CHAPTER 683: 562 BREAK LIANGYI DUST

Wan Zhen was dissatisfied with her fellow disciples and even with the arrangements made by the elders of her sect. This subconscious thought, suppressed deep within her heart, was captured by the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword.

This emotion was clandestinely manipulated by magic and, like a floodgate being opened, her negative emotions surged forth—erupting outward, filling her chest, and swelling within her brain.

"Why should I!" she raged silently. "Why should these old fools reincarnate generation after generation, return to usurp my position as the eldest sister! They’ve cultivated for over a thousand years, lived more than a dozen lifetimes, yet in the end, they become my junior sisters—nothing but trash!

I’m the exceptional one! The Emei Sect should prosper because of me, not because of some nonsensical Three Heroines and Two Clouds! Given more than a thousand years, I would certainly have become a Heavenly Immortal by now! Those Three Immortals and Two Elders are also trash, wasting their years cultivating as if they were dogs..."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, growing more and more outraged by the injustices of her elders, hating everyone. The first one she detested was Master Changmei, whom she believed had been biased and hadn’t passed on the true Daoist Techniques to her master. Her master’s Daoist credentials surpassed Qi Shuming’s, and his time spent in cultivation was even longer. Yet, in the end, he had to practice Buddhism in addition to cultivating Dao and had to ascend to Nirvana...

Her master must have been forced by them, and she had utterly lost faith in all these people of the Emei Sect!

Thinking of her master, Master Baiyun, her heart ached as if being sliced by knives, feeling that she should take revenge for her master and for the two junior sisters...

Her mind was in chaos, filled with the flames of rage. She forged one extreme thought after another, finally deciding: This calamity was caused by the incompetent and biased elders; it led to her master’s tragic death under the Demon Sword. They didn’t deserve to lead the Emei Sect. She should kill them all first and then, as the eldest sister, take the position of Sect Leader. She would lead her fellow disciples to destroy the Demon Sword, and ultimately become the leader of ten thousand immortals!

Having made up her mind, she waited for an unguarded moment and stealthily moved behind Qi Shuming. She burst forth in an outburst and released the Divine Shuttle in a sudden strike!

The Demon Sword, responding internally and externally, was exerting its divine might at this moment, casting out myriad streams of Demon Light Sword Qi to distract everyone around, creating an opportunity for Wan Zhen to make her move.

No one was on guard, not even Li Jingxu, whose attention was on the Demon Sword. Who could have imagined that a direct disciple who had been with the Emei Sect for over a hundred years would be secretly influenced by the Demon Sword through the Liangyi Dust Formation and commit such an act!

By the time Qi Shuming noticed, the Divine Shuttle had already reached his back.

The Divine Shuttle was a treasure of the sect, gifted to Wan Zhen by Master Baiyun, and she had since re-refined it with an abundance of resources.

Fueled by her resentment, while the others held Ancient Treasures and Heavenly Treasures, she only had what her master had personally refined. Although cared for by her master for hundreds of years, compared to their Magical Treasures, it truly paled in comparison.

The treasure emitted three streams of colorful flame as it shot out. Spinning at high speed, the flames twisted into a colorful plait, beautiful beyond measure. It hurtled forth with alarming speed and hit Qi Shuming in an instant!

With a sharp crack of thunder, Qi Shuming’s body was directly obliterated into dust!

Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned, not understanding why Wan Zhen would suddenly attack her own Sect Leader.

The Liangyi Dust Formation covered an extensive range, stretching over ten miles in length. Even though the Immortals had amazing Escape Skills and could fly to the scene instantly, the Liangyi Dust Formation could isolate space, forcing even Li Jingxu to detour.

Li Jingxu, along with Sun Xun and Ni Fangxian, had predicted that Bai Guyi and Zhu Mei were the weakest. Therefore, they positioned themselves outside these two areas to help protect them, assuming that the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword would choose these points for its breakthrough.

Initially, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword did indeed attack these two points, but upon discovering the presence of supreme experts preventing its escape, it changed tactics. While still attacking these spots overtly, it secretly influenced Wan Zhen, leading to Qi Shuming’s body being blown to pieces.

Qi Shuming had reached a level above a Heavenly Immortal, his Inner Strength and Outer Skills in perfect harmony, ready for Ascension. Now, with his body destroyed, even if he ascended in the future, he would only be slightly better off than Lu Rongbo. His cultivation achievement had been greatly diminished. Unless he reincarnated and cultivated for at least another cycle of sixty years, he would not be able to achieve the same level of accomplishment.

Fortunately, his Dao Level was advanced and his Pure Yang Primordial Spirit had not been shattered. It flew into the sky, emitting Invisible Sword Energy to protect itself.

Still unrelenting, Wan Zhen continued to pursue with the Divine Shuttle, determined to obliterate Qi Shuming completely—in both body and soul!

Noticing she had been Demonized, Qi Shuming enveloped the Divine Shuttle with Invisible Sword Energy while casting a spell to immobilize Wan Zhen on the spot.

In the brief span of less than two seconds, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword directly cut through the central gates that Qi Shuming guarded, sending a thousand lengths of Blood Rainbow with a hundred thousand blood-colored Sword Qi slicing from the inside out, leaving the gates in shambles.

The Demon Sword then broke free from the Liangyi Dust Formation and hurtled toward Qi Shuming at a breakneck speed.

Qi Shuming quickly conjured nine Immortal Swords to block its path, even sacrificing his Golden Fierce Fire Sword that he had painstakingly refined in the East Sea for many years.

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword hacked and slashed wildly at him, and from afar tried to absorb his Primordial Spirit...

Absent the protection of his physical body, had Qi Shuming’s Primordial Spirit not already been refined into Pure Yang, it would have been immediately sucked into the sword’s body!

He struggled fiercely against the drag of the Demon Light, striving to wield his sword and use Daoist spells to fend off the persistent attacks of the Demon Sword.

At that moment, the others rushed over to help upon seeing that the Liangyi Dust Formation was broken, desperately blocking the Demon Sword, allowing Qi Shuming to catch his breath and quickly retreat to the side, casting and concentrating.

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword forced back Xuanzhenzi and Xun Lanyin in one fell swoop. With Demon Light shimmering, it disappeared into thin air and, in the next moment, penetrated Wan Zhen’s body!

Wan Zhen, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, let out a piercing laugh, "You all must die! You all must die! You shall accompany Fei Niang in death... You don’t deserve to be my seniors in the sect! I am the rightful elder sister of the Emei Sect! You old monsters, you’ve wasted centuries of cultivation... on dogs..."

Her speech was incoherent; she had plunged into madness. She recalled the Sanshua Divine Shuttle and tore two strands of hair from her head with her fingers, put them in her mouth, bit them until the bone was visible, and chewed up the flesh and hair together before spitting it out.

Chaos immediately escalated in the air, as the sky and earth were dyed blood red. Within this crimson hue, swords of scarlet, like Demon Swords, erupted, instantly forming 108,000 Demon Swords that automatically locked onto their targets and flew through the sky.

The constant hissing sound filled the air as the Demon Swords crisscrossed, emitting a myriad of blood lights!

"Everyone, gather together, do not scatter!"

Li Jingxu’s voice echoed between heaven and earth as he hastened to the rescue, releasing his Flying Sword and Qiankun Needle at Wan Zhen.

Wan Zhen neither dodged nor hid, and with a teary laugh, she said to Li Jingxu, "Daoist Li, do you really want to help them kill me?"

Li Jingxu’s Flying Sword halted in front of him, while the Qiankun Needle formed a star ring belt rotating around his body.

"Hunyuan Daoist friend, the fact that you still recognize me proves that your humanity has not been lost, that you haven’t been wholly devoured and fused by Chi You. There’s still hope! I can help you suppress the Primordial Spirit of Chi You..."

"It’s too late now!" Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor, in a state of utter dishevelment and profound misery, said, "Moreover, it was Chi You who saved my life! If not for Emperor Chi You, I would have been destroyed in both body and spirit, with no place to bury my dead body! Having agreed to a Human-Demon Union, I’ve made up my mind; there’s no turning back for me, nor do I wish to!"

Li Jingxu urgently pleaded with him, "Chi You was slain by Emperor Xuanyuan in the past and harbored deep resentment. Now, he has become an ancient Demon God. Soon, your consciousness will be entirely extinguished, and you will become a part of his divine body. And because of this, the world will face a calamity."

"Fei Niang is already dead, and I should have been long dead too! If we can all die, why can’t others? Better to have everyone die and be done with it!"

Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor urged Li Jingxu, "Daoist Li, you are about to ascend, a person of Golden Immortal caliber. Do not get involved in this matter any further, or you will not be able to ascend, and your beloved wife and concubines will suffer calamity! Hurry up and leave; this is the last piece of sincere advice from an old friend. As you’ve said, it won’t be long before I’m completely extinguished. As a dying man, my words are kind. You’ve strived for so many years to ascend with your two loves; now that you are about to achieve it, hurry up and go! Quick, leave!"

After saying this, Wan Zhen suddenly clasped her head with both hands and shook it violently from side to side, emitting a piercing scream, and then with a "bang," her entire body exploded into a mist of blood!

The Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword absorbed all the blood mist and let out a heaven-shaking, long cry. It transformed into a thousand-zhang-long Blood Rainbow, struck Li Jingxu’s golden Flying Sword head-on, rendering it dim and lustreless. Then, braving the continuous stabs from the Qiankun Needle on the side, it broke through the "needle ring" and once again launched toward the remaining disciples of the Emei Sect!

Li Yingqiong quickly released the Purple Ying Sword, and others joined in. They all began a chaotic battle again, besieging this Demon Sword.

So many experts, so many matchless Divine Weapons, even with Li Jingxu and his three people joining forces, although they could keep the Demon Sword at bay, preventing it from killing again, they still couldn’t overcome it.

The talking Demon Sword zigzagged east and west in a thousand-zhang-long Blood Rainbow, charging wildly.

It seemed to know who was strong and who was weak, unwilling to clash directly with the Purple Ying or the Green Rope, also wary of Li Jingxu’s Qiankun Needle, always avoiding them in advance and specifically targeting the others.

After a battle as long as it takes to eat a meal, Golden Cicada was the first to not withstand the pressure. On the sixth exchange with the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, trying to cross and defend against it with two swords, they were still cleaved into four parts!

Golden Cicada was far enough away to block the sky full of scarlet Sword Qi that followed with another Magical Treasure, while the Demon Sword itself was blocked by Qi Xia’er’s Heavenly Dragon Demon Suppressing Sword.

Yet, although he seemed unharmed, he was still pierced in the brain by the Sword Intent of the Demon Sword from miles away, and in an instant, a torrent of negative emotions from both his past and current lives surged up like a fountain!

Over a hundred years ago, they were the elder brother of Qi Lingyun and Qi Xia’er. Their parents went to the mountains to cultivate and took his sister, Qi Lingyun with them, while Qi Xia’er was taken away by Master You Tan, leaving him to carry on the Qi family lineage at home!

Finally, he had a son, ensuring the Qi lineage, but his parents still refused to take him to the mountains for cultivation, claiming that since he was no longer a virgin, he couldn’t achieve the higher states of Mysterious Sect cultivation but must remain in the human realm until his natural death...

In this lifetime, they finally brought him to the mountain. He had wasted decades, causing his Daoist power to fall far behind the Three Heroes and Two Clouds!

If he could have started the cultivation in the mountains in his former life, he would now be the great elder brother of the Emei Sect, with the Three Heroes and Two Clouds behind him...

How did it happen that now he was always lagging behind others, and even his Coiling Dragon Thunderclap Swords had shattered!

What also shattered were his pride and the self-deception of these years, revealing the parental partiality he had covered up for decades...