Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: Hand Over the True Scripture

He took a step forward, and Profound Yin Qi erupted from him, forming a roiling cloud of inky mist that carried a bone-chilling cold.

Xu Yunfan’s expression was placid. He simply looked at Zhao Moyang, a hint of faint mockery in his eyes, but said nothing.

Zhao Moyang didn’t get angry at the sight. They were all Foundation Establishment True Cultivators with extraordinary states of mind; how could they be so easily provoked?

He continued, "The Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying Scripture is a manifestation of the Thunder Dao Void Suspended Dao Fruit, and it naturally bears the imprint of the Thunder Daoist Law. What’s even rarer is that all of its past karma has been completely severed and stripped away, leaving it an unclaimed, blank slate.

How is a True Technique of this caliber something a trivial Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like you is worthy of possessing?"

Zhao Moyang’s voice suddenly rose, filled with unbridled greed and burning desire.

Xu Yunfan was taken aback for a moment, then a wide smile spread across his face. "So that’s what this is all about. You want to learn the Divine Sky Scripture. Senior Brother Zhao, you should have just said so! First thing tomorrow, I’ll head back to Divine Sky Peak and set up a disciple acceptance ceremony. You can kowtow to me as your master, and if I’m in a good mood, I’ll surely take you in. Who knows, I might even pass on the Divine Sky True Technique to you."

Zhao Moyang chuckled softly. Primordial Sect disciples could be far more vicious with their words than this; he’d heard so much of it over the years that he was numb to it. By comparison, Xu Yunfan’s words were quite mild, eliciting no reaction from him.

At this, Xu Yunfan swept his gaze over the trio, a cryptic look on his face. "Why go to all this trouble? Even if you get it, how will the three of you divide it?"

Sun Qishan said, "How we divide it is none of your concern."

Zhao Moyang said, "You’re handing it over today, like it or not. Otherwise, this place will be your grave. And that Grotto Heaven Embryo of yours? It’ll be perfect for us to refine into our Lifebound Magical Treasures."

These words utterly tore away any last shred of pretense. It was clear they intended to devour Xu Yunfan completely, leaving nothing behind.

The threads of karma from the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm couldn’t trace a murder committed in another World Heaven.

Leng Yuehua, standing to the side, remained silent. The Green Bamboo Sword hovering around her was already humming, its vibrations locking onto Xu Yunfan’s vital points.

Sun Qishan grinned, baring his bone-white teeth in a vicious smile. With a backhand motion, he drew a black Giant Axe wider than a door panel. A torrent of fierce, violent Demon Qi erupted skyward as blood-colored patterns on the axe lit up, pulsing with a thirst for blood.

Xu Yunfan’s eyes narrowed.

The Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying Scripture was the fundamental True Technique of his Golden Core Path; it was intrinsically linked with his very Dao Foundation and life force. How could he possibly hand it over?

He understood in an instant. It must have been from his previous battle with Nezha. He had spared no cost in drawing upon the core Thunder Power of the Grand Array, and the aura of the Void Suspended Dao Fruit had been impossible to conceal completely. In the end, these fellow sect members, with their profound Cultivation and venomously sharp eyes, had seen through to his core.

’To think they formed an alliance in the span of a few breaths, and with such practiced ease.’

’On this Celestial Realm battlefield, far from the Sect’s jurisdiction where the strong prey on the weak, the true nature of one’s fellow disciples, with their masks torn off, is more deadly than any Outer Realm Evil Demon.’

’As expected of the Primordial Sect. Every last one of them has a vicious mind.’

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, his Divine Soul spun at its absolute limit, furiously calculating strategies for escape or even a counter-attack.

Just at that critical juncture, in the instant the killing intent from the standoff had nearly condensed into a physical storm...

HUMMM!

A terrifying pressure—more condensed, more tyrannical, and more absolute than the aftershocks from the battle between True Monarch Qing Yuan and the Celestial Emperor—descended upon this corner of the world with the force of an invisible, Ancient Divine Mountain.

Time seemed to freeze in an instant.

Leng Yuehua, just about to activate her Green Bamboo Sword, froze mid-motion.

The vicious smile on Sun Qishan’s face froze as he raised his Giant Axe.

Even Zhao Moyang, whose aura was locked onto Xu Yunfan, had a look of unconcealable horror and panic flash through his eyes.

Involuntarily, everyone looked up at the sky.

High in the shattered heavens, beside the light and shadow from the fierce clash between True Monarch Qing Yuan and the Celestial Emperor, a dark golden radiance quietly began to glow. It was a light so pure it seemed capable of bringing about the Destruction of the Ten Thousand Laws.

The radiance wasn’t blinding, yet it carried a supreme majesty that could pierce through all things and hold dominion over life and death.

Within the dark golden halo, the figure of an old man in a drab, dusty robe silently manifested. His back was slightly stooped.

The old man’s face was plain, even gaunt. He leaned on an unremarkable staff of withered wood, scorched-yellow and mottled with age.

Merely by standing there, all the surrounding chaotic and violent storms of energy—be it True Monarch Qing Yuan’s boundless Pure Qi, the Celestial Emperor’s glorious imperial might, or the lingering Buddha Light and shattered Sword Qi—parted around him like docile streams, not daring to encroach in the slightest.

True Monarch Pu Du.

The sole Late-Stage Golden Core True Monarch of the Primordial Sect, and the ultimate overseer of the campaign against this World Heaven.

The moment True Monarch Pu Du appeared, he lightly tapped the void with his withered wood staff.

HUMMM!

With no discernible motion, a plain, dark golden ripple spread out in silence. It seemed to contain the flow of endless ages and the very principle of creation and destruction, and it instantly swept across the entire battlefield in the high heavens.

The Celestial Emperor, who had been locked in a stalemate with True Monarch Qing Yuan while drawing upon the Laws of the entire Celestial Realm, suddenly trembled. His empyrean form, protected by boundless Merit, shuddered. His glorious imperial might seemed to corrode against an invisible barrier, and for a moment, it stagnated.

His imperial might, powerful enough to crush mountains and rivers, slowed drastically before the seemingly artless dark golden ripple, as if it had sunk into a viscous mire of time.

True Monarch Pu Du’s stooped figure did not grow, but behind him, the phantom image of a boundless world was naturally projected.

Within that phantom, stars were born and died, oceans turned to mulberry fields, and all living things proliferated and withered. It was a magnificent, colossal projection, its will filling the very cosmos.

This Dharma Aspect was no illusion. It was a sign that, as a Late-Stage Golden Core cultivator whose Grotto Heaven had stabilized, he had already begun to evolve it into its own world. This was a projection of his Dao Realm.

"Qingyuan, this fiend’s foundation is being bolstered by this world. Let us join forces and slay him quickly. Do not prolong this fight."

True Monarch Pu Du’s voice was ancient and calm, as if he were discussing a trivial matter on the level of slaughtering a chicken.

And in True Monarch Pu Du’s eyes, it truly was a small matter. After all, in his tens of thousands of years of Cultivation, he had waged war against countless World Heavens.

Even if this World Heaven possessed multiple Dao Fruits, before a Late-Stage Golden Core True Monarch... it was like a tiny pearl daring to show its brilliance in the face of the sun.

A sharp light flared in True Monarch Qing Yuan’s eyes as he let out a fierce cry.

"Excellent!"

The Pure Qi around him exploded outward. The Heaven and Earth Pure Qi, which had manifested as ten thousand swords, now returned to one. With this powerful reinforcement, the edge of the Judgement Sword’s blade instantly doubled in power. The Sword Momentum—which the Celestial Emperor had been holding back by harnessing his Dao Fruit and the power of the world—suddenly tore through everything, cleaving toward the Celestial Emperor’s true form as if to split the very firmament.

The Celestial Emperor’s Dharma Body, resplendent with boundless clear light, trembled violently. For the first time, a look of shocked fury and horror appeared on his face.

True Monarch Qing Yuan alone was already his equal. Now, there was also True Monarch Pu Du, whose aura was far more profound and ancient than Qingyuan’s, and whose Dao Realm projection was as heavy as the Celestial Fall itself.

The Celestial Emperor Fruit Position he was so proud of was beginning to destabilize under the combined assault of these two True Monarchs from the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm.

"Hmph!"

True Monarch Pu Du didn’t spare the Celestial Emperor another glance. He simply pointed his withered wood staff directly to the west.

A speck of dark gold light flared at the staff’s tip, crossing an endless expanse of space in an instant.

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