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Lin Jiufeng, who had been immersed in enlightenment, suddenly awoke and said in surprise, "I never expected to activate Heaven-Defying Comprehension like this."

He had just been recalling the Mountain Suppressing Seal Changsun Yu had used. After the Feather Ascension Scripture had derived and evolved it, Lin Jiufeng had already understood some of its principles. He had not expected to comprehend the Heaven Shaking Seal through it.

"What is the difference between the Heaven Shaking Seal and the Mountain Suppressing Seal?" Lin Jiufeng examined it curiously.

The Heaven Shaking Seal was an exceedingly powerful secret art.

Shaking a mountain was easy; shaking the heavens was hard.

Thus, one who could shake the heavens possessed invincible might, crushing others with force rather than pressing them down with a mountain.

This was a cultivation method that borrowed the power of heaven and earth, so the deeper one's understanding of heaven and earth, the greater its might.

At its peak, it could truly shake heaven and earth and suppress every enemy.

As Lin Jiufeng read on, his eyes brightened. "With the Heaven Shaking Seal, there is no need for the Mountain Suppressing Seal."

In conception, power, and the Great Dao, the Heaven Shaking Seal far surpassed the Mountain Suppressing Seal.

Once he had figured it out, Lin Jiufeng immediately began cultivating.

Although he now possessed the cultivation of the Sixth Forbidden, and could kill cultivators of the Seventh Forbidden, such strength was utterly insufficient for the Feather Transformation Sect's current crisis.

The threat of the Supreme Dao Sect was simply too great.

They were the self-proclaimed Daoist Sect Leader of the current Cultivation World. Though no one had acknowledged that title, no one dared oppose it either.

The Supreme Dao Sect was exceedingly tyrannical. Their relentless targeting of the Feather Transformation Sect was not only because of Zhou Sheng's matter. It was also killing the chicken to scare the monkey, warning other factions not to easily make enemies of them—or they could look to the Feather Transformation Sect to see the consequences.

The Supreme Dao Sect's siege of the Feather Transformation Sect had been witnessed by the entire world.

The major factions all believed that the Feather Transformation Sect would be destroyed. Especially after its disciples and elders had all been poached away, leaving only the Feather Transformation Sect Master Bai Yunfei struggling to hold on, it was only a matter of time before the Supreme Dao Sect exterminated its lineage.

Especially given the Supreme Dao Sect's blockade of the Feather Transformation Sect over the past few years, preventing any resources from entering. Then, over the last half year, Supreme Dao Sect disciples had advanced without pause until they reached the foot of the Feather Transformation Sect's mountain. Thus, nearby factions came to investigate every few days.

It was not out of kindness. They merely wanted to see whether, after the Feather Transformation Sect fell and the Supreme Dao Sect took the lion's share, they might get to drink a little of the soup.

After all, there were quite a few spirit veins within the Feather Transformation Sect's mountains. The Supreme Dao Sect was far away and naturally would not station people here. Would that not give them hope then?

That day, the nearby factions came to investigate as usual, only to discover that the Supreme Dao Sect's people had quietly fled.

The Feather Transformation Sect seemed to have been destroyed.

Yet before they could even approach the Feather Transformation Sect's gates, they heard the nearby markets buzzing with news.

The Supreme Dao Sect had lost. All its disciples had been wiped out, and an Eighth Forbidden Dao Ancestor had been killed...

Quite a few independent cultivators in the nearby markets had witnessed yesterday's battle.

At first, they too believed the Supreme Dao Sect would certainly win and that the Feather Transformation Sect's lineage would be extinguished.

But who could have expected the situation to reverse so quickly? The Supreme Dao Sect's Eighth Forbidden Dao Ancestor had actually died at the hands of Bai Yunfei, the Feather Transformation Sect Master.

Bai Yunfei was only at the Seventh Forbidden.

His killing an enemy across realms, defeating the strong while weak, and counterattacking an Eighth Forbidden opponent instantly spread everywhere.

However, the independent cultivators in the markets spread news slowly, so for a time it circulated only in the surrounding area.

Not until people from major factions arrived and heard the news did they stand dumbfounded, utterly unable to believe it.

Afterward, they urgently transmitted the news outward.

The Supreme Dao Sect's crushing defeat at the Feather Transformation Sect spread through the Cultivation World like snowflakes in the wind.

The Supreme Dao Sect, the Feather Transformation Sect, Bai Yunfei, a Seventh Forbidden counterattacking an Eighth Forbidden—these pieces of news sprang into everyone's ears like mushrooms after rain.

For a time, Bai Yunfei's fame soared. Some of his past deeds were unearthed, and only then did people learn that the Feather Transformation Sect's current Sect Master was actually a hidden genius.

Over the next few days, the matter remained a blazing topic. Everyone was guessing what cultivation method Bai Yunfei had used to counterattack an Eighth Forbidden opponent from the Seventh Forbidden.

A few days later, word spread from no one knew where that Bai Yunfei had comprehended the Feather Ascension Scripture, which was how he had killed the Eighth Forbidden opponent.

The news struck like thunder on level ground, leaving everyone too shocked to believe it.

Bai Yunfei had comprehended the Feather Ascension Scripture?

Many people rushed impatiently to the Supreme Dao Sect for confirmation, hoping to learn whether it was true.

But the Supreme Dao Sect closed its doors to visitors and refused to respond to the matter in any way.

Since the Supreme Dao Sect did not deny it, the world took it as truth.

For a time, the streets and the halls of power alike discussed the matter.

"Back then, the Feather Transformation Sect's founder relied on the Feather Ascension Scripture to become invincible at the Ninth Restriction. It is a divine-grade cultivation method."

"More than that. There are rumors that the Feather Transformation Sect's founder broke through the Ninth Restriction and reached the legendary Tenth Restriction. That was why the Feather Transformation Sect leaped into the ranks of the foremost Daoist sects in such a short time."

"Three hundred years ago, the Feather Transformation Sect suffered a calamity and sustained grievous losses. The complete Feather Ascension Scripture was not passed down, and the Feather Transformation Sect never recovered after that. Who would have thought someone would now comprehend the Feather Ascension Scripture? Unbelievable."

"Actually, over a hundred years ago, someone also comprehended the Feather Ascension Scripture. Just like now, he counterattacked an Eighth Forbidden opponent from the Seventh Forbidden and caused a tremendous sensation."

"A little-known fact: the person who comprehended the complete Feather Ascension Scripture over a hundred years ago was named Zhou Sheng. He was the most outstanding disciple of the Feather Transformation Sect in that generation."

"Another little-known fact: when Zhou Sheng counterattacked an Eighth Forbidden opponent from the Seventh Forbidden, the man he killed was Changsun Wuji. And the Eighth Forbidden opponent Bai Yunfei has counterattacked now is called Changsun Yu."

"They were blood brothers!"

"Both brothers died beneath the Feather Ascension Scripture?"

These remarks spread rapidly, and everyone who heard them found them unbelievable.

This was far too dramatic.

More than a hundred years ago, the elder brother had been counterattacked and died beneath the Feather Ascension Scripture.

More than a hundred years later, the younger brother had been counterattacked and likewise died beneath the Feather Ascension Scripture.

Both had been at the Eighth Forbidden, both members of the Supreme Dao Sect.

For a time, the Cultivation World, which had been peaceful for so long, was like a ladle of water poured into a pot of boiling oil—it instantly erupted, with this matter discussed everywhere.

Bai Yunfei became fully known throughout the Cultivation World.

As for Lin Jiufeng, he too had completed a counterattack across realms, but he had only used the Sixth Forbidden to counterattack the Seventh Forbidden, so no one mentioned him.

Compared to the drama surrounding Bai Yunfei, Lin Jiufeng's matter could not stir even a ripple. No one cared in the slightest.

This was a good thing for Lin Jiufeng. He had never wanted to be discussed by others, especially when his cultivation was still low. Becoming too famous would not be good.

Lin Jiufeng only wished to remain quietly within the Scripture Pavilion, seeking Enlightenment, cultivating, and improving himself.

While the outside world discussed matters madly over these past few days, he had already successfully cultivated the Heaven Shaking Seal.

His cultivation had risen somewhat as well.

But it was still far from enough to break through to the Seventh Forbidden.

Lin Jiufeng took out the Crescent White Jade Pendant Bai Yunfei had given him and walked toward the Sect Master's hidden treasury.

He wanted to open the hidden treasury and see what was inside.