Seeking Refuge

Cold Peak Fortress.

Compared to the last time when Gu Jinlai arrived here, he was surrounded by Demonic Beasts, this time, the fortress located on the border of Lanzhou, and even the surrounding area, are filled with military camps.

The human alliance was in high spirits, waiting only for their commander Gu Jinlai, to give the order so they could completely cross the border between Lanzhou and Muzhou, storm into Muzhou, and thoroughly eliminate the Demonic Beasts entrenched there.

However, at this moment, Gu Jinlai, Gu Jinlai was in charge, and the Primordial Spirit True Lord from various halls of Lingxiao Palace were all caught up in the news from Yuezhou, and the look of disbelief on their faces lingered for a long time.

"That was the only true True Person on land in Qiantian, the Wushi Zhenren who wielded this divine weapon... How could he... possibly die? Died at the hands of Xuantian Zun, a newly promoted Celestial Person?"

"No matter how powerful the Heavenly Sword is, it's not so powerful as to be unfair. After all, the True Person Wushi could fight the Heavenly Emperor, who was also a True Immortal on the Land, head-on. Even if Xuan Tianzun became the master of the Heavenly Sword and wielded it, he would at most be comparable to the two Saints, Wuzhong and Wunian. How could he possibly kill the True Person Wushi?!"

"According to outsiders, there are various factors that led to Xuan Tianzun killing Wushi True Person. First, he planned it in advance and then suddenly attacked, catching Wushi True Person off guard. Second... Wushi True Person himself also had problems. Over the years, there has been a saying that Wushi True Person was seriously injured in the battle with Tianji Dijun and could only prolong his life by constantly sleeping. Perhaps he was already outwardly strong but inwardly weak, with only one-tenth of his cultivation remaining."

One by one, the Primordial Spirit True Lord communicated, their voices filled with barely suppressed tremor.

Even the True Lord, who are usually not very talkative, spoke up one after another at this moment, venting their uncontrollable emotions.

"The True Person Wushi died half a month ago... The Three Pure Ones Temple was worried that the fall of the Sea-Stabilizing Needle would affect its own status, so it tried its best to keep it a secret. However, the Xuan Tianzun's assassination attempt outside Wuchen Residence was too commotion to be concealed, and that's how the news got out..."

Gu Jinlai have pondered this.

Two weeks ago...

He recalled the spiritual tremors that had occurred two weeks prior.

Could that tremor in the spirit world be related to the fall of the Beginningless True Person?

Only...

How could the death of Wushi True Person, a true immortal on land, shake the spirit world?

"With the fall of the Beginningless True Person... I'm afraid the Sanqing Palace is going to be in chaos."

Lu Zhanxian sighed.

"The Sanqing Hall? It's been in chaos for a long time. Although the Wushi True Person kept things in check and prevented the Wuzhong and Wunian True Person from fighting each other despite their deep-seated conflicts, they both knew that it would not benefit them to fight each other. Besides... the news of the Wushi True Person's death... everyone was already mentally prepared for it."

The Way of the True Lord of the Nether Spring.

His words drew nods of agreement from the assembled True Lord, who were deeply moved.

"Prepared... we were prepared. After all, this number one person in the world, the only true immortal on land in Qiantian, has not appeared in the Qiantian world for too long. Whether he exists or not seems to have little impact on Qiantian. However, being mentally prepared is one thing, but actually learning this news is another."

Fang Daoqian, True Lord who had lived for over 140 years, sighed with regret, "His passing signifies the complete end of that great era."

These words also touched the other Primordial Spirit True Lord.

A great era.

This naturally refers to the period a hundred years ago when the true immortals of the five continents shone brightly.

During that period, there were more than five terrestrial immortals in the Qian Heaven, and the number of sages was several times greater than it is now.

This was the most glorious period in the Qian Heaven and Earth Realm.

After all, the location of Qian Tian has never been the center of the world.

The Holy Land is the one.

Before the era when there were five true immortals on land, that is, two hundred years before the appearance of divine weapons, the Celestial Person in the Qian Heaven and Earth Realm were the strongest, and saints were even rarer, appearing only once every few hundred years.

"The end of this era isn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, those divine weapons... were too overpowered. Their existence made us feel that cultivation was meaningless."

The Way of the True Lord of the Nether Spring.

"It's just that the True Person Wushi has perished. The divine weapons have not disappeared. At least, there are still four divine weapons: the Heavenly Sword, the Heart of the Stars, the Light, and the World Sword. Even if we don't count the Light, there are still two divine weapons. Among them, the Heavenly Sword has even found its own master."

Lu Zhanxian, "Wait until he grows up..."

He paused, then continued, "He has grown up now! Although he used underhanded methods to kill Wushi True Person, how many times stronger is a true immortal on land compared to Celestial Person or even a saint? Just based on his achievement of killing Wushi True Person, he is undoubtedly the strongest in Qiantian, and may even be the number one in Qiantian!"

Lu Zhanxian's words quickly calmed Youquan True Lord down.

The end of that most glorious era a century ago seems to have...

It didn't have much of an impact.

Weak is weak!

It will not change because a strong person has fallen.

For a moment, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and fell silent.

"Although everyone was mentally prepared for the fall of the Beginningless True Person, before his actual demise, our Qian Heaven Realm always had a terrestrial True Immortal in charge. But now, he's dead..."

Looking south Gu Jinlai Muzhou, Gu Jinlai thought, "The strongest beings in the Qian Heaven and Earth Realm are now the Saints."

"A saint is enough. Neither the Endless Mountain nor Muzhou has heard of any trace of the Demonic Beasts Emperor. The Demonic Beasts King alone cannot cause any trouble."

The Way of the Worry-Free True Lord.

He glanced at Gu Jinlai as he spoke.

Clearly, this is the source of his confidence to say such things, Gu Jinlai.

"Can't you cause any trouble? Don't forget what happened to Tianyuan Dao!"

Gu Jinlai, many have said, "Was there a sage presiding over the destroyed Tianyuan Dao?"

Upon hearing this, several Primordial Spirit True Lord present felt a chill run down their spines.

The lessons learned from Tianyuandao's past are right before our eyes.

"There is no time to lose. In order to prevent the Demonic Beasts from becoming restless due to the fall of the Beginningless True Person, we should immediately send troops to attack Muzhou and use the full power of Lingxiao Palace to wipe out Demonic Beasts in Muzhou."

From Gu Jinlai, he stood up and gave the order in a deep voice.

All the Primordial Spirit True Lord also rose and solemnly cupped their hands, saying, "We respectfully obey the Palace Master's decree."

With the order issued by Gu Jinlai, the massive army gathered at Lengfeng Fortress immediately set off.

With 10,000 official demon god guards and 10,000 cultivator troops as the vanguard, and led by Primordial Spirit True Lord such as Cheng Lixue and Jing Yunshan, they escorted the heavy artillery and sword troops operated by the Celestial Masters and directly stormed into Muzhou.

Although the Demonic Beasts sensed something was wrong when the human elite gathered at Cold Peak Fortress, a Demonic Beasts king also rallied the Demonic Beasts to prepare for rebellion.

However, Lingxiao Palace acted too quickly. As soon as the troops gathered in Lingxiao City and Lengfeng Fortress joined forces, they immediately launched an attack, and the Demonic Beasts army that the Demonic Beasts King had just rallied was defeated in one battle.

The first battle resulted in the loss of tens of thousands.

The surviving Demonic Beasts scattered and fled, intending to regroup in the next place and form a larger army to resist.

Gu Jinlai, eight Xuan Bird fighter jets have been relentlessly pursuing them.

While searching for a possible Demonic Beasts king, they also prevented Demonic Beasts from gathering in large numbers.

Outside the Sanqing Hall, when the full-scale battle between Lingxiao Palace and the Demonic Beasts of Muzhou broke out.

A young figure turned back to look at the figure hidden in the misty clouds, his eyes filled with grief.

This young man is none other than [name omitted].

It was none other than Xuan Yue, the master of the Divine Weapon World Sword.

Standing in front of him was a woman.

Her name is Xueying.

The guardian of the Dustless Celestial Person —the granddaughter of Wuzhen.

As she looked back at the Sanqing Hall, her eyes were filled with deep sorrow.

But she quickly composed herself and said, "Xuan Yue, hurry up and leave. As the next Sword Master of the World Sword... Master Wu Zhong will not let you go... Take advantage of the fact that everyone is using the pretense of mourning to attract Master Wu Zhong's attention, leave the Sanqing Palace as quickly as possible, the farther away the better, otherwise, you will die."

"Die..."

Xuan Yue's face was filled with sorrow. "If it weren't for me letting the wolf into the house, if it weren't for saving me... our patriarch... wouldn't have died..."

A deathly aura flickered in his eyes. "Perhaps, only by dying can I cleanse myself of my sins..."

"Die?! Everyone else can die, but you can't!"

Xueying looked at him and said heavily, "You must survive! Cultivate to become Celestial Person, then take back the World Sword from Master Wuzhong and become its master! Then, wielding the power of the divine weapon, kill Xuantianzun and avenge Grandpa Wuzhen and our ancestor!"

"Kill Xuan Tianzun..."

A glimmer of hope appeared in Xuan Yue's eyes. "But... the World Sword is no match for the Heavenly Sword..."

"Then you should put in your utmost effort and strive to become a Saint before Xuan Tianzun, or even a True Immortal on Earth. With the cultivation of a Saint, wielding the World Sword, what is there to fear from Xuan Tianzun!?"

Xueying reached out and put her hand on his shoulder. "Our ancestor died to save you. As a result, our ancestor's lineage will inevitably be targeted by the Yuqing and Yuxu lineages. Only you can restore our ancestor's lineage. Only you have the hope of killing Xuantianzun and avenging Grandpa Wuzhen and our ancestor."

"I... I..."

Xuan Yue looked up at the woman who was a year younger than him. "What should I do? Xuan Tianzun reached the Celestial Person Realm before me..."

"..."

Xueying's expression stiffened slightly.

But then, as if she had just thought of something, she resolutely said, "Go to Tiannan! Go find Gu Jinlai, the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace!"

"Looking for the Gu Jinlai?"

Xuan Yue was taken aback.

"Yes, it's him."

Xueying roused herself and said, "The Ancestor woke up a month ago and ordered my grandfather to find someone. He said this person was very important and represented the future of Qian Tian... He was awake for a month to wait for Grandpa Wuzhen to find this person. I've been busy with this matter during this time... Although there is no evidence, according to our investigation, the person the Ancestor is looking for is most likely Gu Jinlai!"

As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something and said, "It seems that the patriarch has something else to give him. I will take some time to bring it out from Wuchen Residence. You should go and seek refuge with Gu Jinlai first. After I bring the item out, I will go to Lingxiao Palace to meet you."

"Lingxiao Palace".

Xuan Yue's eyes gradually regained focus.

He looked at Xueying, who was younger than him, and nodded emphatically. "Okay, I'll go to Lingxiao Palace right now!"