Chapter 966: The Age of Dharma Decline

Luofu Mountain.

Jiuzhen Xianniang walked out of her Cave Abode, looking at the palaces that, while not dilapidated, had completely lost all vitality, and sighed: "My Luofu has actually declined to this point..."

She looked at her disciple, her expression inevitably full of resentment.

Although when she passed on the position, she only hoped the other party could maintain Luofu.

But no matter what, Jiuzhen Xianniang could not have imagined that in just a hundred years, Luofu Mountain would reach such a state, with the total number of Inner Sect and Outer Sect Disciples not even reaching fifty!

If this were still when Luofu Mountain was under siege, with internal troubles and external threats, it would be easier to explain.

But this disciple, with that sword strike that saved her back then, killed over a dozen Golden Core monsters in one blow, and even touched the level of the Primordial Spirit!

With such cultivation, and possessing the Great Array and the heritage...

Yet Luofu Mountain still ended up in this state!

It was impossible for Jiuzhen Xianniang not to complain in her heart.

He walked out of the Cave Abode and looked up at the sky: "Has it begun?"

The Invisible Sword Light was blocked in mid-air by the Flying Sword in Aaron's hand.

One day.

Jiuzhen Xianniang looked at Aaron and asked a question that had been buried deep in her heart for a long time: "Fang Yu... you... could it be that you have already attained the Primordial Spirit?"

A streak of Sword Light flew over; Aaron looked at Emei Mountain, recalled the events of the past, and could not help but shake his head.

Seeing that many new graves had been added, Aaron also shook his head, and a streak of Sword Light flew out to trim Wu Mei's grave.

Hou Shan of Luofu Mountain.

"The Golden Core breaks and the Primordial Spirit emerges; the most important thing is to see the path ahead clearly... Since you have already seen the threshold, with another hundred years of hard work, you will surely attain the Taiyi Primordial Spirit!" Jiuzhen Xianniang's face flushed: "This master did not take the wrong disciple... Once you refine the Primordial Spirit, my Luofu will surely open its gates wide, take in a hundred thousand or eighty thousand disciples, and once again shake the world with our might!"

"Master can naturally contemplate the changes of heaven and earth at her own pace... but I have one piece of advice: since heaven and earth have changed, attaining the Primordial Spirit will become increasingly difficult... Master still has several hundred years of lifespan, it would be better not to take risks."

Nowadays, the Heavenly Qi is dissipating, and the Great Array is also gradually fading away.

This Flying Sword from the peak of Emei actually let out a clear chime, not resisting Aaron's refinement.

Yuanyuanzi, standing nearby, saw this scene and could not help but offer a word of caution: "Dharma Power is precious nowadays; although our Sect Leader Senior Brother has a deeper cultivation than us, he must still cherish it..."

"Impossible!"

All the Golden Cores in the world, except for our own Sect Leader back in the day, were all killed by his sword!

Even the Luofu Patriarch back then could not block the sneak attack from Kutoutuo!

Yang Xumi also hated Aaron to the extreme; he erupted with a sword strike from the void, intending to take his life.

The reason he felt emotional was that as he approached Emei Mountain, he had a sudden intuition.

He now utilizes the Earthly Polar Meta-Magnetic, and can even achieve a teleportation effect similar to a Great Shift, not just within the range of Luofu Mountain, but throughout the Earth Immortal Realm, though the precision is still somewhat unreliable.

The entire Luofu Mountain let out a rumble.

Before the words had even faded, he relied on the Invisible Sword to directly vanish into the void and disappear.

Jiuzhen Xianniang's expression changed slightly, knowing that this disciple had already understood her intentions.

"What a fine Emei Sect Leader."

Even if the Heavenly Qi of this world is severed, he can still use Spirituality!

He stood up tall and walked out of the Turtle Immortal Hall, only to see a white-haired old man crying outside the hall, and could not help but shout: "What has happened, you are..."

Hou Shan of Luofu Mountain.

Now, within Emei, only he remains as a Golden Core.

"Sect Leader Senior Brother..."

Aaron was very practiced at this kind of thing.

Behind Aaron followed two people, who were none other than Wu Mei and Yuanyuanzi.

Clang!

The next moment.

"I don't believe it!"

"Worthy of the aptitude to become an immortal in one lifetime, plus the Secret methods of Emei... to think you can still barely maintain the Primordial Spirit!"

Li Yingyun had just shouted when he heard the sound of a sword!

The Invisible Sword Light travels a thousand miles in a flick of a finger, is incomparably sharp, and excels at breaking all kinds of protective Dharma Treasures.

Beside the grave of the Luofu Patriarch, a brand-new grave stood tall.

Aaron sighed: "Since that is the case, disciple wishes Master success!"

Li Yingyun had a sense of composure on his face, as if at the moment of his death, he had finally calculated everything clearly.

Spring departs and autumn comes.

The void shook, and Aaron stepped out directly, as if shifting through space.

Alas... it failed!

"Not yet..."

"And who, after all, can defeat time?"

She sighed and said: "If I am defeated in this battle... please accept the Purple-Green One-Qi Divine Talisman; it is in the Immortal Abode in the back mountain, suppressing three Primordial Spirit Ancestors. If they were to escape... they would probably die in a few decades, but the common people of the world would suffer greatly."

A streak of Invisible Sword Light flew over; it was the little monk Yang Xumi.

Thinking of this, Aaron's expression became somewhat strange, and he coughed: "Master... I fear that after a hundred years, this disciple will not only fail to refine the Primordial Spirit, but even maintaining Golden Core cultivation will be a challenge..."

"This Seat!"

Just a moment ago, Fang Jing had also died of old age.

Aaron waved his hand: "I will open the treasury wide... Senior Sister may take whatever spiritual items are inside as she pleases..."

……

"Junior Brother Sect Leader……"

Wu Mei is already several hundred years old; once she falls from the Mysterious Light, she will naturally die of old age.

Of the three youths from Fang Family Village who originally sought the Tao (one of whom was an old cucumber painted green), only he himself remains today.

"Sigh……"

"As expected…… Time is truly the greatest director, destined to arrange a reasonable ending for all things!"

'That's true too…… Since the Side Door cannot achieve Ascension anyway, there is no need to care much about karma or external merits……'

"Why is this so?"

It was just that watching their escaping light, it was already several times slower than usual.

"I ask the Sect Leader to take action and slay this villain!"

Jiuzhen Xianniang was shocked and lost her color.

Aaron sighed and instead spoke of other matters: "Even if it is Emei…… I fear it is all the same!"

'Damn it…… This Jiuzhen Xianniang really has the same sect philosophy as the Luofu Patriarch…… With this business model, no matter how much one invests, it's just money down the drain……'

Aaron sighed.

Li Yingyun sighed, released nine circles of clear light from behind her head, and drifted into mid-air.

Jiuzhen Xianniang had actually believed it, but for a moment, she still found it hard to accept.

"Our Luofu once had a vast estate, but now only three of us remain, and even using up all our reserves, it is still like this…… I fear there are not many Immortal Cultivators left in the world."

"Where does the enemy come from?"

After finishing, Aaron returned straight to the Turtle Immortal Hall and calculated with his fingers: "This End of Dharma is truly terrifying…… In a few more decades, all foundations will be exhausted……"

By this time, she had no choice but to believe that the End of Dharma Tribulation had truly arrived!

Aaron transformed into a brilliant Sword Light, shot into the sky, and headed straight for Shushan Prefecture!

"When the time comes, it will be the moment to settle the karma."

Aaron clapped his hands and sighed: "Just for this sentence of yours…… I can guarantee that although Emei will be destroyed, a thousand or a hundred years from now, the Daoist Lineage will not be severed."

A brilliant sword, like a heavenly river inverted, with Sword Qi like a waterfall, washing down!

Coming here now was not to climb the social ladder, but to seek revenge!

"What does Senior Brother wish to say?"

"Please!"

Boom—!

It could be said that since Yang Xumi obtained the Invisible Sword, he did not take any Golden Core in his eyes.

Thinking of this, Aaron fell into seclusion again……

If not for the End of Dharma Tribulation, upon hearing this, Aaron would definitely have either left, or Jiuzhen Xianniang would have left.

"Isn't it just the End of Dharma?"

The entire Luofu Mountain felt as if an earthquake were occurring.

"Sigh…… Beautiful Master, why won't you listen to me……"

"Has Master ever heard of…… the theory of the End of Dharma?"

Buzz buzz!

Baimei was too old; long before Fang Jing, she had fallen in realm repeatedly and passed away in meditation……

Yuanyuanzi wiped his tears: "The Heavenly Qi is declining, and we cannot even refine a Golden Core…… What will the Earth Immortal Realm be like in the future?"

Yuanyuanzi was suddenly startled.

Aaron flew out, the Innate One-Qi Great Capture transformed into two large hands, steadily caught Luofu Mountain, and then slowly set it down.

"Since you, fellow Daoist, know that I am a Primordial Spirit, yet you are undaunted, I suppose the Backlash from Emei's failed Ascension must have fallen upon you……"

Aaron raised his hand to retrieve the Invisible Sword and struck it with a Sword Formula.

'What's more…… by laying out plans in advance and locking in a certain amount of Heavenly Qi, as long as it is not consumed, one can still maintain Dharma Power for a long time……'

"The decline of Heavenly Qi first makes it difficult for those of the Daoist Technique to break through, shortening their lifespan, and then, it may even lead to a regression in realm…… But for mortals, it makes no difference!"

The white-haired old man looked up, revealing an old face covered in wrinkles, resembling orange peel.

Yang Xumi, still dressed as a little monk, appeared, and just as he spat out a sentence, his glabella was pierced by an Invisible Needle, and he died on the spot!

"Invisible Sword Formula, do you think only you know it?"

"Congratulations to Master for exiting seclusion!"

"It is actually you?"

"So that's how it is…… Senior Sister gave all the spiritual items to you to use, and she herself could no longer maintain her realm, falling from the Mysterious Light…… losing the wonder of life extension."

In the Earth Immortal Realm, it was as if a funnel had been opened, and the Heavenly Qi dissipated like a receding tide.

Time passed, no one knew for how long.

"I do not know either, but life will always find its own way out, at most…… it will just be unable to cultivate immortality!"

A Flying Sword appeared in Aaron's hand, with the Flying Sword Gu attached to it, and he chanted slowly: "The world travels for half a day's work, no need to ride a phoenix or a dragon. Accidentally, due to gambling, I fly the divine sword, destroying the first peak of Emei."

Boom—!

"Healing for many days, finally barely recovered……"

The original immortal scene had now mostly disappeared.

"Senior Brother, wait!"

Emei Mountain.

"How does the taste of the Invisible Needle I refined over these decades feel?"

"I ask the Sect Leader to take action!"

"Is the End of Dharma Tribulation... real?"

In any case, he was immortal; no matter how much his cultivation realm fell, he would not die.

Aaron glanced over and couldn't help but offer a word of praise.

By this time, several more decades had passed.

Aaron said with a meaningful tone.

"If there were no tribulation, why would those of the Orthodox Xuan Sect be in such a rush to seek Ascension?"

Advancing to the Primordial Spirit realm requires shattering the Golden Core; once one fails, it means the death of the body and the dissipation of the Taoism!

Above the ground.

Aaron sighed.

But she bit her lip: "The Outer Path Primordial Spirit Method—I, your master, will not give it up... Even if the End of Dharma arrives, I must take revenge on Emei!!!"

The remaining Emei Elders and Disciples... were not even able to use Flight; they could only use light-body techniques to leap onto the treetops. Seeing Ancestor Yang Xumi die, they all screamed: "The Demon Tribulation! It's the Demon Tribulation!"

Aaron sighed: "I am only standing at the threshold of the Primordial Spirit realm; there is still some distance to go before the Taoism enters the Taiyi stage..."

After another massive tremor, Luofu Mountain landed on the base that had emerged from the sea. Although many palaces collapsed, it ultimately did not cause many casualties.

Aaron was startled awake by a burst of crying.

"Sect Leader Senior Brother, it is I, Yuanyuanzi... Second Senior Sister has just passed away."

Yang Xumi was so angry he shouted: "Back then, it was I who sent you to Luofu... Damn it... It's just a Golden Core, after all. If not for the End of Dharma Tribulation, and if the Two Worlds Ten Directions Dust Array were at full power, ten of you would have been refined to death!"

"One or two of you, what are you panicking about?"

Aaron was very open-minded about it.

Aaron waved his large sleeve: "My Luofu Disciples, go do whatever you need to do... If you still have wishes, go settle them quickly!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several Mysterious Light Disciples stepped forward, bowed three times, and then transformed into rays of light to flee.

Some disciples who were preparing to flee came to their senses and shouted excitedly, feeling that their initial panic had dissipated significantly.

After all, there had been experience with Spirituality before.

"Heh... escaped the Great Tribulation of Immortals, yet still could not avoid the End of Dharma... Sect Leader, flee quickly!" Yuanyuanzi laughed miserably, feeling the entire Luofu Mountain sinking, and released his meager Dharma Power in an attempt to lift the mountain.

Li Yingyun's eyes were incomparably clear; her purple-green sword flew out, and she unleashed the Taiqing Demon-Refining Sword Formula, condensing an unparalleled sword intent to battle Aaron.

Aaron sprinkled a cup of fine wine before the grave, treating it as a memorial.

Wu Mei flew into mid-air, her pretty face deathly pale: "End of Dharma? The End of Dharma!!!"

'But the Luofu Ancestor, although he died because of the tribulation, the initial cause... was still brought about by his own sect members and disciples!'

Take in a hundred thousand or eighty thousand disciples, only to be dragged to death by them?

"Sect Leader's divine might!"

At the rate the Heavenly Qi of this world is dissipating, in a little while, I fear even this bit of Dharma Power will be gone...

Aaron was meditating in his Cave Abode when he suddenly felt a palpitation.

Wu Mei looked at Aaron and bowed gracefully: "Senior Sister admits defeat to you... Facing such a great change in heaven and earth, you remain so calm; I am not your equal..."

Aaron flicked his finger, and a Sword Light roamed across the field, emitting the sound of a dragon's roar: "Luofu Sect Leader—Fang Yu, has come to settle the karma!"

It was gradually losing its miraculous nature; the Innate Meta-Magnetic and the Positive and Negative Nine Palaces Array also required the inhalation and exhalation of Heavenly Qi to operate.

"Easy to say, easy to say..."

Even if the Heavenly Qi turns into nothingness and all cultivators are reduced to mortals, so what?

"Originally... I could have sat by and watched Emei naturally decay, but I always felt it would be letting them off too easily... This trip is to settle the karma."

Li Yingyun's expression changed. She flew out of Xixin Hall and saw that the Wanfo Golden Summit had been sliced off; the entire mountain peak was crumbling, and rocks were flying everywhere!

Emei Mountain.

Even the meta-magnetic ore veins underground were gradually losing their extraordinary nature.

Jiuzhen Xianniang also felt the arrival of the End of Dharma and had to take a desperate gamble, using Nine Heavens Immortal Grass as an aid and coordinating with the Outer Path Primordial Spirit Method to break through...

Aaron sighed and began to explain: "After the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, the Essence Qi will inevitably decline. No matter how we cultivate, our foundation lies in the Heavenly Qi. Once the foundation collapses... the consequences..."

Jiuzhen Xianniang's lips trembled as she asked in disbelief.

Two streaks of Sword Light intertwined, flying higher and higher, straight into the Nine Heavens.

"What happened?"

Those Emei Disciples stretched their necks, their eyes wide open, but they could no longer see the figures of the two.

Amidst the Nine Heavens Gale, Li Yingyun looked at the blood-colored bead Aaron had struck out, her expression changing drastically: "You are... Nine Nether Blood..."

(End of this chapter)