Chapter 45: Fearless
"The Yin Evil Luo Demon God's Earth Splitting Curse" Suddenly, a smooth and slippery voice echoed in the void: "Little cow noses, don't you dare to subdue this lustful stick, he will trigger the toxic flames of the earth's core within a hundred miles, and this entire mountain forest will collapse into the sky! Oh yeah, your ancestors just used my little Susmi divine power, remotely pulled him with a wish, but his true yuan was consumed in vain, no time to subdue him! Hehe, little cow noses, hurry up, otherwise this mountain gate will be blasted into the sky, hehe, how should we punish you?"
A Taoist priest was shocked, suddenly lifted his head and shouted: "Master uncle, since you know this is the Yin evil Luo demon god crack earth curse, why don't you hurry up and take action? Has your true yuan been depleted? Who are you fooling?"
"Go ahead and try to bite me, you dare? Your master and mistress are also by my side in seclusion, do you have the guts to come at me?!" Xuan Luo Dao Ren suddenly burst out scolding: "I'm not willing to take action, how about it? You dare to come at your own Daoist master?! Hmph! I won't take action! How about it? One strike of the mallet has already been used, my reputation for being wise and powerful in this life has been ruined, do you want me to use a second strike of the mallet and ruin my reputation for the next life as well?! No way, no way, absolutely not!"
Xuan Luo Dao Ren coldly laughed and said: "I'd rather the mountain gate collapse on my head, but I can only lose face once, not twice!" He hummed and said: "Don't be fooled by me, you young ones. I'm currently working with your Shifu and Shiniang to cross the Tianmo Tribulation. If we succeed, we'll break through the Yuanshen stage and enter the Dahuan You's void realm. I really can't take action now! You deal with it!"
A group of Daoist practitioners, including the elder Yuan Zong, were shocked at first, but then turned ecstatic! The Heavenly Demon Tribulation - they knew exactly what it was. Refining essence to transform into energy, refining energy to transform into spirit, refining spirit to return to emptiness, and refining emptiness to merge with the Dao: these are the four major stages that a cultivator goes through before ascending to the heavens. The cultivation of the Golden Elixir and the Primordial Infant only belong to the realm of refining essence to transform into energy; it's only when one has cultivated their Primordial Spirit that they reach the stage of refining energy to transform into spirit. When the Primordial Spirit is in harmony with the Heavenly Dao, reaching a state of unity between heaven and humanity - this is the realm of refining spirit to return to emptiness. The Primordial Spirit can eventually split into thousands or millions, existing in a state of ambiguity, where even the physical body transforms into an existence that is indistinguishable from the Primordial Spirit, with every movement capable of triggering the activation of heavenly rules and launching attacks - this is the realm of refining emptiness to merge with the Dao. Only then can one prepare for ascension to an even higher plane.
In the process of refining the spirit and reversing the void, the original spirit begins to gradually merge with the Tao of Heaven and Earth. The original spirit emits a powerful energy wave, which can attract the heavenly demons from unknown places in the sky, transforming into countless strange phenomena, triggering the heart demon's dark fire to attack the cultivator. This is the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. Once the Heavenly Demon Tribulation is passed, the original spirit will be in subtle contact with the Tao of Heaven and Earth, and the original spirit will suddenly possess infinite changes in spiritual powers. This can be considered as formally reaching the realm of refining the spirit and reversing the void. The masters of the Void Realm are now seemingly extinct in the current cultivation world.
But now, Yuan Zong has three senior elders who are crossing the Tianmo Tribulation at the same time! Moreover, when they were crossing the tribulation, one of them could even spare a thought to use the Xiaoyu Mustard Seed Technique to remotely injure a peak-stage Yuan Shen expert! It can be seen that they are about to cross the Tianmo Tribulation, and their yuan shen has already initially reached the realm of unity with heaven. How could this not make Yi Hang Dao Ren and his group feel surprised?
Compared with three masters of the void realm. What's the destruction of the mountain gate within a hundred miles? It doesn't count as a big deal!
One-line Taoist looked up at the sky and laughed three times. He felt a surge of energy throughout his body, took seven big steps forward, and approached Miao Xianren within three feet. One-line Taoist let out a low hum, and a purple light flashed on his hand as he cast a spell. With a gentle wave of his right hand, he was about to stick the spell on Miao Xianren's forehead. Miao Xianren, who was reciting an incantation to cast magic, smiled eerily, with two green lights flashing in his eyes. Suddenly, within a ten-meter radius around him, a dazzling display of light and shadow appeared, as if countless mountains were flashing by around him. A massive pressure came from all directions, pressing down on One-line Taoist. Miao Xianren had cast the Small Wu Xiang Tian Mo Forbidden Spell, drawing in the earth's energy within a hundred miles and transforming it into a vicious and poisonous attack.
A Daoist's hand firmly stuck to the forehead of a Miao Xian person. A Daoist let out a clear shout. A white jade bracelet flew out from his sleeve, shining with soft light. The jade bracelet condensed like water droplets and broke apart in mid-air with a loud splash, transforming into a blue misty wave that enveloped Yihang and Yixin inside. Layer upon layer of waves flashed with piercing blue light, as the invisible force of Wuxing's gravity crashed against the water shield. The sound of waves crashing grew louder within the shield, only to see the blue misty waves continuously shrinking inward, causing Yixin's body to violently tremble.
"Hmph! You're just a novice fairy who doesn't know the height of heaven and the thickness of earth!" The Miao Xian Ren sneered, "Is this how you treat someone like me?"
A loud shout came from his mouth, and the speed of Miao Xianren's chanting increased several times in an instant. A flash of light flickered around him, and two female demon gods appeared beside him. They were slender and beautiful, with three sharp horns on their heads, and they were completely naked. These two demon gods were condensed from the souls of countless female cultivators who had died at Miao Xianren's hands using evil magic, and also contained a fragment of the soul and some essence blood of an ancient sealed demon god that Miao Xianren had unintentionally obtained. Each of them was equivalent to a top-notch expert in the middle stage of Yuan Shen! As soon as the two female demons appeared, they swung their sharp claws and fiercely scratched at the blue water curtain.
The heavenly demon seal of the Mysterious Immortal and the attack of the two demon gods simultaneously bombarded the water shield. One Heart let out a light hum, and two streams of blood spurted out from his nostrils. His body violently trembled once, and the water shield suddenly collapsed. Just as the sky was about to condense into the Jade Ring's true form, the Jade Ring emitted a clear and crisp whistling sound and exploded into countless fragments in mid-air.
The Miao Xian Ren's body shook, and he transformed into a pinkish-red light that escaped from the dozens of Suo Mo indexes. He stretched out his large hand and grabbed towards Yi Xin. With a strange and sinister laugh, he said: "Could this Immortal be so easily dealt with? Kee kee, Old Ghost Xuan Luo, you indeed are going through the Tian Mo Tribulation. If your previous strike had been any stronger, this Immortal would have certainly perished today. Heh heh!"
With a cold smile, a dazzling golden light suddenly flew out of her sleeve. The golden light was accompanied by countless fine black threads, and the Miao Xian person's hand had already grasped her waist when he suddenly saw the golden light. He hastily withdrew his arm and shouted in surprise: "How can you have the Dispersing Golden Needle on your body? You're dead!"
A line of silence, only gesturing with a few meters long and short golden light swirling around the body, countless black awns fell like rain in the golden light. The two female demon gods were forced to retreat repeatedly. Every black awn that passed through the demon god's body brought up a fine blood glow, and the two female demon gods screamed in pain, their bodies gradually becoming blurred and unclear, obviously suffering from severe injuries. Although these two demon gods were extremely powerful, they had not used their combined strength with the treasure. Relying on their bodies condensed from soul and spirit, how could they withstand this scattered golden needle that specifically restrained various energy bodies?
Beholding his painstakingly refined Demon God encountering its nemesis, the Enchanting Immortal was enraged to the point of wailing. He sneered, "How delightful! Today, this immortal shall unleash a massacre, letting you juniors from the Origin Sect understand what it means for the peak of the Origin Divinity stage to be merely a step away from the Realm of Void! Behold, this is the true power of the Void Realm!"
The power of virtual reality!
Lin Xiao was shocked. His instincts made him grab the jade pendant hanging from his shoulder and he turned to flee. He was just a small bird who had just condensed into a golden elixir, and even his attacking skills were limited to only one move - Jiang Zixin's Thunderbolt Technique. A cultivator who had formed a Nascent Soul was already an extremely powerful expert that he couldn't compare to. Not to mention the power of the Void Realm, which far surpassed the Nascent Soul stage?
The biggest difference between a Void Realm expert and a Yuan Shen Realm expert is that the latter needs to recite incantations and press seals to borrow the power of heaven and earth. In contrast, a Void Realm expert always maintains a state of unity with heaven and earth, as if they have a rich treasure trove within their body that can unleash boundless heavenly powers at any time. Even someone like Miao Xian Ren, who has just touched the threshold of the Void Realm, can mobilize heavenly powers that ordinary people can hardly imagine!
With a flip of his right palm, a small mountain about a hundred feet tall suddenly broke off at the roots and flew high into the sky. Like a ball of cotton soaked in oil, the small mountain suddenly burst into flames with a loud roar. The pale blue flame turned the entire mountain into a glowing red translucent lava within an instant, with large chunks of magma falling from the sky. The Miao Xian Ren let out a maniacal laugh. The massive mountain head then hurtled towards the Yuan Zong disciples on the ground with a raging fire and scorching heat.
On the other side, more than 200 Yuanshu disciples who were setting up a massive Heaven and Earth Net formation stared blankly at this side as that huge boulder of lava fell from above. Dozens of Yuanshu disciples with lower cultivation let out a miserable scream, having already been burned to ashes by the terrifying heat wave. The remaining hundred or so Yuanshu disciples could only muster up a mouthful of True Essence to barely hold on, desperately resisting the external heat wave that was becoming increasingly frightening. However, that burning small mountain was getting closer and closer, and once it fell, they would undoubtedly be dead.
"You're going too far, Miao Bai!" The voice of Xuan Luo Lao Dao rose again, this time with a few more serious and angry tones, no longer having the oily and slippery tone from before. Suddenly, a small black hole burst open in front of the Yu Zong disciples, and a pale white hand like jade emerged from it, lightly slapping out a palm that struck the rapidly falling mountain head. Boom! A formless dark energy surged forth, and with such an enormous momentum, the entire mountain peak was annihilated in mid-air, disappearing without leaving any trace behind.
"You may enjoy your moment of triumph, Miao Bai Lian! After a short while, my poor daoist brothers and I will join forces to hunt you down! Hehehe, let's see how you'll fare then!" Xuan Luo Dao Ren chuckled lightly: "The Heaven-Devouring Demon has already been trapped by the 18 of us from the Xuan generation using the Golden Light Inferno Array. After a short while, it will definitely be refined. Hmm, three people hunting you down seems to be underestimating you, Miao Bai Lian. I think having all 18 of my daoist brothers and me join forces to hunt you down would be more fitting for your reputation!"
Just as he was getting complacent, thousands of silver sword lights suddenly burst out again, forcing the Taoist cultivators to desperately defend themselves. The Miao Xian's face changed, and his body violently trembled.
After a stick of incense, three top-notch masters who have refined the Heavenly Devil and formally entered the virtual realm will join forces to kill him? And yet, there are still fifteen elders from the Yuanzong Xuanzi generation, even the weakest of whom has reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul period, who want to join forces? This is also too much honor for the Miao Xianren!
The demon let out a loud cry and gave up the idea of killing one or two Yuan Zong elders, setting up a silver light to prepare for escape.
Far, far away, hiding more than three miles outside to watch the commotion, Lin Xiao shook his head and sighed: "Elder Xuan Luo said this, isn't he scaring him away?" However, Lin Xiao shook his head again and praised: "This is also a principle. The cultivation of this Miao Xian person is astonishingly strong. If he continues like this, within the time it takes to burn an incense stick, one of the elder generation will definitely be injured, which would not be good."
At the later stage of cultivation, any gap in realm was vastly different. With Miao Xianren's Yuanshen peak approaching the virtual realm, he could easily suppress the elders of the Yuanzong sect, and even had a chance to kill several of them. However, Xuan Luo Lao Dao did not want his junior disciples to suffer losses. He activated the Xiaosumiyin divine ability again, and with a clean and swift palm, completely annihilated the mountain peak, slightly revealing the true power of a virtual realm expert, just to scare away Miao Xianren.
As long as the Xuan Luo Dao people refined the Tian Mo, with the strength of three virtual realm masters, even if the Miao Xian Ren escaped a little earlier, how could they escape their pursuit? Moreover, all the stars near Qi Yuan Xing are the territory of the Yuan Zong, and the disciples of the Yuan Zong will rise up to attack. Even if it is a high-ranking master in the virtual realm, he will be blown into fragments. The Miao Xian Ren can at most kill a batch of low-ranking disciples of the Yuan Zong, but how can they escape the pursuit of the endless stream of Yuan Zong cultivators?
As long as the core strength of the sect is not damaged, some low-ranking disciples of the Golden Elixir and even the Yuan Ying period will be killed or injured. The elder of the Xuanzi generation won't mind too much!
This is Xuanzong's true strength! His power is too strong!
Lin Xiao had grasped the key point and couldn't help but nod his head slightly, then shook it again.
On his shoulder, a lump of cyan moss gently twisted. Yao Jing's small head poked out from the moss, and she curiously looked at Lin Xiao, asking in a low voice: "Lin big brother, do you want to capture that person? Don't you have very potent Dan poison? Why not use it against him?"
Lin Xiao casually pulled out a pale blue jade bottle from his cuff, tossed it in his hand and smiled bitterly: "This is the Mi Xian San stolen by Medicine Daughter from the secret library of Hui Chun Valley. It's one of the few remaining Dan poison left behind by Da Luo Tan Dao. Even a high-ranking Void Realm expert would fall prey to its power if they're not careful."
Lin Xiao's face turned bitter, he pointed to the thousands of silver sword lights that forced a group of Taoists to retreat. The sharp sword energy had shattered the ground, and the Miao Xian Ren shook his head and said: "Look at that Miao Yao person, his cultivation is so profound. I'm afraid I won't even be able to get close to him before being cut into pieces, but where can I use this Dan poison to knock him out?"
"Cut into pieces again?" Yao Jing blinked blankly, muttering in a low voice: "What's the big deal about being cut into pieces? I'm used to it anyway. In the past when I went to steal medicine and eat it, every three or five months I would be cut into pieces." Her monologue was not heard by Lin Xiao, who only gazed at the direction of the fight between Miao Xianren and the others, his fingers lightly plucking, preparing to toss the Miao Xian San back into his wristband.
Yao Jing suddenly took on a human form, snatching the Mysterious Immortal Powder from Lin Xiao's hand. She burst out laughing and rushed towards the battlefield with large strides. As a demon creature, although she was the weakest of the plant spirits, even among the lowest quality moss spirits, she was still a demon creature after all. Demon creatures possessed physical abilities far surpassing those of ordinary cultivators. Before Lin Xiao could react, Yao Jing had already snatched the medicine bottle from his hand. By the time he came to his senses and reached out to grab her, his fingers only brushed against her scattered dark green hair. With a few swift leaps, she was already far away.
"Yaojing! What are you doing?" Lin Xiao was anxious and flustered. In his panic, he forgot to use the Divine Movement Technique and simply followed Yaojing as she sprinted forward with a speed similar to that of a rabbit, covering over two miles in just a few strides. How could Lin Xiao possibly keep up?
The Miao Xian Ren has flown up to a height of over ten zhang. He proudly laughed at the line of Daoist priests who were panting and said: "You are nothing but this. Heh heh, Xuán Luó old turtle, listen well, today I have come just to give you a warning shot, your Yuán Zōng will eventually be like that Dà Luó Dān Dào, the entire family will be turned into dust!"
The Miao Xian Ren burst into a loud and arrogant laughter: "However, your Yuan Zong doesn't have the good fortune of Da Luo Dan Dao. You will all scatter like spirits! You will all scatter like spirits! Hahaha!"
Qing let out a loud shout, just as Miao Xian Ren was about to lead the person who had suppressed over a dozen Yuan Zong elders to escape from Qi Yuan Star. Suddenly, a black shadow rapidly approached, lightly leaping up to a height of over ten zhang, and pounced straight at Miao Xian Ren.
The reaction of the Miao Xian Ren was incredibly fast, he coldly shouted and pointed with his hand. The thousands of silver lights that had split out from his body rapidly shot towards the black shadow to kill it.
"Yaojing! Come back here! Are you crazy?!" Lin Xiao shouted from afar.
In the midst of a loud explosion, Yao Jing's body was torn into shreds by thousands of silver lights. Pieces of flesh splattered everywhere, pale blue blood mixed with faint medicinal fragrance flying all over the sky.
"Ah, it's that little demon!" One of the group's lips trembled slightly as she casually pulled out a thumb-sized black and gold pellet from her sleeve. She silently chanted an incantation, infusing the pellet with true energy, and then threw it at Miao Xianren. As soon as the pellet left her hand, it transformed into a fist-sized ball of black and gold lightning that shot towards Miao Xianren's body in silence, yet at incredible speed.
This bullet is a treasure obtained by chance in an ancient ruin, called Xuanling Yiqi Zhenlei Zi. It was refined by the ancient great god Tongsheng using the essence of thunder and countless precious materials to create a demon-subduing treasure. He only got one and has been carrying it with him as his last resort for over a hundred years, never willing to use it. But today, seeing Yaojing being cut into pieces by the sword light of Miao Xianren, he couldn't help but feel an invisible flame of anger in his heart, and casually used this trump card.
Yao Jing's body was scattered all over the sky, but her small right hand was firmly grasping a green jade bottle and rushed towards Miao Xianren's face.
The fairy-like person smiled coldly and with a very elegant gesture, pointed his finger at the small palm. In his eyes, such a crippled limb wasn't even worth wasting a bit of true yuan on.
Yao Jing's right hand was less than three feet away from Miao Xianren's face, and Miao Xianren's fingers were still a foot two inches away from Yao Jing's small hand. Yao Jing's small hand suddenly squeezed hard, and the Qingyu bottle was crushed into powder. A refreshing and elegant fragrance suddenly sprayed out of the jade bottle, and some extremely fine liquid droplets splashed onto Miao Xianren's face along with Yao Jing's small hand.
Miao Xianren was stunned, and he only felt a faint fragrance rushing straight to his brow. His body suddenly softened. In front of him, the sky and earth were spinning around, his pupils slowly shrinking, shrinking. His consciousness was like seaweed on the beach being scorched by the sun, slowly contracting back into the sea of consciousness. He went black in the eyes, and with a loud thud, he fell head-first from the sword light, landing face down on the ground.
A single shot of the Earth Spirit's true thunderbolt flew over, lightly sticking to the abdomen of the Miao Xian Ren. A crisp and pleasant ringing sound, a burst of colorful light flashed on the abdomen of the Miao Xian Ren, the lower body of the Miao Xian Ren was blown into powder, his powerful and unparalleled evil cultivation was stimulated by the Nine Heavens Light Spirit's energy contained in the true thunderbolt, instantly turning into flowing water.
Yaojing's small hand flew out more than ten feet away, and after wriggling on the ground for a moment, it suddenly turned back into a small clump of green moss. The moss wriggled around on the ground a few times, and Yaojing began to wail: "Waaah, I've shrunk again! I've been chopped up into pieces again! Waaah, I want to take lots and lots of medicine! I want to grow big, grow big!"
The ground was littered with the shattered remains of Yao Jing's body, those pieces of flesh that were almost indistinguishable from a human's except for their slightly different color, were so shocking to behold.
Lin Xiao, Yi Hang, and Yi Xin stared blankly at Yao Jing, who was writhing and wailing on the ground, exchanging bewildered glances with each other.
"This little demon, what a big nerve." A Taoist priest sneered with a smile.
"This little demon, what a big temper!" Lin Xiao stomped his foot in slight annoyance.
"This little demon, so pleasing to the eye!" Yixin's eyes narrowed and she hastily called out: "Quickly, take her to Yao Mountain, let her eat as much spiritual medicine as she wants! Hurry up and let her recover her original form."
Yi Wudao's face immediately scrunched up, and he muttered in a low voice: "Alright, you're generous, with one heart protecting it, this little demon will definitely be unstoppable in the future. Ah, those medicinal herbs on Medicine Mountain, those few blocks of extremely rare medicine fields must be quickly protected with powerful seals."
Lin Xiao picked up the Yao Jing that had fallen to the ground and had become the size of a fist, and patted her head helplessly.
Yao Lian burst out laughing and happily bounced up and down in Lin Xiao's palm.
On the ground, Yao Jing's body, which had been split in two, emitted a thread of green gas from its internal organs. The spiritual energy inside these organs dissipated quickly, causing them to wither and shrink into black ash.
