The Prodigies War

The atmosphere stiffened, and for a long while no one spoke. These ancient monsters knew all too well how terrifying the Heavenly Mandate Apostles were. It was not the cultivation of those apostles they feared, but the power and authority behind them. Under such circumstances, who would dare involve themselves lightly?

Lin Xun was not surprised by their silence. He also knew that cultivators who had been trapped here for countless years could not possibly feel no resentment toward those Heavenly Mandate Apostles.

Sure enough, after only a brief pause, a voice transmission reached his ears. “Young friend, there are eleven Heavenly Mandate Apostles of the Li Department in this world. Their leader has the title Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable. They are currently entrenched at...”

In no time, Lin Xun had obtained all the information he sought. He neither exposed the sender nor so much as glanced in their direction. Without a word, he turned and departed with Xia Zhi.

Having learned from the ambush in the Thousand Tribulations Zone, Lin Xun had no intention of waiting for his enemies to strike first. This time, he would act before them and eliminate the threat at its root. Only then would he ascend Dao Defining Mountain to define the dao.

......

On the shores of a vast lake, Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable and the other Heavenly Mandate Apostles had long been entrenched here. For years, they had cultivated here in quiet seclusion.

“The Lord has instructed us not to deal with Lin Xun,” a tall man clad in bronze armor said with a frown. “Now that he has entered this world, are we really going to sit idly by?”

“The Lord has his own plan. We need only carry out his command,” Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable replied indifferently. He resembled an aged daoist priest, a tall hat crowning his head and flowing daoist robes draped about him. A horsetail whisk rested lightly in his hand, his expression composed and unreadable.

“Does the Lord truly believe that even if we join forces, we are no match for Lin Xun?” someone muttered, unable to conceal the bitterness in his tone.

“How about I go test his strength?” another said eagerly. “If his power is indeed beyond us, then we retreat. But if he cannot withstand a single strike, then the spoils will be ours.”

Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable fell silent for a moment before repeating slowly, “Test his strength?”

“Yes. Merely a probe.”

Several pairs of eyes lit up with anticipation. Those capable of reaching the Dao Defining Zone were far from ordinary Immeasurable Realm cultivators. Each possessed a formidable foundation.

Just then, a faint laugh echoed across the distance. “You wish to test me?”

Before the echo of his words had faded Lin Xun and Xia Zhi were already striding through the air toward them. Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable’s pupils contracted sharply. They had yet to make a move, but their opponents had already come knocking! The others were equally startled, caught completely off guard.

“Lin Xun, do you intend to fight us?” Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable asked, unable to hide his astonishment.

He still found it hard to believe that Lin Xun would dare walk straight into their stronghold. What kind of confidence did that require?

“If I hadn’t come,” Lin Xun said calmly, “I’m afraid you wouldn’t have been satisfied.”

He paused. “Enough talk. Will you test me one by one...or all at once?”

Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable and the others exchanged grim looks. Lin Xun was far too composed. He had come of his own accord and declared war without hesitation. That alone made them feel uneasy.

“Attack together. If anything feels wrong, withdraw immediately.” Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable transmitted swiftly to the others.

“Understood.”

“Agreed.”

“If the eleven of us cannot defeat the two of them, then there is no point in continuing this fight.”

Their eyes gleamed as they readied themselves.

The next moment—Boom!

Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable and the others struck at once, unleashing their full might in unison. Dao weapons soared into the sky as a raging torrent of power surged forth, blotting out the sun itself.

“This time, let me handle it. Don’t interfere.” Before her words had fully fallen, Xia Zhi had already stepped into the void. Lin Xun was briefly taken aback, then shook his head with a faint, helpless smile. He had no choice but to watch from afar.

Clang!

In the distance, Xia Zhi’s graceful and slender figure became veiled in a hazy rain of light. The white bone spear in her hand glowed faintly as she thrust it forward. A vast river of fate roared into the sky, boundless and endless.

Rumble!

A great battle erupted. The heavens and the earth trembled violently, and even the sun and moon seemed to lose their light. However, the clash lasted only a few breaths before death struck.

Pu!

Xia Zhi’s spear flashed. An opponent was pierced cleanly through the chest. With a dull explosion, his body burst apart and was instantly swallowed by the surging river of fate, erased without leaving the slightest trace.

Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable and the other’s expressions changed drastically. Without hesitation, they turned to flee. Unfortunately for them, the river of ​​fate was vast beyond measure. It had already blanketed the entire world, sealing off every escape route. When they attempted to break through with all his strength, they were instead battered by the overwhelming river of fate.

Pu!

Seizing the moment, Xia Zhi’s white bone spear shot forward once more, piercing another opponent without mercy. The strike was clean and decisive, crushing him as easily as rotted wood. Terror gripped Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable and the others. Driven to desperation, they erupted with all their strength, fighting like beasts forced to the brink of madness.

It was futile. In the moments that followed, Xia Zhi flickered across the battlefield like a phantom. Her white bone spear thrust out again and again, each strike claiming another life. Then, one by one, the apostles fell and were swallowed by the river of fate.

Within moments, all eleven Heavenly Mandate Apostles, including Six-Yang Heavenly Venerable, were slaughtered on the spot. Not a single one survived! Had other cultivators witnessed that blood-soaked spectacle, their souls would have fled their bodies in terror.

However, Lin Xun, who had witnessed it all from beginning to end, remained perfectly composed. From the very beginning, this was never an equal battle. After all, with Xia Zhi’s current strength, slaying opponents at the level of an Immeasurable Dao Lord was hardly worth mentioning.

“I expected more from them.” Xia Zhi returned, a trace of disappointment flickering across her exquisite face.

“Let’s go.”

Lin Xun smiled and turned, leaving together with Xia Zhi. Half an hour later, they returned to Dao Defining Mountain. The dozen or so ancient cultivators lingering nearby were visibly startled by their swift return.

“Fellow Daoist Lin...you’ve returned victorious?” one of them asked, unable to restrain himself.

Lin Xun smiled faintly. “From this day forward, those Heavenly Mandate Apostles will no longer appear in this world.”

Before his words had fully faded, he and Xia Zhi had already risen into the air, streaking toward Dao Defining Mountain. In the blink of an eye, their figures were swallowed by the dense primal chaos origin power and vanished without a trace. Lin Xun’s words left the old monsters standing there in stunned silence. After a long pause, they exchanged glances, horror dawning in their eyes.

......

With a strange ripple in space, Lin Xun appeared in an unknown world, as though he had stepped into the heavens and earth at the very dawn of chaos, when the primordial wilderness first came into being.

Across the boundless expanse of mountains and rivers grew plants and trees unlike any he had ever seen. Strange birds wheeled through the skies, and unfamiliar beasts roamed the earth. Every living creature here was something he had neither seen nor heard of before.

He stood silently, his gaze sweeping across the unfamiliar world. Only after a long moment did he withdraw his eyes. He then found a broad stone and seated himself cross-legged upon it. Casting aside all distracting thoughts, he began to perceive the laws of the heavenly dao that governed this world.

Only by comprehending and mastering the profound mysteries of the heavenly dao laws could one, when defining the dao, endow all things with their proper attributes and deeper truths, allowing them to harmonize with the great dao of heaven and earth and give rise to a complete and ordered dao realm.

Time slipped by in silence. One day gave way to the next. During this time, a small snow-white creature appeared. It resembled a deer, yet not quite. Its fur was pure as frost, and its movements were light and nimble. Curious, it approached Lin Xun, who sat motionless upon the stone.

Sensing no threat, the little beast remained nearby. By day, it frolicked among the mountains. By night, it nestled beside the stone where Lin Xun sat and slept peacefully. Lin Xun naturally noticed the little fellow, but he paid it no mind, remaining fully immersed in his comprehension of the heavenly dao laws.

Until one evening, the tranquility was abruptly shattered. From the distance, the snow-white little beast came fleeing in panic. One of its legs hung limp and wounded, blood streaming behind it as it staggered forward desperately.

Close behind surged a massive beast resembling a python, but with a pair of azure wings on its back. With every beat of its wings, savage winds roared across the land. However, the giant creature showed no urgency to kill. It simply pursued leisurely, like a cat toying with a mouse.

When they came within a few hundred feet of Lin Xun, the little snow-white beast let out a string of frantic, urgent cries. Then it collapsed to the ground, lying flat as if all strength and hope had drained from its body.

At that very moment, Lin Xun, who had been seated in meditation like a motionless statue, felt a surge of indescribable emotions in his heart. He could hear the meaning carried within those cries. They were not pleas for help. They were warnings, urging him to flee at once.

What moved him even more deeply was that the little fellow, knowing its wounds were fatal and escape was impossible, had chosen to offer its own body to the beast to buy him a brief moment to escape.

Roar!

The ferocious python-like beast plunged down from the sky, its blood-red maw yawning wide to swallow the little creature whole.

“If I allow you to die...how could I ever answer to my own conscience?” Lin Xun’s eyes slowly opened.

At that very moment, the giant beast froze mid-descent, as though bound in place by an unseen force. A terrified wail burst from its throat before its massive body crashed to the ground with a heavy thud, trembling violently.

“Though you have formed an ill-fated karmic bond with me,” Lin Xun said calmly, “you are nonetheless a living being born of this heaven and earth. I shall spare your life. But, from this day forward, generation after generation, your clan shall never surpass the descendants of this little one’s lineage.”

When he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve lightly, indifferent to whether the beast understood his words. In the next instant, the enormous beast was teleported across space and cast into the distant mountains and rivers, vanishing from sight.

At that moment, the little snow-white beast seemed to awaken from a dream. It struggled to its feet, glancing around in confusion before its gaze finally settled upon Lin Xun. A bright joyful cry burst from its throat. Despite its limp, it hobbled forward and circled the stone again and again, trembling with excitement and delight.

“Since you and I have formed a good karmic bond, I cannot treat you poorly.” Lin Xun smiled faintly. With a light flick of his sleeve, the little beast’s injured leg healed at once as though it had never been harmed.

At the same time, he extended his right index finger and pointed lightly through the air at the space between the little creature’s brows. A mysterious power of attribute arose within the snow-white beast’s body, imprinting itself into the very marrow of its bones.

This was the true meaning of bestowing attributes and establishing profound truths, allowing a being to resonate with the laws of the heavenly dao and align with its rhythm. From that moment onward, it was no longer an ordinary creature of the wild. It could now embark on the path of cultivation and walk the road of transformation!

Following that, Lin Xun named it Snow Spirit Deer.

The Snow Spirit Deer blinked, faintly sensing that something within it had changed. Yet it also felt as though nothing had changed at all. In the very next moment, unconcerned with such matters, it simply curled up comfortably beside the stone where Lin Xun sat and drifted into sleep.

From that moment onward, Lin Xun’s spirit sense expanded outward like a vast net, spreading silently through the laws of the heavenly dao that governed this unknown world. Soon, all things within this unknown world, down to the smallest detail, were clearly reflected within his mind.

He spoke softly, “From this day forth, I, Lin Xun, shall define the dao of this world, bestowing upon it its attributes and establishing its profound truths. May all living spirits beneath heaven ascend in resonance with the heavenly dao and open the path to a cultivation civilization that shall flourish for countless generations!”

His voice rang out like a sovereign decree of the heavenly dao. Word by word, it resounded throughout this unknown world, reverberating through the myriad phenomena beneath heaven.

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