Victory, Absolutely Not

The Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture he cultivated was a high-level orthodox method of the Xuanmen sect, most adept at Void Breaking and locking the soul.

To others, all they saw was an indestructible giant mountain, but only he could clearly perceive that every rock, every rune, and every wisp of earth vein power within the entire mountain was connected to the Nascent Soul deep within its core, which was one with the mountains and rivers.

That was the monster's only Achilles' heel.

Seeing that the stone palm attack had been broken, the monster that had merged with the mountain became completely enraged.

The vertical pupils on the mountaintop surged with red light, and the entire giant mountain roared and trembled once more.

This time, it was no longer a limited attack of stone palms, but rather every inch of the mountain's rock face was pierced by countless Xuantie stone spears, raining down on the four of them like a storm.

At the same time, thousands of stones shot out, instantly coalescing into a hundred-foot-tall mountain, carrying enough weight to crush everything, and crashed down towards the four people's location.

"Today, I will make you one with this mountain!"

Xiao Tianxing momentum surged again, and he and his sword became one, transforming into a silver-white sword wheel. His sword energy was impenetrable, shattering all the stone spears in the sky. At the same time, the sword wheel rushed straight at the mountain rock wall, trying to tear a gap in it.

But the rocks he cut through with his sword would instantly close up again, as if he were cutting through flowing water, never quite reaching the core.

Cao Lie's Blazing Sun True Fire transformed into a rain of fire, melting all the incoming stone spears into molten iron. Then, he clasped his hands together, and the flames condensed into a giant axe that burned the heavens, which he slammed down on the mountain, carving a ravine several miles long into the mountainside.

But the rocks on both sides of the ravine were about to close in, threatening to completely engulf his true fire.

Su Shuanghua's ice domain fully unfolded, freezing the entire lower half of the mountain. The countless stone spears shattered upon impact, but the mountain monster resisted with the power of the entire mountain's ley lines, and the chill could not penetrate even half a step into the mountain's core.

"Yunjing!" Su Shuanghua's voice pierced through the roar, "I can only seal 30% of his earth vein circulation, quickly find his core!"

At that moment, Li Yunjing suddenly opened his eyes.

In his pupils, sacred Daoist imprints appeared, and the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Dao Qi surged instantly, sweeping across the entire giant mountain like an inverted Milky Way.

This energy lacked the sharpness of Sword Intent, the ferocity of flames, and the piercing chill of ice, yet it possessed an unshakeable, upright, and majestic aura. Wherever it passed, the mountain runes dimmed, the earth's Sha Qi dissipated instantly, and even the tremors of the entire mountain abruptly stopped for a moment.

Li Yunjing formed a hand seal, and the Nascent Soul Image of Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Dao appeared behind him, holding a jade ruyi, with Daoist charm flowing around it.

A clear and translucent Dao seal shot out from his hand, ignoring the obstruction of towering rocks, piercing through layers of rock walls, and precisely locking onto the nascent soul deep within the mountain core, which Nascent Soul completely integrated with the earth's veins.

"What?!"

The Body Casting let out a horrified roar.

He never expected that even though he had hidden his soul beneath towering rocks and completely merged with the mountain's energy, his origins would be seen through at a glance, and his nascent Nascent Soul would be locked onto.

He frantically activated the power of the earth's veins, and countless rocks piled up layer upon layer at the mountain's core, transforming into an Indestructible barrier. However, the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Dao Seal was designed to Void Breaking, and the thousands of rocks were as nothing before it, passing straight through.

"Senior Brother Xiao, sever his meridians; Senior Brother Cao, burn his earth veins; Senior Sister Su, please lock his soul!"

As soon as Li Yunjing finished speaking, the three of them instantly understood.

Xiao Tianxing's sword wheel suddenly changed direction, and following the path pierced by the Dao Seal, an extremely condensed boundary-breaking sword aura slashed down fiercely, instantly severing several main rune meridians connecting the Body Casting to the Mountain Core.

The Golden Light on the entire mountain suddenly dimmed by more than half, and the flow of the earth's vein power instantly collapsed.

Cao Lie's Blazing Sun True Fire surged wildly into the mountain core through the opening torn open by the sword energy.

"Burn it!"

A raging inferno exploded deep within the mountain's core, engulfing the Nascent Soul of the Body Casting Nascent Soul. The earth's Vein Spirit energy was burned to boiling point, and shrill screams echoed from all parts of the mountain.

Su Shuanghua's Northern Abyss Cold Marrow Ice Qi followed closely behind, and the extreme impact of ice and fire caused the mountain's rock layers to begin to crack inch by inch from the inside.

The extreme cold locked the Nascent Soul Body Casting, preventing him from merging with the mountain and completely sealing off any possibility of escape.

Finally, Li Yunjing finished gathering his strength, and the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Dao Seal was formed, landing steadily on the cracked nascent Nascent Soul.

"Boom--!"

A deafening roar, deep and muffled, emanated from within the mountain, instantly freezing the entire colossal mountain. The vertical pupils at the summit suddenly dissipated, and the golden runes on its surface crumbled inch by inch.

The mountain monster's screams abruptly ceased. Immediately afterward, the entire Black Tie Shan began to crumble layer by layer from its core, with countless rocks tumbling down and dust billowing into the sky.

As the smoke and dust cleared, amidst the ruins, the nascent Nascent Soul, barely clinging to life and utterly powerless to resist, was firmly locked in mid-air by four forces.

Li Yunjing slowly withdrew his Dao seal, and the Pure Subtlety Dao Qi around him gathered into his body. Looking at the Nascent Soul, he said calmly, "To forge a mountain with one's own body and to take the earth as one's body is ultimately a heretical path that abandons the essential for the trivial, and it is difficult to attain the Great Dao."

To achieve the Great Dao by harnessing the earth's veins, one must look to the Earth Vein Dao.

Xiao Tianxing sheathed his sword, raising an eyebrow slightly. "He's quite tough. If Yunjing hadn't figured out his origin, we probably would have spent several more hours fighting him."

Cao Lie shook his hand, dispelling the remaining flames around him, and laughed loudly, "What does it matter if the mountain has a body of copper and iron? In the end, we still turned it upside down!"

However, it must be admitted that the cultivation method of the Body-Forging Dao is truly bizarre.

Su Shuanghua withdrew her icy aura, looked at the shattered rocks on the ground, and said softly, "However, for someone at the Nascent Soul Early Stage to have this strength, it will take the four of us working together quite a bit. If it were an ordinary cultivator, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to do anything to this guy."

Even Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator would find it extremely troublesome.

The trapped Nascent Soul's face was filled with despair.

His physical body was destroyed, leaving only his Nascent Soul.

If he hadn't been trapped, his Nascent Soul could have escaped, found a suitable body later, and even possessed another to continue his cultivation.

But now that the Nascent Soul is trapped, let alone seizing another body, it's uncertain whether it can even continue to live.

"Four eminent cultivators, please spare me!"

The Nascent Soul looked at Li Yunjing and the other three, and immediately begged for mercy; he didn't want to die!

Li Yunjing looked at the Nascent Soul and said expressionlessly, "Spare you? Can you bring back the Annan Kingdom citizens whom your Ancient Hidden Sect killed?"

The Nascent Soul was immediately taken aback.

When Li Yunjing said those words, it was clear that he didn't intend to let him live.

Realizing this, the Nascent Soul completely broke through its defenses.

"Damn Xuanmen cultivators, even if I die, you won't get away with it. I'll be waiting for you down there..."

Li Yunjing stared indifferently at the Nascent Soul was hurling insults.

Cao Lie, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and was about to burn him alive.

Li Yunjing stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute, Senior Brother Cao."

Cao Lie was puzzled. "Yunjing, why?"

"It would be a waste to burn such a Nascent Soul to death. We might as well use it for something else," Li Yunjing said with a smile.

Cao Lie blinked, his expression suddenly changing.

"Yunjing, do you perhaps intend to devour this Nascent Soul for cultivation? You absolutely cannot do that; those are the things those Evil Cultivator do."

"If the Immortal Alliance finds out, Yunjing, your future is over!"