Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 518: Chapter 518: Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi

’The Primordial Sect Daoist Masters truly are clever, to think they could come up with such a shameless method that even the Celestial Dao can’t do anything about it. As expected, you can never go wrong with learning and observing more. The people of the Primordial Sect always manage to show Xu Yunfan something new.’

In that instant, the Earth Power stirred by the Earth Vein Attraction perfectly nullified the pure "Celestial Tribulation" and "Earth Tribulation" sent down by the Heaven and Earth Laws.

The celestial and earthly tribulations, seemingly due to the characteristics of the cultivation technique and the geographical advantage, had instead become a boon for Chu Chengnan’s condensation of his Dao Fruit. They were swept up by the vast Profound Yellow Dirt Qi and vanished without a trace.

However, the Celestial Dao is ever-present. How could it allow a tribulation to be passed so easily?

Although the first two tribulations were overcome, the most dangerous and unpredictable of them all—the Human Tribulation—erupted in silence, its killing intent surpassing even that of heaven and earth.

In other words, wherever people gather, the Mortal World and its conflicts are sure to follow.

A subtle killing intent began to rise rapidly between heaven and earth, seeping into the hearts of countless people.

"He’s triggering a Fruit Position! The will of a thousand mountains and ten thousand peaks is empowering him... To think True Monarch Qing Yuan had such a figure hidden under him! He cannot be allowed to succeed!"

A cold voice, carrying a sharpness that could sever all things, seemed to travel across space to arrive.

"Stop his Dao Fruit!"

ZING!

A beam of sword light suddenly flared on the horizon.

A sword intent—pure, absolute, and blazing—filled the hearts of all who gazed upon the sword light. It carried the power to shatter the Ten Thousand Laws and sever the very concept of karma.

This Sword Gang did not originate from the Cold Crow Pass battlefield. Instead, it had traveled from the direction of the Wansheng Sword Sect, crossing an unknown number of thousands of miles in an instant.

Wherever the sword light passed, the air thundered and mountains cracked, all of it silently split open by a straight, deep fissure.

The target of this sword was extremely clear: to sever the Profound Yellow Qi Pillar that connected to the countless Earth Veins and was guiding the Fruit Position.

Furthermore, it sought to annihilate the fragile connection being forged between Chu Chengnan and the Fruit Position.

Deep within the Earth Veins, the "Immovable Profound Mountain" Dao Fruit had already shown its favor and was beginning to slowly draw near Chu Chengnan. Naturally, this sword light would not allow that to happen.

The master of the sword light was hidden at an infinite distance, but Xu Yunfan had felt a similar kind of will—a pure, ultimate Sword Intent that could shatter all things—in Wukong’s memories of Ancestral Master Chunyang’s "One Sword, No Return."

Though it wasn’t as world-destroying, its core Dao Rhyme came from the same origin.

’It’s another Foundation Establishment Daoist Master from the Wansheng Sword Sect making a move.’

’The True Monarchs might be distracted by the great war in the Eastern Wilderness, but they clearly haven’t completely ignored the fluctuations of a powerful Fruit Position suddenly appearing in this borderland.’

’But it seems they’re wary of the other Primordial Sect True Monarchs who are lying in wait, so the power level of the attack is controlled to the Foundation Establishment Realm.’

’But even so, it seems a bit over the top.’

Xu Yunfan’s expression grew solemn. He suspected a True Monarch might have secretly added a bit of extra force.

Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he looked toward the Western Continent.

At the same time, Chu Chengnan, who had been focused on the incoming sword from the south, also sensed it. A cold look appeared on his face.

"Hmph, you bald thieves from the Western Heaven want to interfere too?!"

Almost at the same instant the Wansheng Sword Sect unleashed its karma-severing sword, the void in another direction, at the edge of the Eastern Wilderness battlefield, suddenly trembled.

A soft golden light, wrapped in countless tiny Sanskrit characters, abruptly coalesced into a gigantic Withered Silence Buddha Hand Seal. It pulsed with the aura of "Nirvana" and "Naturalization" as it flew from afar, carrying a will of forced conversion and the annihilation of all things, striking toward the core of the condensing Fruit Position.

It was unmistakably the power of the Puchen Pure Land.

They, too, had discovered the anomaly here and instantly determined that if the Primordial Sect gained another powerful True Monarch, it would be a devastating blow to their plans for the Eastern Wilderness Buddha Transmission.

Even if it meant infuriating the True Monarchs of the Primordial Sect, they absolutely could not allow Chu Chengnan to succeed.

This was no physical attack. It was a strike sent across space by the Great Awakening Bodhisattva, containing the Power of Origin from the Nirvana Red Lotus Dao Fruit. It aimed directly at the foundation of Chu Chengnan’s Divine Soul, seeking to ignite his Dao Heart and extinguish his will to achieve the Dao.

The angle was extremely cunning, and the timing was nothing short of venomous.

Xu Yunfan’s face changed. A Golden Core True Monarch was making a move; he certainly wouldn’t take that on lightly.

The sensible thing to do was to run.

Two terrifying attacks, each capable of annihilating a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master, crossed an endless expanse of space from the left and right, arriving at Cold Crow Pass almost simultaneously.

At the core of the ritual, Chu Chengnan was at the most critical and vulnerable moment of communing with his Fruit Position.

His entire being was immersed in sensing the Heaven and Earth Dao Principles, leaving him completely unable to spare any attention for anything else.

If he were hit by these two attacks, the ritual would surely be broken. At best, his efforts would be wasted and his Dao Foundation would crumble; at worst, his body and soul would be annihilated on the spot.

Just as Xu Yunfan was preparing to leave, a voice transmission from Chu Chengnan suddenly reached him.

"Junior Brother, you only need to block that Sword Intent. As for the Bodhisattva’s attack, a True Monarch from our Primordial Sect will naturally stop it."

Hearing this, Xu Yunfan’s expression flickered with uncertainty. He finally gritted his teeth. ’If I just turn tail and run now, I probably won’t be able to stay in the Primordial Sect when this is all over. True Monarch Qingyuan would probably crush all my masters and grandmasters from the Taoist Sect on True Martial Peak in retaliation. Putting all that aside, the most important thing is my hidden identity as a Demon Dao Daoist Master. If I can’t even stay in the Primordial Sect, where else can I go? How can I advance?’

’Damn it, I’ll risk it.’

’Worse comes to worst, I’ll just abandon this body and possess my clone, Han Shi. Joining the Wansheng Sword Sect would be an excellent alternative. With Ancestral Master Chunyang presiding there, as long as I can securely latch onto that powerful backer, my future will be bright!’

’But if I get through this, my position in the Primordial Sect will be secure.’

"Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi—Stabilize! Transform! Defend!"

Having made his decision, Xu Yunfan, who was already prepared, erupted with power in an instant.

With a low shout, the Magical Power in Xu Yunfan’s body surged as he pushed the profound mysteries of the Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture to their absolute limit.

An incredibly dense, eight-colored cloud immediately spread out from his body.

This Eight-Colored Cloud Qi was no longer just for defense or confinement. Imbued with the Magical Power of the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault, it could command the dominion of the Shenxiao Thunderbolt and possessed both incredible operational power and an Immortal True Intent of Endless Life and rebirth from destruction.

He unhesitatingly drew upon the incomparably pure Innate Muddy Fiend Origin he had just gathered beneath his feet, continuously pouring it into the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi surrounding him.

"Go!"

The Eight-Colored Cloud Qi swelled in the wind, spreading rapidly like a living creature.

To counter the blazing sword light that had crossed space to sever karma, Xu Yunfan manipulated the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi, forming it into a colossal, thousand-zhang-wide cloud hand.

Within the cloud hand, space itself seemed to solidify and slow down layer by layer. At the same time, it contained the power of Po Jun and slaughter from the Divine Sky Nine Heavens, as well as the corrupting influence of the Innate Muddy Fiend on the Spiritual Mechanism.

The cloud hand did not meet the attack head-on. Instead, it actively surged forward, wrapping, entangling, and grinding away at the sword light that sundered space.

It was like an endless, yielding marsh engulfing the sharpest of blades.

The Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi could already easily refine the sharpness of Geng Metal and the most unyielding of substances; it was formidable when used in combat.

SSSHHHK! SSSHHHK! SSSHHHK!

The sharp sound of cutting was incessant as the Cloud Qi was constantly torn apart and annihilated by the Sword Qi. But with the Innate Clear and Muddy Qi providing a continuous supply, Xu Yunfan executed several Spells in succession. The Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi did not thin out; on the contrary, it grew thicker and more stagnant with each passing moment.

As long as the initial attack failed to break through the Eight Sceneries Cloud Qi, the rest of its power could only be dragged down and entangled.

The corrupting properties of the Muddy Fiend’s energy were also constantly eroding the sword light, slowing its speed and dulling its edge.

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