Chapter 518: Storming the Xiang Jianzong!

The entirety of Cangwu Star gradually came into view.

The star ship's window closed along with it. Yin Zhihe withdrew her gaze, closed her eyes, and leaned back against the chair.

Though the Dao-Initiation Body-Reversal Divine Law was a true law, it possessed no offensive power whatsoever.

But precisely because of this, its concealing ability was extremely strong.

Every word and every action of each body-reversal could become an obstruction through the information it generated.

With three billion body-reversals providing concealment, even a Dao-Combining cultivator personally divining with the aid of that Dao-soldier sacred beast's scale could not possibly calculate her location.

Once she entered the Central Continent and had the Ancestor to receive her, everything would be…

"Huu~"

She exhaled softly, and the unease in her heart finally settled a little.

Because using the true law with a Return-to-Void body incurred considerable expenditure, the exhausted her, once she closed her eyes, quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Though this move increased the risk, she did not regret it.

……

……

On the distant far shore of the starry sky.

Within the Purple Qi Dao Field.

A wisp of seven-colored radiance came from the domain of the past into reality, landing upon an empty purple dao platform, transforming into a divine being with a ring of temporal divine light behind his head.

"It was merely a casual move in passing; why bother responding."

"Responding to the wishes of our clan's juniors has always been so; where does such a question come from." Xuan said blandly.

"Just a human who has had her bloodline converted." Gu shook his head slightly.

"……" Xuan was silent for a while, then calmly looked at Him, "For the sake of the clan, willingly taking the extraordinary risk of infiltrating the Central Continent to achieve Dao-Combining—regardless of success or failure, it is a great merit."

"Therefore, I do not wish to hear that sentence from your mouth again."

"Is that clear?"

Gu: "……"

After a brief hesitation, He still felt there was no need to continue arguing such matters with Xuan.

"You said earlier that the Xiang Jianzong is about to advance one more step?"

"Yes."

"Then what if he truly succeeds…?"

"All will be finished."

"……" Gu's expression shifted through several changes, and finally he sighed, "Had I known today, I should have erased him long ago."

"The Xiang Jianzong is a tribulation of Heaven; even Heaven cannot calculate it, so we naturally cannot calculate his true future."

Saying all this, what use is it.

"What I mean is, when he had just attained the Dao, we should have joined forces to erase him."

At that time, whether or not he was a tribulation of Heaven, he had already become a threat.

In the end, They had still missed the best opportunity, allowing the Xiang Jianzong to firmly establish his footing.

"Hah! And who is to blame for that?"

Xuan let out a rare snort of derision.

"……" Gu felt a little awkward.

At that time, Xuan did not attend to matters, and He himself was in constant conflict with Tai.

And the Xiang Jianzong had just attained the Dao, constantly making trouble for Tai; naturally He was happy to watch this unfold.

In the end, just like that human phrase—nurturing a tiger invites disaster.

"You came to find me, surely not just for this matter." Xuan suddenly said, his purple eyes fixed on Him.

"If my guess is not wrong, it should still be for the sake of 'Heaven.'"

……

……

Southern Star Region, Fuling Star System.

Guiling Thirty-Seventh Planetary System.

The entire star system had already been drowned by surging purple, and even the infinite light and heat radiating from the star were tinged with a layer of purple glow, appearing extraordinarily eerie.

The seventh planet was even more completely enveloped, like a purple pearl suspended in the cosmic void.

At this moment, within the planet, beneath the purple sky.

Wu Qi sat upon a Wang Zuo, looking down upon everything before him with a playful gaze, the scale on his brow shining brilliantly.

You f***ing putting on airs!

Believe it or not I'll crush you into s*** with a single sword qi!

Seeing him act so pretentiously, Chi Jiuyu really wanted to activate the jade talisman and stab him to death with a single sword qi.

But then again…

It still felt a bit of a waste.

Moreover, this was the first time in all these years that she had encountered a Dao-soldier strange beast during a mission…

To say she wasn't curious would be a lie.

After all, it falls within the scope of 【This is not something you should know】…

Most importantly, if she used the jade talisman directly, not even scraps of this guy would remain.

This was only a scale of the Dao-soldier strange beast; she might still need to use the scale to divine the location of the complete form.

In short, stall for time first!

Soon, Jige and Jiufu, inhabited by the purple light from the scales, stood up, their entire bodies undergoing tremendous changes.

Every strand of white fur on Jige's body had been dyed purple, storms and lightning swirling around him, his size swelling to dozens of meters tall.

Jiufu had likewise turned purple, his wings beating at an extremely rapid frequency, his scythe-like forelimbs flickering with dangerous cold light.

The only thing they shared was that pair of eyes—utterly stripped of reason, with nothing left but madness.

"Hey—! They're your companions at the very least, and you just treat them like this?" Chi Jiuyu shouted.

Wu Qi looked cold and aloof:

"In my kingdom, I am the sovereign who decides everything!"

"Even the Xiang Jianzong behind you, I will conquer it with blood and fire."

He hated the look in this human's eyes.

Facing his supreme power, her eyes should hold no emotion other than fear and humility.

Chi Jiuyu: "..."

Hit the Xiang Jianzong?

How many dishes did you eat, to be this drunk?

Looks like the Dao Soldier Strange Beast lowers one's IQ to some extent...

She couldn't be bothered to waste words on this kind of brain-dead fool lost in his own delusions.

She curled her lip, turned her gaze back to Jige and Jiufu ahead of her, who had completely lost their reason.

Told you to play the traitor, and look how that turned out!

She raised her hand, lifted her sword, held it horizontal before her, and pure killing sword intent surged skyward.

Even the purple that had stained the sky was split open in part, but was quickly and seamlessly patched back by Wu Qi.

"Come!"

Apart from being the youngest Soul Transformation since ancient times, the Sword Venerable's personal chief disciple, and the foremost prodigy of all the myriad worlds.

Setting aside every reason!

She was still a sword cultivator!

As a sword cultivator, she truly didn't want to miss this chance to clash with monsters enhanced by the Dao Soldier Strange Beast's scales!

Humming!

There was no heaven-shaking sword light, nor any phenomenon spanning the ten directions.

Only a single thread of sword qi, compressed to the extreme, swept across soundlessly!

Clang!

The thread of sword qi failed to work—Jiufu swung his scythe-like sharp forelimbs at a speed invisible to the naked eye, easily catching the sweeping sword qi.

A twist of both blades, and he crushed it effortlessly!

Hmm!

Jin Guang flickered in Chi Jiuyu's eyes, her heart involuntarily tightening, her vigilance against the Dao Soldier Strange Beast rising once more.

Just one scale has such an effect...

The original small-fry have actually been boosted to this level!

Calculating the boost based on their original foundations...

The realm corresponding to their current combat power is—

Half-step Return to Void Peak Great Perfection!

That's right!

Exactly that precise!

Hum~!

The blue-gold longsword shimmered with radiant light; Chi Jiuyu gripped her sword and charged at Jige and Jiufu!

At the instant of closing in, the three figures vanished simultaneously, yet an unknown explosion rang out in the air.

Streak after streak of sharp edge, interwoven with Lei Ting and storms, tore open massive scars across the planet's surface.

Wu Qi watched all this coldly.

The power ceaselessly swelling within him intoxicated him from the heart.

Power like this...

To have power like this!

Who could possibly stand in his way!

Outside the Guiling Thirty-Seventh Star System.

A young man in a blue robe quietly materialized.

Looking at the star system completely drowned in purple light, his expression was extremely ugly.

The Dao Soldier Strange Beast's scale had actually been smuggled in right under his nose!

Recalling the report of normal spiritual energy wave data he had just submitted to the Yanlei Dao Lord, he felt his entire face being slapped silly!

Boom!

A terrifying divine sense, like the most terrifying storm in the universe, swept out in an instant, radiating across the entire Guiling Thirty-Seventh Star System and its neighboring star systems.

Beginning an incomparably meticulous search of every inch of void.

However...

Nothing!

Nothing!

Still nothing!

Instead, within the strata of certain spirit-dead planetary systems, they discovered devices the demonic cultivators of the demonic path had used to nurture fabricated divine souls.

However, the place had long since been abandoned.

The Fuling Star System had only just suffered a large-scale bioweapon assault, and those old demon-heads who refused to take even the slightest risk had long since vanished without a trace!

Zixuan Zhenjun's expression grew uglier and uglier.

So many old demon-heads had been causing trouble right under his nose in the star system he was guarding, and he hadn't noticed at all…

He raised a hand and drew in a streak of purple light from within the star system.

Using it as ink, his finger as brush, he sketched out a talisman.

As the talisman grew more complete, the purple-glimmering light seemed to illuminate scene after scene, gradually shifting from hazy to clear…

Soon, he heard the sound of rushing water, though the picture was still thick with mist.

The method used to conceal oneself was very clever, but still fell a little short…

Judging by the sound, it should be by the water.

With a flick of his fingertip, the scene gradually pulled back, and several large characters appeared within the frame—

【Cangwu Hot Springs - Female】

Hmm?!

Before he could react, the picture suddenly went dark; when it lit up again, it showed a man in a feathered crown and Daoist robe, his bright eyes filled with shock.

Jiling Zhenjun, He Dao cultivation.

The He Dao cultivators of the Taishang Dao Sect generally took the name of the star system they first guarded as their honorific title.

"Senior Brother, you this…"

Never would I have thought you were this kind of person—actually using the *Scripture of Derivation, Void-Edict, and Dao-Proclaiming True Talismans* for something like this!

Zixuan Zhenjun: "…"

Oh no, this misunderstanding is huge!

But right now wasn't the time to care about his image.

Zixuan Zhenjun directly explained the whole story and invited Jiling Zhenjun to join him in the divination.

Although Jiling Zhenjun was still half in doubt, he agreed to lend a hand.

However, even with the two of them divining together, the results they obtained were a mess, with not the slightest hint of direction.

"No good, I'll go obtain the scales of the Dao-soldier strange beast first, then divinate again!" Zixuan Zhenjun decided on the spot.

Earlier he had worried that the defecting human cultivator who had snuck in was still nearby, afraid that any delay would let them escape.

But now they couldn't be found at all…

"Good!" Jiling Zhenjun was now fully convinced as well. "I'll head over right away."

"Many thanks, Junior Brother."

The talisman dispersed, and the picture vanished along with it.

Zixuan Zhenjun looked toward the thirty-seventh planetary system of Guiling, at the seventh planet entirely wrapped in purple light.

The timing should be about right…

His gaze pierced through the purple light enveloping the entire planet.

He saw Chi Jiuyu, sword in one hand, fighting two opponents at once—looking utterly wretched, a great hole torn open in his abdomen, every wound on his body burning with golden flames.

His right leg was twisted at an unnatural angle.

Yet his eyes blazed with excitement and madness, and in his other hand he gripped a seven-colored jade talisman.

Just one glance made his heart pound with dread.

And a surge of joy welled up within him, utterly impossible to suppress.

It was the sword of the Seven Emotions Sword Master!

Not good! (End of chapter)