Haotian Never Dies, Its Righteous Qi Endures Forever!

Some of the Vast Heaven Sect disciples might not have understood the decision to leave the city gate route to the others, but they supported Senior Brother Xinghe's decision one hundred percent.

After all, Senior Brother Xinghe had never been wrong throughout their journey, and everyone trusted even his most far-fetched intuitions.

Ma Liang took the position of vanguard and led a team ahead to scout.

But all along the way, there were no strange stone statues to speak of. Apart from the green bugs that occasionally scuttled up and inflicted petrifying poison on someone, there was no threat whatsoever.

The path was also remarkably smooth, making everyone feel as though they were sightseeing in an underground city rather than seeking treasure.

Meanwhile, the three sects had charged into the crowd of statues. The stone shells suddenly shattered, and a group of ghoul-like creatures crawled out from inside.

The disciples of the three sects immediately became locked in a bloody battle with the statues.

Chu Xinghe and his group strolled along on the other side. They could even faintly hear the sounds of battle and knew fighting had surely broken out over there.

But what did that have to do with him? His goal was to come away empty-handed!

Finding treasure wasn't easy, but how hard could it be to throw it all away?

Couldn't he just treat this as a day trip to the underground city?

After all, whose intuition had never been wrong?

But just as Chu Xinghe was wandering around in complete leisure, Ma Liang, who was scouting ahead, came racing toward him like a wild dog that had slipped its leash.

"Senior Brother Xinghe! Senior Brother Xinghe!" Ma Liang was so excited that his hands trembled, and every one of the junior brothers behind him had reddened eyes!

Holy shit! Something couldn't have gone wrong, could it?

Chu Xinghe panicked like crazy!

"Senior Brother Xinghe, your intuition is truly godlike! Up ahead... the spirit liquid is actually up ahead!"

At the news, the Vast Heaven Sect disciples around them erupted in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Senior Brother Xinghe as though he were a celestial being!

Chu Xinghe: "???"

"Wait... Ma Liang, say that again..."

"Senior Brother Xinghe, your intuition is truly godlike! The spirit liquid is actually up ahead!" Ma Liang really did repeat himself.

Chu Xinghe felt a wave of dizziness and nearly let Ma Liang send him to his grave on the spot!

Ma Liang, oh, Ma Liang, you really are a menace... I just wanted to bring everyone back empty-handed. What's wrong with that? Why is it so hard to make the sect suffer a loss and get them to punish me?

Chu Xinghe didn't need to say anything now. Everyone rushed ahead at once, and sure enough... in an immensely spacious area, a pool of spirit liquid lay still like a blue mirror.

But the Spiritual Qi it gave off showed that it really was spirit liquid.

Meanwhile... the three sects fought the statues in a bloody battle, but every one of the statues had a body as hard as stone. They could also release strange petrifying waves, and anyone struck by one had to take a large number of Stone-Breaking Pills to dispel its effects. But the three sects hadn't had many Stone-Breaking Pills to begin with, and some disciples were already facing deadly danger as their pills were about to run out!

"Hold steady, everyone! We'll win once we break through!" Fan Sheng raised his battle saber and shouted, but as soon as he finished speaking, a strange sound came from the distance. The next moment, the city gate opened, and behind it, stone shells began peeling off densely packed statues. They woke from their slumber and roared as they pounced on the three sects to slaughter them...

On the Vast Heaven Sect's side...

"Senior Brother Xinghe, what should we do now...?" Ma Liang, the self-proclaimed lucky general, looked at Chu Xinghe with a broad smile.

"What else can we do...? We're already here... let's wash up..."

Chu Xinghe was helpless. What else could he do at this point?

"Senior Brother Xinghe, please go in first. They say the Spiritual Qi is most concentrated for the first person in!"

"Yes, yes! We have to save this opportunity for Senior Brother Xinghe!"

"If Senior Brother Xinghe doesn't go in first, I won't accept anyone else!"

Before long, Chu Xinghe was chosen to enter the spirit liquid first. With countless people watching, he entered the pool. He didn't actually need to bathe; as long as he was near the spirit liquid, some of its Spiritual Qi would automatically be consumed to cleanse his marrow and refine his bones.

Spiritual Qi like a spring breeze entered Chu Xinghe's body. In an instant, he felt heat course through him as all his bones and flesh were transformed.

At the same time, his cultivation advanced straight from the peak of the Second Rank Martial Master realm into the Third Rank Grand Martial Master realm!

The Misfortune Compass had previously raised him straight to the peak of the second rank, and now the spirit liquid had actually let him break through!

"Congratulations on breaking through to Great Martial Master, Senior Brother Xinghe!"

"As expected of Senior Brother Xinghe! We entered the sect together, but he's already reached the third rank."

"Enough talk. Let's enter the spirit liquid in order!"

Everyone lined up. Since Ma Liang had been the vanguard and the first to find the spirit liquid, he got the second turn. After all, the earlier one entered, the stronger the spiritual power.

Ma Liang was so excited that he gave an acceptance speech on the spot.

He thanked Senior Brother Xinghe for trusting him throughout the journey, for not giving up on him even when he had been a troublemaker, and for giving him an opportunity, allowing him to achieve what he had today.

In short, follow Senior Brother Xinghe and every achievement would be yours!

Ma Liang finished cleansing his marrow and refining his bones, and his cultivation advanced straight from the early second rank to the peak of the second rank, one step away from the third rank.

Next, Wan Lin, the first to become Senior Brother Xinghe's little fangirl, went in third. She didn't give a long acceptance speech, only one sentence: wherever Senior Brother Xinghe pointed, she would strike!

The other disciples entered in turn after her. The senior brothers were somewhat disappointed that they didn't have to take off their clothes to bathe in the spirit liquid... and of course, Senior Sister Wan Lin was a little disappointed too...

The entire hundred-person group finished cleansing their marrow and refining their bones in the spirit liquid. As expected of the Vast Heaven Sect's elite disciples, every one of them reached the peak of the second rank. Though they were still a tiny bit short of the third rank, their strength had absolutely soared.

"Senior Brother Xinghe, let's take all the remaining spirit liquid with us. The exit should be over there! The three sects are probably done for!"

When Ma Liang finished speaking, many people nodded. The sounds of screams and fighting kept coming from the city, and they could imagine how brutal the battlefield was. A single mistake could even wipe out all three sects.

And now, all they had to do was nothing, and they could have everything.

But as everyone nodded, Chu Xinghe spoke up. "No! We're going to save them!"

"Huh?" Ma Liang didn't understand. After all, each sect had chosen its own path. It had nothing to do with the Vast Heaven Sect, so why save them?

"Of the ten great sects, the Vast Heaven Sect ranks first. Back when the demonic path ran rampant, the ten great sects joined forces against it and could be called branches of the same tree. But even today, the demonic path hasn't been destroyed. I don't care what the other sects are like—can our Vast Heaven Sect stand by and watch them die here?"

At Chu Xinghe's words, Ma Liang lowered his head, as did everyone else.

"A person cannot stand without keeping his word. When our Vast Heaven Sect agreed to enter the spirit cave, we chose only a hundred people. There's enough spirit liquid here for three hundred, and the rest is for the three sects. Since the Vast Heaven Sect gave its word, we will never keep it all for ourselves!"

Chu Xinghe finished in one breath and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw everyone nod... It was bad enough that he hadn't made the Vast Heaven Sect suffer a loss. If he took all the remaining spirit liquid back too, what would happen then?

So Chu Xinghe swept his hand forward. Go! To the three sects' aid!

At the city gate, a third of the three sects' two hundred people were now either injured or petrified, and the Stone-Breaking Pills in the hands of those remaining were gradually dwindling.

But more and more monsters poured out of the city gate, seemingly without end.

"Senior Brother Guo, take the others and go first. We can't make it..." Tears glistened in Fan Sheng's eyes. The East Moon Pavilion had charged at the very front and suffered the heaviest losses. They no longer had any chance to retreat.

"Junior Brother Fan! Come with us!" Sun Xueheng also ran up and tried to pull Fan Sheng away.

But Fan Sheng shook them off.

"You two, I led the East Moon Pavilion disciples out here, only to let them die in this place. How could I have the face to return to my sect? Please tell Shimen that Fan Sheng is a disgrace to the East Moon Pavilion..." With that, Fan Sheng charged into the horde of monsters without looking back.

Guo Qizhen and Sun Xueheng glanced around. At this point, they truly had no power to turn the tide. They could only find a way to retreat, watching helplessly as more and more monsters surrounded Fan Sheng.

"Go!" Guo Qizhen roared, and they began to fall back. As they retreated, the monsters swarmed toward the remaining East Moon Pavilion disciples. No longer able to hold them off, the disciples were petrified one after another.

Fan Sheng kept raising his battle saber and slashing. He fought with no thought for his own life, but he still couldn't stop so many monsters!

"Junior Sister Tong Ling! Junior Brother Zhao Heng! Junior Brother Xu Duo!" Watching his junior brothers and sisters petrified by the monsters one after another, Fan Sheng fell into utter despair. His strength gradually began to fail, but at this moment, he felt that death might be a release for him!

But just as Fan Sheng closed his eyes and prepared to await death!

A streak of yellow light pierced the sky. In a flash, it reached the city gate, and in an instant, the sword light split into two, two into four, and four into even more!

Over a hundred streaks of yellow light descended from the sky and slammed straight into the horde of monsters!

The Haotian Sword Casket!

The Flying Locust appeared!

Of the nine divine swords, the Flying Locust Sword was the first that could be used. It wasn't even in the shape of a sword, but its power was no less formidable. Its sword light could split into tens of thousands in an instant. Of course, Chu Xinghe's current strength hadn't reached that level, but he could still split it into over a hundred streaks!

Over a hundred streaks of sword light formed a sword formation and descended from the sky, tearing apart every monster that had pounced on Fan Sheng!

"Haotian never dies, its righteous Qi endures forever!"

Shouting the Vast Heaven Sect's battle cry, the hundred-person group charged out from one direction!

"Everyone, follow me! We must rescue every last one of them!" Chu Xinghe took the lead and charged toward the horde of monsters.

Every Vast Heaven Sect disciple followed close on Senior Brother Xinghe's heels like a god of slaughter, charging into the formation to kill the enemy!

For a moment, the Star Moon Sect and Northern Nether City, who had been about to leave, were stunned...

The Vast Heaven Sect! It was actually the Vast Heaven Sect!

They had actually come to the rescue at a time like this. Guo Qizhen and Sun Xueheng froze, scarcely able to believe that the Vast Heaven Sect had come...

And Chu Xinghe, whom they had called the disgrace of the Vast Heaven Sect, charged at the very front...