Chapter 964: The Truth (9000 Supplement)

Qi Miaoyi's voice was unhurried, carrying a sense of the inexplicable: "Back then... I used the Armillary Sphere to calculate the future, and I calculated that the Earth Immortal Realm would face a tribulation... This tribulation is the Great Tribulation of Immortals mixed with the End of Dharma Tribulation; no one can survive it, and the immortals will perish of their own accord..."

"To avoid the tribulation, we can only ascend the entire sect before the End of Dharma... We, Emei, allied with the South Sea, led the righteous path, collected all kinds of treasures left by our predecessors, suppressed the Side Door, and exterminated the Demonic Dao; our actions could be called cruel... all to accumulate external merit as quickly as possible, in order to ascend the entire sect... Among this, your 'One Immortal' Qi Number, Yingyun, is also very important!"

"Heavenly Mandate has decreed that you will become an immortal in one lifetime, the last immortal to ascend in the Immortal Cultivation World!"

"We, Emei, took you into our sect and bestowed upon you heavy treasures and inheritances... just to share in your Qi Number... If not for you, your Uncle-Master Kutoutuo would never have attained the Primordial Spirit!"

Li Yingyun could not help but gaze at her own Purple-Green Flying Sword; this sword was of the Nine Refinements grade, a supreme sword in the world and a famous Flying Sword within the seas!

When her Master first bestowed it, she did not know how many people were jealous; she was filled with awe and fear, yet secretly happy in her heart.

And then, slowly refine it!

"Master?!"

Li Yingyun suddenly held the sword in her hand, the Taiqing Primordial Spirit Sword Formula flew out, and she shouted: "You are an external demon! Seeking to disturb my Sword Heart, you must be beheaded!"

"Good child... I, your Master, was right to take you as my disciple after all."

"Although Heavenly Mandate says you will become an immortal in one lifetime, in this lifetime, you can no longer become an immortal!"

Qi Miaoyi indeed turned around as requested, revealing half of his cheek.

It was exactly the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword!

Qi Miaoyi remained with his back to Li Yingyun: "Disciple... have I, your Master, ever taught you that the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword Formula is the number one Yang-attribute sword formula, and one of the few sword techniques in Emei that can contend with the Taiqing Primordial Spirit Sword Formula?"

The next moment.

"You are not my Master!"

Qi Miaoyi's words were pearls of wisdom, like a Flying Sword, piercing Li Yingyun's heart: "Originally... our Emei would have been able to ascend the entire sect, leaving only you to bear the remaining karma, just as Guang Chengzi ascended with his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit in the past, leaving behind a Golden Ship to carry the final debts... You are also a Humanoid Magic Treasure we left behind!"

The Emei Three Elders were not fools, after all.

"What is going on?"

Her gaze was firm; she slaughtered all her own thoughts of hesitation, cowardice, and resentment, her eyes clear, and she shouted.

Upon that cheek, there were shockingly countless translucent insects crawling and wriggling...

The figure of this Emei Sect Leader exploded right there, turning into countless translucent insects, fleeing in all directions.

Li Yingyun widened her eyes.

It was just that... the result still seemed poor.

Qi Miaoyi, however, laughed: "We, Emei, have painstakingly plotted for a thousand years, but in the end, human plans are no match for Heaven's... You are the new Emei Sect Leader, do not adopt such a little girl's attitude... Act quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"

This back, it seemed, was not an external demon of her own, but rather... it really was her Master!

Qi Miaoyi said: "Most heavy treasures are entrusted with karma, and carry the debts of predecessors... For instance, the Purple-Green Flying Sword is entrusted with the legacy of our sect's founders and the karma of Emei's great flourishing... Once you obtain this sword, you must run about for Emei's flourishing, and your Qi Number will be shared by Emei once more!"

"Master... why did you not ascend? What exactly happened?"

"Disciple is here!"

Li Yingyun felt sorrowful in her heart, almost shedding tears.

"Only Uncle-Master Juemie is but a Golden Core, yet even he has suffered great damage to his Essence Qi! Li Yingyun!!!"

Apart from Li Yingyun, Elders like Baimei and Disciples like Fang Jing were clearly abandoned as well.

Li Yingyun used the Purple-Green One-Qi Divine Talisman to sit in control of the Taiqing Primordial Spirit, the Two Worlds Ten Directions Dust Array responded accordingly, and the gates of life, death, illusion, and extinction all opened wide, swallowing those countless insects.

Qi Miaoyi's tone suddenly turned gentle, revealing a shocking piece of news: "In reality... I faintly felt that Emei's Qi Number was not quite right, as if there were hidden karma that I could not calculate at all... Therefore, what I said before about choosing an auspicious day to report to the ancestors in the Upper Realm was all to deceive you... We, the Emei Three Elders, plus Tianhe Zhenren, just now, secretly sacrificed to Heaven and Earth... We do not seek to ascend the entire sect, only to ascend the majority..."

"I now pass the position of Emei Sect Leader, as well as the Purple-Green One-Qi Divine Talisman and several Flying Swords, to you!"

Qi Miaoyi's voice turned low, and he asked: "Disciple... do you dare to see me?"

Li Yingyun bowed solemnly.

Therefore, there would inevitably be trade-offs.

"Swift!"

"Since the ascension failed and we encountered the Emperor Lord, how could we not suffer a tribulation?"

"Even so, in this lifetime, Yingyun does not seek to ascend and become an immortal; I only seek to eternally guard the human world, so that the righteous path may flourish forever!"

She let out a long whistle, achieving the Unity of Man and Sword, turning into a brilliant Sword Light, and charged straight toward where Kutoutuo and Tianhe Zhenren were!

Boom—!

The earth shook and the mountains swayed!

"Moreover, we have created too much slaughter and owe too much karma... our own Qi Number can no longer be repaid."

Qi Miaoyi's mouth twitched, and worms with countless mysterious patterns inside their bodies darted about, emitting an overlapping voice: "Not just me, but your Uncle-Master Kutoutuo, and Master Tianhe... all have encountered the Apocalypse Tribulation, revealing signs of Dao-transformation!"

Yet she had not expected that there would be so many schemes involved!

"The Dao of Immortals values the self and is inherently selfish... If there is no benefit, or if one is not forced, who would be willing to leave the Dharma Treasures and Flying Swords they painstakingly refined to their descendants instead of using them themselves?"

"Besides that, you took Tianhe Zhenren of the South Sea as your Master, and your Qi Number was also shared by the South Sea..."

It could only be suppressed by the Emei Great Array with their voluntary cooperation!

Li Yingyun was instantly stunned.

Qi Miaoyi reached out, and several streams of light flew into Li Yingyun's body: "Take this Divine Talisman and suppress us three monsters... slowly refine us!"

Roar—!

Although the source could not be detected, Emei's Qi Number was not as flourishing as imagined, and it might not be possible to ascend the entire sect.

Li Yingyun raised her cultivation to the limit, her Taiqing Primordial Spirit emitting layer upon layer of clear light, and she shouted: "Please, Master, turn around!"

Fang Jing scrambled out of his Cave Abode in a panic, meeting the equally disheveled Daoist Baimei.

Three Primordial Spirits were rebelling; if not suppressed, the entire Emei would be overturned!

Even now, Li Yingyun could not kill any of the Primordial Spirits.

A terrifying thought surfaced in Li Yingyun's heart.

"In this world, no one can achieve Ascension anymore... Hahaha... It was only when I reached the moment of Ascension that I, your master, discovered that the karma I owed was too great and my Qi Number was deficient; even the ancestors in the Upper Realm could not make up for it... With rescue impossible, I encountered Jiuyao Xuanmi Dijun!"

A streak of fire light flew out, within which was a Flying Sword; the Sword Light was like a blazing Fire Phoenix, blocking the purple-green sword.

"The Apocalypse Tribulation?!"

The two looked up and saw a Tianhe Primordial Spirit spanning across Emei, yet the previously pure and clear river water was nowhere to be seen; that Heavenly River had become incomparably turbid and filthy... From within, pale arms stretched out one after another, as if they were sunken corpses!

And in the void, inexplicable strange laughter rang out; several Emei Disciples, for no apparent reason, lost most of their bodies, as if they had been gnawed to death by an invisible monster!

(End of this chapter)