Chapter 295: I Too Have a Yuan Tongtian Path

Strange!

Because her cultivation was low, Qing couldn't discern anything unusual.

But Xu Wanyun had already reached the Extreme Slain Hunyuan realm, among the closest cultivators to the Transformation of Spirit Realm.

In her eyes, the sudden old monster emerging before them was utterly bizarre in every way.

The aura the opponent displayed was clearly still at the Extreme Slain Hunyuan level.

Yet the vines connected to his body seemed fused with the entire mountain range, allowing him to step into a higher realm in a way no one could comprehend.

Though it appeared only a single step away, it was in fact a world apart.

How could there be a Transformation of Spirit Realm like this?

As the decaying elder made his first move, Xu Wanyun felt overwhelming pressure—an helplessness born of being crushed by a higher cultivation realm.

Even as an onlooker, she felt this way.

Not to mention the young man completely engulfed by the withered tree.

At that moment, torrents of purple-gold flame burst from the cracks of the withered tree, staining the sky purple-gold, its might vast as if it would burn the entire mountain range to ashes.

But strangely, the terrifying heat vanished soon after.

The purple-gold flame coiled like a great dragon, transforming into something formless.

In an instant, Xu Wanyun's eyes widened.

She sensed a second aura belonging to the Transformation of Spirit Realm.

The decaying elder suddenly panicked, trying to let go—but the ends of his arms turned to charcoal in the blink of an eye.

The withered tree swiftly withdrew.

Revealing the thin figure within.

Shen Yi stood midair, the surging purple flames gone, replaced instead by nine colorless yet blazing suns.

"..."

Both were Slain Hunyuan, yet both wielded the might of the Transformation of Spirit Realm.

Xu Wanyun couldn't shake the feeling that these two cultivated something entirely different from her.

How could one unleash such power without drawing upon the qi of heaven and earth?

"Huh."

Shen Yi swallowed the demon core and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips.

Then he stepped forward, landing atop the retreating withered tree.

The decaying elder watched helplessly as he himself pulled the young man in.

Then the young man slowly raised his hand.

Li Huo Fen Xin Palm!

A Transformation of Spirit Realm technique revealed itself in the palm of a mid-level Slain Hunyuan cultivator.

His slender fingers pressed against the elder's forehead.

The colorless suns instantly engulfed him; the elder's withered skin melted, his wooden body turning to charred carbon.

He opened his mouth wide, his expression agonized.

Instinctively, he glanced behind him—only to see colorless flames raging along the vines, burning deep into the mountain's core.

At that moment, the vines suddenly severed themselves.

For the first time, the elder's face showed terror—his Yuan Tongtian path had abandoned him so easily.

Shen Yi didn't even spare the elder a second glance.

He stepped over the fallen body, his black robe brushing lightly, following the retracted vines.

For some reason,

Qing suddenly saw in Brother Shen a calm composure.

The fallen elder had not yet fully died.

He struggled to form a hand seal.

This familiar motion tightened Qing's heart.

Yet she found Brother Shen still showed no sign of turning back—as if his eyes saw only the fleeing vines.

Bai Niao Chao Feng Map!

Instantly, endless bird cries erupted within the manor, sharp and piercing.

Thick spiritual light transformed into colorful spiritual birds, rising into the sky, surging with boundless might toward the ink-clad figure!

Almost simultaneously,

Blinding Jin Guang flared.

A majestic, noble figure quietly appeared behind Shen Yi.

The ferocious patterns along its back were too terrifying to look upon.

The Golden Body manifestation regarded the flock of birds with indifference, then swept its hand—golden dragons roared forth, swallowing several spiritual birds in a single bite.

It leaped violently forward.

Grasping the neck of a celestial crane, it ripped the creature cleanly in two!

"He! He! He!"

Qing trembled as he pointed upward, then turned to his aunt: "This is the Transformation of Spirit Realm elder I told you about last time..."

She had suspected before that the elder had left too hastily, as if connected to Brother Shen.

Now that he had appeared again, it was undeniable.

"..."

Xu Wanyun blinked, her pupils contracting.

Based on Shen Yi's earlier movements, this Soul Transformation cultivator could never be his "elder."

It was more like some kind of guardian spirit.

No wonder the other wasn't the least alarmed.

So he was carrying a Soul Transformation bodyguard with him.

What kind of depth of resources could this be?

Even the Immortal Sects and the Great Qian couldn't muster such a display.

The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Array, which the Xu family took such pride in, now seemed powerless against a true Soul Transformation cultivator.

The celestial birds capable of casually annihilating Hunyuan Realm beings now dissolved swiftly in the hands of the Golden Body manifestation.

And still had enough energy to crush the withered old man, already charred black, into dust with a single stomp.

……

Deep within the mountain range.

Just as the vine was about to retract into the ground, a sturdy boot firmly stepped upon it.

Shen Yi bent down and seized it.

Then he yanked hard!

Boom—

The mountain peak's massive rocks shattered, and even the ridge collapsed downward.

Shen Yi watched the vine in his hand wither rapidly, his eyes gleaming as he caught a flicker of spiritual light amid the trembling earth and shaking mountains.

He vanished from his spot in an instant.

When he reappeared, he stood before a stone wall.

A three-foot-tall segment of spiritual branch had grown into a humanoid form, frantically pulling its foot from the ground and desperately trying to flee.

It immediately slammed into someone's leg.

It plopped onto the ground, looked up—and saw a tall figure standing before it.

The young man's expression was cold, his entire body radiating violent crimson aura.

The remaining eight great suns quietly encircled it.

Feeling the heat that could melt it at any moment, the spiritual branch retreated in terror until its back pressed against the stone wall, trembling like a sieve.

"Ah… let… let me go…"

It emitted a cry like a baby's.

But the young man walked slowly forward, crouched before it, and extended his palm.

"Come, I have a Yuan Tongtian path for you too."

Shen Yi's expression was calm, but to Sui Mu, it shattered its soul.

The man not only refused to take it along, but intended to devour it.

Yet beneath the gaze of those eyes filled with crimson mist,

it could not even summon the thought of resistance.

Its hand was forcibly seized, then entirely wrapped in tentacle-like crimson light.

"…."

Shen Yi closed his eyes and sensed the violent, malevolent aura emanating from Sui Mu.

Such a profoundly evil thing,

was rare indeed.

He opened his eyes, and a hint of malevolence now lingered within them.

Sui Mu frantically struggled to break free from his grasp, but found the crimson tentacles tightening further, slowly eroding its aura.

Live… eat me?

Shen Yi gently patted its crown—such a rare being that had just awakened sentience must not be frightened into losing its spirit.

The next moment, the interface unfolded.

The demonic lifespan poured directly into Tiannan Dan Shi.

Forcing Sui Mu to accept his aura.

As the demonic lifespan drained wildly,

Sui Mu's consciousness grew hazy; its final sight was watching itself dissolve into the other's body.

(End of Chapter)