Twenty Years of Slaughter, Title of Sword Maniac

In Buzhou Mountain, within a mysterious ancient cave, I've been sitting here for nearly a thousand years. For the past millennium, aside from occasionally observing the Rule Runes flashing on those twelve Essence Bloods, I've kept my eyes closed.

In my pale Will World, countless mysterious Rule Runes combined along specific trajectories, forming threads. These threads crisscrossed, creating nets of Rules. These Rule nets then continuously spun, shattered, and reformed, ultimately constructing a three-dimensional schematic of a body. Upon closer inspection, it faintly resembled Pangu.

I was actually reversing the Pangu body through Pangu's essence blood. If this were to spread, it would surely cause a massive upheaval in Hong Huang.

However, some crucial factors seemed to be missing. The Pangu body couldn't be completely deduced; it was always hazy, and any further progress would lead to collapse.

At some point, a three-dimensional schematic of a Divine Demon with eight wings began appearing next to the Pangu schematic. Whenever the Pangu schematic collapsed, the dashed lines forming the Divine Demon schematic would automatically adjust, making the phantom more solid.

For the past thousand years, I've been deducing amidst the collapse and reconstruction of the Pangu phantom. Meanwhile, within my body in the cave, a chain of Rules has been flashing, emitting waves of immense pressure. My body has been continuously transforming, appearing and disappearing.

As for the twelve Pangu's essence blood in the cave, after absorbing endless Heaven-Opening Killing Qi, they all transformed into ten-thousand-zhang blood cocoons. Fortunately, this underground cave dwelling was large enough.

Ever since the battle with Di Jiao, Li Yi had faintly felt a slight increase in the integration between the Power of Slaughter and the "Green Lotus One World."

Li Yi vaguely felt that his previous thoughts were biased. He had been constantly considering how to resolve the issue of the Power of Slaughter, but rarely pondered its essence. What is slaughter? What is the Origin of slaughter? Even now, he could only explain it vaguely.

At this point, Li Yi understood that the moment he grasped the essence of slaughter would be the moment the "Green Lotus One World" ascended into the Slaughter Sword Dao, and the moment he attained the Golden Immortal position.

Of course, Li Yi could forcefully combine the Power of Slaughter and the "Green Lotus One World" now. However, a Golden Immortal who understood the essence of slaughter and a Golden Immortal who only knew the Power of Slaughter were like the difference between an ordinary gunman and a sniper. Li Yi would naturally not let a small gain lead to a greater loss.

Slaughter, slaughter. Needless to say, the shortcut to understanding the essence of the Power of Slaughter was battle. Therefore, Li Yi made a crazy decision: to use the Green Lotus Ancient Sword to display the power of a typical Innate Spiritual Treasure, attracting Golden Immortal level experts without drawing the attention of Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

At some point in Hong Huang, a rumor began to circulate about a Mystic Immortal carrying an Innate Spiritual Treasure around, often showing it off as if afraid no one knew he had one.

Instantly, those Mystic Immortals and Golden Immortals became restless. "You, a Mystic Immortal, have a Spiritual Treasure and you openly flaunt it? Aren't you forcing me to commit a crime?"

Li Yi, carrying the Green Lotus Ancient Sword, sat cross-legged on a desolate open space. The surrounding trees had all been felled, the ground was stained with blood, and several corpses were scattered around. It could be inferred that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

"Hmph, a few Mystic Immortals trying to take advantage? They truly don't know their place," Li Yi muttered. Dealing with those at the Mystic Immortal level now took him very little effort. He didn't care about the lives of these few. Since they came to snatch Spiritual Treasures, they should have been prepared to die.

"Finally, a big fish," a glint flashed in Li Yi's eyes. He immediately drew his ancient sword and pointed it at the approaching person.

The one who came to seize the treasure was called Great Immortal Green Eyes. He was greedy by nature and had killed and robbed many in this area. His cultivation was at the early Golden Immortal stage. Other Golden Immortals remained indifferent as it was none of their business. Great Immortal Green Eyes, however, preyed on Heavenly Immortals and Mystic Immortals, never provoking Golden Immortals, not even those weaker than himself. Thus, Great Immortal Green Eyes had never encountered any major trouble and lived quite comfortably.

This time, he heard that a Mystic Immortal was flaunting an Innate Spiritual Treasure right under his nose. How could he stand it? Without a word, he rushed over.

"Heh heh, brat, hand over the Spiritual Treasure obediently, or I'll make your life worse than death," Great Immortal Green Eyes blustered. In his mind, a mere Mystic Immortal was no match for him.

Li Yi didn't say a word. He formed a Hand Seal, and the Green Lotus Ancient Sword erupted with green light, transforming into a colossal sword that pierced towards Great Immortal Green Eyes like lightning...

In this battle, an area of fifty li was reduced to ruins. Li Yi was heavily wounded, and Great Immortal Green Eyes was killed.

Three months later, the early Golden Immortal expert, Purple-haired Demonic Lion, was killed. Li Yi was still heavily wounded.

A year later, the early Golden Immortal expert, Three-eyed Golden Scorpion, was killed. Li Yi was lightly wounded.

Three years later, the mid-stage Golden Immortal expert, Blood-devouring Demonic Tree, was killed. Li Yi was heavily wounded.

Seven years later, the mid-stage Golden Immortal expert, White-winged Bat, was killed. Li Yi was lightly wounded.

Ten years later, the late-stage Golden Immortal expert, Flame Demon, was lightly wounded, and Li Yi escaped heavily wounded.

Thirteen years later, the Flame Demon was killed. Li Yi was heavily wounded.

Sixteen years later, the peak Golden Immortal expert, Stone Demon, was killed. Li Yi was heavily wounded.

Nineteen years later, the peak Golden Immortal expert, Six-winged Mantis, was killed. Li Yi was lightly wounded.

Time flowed by, and twenty years passed. Li Yi sat on the peak of a small mountain, his face filled with exhaustion. His hands habitually rested on the Green Lotus Ancient Sword, a habit that had formed naturally twenty years ago.

Twenty years ago, those who initially sought out Li Yi were all after the Innate Spiritual Treasure. But as Li Yi killed more Golden Immortals and his fame grew, some came for the notoriety, and Li Yi killed them all. There were also those who tried to recruit him and then attempted to kill him, and Li Yi killed them all...

Too many, too many people came looking for Li Yi with various intentions. As long as their intentions were not good, Li Yi killed them all.

If they were after treasure, it was fine. These cultivators usually had no background, otherwise they wouldn't be lacking an Innate Spiritual Treasure. However, those with other intentions were troublesome. Usually, these cultivators belonged to a certain faction, and Li Yi had killed almost all of them. Consequently, he faced continuous assassination attempts. Fortunately, no Grand Unity Golden Immortals had been dispatched yet, otherwise Li Yi wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

While killing, he reflected. The title "Sword Maniac" quickly spread throughout Hong Huang.

Li Yi's understanding of the Power of Slaughter deepened, the Power of Slaughter integrated with the "Green Lotus One World" faster and faster, Li Yi's swordsmanship became increasingly sharp, and naturally, the number of people he killed increased...

Finally, Li Yi killed someone with a formidable background: Jin Shi, the grandson of Jin Diao Wang, an Elder of the Eternal Sacred Dynasty, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Li Yi knew this might lead to great trouble, but wasn't this also an opportunity to understand the essence of slaughter? At worst, he could summon the Main Body, though that was a last resort. Li Yi decided to seize this opportunity to achieve Golden Immortal status. Thus, he quietly conserved his energy, made some preparations, and awaited the arrival of Jin Diao Wang's revenge.