Arc 54The Sword and the Underworld

Yu Ci asserted his power over the Nine Nether Underworld while the hunt for the Xuan Huang Killing Sword drew him toward Shaoyang Sword Cave. The cave became a battlefield between Wu Yuanchen, Chu Yuanxiang, and a third force as the sword joined with a golden rainbow to form a heavenly dragon.

  • Yu Ci’s wager at Sky Beam Mountain Island ended in a tribulation that destroyed the island’s creations, while Lu Lian recovered the ruined Heavenly Purple Bright Pill and a Golden Bone Jade Disc that Yu Ci recognized.
  • Yu Ci sent Li Cavalryman to the Nether Prison Wind Execution Platform, prompting the gathered cultivators to suspect he possessed Shangqing remnants and could access the Nine Nether Underworld.
  • Yu Ci sheltered Zhengyan, received Madam Xia’s invitation to the Clear Sky Discourse, and agreed to pursue a Shangqing legacy on a death star.
  • Baiyi destroyed a Daoist’s Golden Armored Divine Being, and Yu Ci boarded the Crimson Firmament Heaven’s warship before sending it and its passengers through Ghost Gate Pass into the Nine Nether Underworld.
  • Su Shuanghe learned that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had appeared in Shaoyang Sword Cave, while Yu Ci used the Realm of Truth to observe the distant cave and its tribulation.
  • Wu Yuanchen found the sculpted-spirit Xuan Huang Killing Sword and fought the gathered cultivators as Han Shuichang, Wang Zihuai, and Hongyuan Daoist tried to secure it.
  • Chu Yuanxiang’s arrival and a third expert’s strange divine intent devastated Shaoyang Sword Cave, while Wu Yuanchen and Chu Yuanxiang trapped it between a demon kingdom and the Nine Profound Primordial Vault.
  • A golden rainbow rose from the depths, joined with the Xuan Huang Killing Sword to form a heavenly dragon, and carried a colossal heavenly figure into a standoff with the two domains.
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Ch. 1328Siding Spirit Talisman, Secrets Within the Island (Part 2)

Yu Ci and Su Shuanghe watched the four factions prepare their creations for the Pill Seizing Talisman Combat, while Young Master Meng Du learned more about Yu Ci’s identity. The contest began, and Su Shuanghe realized Yu Ci might be the man sought by the Heavenly Evasion Sect—and the bearer of the Xuan Huang Killing Sword.

  • Su Shuanghe acknowledged Yu Ci’s Siding Institute as inheriting the Shangqing legacy, and the gathered cultivators began preparing for the wager.
  • Mr. Tianjiao inspected the Eight Extremes Sect’s spider puppet, then guided Young Master Meng Du as it advanced from the second layer of heaven to the third.
  • Young Master Meng Du announced that Yu Ci’s fellow disciples and assembled cultivators could join the wager, while Crane Sorcerer would decide who received the Heavenly Purple Bright Pill.
  • The four factions sent their creations to Lu Lian for inspection, and Zhang Miaolin’s side entered at the last moment before the contest began on Sky Beam Mountain Island.
  • Cheng Jishi gave Young Master Meng Du intelligence identifying Yu Ci, and Su Shuanghe recognized Yu Ci as the man pursued by the Heavenly Evasion Sect and connected him to the Xuan Huang Killing Sword.

Ch. 1329The Spirit-Settling Talisman, the Secret Within the Island (Part Two)

Yu Ci and the others watched their creations enter Sky Beam Mountain Island, where trapped survivors turned the wager into a deadly fight for survival. As Yu Ci studied the Eight Extremes Sect’s talisman puppet, the Chunyang Sect’s sword shattered and triggered a mysterious force that spread through the island’s caverns.

  • Su Shuanghe recognized orthodox Form Sword intent in the starlight creation and ordered Xue Zhi to investigate the Panhuang Sword Sect and its connection to Yu Ci.
  • Su Shuanghe tested the starlight with a witchcraft curse, but a barrier blocked most of its power, and he decided to prevent others from claiming the Xuan Huang Killing Sword before him.
  • Survivors hidden in Sky Beam Mountain Island attacked the creations, turning the contest into a struggle to escape, while treasure sightings stirred the lake’s spectators.
  • Yu Ci praised Mr. Tianjiao’s Spirit Transformation Talisman and discussed the Nine Lives Phantom Spirit Talisman with him as they watched the Eight Extremes Sect’s spider puppet.
  • A survivor trapped and destroyed the Chunyang Sect’s magical sword, then became immobilized and was consumed by light and flame that flickered through hundreds of caverns across the island.

Ch. 1330Ashes After the Tribulation: Yellow Turban Warrior (Part 1)

A cultivator on Sky Beam Mountain Island used the Heavenly Purple Bright Pills to endure a tribulation, whose lightning devastated the island and destroyed the four sects’ creations. After the storm, Lu Lian found half of an iron pellet and a warped lump of gold in a hidden space, while someone accused the Eight Extremes Sect of shielding a thief.

  • The blazing light on Sky Beam Mountain Island disrupted the four sects’ viewing screens, and Su Shuanghe warned Young Master Meng Du that a cultivator was undergoing tribulation.
  • A purple sphere carrying the Heavenly Purple Bright Pill rose from the island, drew down lightning, and shattered as the island and tethering ships lurched.
  • Heavenly tribulation lightning swept the island, killing its cultivators and destroying the Eight Extremes Sect’s spider puppet.
  • After the lightning stopped, Lu Lian allowed the sects’ cultivators onto the unstable island and searched a collapsed cave with the Shadow Blade Mantis.
  • Lu Lian recovered half an iron pellet and a warped lump of gold from a small hidden space, and the other cultivators recognized the pellet as the Heavenly Purple Bright Pill.
  • Someone forcibly barged aboard the ship and accused the Eight Extremes Sect of shielding a thief.

Ch. 1331Aftermath Dust into Powder: Yellow Turban Warrior (Middle)

Lu Lian presented the damaged Heavenly Purple Bright Pill and a strange gold nugget recovered from the floating island, while Li Cavalryman tried to blame Yu Ci for the disaster. Yu Ci used his Analysis Divine Ability to reconstruct the nugget’s original shape, recognizing it as something familiar.

  • Li Cavalryman accused Yu Ci of causing the island’s destruction and appealed to Su Shuanghe to deliver justice, but Su Shuanghe refused to intervene in other matters.
  • Lu Lian arrived with the Shadow Blade Mantis and summoned the leaders and important figures of the four sects to hear his findings.
  • Lu Lian displayed a ruined Heavenly Purple Bright Pill, a gold nugget bearing traces of Buddhist power, and a pouch of dust, and apologized for failing to prevent the damage.
  • Su Shuanghe confirmed that the gold nugget came from the Western Buddhist Kingdom, while Yu Ci examined it without sharing a conclusion.
  • Yu Ci used his Analysis Divine Ability to reconstruct the gold nugget as a curved golden disc and recognized it as an old acquaintance.

Ch. 1332Aftermath of Calamity, Yellow Turban Warrior (Part 2)

Yu Ci recognized the remains of a Golden Bone Jade Disc as investigators reported that a Buddhist cultivator had likely died in the tribulation, while only Siding Institute’s creation survived. As Li Cavalryman accused Yu Ci and Siding Institute of collusion with the Sea Merchant Guild, Yu Ci ordered him seized and a giant enforcer carried him away.

  • Yu Ci recognized the damaged disc as a Golden Bone Jade Disc and wondered whether it had belonged to Zheng Yan.
  • Lu Lian reported that the tribulation site held traces of an annihilated body, that seven cultivators had survived, and that only Siding Institute’s creation remained intact.
  • Li Cavalryman and Lu Taifeng raised suspicions about Yu Ci, while Young Master Meng Du defended him.
  • Li Cavalryman accused Siding Institute’s head of having a murky relationship with the Sea Merchant Guild and called the institute its lackey.
  • Yu Ci ordered Li Cavalryman sent to the Nether Prison Wind Execution Platform, and a towering enforcer seized him and vanished with him.

Ch. 1333Mobile Treasury, Foundation of a Sect (Part 1)

Yu Ci captured Li Cavalryman with a Yellow Turban Warrior and the Nether Prison Wind Execution Platform, drawing attention to his power and possible Shangqing Sect inheritance. The onlookers considered what his access to the Nine Nether Underworld could mean, while keeping their suspicions and ambitions in check beneath his presence.

  • Le Chou protested that Yu Ci had harmed his peers, but the cultivators dismissed his challenge with quiet laughter.
  • Lu Taifeng recognized Yu Ci’s giant as a Yellow Turban Warrior and suspected he had obtained remnants of the Shangqing Sect.
  • Lu Taifeng and other cultivators considered reporting Yu Ci’s abilities and possible inheritance to their sects rather than confronting him.
  • Su Shuanghe recognized Yu Ci’s use of the Nether Prison Wind Execution Platform and realized he might be able to access the Nine Nether Underworld.
  • Su Shuanghe speculated that Yu Ci could use the Nine Nether Underworld as the foundation for a new sect, then wondered what that would mean for himself.

Ch. 1334Moving Treasury, Foundation of Sect Establishment (Middle)

Yu Ci accepted Su Shuanghe’s invitation to stay at his courtyard after the pill-seizing and talisman contest ended, while Zhang Miaolin questioned the boatman about their allies and schemes. The chapter left Zhang Miaolin staring at a mysterious figure walking across the lake.

  • Lu Lian declared that the contest had ended and left the main building, cooling the tension among the gathered cultivators.
  • Su Shuanghe invited Yu Ci and Zhang Miaolin to stay at his separate courtyard, and Yu Ci agreed to visit after speaking with his junior brother.
  • Le Chou resented Yu Ci’s growing favor with Su Shuanghe and suspected that Su Shuanghe would eventually harm him.
  • Zhang Miaolin confronted the boatman about getting him drunk and provoking conflicts with the four sects, then demanded to see Steward Kou or Sect Master Tie.
  • The boatman advised Zhang Miaolin to ask his own sect head about their allies, but stopped speaking when a mysterious person appeared walking across the lake.

Ch. 1335Mobile Treasure Vault, Foundation of a Sect (Part Two)

Yu Ci’s sudden appearance nearly drove Li Shan into Qi Deviation, but Li Shan’s stubborn will let him regain control and subtly mutate his demon seed. Above the sinking Sky Beam Mountain Island, Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing argued over Yu Ci and the mobile treasure vault, leaving their cooperation unsettled.

  • Li Shan recognized Yu Ci and nearly fell into Qi Deviation, but resisted the inner demons and regained control of his qi.
  • Yu Ci realized that Li Shan’s attempt to suppress him as an inner demon had caused a backlash that subtly mutated Li Shan’s demon seed.
  • Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing met above Sky Beam Mountain Island as the island sank beneath the lake.
  • Elder Qing demanded that the Heavenly Evasion Sect take control of Yu Ci, while Su Shuanghe questioned the sect’s motives and its ability to stop him.
  • Su Shuanghe proposed that the Heavenly Evasion Sect cooperate with him and the shamanic sects, but he suddenly froze before finishing his thought.

Ch. 1336The Meeting of the Twin Serpents, True Name Resonance (Part 1)

Su Shuanghe defended his plan to use Baiyi as bait and went to investigate strange activity around Sky Beam Mountain Island. Li Shan followed a purple serpent-like trace into the island’s depths, where an underwater current struck him and made him realize he had fallen into a trap.

  • Su Shuanghe rejected Elder Qing’s proposal to change the assassination plan and insisted the Heavenly Evasion Sect use Baiyi to infiltrate Yu Ci’s circle.
  • Su Shuanghe descended through the tribulation clouds and investigated lingering sorcery curses on Sky Beam Mountain Island.
  • Li Shan remained near the island under orders and searched for the strange sensations disturbing his meditation.
  • Li Shan followed a clear sensation through a fissure into the island and saw a purple, serpent-like light dart deeper inside.
  • An underwater current slammed Li Shan against a cliff, and he realized he had fallen into a trap.

Ch. 1337The Meeting of Twin Serpents: True Name Sensing (Part 2)

Li Shan fought a spiritual attack from the Longevity True Man, whose mind occupied a snake-shaped spirit-sending puppet, but blood-red tentacles overwhelmed them both before blue moonlight erased everything. Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing arrived afterward and found no traces of the vanished figures.

  • Li Shan resisted the Longevity True Man’s black-flame assault with his heavenly serpent projection and the Death Demon Divine Ability seed Bao Yun had planted in his spirit.
  • The Longevity True Man revealed himself from the pagoda in Li Shan’s sea of consciousness, and Li Shan recognized him as the survivor of the heavenly tribulation who was possessing Crimson Firmament Heaven.
  • An external force pulled Li Shan’s consciousness back into the lake-bottom tunnel, where he identified the snake-shaped puppet and realized the Longevity True Man was weakened and attempting to possess him.
  • Blood-red tentacles pierced Li Shan and attacked the puppet, draining his strength until a full moon’s blue radiance appeared and both Li Shan and the puppet vanished.
  • Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing arrived, saw the blue moonlight’s effects, and found no trace of Li Shan, the puppet, or the tentacles.

Ch. 1338Encounter of the Twin Serpents: True Name Resonance (Part II)

Elder Qing and Su Shuanghe investigated the unseen force that had struck Su Shuanghe and considered whether Yu Ci could be responsible. Yu Ci listened from afar and realized that the pair’s discussion itself shielded his gaze by balancing their awareness against the resonance of his name.

  • Elder Qing found no trace of the impact and concluded that the unseen attacker had mastered the surrounding environment over a vast area.
  • Elder Qing asked how far the lake was from Su Shuanghe's estate, and Su Shuanghe confirmed that Yu Ci was there with Xue Zhi and Baiyi.
  • Su Shuanghe argued that Yu Ci could have used an avatar to strike from a distance, while Elder Qing questioned whether such a feat was possible.
  • Yu Ci finished his tea, left Xue Zhi and Baiyi, and listened as Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing discussed him from thousands of miles away.
  • Yu Ci realized their conversation shielded his perception and connected the effect to his mastery of the Heaven and Earth Law System and the remote resonance of names.

Ch. 1339Self-Awareness, Creating Opportunities (Part I)

Yu Ci studied how Li Shan’s growing self-awareness was changing their demonic-seed bond and considered a looser relationship model. At Sky Beam Mountain Island, a fish mysteriously exploded after Su Shuanghe sensed he was being watched, deepening the uncertainty surrounding the lake.

  • Yu Ci observed that Li Shan’s self-awareness was weakening the master-servant bond and took the change as evidence that he was moving beyond the Primordial Demon Lord’s demonic-seeding method.
  • Yu Ci weighed the potential benefits and risks of replacing the master-servant bond with an employer-employee relationship, then set the long-term problem aside.
  • Su Shuanghe sensed he was being watched and unleashed the lakebed currents, killing a large fish that burst into a cloud of blood.
  • Elder Qing and Su Shuanghe examined the remains and concluded that the fish had no ordinary capacity for self-destruction.
  • Su Shuanghe sensed an untraced change beyond the fish’s body and found it familiar.

Ch. 1340Self-Awareness, Creating Opportunities (Part 2)

Yu Ci rescued Zhengyan’s remaining consciousness and learned that the monk had abandoned his body to escape control, though the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva still pursued him. Yu Ci then received a handwritten letter from Madam Xia, delivered by Daoist Shuangmu.

  • A hidden spirit serpent watched images of Su Shuanghe and Elder Qing and recognized Yu Ci’s name.
  • Yu Ci drew Zhengyan’s consciousness out of Crimson Firmament Heaven’s damaged puppet and gave it shelter.
  • Zhengyan revealed that he had abandoned his body to free himself from control, and Yu Ci recognized that the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva still threatened him.
  • A demon creature transformed into a large fish and self-destructed, confirming that Zhengyan remained a target.
  • A maidservant told Yu Ci that Daoist Shuangmu had come ashore, and Yu Ci agreed to meet him.
  • Daoist Shuangmu delivered Madam Xia’s handwritten letter to Yu Ci and departed.

Ch. 1341Self-Awareness, Creating Opportunities (Part 2)

Yu Ci read Madam Xia’s invitation to the Clear Sky Discourse, then heard Su Shuanghe condemn her influence in Flying Soul City. Su Shuanghe revealed that the gathering concerned newly opened void realms and hinted that a valuable realm left by the Shangqing Sect had reappeared.

  • Yu Ci read Madam Xia’s letter, which praised his talent and invited him to the Clear Sky Discourse.
  • Su Shuanghe called Yu Ci back and explained that Madam Xia had grown ambitious and was using the gathering to build her prestige.
  • Yu Ci told Su Shuanghe that he had received Madam Xia’s invitation and questioned what the Clear Sky Discourse had to do with him.
  • Su Shuanghe described the newly opened void realms and said that a valuable realm left by the Shangqing Sect had reappeared.

Ch. 1342The Power of Dao Soldiers and the Path of Dripping Blood (Part 1)

Yu Ci agreed to pursue the Shangqing legacy in a death-star world, while Baiyi returned to her boat and confronted a hidden yin entity. The entity’s handler fled after Baiyi’s light-born giant shattered his defenses, leaving him trapped in a hopeless fight.

  • Su Shuanghe invited Yu Ci to seek a Shangqing legacy on a death star and urged him to visit Flying Soul City after Xi Yu Lake.
  • Yu Ci agreed to pursue the legacy and accepted Su Shuanghe’s invitation to visit.
  • Baiyi returned to her painted boat and told the managing matron she would accompany Elder Yu for a time.
  • Baiyi exposed the yin entity behind the managing matron and drove it into the lake with blinding light.
  • A Daoist retrieved the wounded entity in a gourd and tried to flee, but Baiyi’s light-born giant destroyed his gourd and shattered his Golden Armored Divine Being.

Ch. 1343Power of Dao Soldiers, Path of Dripping Blood (II)

A group of Crimson Firmament Heaven cultivators tested Yu Ci’s defenses by attacking Zhou Yang, then planned to weaken Yu Ci through ambushes and pressure on his allies. Their warship suddenly stopped as alarming reports of strange activity at the Chunyang Sect arrived.

  • Zhou Yang’s lightning and currents failed against the giant, and the lantern’s light made him vanish.
  • Aboard a warship, the cultivators discussed the failed test and worried that Zhou Chu might intervene over Zhou Yang.
  • Ji Chang proposed using spirit-sealing arrays and coordinated pressure to wear down Yu Ci before striking decisively.
  • Pavilion Master Yin ordered Ji Chang to scout the northern route and prepare spirit-sealing arrays, while the Crimson Firmament Heaven planned to attack Yu Ci’s old lair and seize hostages.
  • Reports arrived that the Chunyang Sect was frantically searching its Shaoyang Sword Cave, and the warship suddenly shuddered to a complete stop.

Ch. 1344Power of Dao Soldiers, Path of Dripping Blood (Part Three)

Yu Ci caught up with the Crimson Firmament Heaven expedition’s warship as it became trapped before a mysterious cloud-road on the Jade Ruler River. He boarded the ship and approached Pavilion Master Yin, who tried to bargain with him using information and offers of mediation, but Yu Ci hinted that someone had proposed another course.

  • Pavilion Master Yin sensed a disorienting barrier ahead and ordered the warship to back away from the cloud-road.
  • The ship jolted violently as it retreated, injuring Pavilion Master Yin and forcing Ji Chang and the other cultivators to their battle stations.
  • Yu Ci appeared behind the ship, pursued it through the dark clouds, and boarded despite its defensive talisman-array.
  • Pavilion Master Yin asked Yu Ci why he had come and offered information about the Chunyang Sect and help with northern sects.
  • Yu Ci stopped at Pavilion Master Yin’s offer and said that someone had raised a different opinion.

Ch. 1345Power of the Dao Soldier, Path of Dripping Blood (Concluded)

Su Shuanghe advised Yu Ci that rebuilding a sect required the ruthless force to clear a path, and Yu Ci’s resolve stirred an ominous portent that implicated them both. Yu Ci opened the Ghost Gate Pass into the Nine Nether Underworld, and the fleet sailed into its darkness.

  • Su Shuanghe told Yu Ci that sects rose by defeating rivals and clearing away obstacles, while Yu Ci respectfully accepted his advice.
  • Su Shuanghe sensed a blood-dark portent spreading across the eastern sky and realized it implicated him.
  • Yu Ci thanked Su Shuanghe for resolving his uncertainty, then advanced past Pavilion Master Yin and the other cultivators to the warship’s prow.
  • Yu Ci declared himself master of the place and cast an apricot-yellow talisman toward two enormous gates that had formed in the clouds.
  • The gates opened, and the giant warship sailed into the Nine Nether Underworld through the Ghost Gate Pass as cultivators screamed and nether entities rejoiced.

Ch. 1346The Sharpness of Fangs and the Oddness of Heart Shifts (Part I)

Su Shuanghe watched Yu Ci send the Crimson Firmament Heaven into Ghost Gate Pass and realized the act displayed mastery of the Heaven and Earth Law Will while shifting some karmic blame onto him. He suppressed his anger and planned to bide his time, but an urgent message from the city forced him to leave.

  • Su Shuanghe observed Yu Ci's avatar force the Crimson Firmament Heaven through Ghost Gate Pass into the Nine Nether Underworld.
  • Su Shuanghe concluded Yu Ci had banished the ship's passengers rather than slaughtering them, reducing his own calamity force while shifting some karmic retribution onto Su Shuanghe.
  • Su Shuanghe recognized Yu Ci's feat as a terrifying demonstration of self-cultivated void creation and mastery over the Heaven and Earth Law Will.
  • Su Shuanghe suppressed his killing intent, resolved to wait for a chance to defeat Yu Ci and claim the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, then received an urgent message.
  • Su Shuanghe told Yu Ci that urgent matters in the city required his attention and said they would meet again.

Ch. 1347The Sharpness of Fangs, The Wonder of a Changing Heart (Part 2)

Su Shuanghe learned that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had appeared in Shaoyang Sword Cave and regretted letting his desire for it disrupt his plans. Yu Ci sensed Su Shuanghe’s hostility, planted a seed in him, and used his divine ability to reach a distant view of the Sword Cave, where the sword itself was still nowhere to be seen.

  • Su Shuanghe flew into the Azure Sky Domain after learning the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had been discovered in Shaoyang Sword Cave, and he regretted changing the Heavenly Evasion Sect’s plans to pursue it.
  • Yu Ci sensed Su Shuanghe’s killing intent, planted a seed in him during his emotional upheaval, and turned his attention to the urgent message about Shaoyang Sword Cave.
  • Yu Ci learned that a failed attempt to break into the Longevity Realm had triggered tribulation and exposed the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, then considered how to reach the distant cave quickly.
  • Yu Ci entered the Realm of Truth and used True Dragon Form Qi to expand his perception beyond the limits imposed by the Heaven and Earth Law System.
  • Yu Ci observed Su Shuanghe traveling in the Wuling Sun Crown Chariot and then extended his view to Shaoyang Sword Cave, where a great tribulation battered the mountain-protecting formation.
  • Yu Ci saw spiritual light rising from the main peak of Shaoyang Sword Cave but could not find the Xuan Huang Killing Sword.

Ch. 1348The Sharpness of Fangs and the Marvel of a Changing Heart (Part Two)

The Pure Yang Sect, cultivators renting caves in the Shaoyang Sword Cave, and the Pure Void Virtue Sect gathered to respond to the missing Xuan Huang Killing Sword and the gathering tribulation clouds. With Wu Yuanchen threatening the site, Wang Zihuai advised them to search with divine intent and wait for Uncle Hongyuan’s arrangements.

  • Han Shuichang and Du Ying joined Wang Zihuai as representatives of the three sides gathered on the Shaoyang Sword Cave’s main peak.
  • Han Shuichang declared that the Pure Yang Sect wanted to protect the cave and escort the Xuan Huang Killing Sword out of its borders, but no one knew where the sword was.
  • Wu Yuanchen struck the Soulfall Bell, unsettling cultivators inside the guardian talisman array and enraging Han Shuichang.
  • Wang Zihuai said the array remained stable and Wu Yuanchen would not risk attacking it from both sides, so they should search for the sword and await Uncle Hongyuan’s arrangements.
  • A Daoist strode into the gathering as Wang Zihuai was speaking.

Ch. 1349Spirit Sculpting Sword Artifacts, Void Collision (Part 1)

Wang Zihuai and Daoist Hongyuan helped Wu Yuanchen locate the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, which had unexpectedly sculpted spirit and transformed its life. Wu Yuanchen’s revelation stirred greed among the sword cultivators in Shaoyang Sword Cave, giving his demonic intent a chance to engulf the mountains.

  • Daoist Hongyuan revealed that he had spread Supreme True Incense through the sword cave’s talisman array as Wang Zihuai and Han Shuichang questioned the preparations.
  • Daoist Hongyuan realized Wu Yuanchen’s soul-searching had failed because the Xuan Huang Killing Sword’s state differed from what they had expected.
  • Wu Yuanchen changed his soul-searching technique, found the sword, and drove it through the Soulfall Bell’s killing power before it vanished into the shadows.
  • Wu Yuanchen announced that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had sculpted spirit, shocking Han Shuichang and the other cultivators.
  • Han Shuichang’s greed and the desires of the sword cultivators swelled, allowing Wu Yuanchen’s demonic intent to pollute the perceptions of the mountains’ inhabitants.

Ch. 1350Spirit Sculpting Sword Artifact: Void Collision (Part 2)

Han Shuichang tried to locate and fight Wu Yuanchen while the Xuan Huang Killing Sword was trapped by the battle around it. Duanyang True Man helped expose Wu Yuanchen’s position, but withdrew when their divine-intent clash proved unequal, and Hongyuan Daoist’s sudden blood-guided spell left Han Shuichang sensing a new, ominous force.

  • Han Shuichang unleashed the Pure Yang True Fire and used his Sun Burning Dharma Eye to search for Wu Yuanchen, but could not find him.
  • The Soulfall Bell disrupted a mountain peak and the Xuan Huang Killing Sword became locked within the twisted void, prompting Han Shuichang to direct his fire over the battlefield.
  • Han Shuichang’s sword strike missed Wu Yuanchen, but Duanyang True Man’s smoke revealed a trace of Wu Yuanchen’s divine intent.
  • Wu Yuanchen swiftly withdrew his divine intent, and Duanyang True Man retreated within the Shaoyang Sword Cave after Han Shuichang recognized the danger of pursuing him.
  • Wang Zihuai insisted that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword remained the priority, while Hongyuan Daoist opened his eyes, spat blood, and began a spell that made Han Shuichang feel a sudden pressure.

Ch. 1351Spirit Sculpting Sword Artifact: Void Collision (Part 2)

Han Shuichang learned that Chu Yuanxiang had joined the battle as the Pure Void Virtue Sect’s hidden Grand Patriarch, while the clash of divine intents devastated Shaoyang Sword Cave. As the fight turned toward a mountain where golden light and a dragon’s roar emerged, Han Shuichang revealed a connection between the Xuan Huang Killing Sword and Ancestor Gu Liang’s disciple Yu Nan.

  • Divine-intent shockwaves shattered a neighboring peak and damaged Shaoyang Sword Cave’s spiritual vein and talisman arrays.
  • Duanyang True Man’s void pursued the Xuan Huang Killing Sword through the mountains as the impacts spread destruction.
  • Hongyuan Daoist told Han Shuichang that Chu Yuanxiang had arrived in person, and Han urged the Pure Void Virtue Sect to drive the enemy away from Shaoyang Cave.
  • Han Shuichang revealed that the sword’s intent traced back to a Sword Hiding Manor rented by Yu Nan, Ancestor Gu Liang’s eldest disciple.
  • Golden light and a dragon’s roar emerged from a mountain to the southwest, and Duanyang True Man and the sword light changed course and crashed into it.

Ch. 1352Celestial Being Rides the Dragon, Ancient Clouds Reach the Sky (Part 1)

Han Shuichang witnessed Wu Yuanchen and Chu Yuanxiang’s divine-intent battle devastate Shaoyang Sword Cave, while a third expert twisted the battlefield’s surroundings. As the two Grandmasters invoked opposing domains, a golden dragon formed around the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, and a heavenly figure appeared riding it, leaving the conflict at a three-way standoff.

  • Wu Yuanchen and Chu Yuanxiang’s divine-intent collision shattered Shaoyang Sword Cave’s protective arrays and ground a mountain to dust.
  • Duanyang True Man crashed onto the summit grievously wounded, and Hongyuan Daoist tried to revive and protect him.
  • A third expert’s strange divine intent transformed the mountainside into crystals and killed seven of eight guarding cultivators, prompting Duanyang True Man and Han Shuichang to warn everyone to guard their minds and apertures.
  • Han Shuichang recognized that Wu Yuanchen and Chu Yuanxiang had summoned a demon kingdom and the Nine Profound Primordial Vault, trapping Shaoyang Sword Cave between their clashing domains.
  • A golden rainbow rose from the depths of Shaoyang Sword Cave, joined with the Xuan Huang Killing Sword to form a heavenly dragon, and carried a colossal heavenly figure into a three-way standoff with the two domains.
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