I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 951 Dying with Meaning

Suddenly, a flag appeared on the battlefield, and a gray-white aura burst forth, engulfing Feng Yue, who was about to be swallowed by the sword energy, and pulling him out of the battle circle.

Feng Yue was covered in blood, and sword energy raged within his body. The Sword of Tribulation Control contained the Dao of Creation, and the sword energy was inexhaustible. Even though Feng Yue was a demigod, he could not resist it.

I felt that the divine fire on the true talisman within my body was becoming extremely weak under the constant scorching of the sword energy.

Gu Yuanqing's strength is too great. Although he seems to be at the level of a demigod, which is equivalent to a demigod, his knowledge of the spiritual realm is slightly superior.

The Great Dao he cultivated far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators. The Celestial World formed by his 360 Dao Principles was even comparable to the real world. His divine soul, tempered by the Demon Refining and Immortal Ascension Tower, was also incredibly powerful; otherwise, it would not have been able to support such a vast world.

Furthermore, his control over the Northern Spring Realm and the Qian Yuan Realm has given him a level of understanding of heaven and earth that surpasses what is expected of this realm.

It is precisely because of all these factors that he possesses the combat power of a true god, even though he is only at the level of a novice immortal.

Today, in the trial space, he is able to hold his own against Zhuo Ming in his prime.

Therefore, even if what came to the ancient realm was just an avatar, under the blessing of the realm, it actually possessed the peak strength of a true god, and could even fight against a celestial god.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to so easily force Wei Zhao, who controlled the Gui Cang Hall, to use his divine body every time.

Feng Yue was merely a demigod!

In other words, if Gu Yuanqing didn't have such strength, he wouldn't dare to easily enter the Ancient Realm and incur these karmic ties.

Seeing Feng Yue being swept away, Gu Yuanqing was not too surprised. With his control over the Dao of Space, he had already sensed it when the flag appeared.

He raised his hand and pointed, slashing out with his sword.

As the flag rose in the wind, it transformed into a large banner, its gray-white aura surging and completely obliterating Gu Yuanqing's sword strike.

"The Way of Life and Death?" Gu Yuanqing raised an eyebrow slightly: "Indeed, it confirms my previous guess. Wei Zhao has a close relationship with the great cultivators of the ancient world, and even the power of the Great Dao they control is inherited from the same lineage."

A vortex appeared from the grayish-white mist, and Zhou Wei's gaunt body emerged, standing under the banner with a solemn expression.

He didn't speak, but made a hand seal. Silver runes flowed on the banner, and gray-white energy surged out like a tide, sweeping over Gu Yuanqing.

This grayish-white aura is the manifestation of the cycle of life and death. Wherever it passes, space freezes, time slows down, and even the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm ripples and becomes blurred, with the affected area becoming wider and wider.

This is a conflict between the great principles, a clash of the power of rules!
This great banner actually carved out its own space within the boundary space, allowing the power of the ancient realm to regain the upper hand.

Gu Yuanqing smiled calmly. With a thought, the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm began to become more realistic, centered on Gu Yuanqing, and the scene within it became lifelike.

The scene, which had become blurred due to the energy of life and death, also became stable.

Zhou Wei let out a cold snort, and even more grayish-white energy surged out, transforming into countless wisps that seeped into the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm.

Wherever it passed, the mountains and rivers of Beiquan were shrouded in a layer of gray, as if life had been drained away. In the dispersing gray and white aura, countless faces seemed to appear, in pain, struggling, despair, and roaring, as if they were souls trapped in the cycle of life and death.

"A divine artifact of rules?" Gu Yuanqing's gaze narrowed slightly, then he smiled calmly, "Then... it must be the power of the Mirror of Rebirth."

He raised his hand and pressed down, and all paths returned to nothingness!

A power capable of annihilating all laws surged from his palm, colliding with the grayish-white energy.

The two forces were locked in a stalemate in the void, emitting a low hum, and the space kept shattering and then rapidly healing itself.

The grayish-white aura was gradually disintegrated by the power of the myriad paths returning to nothingness, and countless phantoms of dead souls were destroyed under the force of the palm.

Having clashed with Wei Zhao multiple times, Gu Yuanqing was already experienced in dealing with life and death, and the Myriad Paths Returning to the Void Palm was more effective than the Tribulation Controlling Myriad Manifestations Sword.

Divine fire ignited on Zhou Wei's body, and he shouted, "Gu Yuanqing, it's not too late to leave the Ancient Realm now. If you remain obstinate, don't blame my Great Wei Dynasty for being impolite."

Driven by his power, even more grayish-white energy surged from the Rebirth Banner, encroaching upon the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm, flowing endlessly as if without end.

The silver runes on the banner grew brighter and brighter, the gray-white aura kept changing, and countless runes sprang up, turning into countless chains that wrapped around Gu Yuanqing from all directions.

Gu Yuanqing smiled calmly: "You people of the Great Wei Divine Dynasty, how ridiculous it is that you go back on your word. You were the ones who begged me to come here, and now you want to force me to leave. What kind of logic is this?"

As he spoke, he flipped his left hand, and five-colored lightning gathered in his palm.

Great Five Elements Divine Thunder!
Green, red, yellow, white, and black—the five elements interact with each other, and five bolts of lightning intertwined to form a vast net of thunder, colliding with the gray-white chains that had broken into the illusory realm of the Northern Spring.

Lightning exploded, chains snapped, and the power of the five elements clashed with the power of life and death in the void, hissing and crackling. The resulting power blasted open countless tiny spatial rifts.

Zhou Wei grunted, and the Rebirth Banner trembled violently. He gestured with his left hand and changed his hand seals. The gray-white energy condensed into a huge wheel-like phantom, which slowly rotated and crushed towards Gu Yuanqing.

As the illusory image of the roulette wheel spins, the boundary between life and death seems to blur, and wherever it passes, the existence of all things is stripped away.

A faint aura of the underworld seemed to seep out, and the phantom of the Northern Spring Realm trembled once again under the impact of this aura. In particular, the phantom of the Northern Spring Realm shattered directly where it touched the Wheel of Life and Death.

In fact, Gu Yuanqing even vaguely sensed that his connection with the Northern Spring Realm was becoming weaker.

He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Good technique, quite clever!"

This Zhou Wei is only a demigod, yet he was able to exchange several blows with me without being at a disadvantage, which is already somewhat unbelievable.

"I've already said it, Gu Yuanqing, it's not too late for you to back out now!" Zhou Wei said in a low voice, his expression extremely serious and solemn.

He felt his own power being rapidly depleted. Although the Rebirth Banner could draw upon the power of the Rebirth Mirror, it still required his own power as a guide.

Gu Yuanqing's strength far exceeded his expectations. He had thought that with this treasure in hand, no matter how strong Gu Yuanqing was, he would be able to gain the upper hand in this ancient world by taking advantage of the terrain.

But that's not the case at all!

"Why say so much? Let's see who has the ability. If you have the strength, then force me to back down. If not..."

Gu Yuanqing stopped abruptly as he spoke, but his aura suddenly surged!
This is the original being from the Northern Spring Realm using the Heavenly Fishing Technique to transfer power across realms to his clone.

The phantom of the spring suddenly expanded, as if a real world had suddenly descended.

Mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars were all revealed, as if they were crushing down with the weight of the entire world.

The illusory wheel shattered under the crushing force, its grayish-white energy scattering everywhere.

The runes on the Rebirth Banner flickered violently, their light fading and shifting, and the grayish-white aura was forcibly suppressed!
Zhou Wei groaned, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. He burned his essence blood and activated the true runes within his body, attempting to resist and suppress his injuries. But the next moment, Gu Yuanqing formed a hand seal and, with a slap of his hand, a towering mountain pressed down.

Shiyin, Beiquan Town!
Zhou Wei's expression immediately changed. Although he had not yet made any real contact, he felt the suppressing force descending. His true essence and soul became sluggish, and his body was pressed down and fell.

He gritted his teeth and desperately activated the Rebirth Banner, condensing a gray-white aura above his head into a barrier to try and block the descending mountain phantom. However, the barrier of gray-white aura shattered after only a breath, the Rebirth Banner trembled violently, and a crack appeared on its surface!
The Rebirth Banner only carries the power of the Rebirth Mirror; it is not a true divine artifact. Under this power, which is almost at the peak of a true god, Zhou Wei's power is far inferior to Gu Yuanqing's, making it difficult for him to protect this magical treasure.

The immense force crashed down, and Zhou Wei coughed up blood as his body plummeted like a meteorite, crashing heavily onto the plaza in front of the city lord's mansion. The rune-reinforced bluestone ground was smashed into a deep crater, with fragments flying everywhere and thick cracks spreading outwards from the center.

There were also those Hun Tian and Yin Yang Realm cultivators who had not been killed by Gu Yuanqing but were already seriously injured. Their great formation had been broken, and they had been forced to the ground by the phantom of Beiquan Realm, barely surviving. Before they could even get up, they were hit by the aftershocks of Beiquan Zhen Shi Seal.

A cultivator at the Shattered Heaven Realm knelt on one knee, his hands supporting him on the ground, his bones cracking and his forehead veins bulging.

He tried desperately to stand up, but the weight pressed down on him so much that he couldn't even lift his head.

The Yin-Yang Zhou Tian realm cultivator beside him was already lying on the ground, his face pressed against the ground, blood spilling from his mouth.

Those cultivators with even lower cultivation levels are even worse off, struggling to even manage the operation of their consciousness.

As for those below the third level of the Heavenly Tribulation and ordinary Yin spirits, they don't even have a chance to struggle.

The moment the suppressing force landed, his body shattered and scattered into a cloud of yin energy.

Throughout the entire Tiansheng City, spanning two thousand miles, only Feng Yue remained standing. He leaned on his longsword with both hands, looking up at the descending Beiquan Town World Seal, a smile appearing on his lips!
Boom!

A gray-white beam of light shot into the sky, heading towards Shi Yin of Beiquan Town.

Supported by this gray-white pillar of light, the descending Beiquan Town Shiyin was actually blocked.

A large banner with cracks fluttered in the wind. As the silver patterns shimmered, grayish-white energy surged out and transformed into a phantom of a precious mirror. Zhou Wei, dressed in rags and with bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, crawled out of the ground under the protection of this mirror.

"Cough cough!"

Coughing, he spat out another mouthful of blood, turned to Feng Yue beside him and shouted, "Feng Yue, are you really determined to die? Do you know that if we can't stop Gu Yuanqing, it won't just be you who dies, but all of us! Including your son and your descendants!"

Upon hearing these words, Feng Yue slowly turned his head, his gaze seemingly sharpening slightly.

Zhou Wei roared again, "So what if this world is fake? So what if we are just clones? In these millions of years, you have lived, loved, and hated. You rose from humble beginnings and built a great career in the Great Wei. You were the Great Wei's Guardian General, and a million soldiers once regarded you as their father. Are these experiences fake? Put your hand on your chest and ask yourself, which drop of blood and tears you shed over the years was fake?"

Feng Yue's body trembled slightly.

Zhou Wei coughed up another mouthful of blood and roared hoarsely, "If you believe yourself to be fake, then everything is fake. You've lived for millions of years, do you really want to end your life like this?"

"Even if you are to die, you should die on the battlefield, and it should have meaning. Otherwise, you, Feng Yue, are a complete coward, and I, Zhou Wei, will be ashamed to be associated with you for millions of years!"

As he spoke, he moved laboriously toward Feng Yue, eventually enveloping Feng Yue in the mirror's reflection as well.

Feng Yue's expression finally changed slightly. He raised his head and looked at the Beiquan Town Seal in the sky. Looking at Gu Yuanqing, who had an indifferent expression on the seal, a different look finally appeared in his eyes. He said softly, "Yes, it should have some meaning, whether it's real or fake!"

As he spoke, his entire body began to burn. His flesh, blood essence, soul, and all the power within him, including the demigod runes, began to burn. The sword in his hand also began to glow, and the longsword was raised diagonally.

His body became increasingly ethereal.

Zhou Wei's expression changed, and he roared, "What are you trying to do? Why don't you channel your power into the Rebirth Banner?"

Feng Yue smiled slightly and calmly muttered to himself, "I hope this time it's really him who's dead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure completely burned into a ball of blazing light, and everything condensed into a sword light at this moment.

The sword light flashed like a bolt of lightning, piercing the sky.

There were no fancy changes, no mysterious trajectories, only unwavering determination and the relief of having sought death and attained it.

Gu Yuanqing stood in mid-air, watching as the sword actually passed through the World Seal of Beiquan Town, broke through the illusion of the boundary, and shattered all obstacles, slashing straight towards him.

He raised his finger and pointed.

The Sword of All-Encompassing Calamity!
All of my swordsmanship skills are concentrated in this one sword strike.

When the two touched, an extremely compressed darkness seemed to appear in the void, like a small black hole, swallowing all light.

Then, a shockwave erupted outwards in a plane centered on this point.

Boom!

A sword mark spanning thousands of miles appeared above the entire city.

Feng Yue's sword light faded, for all his power had been exhausted.

A white mark appeared on Gu Yuanqing's fingertip.

Feng Yue's illusory figure appeared. He looked at Gu Yuanqing with no hatred or resentment in his eyes, only an indescribable calm.

"Thank you," he said softly.

The longsword shattered, the phantom vanished, and turned into countless points of light!

"idiot!"

Zhou Wei cursed angrily, but took advantage of the momentary opening created by Feng Yue breaking through the Beiquan Town World Seal, and rode the Rebirth Banner to escape.

How could Gu Yuanqing let him leave? He took a step and traversed three thousand miles to block his way, raising his hand to unleash another Ten Thousand Paths Returning to Nothingness Palm.

Zhou Wei quickly changed direction and activated the Rebirth Banner to protect himself with the power of the Wheel of Life and Death. At the same time, he raised his hand and threw out the Nine Realms Binding Net to cover Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing raised his finger and slashed, the Myriad Manifestations Sword of Tribulation Control, which was fused with the Dao of Creation, shattered the magic weapon that was about to turn into a net of heaven and earth. He took another step forward and once again blocked Zhou Wei's path.

The grayish-white aura around Zhou Wei transformed into a phantom image of a precious mirror, which shone directly onto Gu Yuanqing.

A sudden sense of alarm arose in Gu Yuanqing's heart. The phantom of the Demon Refining and Immortal Ascension Tower appeared, and a beam of light descended towards the mirror. Even so, he felt his mind almost lapse into a daze, and a deathly aura appeared on his soul, as if he was about to enter the five signs of decay.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Wei turned around and fled again.

Gu Yuanqing's body ignited with Dao Source True Fire, and at the same time, the Creation True Talisman shone brightly, instantly dispelling the death aura; he took a step forward and chased after Zhou Wei again, but Zhou Wei's figure suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"Showing off your skills before an expert!" Gu Yuanqing's lips curled into a mocking smile, and the spatial Dao mark shone brightly, freezing the void for thousands of miles.

Zhou Wei was forcibly squeezed out of the void. His expression changed drastically. He raised his hand and grabbed, and a phantom of an ancient bronze sword appeared in the void.

Then, with a slash through the air, a hazy gray sword light came hurtling towards us...

(End of this chapter)