Peerless Sword Essence, Body Annihilated!

"I'm definitely no match for him either," the woman in palace attire, her face veiled by light gauze, thought as she watched General Luo, consumed by shame and rage, dig his own grave and bury himself in the abyssal depths of the sea.

"Master," the young girl beside her said, her eyes wide with fear as she witnessed the clash of gods and demons. "Why is this Yuan Tianyi attacking our Kunlun so viciously?"

"Viciously?" The woman in palace attire, looking at Yuan Tianyi in the sky, offered a faint, bitter smile without answering the girl's question. Regardless of whether Yuan Tianyi's displayed power was earth-shattering and far beyond her own, at this moment, her true nature held no thought of opposing him.

Standing atop Kunlun Peak, Yuan Tianyi was truly a figure of unparalleled grace, a breathtaking presence in the cultivation world for centuries. But the woman in palace attire knew very well, and she believed Yuan Tianyi knew it too, that he alone could not contend with the entirety of Kunlun.

Yet, he was here now.

Would she ever again meet someone in the future whom even he would have to look up to?

The woman in palace attire silently raised her hand, and a wisp of purple energy enveloped the young girl, drawing her into a palace shrouded in clouds and mist not far away. Just as the girl disappeared into the palace protected by the magic array's seals, a sound like clashing metal rang in her ears. "Junior Sister Luoxian, Senior Brother Jiuba and the others are in seclusion. If you don't act, I fear we won't be able to resist. I'll go first."

"Yuan Tianyi, take my sword!" As the resonant, metallic voice echoed, a white sword light flashed, piercing towards Yuan Tianyi.

An arrogant, peerless sword light that declared its supremacy over heaven and earth!

The moment this sword light appeared, the space between it and Yuan Tianyi seemed to be torn apart by the sword qi, revealing crystalline, distorted cracks!

Even with Yuan Tianyi's speed, which seemed capable of crossing space and time in a single step, he appeared unable to dodge this ultimate white sword light and could only block it head-on. His Reincarnation Moon Radiance Dharma Wheel was a peerless magic treasure intrinsically linked to its caster. The higher the caster's cultivation, the stronger its defense. Under Yuan Tianyi's control, even the world-destroying spells unleashed by General Luo's external incarnation were no match for him. Yet, under this sword light's strike, the Dharma Wheel's faint barrier was pierced, creating a hole! Sword qi slashed through, and a strand of Yuan Tianyi's hair floated down!

The power of a single sword strike, to this extent!

And this ultimate sword light emanated from a scholar in his thirties, clad in a blue and white scholar's robe. His appearance was utterly ordinary, and he was not tall, but an unparalleled aura of dominance rippled around him!

He himself was this peerless sword light, supreme in all of heaven and earth!

"Uncle-Master Wentian!"

"Senior Uncle Wentian!"

"..."

The moment this ultimate sword light appeared, countless people within Kunlun cried out in surprise and joy.

The one who, after General Luo's defeat and self-inflicted downfall, could still face Yuan Tianyi's peerless edge without fear was none other than one of the Ten Golden Immortals of Kunlun, Peerless Sword Wentian!

Wentian had been in seclusion for ten years. No one had expected him to appear at this moment, like a divine weapon emerging from its sheath, revealing its dazzling sharpness!

"Pfft!"

Without any warning, just as Wentian pierced Yuan Tianyi's Reincarnation Moon Radiance Dharma Wheel with his ultimate sword light and cut off a strand of his hair, a black hole appeared out of nowhere in the void behind Yuan Tianyi. A man clad in white feathered robes, with a grim expression, wielding a strange magic treasure about twenty feet long, with a pointed tip at one end and nine golden rings at the other, struck Yuan Tianyi's back.

Under this blow, Yuan Tianyi's Reincarnation Moon Radiance Dharma Wheel's barrier could not withstand it. The magic treasure, covered in golden runes, directly struck his back. Golden debris scattered, and he spat golden mist from his mouth and nose.

"Anantu," Wentian exclaimed in shock at the sudden turn of events. "You've also come out of seclusion?"

The woman in palace attire on Kunlun Ring Island, who had been preparing to intervene, froze upon seeing the person who had suddenly appeared behind Yuan Tianyi.

"Pfft!"

Without pause, the man in the white feathered robes, his expression grim, delivered a second blow to Yuan Tianyi's back, sending him flying backward. "If I didn't come out of seclusion now, how could I fight the renowned Sect Master of the Luofu Sect, who stands above all others?"

The white-robed man's words seemed to express great admiration for Yuan Tianyi, but his tone and inflection clearly indicated the opposite.

This white-robed man was none other than Anantu, who, like General Luo and Wentian, was also one of the Ten Golden Immortals of Kunlun!

"Go!" Although Wentian was surprised by Anantu's appearance, his ultimate sword light did not falter. In a flash, it was once again before Yuan Tianyi, who had been sent flying by Anantu's strike. Despite gaining a powerful reinforcement, Wentian knew that facing an opponent like Yuan Tianyi, one could never give them a moment's respite.

"Screech," the entire space between Wentian and Yuan Tianyi instantly erupted with countless crystalline, distorted cracks. Under this ultimate sword light's strike, the void appeared as if it were a sheet of transparent, shattered crystal!

The gale force generated by this sword light alone was several times more powerful than that of an ordinary magic flying sword!

"Luo Bei, this is the Natal Sword Essence. When a magic treasure flying sword technique reaches this level, it possesses such power." But no one knew that Yuan Tianyi, currently battling two Golden Immortals of Kunlun and heavily wounded, had this thought in his mind. A golden lotus platform bloomed eerily in front of him.

With a "pop," as if time had stopped, Wentian's ultimate sword light froze before the golden lotus platform, unable to advance an inch, merely sending out ripples of invisible waves.

The "pop" seemed insignificant, yet all the trees and rocks within hundreds of feet of them were instantly reduced to powder!

"Wentian, though your Natal Sword Essence is exquisite, it is no match for me. Seeing as you fight me honorably, I shall not kill you. Huang Wushen, are you going to be a coward and not show yourself?"

"Your soul and form are about to be annihilated, yet you dare to speak such arrogant words!" Anantu, hearing Yuan Tianyi's words and realizing he still didn't seem to take him and Wentian seriously, and was even calling out Huang Wushen, was enraged. He flicked his wrist, and the nine golden rings on his magic treasure flew up, transforming into nine golden rings of varying sizes, swooping down to ensnare Yuan Tianyi. "Do you think you can kill me?"

The magic treasure in Anantu's hand was called the Golden Crow Heaven Restraining Pestle. Its most potent feature was its nine golden rings, forged from ancient silkworm silk. They could change size and were covered in magic arrays. Once ensnared, no matter how high one's cultivation, escape was impossible, and the physical body would be crushed to death. Among the Ten Golden Immortals of Kunlun, Anantu was the most cunning and cautious. Yuan Tianyi cultivated the Empty Life Extinguishing Sea Glazed Art, a technique for achieving physical sainthood, making it impossible for him to escape his Nascent Soul or external incarnation. Thus, his magic treasure was precisely the bane of cultivators like Yuan Tianyi. Otherwise, even with Wentian's engagement with Yuan Tianyi beforehand, Anantu might not have dared to use his Void Yin-Yang Art and silently appear behind Yuan Tianyi to launch a sneak attack.

Although Anantu was enraged by Yuan Tianyi's words, his timing was precise. It was precisely when Yuan Tianyi was using his techniques to resist Wentian's world-shattering Natal Sword Essence that the nine golden rings of his Golden Crow Heaven Restraining Pestle flew out and, without a single miss, ensnared Yuan Tianyi.

"Haha! Yuan Tianyi, today you shall perish by my hand..."

Upon seeing Yuan Tianyi caught in his golden rings, Anantu couldn't help but let out a thunderous laugh. "Haha... Ah...!" But his laughter quickly turned into a world-shaking scream.

For as he let out his booming laughter, countless golden lotuses filled his vision, as if the heavens and earth were blooming with golden lotuses. In an instant, these golden lotuses transformed into golden flames. From a distance, it looked like a colossal cocoon, a hundred feet in diameter, of golden flames, tightly enveloping and refining Anantu!

Amidst the earth-shattering screams, a nine-inch golden figure shot out from the golden cocoon, simultaneously emitting a piercing cry.

Anantu had ensnared Yuan Tianyi with his golden rings, believing victory was assured. He never expected Yuan Tianyi to disregard his own safety and unleash the Empty Life Extinguishing Sea World Destroying Golden Lotus. This lotus technique was even more powerful than the Six Paths Purgatory Karmic Fire Red Lotus. Even Anantu's magic treasure could not withstand it and was directly refined. How could Anantu's physical body resist? Thus, in an instant, Anantu's body was reduced to ashes.

Anantu cultivated the Inner Core Dao, and had already cultivated a Nascent Soul. Nascent Souls are ethereal and could escape instantly. The nine-inch figure, screaming as it fled from the searing heat of the World Destroying Golden Lotus, was Anantu's Nascent Soul.

Although Anantu's physical body was turned to ashes by Yuan Tianyi, his Nascent Soul could still control the remaining nine golden rings. However, it no longer dared to confront Yuan Tianyi and directly turned into a golden light and fled. The greatest difference between a Nascent Soul and a cultivator's physical body was speed. Anantu cultivated the Void Yin-Yang Art, allowing him to traverse space instantly. With his Nascent Soul escaping, even Yuan Tianyi's speed would be absolutely unable to catch up.

However, just as the Kunlun disciples gasped at Anantu's physical body being directly refined by Yuan Tianyi, a more piercing scream of "Ah!" rang out as Anantu's Nascent Soul was pulverized!

"Light Splitting Mirror!"

Wentian's Primordial Spirit trembled violently, his mind going blank.

"If someone respects me an inch, I'll return it with a foot. If someone bullies me a foot, I'll return it with ten feet. This is the rule of my Luofu." With an icy voice, the nine golden rings fell from Yuan Tianyi's body, plunging into the deep sea.

"Luofu… Yuan Tianyi…" The woman in purple attire on Kunlun Ring Island sighed softly in her heart. When she saw Anantu make his move, she thought Yuan Tianyi was doomed, but what she didn't expect was that in an instant, the result she saw was Anantu's complete annihilation!

Anantu had trapped Yuan Tianyi with a golden ring, and Yuan Tianyi fought back with a mutually destructive tactic. Although Yuan Tianyi could hold on for a moment under the golden ring, Anantu's physical body couldn't withstand Yuan Tianyi's spells. Yuan Tianyi couldn't match the speed of Anantu's Primordial Spirit escaping, but the speed of Wentian's Natal Sword Essence, which seemed capable of tearing through space itself, was no slower than Anantu's.

Yuan Tianyi had actually used his Reincarnation Moon Radiance Dharma Wheel in conjunction with spells like the Light Splitting Mirror to force Wentian's Natal Sword Essence to change direction, striking and killing Anantu's Nascent Soul!

The level of control and application of spells Yuan Tianyi possessed was beyond anything she could imagine.

Even so, even though she didn't wish to be his enemy, this battle was unavoidable.

Perhaps, this was the will of heaven.

After sighing softly in her heart, the woman in purple palace attire, resembling a Moon Palace Fairy, flicked two small golden bracelets from her wrists.