Peach Blossom

Above the confluence of the two rivers, in the Great Void, the radiance of the Five Earths and the energy of feng shui have been intertwined for an unknown period of time.

Five beams of earthy yellow light, like five earthen dragons, coiled in the void. The Womb Earth was warm and thick, the Gen Earth was solid and unshakable, the Wu Earth was swirling with yellow smoke, the Sacrificial Earth had red sound waves that appeared and disappeared, Proclaiming Earth was pale yellow like a tide.

The Five Earths converge and unite, faintly condensing into the phantom of a towering tree, its roots firmly planted in the depths of the underworld and its crown reaching the heavens—the very essence of the legendary Spirit Root.

The Earth Master's Dao involves cultivating the Five Earths, including burial, tomb exploration, burial site control, vein tracing, and boundary setting, all originating from and yet controlling the Earth Virtue Earth Virtue.

At this moment, the illusory image of the Ginseng Fruit Tree formed from the Five Earths had its roots extending deep into the Great Void, inch by inch suppressing and concealing the spiritual energy at the confluence of the two rivers.

But the feng shui energy just wouldn't let it go its way.

Deep within the Great Void, an invisible dragon vein meanders underground, like a roc spreading its wings, soaring ninety thousand miles high, its wings like clouds hanging from the sky.

The feng shui energy regarded the Great Void as the Northern Sea, and manipulated the mountains and dragon veins with the power of geomancy. With each surge, it stirred up the trend of the Five Earths returning to their origin, making it like a raging sea.

The radiance of the Five Earths and the energy of feng shui collided suddenly in the Great Void.

Silent, without breath, without light, without radiance.

But in that collision, the Great Void within a radius of hundreds of miles trembled slightly, like a giant net suddenly pulled by an invisible hand, taut out every inch of spiritual energy.

The earth churned and the wind and water surged, the two streams collided like two Dharma Form rivers, violently colliding at the mouth of the sea, yet neither could swallow the other.

Below, above the canyon where the two rivers meet, the Proclaiming Earth three-colored light curtain hangs like a curtain from the sky, enveloping the surrounding hundreds of miles in a pale yellow hue.

Inside the light curtain, at the deepest part of the canyon, Chen Hai sat alone on a high platform.

At this moment, his expression was calm, his eyes were slightly closed, Proclaiming Earth energy around him flowed slowly, merging with the light screen.

However, if someone could penetrate that layer of Proclaiming Earth barrier, they would discover something extremely unusual.

There was another subtle flow of energy within his body.

Its energy was as verdant as new buds and as solid as ancient trees, truly Gathering Wood.

Chen Hai slowly opened his eyes and looked down at his palms.

On the palm of his hand, a faint, verdant line appeared and disappeared, like the roots of an old tree quietly extending beneath the skin, then slowly gathering into the shape of a wooden box.

He stared at it for a long time before slowly closing his hand.

"Gathering Wood and breaking ground..."

He murmured a sentence, his voice so soft it almost dissipated in the wind.

A moment later, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked eastward. There, the collision and intertwining of geomancy and feng shui painted half the sky into a chaotic mess.

The play is not over yet.

He paused, then muttered to himself:

"This life is ultimately over. Looking back on everything, I realize I misunderstood the Xuanmen. I thought the Xuanmen was using my herding to reduce the humanization of Xuantu, allowing the immortal path to flourish. But now it seems... if it weren't for the Xuanmen's control, especially the Yuxu lineage, Xuantu would have abandoned me long ago, returning to the original Xuantu, completely ending the humanization process, and the immortal path would have continued to prosper. How could things have turned out this way?"

"Furthermore, I was there when Zhenwu ascended the throne. It seemed that Jade Void Palace had specifically taken down the immortal techniques to allow Zhenwu to transform into the True Qi Fruit. Moreover, when Zhenwu changed his Immortal Truth to Divine Truth, Jade Void, Eight Sceneries, and Biyou were undoubtedly involved in their schemes. I wonder what the Mysterious Gate is really plotting..."

After speaking, He sat down again, took out the Great Marsh Banner, and carefully stroked it, then murmured to himself:

"Old friend, we meet again..."

Within the Great Void, Su Yao and the others watched the entangled geomancer and geomancer, remaining motionless.

At this very moment--

A profound sound emanated from the depths of the Great Void, reaching everyone's ears like the grandest of bells:

"Quickly proceed to the confluence of the two rivers to assist the True Lord in his Liberation by Violence to Heaven!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yao abruptly looked up.

The mysterious sound came abruptly, but the aura was familiar to him.

The aura that bestowed the Daoist title and the talisman in the past was this very aura.

The boy in white, the one from Kunlun Mountain.

"The envoy has given orders," Su Yao said in a deep voice, turning to look at the crowd, "Let's go."

Upon hearing this, the six of them simultaneously activated their escape lights and sped off towards the confluence of the two rivers.

Liu Yunhe and others followed closely behind.

But halfway through their journey, a sudden change occurred.

Deep within the Great Void, a crimson explosion suddenly erupted.

Boundless blood rain poured down from the sky, staining the entire Great Void crimson.

Amidst the rain of blood, countless distorted human faces seemed to rise and fall, mouths agape but silent, as if weeping and lamenting.

The foul, stench condensed into a crimson haze, enveloping half the sky in a nauseating crimson.

Amidst the surging waves of blood, an echoing roar erupted from the depths of the Great Void, like the final howl of a wounded beast before its death:

"Qizhenzi! Today you kill me with external force, but one day my ancestor will emerge from the Mount Zhongnan and wash your Qixia Temple in blood!"

The voice came from an unknown source, yet it was extremely clear; each word struck everyone's Spirit Platform like a heavy hammer blow.

Su Yao's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

Yang Xiu was the first to react. He stared at the endless rain of blood, his voice low and deep:

"This is the fall of the Devil Lord..."

After he finished speaking, the group fell completely silent.

Zilin's face turned pale, while Xuan Yan, Ying Qi, Mo Li all stood frozen in place.

The Devil Lord has fallen.

A Devil Lord of equal rank to True Lord died just like that.

Su Yao remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking:

"Now that the Blood Qi is stagnant, those who exhibit this appearance must be the fallen Devil Lord lord of Blood Homeland Heaven."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the churning sea of blood, his voice calm and utterly emotionless:

"That Devil Lord has been lying low in the South Sea for many years, and has always been an enemy of our Dao. It seems that the Daozheng has finally brought out the secrets left behind by our ancestor."

Without waiting for a reply, he withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice:

"Don't delay, keep going."

Seeing this, the group said no more and urged their escape lights to continue speeding towards the confluence of the two rivers.

But the blood rain did not dissipate; instead, it grew thicker and denser, like a boundless sea of blood that swallowed the entire Great Void.

At the confluence of the two rivers, geomancers and feng shui remain intertwined.

The radiance of the Five Earths and the energy of feng shui, like two undercurrents, were strangling, entangled, and tearing each other apart in the depths of the Great Void, stirring up the spiritual energy of the Great Void within a radius of hundreds of miles like boiling water.

The illusory image of the Ginseng Fruit Tree and the image of the Kunpeng spreading its wings eroded each other, neither able to devour the other.

When Su Yao and the others arrived, they witnessed this scene.

"The Earth Master's Dao and the Geomancy Dao..." Zilin's gaze narrowed slightly, "Are they still arguing?"

Su Yao shook his head and did not reply.

His gaze swept across the battlefield, finally settling on the three-colored light screen of Proclaiming Earth.

The light curtain continued to surge, the pale yellow light like waves, enveloping the confluence of the two rivers in a somber, earthy yellow hue.

"Protect everyone first."

With a flick of his right hand, a talisman slid out from his sleeve. It was pure white, with extremely fine Lesser Yang patterns engraved on its surface. When the sunlight shone on it, it shone with a very faint warm gold, like the first rays of dawn, when all things were about to awaken. It was the Lesser Yang Dao Law Treasure, the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet, bestowed by the white-robed boy.

Then Su Yao tossed the talisman into the air.

The talisman hung above everyone's heads, and the Lesser Yang pattern on its surface suddenly lit up. A layer of warm golden light descended from the talisman, spreading out like the morning sun, enveloping the six people and their protectors.

The light screen was neither too strong nor too weak, but it carried an extremely pure and righteous Lesser Yang energy. Wherever it shone, the turbid and cold Yin energy surging in the Great Void dissolved away.

At the same time, Yang Xiu took out the plain silk, the Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk of the Gang Qi. The silk felt as light as a feather, and Gang Qi could be Gang Qi seen flowing on its surface, like a gentle breeze blowing across a spring field, warm and pure.

He unfurled the plain silk in the air, and a bluish-white gale poured down from its surface, intertwining with Su Yao's Lesser Yang Golden Curtain. The two forces, one breaking and the other dissolving, protected the Great Void within a radius of several miles with impenetrable defenses.

The next moment, while everyone was still admiring the power of the two Law Treasure—

A loud shout resounded from the depths of the Great Void, like Heavenly Thunder striking the earth:

Runze! How dare you! You actually dare to collude with Buddhist School!

Upon hearing this, Su Yao and the others' expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly looked towards the direction of the Nanzhao Royal City.

From the direction of the Nanzhao Royal City, a beam of Wu Earth light shot into the sky, as if the earth were overturning or a mountain was pressing down on the ground, with five-colored smoke swirling around it.

Beside the Wu Earth light, another Human Dao aura rose like the sun, its crimson-gold color shining brightly, like the eyes of an emperor.

Wu Earth) is aligned with the Human Dao path, and is in opposition to the other two paths of energy.

Opposite, a surge of Subterranean Water energy poured out like a vast swamp, deep and boundless. Amidst the churning water, the shape of a dragon could be faintly seen swimming. This was the Subterranean Water Path of True Lord Cangyuan Runze, the ruler of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

Beside the Subterranean Water, another golden Buddhist light rose like the sun, within which countless Sanskrit characters could be faintly seen flowing, like ancient scriptures flickering in the Great Void, the aura of Buddhist School.

The Jieshi Dao Lineage, in alliance with Great Qing, is now confronting the Nanzhao Kingdom king and the Buddhist School.

But the next moment, the four strange phenomena disappeared into the deeper reaches of the Great Void, and the people in the Purple Mansion could no longer see them.

Upon seeing this, Zilin spoke in disbelief:

"The king... has converted to Buddhism?"

Su Yao immediately shouted to stop:

"A descendant of Orthodox God would not do such a thing!"

He paused, his gaze falling on the fading Subterranean Water, his voice deepening:

"Subterranean Water is the true form of the king, but the Buddha's light is incompatible with Subterranean Water... This is by no means a conversion to Buddhism; it's more like the Buddhist School taking advantage of the king's confrontation with Jieshi and Great Qing to forcibly interfere in the affairs of Nanzhao!"

Before they could finish speaking, they suddenly felt a chill run through their bodies.

The chill came without warning, rising from the depths of the Spirit Platform, like an extremely fine ice needle piercing into the bone marrow.

Su Yao's Sword Intent between his brows suddenly twitched, Yang Xiu's golden bell at his waist jingled without wind, Zilin's Purple Gauze Umbrella opened automatically, Xuan Yan's silver Comet Light surged, Ying Qi's Wu Earth smoke billowed, Mo Li's Dao Palace phantom solidified.

All six of them became alert and looked towards the depths of the Great Void.

A mysterious sound rang out, ethereal and far-reaching, as if descending from beyond the nine heavens:

"I'd be grateful if you could help, senior."

The next moment, another profound voice spoke, ancient and clear, like a sword ringing in its sheath:

"Sword Pavilion Huangmeizi, respectfully obeying the immortal decree, has come today with the Peach Blossom sword Tao Yao."

Upon hearing this, Su Yao and the others turned and looked towards the direction of Shu.

There, a flash of sword light suddenly appeared.

The sword light was extremely thin, extremely bright, and extremely still, like the quietest ray of light before dawn, yet it was sharp to the extreme.

As soon as the sword light appeared, the spiritual energy Great Void a radius of tens of thousands of miles suddenly froze, as if it had been suppressed by an invisible hand.

Even the intertwined radiance of the Five Earths and the energy of feng shui trembled slightly the moment this sword light appeared.

The sword light came from the Shu, traversing thousands of mountains and rivers, and in just a few breaths it had already approached the confluence of the two rivers.

Finally, the sword light condensed into a single point.

That point was extremely bright, extremely pure, and extremely still, like a newly born star, suspended in the Great Void for a moment.

Then, that dot landed on Su Yao's brow.

Su Yao was startled.

He felt an overwhelming Sword Intent pour into him from between his eyebrows, spreading along his meridians to his limbs and bones, permeating every inch of his skin and every Root Bone.

The Sword Intent was neither scorching nor fierce, but profound and steadfast, like millions of seeds sprouting from the soil at the same time when spring returns to the earth, like the roots of the Jianmu stretching and taking root inch by inch deep in the soil.

It was completely different from his Crimson Dawn Unstained Night-Illuminating Clear Light Sword Intent, yet they were subtly related.

Then, a sword appeared in front of Su Yao.

The sword was pure white, with an extremely thin and long blade, like a newly sprouted peach branch.

On the blade, faint peach blossom patterns flow endlessly, each petal blooming, withering, and blooming again as if alive, an endless cycle of life.

The sword hilt is engraved with two tiny characters: "Peach Blossom".

Su Yao involuntarily reached out and grasped the sword hilt.

That grasp felt like grasping the entire spring.

He moved swiftly, facing the three-colored light Proclaiming Earth, and raised the Peach Blossom Sword high.

On the sword, peach blossom patterns suddenly lit up, like thousands of peach trees blooming at the same time, dyeing the entire Great Void a brilliant crimson.

Then, he swung his sword down.

The sword light was extremely thin, yet it carried an indescribable sense of "life," like spring returning to the earth, like all things reviving, like withered trees coming back to life.

The sword light struck the three-colored light barrier of Proclaiming Earth.

The light barrier trembled slightly, then was forcefully cleaved in two.

A pale yellow light burst forth from the crack, but it could no longer coalesce into a shape.

Cracks spread in all directions like a spider web, and the entire light curtain shattered inch by inch in a few breaths, turning into countless pale yellow fragments that scattered and flew everywhere.

The next moment, the three-colored light barrier of Proclaiming Earth shattered.

Within the Great Void, many strange phenomena vanished without a trace.

The radiance of the Five Earths slowly dissipated, the auspicious energy of the feng shui silently receded, and the illusory image of the ginseng Ginseng Fruit Tree and the image of the Kunpeng spreading its wings dimmed simultaneously, ultimately returning to nothingness.

The world was completely silent.

Su Yao sheathed his sword and stood there. The peach blossom patterns on the Peach Blossom Sword slowly faded away and finally fell silent.

He glanced down at the sword in his hand, then looked towards the Shu, remaining silent for a long time.

Yang Xiu walked to his side, put away the Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk, and whispered:

"Is it the Supreme True Person Huangmei of the Sword Pavilion?"

Su Yao nodded. "It seems that no one else in the world possesses such pure swordsmanship..."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Then, Su Yao put the Peach Blossom Sword into his sleeve and returned the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet that had been hanging above his head to his palm. The Lesser Yang pattern on the talisman flickered slightly in the wind, and the warm golden afterglow had not yet dissipated.

He glanced at the talisman, then looked towards the confluence of the two rivers, and slowly spoke:

"It's time to invite the reincarnated True Lord back."

There is a word cloud:

The Five Earths return to their source, a mysterious wind arises, and the Kunpeng spreads its wings, shaking the pillar of heaven.

Blood rained down, the Devil Lord perished, and the Great Void was stained crimson with twilight.

With a single stroke of the Azure Firmament, Peach Blossom pierce the heavens.

Where all things are empty, heaven and earth are silent.

The Lesser Yang hangs like a golden curtain, Gang Qi unfolds like a white silk scroll.

The Human Dao to Jieshi connects to the human path, and the Buddha's light shines over the Subterranean Water.

Is the king a devout Buddhist? The Buddhist order has entered the Buddhist School amidst the chaos.

The Gathering Wood and the breaking of soil only cause harm to the soil itself; who can decipher the deep schemes of the Jade Void?

The poor traveler in the banner, stroking the banner and talking to himself, unaware that he is already caught in the game of chess.

Do not say that the Proclaiming Earth barrier is solid; a single sword from the Azure Firmament can pierce through the heavens.

The confluence of the two rivers is a sight to behold today; watch as the six heroes soar through the sky.