic items to battle the demonic commander stage dragons with fearless determination.

The Luofu Mystical Island had always been in constant conflict against the demons at the border of the two worlds. There were times when demons sent a force to invade the East Sea, and the Luofu Mystical Island frequently sent forth cultivators into the Barren Expanses to attack the demons. Thus, even though Yun Jinxi and the others were still young and their levels of cultivation were not too high, their experiences with real-life combat and battles were not lacking.

The only problem was that fiery wrath was not enough to plug the gap in numbers and battle prowess. Furthermore, the dragons were here for revenge and vengeance as well and their level of determination rivaled that of Yun Jinxi and Cao Zhendong.

Not before long, Yun Jinxi and the others were already at a heavy disadvantage. Luo Yao, who was only in the Qi cultivation stage, was even worse.

Mu Yu was able to tear himself away and support Luo Yao initially, but was very quickly forced to concentrate on defending himself. It came to a point where he had to choice but to distance himself from Luo Yao as much as possible – otherwise, the ripple effects of an epic battle between a nascent soul stage cultivator and a demonic lord stage dragon could sweep him away and could even result in his demise.

Luo Yao was being chased by a raging jade dragon. Luo Yao tried his best to dodge left and right, but it seemed like he was about to be ripped open.

He could see, out of the corner of his eye, that Cao Zhendong had already lost one entire arm. Half of his body was drenched in blood, his hair was in a mess and he just looked so dreadful and pathetic. He did not even have time to treat his wounds as he had to focus on dodging the attacks of another dragon. After every attack that he managed to dodge, he had to focus all his attention on dodging the next one. Not before long, his defensive magic item was completely destroyed.

The golden hair on Yun Jinxi's head that used to be radiant like the sun was not riddled with bloodstains and dirt, and the original splendor had completely disappeared. Her rosy lips lost their flavorful colors as well as she stretched her very limits to repel the demonic general stage dragons, but a greater danger was about to befall the young lady.

It was dangerous to the point where she felt all hope was lost. A demonic commander stage dragon that had already formed the aurous core was lunging towards her with blazing blue flames pouring out of its gaping jaws. Her defensive magic items and the protective mana surrounding her were torched away in an instant as the dragon came for her right away and was just about to gobble her up.

This was all distant to Luo Yao at this point, as his physical body was being ravaged by another jade dragon!

Clouds of blood blew up around the tall young man but he could no longer feel any pain.

"I…I should be dead…" Luo Yao discovered, to his great surprise, that he could still think and his brain was still working. This gave him an extremely strange feeling as he was practically watching his own body crumble into a puddle of flesh and blood.

"What's… What's going on?" Luo Yan was terrified, but eventually realized that he was inside a circular pearl-like object as golden mist rolled around in front of him. Purple light flickered all around, but what was strange was the fact that he felt like he knew what this was.

Luo Yao recovered after a while. His physical body had been completely destroyed, and the 'him' that was inside this strange golden pearl was just his soul.

The purple light surged into his soul as he began to feel murky and an uncanny feeling came over him. Uncountable and continuous pictures flashed through his mind, things that he could not connect together and did not know the meaning of.

He stumbled along and started to realize that his soul was starting to exude the same purple radiance.

Multiple thoughts and worries clouded his consciousness. Some of the principles that he held on so dearly were kept, and actually became stronger and more amplified. In the end, there was only one thought, one voice, that was left inside his mind. A voice that shouted again and again:

"I can't die! I need to save them! Senior Mu and Jinxi cannot die!"

Radiant purple light exploded and rushed out of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and lit up the sky all around.

Innumerable glyphs and runes danced around in the flames and lit up the void as they imprinted themselves upon every inch of space.

Even Mu Yu, Lu Ning and the other powerful demonic lord stage dragons that were entangled in close quarter combat could not help but turn around towards the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

Mu Yu and the other humans were only slightly shocked, but the powerful demonic lord stage dragons began to feel a calamitous dread that seemed to come from the bottom of their souls. It was as if an unknown terror came into existence, something like a tyrannical leader that was destined to rule over them from its birth.

The dragons were stunned and perplexed at the same time. As dragons, arrogance and dignity were part of their nature. Most other demon races would revere them and accord them the respect they deserved. For the dragons themselves to feel this same reverence and fear of something higher than them was pretty much non-existent.

"Unless…" The three jade dragons' eyes widened as they turned to stare at the golden pearl that was still radiating with purple light.

The dragon that tore apart Luo Yao's body was shivering from top to bottom. He was so shell-shocked that he felt paralyzed; he wanted to run, but his body was weak from fear and he could not even more a talon.

The purple lights continued to flicker as a thick golden mist began to flow out of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and materialized in the air. The thick mist transformed into a figure that was pure-gold with dashes of purple light encircling it.

The figure had a shape and build that was very similar to humans, but ultimately it was only humanoid.

Purple marks riddled its body as if they were carved upon it. The hair on its head was silver-white and stretched out behind its back all the way to his hips. Upon closer inspection, one could tell that it was not just purely hair from the head as long silver-white hair extended all the way down its spine up till its tailbone.

The hair did not grow beyond its shoulder blades, and its skin was very similar to the quality of humans and purple patterns could be seen all over.

The hair that extended beyond its tailbone became a long tail made of hair, and was swaying casually in the wind.

This figure seemed half-demon and half human. Its physical characteristics and features were exactly the same as Luo Yao's, except for the fact that his face was covered with purple-colored patterns. Three horns with dense volumes of glyphs and runes extended out of its head as frightening demonic power rippled forth.

The light from Luo Yao's eyes were a pure purple color, and everything that his gaze came into contact with began to crumble into dust.

"Roar!!!"

The reborn young man let loose a great howl as he flashed four sharp teeth that resembled a mix between dragons' teeth and that of canines.

This majestic roar stunned everybody at the scene. They almost felt as if the sound was shaking apart their very souls.

The lower-level dragons were the first to drop. The sparkle in their eyes completely disappeared in an instant as they plummeted into the oceans below like rocks; these dragons' demonic souls had been directly shattered by Luo Yao's roar.

The three demonic lord stage dragons felt their limbs go numb. They lowered their heads as their scales shimmered in a display of submission – they did not even think about running away, let alone trying to resist.

Mu Yu and the others watched on speechlessly as they watched the humanoid Luo Yao radiate with purple brilliance.

The only person that could remain calm and still think rationally was Lin Feng, who was still watching on from the void. He watched at the reborn Luo Yao and raised an eyebrow, "Eh, turns out it's not a incarnation of the Royal Hades Region. Hmmm, interesting. It's getting really interesting."

Even though the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl formed Luo Yao's new physical body, Lin Feng could feel that his connection to the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl had not been cut off. He watched Luo Yao's transformation from the beginning to the end.

"It's not a beast, but a demon. His soul is simple and transparent, and it's not an incarnation of a previous great demon. But…" the corner of Lin Feng's mouth curled up into a faint smile. "But, there are other secrets buried within that soul. There are other things that have yet to be discovered. Ha, interesting. This is truly a pleasant surprise."

After the majestic roar, Luo Yao's body once again flickered with purple radiance but the purple light from his eyes began to recede. His eyes became clear once again, but his pupils were no longer black – they were a dark purple.

Luo Yao's rationality had returned to him and the aura surrounding him was no longer so violent. His eyes even looked a little lost as he tilted his head down and scrutinized his new body and raised his hands to touch the three horns on his head.

"I…" Luo Yao opened his mouth and wanted to say something but not a single sound came out. He was pretty much frozen to the spot.

The group of dragons did not even dare to move. They just remained there in submission as they waited patiently for their orders.

The legends were far too ancient, and such beings had not been seen in the world for thousands of years. Mu Yu and the others were simply surprised at Luo Yao's transformation, but were unaware of the deeper levels of meaning.

Only the three demonic lord stage dragons could recognize Luo Yao's new form.

He was from one of the only races that dominated the Barren Expanses and ruled over all others – the Hades Tribe!

The purple radiance that felt like it could sweep over the Heavens and intimidate the universe originated from the Hades' Dark Mantra of the ancient Royal Hades' Region.

However, not every Beast of Hades had the power and level of the Heavenly Sea Hades, and the tribe itself had its own age of maturation and puberty. There were stronger beasts and weaker ones as well. However, the new physical body that Luo Yao formed from the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was at the demonic lord advanced stage and had no problem demolishing all the dragons in front of him.

The dragons were inferior in ability, and they were also naturally inclined to give way to the Hades Race. This was the reason why the dragons before him did not think about trying to resist.

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Chapter 741: The Key That Can Solve A Lot Of Our Problems

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Due to the fact that he was in a new body, the demonic aura emanating from Luo Yao's body was pretty much expanding through the air without control and shaking up the entire void in the process.

Even though he was no longer out of control, the demonic energies coming from Luo Yao were still messy and disorganized. His sense of self and identity was in a state of chaos, and he was also fearful of the sudden and unexpected change in events.

All the people still alive in the East Sea within the proximity of the Luofu Mystical Islands, be it cultivators or normal citizens, had blood on their hands. This was because they resided near the border between the worlds, and humans and demons were in a constant state of conflict.

The constant feuding compounded upon each other and they treated one another with increasing suspicion.

From Luo Yao's own experience, even though he did not have any unspeakable bad blood with the demons, he had grown up hating and fighting against them. Luo Yao himself had killed small demons at the Qi cultivation stage before.

His sudden conversion and rebirth into a demon gave him mixed feelings. He had always been calm and composed, but now he was feeling worried and frightened even. What made him even more uncomfortable was the fact that he had no clue why such a thing had happened to him.

All the bits and pieces that flashed through his mind previously were disconnected and made it all the more difficult for him to chain his thoughts together rationally.

The entire group of dragons kneeling beneath his feet did not give him a sense of satisfaction or glory.

It was the eyes of Yun Jinxi, Cao Zhendong and the others that pierced his heart. He could tell that there was a new kind of wariness and doubt in their eyes. They were originally partners in battle, but now his partners were treating him with suspicion and even obscure tinges of hostility.

Luo Yao subconsciously extended his arm towards the group of humans and wanted to say something before he realized everybody shot backwards like shotgun bullets.

Yun Jinxi screamed, "Don't come any closer!"

Luo Yao retracted his arm like a disturbed scorpion and stared at the young girl in front of him in shock. He could see the fear and suspicion in their eyes – worse still, he began to feel their anger.

Yun Jinxi's entire family had met their ends at the hands of ruthless and warmongering demons, and she was very nearly killed in a bloody battle against another pack of demons. Her reaction to the sudden change in his physicality and whatnot was understandable.

However, the increasing sense of disgust coming from the young girl drove him towards hopelessness.

"Luo Yao, can you still recognize us?" Mu Yu was observing Luo Yao's expression closely and probed with a question.

Luo Yao began to speak with a bitter taste in his mouth. "Senior Mu, of course I recognize you guys. I… I don't know what's happening to me, I don't understand anything at all…"

Lu Ning glared at Luo Yao and burst out suddenly, "You're a demon! You were simply residing inside the body of a human. Your previous body was destroyed, but your demonic soul reformed a new body with the help of a magic item."

She paused momentarily before she continued to explain, "Your body is a demonic body. This is the original physical body that your demonic soul inhabited – this is the real you! You are a demon from tip to toe!"

Her face was expressionless, but she was all riled up inside. There really was something wrong with Luo Yao!

Luo Yao's lips trembled upon hearing her words but his face turned even more bitter.

He could tell that Yun Jinxi, Cao Zhendong and the others turned even more hostile towards him after Lu Ning's emotional outburst. It appeared as if Luo Yao had been hiding his identity all along and deceived them on purpose, as if he had ulterior motives all along.

Everybody returned to a state of quiet tension as the air became heavier and heavier. Mu Yu wanted to say something, but he had no idea where to start. Even though he had no clue what race Luo Yao's new body belonged to, he could tell that it was something special and extraordinary judging by the reactios of the dragons before him.

He was a little unsure about how to handle the sudden change of events as well. Even if his master, Huang Ming, was here, he was positive that not even Huang Ming would know what to do.

Mu Yu was starting to develop the very same feelings that Luo Yao had lied to them all along, but felt a little guilty as he had watched Luo Yao grow up since he was kid after all. He observed Luo Yao's bitter expressions and heaved a heavy sigh as he thought to himself, "Forget it, forget it. We knew each other after all, and we even almost became teacher and disciple."

Mu Yu was just about to say something when a frightening sphere of energy blanketed everyone and sent chills down everyone's spines.

Such an aura could only come from an immortal soul stage cultivator, and a middle-aged man stepped out from the void and looked straight at Luo Yao.

"Senior Uncle?" Mu Yu was the first to be surprised. The arriving party was the oldest disciple of the Luofu Holy Man. He was the one anchoring down the Luofu Mystical Island while the Luofu Holy Man was holding off the Qiong Qi Grand Sage.

The task of reinforcing Mu Yu was relatively simple and did not require his personal participation. However, Mu Yu's master was the nascent soul advanced stage cultivator Huang Ming, and Luo Yao's explosive energies disturbed him – and so he was here.

The middle-aged man glanced at Luo Yao before turning back to Mu Yu and the others. "What's happening?"

Lu Ning kept quiet while Mu Yu started to recount the recent happenings from start to finish. The middle-aged man's eyes sparkled as his gaze returned to Luo Yao and looked him up and down – he was trying to match Luo Yao's appearance to a demon race that he had heard of but never seen before.

"A beast of Hades?!" This discovery made this middle-aged man shiver a little bit. He focused all his attention on Luo Yao and waved his hand a single time. Dozens of water pillars spiraled upwards from the sprawling oceans beneath him while dozens of thick cloudy energy plummeted down from the skies. Both forces worked together and imprisoned Luo Yao within.

This act did not really affect Luo Yao himself. However, he could that the demonic powers inside his soul start to boil violently and uncontrollably.

What was more frightening was the fact his purple pupils were flashing purple lights once again.

Wherever the purple light touched, the middle-aged man's cloud-water prison started to melt and crumble.

The middle-aged man frowned at this turn of events. He held down his voice and said, "I'll take you back to the Luofu Mystical Island for now and find out exactly what is happening to your body. If you have no clue either, then do follow me and resolve your doubts once and for all."

This was not something that he was willing to let go. The mysterious Hades demon race resurfaced for the first time in over four thousand years in the Divine Lands. It was something that necessitated a degree of research and study.

Furthermore, the power that Luo Yao was displaying at this point was a mess but highly charged with destructive capabilities.

It was obvious from Luo Yao's reaction that he had little to no degree of self-control. A tiny amount of stimulus from the outside world could stir up his instinctive defensive mechanisms.

He had to play it safe as it was likely that something else could trigger him the same way if Luo Yao were to be allowed to roam the world by himself.

The middle-aged man had already made up his mind. He did not care whether he had to capture him using force. The best possible outcome was that he was able to bring Luo Yao back to his master, the Luofu Holy Man, so that the latter could make his own judgments and investigations. If that was not possible, then he was ready to eliminate Luo Yao on the spot.

What he did not expect was that the very moment this idea came up in his head, Luo Yao raised his head abruptly and a pair of purple eyes stared straight into his soul. The sinister purple light started to flicker again in Luo Yao's eyes and a stream of Hades' Dark Mantra rocketed towards the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was in the immortal soul stage but jumped out of his skin anyway. At his level of cultivation, his composure was not so easily eroded and his emotions could only be stirred up by individuals at a higher level than he was.

Even though he did harbor murderous intentions in his mind, he did not exhibit a single trace of it. All he did was consider his options, and even this was immediately picked up by Luo Yao.

Lin Feng was even more intrigued as he watched on with amusement. "How did he do that? Such acute telepathy, and such extraordinary sensing abilities! Could this be the natural talent of the beasts of Hades?"

The power of the Hades' Dark Mantra was as overbearing as it could get. It seemed like just a tiny stream of it, but it had the ferocity that felt like it could pierce right through the heavens and annihilate everything in its path.

A haze of fear came over Mu Yu and company. The middle-aged man immediately cast a defensive spell, but was immediately overcome by the destructive ray of purple light and he could only dodge the initial ferocity of the attack.

"Indeed – he doesn't have much control over himself. It will be very easy to cause damage around him whether it's intentional or not. He's only in the nascent soul advanced stage, and even though he's a beast of Hades now, his power is still much greater than what it should be." The middle-aged man's thoughts stopped there as he prepared to flash his immortal soul and channel the powers of his magic items.

All of a sudden, Luo Yao's eyes snapped shut and an agonizing expression came over his face. "Senior Mu, I don't wish to be enemies with everyone."

As he spoke, Luo Yao's body started flickering with purple radiance as his entire body transformed into a ray of purple light and dashed straight into the void.

The middle-aged man was taken back by yet another unexpected sudden change of events. He wanted to pursue, but the gap in the void behind Luo Yao sealed itself as if nothing ever happened and he simply vanished into thin air.

Just a minute moment was enough for Luo Yao to disappear from sight and there was no way the middle-aged man could catch up.

After Luo Yao escaped into the void, he flew to a place far away from the Luofu Mystical Island and paused on top a patch of ocean with the same bitter and agonizing expression on his face.

While he had his own suspicions as to whether or not the Luofu Holy Man and the others would hurt him, he had already made up his mind to return back to the Luofu Mystical Island with Mu Yu and the others. After all, he wanted to find out what exactly was happening to him as well.

Once the middle-aged man started developing murderous intentions, Luo Yao could already feel his demonic soul buzzing incessantly and his demonic powers started to tremble with the same uncontrollable violence.

He knew that he could not stay a moment longer and his only choice was to run away.

He cast his eyes over the vast and endless oceans and glimpsed his own strange patterned body from time to time. He turned to touch the large tail behind his body and reached up to touch the three horns on his head – he started to develop a dreadful feeling that the world was so huge but there was nowhere he could go and there was no place that he belonged.

His body trembled abruptly as his physical body started to disintegrate and he became a patch of golden light mist in the blink of an eye.

The Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl reappeared from within the golden lights as the thick mist was sucked back in. The mist all around turned back into its original white color, and Luo Yao's soul existed within the golden light mist.

Luo Yao felt a wave of relief come over his body, as if he had just awoken from a nightmare. However, after studying himself and his soul, he discovered that even though he was in a transparent spiritual form, this form still took the shape and appearance of the hideous half-demon and half-human body.

His emotions returned to a state of grief and hopelessness.

Lin Feng was still watching on from the void as he began to ponder, "It was not the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl reforming its physical body – it was the demonic soul that inserted itself into the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and temporarily produced a physical body. The level of mastery was also determined by the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl as well. Now that the effects of the pearl were over, it has turned back to its original state."

As soon as he figured out the rough state of affairs, he showed himself from the void. "It seems as if this is a key that can solve a lot of our problems."

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Chapter 742: Half-Master

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Lin Feng waited for a moment longer to let Luo Yao recover and get his bearings again.

From their brief interaction previously, Lin Feng could tell that this young man was determined, his mind was rational and he was cool-headed.

This event heavily affected him, but was not enough to cause him to lose his mind. For Luo Yao right now, the greatest problem was with his confusion with his sense of self and the many questions he had that went unanswered.

Luo Yao's soul was residing inside the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. Even though his thoughts were in a mess, he could still maintain a certain degree of composure and observe the outside world with objective eyes.

He began to realize that the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was flying through the void, as if it was trying to go somewhere.

After a while, it surged through layers of the void and a young man with a bronze skin and a purple robe appeared in front of him – it was Lin Feng.

Luo Yao's mouth gaped open. "Sir, so you were the one that buried this magical pearl into my soul?"

Luo Yao was not trying to chide or blame Lin Feng. Instead, his tone seemed to suggest he wanted Lin Feng to explain to him what was going on. "Do you know what happened to me?"

Lin Feng extended his hand and caught the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl with his palm. He channeled his consciousness into the golden pearl and started to communicate with Luo Yao. "I am aware of what happened to you through my connection to the golden pearl."

"It's true that I am the one that buried the golden pearl into your body. Before this, all I detected was that your soul was a little unusual and you were somehow fated with the golden pearl. This was the reason why I gave the pearl to you – everything else that happened afterwards was all part and parcel of your destiny."

Luo Yao nodded his head in acknowledgement. Even though the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl that Lin Feng left behind changed his life, and could even be said to have reversed his entire life before today. He lost his friendships and relationships with Mu Yu, Yun Jinxi and the others as well. However, he knew right from wrong and he did not resent Lin Feng for what happened.

If not for the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl reincarnating his demonic soul and remade a physical body for him, he would have perished under the claws and talons of the draconic onslaught. Even Yun Jinxi, Cao Zhendong and the others would have met unfortunate fates as well.

For self-centered people and people who liked to blame others for personal grievances, they would probably have harbored other thoughts and ideas. For example, Lin Feng could have beaten back the draconic invasion by himself and sent them back to the Luofu Mystical Island with great ease. That would have been a kind of 'happily ever after' scenario where nobody would get hurt, and Luo Yao himself would not turn into a demon and antagonize his human partners.

Luo Yao was not such a person. Everybody had only met Lin Feng once, and nobody knew whether they were friends or foes – there was simply no reason for Lin Feng to put himself in harm's way for them.

"Senior, What am I…" Luo Yao started to ask cautiously.

Lin Feng replied calmly, "That female cultivator was right. You are a demon, and you were born with a demonic soul. However, your demonic soul had been separated from your original physical body and inserted into the Samsara, where it was reborn in the body of a human. The Samsara did not eradicate your true spirit, therefore this is the original body of your demonic soul."

"As for your foundations and your race…" Lin Feng paused momentarily and said, "You look like a wolf on two legs, limbs and claws that resemble those of dragons, silver-white fur and hair, three horns on your head and purple light patterns all over your body."

"The Hades Race of the olden days have the very same physical features. I don't think you've heard of this race before when you were still a human as the entire race went extinct for thousands of years. But I think you have some form of recollection."

Luo Yao's soul shook a little and made a gesture that resembled a sigh. "You are absolutely right. I actually have an impression of the word 'Hades'. However, a lot of the images that flashed through my head were in bits and pieces and everything was disconnected."

Luo Yao started to laugh. "It seems as if my name should be… Big Luo Hades. This is my original name."

"Who would have known? The nickname that Yun Jinxi gave me when we were kids turns out to be my real name. What a coincidence! Haha!"

Even though he was laughing, Luo Yao's words were charged with agony and grief – there was not a single trace of happiness or satisfaction in his words.

Lin Feng watched him and thought to himself, "Big Luo Hades… The person that gave him this name would not have been so clueless like the little girl. That person must have had high hopes for this young man, and the person himself must have been extremely proud."

"The only thing is, there are still so many secrets hidden within his demonic soul. I wonder what they are?"

Lin Feng continued to watch Luo Yao's new form in front of him. Even though this young man did not resent Lin Feng, Lin Feng knew from the bottom of his heart that it was he who harbored ulterior motives. He wanted to see the rebirth of the Big Luo Hades, and he wanted to see it recover its original appearance.

If they had not met Lin Feng at all, the fates of the entire company would have been hard to predict. Mu Yu and the others could have simply perished in the initial attack by the three demonic lord stage powerhouses before Lin Feng stepped him. They could have met their demises in the chaotic battle that just transpired. However, it was a little different for the young Luo Yao. Whether it was the death of his human body or his rebirth into as a demon, it was unclear which part of his life was the preferable choice.

Especially so when Luo Yao had no choice at all in the entire procession of events. All he could do was watch on as everything unfurled before his very eyes.

While he suffered some form of psychological trauma from his experiences, he was still in awe about the way one's destiny can affect one's life. In the end, Luo Yao was not full of resentment or regret, and could still remember the single voice that resonated through his head as he was about to die.

"I cannot die! I want to save them! I want to save Senior Mu and Jinxi and the others!"

From that moment on and all the way till now, Big Luo was sure that he thirsted for power – at the very least, he thirsted for enough power to protect himself and the people around him.

This made him feel a certain degree of gratitude towards Lin Feng. Even though this came at a huge cost, but no pain no gain, right?

He turned towards Lin Feng and put his hands together as a sign of respect. "Thank you for saving my life.'

He asked again immediately after, "Senior, the flashbacks are all in bits and pieces and I can't fathom anything out of them. Can you explain them to me? What exactly happened to me?"

Lin Feng swept up the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and started flying towards the entrance to the Ying Sea as he spoke. "There are many things that you have to find out on your own. If you wish to see the truth, you have do it yourself. All I can do is give some pointers and give you some leads."

Big Luo had a sudden revelation as he answered, "Sorry, I was confused. I have yet to ask you how I should address you."

Lin Feng replied plainly, "I am the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Lin Feng. The body you before you now is just one of my avatars."

He glanced at Big Luo's soul inside the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and continued, "This avatar is forged from the Saros Steel Tree. However, the demonic form had yet to mature when I changed its physical quality. Therefore, it was cultivated in human form."

Big Luo was a little taken aback. "The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

He glimpsed Lin Feng from time to time as he started to feel a little uncomfortable. If not for the reawakening of his demonic soul and that his soul had a kind of arrogance that originated from the Hades Race, he would have gone on his knees as a sign of respect.

In the end, in comparison to his previous existence as a Qi cultivation stage cultivation, even people like the Luofu Holy Man was pretty much a dictator-like supreme being to the other cultivators in the East Sea and enjoyed a great degree of reverence. Lin Feng, on the other hand, was a giant of the entire human race and was somebody not even the Luofu Holy Man could match.

Even though the body before him was just one of Lin Feng's avatars, the respect and reverence that came from the bottom of his heart was the same.

Lin Feng said quietly, "I unintentionally acquired the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl, and it seems as if you two are fated to be together. I will gift it to you temporarily to contain your soul, but if you wish to use the magic item and form a physical body, you should know your previous experience that it's only temporary and you can't sustain it for too long."

"Every time you reform your physical form, you need exactly seven days to recover before you can make the next transformation."

Big Luo's soul ended up kneeling down before Lin Feng anyway. "Thank you for everything you've done for me and for my rebirth. I may useless and pathetic, but I hope to follow you around to repay my debts and I hope you can give me this opportunity."

He did not even dare to speak of becoming Lin Feng's disciple and whatnot. He had already received a great favor from Lin Feng, and his thinking was a little different now that he was starting to understand what being a beast of Hades meant. If Lin Feng were to take him in as a disciple, he could create a lot more unnecessary trouble for Lin Feng and would probably incur the public wrath of cultivators in the Divine Lands.

If he was simply another demon from a random race, then perhaps that would still be fine, but his identity as a beast of Hades was simply too unique.

The meaning in his words was similar to the position of Dao Zhiqiang. All he wanted to do was repay Lin Feng for his favors by doing whatever he could for Lin Feng, and he did not want to ask for too much.

Of course, he still thought like a human and did not even consider becoming someone's mount.

Lin Feng smiled plainly and said, "I can tell that your talent values must be way above average once your demonic form truly matures. Your personality has also exceeded my typical criteria, and you and I are fated after all. It's not too much to ask for even if I take you in as a disciple."

"If I wish to take someone in as a disciple, I act on my own volition and only my own."

He turned to look at Big Luo inside the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. "However, if you wish to realize the potential of your talents and not waste your superior talent and innate abilities, I will have to forge the authentic physical body of a beast of Hades for you. Only then can your soul and spirit truly harmonize and your potential be realized."

"A human form will hinder your development. Even if you ply the craft under my guidance, your progress will be a lot slower than otherwise."

Lin Feng continued to explain. "The Hades Race controls the most supreme mantra of the demons – the complete version of the Demonic Book of the Heavenly Tao. Even though you're no longer with your tribe, you don't have to worry as you will surely make your own discoveries if you put in the effort to understand the secrets of your identity hidden in the recesses of your memory."

Big Luo nodded his head as he listened while Lin Feng kept explaining. "Therefore, you can't be considered my disciple and I don't need you to follow me around either. You have your own journey to travel. If you have any questions or if you need help, I will be there to guide you."

"Thank you, Half-Master Lin." Big Luo knelt down once again. He addressed Lin Feng according to the traditional customs of the Divine Lands – this title was something one called a senior that was not officially one's mentor, but had guided that individual in one way or another.

There were two types of Half-Masters in the Grand Celestial World. One type was the one being the mentor did not see himself as a master even though the disciple perceived him as one. Their relationship was distinct, and while one was undoubtedly of a higher status than the other, they could be considered equals.

This scenario usually arose when a cultivator gave another one pointers and guided him along the latter's path of cultivation. However, they were both unable to commit to such a ceremonial and official relationship as mentor and disciple, thus they were generally considered to be half friends and half master-and-disciple at the same time.

Big Luo belonged to the second type.

Lin Feng had bestowed upon him favors of rebirth amongst others. Even though he was not Lin Feng's direct disciple and did not learn his mantras, Lin Feng still gave him pointers about the road he had to take in the future. It was quite clear that Lin Feng intended to help him re-forge his original physical body as well. Therefore, Big Luo perceived Lin Feng as his master but did not feel qualified to think himself as one of Lin Feng's disciples.

He would put in his all to carry out the instructions that Lin Feng would eventually task him with, along with Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and the others. However, he would be extremely low-key in public and would not call himself Lin Feng's disciple.

Perhaps it was more appropriate to call him the 'half-disciple' instead, but the traditions of the Grand Celestial World lumped both circumstances together and simply called it the 'Half-master relationship'.

"Let's go. The first step to your discovery of the truth is to step into the Ying Sea." Lin Feng was not too concerned about what he should call Big Luo, and not before long he was already inside the Ying Sea and flying along the surface of the misty ocean.

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Chapter 743: Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, Green Glass Jade Stand

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Lin Feng had eight direct disciples under his wing as of current. It would not be too excessive if he took in Big Luo as well. Lin Feng himself was not too concerned about the number of disciples he had. Even if he did care about traditional limits, nine was the appropriate number and he had yet to mentor a ninth and final one.

As for the negative effects from the news of him taking in Big Luo as a disciple spreading throughout the Divine Lands, which could possibly lead to further conflicts and furors between the human and demon races, Lin Feng was not too particularly concerned as well. Everything had pros and cons, but whether one was more than the other depended entirely on handling the matter afterwards and personal capability.

Still, Lin Feng had no intentions of passing on his mantras to Big Luo – at least not for now. This would not change even after reforming Big Luo's original physical body. Lin Feng planned to let Big Luo do his own cultivation and research, and be his guiding star when Big Luo was stuck or when he was in trouble.

As he watched Big Luo, a strange thought started to form in Lin Feng's head, and Big Luo was the most suitable for this.

It would be even more so if Big Luo was able to practice the Demonic Book of the Heavenly Tao in his cultivation of the demonic mantras.

Lin Feng had his Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues, thus he did not covet the Demonic Book of the Heavenly Tao. However, he had a theory and if he wanted to test it he needed to check against Big Luo and his practice of demonic mantras, which would act as a kind of case study.

This did not mean that he wanted to use Big Luo as a guinea pig for his experiments. This path that Big Luo was about to start on was the fastest way for him to discover his true identity. To Big Luo, this was more important than becoming Lin Feng's disciple and learning his mantras. It was a pleasant coincidence and beneficial for both parties as well.

Big Luo himself would be harmed, of course, and neither would he be subjected to some kind of external danger. Lin Feng would help him seek a better life and greater fortune as well. The only difference between him and Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and the others was that this path was molded and shaped by Lin Feng and not really of his own volition.

This was not consistent with Lin Feng's principles of taking in disciples, and this was the reason for Lin Feng's clarification that Big Luo could not be considered his direct disciple for now.

He was not about to sustain this relationship for the long term. He would give Big Luo the same choice he gave Xiao Yan and the others after Big Luo had discovered his true identity and background, and wherever he wanted to go and whatever he wanted to do was entirely up to Big Luo himself.

"It seems as if… He's really a key that can solve so many of my problems," Lin Feng thought to himself as he started to dodge the various dangerous illusions of the Ying Sea. Lin Feng could feel that the reappearance of the three mountains made the illusory powers of the Ying Sea a lot more potent and perilous.

As they were moving forward, Lin Feng suddenly felt a ripple of mana between the clouds and mist not too far from their location.

Once he was confident that it was not another illusion of the Ying Sea, he thought to himself, "People are fighting already?"

He split open the clouds and landed soundlessly at the side. It was an epic battle between a human and a demon – the demon was a Golden-Feathered Great Roc King, and the human was a nascent soul cultivator under the command of the crown prince of the Great Zhou Empire, Liang Yuan. This human cultivator seemed to be from the East Heaven's Gate, and his name was Shao Peng.

Both Liang Pan and the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu were present during this reappearance of the three mystical mountains. Liang Yuan remained behind to hold down the fort at Tianjing City and Shao Peng was here in his stead.

The Golden-Feathered Great Roc King flashed its original demonic body and transformed into a gigantic Great roc with feathers that flickered with golden light that surrounded Shao Peng in an instant.

Shao Peng's Celestial Spell of Elusiveness was exquisite, but it was incomplete. Besides people like Zhu Yi whose powers could not be measured by normal nascent soul stage standards, the Golden-Feathered Great Roc King was one of the only few opponents that he was unable to shake off.

This put him in a tight spot. The Golden-Feathered Great Roc King began to speak with its human voice, "Stop struggling and spill the news about the Green Glass Jade Stand. If you wait for me to capture you, I will just use the Soul-Searching Technique."

Shao Peng grunted and replied, "I just don't have time to stick around – you're condescending towards me now?"

He grunted again as he placed his palms together. Streams of green energy steamed out of his body and transformed into clear air as they drifted into the sky and formed dome like a tiny illusory world with stars that sparkled in the sky.

Shao Peng started to cast another spell as a giant door opened into the tiny transparent world and a great force of gravity came out from within.

The Golden-Feathered Great Roc King had that momentary lapse of concentration and was very nearly sucked inside. He immediately channeled his own natural abhijna and extended his wings to soar away but was locked in place by the door leading into the tiny transparent world.

The tiny transparent world immobilized the Golden-Feathered Great Roc King but was unable to suck him in completely, while the latter was also unable to break free as both entities entered a standoff.

Lin Feng was intensely amused at the sight. When Shao Peng first met Zhu Yi, he was captured right away and showed no attitude at all. However, there was some substance to this guy after all.

At least he was a disciple of the Heaven's Gate Sect and managed to pick up the Dark Boundary Curse technique from them. For a nascent soul cultivator, this performance was actually not too shabby.

Lin Feng was completely uninterested into the victor of this battle, however; what piqued his interest was the topic of their discussion.

The Green Glass Jade Stand – this was the name of a magic item.

Lin Feng was still interested in hoarding magic items after all. However, this still depended on the rarity and power of the magic item and normal ones definitely did not qualify.

This Green Glass Jade Stand was an exception. Its value was not in the magic item itself, but due to the fact that it was connected to the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea. This magic item was nothing extraordinary outside of the context of the Ying Sea.

The Green Glass Jade Stand's original owner was the Golden Hill Holy Man. This individual was one of the most active immortal soul stage cultivators during the Middle Ages, and even erected his own line of mantras and he named it the Way of the Golden Hill.

During the first appearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, the Golden Hill Holy Man was one of the more powerful cultivators who entered the Ying Sea with the hopes of taking control of at least one of the mountains.

However, he perished regrettably in the Ying Sea, and the Way of the Golden Hill was extinct ever since as he did not have any successors.

There were many powerful immortal soul cultivators like the Golden Hill Holy Man who perished in random events or in dangerous places like the Ying Sea over the course of history, so this piece of news was nothing new.

However, during the next appearance of the three mountains, there was a rumor that went around saying that people saw the Green Glass Jade Stand appear on top of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, one of the three mystical mountains.

The rumor was proven to be true as there were multiple witnesses. There were even people that came way after who reported the same sighting.

However, during the recent reappearances of the three mountains in the past few thousand years, the people that went by the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain could no longer locate the Green Glass Jade Stand.

People had a theory that this magic item did exist on top of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain before, but the people that wanted to take control of the mountain triggered its defensive mechanisms during their epic battle and caused the Green Glass Jade Stand to crash down from the mountain.

Even though the Green Glass Jade Stand was no longer on top of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, it had existed on it for more than a millennium after all. People postulated that it was likely that the retrieval of this item would be of great benefit to taming this particular mystical mountain. Therefore, the Green Glass Jade Stand became one of the most important leads to finding the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and was treated by all to be of substantial importance in this collective endeavor to find the mountain.

Lin Feng finally showed himself and exited the void. He extended his finger outwards, and the tiny transparent world formed by the Dark Boundary Curse instantly shattered to pieces.

Shao Peng's face turned pale as the Golden-Feathered Great Roc King broke free. He did not take the opportunity to ambush Shao Peng but turned towards Lin Feng with a wary look and said, "You…"

Before he could even finish his sentence, Lin Feng flicked his fingers and a stream of purple energy surged towards the Roc King like a gust of strong wind and blew him away and knocked him off his feet.

A haze of shock and indignation came over the Golden-Feathered Great Roc King. However, he did not dare to say anything else as he was aware that he was no match for Lin Feng. In the end, he had no choice but to suck it up as he extended his wings, tucked his tail and escaped into the far end of the horizon without a single moment of hesitation.

Shao Peng's heart skipped a beat as Lin Feng turned around to face him. He sighed inside before he bent over in greeting, "Greetings, leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

It appeared that Shao Peng had seen pictures of this avatar before. Lin Feng was not too concerned as he said calmly, "Speak."

Shao Peng knew the meaning behind Lin Feng's request, and he swallowed as he considered his options. Even though this avatar was only at the nascent soul stage, Lin Feng's display of power by blowing away the Golden-Feathered Great Roc King meant that there was no way he could escape or even put up a fight. He was probably unable to commit suicide even if he wanted to – whether he lived or died was no longer up to him.

Shao Peng did not have the courage to deceive Lin Feng and started to spill the beans. "The Green Glass Jade Stand…"

Before he could talk any more, his eyes started flashing with green light as his entire soul began to tremble violently.

Intense fear appeared in his eyes as he spat out two words with agonizing effort, "My… Lady…"

In the next moment, his nascent soul erupted into roaring flames!

Lin Feng watched everything happen in silence and shook his head. He slashed down with his right hand like a blade and the Fences of the Heavens Technique started to work its magic.

The flames on Shao Peng's nascent soul vanished into thin air in an instant, as if it had never appeared before.

"I..." He was already in the nascent soul stage, but Shao Peng broke out cold sweat anyway, as if he had just woken up from a horrifying nightmare.

In the deepest recesses of his soul, a mark of some sort gradually disappeared and a chilling voice could be faintly heard from within. The voice became a lot more distant over time and ultimately became completely silent.

Lin Feng turned to look at Shao Peng as if nothing ever happened and said again, "Speak."

Shao Peng could feel the bitterness in his mouth and his heart sank. "There is a myriad of illusions in the Ying Sea. Even though the space is not as chaotic as the Void Battleground, it's still considered highly unpredictable. I don't actually know where the exact location of the Green Glass Jade Stand is."

"We have received news that this treasure has appeared on a tiny island Northwest from the Ying Sea. This tiny island formed a triangle-like formation with two other islands, and not far from these three islands, there were three other small islands with a similar triangular formation. This is the only unique characteristic that distinguishes these islands from the others."

"The problem is that the Ying Sea is a vast as it gets. Furthermore, there are so many illusions as well and there may be more than one place with such a geographical layout. I haven't seen the islands myself, so I don't actually know how to distinguish it and neither do I know it's exact location."

The 'Northwest' territory of the Ying Sea was equally large and had an incalculable surface area. Cloudy mist circulated around as layers of illusions blanketed the entire place. Even third-level immortal soul powerhouses would face a great many obstacles.

This lead was still murky and unspecific. However, Lin Feng nodded once before departing into the void.

Shao Peng was rooted to the ground momentarily before he realized that he was finally free. Still, he knew that he could not relax and lower his guard as the question of where he should go now remained a conundrum.

Lin Feng flew across the sky as he thought about what happened. He was observing Shao Peng's emotions as he was reporting and Lin Feng was positive Shao Peng was not trying to deceive him. Even though it was just a rumor that passed into his ears, it was still a helpful lead nonetheless.

Even if the Green Glass Jade Stand was able to run, it would be obstructed by the great many limitations of the Ying Sea compared to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, which was able to move around freely. With a rough designated area to search was a lot easier than otherwise.

Furthermore, the task of controlling the mountains was not as simple as just finding them. One probably had to battle a great many people to gain control of the mountains. Therefore, the success of the victor would depend on personal capability after all and the Green Glass Jade Stand was likely to be something that increased one's chances with the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

After flying for a long time, and meeting several human cultivators and demons who heard the same piece of news along the way, Lin Feng knew that he was reaching his destination.

The triangle-shaped islands finally appeared in sight. Even though it was covered by thick layers of cloudy mist, Lin Feng could feel that there was a raging battle not too far from here.

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Chapter 744: Archenemies Are Bound To Cross Paths

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"Second Senior, how far away are we?"

A tall, skinny and dark-skinned youth was positioned above the rolling clouds of the Ying Sea – it was Lin Feng's sixth disciple, Li Yuanfang.

He was sitting on top of the Black Dragon Jieyu with his legs crossed, and Zhu Yi was sitting beside him along with the Jade Dragon Baiguang, who was in her human form.

Zhu Yi's eyes were wide open. His gaze was endless, much like the abyss in the deep sea, yet tinged with raging tides and monstrous waves as rays of light flickered ceaselessly.

There was a shadow of a giant turtle drifting in the void above his head. It was so immense that even the Jieyu, in his original dragon form, paled in comparison.

The eyes of this giant turtle seemed to contain the boundless oceans as well.

Innumerable glyphs and runes appeared in one moment and vanished in the next on the turtle shell and resembled the undulating air bubbles in the ocean.

These glyphs and characters were combining together continuously, and they seemed to form a giant formation of the eight trigrams.

"There are too many dangerous illusions in the Ying Sea and they are truly irritating. Thankfully, the information we received previously gave us a rough location and we can still find it." Zhu Yi's eyes were still fathomless as he cast his gaze across the skies. One could see, upon closer inspection, that there were patterns of the eight trigrams spiraling around within his pupils.

His tone was not so tense and was comparatively more relaxed. "We're getting closer. We just have to proceed forward in the same direction and we should reach our destination within a thousand miles, give or take."

As he spoke, his expression changed a little. "Oh, someone's already there. Looks like we're not the only ones that received this piece of news – everybody seems to be equally interested in the Green Glass Jade Stand."

Li Yuanfang was calm as he said, "Judging from the current situation, the Green Glass Jade Stand is lost somewhere, and is the treasure that is the most closely connected to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. It's possibly the most important and valuable lead in finding the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as well."

The company broke through the clouds and mist at breakneck speed and the three islands that formed a triangle appeared in sight in no time.

Zhu Yi glanced downwards and noticed immediately that there were flashes of golden light on one of the islands.

The golden light came from a small stand that was made entirely from green jade. As the green light flickered, voluminous numbers of golden runes surged into vision and released blinding bursts of golden light.

However, the permeation of golden light was intercepted at a radius of about a hundred meters away from the tiny island, as if there was some invisible barrier enveloping the island.

As the rays of light came into contact with this invisible barrier, they started to twist and refract. This made the whole thing look like an illusion and very surreal.

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang immediately knew what was happening. "There's a giant illusion array surrounding the island, and the Green Glass Jade Stand is trapped by this illusion."

At this point, there were already five separate parties on a stand-off inside the island.

The people from the first pack were old acquaintances. They were cultivators from the Great Qin Empire, with the Vivant Joy Holy Man taking point and even the royal princess Shi Xingyun was among their ranks.

Of the four remaining parties, two were demon parties from the Barren Expanses and the remaining two were human cultivators.

One of the demon parties comprised Golden-Feathered Great Rocs. The leader of the flock was not a Great Roc, however, but a bird-type demon that was enveloped with black mist from top to bottom – it was the Sun-Swallowing Condor, who pledged his allegiance to the Golden Roc Grand Sage.

The rolling black mist around him seemed like it could consume all the light in the world. Even the group of Golden Rocs behind him kept themselves at a safe distance behind him.

The other party was a group of dragons. The leader of the pack was a Thunder Dragon at the Undying Demonic Soul stage.

The dragon race had varying abhijnas and talents depending on their breed. Jieyu was born into the Bastille Black Dragon Tribe and Baiguang was born into the Jade Dragon Tribe while the Falling Waves Dragon King came from the Sea Dragon Tribe.

This Thunder Dragon was called the Red Dragon King, and the natural talent and abhijna of the Thunder Dragons was the ability to control and wield the Eight Barrens Divine Lightning.

In the olden days, there used to be a powerful Thunder Dragon that managed to cultivate the Eight Barrens Divine Lightning in his possession to a level so formidable that its power rivaled even that of the Thunder Lord's Great Way of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and the Emperor Tai's Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Thunderbolt.

Even though the Red Dragon King could not possibly compare to his old ancestors and predecessors, he was already in the Undying Demonic Soul Stage and his power was already quite incredible.

Of the remaining two human parties, one particular group was wearing uniforms with long white robes etched with pictures of blue waves and they had longswords strapped around their waists.

The sword aura around them gave a feeling that resembled the endless vastness of the oceans.

The typical sharpness and acuteness of sword auras was generally known to be opposites with the concept of power of vast oceans, but now both were on prominent and harmonious display at the same time.

There was no need to look at the leader of the group to know that this party of humans were from the Vast Sea Sword Sect.

Still, the leader of the group that was standing off against the Red Dragon King, the Sun-Swallowing Condor and the Vivant Joy Holy Man was a middle-aged man who was one of the four great immortal soul sword cultivators from the Vast Sea Sword Sect – the Tidal Sword Elder, who was in the first-level immortal soul stage.

Zhu Yi was still familiar with the Vast Sea Sword Sect and the Tidal Sword Elder, but the last party of humans was a lot less recognizable.

Everybody wore green robes and looked a lot more casual than the cultivators from the Vast Sea Sword Sect. The vastness of their auras and energies were no less formidable than that of the Vast Sea Sword Sect cultivators, and were even slightly superior.

Facing them was like facing the colossal heavens.

Zhu Yi's turned his gaze towards the leader of this group of humans. His eyes sparkled as his eyes entered that fathomless state once again.

He knew this person too well. All those years ago, when he was still living inside the residence of the Marquis of Xuanji, he had to visit this person's pavilion every morning just to greet her. According to Zhu Hongwu, this lady was his stepmother.

The rules of the House stated that he could only address his biological mother, Meng Bingyun, as 'aunt'.

Zhu Yi's expression was calm as he quietly watched the lady in front of him that seemed like she was only in her twenties. "It's been a long time, Lady Shao."

She felt a little different from the First Lady in his memory. Her features and physical characteristics were still the same, but she seemed a little younger than before.

Lady Shao of the House of the Marquis of Xuanji used pills and magic items to stall the onset of age and maintain her youth. However, her body was mortal after all, and even if she took special care to look young, the irrevocable passage of time would leave marks on her body anyway.

He could not really tell the age of this lady in front of him. One would think that she was only a little older than twenty with a quick glance, but upon closer inspection, she seemed more like a teenage girl that was not even twenty years old.

Their demeanors were also different. The Lady Shao back in the House of the Marquis of Xuanji was majestic and dignified with the disposition like a true 'mother of the house'. Yet, she seemed like the creeping vines spiraling around a giant tree. Her image of strength and power stemmed from the fact that she was the official wife of the Grand Advisor of the Great Zhou Empire, Zhu Hongwu.

Everything came from her husband, and therefore her status, as well as the rule of law in the Great Zhou Empire.

The Lady Shao in front of him now had an image of strength and power that clearly originated from her own cultivation.

She was just standing there casually – nothing like the old Lady Shao in the House of the Marquis of Xuanji, who was a lot concerned with her image and how dignified she looked. Still, no matter how casual she appeared, the other parties had to accord her with the same level of respect as before.

She gave off a feeling that heaven was one with the earth, and displayed a magical aura that seemed to integrate her with the heavens. The aura that came from her was also vast like the sprawling heavens.

The only thing about her that was no different from before was the fact that she looked exactly the same. Surprisingly, Lady Shao was also an immortal soul stage cultivator now.

Zhu Yi's instincts told him that even though there were five immortal soul stage cultivators who were all pretty much at the same level of cultivation – first-level immortal soul stage or first-level Undying Demonic Soul Stage – this lady in front of him was the most powerful.

He suddenly recalled Lin Feng's remarks about the Mystical Way of the Heavenly Being. "The Mystical Way of the Heavenly Being has a good track record with helping immortal soul stage cultivators ascend to the next level. If she has already mastered the Mystical Way of the Heavenly Being, then she probably has a good chance at breaking through to the Virtual Entity Stage."

Even though they were in silent tension, everybody still turned to look at Zhu Yi and company.

The lady stared at Zhu Yi and looked him up and down. "Meng Bingyun is useless, but she has a great son – definitely superior to my own sons and daughters."

As she spoke, a cold look flashed across the face of a good-looking girl behind Lady Shao before she lowered her head.

"Shao Qingcheng, eh?" Zhu Yi nodded his head. "So that's your real name. But it doesn't make a difference to me."

"The person that made my mother vomit blood before she passed away has always been you. Avatar or your original body – it's the same."

"Even though Meng Bingyun was in love with Zhu Hongwu to the point that she broke her own heart, she has always been trying to seduce him even till the day she met her end." Shao Qingcheng replied plainly. "It was never meant to be her path. Our interests have always been at odds, and her fate had been determined a long time ago. If I didn't do it, Hongwu would have done it himself."

Her voice was plain and monotonous. However, she possessed a kind of self-confidence that stemmed from her own belief that her reasoning was impeccable. It was very different from the domesticated Lady Shao of the old, and was even a little similar to the same attitude that Zhu Hongwu possessed.

Zhu Yi's expression was equally calm. He was not upset at all – but this very fact sent chills down everyone's spine. "You murdered her just because your paths were different? You're not so different from that father of mine after all."

His turned his gaze towards the young girl behind Lady Shao who was still looking down at her toes and said quietly, "Zhu Yong and Zhu Le are the direct heirs to the position of the Marquis of Xuanji, but this person should be the person that you and my nurtured as your successor, am I right?"

"Truly a chip off the old block as well. You don't have to lower your head anymore. I can already sense your hostility and how badly you wish to murder me," Zhu Yi placed his hands behind his back as he continued, "If you wish to fight against your own flesh and blood, do go ahead. Just remember that you won't have a chance to regret that decision should you make it."

The young girl abruptly raised her head and shot a cold look at Zhu Yi.

Her name was Shao Huayang and her surname followed that of her mother. She was the child of Zhu Hongwu and Shao Qingcheng, and had plied the craft under the guidance of her mother ever since she was a little kid, and even Zhu Hongwu himself helped her along from time to time. Her talent values, potential and current level of ability were far greater than that of her siblings and cousins of the same generation.

She was already a nascent soul stage cultivator at this point. Even though she had a battle prowess that was superior to most others at the same level of mastery, her reputation was still nothing much compared to Zhu Yi's. The kind of power that Zhu Yi possessed was truly extraordinary and unbelievable – on the same day that he sat for the exams at Tianjing City, Zhu Yi defeated and killed a nascent soul advanced stage grandmaster when he was only in the aurous core advanced stage.

This was the reason why she refused to answer even though Zhu Yi had already called her out. Still, the murderous and hostile look in her eyes was still there, and she did not even try to hide it.

Shao Qingcheng placed her hand in front of her daughter and said softly, "You're no match for him. I made a mistake for not letting you leave the East Sea back then, but now you cannot engage in battle with him. You have to follow my lead."

Shao Huayang answered her mother with a voice-projected message and exclaimed, "Mother, I've said before so long ago that we could not let this child live! If we 'handled' him all those years ago, then I won't have to suck it up like I have to right now!"

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Chapter 745: Issuing The Challenge

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Shao Qingcheng was still calm as she responded to her daughter's furious outburst. "Zhu Yi was lucky to have the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders as his master. He has reached quite an impressive standard since then. However, you have been cultivating for a much longer period of time than he has and yet you have been left in the dust – you should reflect as well."

"Even though the Celestial Sect of Wonders have their own unique traits and abilities, you have been brought up and nurtured with tireless effort from your parents, and our mantras and abhijnas are equally powerful as well."

Shao Qingcheng continued softly, "Even though you've experienced a lot more these few years, your life has been too smooth and easy after all."

"It's natural that you're upset. However, you can't let this kind of emotions eat into your willpower and your mind. You have to treat this like a lesson and return this humiliation to him a hundred times over in the future. Only cowards and weaklings curse and complain all the time."

Shao Huayang took a deep breath as her expression mellowed and the fire in her eyes disappeared. "I understand. We will see who reaches the immortal soul stage first. I will swallow today's humiliation and return it to him a hundred times over another day!"

Shao Qingcheng smiled at her daughter's revelation. "That's the way. Meng Bingyun was unable to defeat me, and this unholy child of hers will not be able to defeat my daughter as well."

She turned to look at Zhu Yi calmly and said, "Xuan… Yi? Is that the title you gave yourself on the invitation letter you sent to Liang Yuan?"

"Zhu Hongwu has always wanted to teach you a lesson himself. However, if you're here today for the Green Glass Jade Stand as well, then let me be the judge of your abilities."

She was an immortal soul stage cultivator, but even if she wanted to murder Zhu Yi on the spot, she had to take Lin Feng into consideration.

Even though Lin Feng was not too concerned about Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi facing off against first-level immortal soul stage cultivators, that was just his own personal opinion. To outsiders, Xiao Yan and company were only nascent soul stage cultivators after all.

According to traditional perceptions, Shao Huayang challenging Zhu Yi to a duel was reasonable and perfectly normal. Even if Zhu Yi lost the battle, it was his own fault for not training hard enough or that he was simply not good enough. However, if Shao Qingcheng was the one initiating the challenge, it would seem like she was trying to bully an obviously weaker opponent.

Lin Feng was particularly sensitive to this kind of actions.

However, if Zhu Yi was the one that antagonized her and initiated the challenge, then it would be something else altogether. Immortal Soul stage cultivators possessed a certain degree of self-confidence and dignity, and she was not about to let Zhu Yi get away with humiliating her and her daughter just because he had a powerful master and a powerful sect behind him. Her turning a blind eye to something like that was unthinkable.

"I will never violate you for nothing. However, if you start showing me humiliating disrespect then I'll just murder you on the spot. I don't care if this triggers your master or not. If I can't beat him, then I'll just run. If I can't run, then I'll just compensate in any way I can. If I can't compensate him, then it'll just be a fight to the death."

Even if it would cost them their lives, most immortal soul stage cultivators would never let such impudence of nascent soul stage cultivators go unpunished. Turning a blind eye to something like this was simply unimaginable for people like them.

Of course, it would be completely different if the immortal soul stage discovered that this nascent soul stage cultivator was much more powerful than the usual. At least, if the immortal soul stage cultivator knew that this nascent soul stage cultivator was strong enough to match his or her own abilities, then he or she would have a different mentality.

This was the reason why the Freshwater Holy Man, the Falling Waves Dragon King and the others treated Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi the same way before they really knew the extent of their abilities.

No matter how much Shao Qingcheng disliked Zhu Yi, she would never initiate the challenge. The only exception to that possibility was that the Great Zhou Empire and the East Heaven's Gate was engaged in an all-out battle with the Celestial Sect of Wonders – only then would she not hold back.

She was here to retrieve the Green Glass Jade Stand. If Zhu Yi was here for the Green Glass Jade Stand as well, then he would be in her way, and the winner would be the most powerful individual – all the typical concerns of immortal soul stage cultivators bullying nascent soul stage cultivators and whatsoever were out of the question.

Zhu Yi was still standing upright on Jieyu's back. His long purple robe swayed in the wind as he answered calmly, "You wish to see what I can do? That's perfect as I also wish to see what you're made of."

"The Heaven's Gate Sect were considered one of the more reputable sects in ancient times. The reappearance of the Heaven's Gate mantras has made me very happy indeed. Although I do wonder, exactly how much of your East Heaven's Gate has received the true teachings of the Heaven's Gate Sect?"

Everybody was slightly taken aback at his words. Even though they were all aware of the notorious reputations of Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others, it was still rather shocking and unbelievable that he dared to challenge an immortal soul stage cultivator when he was only in the nascent soul stage.

Of everybody on the island, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the other cultivators from the Great Qin Empre were the most familiar with Zhu Yi's true abilities. Even though they were uncertain about the outcome of this battle – Zhu Yi was only in the nascent soul intermediate stage – they were still relatively cool and collected about it all.

Shi Xingyun glanced at Zhu Yi as she shook her head and laughed. "That's how he does things."

The Sun-Swallowing Grand Sage and the Red Dragon King were a little surprised about the news of the East Heaven's Gate bringing back part of the teachings of the Heaven's Gate Sect. Even though they knew that Shao Qingcheng and the others were quite powerful, they had yet to officially battle each other and were still unsure of their adversaries' backgrounds and identities.

Now that they knew, these two powerful demons grew a little anxious. The name of the Heaven's Gate Sect was relatively renown inside the Barren Expanses even though it had been extinct for a long time.

The cultivators from the Great Qin Empire and the Vast Sea Sword Sect shared the same astonishment. Only the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Tidal Sword Elder remained expressionless as they probably knew about this beforehand.

The higher levels in the hierarchy of the Great Qin Empire were naturally familiar with the existence of the East Heaven's Gate. This was a powerful force under the wing of the Great Zhou Empire, and it was inevitable that they would draw the attention of the Great Qin Empire. Only the insider details were unbeknownst to them.

The Vast Sea Sword Sect were a big sect that relied and leaned towards the Great Zhou Empire, just like the East Heaven's Gate. They were both located on the oceans as well, so it was not surprising that they knew something about it. However, the East Heaven's Gate was extremely low-profile, so the Tidal Sword Elder knew nothing much other than their existence.

The East Heaven's Gate cultivators behind Shao Qingcheng, including Shao Huayang, all stared at Zhu Yi with mocking eyes.

The reappearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea could be said to be of national importance to the Great Zhou Empire. It was also a great opportunity for the Heaven's Gate Sect, and both parties had already decided to go full force in this endeavor.

The East Heaven's Gate Sect were prepared for the day they would show themselves to the world. Therefore, they were not too concerned about Zhu Yi exposing their identities. Everyone reacted with mocking laughter as, in their eyes, Zhu Yi engaging in battle with Shao Qingcheng was like a mantis stopping a car with its arm.

"Very well. Do bear in mind that you won't have a chance to regret this decision as well." Shao Qingcheng's expression remained the same. She opened her eyes a little wider as she stared straight at Zhu Yi. The amount of pressure she exuded was enough to cause Jieyu, Baiguang and Li Yuanfang to frown with solemn anticipation.

She did not make her move after finishing her statement, but turned towards the Green Glass Jade Stand somewhere else on the island.

Zhu Yi was not in a hurry to start the duel as well. Even though his challenge was shot back at him, he still kept in mind the true reason for their venture into the Ying Sea. The Green Glass Jade Stand was connected to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, and thus it was indirectly connected to the progress of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Private matters could not be mixed up with professional ones. Zhu Yi was very clear about this, and he was not about to give anything up.

They both knew that if they engaged in battle right away, it would only benefit the other four parties for free.

The fight could only happen after the illusion surrounding the island had been broken, and after the Green Glass Jade Stand was in their possession. Everybody else was also here for the Green Glass Jade Stand, and it was inevitable that conflicts would break out all around.

The other immortal soul stage individuals were not too surprised that Zhu Yi and Shao Qingcheng were not too eager to start their duel.

The Vivant Joy Holy Man said, "Let's break the illusion above the island before anything else."

Even if conflict would eventually arise, everybody also wanted to make sure that the item was secure.

This stand-off was bad news for everyone in the long run. After all, more and more parties who heard the same piece of news would be coming into the island.

The more people there were, the lower their chance of retrieving the Green Glass Jade Stand for themselves.

The Tidal Sword Elder was in agreement and said nothing more. He pointed a finger towards the island beneath him and the ocean water around the island started to churn. Raging tides and waves condensed into sword-like water pillars and shot up towards the illusion around the island.

There were multiple 'water-swords', and they all looked rather thin and weak but nobody dared to underestimate the sword techniques of an immortal soul stage sword cultivator.

The thin 'water-swords' embodied the powers of space and were formed through the integration of large volumes of ocean water. They were a lot harder than most metals in the world, and under the guidance of the Tidal Sword Elder, each and every sword was as sharp as ever.

Normal nascent soul stage cultivators would not have been able to repel even a single water-sword, and would probably be killed on the spot.

However, the water-swords pierced the illusion but did nothing other than go directly through it. The water-swords went through the island as well, and made it seem like the island itself was virtual.

The Tidal Sword Elder was still calm as he changed the stance of his swords. The tough and sharp water-swords turned into soft and malleable water pillars as they layered upon each other and encircled the illusion from the outside. A giant sphere of water with a radius of more than ten miles appeared in an instant.

The Tidal Sword Elder started to erode the illusion bit by bit as crackling sounds could be heard as his mana clashed against the illusion.

Even though the illusion that had the Green Glass Jade Stand trapped was powerful, it was not too much trouble for immortal soul stage cultivators. As long as they were careful and avoided getting trapped inside the illusions themselves, they would be able to destroy the illusions from the outside.

Since everybody was in in consensual agreement, the group of immortal soul stage cultivators were decisive as everybody started to team up with the Tidal Sword Elder to corrupt the illusion together.

A ball of green light appeared in the hands of the Vivant Joy Holy Man. The ball of green light drifted around in the sphere of water before transforming into a small tree and started to grow on the ground.

Complex and intricate roots started to reach deep down into the illusion and started to consume the spiritual energies of the illusion for their own nutrition like a parasite. The illusion was getting weaker and weaker as the small tree was growing bigger and bigger.

The Sun-Swallowing Condor howled once and the black mist surrounding him expanded outwards and started enveloping the illusion from the outside as the latter eventually became a patch of black.

The Red Dragon King channeled the Eight Barrens Divine Lightning and fired lightning strikes after lightning strikes that caused the illusion to tremble violently.

Zhu Yi looked up at Shao Qingcheng as she raised her right hand and seven streams of blood-red flames started to condense in the center of her palm. The ball of fire spiraled round and round, and transformed into a rotating flaming wheel in an instant.

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Chapter 746: Celestial True Spell of the Nine Planets

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The crimson-red wheel of flame, spinning rapidly on Shao Qingcheng's palm, smashed towards the little island below, as if the sun itself was hurtling towards the earth.

Zhu Yi gazed at this scene with nonchalant calm, as beside him, Li Yuanfang asked quietly, "Second Senior…this, is the Heaven's Gate's Fire Wheel of Mars?"

"That's right. Now, it is only activated by Shao Qingcheng's own Mana and has not drawn upon the power of the star Mars, or else, its power would be even greater," Zhu Yi replied. "The Heaven's Gate's Solar Flare and Septem Brilliance Flame, despite not being included in the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires of the universe, are nonetheless extremely extraordinary. They are by no means inferior to the Great Thunderclap Temple's Vairocana Pristine Cleansing Fire – one can say that they are two of the most fearsome fires below the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires."

"One can still make the argument that for the Septem Brilliance Flame, without drawing upon the massive strength of the star Mars, its power is ultimately limited. However, the Solar Flare should never be underestimated – although it is not unmoving and unassailable like the Vairocana Pristine Cleansing Fire, but its destructiveness is even greater."

Since they came to know about the existence of the East Heaven's Gate, Zhu Yi and the other disciples all had a crash course on information about the Heaven's Gate from Lin Feng. Therefore, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang both identified that Shao Qingcheng's Abhijna was one of the secret spells of the Heaven's Gate, the Fire Wheel of Mars.

Before the Celestial Sect of Wonders, in the entire history of human cultivation, the Heaven's Gate was Sect that experienced the fastest rise of any Holy Land-level Sect, ever. In the span of mere thousands of years, it reached its apogee, synonymous with power and glory across the Divine Lands.

However, fast as its rise was, its fall came just as swiftly. After weathering, consecutively, the dethronement of the Emperor of Violence and the following War of the Two World, it eventually met its end, becoming the brightest falling star in the long history of the Divine Lands.

Apart from its many masters and numerous opportunities, the rapid, forceful rise of the Heaven's Gate can also be attributed to this Sect's style – determined and trailblazing, but also accepting of any and all. In the Grand Celestial World, be it human or Demon power, any powerful mantra or spell will draw their interest, broadening their minds and igniting inspiration, leading to the creation of one incredible Abhijna and spell after another.

Powerful magic that drew upon the massive strength of the stars and planets, for example, attracted the attention of the Heaven's Gate, with the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, one of the greatest Demon formations, and the Xian Heaven Holy Stellar Light in the Great Void Sect's Great Void Nine Heavenly Spells being foremost among them.

After that, the masters of the Heaven's Gate ceaselessly pondered and studied them, and, with their own Great Heavenly Mantra as the base, they created the Celestial True Spell of the Nine Planets. It also called on the power of the Nine Planets of the Heavens; what's more, it was not a formation, but a spell.

The Fire Wheel of Mars, having been cultivated to its limit, could stimulate and call upon the power of the planet-star Mars, with the results being literally earth-shaking.

However, casting such a spell with an individual's power was much more difficult than drawing on the great power of the stars with the aid of a formation.

Even until the ultimate destruction of the Heaven's Gate, its Celestial True Spell of the Nine Planets still has not been completed. The two dark planets – Rahu and Ketu – could not yet be activated, so strictly speaking, this spell should instead be called the Celestial True Spell of the Seven Planets.

However, according to the conception of the old masters of the Heaven's Gate, if the Abhijnas for the last two planets were to be completed as well, then, with the simultaneous activation of the Abhijnas of the Nine Planets, one could utilize tremendous power almost on par with the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation with the spell of a single individual.

The strength of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was affected by the treasures used in the set-up; the Celestial True Spell of the Nine Planets, too, was affected by the level of cultivation of the user. However, if it was to be used by the top masters of the Heaven's Gate, it would hardly be inferior to the perfect version of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formations.

"Who knows how many of the Celestial True Spell of the Seven Planets have been inherited by the East Heaven's Gate?" Zhu Yi gazed, calmly, at Shao Qingcheng's Fire Wheel of Mars as it landed on the surface of the illusion atop the island. However, it did not attempt to brute-force its way through with the force of impact or explosion; instead, the wheel of fire rapidly spun, gradually wearing down the strength of the illusion.

Zhu Yi wasn't propping up his feet either; as he formed an arcane gesture with his fingers, the giant turtle illusion above his head fell towards the island as well.

None of the six would reveal their trump cards – that would only benefit the others at one's own expense. However, no one could stand back and use the others as cannon fodder either – or else, none would shed a tear when the rest allied together and expelled you after the illusion opened.

Everyone was a part of this gentleman's agreement, with Zhu Yi being no exception either.

As it fell, the giant turtle was continuously expanding in size; in the end, it grew to almost the same size as the entire island. It simply lay on the surface of the illusion and moved no further.

However, the eyebrows of Shao Qingcheng, the Tidal-Watching Sword Elder, the Red Dragon King, and the rest all twitched simultaneously. All of them could clearly sense that, being pressured like this by the giant turtle, the island illusion was gradually becoming dormant, as if falling into a deep sleep.

The activity of the illusion's power was declining; internally, the circulation of spiritual energy continuously slowed, until it was almost still.

The countless runes that formed the pattern of the Eight Trigrams on the back of the giant turtle began to flash incessantly as well. Arcane power and Concepts began stirring as they continuously derived the transformations of the illusion, identifying the nature and weaknesses of the illusion as well.

At this instant, to everyone, the illusion on the island was no longer a mystery at all. Once an illusion's mirages and transformations were disrupted and its true nature revealed, not even Nascent Soul, Aurous Core or Foundation Establishment cultivators would fear it, not to mention these Immortal Soul cultivators.

Now, even the Vivant Joy Holy Man glanced at Zhu Yi with surprise. "No wonder he dared to challenge the Immortal Soul Shao Qingcheng with Intermediate Nascent Soul cultivation…such power and Mana is truly outstanding."

The eyes of the Tidal Sword Elder, the Red Dragon King, and the Solar Sage flashed slightly as well. Although Zhu Yi was the last to make his move, but it was this Intermediate Nascent Soul junior who was most crucial in breaking the island illusion.

However, once the illusion was destroyed, the Green Glass Jade Stand on the island was naturally released from its predicament as well. Flashing a green shadow across the sky, it was about to open the Void and escape.

The Solar Sage first let out a long roar; turbulent black fog obscured the sky as he revealed his true Sun-Swallowing Condor body and surrounded the green shadow.

The green shadow darted and sprinted around, but was nonetheless unable to penetrate the black fog and escape – without reaching Mahayana realm, magic treasures without a master were unable to use the full extent of their strength. At this instant, facing the Solar Sage, it was left without any power to resist.

The others, however, would never sit and watch the Solar Sage leave with the Green Glass Jade Stand. Waves rolled and glimmered in the eyes of the Tidal Sword Elder like a stretch of the immensely azure sea, as the faint roar of the tide emanated from within his pupils.

The next moment, a streak of blue sword radiance shot out from the Tidal Sword Elder's right pupil. Sweeping up an enormous tidal wave, it slashed into the black fog surrounding the Solar Sage's body.

Furious, the Solar Sage refused to yield; as the black fog suppressed the Green Glass Jade Stand, it enveloped the blue sword radiance.

The Tidal Sword Elder made a guiding sword gesture with his fingers. The azure sword brilliance has already transformed into a flying sword radiating brilliance; shimmering with a blue glow and with the sword resonance seamlessly weaved into the sound of the tide, it swerved agilely in the black fog, encompassing the immense power of the bottomless seas as it blasted through the Solar Sage's black fog.

Simultaneously, below, the tides surged in the limitless oceans around the island. Echoing the sword of the Tidal Sword Elder, countless streaks of watery swords rose into the sky as they shattered the Spatial dimension, attacking the Solar Sage together with the Tidal Sword Elder's magic treasure, the Oceanic Tide-Raising Sword.

"As annoying as the Sea Dragon Clan." The Solar Sage's expression changed slightly.

On the vast oceans, doubtlessly, the Sea Dragon Clan and the Vast Sea Sword Cultivators had an immense home-ground advantage. Vast, inexhaustible deposits of Water Elemental Spiritual Energy – this sort of home-ground advantage was so great as to be able to influence the results of the battle.

Left with no choice, the Solar Sage was forced to abandon the Green Glass Jade Stand first and concentrate on defense, and was only then able to successfully neutralize this wave of attacks from the Tidal Sword Elder.

However, before the Tidal Sword Elder could retrieve the Green Glass Jade Stand, a streak of lightning flashed past and already swept up the Green Glass Jade Stand – the Red Dragon King has made his move.

The Dragon King laughed thunderously. "You can stop the Sun-Swallowing Condor, but you can't stop me!"

The green-purple thunderbolts radiated outwards, completely unconcerned with being surrounded by the Tidal Sword Elder's watery swords. The Red Dragon King's Eight Barrens Divine Lighting shattered one watery sword after another as he swept up the Green Glass Jade Stand and was about to escape.

"Red Dragon King, please do not take your leave yet," The Vivant Joy Holy Man smiled slightly. Although not on the best of terms with Shao Qingcheng and the Tidal Sword Elder, but they were all humans, after all, and the Ying Sea Passage was located in the human world of the Divine Lands. If the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was to be obtained by the Demons, it would not look good for any of them.

Numerous green vines appeared in the air, blocking the Red Dragon King's path. The Red Dragon King, controlling the Eight Barrens Divine Lighting, shattered one vine after another.

However, it seemed as if there was no end to the green vines; some of the vines were destroyed, but the other ones that did not feel the direct force of the thunderbolts, instead, grew even more rapidly as if being nourished.

After being hindered by the Vivant Joy Holy Man like this, the Red Dragon King was no longer able to walk away. Above his head, Shao Qingcheng's Fire Wheel of Mars was already hurtling straight at him with devastating force.

The Red Dragon King let out a snort; as lightning flashed across his body and the roars of the dragon resonated across the sky, he showed his true body and transformed into a kilometers-long purple-scaled Celestial Dragon. Across his entire body, scales opened and shut; the power of his thunder grew even stronger as he forcibly withstood Shao Qingcheng's Fire Wheel of Mars while continuously destroying the millions of trees created by the Vivant Joy Holy Man's spell.

"The best of the Dragon Clan are truly remarkable," Shao Qingcheng said calmly as she made a guiding arcane gesture with her right hand. Instantly, the sky above began to waver like ripples in a pond.

The sky appeared as if an illusory crack was torn in it; in the crack, a sea of stars shined and flickered.

Within them, a fiery red star glowed brighter and brighter, and its size appeared larger and larger as well, giving the illusion of smashing downwards, closer and closer to the people below.

Yinghuo – Mars, one of the Nine Planets of the Heavens!

The power of Mars's starlight was projected onto Shao Qingcheng's Fire Wheel of Mars, which instantly strengthened her Abhijna as it continuously shattered the Red Dragon King's protective Eight Barrens Divine Lightning.

The clash of thunder and fire caused unceasing explosions; the skies above the island was enveloped completely in lightning and flames.

Despite his ferocity, the Red Dragon King still felt considerable pressure withstanding the attacks of the Vivant Joy Holy Man and Shao Qingcheng alone, especially since he still has to divert energy to suppressing the Green Glass Jade Stand.

Left with no choice, the Red Dragon King was also forced to abandon the Green Glass Jade Stand first and concentrate on handling the attacks.

The Green Glass Jade Stand changed hands yet again as the Tidal Sword Elder, in a streak of blue sword brilliance, charged straight at it.

Shao Qingcheng's eyes flashed; as she controlled the Fire Wheel of Mars with her right hand, her left hand formed a different arcane gesture. Extreme coldness, as if from the depths of the Netherworld Hell, diffused outwards, immediately blocking the Tidal Sword Elder's Vast Seas Way of the Sword.

Celestial True Spell of the Seven Planets, Abhijna of Chenxing - the Water Planet Mercury, Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury!

With this spell, Shao Qingcheng did not at all fear the home-ground advantage of the Tidal Sword Elder.

In the span of seconds, the Immortal Soul masters were engaged in a pitch battle; meanwhile, at this instant, Zhu Yi, controlling the giant turtle projection, hurtled downwards as well towards the Green Glass Jade Stand.

A cold glare shot from Shao Qingcheng's eyes. "Junior, you really dared to come?"

Zhu Yi, calm and unhurried, said, "Shao Qingcheng, then let me see how much of the Heaven's Gate did your East Heaven's Gate inherit? The Celestial Spell of Elusiveness is fragmented…let's see if the other Abhijnas are complete?"

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Chapter 747: Releasing the Ultimate Move on Sight

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Zhu Yi looked at Shao Qingcheng calmly with a radiant glow in his eyes as he puffed lightly, releasing a ball of white gas from his mouth.

The white gas condensed to solid form, forming clouds of vapor shaped like the scales of a fish. They floated above Zhu Yi's head, measuring over 2000 square meters.

Above the scale-shaped clouds appeared a Kirin, large as an imposing mountain and black like the December night. Its size was even larger than the day when Shao Peng was captured, and its air of dignified might even more intense.

The two mammoth projections – the Kirin and the Turtle – appeared beside Zhu Yi together, while simultaneously, in the air in front of him, a pitch-black stone stele emerged like the boundless darkness and engulfed the Green Glass Jade Stand. It was none other than the Metaplasia realm magic treasure, the Eternal Night Demonic Stele.

The Eternal Night Demonic Stele suppressed the Green Glass Jade Stand as soon as it has appeared. Zhu Yi's expression was calm and unperturbed, as if completely unafraid that he will become the common target of the others as a result.

Shao Qingcheng and the others, seeing this, felt their hearts sink a little. "This boy appears arrogant, but he does not seem to be someone who has his eyes blinded by greed. He dares to do this…his confidence must have came from somewhere."

Despite those thoughts, their movements were not a second slower. The one with his hands on the Green Glass Jade Stand would naturally become the common target of everyone – even the Vivant Joy Holy Man was preparing to unleash his magic. However, at this moment, a pure-white robe suddenly appeared on Zhu Yi's body, outside the purple gown he was wearing.

This white robe was simple yet elegant, harkening back to an older, more graceful age. A radiant white glow emitted from its surface, and the sound of reading from within the white light. The sound was unremarkable at first, but soon it swell until it seemed that every single student and scholar in the world was reciting the books out loud.

Seeing this, Shao Qingcheng, the Tidal Sword Elder and the Vivant Joy Holy Man all had complex expressions on their faces. "The Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel…"

The robe once worn by the Great Sage Departed Teacher of the literary world of antiquity, it was rather unique in that in the hands of other cultivators, it was of no use and was just like an ordinary piece of clothing.

However, in the hands of one with impressive Air of Literature as well as cultivation, it was a force to reckon with indeed. More than three years ago, when Zhu Yi travelled to Tianjing City for the Imperial Examinations, he shocked the world with his essay that caused the Resonance of the Hundred Sages – and subsequently when he achieved the recognition of this Metaplasia-realm magic treasure at the level of Advanced Aurous Core.

Afterwards, the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel left the Examination Hall in Tianjing City along with Zhu Yi, without demonstrating its power. Thus, many subsequently forgot about this event, only regarding it as an interesting piece of gossip.

However, Shao Qingcheng and the others were not going to overlook it – because they could distinctly sense a strong will on the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel.

It was as if the mental will of every single scholar under the Heavens has coalesced together – like the Righteous Path of the Universe, shaking every man from time immemorial to the present day.

In the air beside Zhu Yi, the faint image of an elderly man with a long beard appeared, standing. He has a gentle and tranquil air about him, but it could not hide his pride and his honor.

Even Demons like the Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage, who were unaware of the details of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, appeared serious and solemn.

A Metaplasia-realm magic treasure…even an Immortal Soul First Level master like Shao Qingcheng or the Vivant Joy Holy Man would not be able to unleash its power completely, not to mention the Intermediate Nascent Soul Zhu Yi. At most, they would be able to utilize more of its strength than Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel before them was strange indeed. No one has even been able to become its master without forcibly erasing the Original Soul of the magic treasure. However, in addition to bestowing its recognition on the then-Advanced Aurous Core Zhu Yi, right now, controlled by the Intermediate Nascent Soul Zhu Yi, it showed power that should only be able to be unleashed by an Immortal Soul First Level cultivator controlling a Metaplasia-realm magic treasure!

Although they felt that it went against all conventional logic, but Shao Qingcheng and the others had sufficient reason to believe that, if Zhu Yi reached Immortal Soul First Level, he might have hope of completely controlling such a Metaplasia-realm magic treasure!

Once the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel appeared, Zhu Yi raised his hand and started to write in mid-air.

Although he was just writing, but within a span of seconds, countless characters of light and darkness appeared in the air.

Unlike previous times, right now, the characters that Zhu Yi wrote with the symbiotic power of light and darkness appeared to be ten zhangeach in circumference. The gigantic characters, floating in mid-air, induced an extreme shock and awe in onlookers.

The many characters were forming up and moving about, as if forming some sort of giant formation, but also as if writing some earth-shattering essay.

Despite the location being an Alternate Dimension - the Ying Sea, the Air of Culture and Light of Wisdom came forth together from all corners of the universe. They formed streaks of meteoric light and beautiful melodies, emanating through the air like an angel scattering flowers from high up in Heaven, while playing a music so wonderful it did not appear to be meant for mortal ears.

This great essay transformed into a golden bridge, extending to the horizon as if it has no limit, no end.

The first paragraph of the essay was the past and also the future; continuously forging ahead, seeking the infinite possibilities of the future. It represented Creation – the great momentum of Humanity did not blindly adhere to the old rules or follow the herd. It was forever taking great strides, forward!

The second paragraph of the essay was the breaking of all obstacles and the transcending of all dangers. It represented Exceedance – enemies shall be exceeded, difficulties shall be exceeded, time shall be exceeded, the limits of the world shall also be eventually exceeded. The great momentum of Humanity, and only the great momentum of Humanity, shall thunder on, with no limits, ever!

The third paragraph of the essay, meanwhile, appeared unremarkable, but in fact carried deep meaning. It represented Sharing, represented Cultivation, and represented Guidance. To be willing to be the first one to step out, to be the Teacher of the world, to explain the philosophy and truth of the Sages and Saints – every single one of the people, regardless of talent, can receive Cultivation as long as he was willing!

This third paragraph was perfectly compatible with Zhu Yi's own Air of Literature, and this was plain for all to see.

The three paragraphs, together, formed Zhu Yi's original, self-created Abhijna. The Essay of the Sages that perfectly fused the Air of Literature and the power of spells – none other than that essay which caused the Resonance of the Hundred Sages during Zhu Yi's examinations that day.

Once the essay appeared, countless figures flashed within the white glow of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel – all of them, scholars and learned men throughout history. Every single one of them read this Essay of the Sages out loud, together; the power of the magic treasure fused perfectly with Zhu Yi's Abhijna, each feeding the other.

The power of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel was added to Zhu Yi's Abhijna, while the Air of Literature in Zhu Yi's Abhijna resonated and reverberated with the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel as well.

Under the effect of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, the golden bridge was even more solid and tangible, appearing as if it passed through the entire universe. Bringing the Eternal Night Demonic Stele with him, Zhu Yi stepped onto the golden bridge and just disappeared.

All this seemed a long time, but time and space above the island appeared to be warped and solidified. In the span of seconds, Zhu Yi has already disappeared from where he was as he stepped onto the golden bridge and fled towards the horizon with the Green Glass Jade Stand.

Even as strong as Shao Qingcheng, the Red Dragon King, the Vivant Joy Holy Man et cetera, at the moment when the golden bridge rose, their senses were not with them as they were frozen in place for a moment.

By the time they came to their senses, looking at the golden glow disappearing on the horizon, all of their faces turned black. Instantly, they gave chase in five streaks of light.

As Shao Qingcheng formed different arcane gestures with her hands, an illusory crack opened in the sky above her, and two large stars, red and blue, can be seen shining together - none other than Mars and Neptune.

The Tidal Sword Elder, too, lifted the Oceanic Tide-Raising Sword and, in a streak of azure-blue sword brilliance, chased after Zhu Yi's tail, about to slash down with his sword.

The Red Dragon King's body transformed into a bolt of lightning, with his speed exceeding even that of the Tidal Sword Elder. The Vivant Joy Holy Man, despite being slightly slower in speed, did not lose his cool and followed right behind as well.

However, Shao Qingcheng, the Tidal Sword Elder and the Red Dragon King very quickly discovered that although Zhu Yi, atop the golden bridge, was already within their view, they were unable lock onto his position and thus, unable to intercept him with their attacks.

Zhu Yi stood atop the golden bridge calmly as the projection of the giant turtle floated above his head. As light flickered in its eyes, the billions of runes and characters on the shell were moving non-stop, conducting countless calculations.

If the distance was even a little closer, Shao Qingcheng and the others would be able to lock onto Zhu Yi and unleash their attacks.

However, it happened that the distance was always just a little bit too long, which made Shao Qingcheng and the rest so frustrated that they want to vomit blood. After Zhu Yi made the first move, it was just so hard to equalize the field.

The six – one in front and five behind – formed six bolts of light, flashing through the skies above the Ying Sea continuously. While keeping an eye on the other, they also must take care to avoid the many environmental dangers in the Ying Sea.

Shao Huayang and the rest, and the many Demons of the Thunder Dragon and Golden Roc Clans, upon seeing this scene, were all in various stages of surprise and shock. It was truly unexpected that in the six-sided battle for treasure, the five Immortal Soul masters did not manage to seize the opportunity, but it was the Intermediate Nascent Soul Zhu Yi instead that scored the first point.

Even Shi Xingyun was slightly surprised that Zhu Yi, besieged by Shao Qingcheng and the other four masters, was still able to burst out of the encirclement and escape with the Green Glass Jade Stand.

When Lin Feng arrived near the island, he was just in time to see the scene of Zhu Yi making his grand escape. He shook his head, unable to contain his laughter, "Ha! Ha! Definitely little Yi's style!"

Lin Feng, as their Master, naturally knew much about the fighting styles of his disciples.

Unlike Xiao Yan, who liked to play the weakling and then make a spectacular comeback, Zhu Yi did not make cautious probes in his battles. He would unleash his ultimate move on sight of the enemy – dispatch his opponent and end the battle in the most simple and direct of ways.

He would make an exception and be more casual only when it was like Shao Peng then – when the gap between the two was just too large. The lion will go all out even when fighting a rabbit – but when it's fighting an ant, that would obviously be unnecessary.

For opponents that were not too much weaker than him, Zhu Yi would always blast him away with an ultimate move straightaway. When battling him, his opponent's only choice would be to go all-out from the start as well; everyone unleashing the powerful moves at each other and may the best man win.

If you had planned to hide your trump cards at the start, then sorry, but most likely, your trump cards would not be used all the way until you meet your end.

A great hand that did not have the opportunity to be used – such was not a good feeling at all.

For example, Shao Qingcheng and the others, now, were experiencing this feeling. Although they have already been trying to assess Zhu Yi generously, but as Immortal Soul cultivators facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, before the actual clash of arms and finding out about the other's abilities, the mental superiority would always be there.

This was not arrogance, but rather, normal confidence. If an Immortal Soul cultivator was to be hesitant and cautious in front of a Nascent Soul cultivator, then his years of cultivation were probably for naught.

But when meeting such an Intermediate Nascent Soul cultivator, Zhu Yi, as to defy all conventional logic, Shao Qingcheng and the rest instantly were instantly met with a setback as Zhu Yi seized the opportunity to make the first move.

When faced with such a posse of Immortal Soul masters, any Nascent Soul cultivator would unleash his entire arsenal from the start. Shao Qingcheng and the others had thought of this – but they had not expected that Zhu Yi, going all-out, would be so aggressive that after seizing the opportunity to make the first move, the five of them would be unable to equalize the score.

It was also because Zhu Yi was facing the encirclement of the five that he chose to penetrate the circle and retreat. If this was a one-on-one duel, had Zhu Yi unleashed his entire barrage of attacks, even the Immortal Soul masters would feel considerable pressure.

"If only someone could hinder this brat a little…" The Red Dragon King said with chill in his voice. They were only a little bit away from catching up with Zhu Yi, and Zhu Yi's Mana was paying full attention to avoiding their lock-on as wel.

At this moment, if even an Aurous Core cultivator interfered for a second, they could intercept Zhu Yi right away. This time, it would be impossibly difficult for him to escape with the Green Glass Jade Stand again.

Shao Qingcheng, despite her expression being slightly annoyed, did not lose her cool for the slightest. "He cannot run," she said quietly.

Before the last note of her voice fell, a blue-robed teenager appeared out of the thin air as he said, smiling, "Sorry I'm late, Senior Shao. However, by the looks of this, arriving at the right moment is better than arriving early."

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Chapter 748: No Zuo No Die

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(Translator's Note: No Zuo No Die is a Chinese Internet meme that means "You won't be in any trouble if you don't do anything unnecessarily.")

After his apparition, the teenager, clad in a sky-blue robe, kept his eyes transfixed on Zhu Yi. Space itself was thrown into chaos by the flashing golden light; although Shao Qingcheng and the others had not been able to catch up with Zhu Yi, but they succeeded in making the routes available to Zhu Yi extremely limited.

The two sides were not merely racing, but it was in fact a competition of Abhijnas.

Although this teenager has not yet attained Immortal Soul, but he was of Advanced Nascent Soul cultivation as well. His Abhijnas and Mana, especially, were definitely not to be underestimated.

"Junior Yin, you did arrive in time," Shao Qingcheng said.

The direct successor of the East Heaven's Gate, Yin Cangchen, smiled slightly. "It is my honor to be able to lend Senior Shao a hand."

Although he appeared relaxed, Ying Cangchen did not underestimate Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi was able to penetrate the encirclement even when targeted by five Immortal Soul masters – such skills, he freely admit that he was not able to match.

However, he had not expected to defeat Zhu Yi in the first place. As long as he could stop him for just a little while, Shao Qingcheng and the others would be able to catch up.

Ying Cangchen did not say anything else; ribbons of light swirled atop his head as his Cosmic Form flew out, transforming into a giant over 400 meters tall.

Above the giant's head, the vague form of the Multiverse rotated, generating enormous pressure – as if the Multiverse itself was bearing down.

With a push of Ying Cangchen's hand, the massive wheel spinning above the giant's head smashed down straight at Zhu Yi.

The fabric of space in front of him started shaking vigorously, like a scroll being kneaded aggressively. Within a hundred-kilometer radius, all Spiritual Energy was completely annihilated.

After Ying Cangchen's interference, Zhu Yi, whose golden bridge was fully occupied with Shao Qingcheng and the others, instantly felt his path being obstructed.

"You have a long way to go." Zhu Yi's expression did not change as he pointed with a finger. The Kirin let out a roar and started galloping in a ball of black light, like a massive mountain moving on land. The power of every step was incredibly violent, breaking apart the space that was sent into disarray.

Zhu Yi, atop the golden bridge, was about to streak past in a bolt of golden light, his speed not slowing by even the tiniest bit.

Ying Cangchen's brows furrowed together. He himself was one of the best of the East Heaven's Gate's younger generation, who was regarded as being of great potential. Although he was inducted rather late, he progressed extremely fast, and his Abhijna and Mana were outstanding as well.

However, now, with his Advanced Nascent Soul cultivation and even using his Cosmic Form, he wasn't even able to stop Zhu Yi. It was unavoidable that this would stir feelings of defeat and annoyance in his heart.

"The Sect must gather all our Mantras and books again, as soon as possible." However, Ying Cangchen was still an impressive one. He immediately regained his calm as countless thoughts flashed through his mind. "Actually, I only have to hinder this Zhu Yi a little and Senior Shao and the rest would be able to encircle him again."

"When that time comes, facing three Immortal Soul cultivators and two Demon Grand Sages, the only possible outcome would be his demise."

Ying Cangchen squinted, his gaze cold and chilling. "I must anger him and make him lose his cool and rationality. No matter how stable a cultivator's mental state is, unless he is truly without desire or want, love or hate, he will always have his obsessions, his inner demons."

"As for this Zhu Yi's inner demon…doubtlessly, it is his father and mother!"

As he thought this, Ying Cangchen said, laughing, "Although Meng Bingyun was expelled by the Great Void Sect for the fragmentation of her Will to pursue the Way, but there is also the part about her causing the Great Void Sect to lose face by entering the mortal world to experience different forms of love in order to cultivate the Mantra of the Great Oblivion. Those lips of hers must have been kissed by thousands!"

This was a textbook example of telling a blatant lie; twisting the facts and slandering Meng Bingyun with specious information.

Hearing this, Zhu Yi gave him a cold stare as his brows raised slightly.

However, soon, Zhu Yi's eyebrows relaxed again.

At the next instant, he, standing on the golden bridge, came ramming straight at Ying Cangchen!

Ying Cangchen was already prepared. Above his head, the giant-shaped Cosmic Form pushed outwards with its palms; vast Mana formed a small world, shielding Ying Cangchen inside and meeting Zhu Yi's attack.

The Heaven's Gate's secret Abhijna, the Heaven's Curse, one of the best protective Abhijnas for self-defense.

Meanwhile, inside the Heaven's Curse, Ying Cangchen did not conserve his cards. Both his hands formed arcane gestures; "Treasure, please show yourself!"

A jet-black spellcaster's robe, resembling the original darkness of the universe, appeared on his body, enveloping his entire person.

The strong aura of an Immortal Soul magic treasure swelled from within the robe as a voice emitted from it. "What majestic Abhijna…plus the supplementary strength of a Metaplasia-realm magic treasure. The combination of the two is ferocious indeed; even if I unleash all of my strength, it is difficult to say if I would be able to block it."

"He could not attack me unreservedly, unless he wants to drag me to hell together. Or else, if he used all of his power to attack me, he would have left his back wide open for Senior Shao and the others."

Even having heard Ying Cangchen say this, the voice from the robe was still grave. "You still cannot let your guard down."

As it spoke, the gloomy black light swept Ying Cangchen up and shrank together with him, quickly becoming a small dot and disappearing in the small world formed by the Heaven's Curse.

Under the support of the magic treasure, Ying Cangchen was still able to see clearly what was happening on the outside. Watching Zhu Yi as he charged in attack, he smiled coldly. "So what if your Abhijna and Mana are powerful? The gaps in your mental state are too big. With just a light touch, you immediately started doing stupid things. A cultivator like you must thank your incredible luck and the protection of the gods for living until today."

"However, the end will be today!"

As he was thinking this, Ying Cangchen suddenly felt that something was off.

Shockingly, Zhu Yi completely ignored Shao Qingcheng and the others on his tail and just charged towards him. He completely disregarded his own defenses, appearing as if he would stop at nothing to kill him here and now.

Ying Cangchen was taken aback for a moment. "Although his mother is probably his taboo, but he would really drag me to the grave with him for a verbal insult?"

At the next moment, Ying Cangchen's eyes widened as he watched Zhu Yi, clad in the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel and standing on the golden bridge formed by the Essay of the Sages, instantly crush the defensive small world formed by his Heaven's Curse.

Countless voices, reciting essays out loud, resonated in the universe. The Air of Righteous reverberated as the golden bridge bore down; it was as if time and space have been warped and frozen.

In the Void, a black dot, small as a speck of dust, was continuously expanding.

The black dot was resisting the expansion, but it was helpless and could only watch as it was restored to a ball of black light, exposing Ying Cangchen inside, protected by the black robe.

The Original Soul of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, the bearded elder, stared at the black robe and snorted loudly. White light flashed, and the black robe was immediately frozen.

The great power of Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages bore down on Ying Cangchen with unstoppable momentum.

Ying Cangchen's face was cold as a pool of frozen water. "If you want war, war it is. Let's see who will be the one that ends up dead?"

The strength of his Cosmic Form was cranked up to its maximum extent as it went for Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages heads-on. "This brief moment when he attacks me is already enough for Senior Shao and the rest to catch up. Now, what I need to do is to focus on defense and avoid being dragged down together by this little brat. That would not be worth it at all…"

Right as he was thinking this, Ying Cangchen received a voice projection from Shao Qingcheng. "Junior Shao, retreat! Now!"

At this instant, a feeling of instinct danger surfaced in Ying Cangchen's heart as well. However, before he could respond, he saw a scene that left him so utterly terrified that he felt that his body was paralyzed.

A scroll suddenly appeared out of the thin air. Painted on the scroll was a river of blood; black light glowed from the scroll as the river of blood materialized into reality. Polluted blood, thick and pungent-smelling, flowed out incessantly, hanging across the sky like a great, blood-colored river.

This dirty river of blood blocked exactly the path of Shao Qingcheng and co. to chase after Zhu Yi!

"A magic treasure? A magic treasure forged with Blood River Primordial Water?" Shao Qingcheng and the rest all furrowed their brows slightly. They had not discovered that someone else was waiting, hidden; all they felt was a slight unease.

Now that the Scroll of the Blood River has appeared and the person showed himself, they finally affirmed his presence.

Once he made his move, the five immediately sensed the fluctuations of his aura as they avoided the blood river.

Immediately, Shao Qingcheng and the others casted their gazes at the same direction, to see an olive-skinned teenager, clad in purple, standing in the air calmly.

A cloud of icy fog, unpredictable and indiscernible, floated beside him. Among the illusory mist, the cold gleam of swords flashed indistinctly.

Seeing this, the hearts of Shao Qingcheng, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Tidal Sword Elder all sank. However, they still sighed discreetly and nodded in greeting. "The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders himself. Greetings."

The Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage's brows were raised as well. "The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders' Avatar? But with only Advanced Nascent Soul cultivation, just now, he hid his trail and avoided our Awarenesses, and we could only sense a wisp of shadow vaguely. He seemed to be in no way inferior to an Immortal Soul First Level cultivator…"

"The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders…he lives up to his reputation indeed."

Shao Qingcheng, having had a sudden thought, linked up with the Mana seeds she has dispersed mentally. Immediately, she found that one of them has lost communications with her.

"It's Shao Peng's…he obliterated the Mana seed without me realizing at all. After the obliteration, if I had not checked myself, I would have been completely unaware of it. It seems that he obtained the news of the Green Glass Jade Stand from Shao Peng as well."

Lin Feng himself has arrived here. Even if it was just an Avatar, the power he demonstrated has already made Shao Qingcheng and the rest furrow their brows with worry. In addition, he has the two treasures, the Ice and Soul Clouds and the Scroll of the Blood River; even if his true body did not appear, he was not to be underestimated by anyone present.

It's just that, with Shao Qingcheng and co. stopped by Lin Feng, the joke's on Yin Cangchen.

Atop the golden bridge formed by the Essay of the Sages, countless projections appeared. It was as if billions of scholars were standing on the bridge together with Zhu Yi, letting out a great, united cry. The great momentum of Humanity was like the tide of history; irreversible, unstoppable!

The monumental and majestic force straightforwardly crushed Yin Cangchen's Cosmic Form!

"I miscalculated…" Yin Cangchen stared at Lin Feng, standing in the Void and blocking Shao Qingcheng and the others, with barely contained fury. Then, he saw golden light flash before his eyes as the sound of reading joined together – it was as if the entire world has coagulated, being frozen solid.

Zhu Yi's attack did not falter at all after the Cosmic Form, and charged straight at Yin Cangchen himself.

Shao Qingcheng's brows crunched together. After a slight moment of hesitation, her body, in a streak of emerald light, swerved around Lin Feng and chased after Zhu Yi.

For Shao Peng, she could leave a hidden mark on him, and activate it to silence him forever if important secrets are leaked. But Yin Cangchen was an important talent that the East Heaven's Gate was nurturing, as well as her supporter; if he died at the hands of Zhu Yi like this, it would be more than a little annoying.

A lantern flew to above her head as she guarded against Lin Feng cautiously, only to discover that Lin Feng made no attempts at stopping her. However, if the Tidal Sword Elder and the others showed the slightest notion of advancing, the Blood River Primordial Water swept towards them straight away.

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Chapter 749: Intimidation

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After Lin Feng arrived, Zhu Yi made a gesture with his hand. The Green Glass Jade Stand, suppressed by the Eternal Night Demonic Stele, instantly regained its freedom, and shot up into the sky in a streak of emerald green.

However, before it could express its joy, it was captured by Lin Feng with the Scroll of the Blood River.

And together with it was that black robe suppressed by the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel.

Lin Feng, seeing the black spellcaster's robe, turned to look at the lantern above Shao Qingcheng's head and started chuckling. "The East Heaven's Gate has some good nest eggs."

It would not be easy for the Scroll of the Blood River, a Gestation-realm magic treasure, to suppress the Green Glass Jade Stand and Yin Cangchen's black robe by itself. If both sides were controlled by Immortal Soul cultivators, the Scroll of the Blood River might not necessarily be able to trap the two magic treasures on its own.

However, the power of the Scroll of the Blood River was that, although it did not have any other ability itself, it could hold and control vast amounts of Blood River Primordial Water within it.

That was an entire Unholy Blood River. Faced with such a massive amount of Blood River Primordial Water, the Green Glass Jade Stand and the black robe, both of which did not have the control of a master and could only use limited strength, were unable to escape.

If they resist forcibly, they might even be polluted by the Blood River Primordial Water, losing their Souls and damaging their foundation.

With regards to the working principle, this Scroll of the Blood River was analogous to the Heavenly Gods-Sealing Banner that Lin Feng gifted to Wang Lin. When doing battle with the enemy, it was actually not the magic treasure itself at work, but rather, what was inside the magic treasure.

The Scroll of the Blood River depended on the Unholy Blood River, while the Heavenly Gods-Sealing Banner depended on the Souls imprisoned inside.

Therefore, although Lin Feng' Steel Tree Avatar has not yet attained Immortal Soul, but with him controlling the Scroll of the Blood River - and the Blood River Primordial Water inside – he could still trap the master-less Green Glass Jade Stand and black robe.

The only thing you need to remember was not to drive the Scroll of the Blood River too hard, or else, the Unholy Blood River controlled by the magic treasure might lose control.

Seeing Lin Feng retrieve the Green Glass Jade Stand and the black robe before their eyes, the Tidal Sword Elder and the others were in a dilemma.

They have numbers on their side; although Lin Feng, armed with the two treasures, was considerably strong, if they were to strike together, he might not necessarily be able to keep his hands on the Green Glass Jade Stand.

However, the Tidal Sword Elder, the Red Dragon King and the others were all aware that it was impossible to swiftly defeat Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar and get the Green Glass Jade Stand. An intense, bloody battle was unavoidable.

Even if they could emerge victorious, there would be enough time for Lin Feng's true body to arrive.

Unless the heavyweights like Liang Pan, Shi Yu etc could come as well, or else, they would still be helpless then.

The Vivant Joy Holy Man let out a bitter laugh and said, "Lord Lin, this matter concerns the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea; the Great Qin will not compromise on this. Still, I could not defeat you, so I would not make things difficult for your Avatar. However, I have already reported it to my Emperor."

"His Imperial Majesty is already on the way. Unfortunately, I must delay you for a while; I apologize for any transgressions."

The Tidal Sword Elder said quietly, "I have also reported the happenings to His Imperial Majesty of the Great Zhou and the Leader of my Sect."

He glanced at Shao Qingcheng, who was charging towards Zhu Yi. Although both his Vast Sea Sword Sect and the East Heaven's Gate were allies and supporters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but there were no friendship or bonds between the two. Strictly speaking, as two of the stronger entities within the Great Zhou Dynasty faction, they were still competitors.

Thus, when fighting over the Green Glass Jade Stand just now, he and Shao Qingcheng did not falter for a second when attacking each other. Ownership of the treasure was to be settled by strength and strength alone.

But now, facing Lin Feng, unquestionably, he would be allying with Shao Qingcheng.

The azure-blue Oceanic Tide-Raising Sword transformed into a glittering, thousand-hectare sea, sparkling in space and confronting Lin Feng's Ice and Soul Clouds.

One a Gestation-realm magic treasure that could fully unleash its power, the other a Metaplasia-realm magic treasure whose power was limited. The question of which would emerge victorious, ultimately, depended on their respective masters.

The Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage did not speak at all until this point, but now, seeing that the Tidal Sword Elder was ready to strike, they started to have thoughts as well.

They have little interest in the battle between Shao Qingcheng and Zhu Yi; what they cared about was the Green Glass Jade Stand currently in Lin Feng's possession.

Despite being eyed with hostility by an Immortal Soul Sword Cultivator and two Demonic Grand Sages, Lin Feng's expression remained calm and composed. What's more, he looked at the Vivant Joy Holy Man and smiled slightly. "Right now, my disciple is going to put up a great, entertaining battle; naturally, I am not going to leave now."

"However, I am not going to wait too long for Comrade Shi. If by the time my disciple ends his battle, Comrade Shi has not yet arrived, then I do not have time to wait further for him."

The Vivant Joy Holy Man, smiling, said, "If His Imperial Majesty's arrival is delayed, I do not have the ability to really hold Lord Lin here." As he ended his sentence, he instead took a few steps back to show that he would not attack Lin Feng' Steel Tree Avatar together with the Tidal Sword Elder and the two others.

As long as Lin Feng did not leave, he would only silently watch the battle between Zhu Yi and Shao Qingcheng on the sidelines with him.

Lin Feng gazed at the restless Red Dragon King, Solar Sage and Tidal Sword Elder. Although he was simultaneously facing three Immortal Soul-level masters, he was still calm as always; in fact, he did not even plan to have his true body travel here.

As light flashed above his head, the Cosmic Form, measuring half a kilometer high and looming as the oldest, largest Mother Tree, appeared. It stood before the posse, stretching up into the Heavens like Atlas himself holding up the sky.

The power of Creation of the Eight Trigrams and the Four Symbols, the perennial endurance of the Saros Steel Tree, coupled with the timeless immortality of the Eternal Glow, formed together the kind of incredible defense that brought hopelessness to the hearts of the vast majority of Immortal Soul First Level cultivators.

Surprise appeared on the faces of the Tidal Sword Elder and the rest. At first, it was already unthinkable that the power of Lin Feng's one Advanced Nascent Soul Avatar could make them, Immortal Soul cultivators, have second thoughts. However, it was only now that they caught up.

Actually, Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar was not particularly weak in terms of attack, in that it can match and even overpower most Immortal Soul First Level cultivators. However, compared to its defense, it was an entirely different magnitude.

In general, by its own standard, Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar was weak in offense and strong in defense. Defense was its actual greatest asset.

When the Steel Tree Avatar showed its Cosmic Form and raised its defense to the maximum, even an Immortal Soul Second Level master would get a headache looking at it.

Right now, under the attack of the Tidal Sword Elder and the other two masters, it would be extremely hard for Lin Feng to defeat them like how he dispatched the Freshwater Holy Man then. However, it would be even harder for the three of them to penetrate Lin Feng's defenses.

This was still without considering Lin Feng's Ice and Soul Clouds; if the Tidal Sword Elder and the others go all-out on offense, they leave themselves vulnerable to Lin Feng's counterattack.

After realizing this, whether it was the Tidal Sword Elder, who intended to aid Shao Qingcheng, or the Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage, who have their eyes on the Green Glass Jade Stand, all of them fell silent and lost the urge to strike, only continuing the standoff with Lin Feng.

Lin Feng's expression, meanwhile, was very relaxed as he gazed towards a faraway place. There, cultivators from the East Heaven's Gate and the Vast Sea Sword Sect, as well as Demons from the Thunder Dragon and the Golden-Feathered Great Roc Tribes, were encircling Li Yuanfang, Jieyu, and Baiguang sinisterly.

However, right now, under the gaze of Lin Feng, everyone felt a chill down their spines and they were forced to stop in their tracks.

Although if the Tidal Sword Elder and the others were to insist on stopping him, it would be very hard for Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar to penetrate their line and go to their rescue, but for the Tidal Sword Elder and the others, that would be too petty of them.

They were just fighting for treasure, not some sort of mortal hatred. If they took Lin Feng's disciples hostage, they would only be creating irreconcilable hatred instead.

Regardless of whether they were strong enough to face the wrath of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, even if they were not afraid, it would be greatly unnecessary and only benefit the other powers that entered the Ying Sea.

If there was a second Immortal Soul master from the East Heaven's Gate or the Great Zhou Dynasty here, he would doubtlessly give Lin Feng a taste of his own medicine. However, of the masters present, even the Tidal Sword Elder, who was the closest to the East Heaven's Gate, would not fight to the death with Lin Feng over Shao Qingcheng and Yin Cangchen.

Under Lin Feng's intimidating stare, the situation started to stabilize. Meanwhile, on the other hand, the battle between Zhu Yi and Shao Qingcheng and co. was growing more and more intense!

Seeing that Lin Feng stopped the Tidal Sword Elder and the rest, but only allowed her to pass, Shao Qingcheng's eyes flashed. "You are really so confident in your disciple?"

"By doing this, although you stopped Tidal, Vivant Joy and the others, but you yourself have been mired down completely too."

Shao Qingcheng's gaze grew colder. Crimson-red flames, glowing golden, flew out of the lantern above her head.

Twenty-eight separate flames in total. Dispersing and forming the pattern of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, they surrounded Zhu Yi, with him at the center.

Zhu Yi's golden bridge, bearing down, has already destroyed Yin Cangchen's Cosmic Form and was about to attack he himself.

Meanwhile, Shao Qingcheng moved fast as well. Looking at the twenty-eight blobs of crimson-red flames basked in golden glow, Zhu Yi nodded. "Good! Solar Flare, Heavenly Fire Formation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions! Very good, you guys did get some of the Heaven's Gate's inheritance."

The Essay of the Sages was one of Zhu Yi's strongest Abhijnas, which was why it could shatter Yin Cangchen's Cosmic Form with one strike.

However, as one of the best of the East Heaven's Gate's younger generation, Yin Cangchen was by no means mediocre. His shattered Cosmic Form transformed into the chaotic void, relentlessly grinding down the golden bridge formed by Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages.

At this moment, the Heavenly Fire Formation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions unleashed by Shao Qingcheng's magic treasure instantly encircled Zhu Yi.

At the same time, Shao Qingcheng's right hand slashed across the sky. The illusory crack opened, exposing the constellations in the Heavens. The fiery-red Mars glittered steadily; the massive power of the stars sustained Shao Qingcheng's Fire Wheel of Mars as it smashed down towards Zhu Yi's head.

Multiple mighty attacks headed straight for Zhu Yi, to force him to retreat. If Zhu Yi insists on killing Yin Cangchen, then he himself was at risk of severe injury. Once Shao Qingcheng unleashed her second wave of attacks, he might very well be sent to the grave together with Yin Cangchen.

"Retreat!" Shao Qingcheng let out a severe yell, her Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury ready to be unleashed as well.

For Yin Cangchen, whose heart was already deep in the pits of desperation, it was as if he saw the light of hope once again. Quickly, he attempted to cooperate with Shao Qingcheng to penetrate Zhu Yi's Abhijna and escape with his life.

Zhu Yi was not flustered for a second. "Before I came to the island for the Green Glass Jade Stand, I did some divinatory calculations with the Return of All Appearances Spell. Within the misfortune there's luck; when disaster strikes, there is good fortune. It seems that the misfortune and disaster would fall on you guys."

The Green Glass Jade Stand and the black robe were both already handed over to Lin Feng. Making an arcane gesture, he commanded the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel and the Eternal Night Demonic Stele, both of which have their hands free now. They started vibrating together, a forceful aura radiating from them.

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Chapter 750: Four Appearances Sky Formation

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Brilliant white light surged from Zhu Yi's Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel. Within the white light, thousands of projections bobbed and wavered, as the sound of recitation reverberated in everyone's ears.

The white light lent itself to the golden bridge below formed by Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages. With a twist, the golden bridge zoomed through the Void, leaving Shao Qingcheng's star power-strengthened Fire Wheel of Mars to complete its trajectory fruitlessly.

At the same time, the Eternal Night Demon Stele emitted an impossibly black glow, causing the surrounding patch of space and time to be seemingly trapped in the eternal night.

The bright flame of Shao Qingcheng's magic treasure, the Yang Heaven Lamp, was instantly devoured by the darkness. Dimmed together with it was the radiance of the Heavenly Fire Formation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Even with all this, Zhu Yi did not forget about Yin Cangchen. With a clap of his hands, streaks of bright light and dark light weaved into the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala, sealing Yin Cangchen inside.

The next instant, the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala started to collapse towards a single point in the center. Yin Cangchen's Cosmic Form has already been shattered; now that he has been trapped within the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala, once the Mandala collapsed and the simulated power of the destruction of the universe erupted, his only possible fate was death.

"You still want to throw your weight around? You overestimate yourself," Shao Qingcheng let out a condescending snort. "Like mother, like son indeed. Meng Bingyun was like this; the unworthy descendent she left behind as well."

With a guiding movement by her hand, the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury transformed into Glacial Ice Waves, instantly freezing the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala.

The massive strength from the planet Mercury, converted into the energy of polar frost, would not be weaker by much even compared to a fellow Immortal Soul cultivator controlling Xuanming Primordial Water. It will freeze anything and everything; space, time, matter, spiritual energy, Mana…

Once it was touched by the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury, Zhu Yi's Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala, in the midst of collapsing, was instantly immobilized.

Yin Cangchen, overjoyed, was about to break the seal and escape.

"The Cosmic Form was destroyed…my cultivation was severely damaged, so much that it would probably take a few centuries for me to re-forge my Cosmic Form. But I still have time to attempt Immortal Soul; when I attain Immortal Soul, I shall repay today's humiliation hundredfold!"

Despite having rescued Yin Cangchen, Shao Qingcheng's demeanor did not show any sign of relaxing, but instead growing graver. This was due to her sensitive mental senses as an Immortal Soul cultivator.

Without a moment's hesitation, Shao Qingcheng swept up Yin Cangchen as a green glow appeared on her body, forming a small, emerald-green world that shielded her as she shattered the Void, ready to teleport.

However, the golden bridge formed by Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages has already moved, streaking in front of her and blocking her path.

"The Heaven's Gate's Celestial Spell of Elusiveness was indeed remarkable; if used by an Immortal Soul cultivator, it was strong enough that even I might not be able to catch up. However, this fragmented and broken escape spell of your East Heaven's Gate…don't make a fool of yourself!"

"It's like a three-legged chair; it might be able to confuse some people when it's just placed there, but if someone actually sits on it, it will fall instantly." Zhu Yi said with no hurry in his voice.

As he spoke, the golden bridge, supported by the power of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, paralyzed space-time as it bore down on Shao Qingcheng.

"What a cunning brat!" Shao Qingcheng instantly came to realization; from the start, Zhu Yi's target was never Yin Cangchen, but rather her!

To use Yin Cangchen to bait her to come to the rescue – which was why he used the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala to trap Yin Cangchen. Or else, if the golden bridge formed by the Essay of the Sages continued to press down, it would have destroyed Yin Cangchen instantly!

The power of the Intermediate Nascent Soul Zhu Yi could not be measured at all with the standards of Nascent Soul cultivators. Even facing the Immortal Soul Shao Qingcheng, he dared to challenge her himself.

If Shao Qingcheng was to battle him heads-on, Zhu Yi would not be afraid at all; but if Shao Qingcheng was set on fleeing, Zhu Yi would not be able to do anything to her either.

The East Heaven's Gate's Celestial Spell of Elusiveness was indeed incomplete, but if Shao Qingcheng had not been trying to rescue Yin Cangchen, she would not have lost the initiative. If she were to escape, she would have countless ways to hinder Zhu Yi and allow herself to leave with ease.

"Actually trying to prevent me from escaping?" Shao Qingcheng's eyebrows rose upwards as a half-smile appeared on her exquisite face, as if humored by Zhu Yi's actions, but with a hint of murderousness.

"I said that you think too much of yourself, just like Meng Bingyun, and you took it as a compliment?" Shao Qingcheng's smile faded as coldness glinted in her eyes. "It would be alright if it was the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders doing the same thing, but you…you think you can be so presumptuous in front of me?"

She held the Fire Wheel of Mars in one hand, and the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury in the other. Together, the two Abhijnas blasted towards the golden bridge formed by Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages.

Facing Shao Qingcheng's powerful counterattack, Zhu Yi was not unnerved. Instead, he was so calm that he could still nod as he spoke. "Although with this essay, I caused the Resonance of the Hundred Sages and achieved first place in the examinations, with my name atop the Golden List, but I myself know that the knowledge within me has not been fully channeled yet."

"My Essay of the Sages still has room for improvement. If this essay was perfected, it could suppress you with a flick of the finger. However, if the essay was perfected, I would probably have attained Immortal Soul as well; then, I could suppress you with a flick of the finger even without the Essay of the Sages."

Zhu Yi smiled slightly. " Within the misfortune there's luck; when disaster strikes, there is good fortune. Today, it is the misfortune and disaster you caused that will bring about my luck and good fortune. Shao Qingcheng, first, take this!"

The island-sized turtle and the mountain-like Kirin appeared beside Zhu Yi again. At the same time, a penetrating roar sounded behind Zhu Yi. The might of the dragon radiated from within a sea of celestial clouds; a dragon, by no means inferior to the turtle and the Kirin in size, appeared in the Void.

Right after it, a clear phoenix cry sounded out as well. The multi-colored phoenix, in graceful dance, circled above Zhu Yi's head.

"Return of All Appearances Spell!"

"Celestial Kirin Mantra!"

"Rebirth of the Phoenix Spell!"

"Soaring Dragon Spell!"

As Zhu Yi's hands formed intricate gestures, the four forms converged. The roaring spiritual energy formed a gigantic circle, seemingly cutting off the space around Shao Qingcheng and sealing her inside.

Shao Qingcheng's pupils contracted slightly. This circle recurs eternally, harmonious and self-consistent, bearing and encapsulating the profound Way of the Heavens.

It seemed to have defined the laws and principles by which everything in the universe operated, from birth to death, from the origin to the end.

Within the circle, the images of the four forms alternately appeared.

The Turtle suppressed all agitation and changes, ensuring that the world tended towards a stop. Simultaneously, it conducted its divinations, calculating the future of the world, seeing all and knowing all.

The Kirin, full of righteousness, guarded the Center and the Just Way. It suppressed all evil, ensuring that everything did not err from their trajectories and continued to progress along their paths.

The Phoenix demonstrated the cycle of creation and destruction. Everything will eventually meet destruction, but after the destruction was rebirth, and so goes the cycle.

The Dragon did not show any aggressiveness, but rather, represented an enterprising, trailblazing will. It was not selfishness or greed, but rather, the grand will of every single person under the Heavens to work hard and strive for prosperity.

All the lines are heads. There appears a flight of dragons without a leader. Good fortune.

The power of the four forms supplemented each other and continued to merge. The circle seemed simple, but appeared to be large as the entire world, epitomizing the power of the Sages.

"Shao Qingcheng, try my Four Appearances Sky Formation. You are an Immortal Soul cultivator; you should be able to give some constructive comments, right?"

The Four Appearances Sky Formation, inspired by the Four Appearances Heaven Cleaving Script taught to him by Lin Feng, was one of Zhu Yi's current two strongest Abhijnas together with the Essay of the Sages.

With the power of the Heavens bearing down, Shao Qingcheng suddenly realized that she was unable to crack open the sky and draw the power of the stars.

Even the connection of Immortal Soul cultivators to the universe and the control of Cosmic Vital Spirit were vaguely obstructed.

"Good! Very good!" Shao Qingcheng's eyebrows straightened slightly. "You're stronger than Meng Bingyun. If at this moment, you have already achieved Immortal Soul, this formation can cut off the connection between the universe and I right away."

"But a pity, you're not Immortal Soul yet."

As she spoke, Shao Qingcheng's body abruptly twisted in space, forming an entity that appeared like a patch of the cosmos, rotating like the worlds of the Multiverse.

At this moment, Shao Qiancheng has finally revealed her Immortal Soul Avatar. Within the Multiverse formed by her Immortal Soul, the Fire Wheel of Mars and the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury suddenly rose. The two polar opposites, converging together, did not cause chaos, but rather, started to merge!

"From using Junior Yin as the bait to entice me into your trap, you have indeed put in much effort. But, a pity; all tactics and strategy must be built on strength!"

"What I said still stands; you, are not your master!" Shao Qingcheng said coldly.

"I heard while you're young, Meng Bingyun taught you to read and violated Hongwu's rules, and she was even reprimanded because of that. Then, did she teach you this?"

"Fire and water cause disaster!"

The two dichotomous types of power, the Fire Wheel of Mars and the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury, merged together. Instantly, an all-new Concept of power was born from within.

Earthquake-like tremors radiated outwards, each one stronger than the previous one. At the end, it was as if the earth itself was shattering. Volcanoes erupted and dams overflowed; the air of catastrophe shook every single bird and beast in the vicinity!

Apocalypse, the end times. It was as if Heaven and Earth were facing their inevitable end as well.

Fire and water meet, catastrophe of the stars!

Turbulent strength crashed against the Four Appearances Sky Formation. Even the world-halos materialized by the formation were shaking violently; this ultimate blow by Shao Qingcheng seemed as if it would brutally rip open the sky.

The Tidal Sword Elder and the other Immortal Soul masters, seeing this scene, appeared grim as well. With such power and Abhijna, in addition to her magic treasure the Yang Heaven Lamp, Shao Qingcheng's strength was, to a certain extent, the first among the five Immortal Soul masters present.

Under the effect of Shao Qingcheng's Mana, it appeared as if the crack was going to open in the Heavens again.

If she were to succeed, when she drew upon the power of the stars, the strength of her Abhijna will be even greater. Then, it would truly live up to the name of "Catastrophe of the Stars".

Zhu Yi, however, was calm as always as he said flatly, "'Fire and water cause disaster', my mother naturally had taught me this. Apart from that, she also taught me that, small discrepancies lead to great errors!"

The Eternal Night Demonic Stele was using its full might to suppress the Yang Heaven Lamp, while the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel was blazing bright. Its strength was added to the golden bridge formed by the Essay of the Sages, causing the power of the golden bridge to grow even greater and more vast, resisting Shao Qingcheng's attack together with the Four Appearances Sky Formation.

With both Abhijnas using all of their power for defense, although Shao Qingcheng was already Immortal Soul, it was still impossible for her to penetrate their defenses quickly.

The golden bridge formed by the Essay of the Sages was even more wondrous. As it defended against her attack, it was also influencing Shao Qingcheng's Immortal Soul Avatar, causing her mental operations to grow more sluggish.

Shao Qingcheng's mind was dazed slightly. For a single moment, she even reverted back to her true form from the Immortal Soul Avatar.

Having regained her senses, Shao Qingcheng flew into a fury. She raised her strength up to the maximum, so as to destroy Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages and Four Appearances Sky Formation.

"Little discrepancies lead to great errors? Your discrepancies are anything but little!"

Zhu Yi, atop the golden bridge, let out a light laugh. "Before, it was little discrepancies; now, it was indeed more than little."

Vast, tremendous ripples of Mana radiated from the golden bridge, shaking the surrounding Void.

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Chapter 751: The Immortal Soul Stage Cultivator Almost Died From Anger

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Looking at Zhu Yi and Shao Qingcheng locked in battle, silence fell upon the Tidal Sword Elder, Vivant Joy Holy Man, Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage.

They, the bystanders, had a clear view of what had transpired.

Although Shao Qingchen's Immortal Soul Avatar had briefly turned back into human form, the duo had been at a stalemate for quite awhile.

Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages had worked hand in hand to seal Shao Qingcheng's attacks.

But this was a temporal measure at best. Shao Qingcheng was, after all, an Immortal Soul elder already.

Should any one of Zhu Yi's defenses falter, Shao Qingcheng would once again be able to call upon the Meteor Aurora Technique. This time, his power would have expanded, and even if Zhu Yi were to harness the Supreme Ancient Holy Apparel, his safety was not guaranteed.

But out of the stalemate, Zhu Yi suddenly made a move that left the audience with their mouths agape.

Just as he was fighting Shao Qingcheng, he suddenly left his Nascent Soul and attempted the condensation of his cosmic form!

Zhu Yi's soul looked like him when he was ten years old and a coarse-looking branch from a Cloud Forest Tree appeared above his head and a crushing amount of spiritual energy poured down from above.

With the support from the spiritual pressure, Zhu Yi could match Shao Qingcheng's mana.

This increase in spiritual energy fueled his Supreme Ancient Holy Apparel, Essay of the Sages and Four Appearances Sky Formation, while thoroughly powering up his nascent soul.

All of Zhu Yi's powers seemed to be contained in this human-like form, as it expanded and transformed into a giant.

"He's asking for it!" commented Solar Sage.

Going beyond one's abilities was no easy feat, especially with the cosmic form. To condense one's cosmic form was even more difficult.

Condensing one's cosmic form during a battle was not something that had not happened before. However, in most cases, they were killed before the transformation could even begin.

That was because a slip in focus was fatal in cases where one was not stronger than the opponent by a large margin. Without so much as a blow, anything the opponent did could distract one from perfecting one's transformation, resulting in one's self-destruction.

Anyone would love to chance upon an opponent that was so reckless. It would be an easy victory.

But Zhu Yi went straight to condense his cosmic form without a single hint of hesitation. Without any fear at all!

Zhu Yi's hands danced in the air as words formed in the trail left by his fingers, gathering voluminous amounts of spiritual energy and pouring it into the humanoid giant.

The forms of the dragon, phoenix, tortoise and Qilin all appeared and entered the human-like form.

Instantly, a four-faced, eight-legged giant appeared before the crowd, sitting astride on top of a giant Qilin, followed by a dragon which was trailing around him. A bright phoenix seemed to be floating above his head, shrieking as a warning to all who dared to challenge its authority.

Each of the giant's four faces contained a different persona.

The Knowledgeable one, the Wise one, the Strict one and the Cultured one.

The eight elements transformed into eight different limbs, which paired up to look for the four faces, resulting in every face matched with two limbs. ]

The Knowledgeable one was holding onto stacks of books while the Wise one held pen and paper. The Strict one held onto a ruler used to discipline disciples while the Cultured one was strumming a musical instrument.

Inside the void, the gigantic zither sat atop the back of a giant tortoise, which lay next to the giant silently.

Countless words danced in the air, forming scriptures, which preached morality, that pranced around the giant.

Shao Huayang and the rest were too far away to see exactly what was happening. They could only tell that Shao Qingcheng's meteors surged with immense power that seemed to be able to tear the sky away from the earth, and were pounding away at Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages.

Seeing Shao Qingcheng forcing Zhu Yi into a defensive position seemed to bring smiles to Shao Huayang and company.

"For someone in the intermediate Nascent Soul stage to possess such power is truly remarkable. But you have lost your way and overestimated your power. Challenging an Immortal Soul stage cultivator would only result in your humiliation!"

"Your pride is your weakness. The smooth-sailing journey you had thus far ends here today, and this defeat will stagnate your progress for some time to come if it does not destroy your cultivation."

"And I will surpass you and reach the Immortal Soul stage before you can even smell it, leaving you to choke on the dust behind me. I pray that the heavens spare your life today, for I will return to defeat and kill you myself!"

Just at this moment, there was a rumbling above the golden bridge. From the void emerged a gigantic humanoid. Sounds of scriptures being read could be heard as soft light rained down gently.

Shao Huayang and the other cultivators stared dumbly.

Even Tidal Sword Elder, Vivant Joy Holy Man, Red Dragon King and the Solar Sage seemed to be mildly surprised at this sight as well.

Although Shao Huayang and the rest could not see clearly what was happening, they could tell for sure that Zhu Yi was withstanding Shao Qingcheng's attacks while brewing his own cosmic form.

Not only was Shao Qingcheng's attacks not doing real damage, it seemed to be hastening the rate of condensation!

Despite how Zhu Yi appeared to be fainting as his face grew paler, his soul only grew bigger and stronger, as the cosmic form becoming increasingly clearer.

"He's using his battles with the Immortal Soul stage cultivators to shave off the unnecessary bits in his techniques while refining the essence of his power," commented Vivant Joy Holy Man. "But this is also because he has reached the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage. He was but one step away from completing the cosmic form in the first place."

Lin Feng smiled and replied, "Such an experience is hard to replicate. Even when he wants to breakthrough other levels in the future, it will be hard to repeat today's feat again."

"But without sufficient confidence, I'd say he would dare not be so impulsive. He must have calculated that this battle with Shao Qingcheng would give him the breakthrough to the final Nascent Soul stage."

The Tidal Sword Elder and the rest might have understood what was happening but they kept mum and remained solemn. What Zhu Yi did today was more than enough to leave an impression on these Immortal Soul stage elders.

Finally, when Shao Qingcheng escaped the influence of the golden bridge and unleashed enough power to overcome the Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages, Zhu Yi's cosmic form materialized with a bang!

His nascent soul grew to look like him when he was twelve, signifying his attainment of the final Nascent Soul stage.

The coarse-looking branch from a Cloud Forest Tree shrunk to release sufficient spiritual energy for Zhu Yi's mana recovery. It achieved the effect of soothing the nascent soul and stabilizing the cosmic form.

"Fairly speaking, the difference between us was really negligible," said Zhu Yi calmly. "But now, it's no longer negligible."

As he spoke, his giant cosmic form stomped once on the golden bridge, sending incredible sparks flying like fireworks.

Now that he was in the Advanced Nascent Soul stage, Zhu Yi's prowess surged and the power of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel increased manifold. In a fury of sparks and scriptures, Zhu Yi began to push back Shao Qingcheng's Meteor Aurora Technique.

"The more you seek destruction, the more I call for resurrection and salvation!"

"Regardless of the tribulations and disasters that might stand in my way, I will lead the masses to salvation and to their own inner peace!" shouted Zhu Yi.

"Shao Qingcheng! You did not share a pleasant relationship with my mother! You were definitely involved in my mother's death in some way! I shall spare you your life so that you can clean her grave and beg for forgiveness!"

Her face turned cold as the mere thought of begging for forgiveness was already more humiliating than death could ever be.

She retaliated, "Clean the grave of that b*tch Meng Bingyun? I only spared her grave from destruction on Hongwu's account!"

"You had better go now!" cried Zhu Yi.

His cosmic form rumbled like thunder as his Four Appearances Sky Formation's Sky Revolution throbbed.

It oscillated between expanding to envelop the sky and shrinking to the size of a speck of dust.

The oscillation created immense pressure that pounded hard on Shao Qingcheng's Immortal Soul Avatar, resulting in an unbelievable amount of pain.

It felt as though the avatar was about to turn into dust like the sky formation.

Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation now went into full offensive mode. In a bid to complete his cosmic form previously, it had gone into total defense, but now it no longer needed to fend off any attacks.

"Advanced Nascent Soul Stage, cosmic form?!" Shao Qingcheng felt the wrath of Zhu Yi's attacks, "He actually achieved the cosmic form while battling me? Impossible!"

She felt a wave of despair and humiliation.

A middle-level Nascent Soul stage cultivator making a breakthrough while fighting an Immortal Soul stage fighter.

And it was not because Shao Qingcheng showed mercy or withheld any attacks, but solely due to Zhu Yi's own ability and resolve. The rage she felt was overwhelming, tearing at the seams of the avatar.

But against Zhu Yi's counter-attacks, the rage was doused immediately as she reverted to her composed self.

She glanced at Zhu Yi once again before she ended her Meteor Aurora Technique.

If she could invoke the powers of the luminaries, her technique would greatly increase in capability and she would definitely go head-on with Zhu Yi. But Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages was creating a barrier that stood in between Shao Qingcheng and her full power, and there was no reason for him to choose a more difficult path to victory.

Denying one access was Zhu Yi's battle model, the more the opponent wanted something, the more he would not let them have it.

The world created by Shao Qingcheng's immortal soul started spinning, creating a force field around the Immortal Soul Avatar by linking all the space surrounding her.

This was no doubt the secret technique of the Heaven's Gate, the Heaven's Curse!

Performed by the Immortal Soul stage Shao Qingcheng, this defensive technique was far greater than the previous demonstration by Yi Cangchen.

"It's pointless," said Zhu Yi and the golden bridge crashed downwards once more.

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Chapter 752: Sky Revolution and Essay of the Sages

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The golden bridge created by the Essay of the Sages tore through Shao Qingcheng's Heaven's Curse, breaking the separation between his world and the external one.

The Sky Revolution spun once more, and completely flattened that small world into oblivion.

Shao Qingcheng felt the mana that she released to create that space slowly disappearing under the control of Zhu Yi, mimicking the Destruction of Heaven and Earth.

Being in this space that she had created, she had to suffer the Destruction of Heaven and Earth.

Her Immortal Soul avatar displayed subtle emotions, that of rage, but more of fear and caution.

"Everlasting life! May the heavens bless us!"

As Shao Qingcheng's voice resonated through the air, streaks of purple and gold swirled around her immortal soul, forming some sort of jade deity-like outfit that functioned as an armour. It withstood the force of destruction and prevented her from collapsing.

The Everlasting Aerial Hide!

Lin Feng and Zhu Yi shared a glance as they thought, "That's the secret defense technique passed down from Emperor Tai!"

Following the Heaven's Curse, Shao Qingcheng had displayed yet another impregnable defense technique. Together, they finally withstood Zhu Yi's relentless attacks.

With a surge of her power, the Yang Heaven Lamp shone brighter than before, crashing out of the barrier from the Eternal Night Demonic Stele and then returning to her side.

There were no errors in Shao Qingcheng's anticipations in the flow of the battle. No sooner had the lamp reached her when Zhu Yi's attack came crashing down once again, leaving barely any time for her to catch a breather.

The Four Appearances Sky Formation-turned Sky Revolution encapsulated Shao Qingcheng's Everlasting Aerial Hide once more, immediately beginning its contractions. The purple and golden armour cracked and burst, dissipating into the surroundings.

"Rise!" cried Shao Qingcheng.

Red flames from the Yang Heaven Lamp rose in tiny patterns, casting a net of fire around her and forming the third line of defense.

As an Immortal Soul cultivator, she could fully harness the full potential of the lamp, effectively turning it into an Immortal Soul stage cultivator that was on her side.

The sea of fire from the Solar Flare transformed the thousand miles of void around it into a sea of flame, seemingly distorting space itself.

"If it were one f the seven primordial flames, I would at least be slightly concerned. But your Solar Flare simply isn't strong enough," chided Zhu Yi as he remained nonchalan about the fearsome sea of flames. His Supreme Ancient Holy Apparel glistened with bright white light as it negated the heat from the Solar Flare's fires.

In the meantime, his Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages continued their relentless assault.

With the Yang Heaven Lamp, Shao Qingcheng was hoping to get a breather and a window of opportunity to reorganize her strategy. But Zhu Yi did not waste his Sky Formation and Essay on defending against the Yang Heaven Lamp and instead carried on with his attack. Because Zhu Yi simply relied on his Supreme Ancient Holy Apparel to withstand the Yang Heaven Lamp, he could continue to oppress her with the Essay of the Sages.

The Essay of the Sages itself was an unusual weapon. Wielded by Zhu Yi, it functioned like an Immortal Soul avatar, suppressing the offensive capability of the Yang Heaven Lamp.

Facing Zhu Yi's torrential attacks, Shao Qingcheng felt as though her four-limbs were not sufficient for defense as mistakes started to creep into her techniques.

When all of a sudden, an endless black curtain started to envelope her immortal soul avatar, sinking into a world of nothingness. There was neither sound nor light in this world.

"Damn it!" She knew it was the works of the Eternal Night Demonic Steele.

If she did not escape the darkness in time, she would be subdued and captured by Zhu Yi's Eternal Night Demonic Steele.

"Bastard! Don't you dare!" screamed Shao Qingcheng. The multiverse created by her immortal soul began to stir, as though many smaller worlds revolved around a great sphere of energy. The sphere of powerful energy expanded through barriers and began merging with the smaller worlds.

In the next moment, this powerful concept of energy transformed into streaks of light as it exploded out of the captivity of the Eternal Night Demonic Steele.

In a sorrowful moan, the Eternal Night Demonic Steele retreated and the darkness faded. Shao Qingcheng could see light once again. Even though she was only trapped in darkness momentarily, it felt as though a thousand years had passed.

The blow that Shao Qingcheng dealt on the steele was great. Despite it being a Mahayana level magic treasure, it had no way to fully regenerate itself in such a short span.

Nonetheless, Shao Qingcheng had also sustained considerable damage, resulting in her inability to maintain her immortal soul avatar as she reverted to her human form.

Zhu Yi quietly said, "There may be some parts of the concepts of Great Heavenly Mantra and Celestial Treasure Wheel in your retaliation earlier. They might be little, but they are still quite impressive."

"But this will not change the fact that I will defeat you!"

Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages crashed down on Shao Qingcheng once again. Seeing how Zhu Yi had resumed with the attacks, Shao Qingcheng revealed a look of despair. With a damaged immortal soul, it would be taxing to block this attack.

Shao Qingcheng had given up all hope of turning this fight into a victory. Even the thought of dragging it to a stalemate or a draw was almost impossible. Lin Feng observed the fight from afar and believed the result of this was already predictable.

At this very stage, Shao Qingcheng had no choice but to admit that she, an immortal soul cultivator, was about to be defeated by a nascent soul warrior!

She took a deep breath and regained the decisiveness that she had always possessed. She pointed a single finger at her forehead.

Golden light emerged from her forehead, becoming what seemed like a golden plate engraved with symbols that were to complicate dto decipher .

As the golden light faded, the plate revealed a black metallic colour with crimson words inscribed. But on closer look, only half a plate was there.

Her fingertip jabbed hard at the plate and shattered it, releasing a purple and gold mist that encapsulated her body. In an instant, the mist ripped open the void and extracted her out of the battle. Shao Qingcheng was about to vanish.

Even Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation and Essay of the Sages were too slow to get her.

"The Emperor Tai's Diplomatic Immunity Certificate?" a thought flashed through Zhu Yi's mind.

In the Antiquity Age, Emperor Tai bestowed this Diplomatic Immunity Certificate upon his most trusted generals as a golden pardon should he commit any crime punishable by death. At the same time, it was also a treasure that could protect his beloved subjects.

By breaking the plate in half and activating it, the powers of Emperor Tai would protect the wielder of the half-tablet and break him through the void, sending the person back to Emperor Tai where the other half-tablet laid.

Therefore, centuries later, people named this certificate the golden pardon. Although it could only be used once, it gave the wielder another chance at life.

But this treasure was sacred and very rare, practically unseen in today's world.

However, it was not surprising for the Great Zhou Empire, which had excavated the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai and other Emperor Tai possessions, to have obtained a few of them and given them to Shao Qingcheng, who was a core member of the East Heaven's Gate.

"Zhu Yi, you're good," said Shao Qingcheng as she regained her composure. "You're almost at the level to make Hongwu show himself, although that, for you, is bad news."

"Even if he doesn't look for me, I will find him," replied Zhu Yi with a wry smile.

"And when that day finally arrives, not even the East Heaven's Gate, the Great Zhou Empire, nor father himself can save you."

"And you think you can just walk away with this treasure ? Your soul is hurt, but so is my steele. In that case, you can leave your beloved lamp as a form of compensation!"

As Zhu Yi spoke, the earth behind him began to tremble. The giant who was seated atop on the Qilin stood up and all four of his faces began to recite scriptures as his eight hands put aside their books, pen, zither and ruler, and took a ceremonious bow.

Immense power reverberated through the air. Reinforced by the Supreme Ancient Holy Apparel , Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation revolved in mid-air and shook the void, momentarily holding the escaping Shao Qingcheng in place.

In the next moment, the golden bridge created by Zhu Yi's spell swept in a single swoop, knocking down the Yang Heaven Lamp that was on Shao Qingcheng's head.

"You may leave now!" laughed Zhu Yi, content and satisfied.

Amidst his laughter, Shao Qingcheng was whacked by the golden bridge as shestumbled and fell. It was only after that did the purple light from the Diplomatic Immunity Certificate broke free from the control of the Four Appearances Sky Formation and surrounded her to bring her to safety.

Everyone in the vicinity could see what had happened. Not just Tidal Sword Elder, Red Dragon King, Solar Sage, and Shao Huayang, but all of them from East Heaven's Gate and the other audiences.

"Zhu Yi!" screamed Shao Qingcheng. The embarrassment in front of everyone was suffocating.

Her calm composure shattered once more. If she was in her physical body, she would most likely have spit blood out of anger and shame.

"Senior Shao!"

But the Diplomatic Immunity Certificate could only save one person. Since Shao Qingcheng had used it, Yin Cangchen was doomed to be left behind. Shao Qingcheng could not even save her own lamp, let alone another person.

Yin Cangchen was already severely injured by Zhu Yi before this and was only shielded by Shao Qingcheng. Now that Shao Qingcheng had left, he had no escape, and could only stare upon as Zhu Yi's Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala bound and caught him.

"You are too talkative. Be careful you don't turn dumb after this," laughed Zhu Yi as he suppressed Yin Cangchen.

The crowd fell silent at this sight.

Nobody had expected such results from the beginning, they thought that Zhu Yi would be lucky to survive or force a draw. Little did they know that Zhu Yi would actually triumph over Shao Qingcheng.

The gaze from Tidal Sword Elder and the other elders leaped from Zhu Yi to Lin Feng, their emotions clearly not in one place. They felt as though they could not compare to Lin Feng anymore.

Not just in physique or power, but in seniority and rank as Lin Feng's student, Zhu Yi, could already match up to them. If that was the case, how else were they supposed to face the master if they had difficulty handling the student? The difference between Lin Feng and them was apparent.

Lin Feng's calm and composed self contrasted against the bewilderment apparent in the rest as though Zhu Yi's fight was of no major concern and his victory was guaranteed from the start.

He courteously motioned to everyone and said, "This fight is over, our sect will hence take our leave."

Vivant Joy Holy Man and Tidal Sword Elder were alerted by his words as they simply could not stomach the fact that Lin Feng was leaving with the Green Glass Jade Stand.

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Chapter 753: A Good Stepping Stone

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"His Majesty hasn't arrived yet." Vivant Joy Holy Man felt a pinch in his heart but the thought of seeing Lin Feng walk away with the Green Glass Jade Stand was enough for him to develop ideas on how to stop Lin Feng.

The Tidal Sword Elder felt the same way, and tried to contact the Zhou Emperor, Liang Pan, and the Vast Sea Swordmaster, but only received even more shocking news.

On the Zhou Emperor's route across the vast seas, something of great importance had caught his attention and he had diverted his route for strategic reasons.

Vivant Joy Holy Man also tried contacting Qin Emperor Shi Yu, but received a similar reply.

Both Immortal Soul stage cultivators instantly knew that regardless of whether it was the Qin or Zhou Emperor, both would not be able to come here anytime soon.

"My leader will not arrive in time to send you off so let me express my regrets on his behalf." said Vivant Joy Holy Man with much resentment and regret.

"There are a total of three peaks including Fangzhang Celestial Mountain which now belongs to the Great Zhou Empire. I'm still in a dilemma as to how to maximise the returns. But perhaps Brother Shi already has an idea?" said Lin Feng.

"In that case, pardon me for not waiting."

After finishing his line, Lin Feng picked up Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang and the rest and headed away.

Vivant Joy Holy Man and Tidal Sword Elder sighed at the same time, bringing their men and trailing behind Lin Feng. They made sure to leave a huge gap between them and Lin Feng.

Without any amicable agreements, they both considered the option of obtaining the treasure by force. However, the lack of strong reinforcements decided that they could only shadow behind Lin Feng in a rather petty manner. But being petty was the least of their concern. They were not willing to go down without a fight.

It was rumored that the Green Glass Jade could help one locate the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. And this alone was enough reason for them to act. Even if they could not utilize the jade itself, they might be able to scavenge something off Lin Feng by following him.

Should Lin Feng chase them away, it would not be too late to scatter only then without a direct confrontation.

But if the Green Glass Jade was really a crucial puzzle piece to the entire matter, they could inform Shi Yu and Liang Pan at a moment's notice.

And they were not alone in this. Even the Red Dragon King and Solar Sage had gathered their men and followed closely behind silently.

Only the fellows from East Heaven's Gate stayed behind, unable to keep up with the pace of the immortal soul warriors.

After Shao Qingcheng's defeat, Lin Feng and company could not be bothered to even make things difficult for them anymore.

Shao Huayang's blood boiled at the thought of not being viewed importantly by Zhu Yi.

Still sore, Shao Huayang's mind was like the tulmultous ocean as she thought to herself, "I still can't believe that Mother was not his match?"

"She, an Immortal Soul stage cultivator had actually lost to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and was forced to use the Diplomatic Immunity Certificate. I just can't believe it."

"Does this mean even if Zhu Yi remains stagnant and I advance to become an immortal soul, I might still be unable to win him?"

"That bastard, lowly life form back at the mansion who was not allowed to train at all...Who would have expected him to become who he is today?"

Shao Huayang felt the ground below her spin as stars appeared before her eyes.

Her nascent soul, the little figure that looked like a four year old child, felt like a thin, fragile ceramic plate that was already cracked, prone to shattering at the slightest impact.

"Father must be able to beat him. Yes. He wwould also be nothing in Grandfather's eyes...the Elders and the warriors of the Zhou empire would also be able to do the same as well and...and..Mother!"

"Mother was unprepared and caught off guard. If they met again, she would be well prepared...Today's outcome would never happen again."

She shook her head, taking awhile to regain her composure. Blood trickled from her nose and eyes from her intense thinking and self-reassurance.

"ButI don't see how I can beat him... Unless he doesn't improve and I continue my ascent to the Immortal Soul stage...but how likely was that?"

All the East Heaven's Gate's disciples cast their gaze away from the crestfallen Shao Huayang. No one knew what would happen if their words triggered her wrath. She was after all, more unpredictable than the weather.

But they shared the same sentiments towards Shao Qingcheng's defeat to Zhu Yi, a mere Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Some of them felt that their understanding world had been changed forever and that their life had been a lie so far.

Even those who followed Vivant Joy Holy Man and Tidal Sword Elder felt uneasy. This shocking news would take time to digest, and would shape the Divine Lands forever, even affecting the Barren Expanses.

No matter whether it was a coincidence or not, it had been ages since a Nascent Soul stage cultivator had defeated an Immortal Soul stage cultivator.

The thought of this had shaken everyone present.

Over the years, word had spread over all of the Great Celestial World, including the demons, of Lin Feng's prowess and that of his disciples. Not only were his powers incredible, but his four disciples, Zhu Yi, Xiao Yan, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao were all geniuses that only surfaced once in every eon.

And it was even harder to believe that such talented people existed all at the same time, and studied under the same master as well.

Initially, the East Heaven's Gate was ready to let the world know of their name and emerge from secrecy. But who would have expected that in the end it was Lin Feng's Celestial Sect of Wonders who would make a name for themselves from their reappearance.

It was as though their reappearance was an excellent stepping stone.

In all fairness, Shao Qingcheng was a first grade warrior. With the Yang Heaven Lamp, she could rival most Immortal Soul elders, including the likes of Tidal Sword Elder, Vivant Joy Holy Man, Red Dragon King and Solar Sage. They would all have to admit that they might not be her match.

But her defeat to a mere Nascent Soul stage cultivator left them deep in thought.

On the other hand, it was Zhu Yi himself who did not think much about his victory.

For a cosmic form to triumph over an immortal soul, huge luck had to be involved. It was so rare that it was almost unheard of in the recent years. Thus, it stirred the many Immortal Soul stage cultivators who were present. And needless to say, the cultivators that had yet to attain the Immortal Soul stage were even more shocked after witnessing this incredibly rare sight.

But for Zhu Yi, it was just ridding himself of his demons. There was no pride whatsoever in his victory. Besides, his master had just demonstrated such a feat a few days before that.

Li Yuanfang, Jieyu and Bai Guang also offered their words of praise, though not as exaggerated as the others.

"Master, they're following us," said Li Yuanguang.

"Let them be," replied Lin Feng.

"The Green Glass Jade is only a clue to the celestial mountain, it does not mean that having the jade will get us the mountain."

"If the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was so easily obtained, the Golden Hill Holy Man would not have left the Green Glass Jade behind," continued Lin Feng.

"But we can take a look at the returns from Zhu Yi's win. The rewards seem to be rather bountiful," smiled Lin Feng.

Lin Feng proceeded to take out the Scroll of the Blood River. Inside the scroll was a black robe that struggled to escape the grip of the Blood River Primordial Water.

Zhu Yi interjected, "This robe's defensive ability is certainly not ordinary. When I was at the intermediate nascent soul stage, I may not have pulled through without the Essay of the Sages' golden bridge. And I have a gut feeling that its capabilities are more than what meets the eye."

"Of course," replied Lin Feng. "This is the You Heaven Robe. It has a very big reputation."

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, "So this is one of the Nine Treasures of the Heavenly Gate?"

Legend has it that back when the Heavenly Gate was at its prime, apart from the destiny treasure - Great Heavenly Wheels, the next nine most powerful magic treasures were the Nine Treasures of the Heaven's Gate.

In the Center, Heavenly Imperial Jade, Mahayana class treasure.

In the East, Cang Heaven Spell Blade, Mahayana class treasure.

In the North-East, Min Heaven Banner, Metaplasia class treasure.

In the North, Xuan Heaven Seal, Mahayana class treasure.

In the North-West, You Heaven Robe, Metaplasia class treasure.

In the West, Yuan Heaven Emerald Needle, Mahayana class treasure.

In the South-West, Zhu Heaven Pagoda, Metaplasia class treasure.

In the South, Yan Heaven Crucible, Mahayana class treasure.

In the South-East, Yang Heaven Lamp, Metaplasia class treasure.

However, after the destruction of Heaven's Gate, many of the treasures were slowly stolen and soon forgotten.

Lin Feng smiled and continued, "The Great Void Sect's Yan Mingyue's Heavenly Imperial Jade was the pinnacle of the Mahayana treasures. When the Nine Heavenly Swords were absent, it was considered the number one treasure below the Great Heavenly Wheels. But during the revolution that overthrew the Emperor of Violence, it was harmed and fell to Metaplasia class, after which no one knows how it ended up with the Great Void Sect."

He gently stroked a finger down the robe, "If I remember correctly, the original You Heaven Robe was destroyed in that fight, both soul and body were disintegrated. So, that leaves this to be a copy and not the original. The immortal soul cultivators from the East Heaven's Gate probably followed ancient scriptures in crafting this replica. Even so, it's still considered a marvelous treasure."

A soft moan emanated from the robe. It was the voice that conversed with Yin Cangchen, but gentler and younger.

Lin Feng added in, "It's the lamp that Zhu Yi brought down. It's indeed one of the nine treasures, just that it has fallen to the Gestation level."

"Robe or lamp, they are both Zhu Yi's spoils of war." laughed Lin Feng.

Zhu Yi nodded and replied, "Master, can the Green Glass Jade really help us locate Yingzhou Celestial Mountain?"

Lin Feng tapped the scroll once more, and out flew the piece of jade.

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Chapter 754: A Voracious Appetite

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The Green Glass Jade flew out of the the Scroll of the Blood River, coming face to face with Lin Feng who managed a smile. It shook for a while, then a bright middle-aged male voice came from within, "Excellent powers from both master and student, a nascent soul triumphing over an immortal soul. A rare sight since ancient times."

Lin Feng replied plainly, "I am Lin Feng of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, and we've come for the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea."

The voice replied, "I am the Green Glass Jade Soul, the original soul of the magic treasure." He then continued, "If you're looking for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, I'm more than willing to help, I just ask that you leave me atop that mountain in the event that you've managed to gain control over the celestial mountain."

"Truth to be told, there's a spring on that mountain that is fresh and sweet. I've bathed in its water for a thousand years before this, and almost attained the status of a Metaplasia treasure. Unfortunately I had to leave the mountain...Hence, I wish for your assistance," Green Glass Jade Soul continued.

Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang and company's eyes lit up at the same time, "There's really such a spring?"

A Gestation magic treasure could attain the Metaplasia state by cultivating on its own but it would be an uphill task that would take more than ten of thousands of years without the opportune encounters, especially so without a wielder.

Lin Feng inquired, "How can you help me to find the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain?"

Green Glass Jade Soul replied, "I may have left the mountains for a long time, but I can still carry out the Retrospective Reconstruction Spell to find my way back there because of the thousand years which I had spent in the spring on the mountain. It may not give me the exact location, but at least a sense of the general direction."

After a brief pause, he continued, "My previous wielder, Golden Hill Holy Man mastered the Golden Dome Restoration Technique. I was cultivated from the powers of this technique, and hence continued my own cultivation in the same ways as well."

Green Glass Jade Stand's ability laid in restoration. It was able to negate an opponent's attack to different extents, depending on the strength of the attack, by turning the power from the attack back into pure energy.

It was also able to reverse the damage dealt to existing objects, though the degree of restoration varied, and was not applicable to living beings. As such, he could not bring someone back to life.

And the treasure would leave some trace behind, somehow or another, on anyone or anything which had interacted with it.

In ancient times, despite being only an early stage immortal soul, many sought for the help of the Golden Hill Holy Man and the Green Glass Jade Stand. They came with requests to restore objects of find things and places.

Golden Hill Holy Man had faith in his learning and was bent on searching for the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, but ultimately perished within, his Way of the Golden Hill lost together with him.

Many in the Divine Plains tried to fight for his Golden Dome Restoration Technique, but it was ultimately lost from the Divine Plains after years of fighting and arguments.

Green Glass Soul said, "For your avatar to have such power, I bet you are one to be reckoned with. I'm willing to refine and work for you so long as you raise me to become Metaplasia level again."

Lin Feng replied, "If you're willing to learn, I'm more than willing to accept you."

"I'm most willing to do so," replied Green Glass Jade Soul.

"You can start by telling me what happened in the Ying Seas." said Lin Feng. "I've time to spare, so be as detailed as possible, including what happened to the Golden Hill Holy Man."

"One revolution around the mountains spans up to four thousand miles. Its flora and fauna has magical properties. Amongst them is the spring at the foot of the mountain in which I gather my strength, the Jade Nectar Spring."

"There are many complicated formations on the mountain, but they are not left by men, but by divine forces. These formations give the Ying Seas their magical potential and danger."

Lin Feng and his disciples listened intently to every detail, playing close attention to the ancient formations that were created by Nature along with the mountains.

Apparently, according to Green Glass Soul, these formations were so complicated that Golden Hill Holy Man got lost in them and perished within. Then, the Green Glass Jade Stand was also entrapped and lost within the formation for more than ten thousand years.

It took many occasions when the mountain appeared in the Divine Plains did the formations weaken with the exploration from generations of cultivators, giving Green Glass Soul the chance to escape. He subsequently escaped and landed in the Jade Nectar Spring which nourished him.

But after a thousand years, changes happened to the mountain. That was when Green Glass Soul was thrown out of the spring and fell off the mountain.

The fall was devastating, not only removing him from the mountain, but also hurting him in the process. It was only recently that he had began to recover from the injuries and reappear in the Divine Plains.

He reminisced the spring for many years, and dreamed of returning to the mountain. But along the way, the illusion from an island north-west of the Ying Seas entrapped him and exposed his location, inviting searches from Shao Qingcheng, Red Dragon King, Vivant Joy Holy Man and the others.

Lin Feng nodded and smiled, "Yuanfang, what do you think?"

"Based on what Green Glass Soul elder has mentioned, the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain has been under attack many times and its formations are weakened."

"But it has since been thousands of years since he left, thus, it won't be easy to predict the current circumstances."

Li Yuanfang was a person meticulous with his words and would never introduce speculative terms in his comments. There were no 'perhaps' or 'maybe' in his words.

"But one thing for sure," his tone taking a turn, "If the formations were not left by men, but created by divine forces, then whatever happens to the formations will have an impact on the mountain as well."

"Since the formations are getting weaker, I posit that the mountain itself would get stronger."

Zhu Yi added, "I agree. But such increase in power may not appear solely in the strength of the mountain."

"It might be that the flora and fauna's magical properties have increased, or that the Jade Nectar Spring's nourishing powers have increased."

Li Yuanfang nodded in agreement.

Lin Feng added, "Or it may have grown in intellect."

Everyone paused and pondered about such a possibility. Even the Green Glass Soul kept quiet as he went into deep thoughts.

"On the island, we might have to rely on your experience," said Lin Feng towards Green Glass Soul. He agreed without any hesitation, and he allowed Lin Feng to refine him.

Lin Feng activated his powers, and streaks of golden light shone from the green jade, forming a light screen.

The image of a humongous celestial mountain could vaguely be seen on the light screen.. Although it was smaller than the Fangzhang celestial mountain, its powers did not pale in comparison.

The screen shattered and the light dissipated. But they did not vanish completely. Instead, they formed a golden line that seemed to extend forever beyond the limits of the eye.

Lin Feng and the rest nodded and smiled. The Green Glass Jade Stand was really the key to finding the mountain.

The sneaky group that was following behind grew excited as Lin Feng seemed to have found something. But the sight of how Lin Feng had stopped in his tracks took away all the excitement and joy from these groups of people. Lin Feng turned around to look at them. It was his usual unreadable expression.

Tidal Sword Elder, Vivant Joy Holy Man, Solar Sage and Red Dragon King stopped their men from advancing, looking at Lin Feng with a forced smile in their best attempt to mask their helplessness.

"Looking for the mountain is no easy feat. Even if one finds it, one may not be able to control it. The more clues we have, the more options we have. The more hands there are in finding it, the higher the chances of success. I welcome all to join in the search, but you will have to exchange clues of equal importance." said Lin Feng to the embarrassed crowd.

Vivant Joy Holy Man and the other elders looked at each other and shared a similar thought, "This Lin Feng is a really demanding person!"

Among the crowd, there was not a single person who dared to claim that the mountain belonged to him. In fact, there was likely no one who would dare to take on the mountain all by himself.

Thus, it sounded like a good plan to pool all the clues they had and to combine their forces. Being greedy and not joining in might mean that one might totally miss out on the chance of finding such a treasure.

It was said that whoever controlled the three celestial mountains could control the whole Ying Sea. But practically speaking, it was beyond difficult for one person to have all three mountains, especially with everyone watching from the side and breathing down each other's neck. Even the Zhou Emperor, who already had Fangzhang Celestial Mountains, had a slim chance at obtaining all of them.

But looking at the calm Lin Feng, the elders could not form any reasonable doubt towards his idea.

As the crowd took its time to consider their options, Tidal Sword Elder decisively spoke up using the voice projection method, "In the southern region of the Ying Sea, someone had claimed to have found traces of the Penglai Celestial Mountain. Therefore Zhou Emperor and Qin Emperor Shi Yu had decided to check it out for themselves."

Vivant Joy Holy Man seemed to have been slower than Tidal Sword Elder as he could now no longer share the same concurring information which he had received earlier. concurred with the information provided by Tidal Sword Elder. Vivant Joy Holy Man felt like kicking Tidal Sword Elder in the guts.

Vivant Joy Holy Man took a deep breath and then used his voice projection to communicate to Lin Feng, "In the same southern region, Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, which now belongs to Zhou Emperor, had also surfaced."

"Oh?" Lin Feng was processing the information at hand.

Red Dragon King added in, "I don't have any clues in the search. What I do know is a trick or two on how to unravel the restrictive barriers of Penglai Celestial Mountain. Perhaps you would be interested."

"Oh? I'm all ears." replied Lin Feng.

Red Dragon King began, "Everyone knows that the Penglai Celestial Mountain is surrounded by sea, and the humongous tidal waves are the primary obstacles to reaching the mountain. The waves are said to follow the mountain wherever it goes, but I know of a way to counter it."

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Chapter 755: The Gift of the Gap

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

After the exploration by generations of powerful cultivators, the veil over the three celestial mountains was beginning to fade, and they laid in wait for a fortunate passer-by to control them.

Amongst the three, Penglai Celestial Mountain had a sea on its own. The waters were murky and dark, giving it the name 'Dark Sea'. There was no wind but yet there were powerful tides that surged up to over hundred feet high and moved with the mountain, protecting it wherever it went.

This Dark Sea was different from the Netherworld Sea and its real name was Vast Black Sea.

The intensity of its blackness was comparable to the darkness of the sky above. Its vastness was comparable to that of the void battleground where an ocean of space exists. Hence, it was given the name Vast Black Sea.

For the common folk who wanted to access Penglai Celestial Mountain, the Dark Sea was an effective deterrent.

Even for the Immortal Soul Third Level cultivators who tried bashing their way through, the pressure from the void of the Ying Sea would remain as a substantial challenge.

These obstacles applied to the other two mountains as well.

All three mountains were protected by some divine power. But just as the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain was subdued by the Zhou Emperor, the formations around Yingzhou Celestial Mountains were getting weaker, and people had found ways to cross the Dark Sea.

This amazed Lin Feng. The collective power of mankind was overwhelming. This was like a challenging game where while individuals failed, the combined abilities and intellect of additional players who joined in the fray would allow the group to solve one of nature's greatest puzzles.

As generation after generation of people came and passed, they solved the puzzles and had new breakthroughs. The final breakthrough seemed to be on its way for this difficult puzzle.

Logically speaking, even if Lin Feng and crew did not succeed in this attempt, it would not be long before someone actually gained control over them.

But it was difficult to ascertain yet who would have the final laugh.

Lin Feng looked and Red Dragon King and said, "If your methods really work, then I shall allow you to follow."

After all, one had to find the mountain even before conquering the seas.

Red Dragon King replied, "In actual fact, this method has been tested and proven by my clan's Purple Sea Dragon King thousand of years ago."

"But the Hades Emperor's sudden arrival resulted in Purple Sea Dragon King loingt contact with the Penglai Celestial Mountain, allowing the Dark Sea to regenerate and conceal the mountain thereafter."

"It was a lose-lose situation even for Hades Emperor," Red Dragon King continued with a sigh.

A thought flashed through Lin Feng's head. But he showed no expression and only nodded in agreement.

Red Dragon King added, "As the leader of the Celestial Sect, you ought to know that in the Ying Sea there exist a Space Monster that entraps anyone who enters. It will then proceed to kill them and feed on their energy."

Lin Feng nodded. He had encountered such creatures before and even slayed a few.

"These monsters can move freely through the mysterious space around the mountains, and could even swim in the Dark Sea. Purple Sea Dragon King knew this and captured thousands of this monsters, collecting their blood and soul and used it to pave a way to the Penglai Celestial Mountain." said Red Dragon King.

Lin Feng considered his words for a moment and ascertained that what the Red Dragon King had shared followed a sound logical before replying, "You may follow."

Solar Sage did not know what the other three immortal soul elders said to Lin Feng due to the usage of voice projection. But from their communication, there seemed to be nothing to hide, and from their expressions of delight, they must have provided substantial information for Lin Feng to allow them to follow him.

Solar Sage had his doubts. He had some information from Golden Roc Grand Sage, but did not know if it was worth sharing with Lin Feng.

He looked once more at the golden thread created by the Green Glass Soul before deciding to swallow his pride and proceed to share with Lin Feng, "The Zhou Emperor might have the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, but it does not mean that their control over the mountain is firm."

"The shadows of dragons that float above the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain were created by the infiltration of countless dragons eons ago. Their attempt to penetrate the defenses left a serious dent in the defensive mechanism of the celestial mountain."

"The Zhou Emperor probably leveraged on those weaknesses to come up with a strategy to break through," said Solar Sage.

He continued, "If what Master Lin said about the dragon shadows being the same as before, then perhaps the Zhou Emperor himself has yet to mend those gaps in the defenses."

"To integrate the old and new defenses together would be an arduous process. The Zhou Emperor Liang Pan and the Marquis of Xuanji Zhu Hongwu did not have much time. Relying on the split of Immortal Stage Level 1 Liang Pan would take forever to complete the refining process."

After listening, and as Lin Feng recalled his encounter with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, he realized things started falling into place.

Lin Feng's lips pursed into a smile as he faced the onlooking crowd. "I'll be making my move soon. Follow as you wish," he said as he gathered his disciples and headed in the direction of the golden thread.

Vivant Joy Holy Man and the others could only force out a bitter smile.

Lin Feng had used a single piece of information to exchange for four. A very worthwhile trade indeed.

This feat was only possible firstly because Lin Feng himself was powerful and credible; secondly because he possessed the Green Glass Jade Soul, the most valuable and trustworthy piece of information.

That alone made everyone else willing parties in the exchange.

They could only laugh bitterly. Lin Feng had permitted them to follow, but he was not about to act as a guide. Anyone who lost their way only had themselves to blame.

Li Yuanfang was not bothered by the crowd behind, he turned to Lin Feng and asked, "Master, are we going to focus on thinking of a way to subdue the Ying Sea Celestial Mountains?"

From Li Yuanfang's perspective, it was worthwhile to focus on doing one thing at a time.

Lin Feng calmly replied, "Fret not, I have a plan."

Lin Feng knew that he had a trump card up his sleeve that would aid him tremendously in his attempt to acquire the Celestial Mountains - Big Luo and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

Therefore, his main focus was to first locating the mountains. That first step was of utmost importance.

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and knew. If Lin Feng had a plan, they would definitely trust his judgment.

As they rushed towards the Celestial Mountain, Lin Feng relayed the information to Xiao Yan and the rest. Despite also being in the Ying Sea region, communicating with them was still difficult. But it was better than not having any communication.

As Xiao Yan and the rest were in the north-east region of the Ying Sea, Lin Feng instructed them to head in the same direction as them.

At the same time, he helped Zhu Yi to cultivate the Yang Heaven Lamp and the You Heaven Robe.

The amount of effort required to suppress and refine treasures were completely different. Of a magic treasure was willing to be refined, it simply meant that it was willing to bow down to the refiner.

The You Heaven Robe was amateur and more cooperative towards Lin Feng and Zhu Yi. It was obviously shocked by the powerful methods of Lin Feng and Zhu Yi.

The Yang Heaven Lamp, on the other hand, having spent a long time with Shao Qingcheng, and having once been a Metaplasia class treasure from ancient times, it had seen much of the world and formed its own opinions.

Even facing the Blood River Primordial Water, which could pollute its soul, it did not give in.

"Yang Heaven Lamp, you have a long history together with the Emperor of Violence. You are a treasure with a conscience and are aware of what goes on around you," shouted Zhu Yi.

"The Zhou Emperor wants to restore the Emperors of Man, but we all know that the time for that is gone and past."

"Heaven's Gate was the first to step out against the idea of the Emperors of Man, but here you are aiding the faction that supports the idea. And you call this loyalty? You dare to call this be faithful to your values and principles?"

"They are just thieves who have learnt their powers but not their ways. They behave nothing like the real Heaven's Gate's people, and yet you are willing to collude with them?"

The Yang Heaven's Lamp fell silent, it's flame flickering with its thoughts.

Zhu Yi changed his tone, "Looking at your present condition, you don't look much better off than after your injury. I can only conclude that the people from the East Heaven's Gate did not pay much attention to you."

"Perhaps it's because of your differences in ideals? Or is it because of some concerns that we might not be aware of"

The flames flickered once again, but made no sound.

Zhu Yi continued, "If you trust me, I can help you and heal you. You can observe what I do. I just have to say that the beliefs and actions of the East Heaven's Gate are not representative of the entire Heaven's Gate. They might have inherited their techniques and cultivation but definitely not the values and spirit."

"The Heaven's Gate may or may not return, that I cannot say. But one thing is for sure, the East Heaven's Gate only spoils their reputation." said Zhu Yi.

Lin Feng glanced at the flickering flames and the lamp's softening attitude, and could not help but shake his head and smile as he looked at Zhu Yi.

"Zhu Yi does have the gift of the gab." thought Lin Feng.

Mount Yujing, from afar, added in, "My job here is complete."

"In that case, I'll be heading to the Ying Sea as well!"

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