One sword
Lin Suri's eyes narrowed!
He looked Chen Lingxi up and down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
"Brother Dao, may I ask what your current cultivation level is?"
"Dao Foundation Middle Stage."
Lin Suri's eyes widened in astonishment!
The Weiji Grotto-Heaven was destroyed in less than ten years. In just ten years... Brother Chen has already stepped into the Dao Foundation Middle Stage?
This made Lin Suri even more astonished.
But then he thought of Chen Lingxi's performance in the Weiji Grotto-Heaven, and his mind gradually calmed down.
"Brother Chen is a genius, so his rapid progress in cultivation is not surprising."
He thought this to himself, but then slowly shook his head.
"Brother Dao's cultivation is profound, I have Su Ri admired you, but... Brother Dao probably did not examine this secret realm closely enough."
"There are five cultivators in the Dao Foundation Middle Stage within this secret realm."
The five individuals each had their own reliance, each cultivating two great Divine Ability and two Profound Root, each guarding their own territory, maintaining a stalemate, and none daring to make a move lightly.
"And beyond that solitary peak in the southwest of the secret realm, there is another Dao Foundation Late Stage."
Each of these secret realms possesses its own unique mysteries, and only cultivators below the Dao Foundation Late Stage can enter them. However, that person was only at the Dao Foundation Middle Stage when he entered, but has now broken through to the Dao Foundation Late Stage.
"That person... is from the Yutai Bai Family, born into a celestial clan, with extraordinary background."
"It won't be easy for us to fight our way out."
Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded.
"Five Dao Foundation Middle Stage, and one Dao Foundation Late Stage." Lin Suri sat opposite him. "Brother Dao, I didn't tell you everything I was saying earlier."
"I do have some reliance, but at most, that reliance can only keep me alive, and at most allow me to leave this place when the secret realm opens."
"If you want me to stop these people and protect you so you can take this fortuitous opportunity with you, it's absolutely impossible for me alone."
At this point, he raised his eyes and looked at Chen Lingxi.
"Since the situation is like this, you should seize this fortuitous opportunity first, and leave as soon as the secret realm opens."
"Don't worry about me, I can get out of trouble myself."
Chen Lingxi frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head.
"Brother Lin! You are a disciple of the Dao-Below Academy and naturally possess some foundation. The people in this secret realm are also likely of extraordinary origin. How can we be sure they don't have their own strengths? If you cannot escape this secret realm, won't you die here?"
Chen Lingxi whispered, and Lin Suri immediately fell silent.
Night had gradually fallen, and a layer of spiritual mist, impenetrable from outside the secret realm, shrouded the highest point, filtering the light of day into a grayish-blue hue.
In that old forest, occasionally a night bird would be startled and take flight, its wings rustling through the branches.
At that moment, Chen Lingxi suddenly smiled softly.
He stood up, facing the night wind blowing from the southwest of the secret realm, and looked up at the direction of that solitary peak.
Two pale golden lightning bolts slowly lit up in his eyes, faintly giving rise to a chilling aura.
"Brother Lin, there's no need to say such things yet. I'll go and investigate this Dao Foundation Late Stage to see what his true strength is. We need to know his capabilities first before deciding how to proceed in this situation."
Before Chen Lingxi could finish speaking, clouds began to rise beneath her feet, and she soared into the sky.
Before Lin Suri could speak, he urged him with his will, and like a long sword drawn from its sheath, he slashed straight towards the western sky from the edge of that blue stone.
Brother Chen!
Lin Suri hurriedly shouted, but when he looked up, he only saw a very faint blue-gold light suddenly rise in the sky.
In that instant, the night was torn apart by that streak of light.
At this moment, Chen Lingxi was undergoing a complete transformation and did not conceal his aura.
Seventy-two streams of energy flowed out from his Dao Platform simultaneously, slowly rotating around his body!
On the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform, the branches and leaves of the Thunder-Prison Profound Root surged, Weiji Thunderlight rushed out along the veins of the leaves, dyeing his whole body with a layer of light gold!
The warm, pale gold patterns on the Heavenly Law Profound Root also lit up, with faint edicts flowing from within.
He unleashed his full power, like someone suddenly pulling an ancient sword that had been submerged in a deep pool for years out of the water. The sword light shot into the sky, and although the pool remained still, the sound could be heard all around.
Leiyin traveled through the clouds, heading west, and wherever he passed, the night dew on the mountain grass and trees was shaken and fell in a rustling sound!
The stream of light that Chen Lingxi transformed into was extremely fast.
Within the secret realm, news spread from all directions!
The first to react were those few Dao Foundation Middle Stage scattered throughout the mountains, each guarding their own territory.
In a mountain valley in the east, where Spiritual Qi was abundant, a cultivator who was gathering herbs suddenly raised his head. The half-eaten spiritual fruit in his hand was suspended in mid-air, and he had already stood up.
His Dao Origin condensed, and his Divine Sense spread out from between his eyebrows, rushing towards the direction of the thunderous sound.
Above a stream to the south, a figure who had been sitting quietly all day opened his eyes.
Two cultivators, standing at the foot of a stone cliff to the north, rose from their prayer mats almost simultaneously. One held onto the longsword that was suspended in mid-air beside him, while the other closed the ancient scroll that was open in his hand and held it tightly.
Four Divine Sense came from all directions, swept across the same sky, and briefly touched the spot where the blue-gold light had passed.
Who is this person?
"I've never seen this person before... The aura emanating from him doesn't belong to any of the three families."
Those words, formed from Divine Sense, intersected with each other in the sky, like several night clouds pushed together by the wind, and then scattered.
Then, someone saw where the streak of light had gone.
He went west.
That single Divine Sense suddenly carried a meaning that was hard to define.
"West side..."
"Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds?"
All was quiet.
The cultivator who was gathering herbs in the Fang Mountain slowly plucked the half-eaten spiritual fruit from his hand and put it into his sleeve. Gazing at the streak of light, a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Court death."
The person on the stream to the south slowly shook his head.
"That person atop Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds is from the Yutai Bai Family. He has been in seclusion for several years, and upon emerging, he was already at the Dao Foundation Late Stage."
"He is currently in seclusion, consolidating his Dao Platform. How dare this person disturb him?"
Of the two men on the north side, one of them sheathed his longsword, brushed the icy dew off it, and spoke with a hint of pity in his voice.
"What a waste of all that potential."
This person has considerable resources; it would be good to establish a positive relationship outside the secret realm. But today, he insists on going to Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds.
"What is he going to do? To disturb that late-stage Dao Foundation cultivator from the Bai family's secluded cultivation?"
The individuals 'Divine Sense collided, and then they fell silent again.
Because that streak of azure-gold light had already swept past the first mountain ridge.
Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds is located in the far west of this hidden realm.
This mountain is the highest in the secret realm, with steep slopes that wind and ascend in layers from the foot of the mountain.
At the summit of the mountain, within a formation, a cultivator from the Bai Family sat calmly.
It was none other than Bai Huan, a Dao Foundation Late Stage cultivator!
Bai Qieyun has been guarding a mountain hollow east of Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds for several days.
He was a disciple of the main branch of the Bai Family and had known about the relationship between his branch and his cousin Bai Huan since childhood.
His cousin was exceptionally talented and was the most beautiful woman of his generation in the Bai Family. The clan held him in high regard.
Bai Qieyun was the person who took care of things for his cousin.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged in the mountain valley, with an old jade piece placed on the stone surface in front of him. The jade was engraved with extremely intricate Qi Observation patterns. Within those patterns, a faint wisp of pale blue Qi flowed down from the Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds, landing on the jade like a silk thread.
He sat here every day, using this sliver of energy as a guide to observe Bai Huan's progress in seclusion.
The same is true tonight.
Until that night, which was originally as still as deep water, was broken by a low rumble of thunder rising from the east!
Bai Qieyun opened her eyes.
He did not get up immediately, but withdrew his Divine Sense from that wisp of energy, slowly raised his eyes, and looked at the streak of blue-gold light that was sweeping towards them from the eastern horizon.
In that instant, all the usual calmness on his face vanished.
He snorted coldly.
"How dare I disturb my cousin's efforts to consolidate his cultivation?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up. With a flick of his sleeve, he took something out of his sleeve and tossed it into the air.
It was a jade boat, no bigger than a finger.
The jade boat swelled as soon as it left his hand, and in an instant it transformed into a jade-colored flying boat about three zhang long. The boat's body was pure white, and it was engraved with extremely intricate cloud patterns. Within each cloud pattern, there was a wisp of cloud energy flowing. At the bow of the boat, there was a mast, but there was no sail on the mast. Instead, a very thin cloud curtain was suspended on it.
Bai Qieyun ascended on a cloud, stood at the bow of the boat, and clasped his hands together in front of him, interlacing his fingers to form an extremely complex Seal Art.
As soon as the Seal Art was completed, his Dao Origin surged dramatically.
The Great Divine Ability [Thousand Clouds Converge]!
This Divine Ability uses the cultivator's own Dao Origin as its core and all the clouds and mist between heaven and earth as its body, gathering to form a shape and dispersing to form a tide.
Within a thousand feet of Bai Qieyun, the night clouds that had been quietly floating among the mountains were suddenly frozen in place by an invisible hand, surging wildly toward the jade boat. In an instant, they condensed into a cloud curtain tens of feet thick in front of the jade boat!
The cloud curtain was a single, solid mass, grayish-white in color, without a single floating pattern on it. It stood there quietly, just like a real mountain, stretching from the sky to the ground, cutting off all paths from east to west.
At the same time, behind that cloud wall, layers upon layers of clouds surged in from all directions, connecting this cloud curtain with the jade boat in front of it. Its momentum gradually increased, and its shape gradually became heavier, as if as long as Bai Qieyun had a thought, the entire cloud curtain would crash down from the sky.
Bai Qieyun stood on the jade boat, his robes fluttering in the night wind.
He gazed at the streak of azure-gold light sweeping across the eastern horizon and spoke slowly.
"Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds is the place where members of my Bai Family cultivate in seclusion. If you insist on entering, you will have to get past me first."
Chen Lingxi did not reply.
He gazed at the cloud curtain, at the aura that stretched across the front of Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds, completely blocking the way, and the pale golden lightning in his eyes slowly brightened a little.
then...
The Abyssal Heaven Spirit Sword in his hand was already unsheathed. The remaining patterns of the hundred restrictions on the blade lit up at the same time, and the sword intent soared into the sky from the blade, tearing the night wind in two!
Chen Lingxi stood holding his sword, his right hand slowly rising.
That sword, like a jade tiger stretching its front paws from the sky, suddenly slashed down at the cloud curtain.
Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light!
Sword light burst forth from the edge of the Abyssal Heaven Spirit Sword, multiplying from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand. In an instant, a thousand azure-gold sword rainbows traversed the sky, with lightning surging and Sword Qi energy crisscrossing on them, carrying an incomparably violent momentum as they slashed straight down at the wall of clouds.
When the thousand sword rainbows rushed towards the cloud wall, Bai Qieyun felt a chill run down his spine.
He clearly sensed that the Killing Power coming from the opposite side was much stronger than he had expected. The purity of the thunderous intent and the refinement of the Sword Qi contained in those thousand sword rainbows were far superior to any other person of the same realm he had ever seen.
Who is this person?
A thought flashed through his mind, but he suppressed it in an instant.
He pushed forward with both palms, and a wall of clouds rose up from within, heading straight to meet the thousand sword rainbows.
At that moment, Chen Lingxi uttered a single word.
"Imperial Edict."
The word fell!
A mysterious spiritual light faintly emerged from the Void, flowing out from the depths of his Dao Platform. It transformed into an edict with the sole purpose of "forbidden" and "stopped," bypassing the cloud wall and landing precisely in front of the Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds behind it.
Heavenly-Law Edict
[The clouds here are forbidden to enter!]
The cloud wall formed by the Thousand Clouds Converge, which Bai Qieyun personally summoned, is fundamentally based on "clouds".
The night clouds that gathered from all directions, the mist that rose from the mountains, and even the clouds that had not yet condensed in the Void, were all forcibly cut off from the area in front of Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds the moment that Heavenly-Law Edict was issued.
The clouds drawn by Bai Qieyun could no longer enter the narrow strip of land in front of Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds.
"What... what kind of Divine Ability is this?"
Bai Qieyun was utterly shocked!
Chen Lingxi had already darted inside.
The aura around him swirled, with all the thunderous intent and Sword Qi contained within it concealed, serving only as a protective stance!
Thunder-Prison Heaven spread out from his body, and within a radius of several dozen feet, there was a vast expanse of lightning. The lightning formed a thin protective shield around him, annihilating all the remaining clouds and mist that passed through him.
When he emerged from the cloud wall, there was no cloud beneath his feet.
He too cannot ride the clouds.
Under that Heavenly-Law Edict, no clouds were allowed to enter, thus making it impossible to use the Cloud-Riding Method!
Chen Lingxi's eyes were surprisingly calm!
The moment the pale blue cloud beneath his feet receded, the illusory image of a Great Sage deep within his Consciousness Sea suddenly opened its dragon eyes, and a surge of powerful essence erupted from the depths of the palace, permeating his skin, tendons, and bones.
A faint, dragon-spine-like bone line rose from his shoulder and back, and his Qi and Blood surged like a great river!
With a sudden surge of determination, the Dao Origin within his Qi Sea rose from the bottom, propelling him upwards.
He broke through the void with his physical body!
A dark figure swept across the top of the cloud wall, arriving swiftly, just as fast as the previous streak of azure-gold light. It swooped down from the sky, directly facing the Bai Qieyun atop the jade boat.
Bai Qieyun's pupils suddenly contracted.
He clasped his hands together in front of him, and the wall of clouds that had been cut open swept in from behind, enveloping all the clouds around him and forming a thick cloud barrier around him!
With a flick of his other hand, he took out another Law Treasure from his sleeve: a half-open cloud fan. Ancient patterns were engraved on the fan surface with silver lines. When it was unfolded, a thick layer of cloud spread out from the fan surface and overlapped outside the cloud barrier.
Both protective measures are in place.
He was confident that even Dao Foundation Late Stage could withstand one of those attacks!
However, Chen Lingxi's Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light once again burst forth from the sword's edge, and terrifying sword light overflowed everywhere!
The thick clouds above the cloud fan only managed to block the Sword-Ray for half a breath before being pierced through!
The thick cloud barrier only held out for a moment before collapsing in all directions!
The Sword-Ray pierced through two layers of Bai Qieyun.
Bai Qieyun only had time to hold the jade fan horizontally in front of her.
The Jade Tiger Sword-Ray slashed down onto the jade fan, but the sword's momentum was mostly neutralized by the cloud patterns on the fan, leaving only a sharp line of light to pass through.
Bai Qieyun stood on the jade boat, her body stiffening slightly.
He opened his mouth as if to say something.
Before he could exhale, the jade boat, which was about three zhang long, in front of him had already split in two.
The jade boat, which came from the Bai Family, was no ordinary object. At this moment Jade Tiger Sea-Reversing Sword Light attached to Chen Lingxi's sword pierced through it, and the cloud patterns on the boat broke off inch by inch. The two halves of the boat fell to either side and shattered into jade dust in mid-air, which fell into the old forest at the foot of Mountain Amid Rosy Clouds.
Bai Qieyun's figure also fell along with the two halves of the shattered boat.
He fell from a height of a hundred feet, passing through the branches of that old forest, and crashed into a pile of rocks in the forest, smashing that rock into pieces, raising dust in the air.
Within the secret realm, the four Divine Sense that had come from all directions all stopped in their original positions.
silence...
"He killed Bai Qieyun with a single sword strike?"
Everyone fell silent.