Peerless Radiance, Heaven Shattered!

"Southern Luofu, Northern Chì Lè"—these phrases spoken by cultivators refer to the mystique and power of the Luofu Sect and the Chì Lè Sect. This isn't some baseless legend from places like the Wind Moon Pavilion, where tricks might seem impressive at first but prove to be nothing special upon closer inspection. For hundreds of years, even cultivators from what are considered powerful sects like Qingcheng and Kongtong, which are mystic sects, would often add a sentence after teaching their disciples their proudest techniques and incantations: "The successors of Luofu and Chì Lè, wherever they may walk in the world, will undoubtedly possess astonishing cultivation levels. They are not to be trifled with by ordinary cultivation sects. Do not engage in any conflict with them."

However, these two phrases are incomplete. The full saying is: "West Kunlun, Southern Luofu, Northern Chì Lè!"

Even though this has been casually preached for hundreds of years, like basic knowledge essential for cultivation, there are still many sects in the world that have had no interaction with Luofu and Chì Lè and are unaware of their existence. But there is likely not a single cultivation sect in the world that doesn't know of Kunlun.

This is because, centuries ago, Kunlun was already the de facto leader of the Daoist sects, and it remains so even now.

Countless weaker cultivation sects are protected and commanded by Kunlun. Even prestigious sects like Qingcheng are, in effect, under Kunlun's jurisdiction.

A Kunlun command token, a simple token from Kunlun itself, can mobilize countless cultivation sects. A cultivator from a small sect once told his disciples, "This is not something you can envy, because it is a foundation built over centuries, even millennia!"

This foundation is not just about possessing the most spiritually abundant spiritual veins and having countless disciples with exceptionally high cultivation levels; it also lies in the awe and submission of those who dare not oppose them.

Within Kunlun, there are ten individuals with extremely high cultivation levels, known to the world's cultivation sects as the Ten Golden Immortals of Kunlun. Legend has it that any one of these ten possesses unparalleled cultivation. Many cultivators with profound abilities and extraordinary talent doubt this legend. After all, much like the mythical Five-Clawed Golden Dragons, certain supreme beings are unlikely to congregate together. The truly powerful tend to prefer solitude, observing the world from afar. It's understandable for a sect to have one or two, or even three or four, exceptionally brilliant individuals that inspire awe, but claiming ten such figures makes it seem as though they are merely ordinary dragons, not supreme Five-Clawed Golden Dragons. However, any cultivator who has visited Kunlun and witnessed its true form can no longer harbor even a shred of doubt.

With nine layers of islands encircling it, reaching a thousand feet above the ground, vast waters, and Spirit Beasts everywhere, Kunlun, possessing the most spiritually abundant spiritual veins and serving as the implicit leader of all Daoist sects, conceals its true mountain gate from the eyes of the world with a magic array, just like most other sects.

On the central immortal island within the nine layers of encircling islands, spiritual springs gush forth, and rare and exotic treasures grow. To the west, in a pool spanning several dozen feet, flows only Stone Milk Jade Fluid—a rarity in the world, only able to be generated in spiritual veins of extreme abundance. Just one drop can strengthen the foundation and save a thousand days of arduous cultivation!

This central island is Kunlun's forbidden ground.

"He has arrived!" On the eastern side of this forbidden island within Kunlun, before a vast spring pool filled with white lotuses, a man with hair nearly reaching the ground, wearing a golden robe clasped at the chest with a single jade ring, suddenly whispered these three words.

Though he stood still, he exuded a unique kingly aura, unparalleled in heaven and earth, across the nine heavens and ten earths.

He faced the pool of white lotuses, seemingly gazing at the white flowers emitting a dense spiritual energy that would shock ordinary cultivators. However, his face, pale to the point of appearing sickly, remained with his eyes closed.

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"Huang Wushen!" Even though the golden light, radiating a world-destroying pressure, was still a hundred miles away from Kunlun's mountain gate, a faint, cold voice echoed throughout the hundreds of thousands of square miles of Kunlun. "Since I am here, why do you not come out to meet me?" Though the voice was cold, it resonated like thunder from the highest heavens, falling drop by drop from an immeasurably high and unreachable altitude. It was like ice needles, piercing directly into one's Primordial Spirit and Sea of Consciousness! Even the Great Sumeru Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Immortal Array, which protected Kunlun's mountain gate and concealed the entire Kunlun within the vast, misty ocean, could not block it.

The foremost sect of this era, a sect that all cultivators in the world must look up to, with a population of one hundred thousand disciples spread across hundreds of thousands of square miles of Kunlun, had tens of thousands of them turn deathly pale, their bodies going cold as if struck by a heavy, dark thunderclap at the sound of this cold voice.

The Twelve Heavens Secret Demonic God Sound!

It was one of the supreme cultivation techniques of the Great Freedom Palace, but even if wielded by Kuang Hanyue, the current Palace Master of the Great Freedom Palace, it would not possess such power!

"He actually attacked Kunlun of his own accord!"

"His actions are decisive and fierce. It seems I underestimated him!"

Within Kunlun's many layers of encircling islands, several individuals unaffected by the divine sound simultaneously looked up, a different light flashing in their eyes.

A stupa!

On the third layer of the nine encircling islands, atop a mountain ten thousand feet high, shrouded in clouds like white dragons, stood a white stupa.

This stupa was several dozen feet tall, but it lacked the sacred majesty of ordinary stupas. Instead, it was filled with an overwhelming aura of killing intent and malevolence!

This was because it was actually a stupa made of human heads!

This white stupa was formed entirely from densely packed human heads, at least a thousand visible at a glance. Moreover, although these heads had all turned to bone, most of them still emanated residual magical energy fluctuations. These residual fluctuations allowed one to sense the extraordinary nature of the owners of these heads!

These were the skulls of powerful cultivators!

A man standing with his hands at his sides also looked up at this moment.

This man was none other than the arrogant man wearing a silver mask whom they had encountered in Luofu, whose fiery and overbearing presence had made all beings retreat.

Now, in his eyes, besides a fleeting surprise, burned an indescribable fervor! The very air around him seemed on the verge of igniting from his gaze!

"Yuan Tianyi, Kunlun and your Luofu have no grievances. Why do you attack Kunlun without cause?" The man in the golden robe, facing the endless expanse of white lotuses, still with his eyes closed, softly uttered this sentence. His voice, as the silver-masked man looked up, also resounded throughout Kunlun's skies.

"Since a battle is inevitable between us today, why all the pointless talk?" Within the golden light, Yuan Tianyi, barefoot, clad in simple white linen, appearing as if he were not of this mortal world, spoke. However, his usually cold eyes flashed with an unprecedented, peerless brilliance, like a snow lotus blooming on an icy peak. "Huang Wushen, since you dare send people to probe my Luofu, do you not dare to come out and fight me?"

"Is this person Yuan Tianyi, the Sect Master of the Luofu Sect?"

The disciples of Kunlun, blessed with unique spiritual veins and a millennium of foundation, and possessing profound and advanced cultivation techniques far beyond ordinary sects, were accustomed to looking down on others. Yet, this approaching figure, still a hundred miles away, emanated a pressure that caused the vast majority of Kunlun disciples' bodies and Primordial Spirits to tremble involuntarily.

Huang Wushen, the Kunlun Sect Master, rumored to be peerless and unseen for decades, stood silently, as if savoring the faint fragrance of the endless white lotuses, or perhaps as if he hadn't heard Yuan Tianyi's words at all.

A hundred miles passed in an instant. The airflow and monstrous waves generated by the extremely fast aerial travel were nullified before the grand and formless Great Sumeru Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Immortal Array. Yuan Tianyi, receiving no reply from Huang Wushen, merely let out a cold laugh and uttered a single word: "Break!"

Standing in the void, Yuan Tianyi, his black hair dancing like snakes, extended his hand.

Millions of square miles of seawater surged upward as if from flat ground, forming colossal waves thousands of feet high. With a roar like tens of thousands of dragons, within these towering, sapphire-like waves, countless lightning bolts, as thick as an adult's embrace, writhed and twisted.

Six massive pillars of fire, generating fierce gales, shot straight into the sky. A Karma Red Lotus, spanning a hundred feet, then bloomed eerily in the air.

"Heavenly Sound Gui Water Divine Thunder!"

"Six Paths Purgatory Karmic Fire Red Lotus!"

These two world-ending incantations, which had only appeared a few times in the past millennium, unleashed the might of heaven and earth. They gathered the true energy of Gui Water from the immeasurable sea to condense water lightning, ceaselessly generated, and used the Heavenly Gang Golden Fire as a catalyst to gather the Netherworld Fire that incinerates all. The Karma Red Lotus, in full bloom, struck Kunlun's Great Sumeru Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Array without mercy!

The Great Sumeru Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Array, designed with the concept of heaven and earth's eternal, boundless nature, is one of the most powerful defensive magic arrays in the world. Yuan Tianyi's two world-destroying incantations, striking this array simultaneously, only caused the space around Kunlun to ripple like waves.

But along with the word "Break!" that appeared from Yuan Tianyi's hand, there was also a golden, glazed-like golden blade of light. Upon colliding with the immensely powerful Great Sumeru Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Array, this blade of light dispersed into countless shimmering, tiny golden sands.

"Empty Life Extinguishing Sea Glazed Art!"

These tiny, invisible golden sands contained the power to destroy gods, kill immortals, and even shatter space itself. With a deafening roar, the invisible, vast divine power enveloping Kunlun shattered like an eggshell! Hundreds of white pillars of energy, each over thirty feet wide, erupted chaotically from the seabed thousands of feet below, shooting straight into the sky.

Gales! Monstrous waves! Pillars of energy supporting the heavens! Blood-red streams of light scattering across the sky, causing heaven and earth to change color! Dark clouds churned, and enormous lightning serpents danced wildly!

"The sky is broken!"

Fishermen a thousand miles away, witnessing this scene, had their minds go blank, leaving only this single thought.