Survival by Severing an Arm

Li Tianwei's inward murmur went unheard by the Taixu Forbidden Land.

At that moment, it only wanted to drive out Li Tianwei, that locust-like fellow. Before long, the scarlet eye swept across the skies above the Taixu Forbidden Land and finally settled upon Li Tianwei.

Sensing that inexplicable gaze, Li Tianwei raised his head and met its stare.

"Sure enough, it's an Evil Demon. Otherwise, why would the comings and goings of a forbidden land be decided by a single eyeball?"

Li Tianwei's terrifying Fusion Golden Core hung above his head, gravity surging violently as everything around him twisted beneath its force.

Rumble—

The Taixu Forbidden Land shook several times. A heavenly scar streaked across the air, and heaven and earth rippled like the surface of a lake.

The waves roared...

A force of repulsion tore open. It had to be said that an area capable of supporting an immortal battle possessed immense power.

Seeing Li Tianwei holding his ground without any intention of retreating, the Taixu Forbidden Land decisively severed the region where he stood, cast it away, and completely displaced it.

It did not even give Li Tianwei a chance to leave of his own accord, directly severing an arm to survive.

Outside the Taixu Forbidden Land, Bai Muxu had already handed things over to Lan Yu and departed.

Lan Yu remained stationed outside the Taixu Forbidden Land. Judging by the time of its opening, more than half the duration still remained.

He had not sensed any disturbance within the Taixu Forbidden Land either.

As he stood guard outside, Lan Yu only hoped that Bai Muxu's side would produce results sooner.

Strictly speaking, Lan Yu belonged to the generation of prodigies before Bai Muxu. He had reached the Spirit Transformation stage in just over a thousand years.

He truly fell far short of Bai Muxu, but he was still, without question, a favored child of heaven.

Yet Bai Muxu had now caught up to him. Lan Yu knew what Bai Muxu intended to do after leaving. Lingxu Sacred Land had once asked Lan Yu to investigate that sliver of possibility after he broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Unfortunately, Lan Yu did not possess that level of talent or ability.

In the end, Bai Muxu accepted it all.

"I never expected his disciple to reach the Golden Core Realm as well. How long has it been? A year?"

Lan Yu thought this as he looked toward the distant heavenly scar.

"There are more and more prodigies these days. Yuan Qi also broke through to the Golden Core Realm a few years ago after cultivating for merely ten years. He was faster than me by who knew how much."

"And with Bai Muxu's pearl and jade already set before us, the other Sacred Lands have also produced quite a few prodigies. So many appearing in clusters must be an omen."

Lan Yu muttered to himself. Just as he was sighing, his divine sense suddenly seemed to detect something. His expression immediately turned grave as he looked toward the other side of the heavenly scar.

There, dark clouds blanketed the sky.

Faint heavenly might rolled down in crushing waves. Thunder serpents writhed, violet light blazed, and there was no doubt—this was the sign of a heavenly tribulation.

"A Golden Core tribulation?"

Lan Yu had lived for over a thousand years, and his eyesight was keen. At a glance, he recognized the heavenly tribulation that had suddenly erupted in the distance.

"Who would undergo tribulation here? This is the Taixu Forbidden Land, where spiritual energy does not exist and power is chaotic."

"Could it be..."

Seeming to think of something, Lan Yu's expression changed. He immediately formed a hand seal and rushed toward the direction of the heavenly tribulation.

At the same time Lan Yu departed,

three figures hidden within a crevice of the Taixu Forbidden Land watched him leave.

Had these three not concealed their auras from Lan Yu, he would have discovered that all three were Spirit Transformation cultivators.

These three were the Spirit Transformation cultivators prepared to eliminate Li Tianwei after Zhang Linyuan spread the information through the connection between Evil Demons.

As intelligence from the Blood Nightmare Sect, along with news of Li Tianwei's mere year-long path of cultivation, spread to the other Sacred Lands,

Li Tianwei had thoroughly become a thorn in the flesh of these three great Sacred Lands. His talent was simply too monstrous—far too monstrous.

At the Foundation Establishment stage, he had slain a Nascent Soul cultivator. The lingering aura at Panshan City of the Blood Nightmare Sect was enough to establish that Li Tianwei had comprehended five Dao intents.

After he returned to Lingxu Sacred Land, Bai Muxu had even sent him to the Taixu Forbidden Land to comprehend a Divine Ability.

One could fully imagine that if Li Tianwei successfully grew, he would absolutely become a prodigy surpassing Bai Muxu.

Bai Muxu alone had already crushed the other three Sacred Lands until they could barely breathe. In this era where Nascent Soul Stage cultivators found it difficult to act, Bai Muxu's talent allowed him, with Spirit Transformation stage power, to contend against several Spirit Transformation cultivators. One man was worth half a Sacred Land.

If there were now another prodigy even stronger than Bai Muxu, the Northern Spirit Domain might as well be renamed the Lingxu Domain.

At the thought that their future resources and status might all be seized by Lingxu Sacred Land, and that they might even have to bow their heads, the remaining three great Sacred Lands were absolutely unwilling to accept it.

Therefore, Li Tianwei had to die. Three Spirit Transformation cultivators had come to intercept and kill him.

Baiyuan Sacred Land took the lead, directly dispatching two Spirit Transformation cultivators. Qinglan Sacred Land had not sent any Spirit Transformation cultivators, but it had lent the three cultivators a High-grade magical treasure on the verge of advancing into a spirit treasure.

The remaining cultivator came from Hidden Yin Sacred Land, which had originally not planned to send anyone.

But Zhang Linyuan, as an Evil Demon, naturally made use of his connections within Hidden Yin Sacred Land.

It could be said that after all Li Tianwei had done, he had already earned the hostility of three great Sacred Lands throughout the Cultivation World. The Evil Demons regarded him as a product of this world's death throes.

He was merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator about to break through into the Golden Core Realm.

If he were a normal person, he might understand the system's thinking. This Cultivation World was far too chaotic; developing quietly and lying low might be the better choice.

Of course, if Li Tianwei knew, he would probably nod in satisfaction. This was the treatment he ought to receive.

Since Lan Yu had detected the aura of the heavenly tribulation, these three Spirit Transformation cultivators naturally sensed it as well.

They immediately associated it with Li Tianwei. He had entered the Taixu Forbidden Land to break through to the Golden Core Realm and comprehend a Divine Ability.

Now it seemed that he had definitely survived within the Taixu Forbidden Land. Due to the forbidden land's peculiar nature, heavenly tribulation could not gather inside it. Once he emerged, the Golden Core tribulation would inevitably descend.

"Looks like that brat successfully broke through."

Elder Fu Zhen, the strongest among the three Spirit Transformation cultivators, spoke.

"According to the arrangement, I'll use Qinglan Sect's Heavenly Repelling Mirror to stop that brat Lan Yu. The two of you can deal with Li Tianwei."

A carved jade mirror revolved in Elder Fu Zhen's hand, faint spirit-treasure might emanating from it.

After hearing Elder Fu Zhen's words, Xu Yuqing of Baiyuan Sacred Land nodded lightly. Beside him, Ming Yin True Person of Hidden Yin Sacred Land also nodded lightly, yin energy spilling from his body.

"Since that's the case, let's move!"

Elder Fu Zhen swept his hand. Controlling the Heavenly Repelling Mirror, he flew toward the heavenly tribulation.

After Ming Yin and Xu Yuqing exchanged a glance, they each employed their methods and followed close behind.

At the same time, beneath those densely packed dark clouds, amid flashing lightning and the center of that faint heavenly might, Li Tianwei stood with his head raised, watching the heavenly might overhead and the sight of dark clouds shrouding the sky.

Li Tianwei had already understood that he had been forced out of the Taixu Forbidden Land.

"How despicable. I only wanted to detonate my Golden Core, yet I never expected the Taixu Forbidden Land to know how to isolate my entire region and forcibly move me out of the forbidden land."

"It seems it truly has been influenced by an Evil Demon."

Li Tianwei sighed, but he knew that what he needed to deal with now was his heavenly tribulation.

"Why does this heavenly tribulation feel a little weak?"