Ning Country.
Azure Wave Cave Ruins.
After the destruction of the three sects in Ning Country, True Person Tong of Azure Wave Cave led the successors of the three sects to escape to the sea. This place has been plundered many times by the Devil Cultivator of the Holy Origin Alliance, and it is no longer the magnificent immortal mountain it once was, leaving only broken walls and ruins.
The Vast Waves Alliance army swept across the border between the two countries, led by the sword Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal Chen Shuangbai. Almost no one Nascent Soul stage could defeat them. They swept all the way and finally captured this place.
The array master used local materials to repair a simple second-tier array in a very short time, allowing the army to settle down.
Chen Fuguang and his junior sister Lu Xiangyuan guarded the city, their Divine Sense extended outwards, Spiritual Qi swirling around them, vigilant for any potential enemy attacks.
Suddenly.
A deafening roar came from afar.
A terrifying sound, like a pillar of heaven collapsing, was followed by billowing clouds of dust, like thousands of yellow horses galloping in, but they were blocked by the radiance of the formation. In an instant, many flying boats and warships were also overturned.
Chen Fuguang flew into the air and looked at the commotion beyond the distant mountains, asking in surprise, "What's going on?"
Before long, they saw their master transform into a golden-white sword rainbow, arriving in an instant and landing in front of them.
It was Chen Shuangbai and Feiguang.
However, Chen Shuangbai now looked rather disheveled, which was unusual for her.
"Master, has the enemy retreated?"
Lu Xiangyuan asked.
Chen Shuangbai shook her head and said, "No, it's inconvenient for me to take action."
Since these three demon caves dared to come ashore, how could they not have heard of the name of the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal?
The five Golden Core cultivators opposite them.
The three demons and two monsters were meant to be discarded.
Chen Shuangbai was about to kill them one by one with almost no effort when his Dao Heart warned him. Without saying a word, he immediately ordered Feiguang to use [ Void Crossing Shadow ] to guide him away.
In the next instant, at the point where the two sides clashed, a demonic light, as large as a thousand-year-old giant tree, tore through the air and roared in, carrying unparalleled power and wrapped in thick yin and death energy, covering most of the Scar River Marsh.
After a deafening roar, the entire Scar River Marsh was struck by a beam of demonic light as thick as a thousand-year-old tree, and most of Scar River Marsh was completely destroyed.
Along with the cultivators on both sides of the battle, the poisonous insects and beasts in the swamp, and the remaining Devil Cultivator creations, all were reduced to dust by that single blow.
The earth cracked, poisonous water billowed, and the already polluted swampy land was now completely transformed into a scorched basin, with even the Spiritual Qi in the air thrown into chaos.
Even though Chen Shuangbai had dodged ahead of time, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine after seeing the horrific scene from afar.
Chen Fuguang was also shocked upon hearing this.
"Such power... Nascent Soul making a move?"
Lu Xiangyuan frowned deeply and said, "But aren't the Nascent Soul of the Holy Origin Alliance currently locked in a fierce battle between the West Kingdom and the Qian Kingdom?"
Chen Shuangbai pondered for a moment but couldn't come up with any clues.
Just then, a rift opened in the sky, and a dazzling azure Sword Essence flew down from above, landing in front of the three of them. With a flick of its wrist, it revealed the graceful figure of Sword Lord Yuan Jun.
The Sword Lord the Sword Alliance looked grave. " Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal, your True Lord Jihai asked me to tell you that the Holy Origin Alliance has used a flawed ancient demonic artifact called the [ South-Pointing Devil Chariot ]. It can unleash a terrifying demonic light from a thousand miles away, possessing the power to destroy mountains and lakes. It's highly likely aimed at you!"
"This item is not easy to use and has little effect on us Nascent Soul, but it is very useful to you, Sword Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal."
"For the next period of time, you must not venture deep into the battlefield!"
Having said that, the light and shadow vanished without a trace with a flick of the azure Sword Essence.
After hearing Sword Lord Yuan Jun's message, Chen Shuangbai's expression remained calm and composed.
He gazed at the scorched basin that had been leveled by the demonic light, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
Lu Xiangyuan had already understood, and said with some lingering fear, "A remnant of an ancient demonic treasure... that most likely has a limited number of uses. This item must have been launched by the Holy Origin Alliance specifically to target Master."
This is actually not hard to understand.
The Holy Origin Alliance felt that Chen Shuangbai, the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal, was virtually unmatched among cultivators below the Nascent Soul, and his killing power was simply too strong.
Therefore, they used this ancient demonic treasure to force Chen Shuangbai to withdraw from the battle, so that the Holy Origin Alliance could send Golden Core cultivators to support the Demon Cultivator in the three demon caves of Ning Country and jointly strike at the Vast Waves Alliance's forces.
True Lord Jihai specifically asked True Lord Yuan Jun to deliver this message, Chen Shuangbai would not risk going any further.
It was at this moment that nine Golden Core descended from the distant horizon and landed on the ruins of the Azure Wave Cave. These were none other than Fu Qianlan and the other Golden Core cultivators.
Upon hearing of the Holy Origin Alliance's actions, the cultivators were quite wary.
Yuan Sheng of the Turbid Wave Pavilion Yuan Sheng his newly grown beard and analyzed, "In that case... why don't we try to find the [ South-Pointing Devil Chariot ] and destroy it as well? Then the Sword Immortal can once again penetrate deeper into Ning Country, right?"
A Golden Core cultivator from the Painstaking Heart Sect shook his head, saying, "The other side deliberately brought this out as a deterrent to target Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal. It must be very well hidden, perhaps even heavily guarded."
"If we rashly go to search, we might fall into their trap."
"That's right."
A Golden Core True Person from the Setting Sun Sect agreed, "Conversely, since it's a remnant of an ancient demonic treasure, it's also intended to target Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal. As long as the Sword Immortal doesn't intervene, this treasure won't be used easily."
"This might also be an opportunity!"
The cultivators immediately understood the profound meaning behind his words.
Chen Shuangbai, the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal, doesn't need to appear in the opponent's sight, but as long as he occasionally shows himself in a certain place, given the Holy Origin Alliance's wariness of him, they will definitely take great precautions, and may even redirect the attack direction of this thing to the place where Chen Shuangbai appears.
In other words, as long as Chen Shuangbai and the Golden Core True Person of the Vast Waves Alliance appear in different locations, the extremely powerful demonic light emitted by this object is unlikely to fall on the Golden Core True Person present!
Chen Shuangbai nodded slightly and discussed the plan with the other cultivators.
After settling his two disciples, Chen Shuangbai, accompanied by Feiguang, used his sword escape technique, transforming into a golden-white sword rainbow and fleeing into the distance.
Following the agreed-upon plan, everyone began to take action.
Over the next few months, Chen Shuangbai moved around the Ning Country battlefield, occasionally showing up in a certain place before quickly disappearing. Before the strange light of the [ South-Pointing Devil Chariot ] locked onto him, he had Feiguang use [ Void Crossing Shadow ] to carry him away at a rapid speed.
In this way, they continuously attracted the attention of the other party's incomplete ancient demonic artifact.
With each appearance of his, the Vast Waves Alliance cultivators on the other side would launch a fierce attack.
After several rounds, the Demon Cultivator the Three Caves and the Devil Cultivator of the Holy Origin Alliance were overwhelmed and even suffered repeated defeats, losing large swathes of land to the Vast Waves Alliance.