NOVPUBThe elderly man was clad in a pale blue silk robe, his long hair fluttering in the breeze.
Even though he had reached the age of sixty, one could vaguely discern the handsomeness of his youth from his features.
His eyes were like two curved blades, radiating slivers of chilling sharpness.
The longsword in his hand hummed softly, and as he wiped it, blade light soared up, filling the entire firmament with its radiance.
The elder’s gaze was profound as he slowly stood up and stepped into the air, walking toward the north.
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To the east of the True Martial Holy Sect, Xu Zimei looked at Thundercloud Elder and said with a light smile, "Fighting me, I too want to know just how strong stepping into Immortality truly is."
"Young kid, let your Vein Beast out," Thundercloud Elder spoke gravely.
"I don’t need the Vein Beast to fight you," Xu Zimei shook his head slightly.
The Tyrant Shadow in his hand emitted a heaven-reaching blade light, as if it intended to split the entire firmament asunder.
He directly activated the War God’s Nine Transformations, and a momentum that could nearly destroy everything spread from around him.
He charged towards Thundercloud Elder.
"Big talk for someone so insignificant," Thundercloud Elder frowned slightly, his Immortal might pressing down, clashing fiercely with Xu Zimei.
On another flank, the Heavenly Curtain War God fought alone against the four War Generals.
All four of them, whether it be the Blood Ancestor, the Heavenly Prison Holy Monarch, the Nine Pills Elder, or the Red Crow Elder, were beings at the peak of Immortality.
When the Blood Ancestor made his move, a skyful of blood energy enveloped everything, dyeing half the firmament blood-red.
The Heavenly Prison Holy Monarch held a chain in his hand, made of an unknown material; once it ensnared someone, it was extremely difficult to escape.
With every swing of the chains, they left behind vivid traces in the firmament.
And the Nine Pills Elder wielded a cane festooned with countless pills, each pill producing different effects.
There were the Fierce Fire Pill, Cold Ice Pill, Earth Dragon Pill, Flying Phoenix Pill…
Each pill could manifest a different intent.
As for the Red Crow Elder, behind him a sun blazed brilliantly, as if it were a real sun.
With a piercing scream, the Red Crow Elder transformed into a Golden Crow, its body aflame with roaring fire, and it charged towards the Heavenly Curtain War God.
The Heavenly Curtain War God swept his hand, and a vast, surging Immortal might spread from around him.
He held an ice-blue, Soul of Ice-like longsword, surrounded by the Heavenly Sword’s intent, facing the attack of the four War Generals without changing expression.
The longsword fell swiftly from his hand, carrying endless might.
Even when fighting alone against the four War Generals, he managed gracefully, their battle shaking the heavens and moving ghosts and gods.
Day and night cycled, and the Galaxy’s flow was severed.
The firmament above was thoroughly collapsed, with "boom boom" explosions constantly sounding all around.
There was hardly a place in the sky that remained intact.
This sort of intense battle was even difficult for ordinary people to approach.
Xu Zimei watched Thundercloud Elder opposite him, and found that the latter was not as strong as he had imagined.
The armor he formed with his War God’s Nine Transformations was emanating a majestic might, the Tyrant Shadow in his hand carrying Wu Geng’s Blade Intent, and with several successive moves from the Way of Inquiry, it could be said that there was no clear victor between the two of them.
Thundercloud Elder looked at Xu Zimei and frowned slightly.
According to reason, there should be an insurmountable gap between the Immortal Ascension Boundary and the Divine Vein Realm, and the saying "mortals and immortals are separated" was not without reason.
But in the fight just now, he hadn’t gained any advantage. n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
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"It seems you disappoint me a bit," Xu Zimei shook his head and said.
"Beat me first, before you talk," Thundercloud Elder snorted coldly, a sea-like might pressing down.
Xu Zimei’s Tyrant Shadow swung into action, the blade technique in his hand growing stronger and more piercing.
"Way of Inquiry fourteenth form, Reverse Samsara," Xu Zimei exclaimed softly.
Following the thirteenth form, Blood of the Form King, a torrent of reincarnational force started to gather above Tyrant Shadow.
Numerous black holes appeared around him, with the Reincarnation-pervaded black holes rotating.
As these black holes spun, the entire firmament seemed upturned within them.
Xu Zimei slowly waved Tyrant Shadow, and all the black holes clung to the blade of Tyrant Shadow.
Accompanying the descent of Tyrant Shadow, the entire firmament appeared to collapse within it, a myriad of black holes carrying the aura of Reverse Samsara seeking to obliterate Thundercloud Elder within.
Thundercloud Elder’s complexion changed slightly as a golden Nine-Headed Bird soared into the sky from behind him.
That was his True Fate. The Nine-Headed Bird, entirely enshrouded in Blazing Flames, its endless flames crying out with its nine heads.
When the blade fell, the Nine-Headed Bird let out a mournful cry as one of its heads was directly severed.
Xu Zimei sheathed Tyrant Shadow, looking at the now fully materialized Nine-Headed Bird.
He grabbed the remaining head with both hands and tore at it with all his strength.
With the fall of each head, Thundercloud Elder’s pained screams could be heard.
Those gut-wrenching screams of agony.
"I concede, I concede," Thundercloud Elder yelled out.
But Xu Zimei paid no heed and continued to forcefully tear at his True Fate.
Sect Master Xiao watched this unfold for quite some time.
Eventually, he said to those within the sect, "Activate the Sect Protection Array."
As his voice fell, the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth began to surge and coalesce rapidly.
A pale blue barrier appeared over the True Martial Holy Sect, enveloping these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
As Xu Zimei tore off all nine heads of the Nine-Headed Bird, Thundercloud Elder let out a scream of agony and fell from the firmament.
The destruction of the True Fate was a torment not just externally, but a pain that reached deep into one’s soul from within.
Recovery would require a very long time; the True Fate was the most troublesome thing.
Meanwhile, the battle zone of the Heavenly Curtain War God was still raging indecisively, with neither side able to gain an upper hand.
Xu Zimei looked at the Heavenly Curtain War God and thought that if other War Generals were at the Immortal Extreme boundary,
which represented the peak of the first step into the Path of Immortality, then the Heavenly Curtain War God must have broken through to another level.
It’s about opening the Bridge of Life and Death.
Of course, this was still a bit far off for Xu Zimei.
Such a level of battle was still too mighty for Xu Zimei now.
He could contend with those who had just Stepped into Immortality, but beings at the Immortal Extreme were a bit too far beyond his reach.
...
An elder of the True Martial Holy Sect walked directly toward the north, moving swiftly.
His figure shuttled through the void, traversing lands in a single step.
In just a short period, he had already arrived at the location of the Divine Sun Holy Sect.
The elder held a Longsword, which burst forth with Heaven Shaking might.
He slashed directly down onto the Divine Sun Holy Sect.
With a "boom," the location of the Divine Sun Holy Sect’s Sect Gate was split in two by a single strike.
Wu Geng’s Blade Qi lingered in the sky.
"Who is it?" a chorus of shocked and angry voices came from within the Divine Sun Holy Sect.
"Who dares to violate the Divine Sun Holy Sect?"
