Arc 4Chapters 76–100
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Li Yang led the Heavenly Gang Demon-Suppressing Battalion through the final campaign against the Nine Nether Dynasty, reaching Nascent Soul Great Perfection and conquering its capital. With the dynasty defeated and one month left before the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm closed, he faced Mu Zangfeng for their promised duel.
Li Yang entered the Nine Nether Imperial Capital’s trapping formation to face Mu Zangfeng, Holy Son Qianyang, and Ye Zhiqiu, while Ning Xi worried over his chances. Tu Nine Provinces joined him, and Zi Yuan entered the formation as the battle began with Ye Zhiqiu’s hammer strike.
Li Yang confronted Mu Zangfeng, Ye Zhiqiu, and Holy Son Qianyang in the sky above the Nine Nether Imperial Capital, refusing to retreat as he endured Mu Zangfeng’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Pellet and struck back. After Li Yang gained the upper hand against Mu Zangfeng, Qianyang and Ye Zhiqiu attacked him together.
Li Yang and Ning Xi fought Mu Zangfeng, Ye Zhiqiu, and Holy Son Qianyang in a grueling battle, with Li Yang repeatedly targeting the weakest opponent. After Ye Zhiqiu escaped the formation, Holy Son Qianyang unleashed the Qianyang Emperor Body, but he was stunned by Li Yang and Ning Xi’s reaction.
Ning Xi defended Li Yang’s character and condemned Holy Son Qianyang, who attacked Li Yang with solar true fire. Li Yang survived the explosion and launched a reckless assault, but after Mu Zangfeng intervened, Holy Son Qianyang unleashed a nearly unavoidable killing strike at close range.
Li Yang continued fighting Mu Zangfeng, Holy Son Qianyang, and Ye Zhiqiu as the battle for the Ancient Immortal Inheritance neared its end. Though Ye Zhiqiu begged to become Li Yang’s slave, Li Yang refused and struck at him with the Phoenix Sword.
Li Yang killed Ye Zhiqiu and refused to accept the All-Heavens Conquest System, condemning its coercive power and fighting its attempt to bind to him. Gravely wounded and pursued by Mu Zangfeng and Holy Son Qianyang, he challenged Mu Zangfeng’s claim to be a Sword Cultivator as the two prepared to fight.
Li Yang fought Mu Zangfeng and Holy Son Qianyang to the last moments of the secret realm, sacrificing his life and cultivation potential to try to kill them. As the Slaughter Ranking rewards began descending, Qianyang awaited his third-place reward and hoped to seize Li Yang’s first-place inheritance too.
Li Yang received the Ancient Immortal’s slaughter Dao inheritance while Mu Zangfeng and Holy Son Qianyang failed to kill him, and Tu Nine Provinces killed Zi Yuan before joining their fight. Outside the secret realm, the great figures learned the Ancient Immortal was an evil fiend and feared what might happen to the inheritance’s recipient.
Li Yang rejected the blood-haired elder’s demonic slaughter inheritance and fought Mu Zangfeng, who killed him after claiming the seed. Ning Xi sacrificed herself to revive Li Yang, who rose renewed and charged Mu Zangfeng, vowing to avenge her.
Li Yang defeated Mu Zangfeng by wielding the Ancient Immortal’s slaughter sword intent, then gained the Immortal-Slaying Sword Pellet’s recognition. Mu Zangfeng surrendered his body to the will inside his slaughter Dao seed, and the new foe confronted Li Yang.
Li Yang killed Holy Son Qianyang and Xing Luozhi after using the Pink Pearl to disrupt Qianyang, then unexpectedly absorbed the qianyang emperor body. With his power surging, he turned toward Mu Zangfeng and the Ancient Immortal.
Li Yang used the Qianyang Emperor Body to trap and kill the Ancient Immortal possessing Mu Zangfeng, then gained the Innate Sword Embryo. As the cultivators celebrated his victory, powerful hands intervened and ended the secret realm early.
After leaving the Void-Slaying Realm, Li Yang faced the fury of powerful figures but gained the protection of major sword sects and rapidly rebuilt his cultivation. As his clear sword heart manifested as a guardian sword heart, Ning Qingfeng appeared and was revealed to be the one who had sacrificed herself to revive him.
Ning Qingfeng defended Li Yang’s sword dao as the Dao Alliance Leader and Sword Chief intervened to prevent anyone from taking revenge for the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm. The Heavenly Origin Empress chose to move her dynasty into Qian Province under the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, while Ning Qingfeng invited her to join the Female Cultivators Alliance.
After the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm closed, Li Yang accepted the Xuanyuan Sword Sect’s invitation to train at its main sect while grieving Ning Xi’s sacrifice. Surrounded by women trying to get close to him, his sword heart advanced, and he found himself face-to-face with Ning Qingfeng.
Li Yang learned that Ning Xi had been Ning Qingfeng all along and accepted her apology while keeping an emotional distance between them. Ning Qingfeng departed after urging him to live well and contact her if he found someone he loved, while Li Yang resolved to speak of their future only when he could stand as her equal.
Li Yang joined the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, where the grand elder placed his Soul Lamp in the sect’s Fate Soul Hall and welcomed him as one of their own. Just as Li Yang remembered the women connected to Mu Zangfeng, powerful figures arrived demanding that he release their daughters and disciples.
After Yun Qingxuan returned Li Yang to the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, he settled on Qingxuan Peak and began preparing to form a sword core. He resolved to combine his gift for slaughter, qianyang emperor body, innate sword embryo, and baleful source into an unprecedented core.
Li Yang studied Mu Zangfeng’s Purple Mansion Furnace Art and used it to forge an unprecedented path to the Golden Core stage, creating a blood sword from his own body and the origins of his Qianyang Emperor Body and Innate Sword Embryo. Just as he prepared to test his second sword core, Lu Qingqiu warned him that Chu Miao and other prodigies had come to kill him and reclaim the Emperor Body.
Li Yang arrived at Number One Immortal City to face Chu Miao and the other prodigies seeking revenge for Holy Son Qianyang. He accepted Chu Miao’s proposal for a group fight, leaving the opponents to prepare to challenge him in the arena.
Li Yang accepted a death match against ten Crown Champions, surprising both his enemies and the Xuanyuan Sword Sect cultivators who expected him to wield a sword. After revealing he had destroyed the qianyang emperor body and innate sword embryo, Li Yang tore the Qianyang Core Sword from his dantian as the battle began.
Li Yang used the Qianyang Core Sword to shatter Chu Miao’s Weapon Grand Formation and battle ten Crown Champions at once. He killed four while pretending to near defeat, drawing more enemies into the fight as Chu Miao realized his injuries were a trap.
Li Yang appeared to be at the end of his strength, but revealed a Slaughter Sword Pellet and turned the fight around. He killed every Crown Champion except Chu Miao, who begged for mercy as he prepared to strike.
Li Yang spared Chu Miao only to use her as leverage to capture the evil fiend who had conspired with her, and the Sword Alliance took custody of both. Li Yang and Lu Qingqiu headed to the Sword Alliance for Sword Envoy certification as the Xuanyuan Sword Sect prepared for a possible war in Kun Province.