Chapter 454

BOOM!

Within a radius of ten million li, dark clouds choked the sky, and blood rain poured from the heavens.

"A celestial immortal has fallen… such an omen must follow."

Around Fang Xing, chaotic spacetime currents swirled as he raised his hand and reclaimed the Wu Kong Ring.

He gazed at the scene, then turned to Qi Sha Dao Ren.

Qi Sha Dao Ren withdrew his Seven Kill Sword, its tip pointed directly at him—clearly with no intention of letting him go.

"Of course… settling my karmic debt with Wu Xin Dao Ren also means settling it with me. Qi Sha Dao Ren is just as ruthless as the legends say."

Fang Xing muttered to himself.

"The sword's name… Seven Kill. Nothing in the world is beyond its kill. Friend, prepare to die!"

Qi Sha Dao Ren flicked his hand, sending the "Seven Kill Sword" vibrating.

In an instant, the surrounding heavens and earth shifted, revealing scenes of human calamities and wars: man killing man, father killing son, wife killing husband, kin slaughtering kin… every horror of humanity.

Then the vision changed again: humans slaughtering livestock, tigers hunting rabbits, nature's law of competition, the strong devouring the weak.

Even plants being harvested, plucked, and gnawed…

Mountains and rivers shattered, rivers dried up…

Continents sank, planets destroyed… ultimately, an entire world decayed into ruin…

An entire great realm, even the cosmic sea, was slain and extinguished.

This was the Way of Killing!

It was not limited to humans killing humans—it extended to humans killing demons, killing plants, killing mountains and rivers, even killing the world itself…

Nothing was beyond killing!

The Dao of Killing encompassed all things, containing countless cruel methods of "taking life."

Merely touching its power would result in instant death…

This was the might of fully comprehending a single Dao!

Any fully realized Dao could suppress incomplete Daos, unless those were exceptionally rare Daos.

Even then, one had to approach perfection in those supreme Daos by just a hair's breadth to have even a sliver of chance to resist the full might of a complete Dao.

Fang Xing, whether in time or space, was still struggling in the fourth level of Master Rank, far from the fifth level, let alone its perfection.

By all logic, he should have been crushed far more terrifyingly than by a One-Thought Law.

Yet at this moment, Fang Xing gently caressed the Wu Kong Ring.

A gray pattern on the Wu Kong Ring glowed to life.

WHOOSH!

A great river appeared, encircling Fang Xing.

The river was faintly transparent, radiating the sensation of time—it was the "River of Time!"

After activating the first layer of the Wu Kong Ring, Fang Xing instantly felt as if he had fully comprehended the complete Dao of Time and Space, becoming a "Spacetime Celestial Immortal."

With a thought, countless versions of his "past selves" emerged, blotting out the sky for a hundred li around.

Even each "Fang Xing" held a Wu Kong Ring in hand.

SHIIIIII!

Countless Wu Kong Rings plummeted from the heavens like a rain of imperial weapons.

The void within ten million li shattered; silver spacetime storms expanded, and chaotic energy spilled forth, instantly tearing apart countless killing illusions.

"Kill!"

Qi Sha Dao Ren gripped his sword, the three-foot blade rippling gently, effortlessly deflecting one Wu Kong Ring after another like a feather redirecting a mountain. Though the Seven Kill Sword shrieked, its body cracked with fissures, fresh blood oozed forth, seeping into every crack and sealing them.

Then…

Qi Sha Dao Ren's eyes glowed faintly crimson as he locked onto the one true body among the myriad Fang Xings.

He merged with his sword, becoming a crimson rainbow—like a blood arc piercing the sun—as he surged toward Fang Xing.

PLOP!

The Seven Kill Sword roared, carrying the force of the Killing Dao, yet only passed harmlessly through an illusion.

Qi Sha Dao Ren's expressionless face finally changed: "Future?"

"The me of today is no longer the me. The me of yesterday was not the me!"

Fang Xing summoned the Mirror of Years, a faint smile on his face: "My true self is always in the next instant of the future. Your Seven Kill Sword kills on contact—but it cannot reach my true self."

"So what?"

Qi Sha Dao Ren's eyes blazed, his Seven Kill Sword glowing crimson, drowning two of Fang Xing's past-self illusions in blood.

"You think you can kill the clones through their connection, and by killing them, kill the original?"

Fang Xing smiled slightly: "Too bad… my past selves have no connection to my true self anymore…"

With a thought, countless clones simultaneously smiled, manipulating their Wu Kong Rings and slamming them down!

The Dao of Spacetime is a supreme Dao. Once one becomes a Celestial Immortal, one becomes a "Spacetime Celestial Immortal," inherently stronger than other Celestial Immortals, far better at survival, nearly impossible to kill by any Celestial Immortal or Celestial Demon.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

One Wu Kong Ring after another crashed down.

Even if Qi Sha Dao Ren's Killing Sword techniques were peerless, his Seven Kill Sword was not an imperial weapon.

After deflecting wave after wave of Wu Kong Rings, the Seven Kill Sword let out a final shriek and exploded into fragments.

The remaining Wu Kong Rings showed no pause, crashing down with terrifying power rivaling that of Celestial Immortals of the fifth or sixth level!

Cracks began to appear across Qi Sha Dao Ren's Dao robe…

…

Grand Void Illusion.

One Celestial Demon after another, one Celestial Immortal after another, gathered. Li Huo, Mo Wen, and Hun Tian Da Sheng were all present. "Hmph… Li Huo, Mo Wen… you two dare show yourselves?"

Hun Tian Da Sheng roared: "You stole my liquor? You're begging for death! Every time I see you, I'll beat you again…"

The Great Holy Chaos roared: "How dare you embezzle my liquor? You're begging for death! Every time I see you from now on, I'll beat you once…"

Li Huo Celestial Immortal's mocking voice echoed: "We traded fairly with the Black Dragon, paid merit points, with the Grand Void Illusion as witness. Unlike some big monkey who just takes things outright and calls it 'filial offering.'"

The Immortal of Discharge Fire teased: "We traded fairly with the Black Dragon—we paid Merit Points, with the Grand Void Illusion as witness. Unlike some giant monkey who just takes it outright and calls it 'filial offering.'"

Mo Wen Celestial Demon's ethereal voice followed.

"Chaos Wine?"

A massive, three-headed Celestial Demon, as large as a mountain, spoke: "Our core members of Wu Jie Mountain gain access to the Pangu Secret Realm because of our status and the Pangu Tokens we grant. Isn't it natural to hand over some of the treasures we obtain?"

He didn't care about Hun Tian Da Sheng's complaints—he cared that someone had hoarded the loot!

"Cough… I agree. In the past, we've been too lax with those youngsters. They've already received the Pangu Secret Realm's inheritance—a tremendous boon. Taking more treasures is excessive…"

An elderly human Celestial Immortal, resembling a crone, spoke.

Her eyes gleamed with greed: "Chaos Wine… this old woman has never even smelled it."

"Long Can Po! The opportunities for core members are decided by the Mountain Lord. What are you trying to do?"

Before the other Celestial Immortals and Demons could respond, a green jade dragon Celestial Demon roared like thunder.

He was Ao Xin's master, naturally defending Ao Xin.

And Ao Xin and Fang Xing were now tied together on the same rope.

Ao Xin and Fang Xing are now grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

Hun Tian Da Sheng bellowed too: "What are you trying to do? Rebel?"

Though the ape roared, he secretly calculated: 'Old Dragon defends his disciple, Mo Wen and Li Huo got their share, and I'm here too… seems nothing serious.'

He had anticipated such intimidation from Celestial Immortals and Demons.

In Wu Jie Mountain's history, such incidents were common.

The outcome usually depended on how powerful the core member's patrons were.

This time, the result didn't look bad.

At that moment, Mo Wen Celestial Demon suddenly smiled, his ethereal voice ringing out: "I think we need not argue… I just received news—from the Black Dragon himself."

"The Number One Core? What happened?"

Another human Celestial Immortal asked. He resembled a Confucian scholar, with three long beards and a square, dignified face.

"The Black Dragon was ambushed by Wu Xin Dao Ren beyond the Qing Hua Small Realm…"

Mo Wen Celestial Demon said.

"Oh? Did he die?"

Long Can Po immediately asked.

"Wu Xin Dao Ren is a Celestial Immortal of Yan Luo Men, and he specializes in assassination. Core members, without their ultimate survival trump cards, are almost certain to die. He once successfully assassinated a true disciple of the Celestial Immortal Tower."

The scholar-like Celestial Immortal said: "His sudden attack on the Black Dragon clearly means someone hired him…"

"Hehe… he's dead, but it wasn't the Black Dragon who died—it was Wu Xin Dao Ren!"

Mo Wen Celestial Demon smiled sweetly.

"Impossible!"

The other Celestial Immortals and Demons were stunned: "Wu Xin Dao Ren is dead? Has the Black Dragon ascended to Celestial Demon? Or did some Chaos Realm elder intervene and grant the Black Dragon a Chaos Realm trump card?"

"He hasn't become a Celestial Demon yet—but he's close. The Black Dragon has ascended to Nascent Soul Overlord. He even fought Qi Sha Dao Ren, defeated him, and forced him to spit blood and retreat, locking himself inside the Seven Kill Demon Palace…"

Mo Wen Celestial Demon revealed everything without concealment: "Now, the Black Dragon isn't just a Nascent Soul Overlord—his strength is likely among the very top in that realm."

Mo Wen did not hide anything and recounted everything: "The current Black Dragon is not only a Nascent Soul overlord, but his strength is likely among the very top tier even among Nascent Soul overlords…"

Long Zhi fell silent immediately.

Her strength was roughly equal to Wu Xin Dao Ren's, but far below that of Qi Sha Dao Ren.

Fang Xing defeated Qi Sha Dao Ren—he could easily defeat her!

"Cough… It is a blessing that Wujie Mountain has produced a Nascent Soul Overlord."

The celestial immortal in Confucian attire coughed and smiled: "As for the spoils from the Pangu Secret Realm? Naturally, each core member may dispose of their share as they see fit—I have no objections…"

"I have no objections either…"

The other celestial immortals and celestial beasts voiced their agreement.

Hun Tian Da Sheng, seeing this, sneered: In Wujie Mountain, strength still reigns supreme.

This group of celestial immortals and celestial beasts could easily decide the fate of a core member's interests—but not that of a Nascent Soul Overlord!

In fact, this Nascent Soul Overlord may be more important than most of the celestial immortals and celestial beasts present!

Not only does he surpass most celestial immortals and celestial beasts in combat power, but within the Qingyuan Great Realm, many high-grade secret realms forbid entry to celestial immortals and celestial beasts—yet allow Nascent Soul cultivators to enter, and their outputs are extremely valuable to them.

In such secret realm environments, the combat power of a Nascent Soul Overlord is almost the decisive factor in determining the outcome of battle!

Nascent Soul Overlords are exceedingly rare, and their lifespans are merely ten thousand years—brief as autumn cicadas compared to the immortal lifespans of celestial immortals and celestial beasts.

Wujie Mountain currently has not a single Nascent Soul Overlord.

With one appearing so rarely, whether by strength or scarcity, his voice will carry immense weight, making him a future power broker of Wujie Mountain.

Second update later

(End of chapter)