His aged face still bore the lingering shock; his once sparkling eyes were now clouded; and his once flowing moon-colored robe was now tattered and worn.
His neatly styled hair was now loosely hanging over his shoulders. He looked up at the sky, his cloudy eyes filled with undisguised despair.
At this moment, White Eyebrows was no longer the patriarch of Mount Emei, the leader of the righteous sects, or the old-time Earth Immortal immortal who overpowered Youquan.
At this moment, White Eyebrows resembled an old man in his twilight years, a desperate cultivator, and a disciple of Mount Emei whose heart was ashen.
He reached out his hand, trembling slightly, and tried to make a sword gesture in the air. The Azure Edge in the sky immediately let out a mournful cry, and a long sword cry echoed across the sky.
The sword energy that once roared across the heavens and earth is about to unleash its final power. This is its last lingering affection for its master, and its final farewell to a sword cultivator!
Clang!
After a mournful cry, the Azure Edge Sword within the sword formation blazed brightly, bursting forth with unprecedented conviction and energy, seemingly poised to shatter the lotus flower of the sword formation.
After firing the arrow, the young man in the air put away the Cloud-Hunting Bow. At this moment, with a thought, the sword formation outside Azure Edge began to close in inch by inch, and heavy power was applied to Azure Edge wave after wave.
The young man, who had reached the Mahayana Stage, was not afraid of White Eyebrows's final move. Even if the Azure Edge Sword threatened to fight to the death, the sword formation would finish him off first!
With a resolute look in his cloudy eyes, White Eyebrows Azure Edge a burst of sword light that swept out in one direction from the sword formation. After a loud "boom," the sword formation trembled violently. Within the sword formation, Azure Edge exuded a sharp sword aura, determined to break through the lotus flower that it enveloped.
However, the power within the sword formation did not diminish after the attack; the sword light, with its lotus-like opening and closing, continued to rage, enveloping all the surging energy within it, allowing the Azure Edge to erupt within.
The surrounding sword formation firmly controlled the Azure Edge within. The young man in the air sharpened his gaze, and the surrounding sword formation began to rotate, with waves of heavy energy crushing the Azure Edge Sword within.
The White Eyebrows man below had a somber expression, and the resolve in his eyes had turned into a blank stare, as if he had felt an irresistible despair from the young man's methods.
His swordplay continued uninterrupted, the Azure Edge in the air never ceased, and wave after wave of sword light pierced the sky. The young man firmly controlled the sword formation, pressing down towards the center.
The sword light that Azure Edge raised was bound to be unable to break through the outer sword formation, and a massive will locked onto White Eyebrows below.
As a mountain breeze blew by, a faint sobbing sound rang in his ears. White Eyebrows looked thoughtfully at the green pine tree above his head.
This is a pine tree that he planted himself on the summit of Mount Emei after achieving the Earth Immortal Realm realm. It has grown for a thousand years and its roots are deeply connected to the underground spiritual veins of Mount Emei. Before his thousand-year seclusion, White Eyebrows often comprehended the truth under the tree.
This pine tree remains evergreen at all times, and this verdant green has accompanied White Eyebrows and Mount Emei for thousands of years without changing.
In White Eyebrows's eyes, the evergreen pine trees that were usually lush and green all year round had turned yellow and withered. The vibrant green that once represented life on the huge canopy was now withered and droopy.
White Eyebrows gazed at the ruins below the mountain, his eyes filled with a deep sense of death.
Mount Emei, a grand mountain with thousands of years of history, Mount Emei that has prospered and remained stable for millennia, is probably, like this pine tree, reaching the end of its life.
The timing of the pine tree's death was perhaps too coincidental, as if it were in accordance with the natural Reincarnation Temple life.
His hunched White Eyebrows were already aged, the green pine on the peak was already withered, and the sword incantation in his hand still hovered alone in the void, but the Azure Edge in the air could no longer return.
The lotus flower in the air opened and closed in an instant, the White Eyebrows, wrinkled eyelids trembled, and the Azure Edge Sword helplessly fell down the mountain.
The pine tree is withered and dead, but the sword's aura has already swept across autumn!
A glint flashed in White Eyebrows's cloudy eyes as he couldn't help but recall the days when he comprehended the truth and practiced sword techniques under the pine forest.
The verdant pine forest and the Azure Edge accompanied White Eyebrows throughout his life. On the path of the Great Dao, one can be without desires, but not without them. When White Eyebrows achieved the Immortal Realm, he had already integrated these two things into his own Dao Heart.
He prided himself on being as noble and upright as a pine tree, and as sharp as Azure Edge to cut down evil. The verdant pine forest represented vitality, and the sharp Azure Edge represented the means. But in the end, the Azure Edge fell beyond redemption, and the pine tree withered and died out.
As the light in his eyes drew closer, White Eyebrows suddenly recalled the days before he became famous. He hadn't really paid much attention to what color the pine forest above him was back then.
A look of disbelief flashed across White Eyebrows's eyes as a lotus flower appeared above his head, its petals opening and closing to reveal a series of ferocious sharp edges.
The White Eyebrows Patriarch has fallen!
A streak of light appeared in the sky above the Mount Emei Range. The light rose from the main peak and traced a long path across the sky. Then the light on it grew smaller and smaller, and it was farther and farther away from the peak below. There was a pulling force in the sky that gathered the meteor together.
Then, a burst of twinkling starlight appeared beneath the Milky Way, and the aura of heaven and earth gradually dissipated. A powerful being at the Immortal Realm returned to his final resting place in the darkness.
The Mount Wutai sect, thousands of miles away.
Countless maple leaves swirled up in waves, like floating flames, completely engulfing the mountains below.
Within the maple leaves, several Earth Immortal Dharma Seal were revealed, and the immense power emanating from these seals was propelling outwards from the maple leaves. The nine ancient array flags showed faint signs of faltering beneath the seals.
One after another, the magical seals squeezed and deformed the formation. Hong Gu was in the air, frowned. If she allowed the Earth Immortal Dharma Seal to be used, her great formation would be destroyed.
The power of the Immortal Realm is indeed not to be underestimated; he is not someone I, at the Mahayana Stage, can contend with. However, Zunsheng is about to break free from the encirclement.
Having spent so much time using the grand formation at Mount Wutai, and having fulfilled the agreement with Xu Long, now it's time to see how Xu Long fares in the battle at Mount Emei.
Hong Gu anticipated this and had already decided to retreat. She covered the entire formation with her divine sense, then stretched out her soft palm and waved it in the air. The nine swaying formation flags seemed to be drawn by something and began to rotate in the formation from slow to fast, then they pulled the energy of the entire formation into the air.
The array flags that blotted out the sky shrank in an instant in the air, and the primal energy that surged in Hong Gu's eyes shone brightly. As the array flags shrank, they flowed toward Hong Gu's outstretched palm.
Once his gaze had faded, he held up nine small, slowly rotating flags in his palm, showing no trace of the overwhelming power he had displayed moments before.
The great formation, having lost its array flags, was instantly shattered by the Zunsheng Victory's seal. Countless maple leaves scattered and fell from the sky, the falling leaves like Heavenly River cascading down, a fiery red Heavenly River flowing through Mount Wutai.
"Snort!"
Zunsheng stepped out of the formation, looked at Hong Gu in the air, and snorted disdainfully, suppressing the anger in his heart.
He didn't have time to deal with Hong Gu in front of him. He was about to leap out towards Mount Emei when a faint glint flashed in his eyes. Zunsheng couldn't help but feel a pang of fear, and his pupils contracted and dilated violently.
He seemed to have thought of something, and subconsciously pulled a jade pendant from his sleeve. The pendant made a cracking sound when it was in his hand, and when he unfolded it in front of him, the once intact jade pendant was now covered with countless cracks.
With a "click," Zunsheng's heartbeat suddenly stopped, and the jade pendant in his hand turned into a wisp of ashes.
Zunsheng's figure, which was heading towards Mount Emei, froze in mid-air, as if struck by lightning.
He barely managed to lift his head, watching a streak of light flash across the sky. His eyes were filled with terror, and he still couldn't believe that White Eyebrows, the founder of Mount Emei and a veteran Earth Immortal immortal, had already died and vanished.
When did such a powerful being come into existence in this world, capable of killing a mere Earth Immortal!
It should be understood that becoming Earth Immortal is a completely different existence from becoming a Mahayana Stage cultivator. They are beings who can communicate with heaven and earth. Now, a true veteran Earth Immortal Mount Emei.
The changes brought about by White Eyebrows Mei's fall were like a thunderclap in people's hearts. The balance that had been maintained on the earth for thousands of years was about to be broken with the fall of a Earth Immortal. The chaos that the cultivation world could see had already begun. From now on, there would no longer be a distinction between good and evil, only between the strong and the weak.
Zunsheng slowly turned his head to look at Hong Gu opposite him. He seemed to already know the answer to why Hong Gu had appeared at Mount Wutai.
In his view, Hong Gu and the Jade Pivot Sect had clearly taken a huge gamble, placing the future of the Jade Pivot Sect entirely on the battle at Mount Emei. However, it now appears that the Jade Pivot Sect has already won.
With a complex expression, Zunsheng Earth Eye the flowing light disappear. Then, with a wave of his sleeve, the red Heavenly River flowing above Mount Wutai was dispersed by a powerful energy. At the center of this energy, Zunsheng stepped into the mountain gate.
Going to Mount Emei now is pointless; even the legendary Earth Immortal White Eyebrows has perished, so going there would probably be suicide.
With the Jade Pivot Sect and the Blood Alliance traitors now united, flames of war have already ignited across the land. Zunsheng is well aware that the resources of Mount Wutai need to be protected.
As Hong Gu gazed at the shooting star streaking across the sky, a relieved smile finally appeared in her deep eyes. The threat from Mount Emei had been eliminated, and the chaotic situation on the ground was an opportunity for the Jade Pivot Sect to rise.
She had finally won the gamble she had staked everything on. Even with her calm nature, she couldn't help but want to let out a long howl to express the longing that had been hidden in her heart for a thousand years.
But at the same time, she reassessed the young man's abilities.
She knew when she activated the formation on the ancient battlefield that the young man who came out of Chi You Blood Cave was incredibly powerful, but the psychological pressure from White Eyebrows, who had been famous for a thousand years, was even greater.
Now that the veteran Earth Immortal White Eyebrows has passed away, the young man's figure seems to have taken over the place that White Eyebrows once held in Hong Gu's heart, making her feel immense pressure along with her joy.
Making an agreement with Xu Long is like seeking a tiger's skin; can the Jade Pivot Sect now stand against a being capable of assassinating Immortal Realm?
Several powerful divine senses shot out from the earth, chasing after the meteors and sensing the faint Milky Way. A complex mix of emotions welled up in their hearts.
His aged face was no longer the same as before, and his withered body had lost its former grandeur. There was only the faint breath of a lamp burning out as he sat cross-legged.
He was trapped in the Mahayana Stage for countless years, comprehending the truths above the Great Dao, yet he could only remain trapped in the ranks of great cultivators for his entire life.
There is only one step between the Mahayana Stage and the Immortal Realm, but an invisible shackle, like an iron chain, firmly binds them, and only a very few people can cross this threshold.
And now, in just one day, three powerful beings at the Immortal Realm have fallen!
Deep in their hearts, there was both awe for powerful beings and regret for the Earth Immortal. At this moment, an extremely complex emotion arose spontaneously within them.
The patriarch of Mount Emei, the Master White Eyebrows, has passed away!
The various forces on Earth are about to be reshuffled. The old forces have already withdrawn, and the new forces will take advantage of this chaos to make their debut.
This is a stage built by Xu Long, and an era created by Xu Long!
Mount Emei Range.
The Lotus Sword Formation formation in the air did not stop after it annihilated White Eyebrows. The young man's eyes were filled with caution, and he had already focused his attention on the area below the main peak. The sword formation was not hindered in the slightest when it annihilated White Eyebrows in the air. In an instant, the sword formation swept out and went down the main peak.
The lotus flower, opening and closing, spun in the air, and the streaks of sword light bursting from its leaves cut through the air, creating a large vortex that sliced through the mountains below the main peak.
This mountain peak is relatively close to the main peak where White Eyebrows is located. As the sword formation swept in, a gash was carved out on the side of the mountain, and a dark cave entrance was revealed below the gash.
The young man's eyes sharpened, and he seemed to see into the cave entrance through the heavy obstacles. The Lotus Sword Formation was unstoppable, breaking through the mountain peak and rushing out again. The reflected sword light illuminated the dark cave entrance in an instant.
A dark shadow flashed past beneath the sword's edge, and a murderous glint appeared in the young man's eyes.
Buzz!
The sword formation sensed the young man's intention and emitted a muffled sword cry from within the cave. Strangely enough, although the cave entrance appeared to be shallow, the sword formation's cry did not echo back up.
What was that dark shadow that was reflected by the sword's light just now?!
The lotus flower, which had been folded, suddenly parted, and the spinning lotus flower burst forth with layers of sword light from the outer side of its leaves. The fierce sword light raged in the air, forming a large vortex around the Lotus Sword Formation.
The mountain, which had already begun to sink, was now even more precarious, as the sword formation unleashed a powerful force within it, threatening to topple the mountain.
But the young man in the air ignored it all. His cautious gaze was filled with a resolute killing intent. His will was attached to the sword formation, and he swept downwards with the sword formation.
The winding, dark cave was swept up by the sword light of the lotus, and countless stone walls around the cave were swept into it and shattered. The originally narrow cave became a straight passage after the lotus, as if a giant hand had carved a tunnel out of the mountain.