Chapter 179: Burning the Last of One's Blood

"Many thanks, Young Master, for the grace of saving my life!"

Seeing Jiang Xuan walk down from the Wushi Dao Platform with ease, Yang Yi's eyes were filled with reverence.

She had followed Zhang Lin here, and during that time had also witnessed the terrifying pressure atop the Wushi Dao Platform; she knew how powerful Jiang Xuan must be to withstand the Wushi Formation and reach the summit, so she stepped forward with a touch of restraint.

"Saintess need not be so formal. I am a friend of the Current Source Master, and I also greatly admire Master Zhang's character; moreover, my Dao Companion is the Yaochi Holy Mother's Direct Disciple!" Jiang Xuan stepped aside, introducing Yao Xi and the other person beside him to Yang Yi.

"Saintess Yang Yi, your deeds are still circulated within Yaochi even now!" Yao Xi stepped forward and took Yao Xi's hand, her face bearing a pure smile, her other side of personality displayed to the fullest.

Although Zhang Lin was only at the Saint Peak, his strength differing greatly from Jiang Xuan, Yao Xi could sense that Jiang Xuan valued the other party; otherwise he would not have come specially to save him, not hesitating to expend massive Immortal-grade resources.

She stepped forward to grow close to Yang Yi, also to help Jiang Xuan, so that Zhang Lin could return his allegiance faster, and also to have a means to restrain Zhang Lin in the future.

Although Jiang Xuan had not activated his Omniscience ability, seeing Yao Xi's overly enthusiastic manner, pulling Zi Xia and Yang Yi to chat heatedly to the side, he guessed seven or eight parts out of ten of Yao Xi's thoughts, and a smile appeared on his face.

What Jiang Xuan cared about most was not the talent or strength Zhang Lin had displayed ten thousand years ago; the most important thing was that he valued his character!

Given Zhang Lin's personality, since Jiang Xuan expended resources to give him new life, he would absolutely repay with his life; so there was no need to seize leverage over Zhang Lin, only to treat him with sincerity.

However he did not stop Yao Xi's bustling enthusiasm; the two women had not helped Jiang Xuan at all since they came out, and although they had enjoyed sightseeing all the way, they had also been holding their breath feeling uneasy; giving them something to do was quite good.

"Young Master, while this ruined body of mine still has some strength, let us make haste!" Zhang Lin bowed slightly, his eyes full of determination.

He had already decided to serve Jiang Xuan with his life after re-cultivation, but before that re-cultivation, this ruined body of his would also make one final contribution to the Human Race; after this, his heart would harbor no other thoughts!

"This time our target is the Ancient Times Clan's Shenling Valley! This time you are the main force!" Jiang Xuan said with a light laugh.

The red hair on Zhang Lin's body gradually fell off, the red in his eyes also gradually dissipating; simultaneously a rotten aura manifested on his body — that was his true body; when his consciousness fully returned would be the moment his body thoroughly perished, yet those eyes held no fear, only an unwavering determination to advance without turning back:

"Good! I will definitely not disappoint Young Master!"

Shenling Valley belonged to the Ancient Royal Family; its foundation did not include an Emperor Weapon; there were three Tai Gu Ancestral Kings in total, the highest among the current generation being only at the Saint King realm; with Jiang Xuan holding the line it was naturally no problem.

Although Zhang Lin's realm was slightly inferior, the Source Master's methods were unfathomable; Zhang Lin was also a Heaven's Pride; though not heaven-defying like God King Jiang Taixu, he was by no means ordinary.

One against three, Jiang Xuan holding the line, Source Master methods — the advantage lay with Zhang Lin!

This was a battle to prove his name, and also the final curtain call of the peerless Source Master Zhang Lin from ten thousand years ago!

The seal within Zi Shan, under the influence of Wushi's consciousness, no longer suppressed Jiang Xuan; under Duan De's green-light gaze, Jiang Xuan plucked several Medicine Kings and walked toward the outside of Zi Shan.

"Didn't you say you wanted to save three people? How come we're leaving now?" Yao Xi curiously chased over and asked.

Jiang Xuan looked back at the area beneath the Dao Platform; Great Sage Peak Gu Tian Shu had sealed himself within a massive Source, a pair of eyes quietly gazing back at Jiang Xuan.

When he ascended the Dao Platform, Gu Tian Shu within the Source had already half-awakened; he saw Jiang Xuan successfully walk onto the Dao Platform; although he did not see that figure, he also vaguely heard the two's conversation.

He did not stop Jiang Xuan, nor did he walk out from the Source to greet him — representing that he did not want to leave this place.

He still firmly upheld his belief, acting as the Wushi Tomb's tomb guardian! This was the road he himself chose to walk!

Jiang Xuan also did not forcibly wake the other party; the two seemed to maintain an inexplicable tacit understanding.

Gu Tian Shu's strength was also top-tier among Great Sages; compared to the current Jiang Xuan he would not be much weaker; on the future Immortal Road they would eventually meet again.

"He doesn't need saving!" Jiang Xuan laughed, pulling Yao Xi into his embrace, enjoying a moment of warmth.

With Zhang Lin clearing the way and killing the withered corpses of the Heavenly Emperor's subordinates that ran out of Zi Shan, the group quickly walked out of Zi Shan.

Opening a Space Gate, everyone arrived in one step at the mountain peak outside Shenling Valley; Duan De quietly ran off.

At this moment within Shenling Valley, an Ancestral King sat cross-legged at the top, endless pressure suppressing all around: "Such a long time and still haven't found out who killed Tiandu?"

"It should be that Human Race Jiang Xuan; the news of him killing Wang Family's Wang Teng outside Zhuque City has already spread everywhere; his destination is precisely Zhuque City! Human Wang Teng curried favor with Tiandu; Tiandu was very likely used by those cunning Humans to avenge Wang Teng!" The Shenling Valley Master's eyes seemed ready to erupt flames.

The Ancestral King let out a cold snort: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Just relying on a junior, how could he dare, after killing Tiandu, not hide and flee but instead transmit a voice to provoke our Shenling Valley — there must be a Powerful Force behind him targeting us!"

"Have the other Royal Families transmitted any news? Is any Royal Family willing to dispatch an Ancestral King to sit guard at our Shenling Valley for a period?"

"The other Royal Families only said that if a force truly comes to attack our Shenling Valley, they will certainly send people to support us!"

"These damned things! They only consider themselves! The Alliance at the critical moment is nothing but a joke!" The Ancestral King angrily slapped the table, a fierce killing qi erupting outward.

Just then, a huge boom occurred outside, accompanied by miserable cries ringing everywhere; five human figures appeared out of thin air in the sky above Shenling Valley.

"What situation!"

The assembled Ancestral Kings' eyes brimmed with rage — a living being actually dared to commit the world's greatest impropriety and offend Shenling Valley; have they eaten dragon liver and phoenix gall?

The Ancient Times Clan members at the meeting soared into the sky; only to see a massive stele fall from the sky at the Shenling Valley entrance, emitting billowing thick smoke that crushed the entire space.

In the sky above this stele, the leader was a figure covered in red hair, a monster's silhouette, yet his body carried a Dao rhyme, a Profound Mystery aura circulating around him.

Beside him stood a woman with a determined expression, holding a xiao yet carrying a solemn killing intent.

A Ancient Times Clan member at the meeting hurried to the Ancestral King's side: "Ancestral King, the man embracing left and right behind is Jiang Xuan, the youth who exterminated Wang Teng!"

After arriving here, Jiang Xuan activated his Omniscience ability; hearing the other's words, he lowered his head and looked at his own arms.

What "embracing left and right" — can't they change the wording? Is there no other word to describe him?

The Ancestral King's killing qi soared: "It was you who killed Zi Tiandou!!"

Feeling the killing qi impact, Zhang Lin's aura instantly rose, completely suppressing that killing qi; his condensed aura erupted skyward, drawing the gazes of countless people and the half-emerged Ancient Races toward this place.

Zhang Lin's body halted, his gaze revealing peerless determination: "I am a Disciple under Wushi; by the command of the Wushi Great Emperor, I will thoroughly purge Shenling Valley, which treats Human lives as grass and mustard!"

"Audacious! A mere Saint dares to boast of purging my Shenling Valley!" The Ancestral King shouted in rage, soaring skyward and rushing straight at Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin showed no fear; his finger pointed lightly at the Void, Source Heaven Patterns emerging around, space thereby becoming no longer continuous, as if split apart piece by piece.

The numerous Ancient Times Clan Great Powers around moved simultaneously; sky-covering pressure enveloped the five people.

Just then, a xiao melody resounded through the sky; those intangible notes transformed into strands of killing qi that besieged the numerous Ancient Times Clan Great Powers.

Jiang Xuan turned his head to look at Yao Xi and Zi Xia beside him: "Do you two want to go down and try? I'll be watching!"

Yao Xi and Zi Xia were currently only at the Half-Step Great Power stage; they had not fully condensed their Divine Sense and stepped into the Great Power realm; dealing with Ancient Times Clan Great Powers could also serve as a certain tempering effect for them.

With Jiang Xuan watching, it was fundamentally impossible for them to suffer any serious injury.

Yao Xi's jade nose twitched slightly: "Hmph! Looking down on whom! We are also called geniuses, okay!"

Zi Xia's face bore a smile; although her personality was elegant and detached, that did not mean she had never killed; battle was no problem.

The two each found a Ancient Times Clan Great Power to fight.

Those Ancient Times Clan Great Powers, seeing the two women had not reached Great Power yet actually charged alone into their Great Power crowd, revealed bloodthirsty smiles, simultaneously closing in to surround the two women.

Jiang Xuan curled his fingers forward, and several Tai Gu Ancestral Kings had their consciousness stolen in an instant, then controlled, fused into a new will, all in one breath!

However, controlling these people consumed a great deal as well; Shenling Valley's signature skill was cultivating the soul, so their souls were far beyond those of humans at the same cultivation realm.

Most of them believed the body was merely a vessel for the soul, which was why the ancient spirits of Shenling Valley liked possession.

Those controlled Tai Gu Ancestral Kings immediately turned to face the unaffected Tai Gu Ancestral Kings, and the slaughter instantly turned bloody!

The flute's sound echoed throughout the battlefield; Jiang Xuan was responsible for sending a few Ancestral Kings for the two women to practice on, while suppressing all other Tai Gu Ancestral Kings in Shenling Valley, leaving only the Ancestral King and Zhang Lin's battle in the sky.

All eyes gathered on Zhang Lin's battlefield!

Zhang Lin waved his hand lightly, and the Ancestral King in the sky was slowly peeled away like a source stone, as if carefully pushing aside an unknown source stone, simultaneously causing Tian Di to tremble.

Source Arts originally had few powerful attack methods, but Zhang Lin forcibly developed an attack style unique to himself from them, and its power was equally not to be underestimated.

Feeling a threat to his life, a flash of panic crossed the Ancestral King's eyes, and he gritted his teeth to send a message!

Deep in Shenling Valley, another Tai Gu Ancestral King soared into the sky, too late to attend to the battlefield below, directly arriving at the battlefield in the sky to help!

Zhang Lin's expression remained unchanged; before coming, Jiang Xuan had already told him he would face three Tai Gu Ancestral Kings in total, one of whom had already reached the peak of Ancestral King.

"Lock the Meridians, Seal Qian Kun!" Zhang Lin shouted lightly, and one divine light after another flowed from his hand, like silk and thread, penetrating everywhere, shuttling and circling in the Void.

This Lock Meridians Seal Qian Kun was originally a technique for fixing mountains and rivers' dragon veins and binding the sun, moon, and star river, but in Zhang Lin's hands it became a killing Shen Ming, and every thread was like a Spatial Turbulence rampaging freely!

Under Zhang Lin's control, part of the divine light blocked the Ancestral King who had just appeared, while the greater part rushed toward the Ancestral King who was already heavily wounded, at the end of his strength.

"You dare!"

"You think I dare not!" Zhang Lin gripped tightly toward the Void in his hand, ripples spread across the sky, scattering like a shattered mirror, and a lingering voice echoed among the fragments:

"By order of Wushi Great Emperor! All of Shenling Valley, shall be executed!"

"Hahaha! It's merely harm to the flesh! The soul is the foundation of our Shenling Valley! You can never kill me!" The laughter of the Ancestral King whose flesh had turned to dust spread out, revealing the form of his soul body.

Just then, the laughter suddenly stopped, and that soul became fearful: "What is absorbing my soul power! Damned! No!"

In Jiang Xuan's mind, the Secret Path Seed radiated brilliance, beginning to open its top, sprouting a bit of tender green.

This soul power was now a great tonic for him, and with the Secret Path Seed's blessing, he didn't even need to clear the other's mental distractions to absorb it directly; the Secret Path Seed would purify the impurities itself.

"Save me!!" The gradually transparent and thin Ancestral King cast his gaze toward another Ancestral King, despair on his face.

That Ancestral King's body trembled slightly; Shenling Valley's foundation was condensing a vast soul, yet now it was just being unraveled by another? This caused fear to rise uncontrollably in his heart.

Zhang Lin turned to glance at Jiang Xuan, straightened his waist again, most of the red hair on his body fell off, revealing Zhang Lin's original appearance beneath, his face still full of high spirits!

Yang Yi watched, stunned for a moment; she didn't know how long it had been since she had seen Zhang Lin like this.

This was all because Jiang Xuan brought it to Jiang Xuan, and after this time Jiang Xuan would also save his life, making her extremely grateful to Jiang Xuan.

After several collisions, Zhang Lin panted heavily, more than half of the power in his body was gone, the other side's condition wasn't much better, covered in wounds big and small, and the sky once again became oppressive!

The last Ancestral King walked out from the deepest part of Shenling Valley, endless pressure covering the entire sky above Shenling Valley.

Jiang Xuan raised his head to look at Zhang Lin in the sky: "How is it, can you hold on? If not, tell me, I'll make a move!"

Zhang Lin wore an arrogant smile on his face, as if returning to the era belonging to him: "Leave it to me!"

As his aura climbed higher and higher, the red hair completely fell off, revealing source patterns on his body radiating light, his body as if about to merge into Tian Di, the endless Dadi providing him power, the light shining on him as if he were a deity!

The Dao Yin appeared! The ten thousand mountains around all moved, the power of Di Wei appeared from within the mountains, gathering endless power toward Zhang Lin!

The Tai Gu Ancestral King's expression changed slightly, the power of reincarnation circulating: "Calamity Dao Reincarnation!"

This was a move involving the Great Dao, capable of erasing spatial constraints and severing the flow of time; it was the most powerful attack an Ancestral King could currently unleash!

Zhang Lin's eyes remained unchanged, his arm lightly raised, and the ten thousand mountains' Di Wei melted into this raised arm like worship!

One hand holding up the ten thousand ages and ten thousand mountains, like a real deity about to suppress all things in the World!

(Chapter End)