[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme":3,"chapter-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-504":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1391467,1845,"Chapter 504 - 500: Showdown with Li Qingyu and the Demon Sword","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-504",504,"\u003Cp>Although Xia Tianming didn’t understand why Xia Feng said that, he immediately aimed the Void Cauldron in his hand at the people besieging Xia Feng across from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng turned his head for a glance and reminded, \"Don’t kill them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming’s expression grew more puzzled, but he directly enlarged the Void Cauldron in his hand and trapped all the remaining people inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he captured all of them at once, Xia Tianming’s expression wasn’t relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Li Qingyu had elevated the cultivation of these inheritors to the Celestial God Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the Void Cauldron being an Ancient Divine Artifact, in harmony with his Great Dao, Xia Tianming likely couldn’t have captured these Celestial God Realm inheritors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Xia Feng said to avoid killing them, Xia Tianming felt less pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Void Cauldron has its own space; if he were to resolve them, it would take some effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it’s only to restrain them, he merely needs to alter his space, easily trapping these already mindless inheritors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Xia Feng paid little attention to the aftermath, his Heaven-Burying Sword pointing straight at Li Qingyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingyu’s face looked troubled; perhaps angered as Xia Feng thwarted her grand plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, since you’ve seen through me, I have no need to hide any longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you’re dead, the flesh and blood from you alone should sufficiently match the boost those more than ten others provided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingyu had now reached the Celestial God Realm in her cultivation, even firmer than the previous inheritors’ realms, seeming tougher than the Third Grade Celestial God Realm Sword Demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Sword Demon relied purely on instinct, while Li Qingyu, possessed by the Holy Sword Elder, had surged her cultivation and abilities dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng was careful, though showing no trace on his face, still taunting Li Qingyu during such moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha, your predecessor only boasted, repeatedly defeated by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you’ve possessed her without progress, spewing mere platitudes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just don’t beg for mercy when the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson and darkness in Li Qingyu’s eyes grew more apparent, sneering at Xia Feng: \"These words, I return them to you unchanged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t beg for mercy later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course... even if you do, I won’t spare you; your flesh, your body, and your soul will all be my sustenance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingyu’s face, originally somewhat delicate, now bore a disruptive sinister grin, laughing wickedly after speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she howled to the sky, emitting thicker black light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew upon the surrounding heavenly might, coldly eyeing Xia Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I initially intended to absorb more flesh, but now forced to appear early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, ruining my affairs repeatedly, I’ll be sure to torment you thoroughly before sending you to reincarnation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her voice fell, the Celestial God Mountain beneath Xia Feng began to tremble, startling him to leap into the air, cautiously watching Li Qingyu ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their gaze, the Celestial God Mountain began slowly shrinking, with the covering stones slipping off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng had felt the mountain looked strange, like an exponentially enlarged Divine Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now as it shrank, he was stunned to find it indeed was a Divine Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial God Mountain landed in Li Qingyu’s hand, amplifying her majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lovingly caressed the sword’s body, then looked at Xia Feng: \"This was originally my body; now, using my current form to wield it, easily integrating with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absorbing more flesh might advance its grade to Upper Grade Demon Artifact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blackness in her eyes deepened, her gaze upon the Divine Sword containing some regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng was shocked; although he guessed the sword was the Holy Sword Divine Emperor’s former weapon, he hadn’t thought the Holy Sword Elder was its Sword Spirit, now fallen to such a state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Qi began swirling from Li Qingyu as the golden, radiant Divine Sword in her hand turned dark from the Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original golden glow of the Holy Sword tried resisting slightly, but with a pulse of pressure from Li Qingyu, the sword’s resistance weakened markedly, soon vanishing altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the now ink-black Divine Sword in her hand, Xia Feng whispered regretfully, then charged forward with the Heaven-Burying Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Celestial God Mountain vanished, the cultivation restraints on the three originally covering Xia Feng weakened significantly; as the Holy Sword became the Demon Sword, the control evaporated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng assessed his aura, smiling coldly at Li Qingyu: \"Come, let’s resolve the grudges between you and me once and for all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By \"grudges,\" he meant those between him and Li Qingyu’s original self, as well as him and the Holy Sword Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingyu showed a more sinister look hearing Xia Feng still daring such bold claims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d like to see what justifies your boasting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Sword and Demon Sword both issued clear sword cries in their hands, seemingly eager to settle matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng stopped waiting, charging forth with the Heaven-Burying Sword, exchanging dozens of moves with Li Qingyu in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Sword, once the Holy Sword, had fought countless battles alongside the Holy Sword Divine Emperor, assuming its experience trumped Xia Feng’s by countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet true combat revealed something amiss to Li Qingyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng fought using the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, yet his cultivation techniques were the Infinite Divine Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the Demon Sword’s battle history, it hadn’t seen someone as strange as Xia Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Dao switching showed no hesitation, often attacking with the Great Dao of Purple Thunder and Great Dao of Celestial Sword one moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant before the sword moved away, he switched to the Great Dao of Extreme Ice, freezing Li Qingyu in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only for a breath, she broke free quickly, but both were top-tier Celestial God Realm experts, often exchanging three or four moves in such moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng’s elusive technique changes seemed torturous for Li Qingyu countering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several times, she wished to unleash her wrath with a massive attack on Xia Feng, yet failed entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>",1000,"2026-06-05T22:57:57.648Z",1,"novelbin.me","e4154d22a0761882c2bc576032f3fd87bf3ae347698658ca1a3a87e3be0a4a61","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-505","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-503",634,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-cover.jpg"]