Chapter 1: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate

  Although the mysterious micro on the side also did not think that this crab still had such a treasure, it could attack the soul with sound waves. This kind of attack was not only fierce but also extremely difficult to defend against, so the mysterious micro was also calculated for a while. However, in the end, the conch shell in the crab king's hand was no match for the mysterious micro's lantern. The mysterious micro suddenly recovered from the dizziness under the shining light, looked at the scissors flying towards him and couldn't help but smile coldly. The white jade lotus platform under his feet shone with cloud light, and the cloudy mist surrounded the green feathers, holding up the crab king's scissors and making them unable to fall.

  At the same time, Xuanwei's hand began to circulate with five-colored light again. The Five Elements' Extinction Light instantly collided with the scissors that were attacking him in mid-air. In an instant, a wisp of emerald flame fell into the scissors from the depths of the dark lantern.

  "Ahhh?????!" After the blue fire fell into the scissors, it ignited the Crab King's remaining soul, causing him to let out a series of anguished cries as his soul was scorched. Fortunately, the Crab King reacted quickly and severed the connection to that part of his soul, preventing further harm. However, having lost a portion of his soul, the Crab King looked pale and resentful as he glared at Qingyu, who was playing with the scissors on the side.

  Xuanwei played with the crab-claw-like scissors in his hand, and Qingyu also came back to his senses, smiled slightly, while Qingyu came back to his senses, but was tightly holding the feather fan in his hand, staring at the Crab King, thinking that he had almost lost his life just now, and couldn't help but shout coldly: "Crab King, today I, Qingyu, will definitely strip your tendons, peel off your skin, and crush your bones to ashes!"

  The Crab King knew that now only a desperate battle had a chance of survival, so he laughed boldly and said: "Come on, let me see your divine powers." With a wave of his hand, he recalled another pair of scissors and took the initiative to attack. On the one hand, the conch shell on his head emitted a series of mournful sounds that affected Xuanwei's side. On the other hand, he took out an ice crystal mirror and shone it at Qingyu, apparently planning to use Qingyu to deal with Xuanwei.

  Qing Yu's eyes suddenly shot out two cold glows, but were blocked by Xuan Wei. Qing Yu looked at the Qing Que clan behind him and nodded in a sigh towards Xuan Wei. Then, Xuan Wei had a hint of a cold smile on his lips, ignoring the Crab King's attack, as he started to chant an incantation, summoning a series of Samadhi divine winds. Within the divine winds were flashes of cold glows and knife lights that broke through the air. The divine wind and knife light collided with Xuan Wei's sound waves, but surprisingly, the divine wind and knife light had the upper hand.

  "What?" The Crab King was shocked to see several more blades of light flying towards him, and he didn't know that his cultivation was far inferior to Xu Wei's. He hastily activated his magic power, pointing one hand at the conch shell, and saw a stream of water vapor hanging down from it, easily blocking the incoming blades of light.

  "Hmph! Hehehe~~" As the soft laughter of the Azure Sparrow clan echoed, it instantly made the Crab King's face turn red with rage, his eyes bulging, and his mind clouded. Enraged, he roared: "Fine, fine, you short-tailed birds dare to mock me?! Hmph! Behold the Law Treasure!" As he spoke, the Crab King pulled out a blood-stained yellowish-brown cloth banner from his bosom, his face showing a hint of hesitation. He then glared at the Azure Sparrow clan with a fierce gaze, revealing a ruthless intent. With a sudden movement, he bit off the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood mixed with tongue fragments onto the banner. A surge of bloody light and dark yellow light erupted from it.

  The Crab King's mouth was full of fresh blood, and he gave a cruel smile. "Let you see the power of my treasure." He poured his magic into the long banner, shaking it violently, and a red cloud filled with vengeful spirits enveloped Xu Wei.

  The Xuanwei Daoist's feet were on a lotus platform, shining with great light, surrounded by auspicious clouds. His eyes stared tightly at the long flag in Crab King's hand, full of surprise, "It's actually a magical treasure, how did this crab have a magical treasure?????"

  At this moment, a strong wind suddenly rose, and the bloody aura flowed rapidly. With another mouthful of blood from the Crab King sprayed onto the long banner, he let out a mournful and loud roar: "All of you go to hell!"

  "What is this!!" Qing Yu bellowed, his face filled with incredulity. At this time, the demonic path had not yet been fully revealed, so such a vicious and evil spirit treasure was also extremely shocking to Qing Yu. A green light enveloped his entire body, protecting the surrounding Qing Que clan from being tainted by the bloody aura.

  "Ahhh..." The terrifying thing was that although the Qing Que clan was protected, the scale-armored cultivators who had surrounded them were reduced to a pile of white bones in the blink of an eye. The spiritual energy, blood, and flesh of the scale-armored cultivators were all sucked away by those Blood Fiend wolves, leaving only the faintly glowing area around Qing Que untouched. Meanwhile, the increasingly dense Blood Fiend aura caused the green light waves around Qing Que to fluctuate even more violently.

  Qing Yu's entire body shone with a bright blue light, his magical powers at their peak. A shadowy image of a blue sparrow appeared above his head, its wings spread wide as it released a stream of divine wind that dispersed the bloody aura surrounding Qing Yu, while steadily resisting and counterbalancing the blood aura's power.

  Xuanwei saw the situation and once again took out the Yuanying green lantern from his hand, steadily placing it on Qingyu's head. The emerald flames protected her, not allowing the bloody mist to approach even a little bit. Then, looking at Crab King with furrowed brows, he said: "How did you come to possess the magic path treasure? Speak up, and I'll give you a quick death." Xuanwei's words were like the cold ice of the nine underworlds, piercing to the bone.

  The Crab King was now possessed by the evil energy, his mind clouded with malevolent intent. He cackled maniacally as he waved the Blood Slaughter Banner in his hand: "Hahahaha, stinky Taoist, you think you can escape from my Blood Slaughter Banner? Ahahahaha!!!" As the Crab King shook the banner again, a swirling mist of blood and darkness coalesced into bloody flames that shot towards Xuanwei.

  Xuanwei sneered coldly and took out a pre-heavenly purple jade ruyi, which was one of the best spoils of war he had obtained in the Eastern Sea. This ruyi was originally a golden immortal's treasure, the Xuanyang Golden Rooster, with a handle made of gold and jade, and cloud patterns that seemed to appear and disappear. It was said that the golden immortal had used pre-heavenly pure yang purple jade as the base, collecting the essence of thousands of years of eastern purple qi to create it. Later, in Xuanwei's hands, the Xuanyang Golden Rooster's inner dan energy was transformed into three large day pure yang treasure pearls, which were inlaid on top of the ruyi. From then on, this treasure became even more noble and majestic, causing all evil spirits to retreat, and it specialized in subduing demonic evils. When Xuanwei wasn't suitable to take out the Tianhua Miaozhui Flag, Wuwen Tienshu, and other objects in front of the Qingque clan, this treasure became the best spiritual treasure for confronting enemies.

  As the Xuanwei appeared, a auspicious aura filled the air, and countless purple lights descended, resembling lanterns, enveloping the Crab King. Threads of purple energy extinguished numerous blood-colored flames, evaporating into waves of white smoke. The purple energy was incinerated, and the demonic flames were consumed. Only the Crab King and Xuanwei remained, with a stray demonic flame colliding with a surge of Taiyi's purple energy. In the end, it was as if something had absorbed everything, leaving only rising waves of mist, without any signs of disturbance. Moreover, there were still many surges of Taiyi's purple energy sweeping back and forth in front of Xuanwei Qingyu and others, clearing a three-zhang radius around them of any evil aura.

  Upon seeing this scene, the Crab King became increasingly anxious, letting out a rapid and ear-piercing screech. After hesitating for a moment, he steeled himself and spat out another mouthful of his lifeblood essence, mixed with his primordial energy, into the Long Fan. As the Long Fan transformed into a flowing light and shot towards Xuanyuan, it was actually setting up a Water Escape to leave.

  Xuanwei simply gazed at him coldly, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a strange smile, making Crab King, who was staring intently at Xuanwei, feel an inexplicable unease in his heart, though he couldn't quite put his finger on where the unease came from.

  At the time when Crab King was hesitantly watching and preparing to leave, he saw Xuanwei's hand transform into a grinding disc of the same size as the magic flame in the air, entwining a long banner. With a crack, the pole of the banner broke open, and the surface of the banner also burst open with a hole. Along with a "wow" sound, Crab King, who was affected by the backlash, also spewed out a large amount of fresh blood. At the same time, the Water Escape Cloud Light that he had just set up also suddenly dispersed, and his true form fell from the clouds, stirring up waves of smoke and dust.

  The giant crab's body swayed back and forth, unable to stand still, looking limp and spiritless. The Long Fan and the Crab King's magic treasures were also retrieved by Xu Mi's sleeve, and a cloud-patterned talisman was stuck to the Crab King's forehead, suppressing his spiritual energy.

  Qing Yu saw the Crab King and had no power to resist, his face revealed a ferocious expression as he said: "Today is the day you go apologize to the spirits of my Qing Que clan!" As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Yu waved the feather fan in his hand, blowing the Crab King's physical body into nothingness, his primordial spirit and true soul also dispersing amidst this.

  Qing Yu then stepped forward and bowed to Xuan Wei, saying: "Thank you for your help this time, Brother Xuan Wei." After speaking, he bowed again.

  Xuan Wei also gently helped him up and said, "I've told you before not to interfere too much in this matter, but you... Alas! This meaning is naturally clear to both parties, it's just hard to say out loud."

  Qing Yu was also silent for a moment, forcing a smile to ask: "I don't know, what's the matter with Brother Xuan Wei this time? If Qing Yu can help, he will naturally do his best to assist."

  Xuan Wei lightly smiled and said: "I didn't have any major matters to ask for your help, I was originally here cultivating and nourishing my life, who knew you would barge in, it seems like we are also entangled by karma, I too can't avoid being swept up in the great calamity, rolling with it, cutting off the calamitous energy and evil energy, allowing me to recover my clear and pure crystal body."

  "In that case, Brother Dao is no match for me! " Qing Yu said with a warm smile, then paused and continued: "I also happen to want to have a good chat with Brother Dao..."

  "Haha, Qingyu, you...?" Xuanwei first smiled at Qingyu, then suddenly changed his expression and seriously said to him: "I understand your thoughts. In the great calamity of heaven and earth, everyone is fighting for a thread of life, regardless of right or wrong, it's just about taking lives. If you don't kill others, others will kill you. It's not that heaven and earth are cruel, but rather heaven and earth are impartial to all. With your way of thinking, how can you survive this great calamity? Alright, alright, I'll give you this thing... As for later..."

  Xuanwei took out a brocade pouch and handed it to Qingyu, then paused for a long time before speaking: "I hope we can meet again someday."

  Having spoken, Xuanwei transformed into light and departed.

  Ps: As for the cultivation problem, I personally think that the early stages of cultivation in Hongyuan should be relatively vague. From Tianxian to Daluo cultivation, the gap in combat power between cultivators of the same level should still be quite large. Even if both parties are Tianxian or Jinxian, the difference in combat power is like heaven and earth. A powerful Jinxian can easily defeat several ordinary Jinxians. The protagonist Xuanwei is currently at the top of the Jinxian cultivation, not someone that Crab King and Qingyu can match. As for those who can achieve Daluo-level cultivation, there are only a few simple ones, unless there's a difference in magic treasures, otherwise it's hard to directly overwhelm each other with cultivation. It's unlikely for someone like Xuanwei to simply defeat same-level cultivators without using the First Heaven Spirit Treasure. As for the battles between quasi-saints later on, they are already close to saint-level battles, and tend to be more about gaining face rather than life or death.