Chapter 965: Imperial Descendant (112) (Extra update 210 for Xiao Zhigou Shang Bai Yin Alliance)

The torrential rain in the sky grew increasingly urgent. Li Zhouwei's choice seemed casual, but his target was clear. His hand, swirling with rolling heavenly light, suddenly clenched, yet his divine ability protected that spiritual object with great gentleness. His other hand immediately lifted, sliding along the halberd shaft, and with a light twist, he braced the long halberd.

He retracted his left hand's halberd, slinging it across the vast sky, bracing it against his right side. With a crisp, clanging sound, he blocked a silver dagger that resembled a poisonous bee. The sharp white blade caught on the crescent-moon-like small branch, emitting rolling green smoke.

Li Zhouwei's golden eyes scanned the area; it was indeed Zong Chang.

Her robes billowed, and the body vaguely revealed was either white and beautiful or a skeletal frame of white bone. As the surging divine ability swept past, one could see a pair of clove-like breasts swaying beneath her clothes. Her hand, shielding her chest, had already pinched a white, glowing spiritual object of Jade Truth she had just obtained.

With just this assessment, Li Zhouwei already had a bottom line in his heart: "The walking and traversing speed of 'Extreme Yin' should surpass 'Bright Yang,' and it is absolutely considered fast among all orthodoxies... I had just taken the spiritual object, and she was already able to snatch the item... and strike at me again!"

Although the Lu River rain obscured his vision, Li Zhouwei could also perceive the various treasures being snatched, and his heart turned cold:

"A fine 'Extreme Yin,' willing to forgo fighting others for treasures just to disgust me!"

In the blink of an eye, the long halberd in his hand flipped, and scorching golden light bloomed. Zong Chang curled her lips into a smile, and those eyes carrying an evil intent exerted force together, jumping out from her eye sockets one after another, transforming into ghostly shadows.

A strong color of "Extreme Yin" diffused. Li Zhouwei only felt the surrounding rain and noise recede in an instant. Beneath his feet lay a stretch of darkness, and within the darkness, white emerged, manifesting countless hands.

These hands were cold and silent, all raising their index fingers together while the other four fingers remained in their palms, pointing straight at him. They were dense, numbering in the thousands and tens of thousands, causing Extreme Yin brilliance to surge from all directions—up, down, left, and right—landing on him and stirring up a sense of heavy fatigue.

Li Zhouwei narrowed his eyes slightly. He held the long halberd in one hand and joined two fingers of his other hand before his chest, pointing toward the sky. Between his brows, the omen of the solar eclipse, white on the outside and black on the inside, reappeared! 【Imperial Qi Light】! Thousands upon thousands of flowing lights erupted from between his brows, gold in front and black behind, possessing extreme spirituality. In an instant, they covered this pitch-black world, then fell like rain, one by one meeting those fingers.

"Bang!"

The towering storm exploded abruptly. Both sides fought one after another, erupting in loud, thunderous sounds. Zong Chang's divine ability and magic power were higher, and the Extreme Yin light gathered more and more, but Li Zhouwei's 【Imperial Qi Light】 was of higher quality, even carrying traces of solar power, swallowing all the surging brilliance.

"Bright Yang" and "Extreme Yin" intersected continuously within the infinite darkness, finally shattering with a roar. The vast green rain reappeared before his eyes, and the sounds of divine abilities colliding echoed in his ears. From an unknown source, thin, dark, female water fell lightly. Li Zhouwei, however, lifted his head. The solar eclipse omen between his brows, though slightly dimmed, was still erupting, sweeping toward the slightly pale-faced Zong Chang! The woman's expression changed slightly, her eyes filled with faint surprise:

"Bright Yang reversed... using 【Light of Yang Extreme Wandering】 to respond to my 【Art of Exhausting Yin's Multitude of Arrows】... a good response... and so it is, he wants to replace the position of the Imperial Sovereign who governs the world, how could he not be proficient in the art of Bright Yang reversal! How could the power of the Bright Yang reversal art be small!"

"My miscalculation!"

In a single thought, the dense Imperial Qi Light had already rushed toward her face. Zong Chang could not care about calming the surging divine ability within her body. Her delicate frame softened, transforming into a white wind, swaying amidst the Qi Light. Before she could even withdraw, she realized that man had already charged over!

Zong Chang forcibly suppressed the urge to lift her sleeves to release the 【Confusing Light of the Three Yin Palaces】, her heart clear: "【Confusing Light of the Three Yin Palaces】 is a technique of confusion; Bright Yang charges and treads on danger, which can break doubts; I must not be careless!"

The "Extreme Yin" path is the sworn enemy of Bright Yang, having been entangled endlessly in the past. Yet "Bright Yang" moved toward the supreme position of honor in the hands of Li Qianyuan, causing "Extreme Yin" to be severed for a time... When Bright Yang perished and Extreme Yin rose again, almost every Extreme Yin orthodoxy felt a bone-chilling cold of fear... And in the years since Bright Yang wandered, the Extreme Yin orthodoxy had been silently researching in the shadows... One Extreme Yin orthodoxy might not be able to explain the complete changes of Extreme Yin, but it certainly knew how to target Bright Yang! Whether it was Zong Chang's orthodoxy or Wei Wei Xuan Yin's orthodoxy—all had an understanding of Bright Yang!

At this moment, she simply stood her ground, advancing instead of retreating, hard-pressed against the incoming flowing light. Her silver dagger struck out. When the two collided, her face turned a shade of green and white, stopping the opponent's charge, and only then did light emerge from her sleeves.

【Confusing Light of the Three Yin Palaces】! Li Zhouwei narrowed his eyes slightly, secretly understanding that the opponent likely had an extreme understanding of his own orthodoxy. He pushed with his halberd, his eyes glowing golden, and colorful clouds and heavenly light gathered in the sky. The "Gate of Audience to Heaven" suppressed down in an instant!

The rolling forces of Bright Yang and Extreme Yin collided, which should have been a massive spectacle, but at the very moment of collision, Zong Chang suddenly opened her eyes wide, and Li Zhouwei also tilted his head slightly in surprise.

All sounds within the rolling Lu River ceased. The people around all lifted their heads in unison. A sharp whistling sound rang in their ears, and a bright white brilliance surged from the ground toward the sky, causing this patch of rain clouds to split from the middle, retreating to both sides.

This white light that filled the world flickered for an instant, and even Ye Huai, who was to the side, looked over. A single thought flashed through everyone's minds: "Sword intent!"

Everyone's attention was attracted simultaneously, but the divine abilities in the sky did not soften in the slightest. Zong Chang smiled slightly, and that massive, orderly palace reappeared behind her.

"Chamber of Doubts"! Once this divine ability appeared, the 【Great Ascension】 boiled endlessly, now light, now heavy, actually causing those two silver daggers to twist lightly and escape. This woman fell into the deep palace once more, submerged in white mist.

Her figure traversed out several miles away, leaving only the "Chamber of Doubts" to turn lightly beneath the "Gate of Audience to Heaven," the compartments changing, the doors and windows shrinking, until it dissipated and vanished.

"So the key lies here..."

Li Zhouwei withdrew the Great Ascension, his gaze scanning his own weapon with slight doubt: "It is a divine ability extremely skilled in self-preservation... it can even affect the weapon in my hand..."

The "Chamber of Doubts" was undoubtedly the divine ability he had seen that could move its master the furthest with the least cost. As an "Extreme Yin" technique, the "Gate of Audience to Heaven" found it quite difficult to suppress.

The opponent was clearly just here to test his bottom line. He did not waste time, his gaze sweeping across, and he saw a man holding a sword standing not far away.

This person was eight feet tall, dressed simply, looking like attire from the Shu region, but his face was extremely young, with a long face and broad brows. Those eyes were not large, but extremely calm, scanning the rain clouds in a low manner.

"Clang!"

He sheathed his sword, rolling golden Qi circling around him. Although he looked like someone who had just broken through to the Early Zifu, his momentum was extremely sufficient. The Early Zifu cultivator who had been fighting him had fled somewhere, leaving only a bit of golden "Geng Metal" spiritual object floating in the air, which fell into his hand.

This sword immortal took the spiritual object lightly and rode the light away.

Li Zhouwei withdrew his gaze, his heart stirring:

"I don't know which family's sword immortal this is... I heard earlier that there was a sword immortal of the solar path in the North Sea, and here is another sword immortal of the metal virtue! The grotto-heaven is truly tempting; these figures who usually refuse to leave the mountains... have all come to the grotto-heaven today!"

Li Zhouwei had also heard of another sword immortal, cultivating in the Lacquer Marsh, called 【Seizing the Mausoleum】. However, that sword immortal had achieved the Early Zifu a long time ago and his cultivation was much higher, so it naturally could not be the person before him...

His thoughts only stirred slightly, and he had already broken through the rain, galloping toward the nearest place of struggle. The long halberd in his hand was bright, and he looked up:

This place was in chaos, with five or six colors of brilliance intertwined. An extremely old Early Zifu cultivator was being dragged in the air, and to his left and right were actually Lianmin. This person gritted his teeth and braced his divine ability, appearing quite caught in a dilemma amidst the two people's siege.

The Lianmin who could enter this place were mostly under the Lotus Throne. These long-standing Lianmin knew some spells, had some precious artifacts, and their dharma bodies were strong and solid. Ordinary early-stage Early Zifu cultivators were truly hard to deal with. The three could form a formation, and even a mid-stage Early Zifu cultivator would have a headache. Although that person had one divine ability perfected, he was also flustered facing the two people's siege.

And Li Zhouwei's golden eyes flickered, just in time to see another Lianmin galloping over. Clearly, it was the two people's fellow sect member, his face full of joy, and hanging from his waist was a jade ring that was clearly an object of the immortal path! Li Zhouwei was just galloping over, and seeing this scene, he jumped down without mercy, his weapon dancing like a falling golden comet, smashing into a halo of light with a clanging sound.

"Boom!"

This halo shattered instantly, and then brilliant light emerged. From within, a Lianmin fell out, his face purple and green like an evil ghost. His expression changed slightly, his whole body turned cold, and he hurriedly lifted his head, seeing at a glance a bright, piercing long blade! "Not good!"

This person reacted extremely quickly, his body swelling like a balloon. He opened his mouth wide and coughed out golden light. For a time, five colors were presented, lotus flowers bloomed, and the sound of glaze moved. 【Great Ascension】, however, did not hesitate in the slightest, falling with a roar! The golden light that this Lianmin spat out in a hurry was truly shattered by this great halberd like glaze, only slowing the Great Ascension by one step. The ability of 【Effect Attachment】 emerged first, smashing toward the purple-green-faced Lianmin one after another with the main body.

Pity this Lianmin was caught off guard. The lotus divine ability he had just operated was blocked by the light halberd under the 【Effect Attachment】 golden light, and the main body of 【Great Ascension】 had already smashed down. He could only let out a sad cry. His body, which had been flying forward rapidly, stopped instantly, flying backward at a speed faster than when he came, falling into the ruins with a roar, stirring up waterfall-like water splashes.

"Splash..."

Li Zhouwei had already turned the long halberd, sticking it behind his back, joined two fingers before his chest, and the space between his brows shone. He cleanly and neatly delivered a 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】! This purple-green-faced Lianmin was smashed hard, the heavenly light within his body shook, purple flames rolled on the surface, and he was dizzy. A broken mark had already appeared on his chest and abdomen. Just as he leaped up, he collided with the 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】 spraying down...

"Boom!"

The massive water explosion boiled up again. The brilliance between Li Zhouwei's brows did not stop for a single moment, transforming into a golden light that traversed the world, appearing exceptionally bright in the torrential rain, while the colors became increasingly thick.

This person miscalculated one step, miscalculating every step, and was pressed to the ground by a 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】, unable to move. Relying only on his strong dharma body, he barely resisted, feeling the increasingly powerful 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】, and cried out bitterly:

"Save me quickly!"

This sentence caused the two Lianmin besieging the Early Zifu cultivator to change color, and it made that Early Zifu cultivator overjoyed. He carefully took a look at the 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】 that pierced through the rainy night, secretly feeling that the divine ability's brilliance was familiar, and deliberately called out:

"Could it be Fellow Daoist Zhaojing?! I am Yan Duoshui, please save me!"

"Yan Duoshui?"

Li Zhouwei, who was suspended in the air, did not answer him, but suddenly lifted his head. The long halberd, poised for action, flicked, as if bracing something, hooking a golden bead out of thin air.

This bead was only the size of a thumb, but its impact was extremely great, causing Li Zhouwei to sway slightly, interrupting the 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】. A bit of surprise appeared in his eyes: "Still have some ability!"

He was only slightly surprised, but the purple-green-faced Lianmin below was already scared out of his wits! Although this object was not a precious artifact he had staked his life on, he had also focused on refining it for decades, using it as a backup, incorporating a bit of "Xiao Gold" spiritual material that assisted in concealment. It relied on being unexpected, and its power was extremely great. How could it be braced by him so easily!

"When Helian Wujiang fought Chi Luo back then, it was nothing more than this!"

But what made his eyes turn red was that behind the golden-eyed man in the sky, a magnificent heavenly gate appeared. He exerted force with both hands, and the long halberd flicked, actually suppressing his precious artifact 【Effect Xu Bead】 beneath the divine ability!

"This disgusting suppressing divine ability!"

Li Zhouwei would not be polite to him. This precious bead was clearly of good material. Even if he couldn't trade it away, it would be excellent to dismantle it later to see if he could extract the spiritual material... Back then, when Sui Guan made a move, Tai Xi fled in a sorry state, and the golden ring used to lock his weapon was still in his hand, all of which would have uses later.

He suppressed someone else's precious artifact casually, and likewise had no intention of letting him go. The 【Monarch Treads on Danger】 rode the light and charged down immediately!

Knowing his methods were brilliant, the purple-green-faced Lianmin had already retreated in his heart, and even less willing to be injured, he gritted his teeth hard, his divine ability surging: "If you two don't come... I won't guard the treasure anymore!"

In the end, this sentence was effective. The two Lianmin to the side saw such a situation. If they couldn't take down the Yan Duoshui before them in a short while, they might lose both sides, so they could only look at each other and gallop over.

But at this time, Yan Duoshui sneered instead, and vast divine abilities erupted, wanting to drag the two here! On the other side, the situation changed, and the purple-green-faced Lianmin could no longer care. He was not Zong Chang with deep cultivation! Where did he know so much? — This fierce man with golden eyes had already traversed through the various golden wind and glaze light obstructions he spat out like a fish in water, killing his way to his face! Even with ten thousand reluctances, he could only sacrifice the lotus throne he had staked his life on, releasing ten thousand feet of brilliance to resist. But the thick golden light did not bring him half a sense of security. The solar eclipse omen had already lit up between the brows of the person before him, making his pores stand on end: "This grotto-heaven has precious artifacts suppressing it, and even the Release Earth cannot be connected, how can I fight against him!"

"Don't want it! Don't want it!"

He untied the jade ring like lightning, and without hesitation, smashed it hard onto Li Zhouwei's halberd blade. Light marks suddenly appeared all over his body, and the power of his dharma body all turned into fuel for his escape light, taking advantage of this short time to leap up.

"If you want it, I'll give it to you!"

Li Zhouwei's long halberd seemed aggressive, but he flicked it lightly, hooking the jade ring into his hand. His gaze did not fall here at all, but stared straight at the fleeing escape light. Thousands upon thousands of golden-black 【Imperial Qi Light】 erupted from between his brows, galloping away!

【Imperial Qi Light】 was not the clumsy 【Upper Luminary Subduing Light】! Thousands of golden-black flowing lights galloped in pursuit, their speed becoming faster and faster, finally colliding and exploding in the distance. That escape light instantly fell like a bird with broken wings, emitting rolling smoke and fire in the distance. Only then did Li Zhouwei withdraw his gaze.

The two people beside Yan Duoshui saw that the situation was not good and fled early, letting the old man go. This old True Person's pupils were full of horror, actually not knowing how to answer him.

The man before him had scale-like, shining golden mysterious patterns on his face that were slowly fading, but they still could not cover the fierce aura from when he was fighting. A pair of dark golden eyes looked over, scaring him into flying up without his feet touching the ground, terrified:

"Mistaken! Mistaken... unrelated! This fellow daoist... offended! Offended!"

"Mistaken?"

Li Zhouwei was noncommittal. This old True Person was shrewd, just to bluff away those two Lianmin. He guessed that he still had treasures on him, but after being looked at by Li Zhouwei, he became wary again.

Li Zhouwei scanned him and said casually: "Uncle mentioned the senior, so it's not unrelated!"

"Yo!"

Yan Duoshui was both embarrassed and happy. Clearly, Bai Lin's reputation was very loud, and he had recognized him just now. He was somewhat surprised that Li Zhouwei could recognize him. Those old eyes looked very deep, and he was clearly calculating in his heart, hurriedly saying: "Good... good... you and I were old friends! This grotto-heaven is so dangerous... why not let me help you, fellow daoist..."

He spoke nicely, but he just wanted to borrow Li Zhouwei's momentum.

Li Zhouwei, however, was not interested. He had the ability to investigate the dark, could avoid danger and seek good fortune, and could walk alone. Once his thoughts stirred, he could walk however he wanted. But once someone accompanied him, it would be suspicious to fly around, and he would have to think of excuses, not to mention having to share things with others...

Furthermore, he did not trust the old man before him, so he smiled faintly and replied:

"I cannot drag the senior down. Later, there will be Early Zifu cultivators from the Shi family who want to compete with me. It would be bad if the senior were injured then."

Yan Dushui had originally wanted to touch upon his fate, yet feared that the karma upon him might implicate the innocent. In truth, he felt some anxiety in his heart. Upon hearing him say this, he hurriedly used the slope to descend, sighed repeatedly, offered two apologies, and retreated in a rush.

Li Zhouwei had heard his name and just took it as an interlude. After all, it concerned his elders, so he didn't say much, nor did he look at the treasures he had obtained. He scanned the battlefield with his dark investigation, and gradually had a count in his heart:

"It's about time... this place has also been cleaned up..."

Although the Lu River Clear Evening rain in the world was still falling, the fighting around was clearly gradually calming down. This place was dangerous after all, everyone was retaining their divine abilities, and those who couldn't snatch them didn't fight excessively, seeking elsewhere instead. Those who snatched them left early and didn't stay here.

So he rode the light and rose, traversing out of this place rapidly, while lightly flipping his hand, revealing a jade ring.

This object was the precious treasure he had just snatched. It was only the size of a palm, divided into two circles inside and out. The smoke color was rippling, the rouge was dyed through, and the colors were enchanting, making one unable to put it down. Li Zhouwei weighed it lightly, his spiritual sense scanned it, and he had a count.

His family had a 【Jade Smoke Mountain】, and the material was 【Upper Bright Mysterious Jade】. The 【White Head Knocking Court Scripture】 mentioned it. If 【Upper Bright Mysterious Jade】 were soaked in government water for a hundred years and transformed by great divine abilities, it would nourish another kind of spiritual jade. The smoke color rippling, the rouge dyed through, was this 【Upper Good Bright Mysterious Jade】.

This object had two circles inside and out. The outer circle was 【Upper Good Bright Mysterious Jade】, equivalent to Early Zifu spiritual material, and the weight was sufficient. If dismantled, it could even reach three to five portions! And the inner circle was a Early Zifu spiritual object, called 【Long Mysterious Bai Yu】, which was an extremely good Early Zifu spiritual object in the Jade Truth path. It could dispel evil and recreate the dharma body. If it interacted with divine ability and magic power, it could even promote the perfection of the Jade Truth path's divine ability.

But Li Zhouwei's vision was not low, and he saw clearly that whether it was 【Long Mysterious Bai Yu】 or 【Upper Good Bright Mysterious Jade】, being combined by someone with great magic power and refined into this jade ring, dismantling it for use was absolutely a waste of heaven's gifts: "The original owner of this jade ring was nine times out of ten planning to refine a spiritual weapon, which is why they spent great divine abilities and magic power to combine the two spiritual jades, specifically condensing it into this style of spiritual weapon. It's just that the situation was not right, and in the end, it didn't become a spiritual weapon..."

The value of the jade ring was not low. There were even many people cultivating Jade Truth in the world, and in their eyes, it was absolutely a heavy treasure. Li Zhouwei accepted it with satisfaction, sighing secretly in his heart: "This is the Dou Xuan orthodoxy... a group of True Persons rushing to the fallen corpses to divide the spoils, each snatching until they are full, the things they got are comparable to the sum of several hundred years of cultivation! If the Dou Xuan orthodoxy were still in the world, how amazing would it be!"

"Such a behemoth, how could it say it fell just like that..."

Li Zhouwei withdrew his gaze, galloping on the ground, but had no harvest. The scenery at the edge of the sky changed, and soon he arrived at a ruin. Closing his eyes to sense, the sealing and storage power here was extremely strong. It was clearly a place like the 【Xin Hu Palace】 before.

But because he came very late, this place was already empty, with only one or two injured Zhen Xuan spiritual images wandering in place.

"Already divided..."

His heart gradually understood that the initial carnival was passing. Right now, either more important places were being opened by the joint efforts of the cultivators, or... it was the relentless fighting between cultivators! Rain began to fall in the sky, and the majestic Clear Evening rain descended from the world again. He flew for a while, suddenly moved his eyes, narrowed them slightly, and looked into the distance.

The rain was pouring, and bits of shining magic light were flashing in the distance, now bright, now dark, clearly fighting while walking.

"A coincidence!"

Li Zhouwei cast his eyes coldly, rode the light and rose. After flying for only one or two breaths, he adjusted his direction, dissipated the magic light, stopped in the rain, planted his halberd in the air, and watched the front quietly.

The Lu River rolled, and the escape light traversed.

The person in front was riding the escape light and happened to fly to this place, treading on rolling evil Qi, divine abilities gathered, and the speed was extremely fast. Suddenly seeing him, he was stunned for a moment, looking surprised, and the expression on his handsome face immediately turned cold.

Although he had suffered attacks from front and back, he was still calm. His hands gradually moved forward from his waist, sliding over the sword, knife, and whip in turn, his voice low:

"I don't know what advice the fellow daoist has."

Li Zhouwei stretched his arms slightly, looking very natural, but blocked his way forward. The long halberd pointed diagonally, letting the torrential rain drip onto the halberd, only to be evaporated by the heavenly light, and said with interest: "Fellow daoist, didn't you mention to my elders... that you wanted to see the majesty of the Imperial Descendant?"

Although he was smiling, his expression was very cold. The golden mysterious patterns like scales on his face gradually brightened, and the long halberd pointing diagonally at the ground lifted bit by bit: "Minghuang is here now."

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