Chapter Nineteenth: Black Lotus Covers the Sky, Seizing the Spiritual Treasure

  Li Yi has also been away from Penglai Island for over 2000 years. "I don't know if the green python is still sleeping on Penglai Island now," Li Yi thought to himself with a chuckle, "This guy has become more and more lazy since he followed me."

  Li Yi glanced at the collapsed small mountain, thought for a moment, and made a downward grasping motion with his right hand. "Rumble...", a huge stone monument rose from the ground.

  Her eyes narrowed, her right hand holding a sword waving several times, "Clang, clang......", a black lotus and a row of small characters appeared on the stone tablet.

  "I am Li Yi, known as the Sword Madman. I have achieved the Golden Immortal realm and inscribed the Sword Lotus here, hiding a thread of my sword intent within. It shall remain for those who are destined to find it."

  "Hahaha...", Li Yi burst out laughing, "I didn't expect that today I also became a senior for once, I wonder who will comprehend this sword intent in the future," Li Yi said with some anticipation.

  He didn't know that this stone tablet would soon be submerged in the lake due to the disturbance caused by the fighting monks. After millions of years, a down-on-his-luck scholar obtained this stone tablet and gained insight into the sword's intent from it. The three-foot-long green blade dominated the entire cultivation world, and finally, he ascended to immortality, becoming a legendary tale for generations to come.

  After obtaining the Golden Immortal position, Li Yi wandered around the Desolate Expanse, on one hand searching for defensive pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, and on the other hand wanting to make some Daoist friends, conveniently discussing Daoist principles, enriching his experiences, and absorbing experience to perfect his sword path.

  Li Yi was touring the southern part of Honghuang when a ray of light suddenly rose from a distant volcano, accompanied by an ethereal melody. "A spiritual treasure has emerged, and it's not just any ordinary spiritual treasure," Li Yi thought to himself, not daring to delay. With a burst of speed, two pairs of dark wings appeared behind him, transforming into a flowing light that shot towards the volcano.

  When Li Yi arrived at the volcano, he found that several people had already arrived early. These few people showed a hint of hostility when they saw Li Yi's arrival.

  Li Yi doesn't care either. After all, everyone is a competitor, and it's likely that they will be at each other's throats soon. What's the point of being polite to you now?

  Arriving at a relatively remote place, Li Yi sat down cross-legged and quietly waited for the birth of the spiritual treasure.

  It never occurred to me that several days had passed, and Lingbao still hadn't been born. The commotion caused was getting bigger and bigger, now the halo had already dyed the sky into a colorful one, and the celestial music was constantly being transmitted.

  Such a big commotion, it's hard not to attract attention. In the past few days, over a thousand people have come here, including dozens of Golden Immortals and three Great Golden Immortals.

  The omens grew more frequent, until finally a cloud of fire the size of a thousand miles appeared above the volcano, and the entire surrounding area became increasingly hot.

  Everyone knew that this was definitely a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, and it might even be an extreme-quality pre-heavenly spiritual treasure. As for the pre-heavenly ultimate treasure, they didn't dare to think about it, and the probability was too low. One by one, the cultivators' eyes gleamed with red light as they waited for the spiritual treasure to be born. The three great Luo Golden Immortals exchanged a glance, nodding their heads slightly.

  "I am the elder of the Sacred Fire Dynasty, the revered Blazing Emperor. This spiritual treasure is destined for me, so please step aside," said the Blazing Emperor with fiery red hair as he gazed around at the Golden Immortals, completely ignoring the Mystic Immortals and Heavenly Immortals.

  A Da Luo Golden Immortal who held a Qing Shan Lingbao said, "This spiritual treasure has summoned me from afar, it seems that I also have fate with it. Fellow Daoists, please help to complete it."

  The old man with the great sword on his back swung it once, "Rumble, rumble...", and mountain after mountain collapsed. After sheathing his sword, he gazed at everyone with a cold glint in his eye.

  By now, everyone understood what the three Da Luo Golden Immortals meant. It was nothing more than clearing the field, and the Lingbao people had no chance.

  For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar, and everyone was dissatisfied. All the innate spiritual treasures that could choose their masters had a chance, although they were not as powerful as the Daluo Golden Immortals, but now these few Daluo Golden Immortals have cut off this thread of hope, how can they not be angry? However, they are all intimidated by the power of the Daluo Golden Immortals and dare not speak out.

  Everyone could only curse the few Da Luo Jinxian in their hearts, but still retreated to the outside of the volcanic range as promised. Li Yi also followed the crowd and retreated to one side, with a sharp glint in his eyes.

  "Now is not without opportunity, as long as I can get the Lingbao in my hands, with my current speed, even Da Luo Jinxian can't catch me." Li Yi constantly plotted in his heart.

  "Rumble...", the entire volcano began to shake, magma churned up, tongues of flame extended from the volcanic mouth one after another, and cracks appeared on the mountain body.

  "Boom......", a suit of armor-like red light flew out from the crack, and as soon as it appeared, it wanted to fly away.

  "Boldly dare you, Blazing Venerable", the Mahārāja of the Green Mountain saw the Blazing Venerable rapidly approaching the Spirit Treasure. With a sudden burst of anger, he uttered two words and tossed the Green Mountain, transforming it into a gigantic peak enveloped in green light, which pressed down on the Blazing Venerable.

  The old man carrying a large sword also became urgent, and a sword energy shot towards Lihuo Zun.

  Liezhu Zunzhe was enraged, the Lingbao was almost in hand, this is a rare defensive Lingbao in Hongyuan. Seeing a giant peak and a sword energy attacking, he had no choice but to temporarily abandon the Lingbao and dodge the attack first.

  "Hmm...".

  Rumbling...

  Rumble...

  ……

  Everyone looked up at the three Da Luo Golden Immortals who were fighting for the Lingbao in mid-air. Three dazzling light groups constantly collided, and their figures could not be seen clearly. Various big moves emerged one after another, the clouds in the sky were destroyed, the volcano below was shaken and collapsed continuously, and the scorching hot magma flowed out along the cracks.

  "Die, Lava Devil!", the great Luojin Immortal, who was supporting Qing Shan with his hand, continuously cast seals, swift as a phantom. A faint blue glow rippled across Qing Shan's body, and in an instant, ten million massive mountains materialized in the sky, pressing down on the Lava Deity.

  The scene frightened the onlookers below, causing them to tremble with fear. This was the mighty power of Da Luo Jin Xian. Some cultivators who had thought of opposing him earlier felt a surge of relief in their hearts, thinking it was fortunate they hadn't spoken up, or else they would have been killed without even leaving behind any remains.

  "Hmph, you're underestimating me too much," he said, and the Blazing Venerable transformed into a tens of millions of feet long flame giant snake, opening its mouth to spew out flames that spread all over the ground and surged towards Qing Shan...

  The two of them fought with great ferocity.

  "Not good"

  "Not good"

  Lihuo Zunzhe and Dalu Jinxian, who was holding Qing Shan, called out in unison. Seeing the old man with a sword on his back approaching the Lingbao, they immediately nodded to each other and charged at the old man together.

  The three of them continued to fight non-stop in mid-air, and whenever anyone approached the Spirit Treasure, the other two would join forces to attack. They fought for three days and three nights, each suffering severe injuries and falling into a strange state, with no one able to obtain the Spirit Treasure.

  Dozens of high mountains below had been flattened by the ripples, and deep gullies over 100 meters appeared on the ground. Below that, a huge lake was actually created by the battle ripples.

  "You guys think that after the battle, those two Da Luo Golden Immortals who didn't get the spiritual treasure will take it out on us?" a somewhat dazed-looking Xuan Immortal asked cautiously.

  Everyone was stunned, silent for a while, and most of them turned into a stream of light and flew away. They didn't dare to gamble with such things, after all, it's a matter of life and death.

  Only a small number of people who are not desperate and think they have an ace up their sleeve stay here.

  Li Yi certainly wouldn't leave just like that. He had finally encountered a defensive innate spiritual treasure, and he wasn't about to give it up so easily.

  ……

  The three of them fought for another two days and two nights, all of them were very exhausted, and the attacks were no longer as fierce as before. They stared at each other, now it's not just about the spiritual treasure, if they retreat this time, they will inevitably be said to be inferior in skill. Unconsciously, the three of them relaxed their vigilance against the spiritual treasure a bit.

  Just as the three of them were staring at each other, "poof", a strange vine appeared next to Lingbao and rolled it away in an instant.

  Three Da Luo Golden Immortals were furious, and when they saw the Spiritual Treasure appearing in the hands of a smiling Golden Immortal, they couldn't help but feel that this was unacceptable. They had fought to the death, only to have a Golden Immortal sneak out and take advantage of the situation. If other Da Luo Golden Immortals found out, they would be laughed to death.

  Just as I was about to take action and eliminate this arrogant Golden Immortal, I suddenly discovered that the sky was filled with black lotus flowers everywhere, covering the sky and earth.

  Moreover, these black lotuses were each composed of countless dark and fierce sword auras, causing the three Da Luo Golden Immortals to hastily deploy defensive seals.

  These sword auras of the Black Lotus caused great trouble for the three Da Luo Golden Immortals, and when they finally managed to break free, they discovered that Li Yi had fled with his two wings, at a speed that left them in the dust.

  The three Da Luo Golden Immortals looked at each other in dismay, their faces ashen, and gazed down at the few people who had not yet left.

  "Spare our lives, it has nothing to do with us!" The remaining few people were shocked and frantically ran away while shouting for mercy.

  Unfortunately, they were doomed. The three mighty Da Luo Golden Immortals, with their rage burning to the sky, didn't listen to their explanations and simultaneously launched an attack, turning them into flying ashes.