Chapter 241: Chapter 22 One Sword (Monthly Ticket Bonus Update)
Outside Panyin Mountain, at the entrance to the secret realm.
Xu Youxin had expended a great deal of his Nascent Soul and source spiritual power to break through the secret realm’s restrictive spatial barrier.
“S-sorry…” Xu Youxin said. “I’ve lost a lot of my source spiritual power. I won’t be able to participate in the upcoming battle, or I’ll just be a burden.”
Su Wan nodded. “You’ve worked hard, Junior Brother Xu. Go absorb spiritual energy to recover your Nascent Soul. The rest will be up to me and the other two Junior Brothers!”
Aside from Qi Canghai, Su Wan was the most senior among the Great Elders within the White Emperor Sword Sect, making her a senior sister.
“Alright!” Xu Youxin retreated to a safe location, set up a simple magic formation, and entered meditation.
“Then we’re going in!”
Yue Wanqian entered the entrance.
Su Wan and Tang Yi, eager to protect their disciples, followed suit.
However, Su Wan was different from the other two. She was terrified.
If something were to happen to Lu Yue, even destroying the White Emperor Sword Sect would not be enough to atone for it!
Upon entering the secret realm, the Great Elders were stunned. They immediately sensed the extraordinary nature of this place. They realized that the only way to break the formation was to reach its array core—the Soul Refining Sect at the summit of Panyin Mountain. Otherwise, there was no other recourse.
Just as the three Great Elders were about to discuss their next steps, they sensed a majestic lightning power emanating from Panyin Mountain.
This was no longer the power of Qixia Isle; it was the law of lightning, raging violently at the base of the mountain.
The Great Elders’ faces turned ashen. They realized the severity of the situation far exceeded their expectations and understood immediately—
An Exotic Beast!
“Quickly, use the Spiritwood Token to contact the Inner Disciples!” Tang Yi roared.
The other two Great Elders snapped out of their daze and immediately produced their Spiritwood Tokens, attempting to contact specific targets.
Among them, only Tang Yi succeeded in communicating with a disciple from Azure Peak.
“This is a Great Elder’s contact!” The voice on the other end of the Spiritwood Token belonged to Li Yiyi. “Could it be Master?!”
“Yiyi, is that you, Yiyi?!” Tang Yi asked urgently.
Su Wan and Yue Wanqian, unable to contact their True Disciples, grew anxious and moved closer, also seeking to confirm the current situation.
“It’s me, Master! Master, please come save us!” Li Yiyi cried.
“What is it, Yiyi? Calm down, don’t rush. I’m here, tell me slowly!” Tang Yi forced himself to remain calm.
“The Soul Refining Sect has opened the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm and is preparing to summon a Thunder Beast to annihilate everyone in our White Emperor Sword Sect!”
Tang Yi’s jaw dropped.
Su Wan and Yue Wanqian also wore expressions of disbelief.
“Don’t talk nonsense!!” Yue Wanqian leaned in and roared. “With the Soul Refining Sect’s strength, how could they possibly open the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm?!”
As Great Elders, they knew what the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm entailed. If it were truly opened, it would bring endless disaster.
“It’s true, it’s true… *sob sob sob*… The Thunder Beast is about to descend. Senior Brother Zhou tried to stop it, but he was gravely injured…”
“And Senior Sister Zhong and Junior Brother Ye, they’ve both been captured by the Exotic Beast and taken into the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm…”
“It’s over, everything is over…”
The crying from the other end of the Spiritwood Token became intermittent, and finally, due to spiritual transmission issues within the secret realm, the connection was broken.
A deathly silence enveloped the three Great Elders.
“Damn it!!!”
Upon hearing the news, Tang Yi couldn’t help but erupt, smashing a cluster of trees with a single palm strike.
Ye Changsheng was indifferent, but Zhong Yanhan being dragged into the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm meant she had no chance of survival.
Azure Peak’s hard-won peerless Immortal Seedling was lost just like that.
No.
The situation was far more dire than that now.
“Senior Sister, Senior Sister Su, quickly think of a solution!” Tang Yi grabbed Su Wan’s shoulder. “You were always the most resourceful! Come up with a plan quickly!”
“…” Su Wan’s expression was also tinged with despair.
“Senior Sister Su!”
“Stop shouting, Tang Yi, it’s all over!”
Su Wan seemed to have lost her soul.
“Our White Emperor Sword Sect is finished today. Even if the Sect Master were here, it would be useless.”
“That’s an Exotic Beast, the legendary Thunder Beast! Never mind the Sect Master, even if you gathered all the major sects and powers in the world, what good would it do!”
Yue Wanqian clutched his hair and squatted on the ground.
“Aside from Immortal Venerable Thousand Snow, who else can fight it? An Exotic Beast, and a Thunder Beast at that, it’s not just powerful, it’s invincible!”
Tang Yi naturally understood this. Immortal Venerable Thousand Snow had been in seclusion for nearly a hundred years and wouldn’t appear in a place like this.
He trembled all over, gazing at the summit of Panyin Mountain, his eyes gradually losing their luster.
It was as if he were waiting for the countdown to death. Now, anything he did would be futile.
“Heaven intends to destroy my White Emperor Sword Sect!”
…
Ye Changsheng had never killed an Exotic Beast before.
During that period, at his Master’s request, while he was in the Boundless Heaven and Earth Realm, he had only engaged in hit-and-run tactics with Exotic Beasts, prioritizing survival.
But the situation was different now. If he didn’t kill this Exotic Beast, the Little Fox would die here.
Although the Little Fox was merely a shield for him to obtain the Heavenly Extreme Sword Heart, still…
Ye Changsheng truly wanted to kill this Thunder Beast now.
This was an extremely, extremely, extremely risky gamble.
Because there was a chance of failure, which he particularly disliked. If he went all out, the probability of failure would probably be…
About five percent.
The Thunder Beast sensed Ye Changsheng’s killing intent and fell into a panic, beginning its struggle, using the laws of lightning to rage and wreak havoc.
It launched a relentless assault on Ye Changsheng from all angles.
“Twilight Snow Sword!”
Ye Changsheng called out.
The Twilight Snow Sword, which was on the Little Fox, sensed the unyielding command of its creator and flew out of the Small Qiankun Bag, landing in Ye Changsheng’s hand.
Wind and snow howled, blocking the lightning power.
Although it couldn’t match the Thunder Beast’s lightning, it did its best to protect Ye Changsheng.
Ye Changsheng, however, paid no mind to it. He hadn’t summoned the Twilight Snow Sword for defense, only to unleash a sword skill.
He needed a vessel capable of withstanding the strongest sword skill in his lifetime’s study.
His Void Spirit Root released all the spiritual power from his Spiritual Sea, which boiled and flowed into the Twilight Snow Sword.
Layer upon layer of seals were completely unleashed. The aura on the young man’s body now exceeded the limits permitted by the Heavenly Dao, even attracting heavenly lightning tribulations.
The Thunder Beast’s lightning law power, as well as the aura of the heavenly lightning tribulation, were all fiercely grasped by Ye Changsheng, even being absorbed into the Twilight Snow Sword, becoming a part of its power.
It was like the mythical bottomless abyss in the sea, greedily drawing all things in the world, merging into the end.
Ye Changsheng unleashed his strongest sword strike, the same one that had defeated his Master back then.
“Guixu.” (Return to the Ruins)
The lightning receded, and for a moment, it seemed as though all things fell silent.
The Thunder Beast decomposed within Ye Changsheng’s sword skill, melting, dissipating, and finally turning into nothingness. Not even its Demon Core remained; no trace disappeared, as if it had never existed in this world.
