Arc 15The Void Tide and the Nine-Realm Tree

Li Xian repelled the forces arrayed against the Great Luo Immortal Sect, awakened his Seventh Sense while fighting the God Clan, and turned the Void Tide against the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground. After defeating Wuliang and taking the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree, he escaped toward the Eastern Continent with Wuliang unable to catch him.

  • Li Xian took the Nine Suns Divine Fire from the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect, then defeated the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s force aboard the Flowing Cloud and drove the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect into retreat.
  • After twelve years of cultivation, Li Xian learned the Void Tide had spread across the Central Continent and discovered the God Clan had helped unleash it.
  • Li Xian rescued Ziyuan, killed Wuxian Heavenly God and the God Clan demigods, and awakened his Seventh Sense while resisting Wuxian’s assault on his will.
  • Li Xian led the Void Tide to the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground, where Kanli’s failed attacks damaged its defenses and Wuliang arrived to confront him.
  • Li Xian fought Wuliang, exploited the flaws in his temporal defenses, and destroyed the Flame Void Immortal Armor.
  • Li Xian and Lingxu broke through the sacred ground’s formations, severed the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree from its Grotto-Heaven, and took it as Wuliang shattered part of Li Xian’s body.
  • Li Xian escaped toward the Eastern Continent with the tree, while Wuliang pursued him before giving up and accepting that he could no longer kill him.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Retreat

Li Xian captured Golden Crow Fortress and led the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s invasion of Radiant Sun Immortal Sect territory, while the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground prepared to investigate and kill him. Unable to break the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s headquarters defenses, he left the campaign to his allies and returned to cultivate his Sword Domain.

  • Li Xian ordered Lü Qing to take charge of Golden Crow Fortress’s formations and declared that the Great Luo Immortal Sect would use the fortress as a base to seize nearby territory.
  • Li Xian left Huo Guang and Tang Ming to hold Golden Crow Fortress and went after the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s reinforcements, while Ye Yaoguang ordered the sect’s Loose Immortals to withdraw to defended positions.
  • The Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s Fuyao ordered Huang Quan to investigate Li Xian’s abilities and arrange a killing strike with Qin Wushe and Jiang Jiehai.
  • Li Xian and Bai Ze determined that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s headquarters formations were too costly to attack, so Li Xian ordered the sect to blockade the stronghold and occupy its resource sites.
  • Li Xian returned to the Great Luo Immortal Sect and decided to raise his Sword Domain to Perfection.

Ch. 352Perfection of the Sword Domain

Heavenly God Wuxian ordered the God Clan to summon the Void Tide while Li Xian perfected his Sword Domain and considered how to advance toward a Sword World. After ten years in seclusion, Li Xian learned that the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground had condemned the Great Luo Immortal Sect over its occupation of Golden Crow Fortress.

  • Heavenly God Wuxian told the God Clan demigods to use two treasures and a divine formation to draw down the Void Tide, centered on the sea occupied by the Demon Race.
  • Li Xian completed the perfection of his Sword Domain and studied how comprehending the seventh sense might allow it to evolve into a Sword World.
  • Li Xian calculated the long time required to hone his true body further and decided to visit the Dragon-Controlling Sect for records about the Xuanjun Immortal King.
  • Li Xian left seclusion, and Lin Jiutian and Dao Wuya told him that the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground had demanded the Great Luo Immortal Sect withdraw from Golden Crow Fortress and compensate the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect.

Ch. 353True Self

Li Xian traveled to the Dragon-Controlling Sect to study how a perfected Sword Domain could evolve into a Sword World, where he discovered that the path depended on understanding the True Self. As he began studying, Lingxu awakened with a new technique that could bypass nearly any formation below the Celestial Immortal level.

  • Dao Wuya and Lin Jiutian debated the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s intentions, while Li Xian announced he would make a journey and left the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
  • Li Xian crossed the Endless Sea and Abyssal Sea, reached the Western Continent, and flew toward the Dragon-Controlling Sect.
  • Bai Yufei welcomed Li Xian and agreed to let him consult the sect’s texts, while Zhong Jun asked to test his perfected Sword Domain after Li Xian finished studying.
  • Bai Yufei showed Li Xian the sect’s Assembly Ground and library, where Li Xian learned that understanding the True Self and existence was essential to evolving a Sword Domain into a Sword World.
  • Lingxu awakened and told Li Xian that it had gained the Yin-Yang Traversal technique, which let it pass through almost any formation below the Celestial Immortal level.

Ch. 354Sparring

Li Xian agreed to spar with the Dragon-Controlling Sect’s ranked immortals before returning to the Eastern Continent, while planning to use Lingxu to raid the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect and other sects for their treasures. His perfected Sword Domain overwhelmed Suyu in their first match, leaving her falling toward the Beast God Platform with her mental world nearly destroyed.

  • Lingxu offered to guide Li Xian through the major sects’ formations to steal their treasures, and Li Xian chose the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s Nine Suns Divine Fire as their first target.
  • Li Xian left the Dragon-Controlling Sect’s library, declined Zhong Jun’s invitation to stay, and agreed to spar before departing.
  • Zhong Jun brought Li Xian to the Beast God Platform, where Suyu and the sect’s elders gathered to watch.
  • Suyu summoned a purple spirit marten to defend against Li Xian’s perfected Sword Domain, but the Eternal Blazing Sun burned away its phantom and shattered most of her mental world.
  • Suyu lost control of her flight and plunged toward the Beast God Platform as Li Xian watched in alarm.

Ch. 355Shuttling

Li Xian defeated Zhong Jun in a spar, then traveled to the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect and used Lingxu to bypass its defenses. He stole the Nine Suns Divine Fire and escaped, leaving the sect's strongholds and formations in disarray.

  • Li Xian overwhelmed Suyu during their spar, then defeated Zhong Jun's Pupil Art until Zhong Jun conceded.
  • Zhong Jun and Bai Yufei discussed Li Xian's strength and the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground's possible response, including the prospect of a True Immortal who could unite three paths.
  • Li Xian reached the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect alone, where Huang Quan ordered Ye Yaoguang to send cultivators out to test him.
  • Lingxu disrupted the sect's formations, allowing Li Xian to traverse directly into its headquarters despite its void-sealing defenses.
  • Li Xian froze the guards protecting the Nine Suns Divine Fire and stored the treasure in the Purple Heavens Dao Palace.
  • Li Xian used the Myriad Heavens Sword Escape to flee the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect with the Nine Suns Divine Fire.

Ch. 356Decisive Battle

Li Xian stole the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s Nine Suns Divine Fire, crippling its formations and provoking Huang Quan to mobilize forces against the Great Luo Immortal Sect. After escaping the sect’s defenses and reaching the Golden Crow Fortress, Li Xian called for a decisive battle and revealed what he had taken.

  • Ye Yaoguang failed to stop Li Xian from escaping with the Nine Suns Divine Fire, and Huang Quan ordered forces to prepare for war against the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
  • Huang Quan called on the Formless Devil Sect and the Demon Race to join the offensive, resolving to destroy the Great Luo Immortal Sect and kill Li Xian.
  • Li Xian tested his strength against a Golden War Chariot, damaging it but finding it too costly to fight the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s full force near its headquarters.
  • Li Xian escaped beyond the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s reach and flew to the Golden Crow Fortress.
  • Li Xian ordered at least four hundred Great Luo Immortal Sect Loose Immortals to assemble for a decisive battle and revealed that he had taken the Nine Suns Divine Fire.

Ch. 357Nine Suns Divine Fire

Li Xian stole the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s Nine Suns Divine Fire and began using it to temper his true body, while the Great Luo Immortal Sect prepared for an alliance-backed counterattack. As the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s warship Flowing Cloud approached the Eastern Continent, Li Xian appeared aboard it and unleashed the Purple Heavens Dao Palace.

  • Li Xian revealed that he had taken the Nine Suns Divine Fire, and the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s leaders prepared to repel the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s retaliation.
  • Li Xian discovered that the Nine Suns Divine Fire could supply the Purple Heavens Dao Palace with energy and used it to strengthen his true body.
  • Ning Sirong reported that the Formless Devil Sect and the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground were joining the conflict, and Li Xian ordered her to track their forces.
  • Fengqing Divine Son learned that the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground was rallying powers against Li Xian, while the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord chose to send the Great Luo Immortal Sect information about the Formless Devil Sect.
  • Qian Jizi, Qin Wushe, and Jiang Jiehai traveled aboard the Flowing Cloud toward the Eastern Continent, and the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord’s burly disciple warned the Great Luo Immortal Sect of the Formless Devil Sect’s movements.
  • Li Xian attacked the Flowing Cloud alone, forced his way aboard, and brought forth the Purple Heavens Dao Palace as Qin Wushe prepared to draw his sword.

Ch. 358Elites

Li Xian ambushed the Flowing Cloud warship, but Qin Wushe and Jiang Jiehai countered with powerful attacks and prepared to surround him. Li Xian unleashed a blazing sun that warped time and space, killed Jiang Jiehai, and severed the karmic link Qin Wushe relied on to target him.

  • Li Xian struck the Flowing Cloud warship with a Sword Qi Storm, tearing open its hull and killing five of its crew.
  • Qin Wushe used a void-path Quasi-Immortal Artifact to land a karmically guided destructive strike that badly wounded Li Xian, while Jiang Jiehai suppressed Li Xian's Void Collapse with Order Power.
  • Qin Wushe and Jiang Jiehai rallied the surviving Loose Immortals and prepared to seal Li Xian inside their combined domains.
  • Li Xian summoned a Brilliant Great Sun that distorted space-time and disrupted Jiang Jiehai's attempt to contain him.
  • Li Xian caught Jiang Jiehai despite his retreat and shattered his Upper Origin Grotto-Heaven with the Void-Slaying Sword.
  • Qin Wushe charged a powerful strike at Li Xian, but Li Xian disappeared and severed the karma connecting them.

Ch. 359Scattering in All Directions

Li Xian killed Qin Wushe, Jiang Jiehai, Holy Lord Qianji, and the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s other elites aboard the Flowing Cloud. When the Formless Devil Sect and the gathered demon clans learned of the massacre, they abandoned the planned assault on the Great Luo Immortal Sect and scattered.

  • Qin Wushe resisted Li Xian’s perfected Sword Domain with the Kindling Art, but his heart demon stopped his spiritual breakthrough, and Li Xian killed him with the Void-Slaying Sword.
  • Li Xian used the World Chessboard and his perfected Sword Domain to kill Holy Lord Qianji, then slaughtered the Flowing Cloud’s remaining defenders and recovered the damaged warship.
  • The Formless Devil Lord learned that Qin Wushe, Jiang Jiehai, Holy Lord Qianji, and the rest of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s force had been wiped out by Li Xian.
  • The Devil Sects’ Loose Immortals made excuses and dispersed, while the demon clans also withdrew from the planned campaign.
  • The Formless Devil Lord decided the Formless Devil Sect would stay hidden and leave the fight against the Great Luo Immortal Sect to the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect.

Ch. 360Execution

Li Xian returned to Golden Crow Fortress after destroying the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s elite force, scattering the Devil Cultivators and Heavenly Demons, and capturing their True Immortal-class warship. With the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect approaching, he left again to confront its advancing forces, while his followers declared him invincible.

  • Wu Changkong learned that the Devil Cultivators and Heavenly Demons had withdrawn from Flame Furnace Fortress and that the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s elite, including Qin Wushe, Jiang Jiehai, and Holy Lord Qianji, had been wiped out.
  • Xie Cangyun reported that Li Xian had captured a True Immortal-class warship, and Wu Changkong led eighteen others to meet him and bring the Flowing Cloud back for repairs.
  • Li Xian handed the Flowing Cloud to Wu Changkong and the others, then left for Golden Crow Fortress as the elders praised his victory.
  • At Golden Crow Fortress, Li Xian learned that nearly four hundred Loose Immortals of the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect were advancing and would arrive in two or three days.
  • Li Xian departed to meet the approaching enemy, while Huo Guang, Ning Sirong, Bai Ze, and Gu Xingye reaffirmed their faith in his power.

Ch. 361The curtain falls

Li Xian attacked the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect’s fleet, killed dozens of Loose Immortals, and escaped despite its overwhelming numbers. Convinced they could not defeat him, Ye Yaoguang ordered a retreat, and the Great Luo Immortal Sect began advancing into Radiant Sun territory to seize its resources.

  • After learning the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground had been wiped out, Ye Yaoguang argued that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect should risk everything to reclaim the Nine Suns Divine Fire, but Elder Hong and other elders favored retreating and preserving their strength.
  • Li Xian appeared above the Radiant Sun warship and destroyed its formation core, then killed dozens of Loose Immortals and three top-tier Earth Immortals before escaping through the void.
  • The Radiant Sun elders concluded that Li Xian could defeat them piecemeal and agreed to withdraw, take valuable supplies, and disperse until the True Immortals returned.
  • Ye Yaoguang ordered the remaining fleet to retreat, acknowledging that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect could not contend with the Great Luo Immortal Sect while Li Xian stood with it.
  • After the Radiant Sun fleet withdrew, Huo Guang, Gu Xingye, Bai Ze, and the other Great Luo Immortal Sect leaders decided to advance and strip resources from Radiant Sun territory.

Ch. 362Sect Master Li

Li Xian stayed at the Golden Crow Fortress to study the Great Dao of Karma while the Great Luo Immortal Sect celebrated its victory over the allied forces of nineteen powers. News of his decisive role in the war spread through the sect, and Nangong Feixu accepted how distant her position was from his.

  • Gu Xingye warned Li Xian that the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect's retreat did not eliminate the danger posed by self-sealed True Immortals, and Li Xian stayed at the Golden Crow Fortress to cultivate.
  • Li Xian examined the spoils of war, kept several artifacts that suited his abilities, and used the Book of Karma to deepen his understanding of the Great Dao of Karma.
  • The Great Luo Immortal Sect announced its victory over the allied forces of nineteen powers, prompting cheers throughout the sect.
  • The Shadow-Sweeping Sword Immortal told Nangong Feixu that Li Xian had been decisive in the victory and praised the True Immortals for betting on him.
  • Nangong Feixu reflected on the gulf between herself and Li Xian and accepted that he was worth the sect's hopes.

Ch. 363Arrival

After Li Xian’s victory over the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s forces, rival factions acknowledged his strength while the Sacred Ground sought the God Clan’s help to attack the Great Luo Immortal Sect. Twelve years later, Li Xian advanced his cultivation in seclusion until Dao Wuya interrupted him with news that the Void Tide had descended.

  • Yi Yuanshi and the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s Dao Seeds celebrated their victory and affirmed their support for Li Xian.
  • Caiyun, Bai Yufei, and others assessed the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s failed attack and concluded that Li Xian’s escape technique made him difficult to kill.
  • Saint Lord Fuyao persuaded Biluò and Huang Quan to let the God Clan pursue an attack on the Great Luo Immortal Sect, giving the God Clan room to advance the Void Tide.
  • After twelve years, Li Xian’s true body exceeded seven thousand meters, he reached the threshold of the Great Dao of Nihility, and his Void Realm Seed sprouted.
  • Dao Wuya interrupted Li Xian’s seclusion and announced that the Void Tide had descended.

Ch. 364Herding

Li Xian learned that the God Clan had secretly herded the Void Tide across the Central Continent and was now using the calamity to recruit mortals into its Divine Kingdom. After reaching the Central Continent, he encountered the devastation firsthand and flew toward the God Clan.

  • Dao Wuya and Lin Jiutian told Li Xian that the God Clan had secretly worked with the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground to grow the Void Tide, which had now swallowed a third of the Central Continent and spread toward other continents.
  • Li Xian ordered Ziyuan to wait for him at Tianyuan Mountain, then flew from the Great Luo Immortal Sect to the Central Continent in just over five days.
  • Li Xian stopped a Void Beast from reaching a town and discovered that enduring its erosion deepened his understanding of the Great Dao of Nihility.
  • Li Xian saw dead cities and lifeless regions devoured by the Void Beasts, then changed course toward Tianyuan Mountain as he considered the countless lives at risk.
  • Li Xian found the Three-Eyed God Clan spreading its religion among frightened mortals and promising them salvation in the Divine Kingdom, then flew toward the God Clan.

Ch. 365Divine Kingdom

The God Clan used the Void Tide to pressure the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground while Wuxian Heavenly God planned to spread it across the Eastern and Western Continents. Li Xian rescued Ziyuan from the Void and then headed for the God Clan’s headquarters at Tianyuan Mountain, where Wuxian sensed his arrival.

  • Saint Lord Fuyao confronted Wenxin Demigod, destroyed one Divine Kingdom, and gave the God Clan three months to move the Void Beasts toward the Eastern Continent.
  • Wuxian Heavenly God ordered the God Clan to consolidate its gains and let the Void Tide grow before expanding it across the Eastern and Western Continents.
  • Li Xian found Ziyuan immersed in the Void Tide and pulled her free before the Void could consume her.
  • Li Xian arranged for the Limitless Star Palace to watch over Ziyuan and requested information about the God Clan.
  • Wuxian Heavenly God discussed the God Clan’s plans with Wenxin Demigod as Li Xian descended toward the Divine Kingdom at Tianyuan Mountain.

Ch. 366All living beings

Li Xian fought Zhaoye and Yongzhou Demigods at Tianyuan Mountain, defeating Zhaoye and resisting Yongzhou’s Divine Kingdom. As Yongzhou’s Holy Spirits were destroyed, Wuxian Heavenly God rose to face Li Xian himself.

  • Wuxian Heavenly God ordered Zhaoye and Yongzhou to drive Li Xian away, allowing them to use the power of their Divine Kingdoms if needed.
  • Zhaoye and Yongzhou attacked Li Xian with Darkness, Flowing Light, and soul techniques, but Li Xian broke through their assault with the Chaos Pagoda and his Eternal Blazing Sun.
  • Li Xian followed the attackers’ karmic link, bound Zhaoye with his domains, and destroyed his divine body with a sword strike.
  • Yongzhou invoked the mental power of the Holy Spirits in his Divine Kingdom to attack Li Xian, but Li Xian’s Eternal Blazing Sun overwhelmed their will and began annihilating them.
  • Wuxian Heavenly God rose into the air and declared that he would fight Li Xian personally.

Ch. 367Immortal Spirit

Li Xian endured Wuxian Heavenly God's assault with the Will of All Beings and discovered the Seventh Sense, which let him anchor himself in his true self. He turned the attack back on Wuxian Heavenly God's Divine Kingdom, whose Holy Spirits he burned away, leaving Wuxian Heavenly God recognizing the power of spiritual immortality.

  • Demigod Yongzhou tried to persuade Li Xian to join forces against the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground, but Wuxian Heavenly God arrived and unleashed his own Divine Kingdom against him.
  • Wuxian Heavenly God used the divine art Enlightening All Beings to erode Li Xian's will, flooding his mind with countless thoughts and nearly breaking his sense of self.
  • As his will fragmented, Li Xian realized that its essence was “I” and awakened the Seventh Sense, which repelled outside interference and revealed Wuxian Heavenly God's hostility.
  • Li Xian resisted Wuxian Heavenly God's Purgatory Sect Divine Eye and appeared before him, then formed a Giant of Light and pulled the Will of All Beings into Wuxian Heavenly God's Divine Kingdom.
  • Li Xian's immortal radiance burned away the Holy Spirits in the Divine Kingdom, and Wuxian Heavenly God recognized the power as spiritual immortality.

Ch. 368Reckoning

Li Xian defeated Wuxian Heavenly God and slaughtered the Demigods who had brought the Void Tide to the Central Continent. He gathered their Divine Kingdoms and used the Holy Spirits inside them to lure Void Beasts toward the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground.

  • Li Xian seized Wuxian Heavenly God’s Divine Sense, destroyed it, and stored the collapsing Divine Kingdom in the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron.
  • Li Xian projected his Sword Domain across ten thousand li and suppressed three more Divine Kingdoms before confronting the Demigods at Tianyuan Mountain.
  • Li Xian immobilized the Demigods with the Purple Heavens Dao Palace and his domain, then killed them with Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi and Void Collapse.
  • Li Xian uprooted the remaining Divine Kingdoms and stored them in the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron.
  • Li Xian spread the auras of nearly fifty million Holy Spirits to attract Void Beasts from across the region, intending to bring them to the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground.

Ch. 369Wuliang

Ziyuan recovered from her near-erasure by the Void, while Li Xian led the Void Tide toward the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground to punish it for colluding with the God Clan. The Sacred Ground's leaders sought help from Wuliang, but he refused to involve himself.

  • Ziyuan realized her encounter with the Void had revealed a path toward mastering the Great Dao of Nihility, and she went to find Li Xian.
  • Li Xian told Ziyuan he was leading the Void Beasts to the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground, and she agreed to leave and later share the Heart-Joining Knot's insights with him.
  • The Nine Heavens Sacred Ground's fleet failed to stop the Void Tide, losing two warships and over twenty Loose Immortals before retreating.
  • The Sacred Ground's acting leaders concluded that Li Xian had to be stopped and sent Fuyao and Huang Quan to ask Wuliang for help.
  • Wuliang opened his eyes but dismissed the crisis, asking what concern it was of his.

Ch. 370Definition

Immortal Lord Wuliang refused to defend the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground unless its elders failed, while Saint Lord Fuyao and Holy Lord Huang Quan organized the defenses against Li Xian and the approaching Void Tide. After more than ten days of fighting, Li Xian sensed a sealed figure awakening within the sacred ground and resonating with the Great Dao Origin as a Dao-Uniting God Immortal.

  • Immortal Lord Wuliang dismissed Fuyao and Huang Quan’s pleas for help, but agreed to act if the elders could not handle Li Xian.
  • Fuyao and Huang Quan left the Grotto-Heaven, and Huang Quan went to prepare Supreme Elder Kanli while Fuyao ordered forces to retreat and the sacred ground to prepare its defenses.
  • Li Xian used the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron to conceal the auras of the Holy Spirits as the Void Tide reached the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground.
  • The sacred ground’s formations blasted apart the approaching Void Beasts, while cultivators absorbed the weakened beasts and Li Xian let the battle continue.
  • After more than ten days, Li Xian sensed a sealed figure awakening at the center of a formation and resonating with the Great Dao Origin as a Dao-Uniting God Immortal.

Ch. 371Boundless

Li Xian used his newly heightened perception to break two attacks from Supreme Elder Kanli, who underwent Dao Transformation after failing to kill him. The Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s defenses began collapsing under the Void Tide, and Immortal Lord Wuliang arrived on the battlefield to attack Li Xian unseen.

  • Li Xian sensed the flaws in Kanli’s Void Blade and destroyed it with a precisely timed strike from the Void-Slaying Sword.
  • Kanli unleashed the Chaos-Cavern Great Annihilation Art, but Li Xian struck its unstable wormhole and caused it to form and vanish as a miniature black hole.
  • Kanli questioned Li Xian’s methods before his body crumbled into the void origin, and the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s elders realized both of his attacks had failed.
  • The black hole’s destruction damaged the sacred ground’s formations, allowing the Void Tide to pour in and throwing its defenders into chaos.
  • Saint Lord Fuyao sent Huang Quan to fetch Wuliang, who dismissed the battlefield recording and separated himself from the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree.
  • Wuliang vanished from the grotto-heaven, reached the battlefield without being noticed, and moved toward Li Xian to attack him.

Ch. 372The gaze

Li Xian watched the Void Tide overrun the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground and struggled to understand why his cultivation in the Great Dao of Nihility had stalled. A mysterious black-clothed man demonstrated mastery of several great Daos, caught Li Xian’s attention, and attacked him with a five-elements divine light.

  • Li Xian observed Void Beasts flooding through the damaged Mountain-Guarding Formation and considered testing his True Self against them after the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground fell.
  • A black-clothed man appeared through the void, and Li Xian recognized his mastery of space-time, karma, and nihility.
  • The man repeatedly shifted positions to demonstrate his techniques, inadvertently helping Li Xian advance his understanding of the Space-Time Great Dao and the Great Dao of Nihility.
  • Li Xian asked what the man was doing, and the man revealed that he could not believe Li Xian was able to see him.
  • The man dismissed Qin Wushe, Jiang Jiehai, and Ye Ranjin as monkeys, then praised Li Xian’s attainments in soul and karma before launching a five-elements life-and-death attack at him.

Ch. 373Space-Time

Li Xian fought Immortal Lord Wuliang, whose space-time techniques, powerful immortal arts, and eight-thousand-meter true body initially overwhelmed him. Li Xian exploited a flaw in Wuliang’s temporal artifact and armor, damaging the Flame Void Immortal Armor and leaving Wuliang shocked.

  • Immortal Lord Wuliang struck Li Xian with the Great Five Elements Life-and-Death Divine Light, wounding him through space-time acceleration.
  • Wuliang revealed his perfected sword domain, eight-thousand-meter true body, and powerful artifacts, then attacked Li Xian with the Nine Realms Return as One Immortal Art.
  • Li Xian used the Purple Heavens Dao Palace, Void Collapse, Cosmic Light Sword Intent, and Limitlessness power to withstand Wuliang’s attacks and keep pace with his void traversal.
  • Li Xian recognized that Wuliang’s Eye of Time introduced a delay into his temporal defenses and exploited the opening to hit him repeatedly.
  • Li Xian’s attacks disrupted the Flame Void Immortal Armor’s defenses, damaged Wuliang’s true body, and knocked several armor components away.

Ch. 374Innate Spiritual Root

Li Xian turned the battle around and forced Immortal Lord Wuliang to flee, then Wuliang summoned the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree to unleash a barrage of Immortal Arts. Lingxu recognized the tree as a genuine innate Spiritual Root and urged Li Xian to seize it, leaving Li Xian facing a chance to obtain an extraordinary foundation.

  • Li Xian repeatedly struck Wuliang with Void Collapse, destroying the Flame Void Immortal Armor and forcing him to evade instead of counterattacking.
  • The Nine Heavens Sacred Ground’s observers watched their confidence collapse as Li Xian gained the upper hand over Wuliang.
  • Wuliang tried to persuade Li Xian to stop fighting over lesser beings, but Li Xian mocked Wuliang’s claim to be worthy of his attention.
  • Enraged, Wuliang projected the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree and used its nine Great Daos to form a powerful simultaneous barrage of Immortal Arts.
  • Lingxu recognized the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree as an innate Spiritual Root and urged Li Xian to seize it from the center of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground.

Ch. 375Seizing

Li Xian used the Purple Heavens Dao Palace to sever the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree from the Nine-Realm Grotto-Heaven and seized the Xiantian Spiritual Root, escaping the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground despite Immortal Lord Wuliang’s pursuit. Lingxu urged him to preserve the treasure and return to the Great Luo Immortal Sect, while Wuliang eventually gave up, recognizing that his chance to kill Li Xian had passed.

  • Li Xian traversed toward the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground, and Holy Lord Huang Quan realized he was pursuing the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree rather than fleeing.
  • Immortal Lord Wuliang activated the sect’s formations, but Li Xian and Lingxu forced a path through them and reached the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree.
  • Li Xian hurled the Purple Heavens Dao Palace at the connection between the tree and its Grotto-Heaven, severed it, and took the tree as Wuliang’s attack shattered part of his body.
  • Li Xian escaped the sect with Lingxu’s help, while Wuliang ordered the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground to pursue him and killed the Sage Lord of Hao Tian for objecting.
  • Li Xian replenished his strength and continued toward the Eastern Continent as Lingxu explained the Xiantian Spiritual Root’s value and urged him to keep it alive.
  • Immortal Lord Wuliang pursued Li Xian for more than half a day, then stopped when he could no longer catch him and accepted that his chance to kill Li Xian was gone.
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