Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 425 No Way Out
In fact, the reason is very simple.

As long as your sword strike is fast enough and your eyesight is accurate enough, you can spot the vital points and weaknesses at a glance. A single thrust can hit the mark, striking first even after the opponent has moved, forcing them back with a single sword strike. Naturally, you can also defend while responding, striking after the opponent has moved, and remain invincible.

Of course, if one truly possessed such skill, it would be faster to simply stab someone in the face and kill them, but that would be called lightning-fast.

Now, Tie Dan is just playing around with the old man. Of course, whatever moves you use, I'll just mimic them and break them for you.

However, Xuan Yue didn't appreciate his good intentions.

"Gah! Golden Fiend Mountain-Splitting Palm! Mysterious Iron Mountain-Suppressing Palm! Ice-Chasing Leg! Wave-Treading Kick! Awoooooo!"

In an instant, earth, water, and gold appeared, and a thousand streams of Daoist energy flowed. Fists, palms, and legs bloomed in profusion, and white, gold, and green shone brilliantly.

The dignified leader of the Sanyuan Jizhen Sect, if he were to use his most secret skills, would he be completely defeated?
Xuan Yue Shenjun truly used all his life's learning and used all his skills. In an instant, a great wind arose, sand and stones flew, and his whole body danced into a ball of light and shadow, leaping left and right, and flying up and down. The momentum was very grand, but he couldn't throw any punches or kicks. He was always forced back halfway by the sword light. For a moment, his hands and feet trembled wildly, like those who were on drugs and then had an electric shock, and were doing a crazy street dance.

Of course, Tie Dan was also performing a sword dance, wielding two swords, one purple and one vermilion. The two swords combined, and every move and every strike of the swords pointed at Xuan Yue's weaknesses and vital points. The two swords seemed to be locked, only swaying between the Divine Court, the Heart Pivot, and the Dantian, and every move and every stance completely broke through his defenses.

Of course, Tie Dan's martial arts skills weren't actually that much better than his opponent's. In fact, even if his moves and routines were broken, so what? He could still fight.
If Xuan Yue gritted his teeth and gambled that his Three Elements Returning to Truth Dao Body could withstand the sword force, and that his escape technique, Instantaneous Movement, was faster than the sword light, then it was truly uncertain who would win in a desperate fight. After all, look at that guy, he just jumped right up to the face and attacked with a basic attack, and he still managed to hit Tie Dan like a baseball.

But as I said before, it's just a discussion, a little sparring, there's no need to risk your life.

So Xuan Yue followed the rules and, seeing that his move had been seen through, assumed he had lost a move and obediently retreated to change his move. However, who would have thought that Tie Dan was quick-witted and ruthless? As a result, Xuan Yue had no choice but to keep making and retreating moves, advancing and retreating like a madman, exhausting himself to the point of near death.

And the more I fought, the more anxious and tormented I became, inevitably falling into self-doubt about whether I was incompetent or simply lacking in the right approach. It was absolutely excruciating.

Fortunately, Tie Dan didn't torment the elderly too much; he just needed to understand the Three Elements Return to Truth Technique.

Don't say things like, "I've condensed nine Qi while you've only condensed three," or "I'm humiliating you." To have mastered Xuanmen Kung Fu to this level truly makes one invincible and qualified to be the patriarch of a royal clan.

Of course, Xuan Yue borrowed someone else's son to reincarnate, and his three qi were refined to this extent. I really don't know how many offerings he ate or how much filial piety he received, and how much karma he owed. No wonder the head of a sect, at his advanced age, doesn't sit in the mountains but has to run around everywhere.

Tie Dan knew what was going on and didn't want to ruin the Heavenly Cover Mountain technique by completely breaking it, so he shouted loudly...
"Fellow Daoist, behold my move! Lightning Style!"

Before he finished speaking, a flash of lightning appeared, and Tie Dan chased after Xuan Yue, who had just finished his attack and was retreating. A whirlwind charge and tornado struck right in front of him!
Xuan Yue saw that this kid was not playing by the rules and suffered a loss. He had no time to stop his attack and could not dodge. So he simply stood still, pulled back his fists and raised both hands.

Of course, Tie Dan knew that the other man wasn't surrendering and losing half the battle, but rather determined to test his strength with a palm strike. Naturally, he wouldn't actually stab him in the forehead with a sword and gouge out his eyes. Instead, he withdrew his sword and struck out with both palms, exchanging two "BANG!" blows.

This time, they really put their skills to the test, and the difference in their skill levels became apparent.

Tie Dan felt that his opponent's skill was incredibly profound, unlike anything he had ever seen before. It was even more outrageous than Xuan Du, who always held back his strength, afraid of killing himself as well as his opponent! It was as if he had slammed his palm into the ground with all his might, and it remained unmoved, as stable as a mountain. Then, a huge wave surged forth, and the palm force surged, with a whoosh! A strange force erupted! It sent Tie Dan flying backward!

He tumbled more than a dozen times in a row, and even had to use his stealth skills to wade through the treetops a couple of times before Tie Dan could dissipate his energy, neutralize the palm wind, and maintain his composure so that he didn't fall too badly.

There's nothing to be ashamed of in admitting it. It's like, no matter how advanced your turbocharger is, how fast your acceleration is, or how sensitive your transmission is, if you head-on collision, the driver of a BMW still can't beat the driver of a sedan. Tie Dan's training has been less than four years at most, and all his skills are from drugs. When it comes to internal strength, he's definitely inferior to the other guy.

The current Tie Dan is not the same as the Great Transformation Taiji Ancestor of a certain timeline. Although he can cheat by using sword qi to skip classes, use rewind to steal skills, and get all the Dao insights he gained from Xuan Tian's seclusion in his dream, he is still lacking the hard work of sixty years of honing his sword. He also squandered all his sword qi in the group fight just now, so he has indeed lost a move.

Of course, the Three Primal Ultimate True Dao Body is indeed very strong. It provides a huge boost to internal energy cultivation, at least 300%. Without transformation, Xuan Yue is a thousand-year-old immortal beast, and with transformation, he is guaranteed to be a great master with three thousand years of Dao power. He is truly enough to compete with Xuan Du. No wonder he is qualified to join that tribulation.

Those of my generation with the character "Xuan" in their names are really amazing...

However, Xuan Yue was not happy. He just frowned, stared at his hands, and was speechless for a moment.

Tie Dan also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, offering a way out.

"The Divine Lord's skill is profound and his reputation is well-deserved. I am ashamed to admit my inferiority."

Xuan Yue looked at Tie Dan, then looked down at him, pondered for a long time, and finally spread out his hands. One palm was charred black, as if it had been burned by charcoal fire, while the other palm was cracked and looked like rotten mud and sand.

"What kind of magic is this that can break my power?"

That's right. Although I can't ram into him, I can still kill him. The Three Elements Extreme True Technique has been broken.

Tie Dan also noticed the flicker in Xuan Yue's eyes, clearly indicating that he was already wary and his killing intent was rising. However, he remained fearless, standing on the treetop, and said loudly,
"From the Heavenly Demon Sect."

Xuan Yue was instantly greatly shaken.
"From the Heavenly Demon Sect!"

Tie Dan nodded, stared at Xuan Yue, and pointed his hand to the sky.
"Indeed, a celestial demon entered my dream, imparted his teachings to me, and taught me the Dao."

Xuan Yue was momentarily stunned, his chin agape, and he subconsciously looked up at the sky, glancing in a specific direction.

As expected, this guy also knew about the existence of the Taiyin Demon Palace. After all, judging from the information in the dream, the royal family had been intermarrying with the imperial family of the Immortal Palace for generations. They were a powerful force of maternal relatives who firmly supported the Ziwei Enclosure. They must have a deep connection with the master behind the Immortal Palace. To put it bluntly, they were just a front man for the Immortal Palace, an agent in the mortal world.

To take it a step further and consider a conspiracy theory, when Xuandu was dealing with the Heavenly Demon at a crucial moment, the ancestor of this white-glove family just happened to come to meet the calamity. Doesn't this just show that the Heavenly Demon in the Taiyin Taixu was fully aware of the experiment in the Xiaoyao Taixu Palace?

So if you really think that the Celestial Palace is weak and just a cash cow or background character among the three major sects, then you are sorely mistaken.

At a crucial juncture sixty years later, Lingxuzi's Taixu Dao was interrupted, as was Xuandu's Taixu Dao. The Xuanmen lost two of the world's best, followed by upheaval, meteor showers, demons entering the world, and a great calamity.

Everything is proceeding according to the script of the Taiyin Immortal Palace. Everything is under the control of the Taiyin Immortal Palace. Everything is within the calculations of the Taiyin Immortal Palace.

"Gudong."

Xuan Yue swallowed hard and hesitated.
"Is it really... a message passed down by the Heavenly Demon?"

Tie Dan looked at him with a smile.

Do you want to learn?

Xuan Yue couldn't help but shiver, a chill running down his spine. He suddenly had the feeling of being targeted by a hunter, and knew that he had fallen into some kind of trap. Instinctively, he had the urge to retreat, wanting only to roll into the ground and escape eight hundred miles away, the farther the better.

But he stopped.

After all, the one standing here is not Wang Pengzu of the royal family, nor a gatekeeper of the immortal palace, but Xuan Yue, the head of the Sanyuan Jizhen Sect of Tianfu Mountain.

He held the reins of a lineage of Daoist teachings in his hands, and a group of Daoist disciples followed behind him. When the path beneath his feet seemed to have reached its end, leading him as the leader, how could he stand idly by and lead his disciples astray? So, after a brief silence, his ice robes melted, his golden body vanished, his jade bones dissipated, and the Xuan Yue Divine Lord reverted to human form, revealing gray-haired, middle-aged man. He then waved his hand, and a fierce wind arose, dark clouds obscured the morning star, and concealed the secrets of heaven. He then respectfully bowed and prostrated himself in worship.

"I humbly request your guidance, fellow Daoist."

Tie Dan nodded and spread his hands.
"Alright, take this sword."

"My sword..."

Xuan Yue stared at the black sword in Tie Dan's hand for a while, then hesitated and said...

"It seems... to have been forged from the Earth Spring?"

Tie Dan nodded.

"Your Excellency is indeed insightful and worthy of being the leader. Sooner or later, there will be a place for you on the Nine Peaks of Yuntai."

Xuan Yue cupped his hands in greeting.
"Sect Leader Xuantian is too kind. The position on the Cloud Platform is not easy to hold. If there are not a hundred or so pillars of talent in the mountain who can stand on their own, even if you sit on it, it will only be an empty title. You will have to do everything yourself and be burdened by the empty title. You will be carried around on someone else's shoulders and run around. You will be worked to death."

Tie Dan was curious.

"It seems that Chief Abbot Lingxu doesn't have any disciples? Oh, he keeps a cat..."

Xuan Yue shrugged.

"So he has to do everything himself. And that guy's situation is a bit different. There are quite a few people from various sects who are secretly watching him. I don't know how he accumulated so many connections. However, I had just reincarnated when he rose to power, so I wasn't very familiar with him and stopped gossiping behind his back."

"Let's get back to the main point. What's the principle behind your move, fellow Daoist?"

So Tie Dan explained,
"It's very simple. I will first use the Earth Spring to break the Qi and disintegrate the structure of your Dao body."

As for the reason behind this, a celestial demon transmitted a teaching to me, saying that in the beginning of heaven and earth, the primordial chaos was like a chicken egg, from which Pangu was born. Later, the Taiji was created, with the clear Yang becoming heaven and the turbid Yin becoming earth. This is what is called the part of the breath of heaven and the spring of earth. Furthermore, the breath of heaven is transformed into Qi, and the number begins with one, is established at three, is completed at five, flourishes at seven, and reaches its peak at nine. Therefore, the Taiji Dao is completed in the number nine...

"No, Sect Leader, what happened to you? Blood is gushing from all seven orifices! Are you alright?"

Xuan Yue lay on the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood. He then wiped the blood from his face, waved his hand, and...

"It's alright, it's alright. I didn't expect you to be so generous, young friend. You started talking to me about mystical things right away, and I couldn't hold back for a moment... Go on, go on, I can handle it."

Tie Dan looked doubtful, but since they said there was no problem, he decided to continue.
"In short, I have deduced that by using the Xuanmen method of refining Qi to elevate the Taiji Nine Qi to the highest level, the Nine Qi can be united and evolve into the innate breath. This is the end of the Taiji path and the final step towards the Dao of Heaven and Earth. But conversely, it is only the beginning of the path."

Therefore, I deduce that the next step is to merge the Earthly Fiends and swallow the Earthly Springs, integrating the True Yang Spiritual Breath, Yin Turbidity and Impurity, the Nine Qi of Dao Void, the Earthly Fiend Nether Springs, and the Heavenly Breath and Earthly Springs into a single sword, transforming into the Great Taiji, returning to the void and refining the Fiends, only then can one touch the threshold of that supreme, ancient, fundamental, and primordial Chaos Great Dao, directly reaching the end of the Dao..."

"Pfft—! Ugh—! Ugh—!"

Xuan Yue lay on the ground waving his hands repeatedly, vomiting large amounts of blood as if he were having a massive stomach hemorrhage, creating a pool of blood on the ground.

Well, it seems he can't hold on any longer. So Tie Dan had no choice but to shut up and wait for him to recover before continuing.

"Fellow Daoist, having mastered the Three Elements Return to Truth Divine Art, you have already touched upon the essence of Qi and have a certain foundation. I recommend that you next drink from the spring and swallow evil spirits to temper your Dao body and try out new methods."

Xuan Yue vomited blood and shook his head repeatedly.

"Ugh, you're kidding me! Ugh, swallowing the earth spring... ugh, that'll ruin my body! It'll destroy my skills! No, no! Ugh—"

Tie Dan looked at him and shook his head.
"Fellow Daoist, don't you understand? Once the fate changes, the environment changes, and the opponents change, what use will all your years of diligent study and hard training be?"

I've already broken your spell. If I truly wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need so many feints; a single stab would suffice. Whether you abandon your cultivation or start over, you're doomed anyway. You might as well try to survive against all odds.

"Since I, Dao, can forge a sword from the Earth Spring by uniting the Nine Luminaries, and you, Dao, can also cleanse yourself with the Earth Spring by uniting the Three Elements, you might not be without a method."

Xuan Yue hesitated for a moment, after all, the logic was indeed so. Everyone was a member of the Xuanmen sect. When they reached the pinnacle, there was no way forward. To put it bluntly, they were all groping in the dark. No one was stronger than anyone else. It was just a matter of blindly practicing.

Now that he has personally witnessed the success of Tie Dan's swordsmanship in forging the Earth Spring by uniting the Nine Luminaries, he might as well give it a try in shaping his Dao body by returning to the Three Elements.

Seeing that he was interested, Tie Dan offered further suggestions,

"You may return to the mountains and seclude yourself for sixty or seventy years to ponder this matter. Once I have finished my business here, I will pay you a visit, and at that time I will surely return your wife to you intact."

Xuan Yue frowned deeply.

"This... I really don't understand, fellow Daoist, what exactly are you after?"

Tie Dan looked at the dark clouds in the sky, squatted down next to Xuan Yue, and said...
"In fact, as the Xuanmen sect has come to this point, any intelligent person knows that there is no way forward."

For an ordinary person, to live a carefree life and live an extra five hundred years is already a foolish dream.

But those who can reach the pinnacle, the summit of Yuntai, are all exceptional talents, geniuses, and dragons among men.

I don't believe that the old deities of the Nine Great Mysterious Sects would willingly stay in the mountains and wait to die.

The simplest path in this world is nothing more than joining if you can't beat them.

Therefore, I suspect that you are not the only one secretly bowing down to the Demon Palace's charms and engaging in clandestine dealings on Yuntai Peak?

Xuan Yue raised his eyes and met Tie Dan's wolf-like gaze. For a moment, he could see his own wretched and miserable reflection in those icy eyes.

But Tie Dan didn't make things difficult for him; he just patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Could you please send a message to the palace and ask them to come down and meet me? I'd like to join too."

(End of this chapter)