This is not how immortals cultivate

Chapter 399 The Sect Master and Young Sect Master arrived at their loyal Heavenly Sect
High above, the heterochromatic eyes hidden within the sun and moon shifted slightly, and the celestial map evolved accordingly. The Thunder Tribulation Cloud Eye slowly took shape deep within the sky, and the vast heavenly might poured down like a tide.

Rumble————

The lightning bolt surged forward violently, unleashing a torrent of lightning like a waterfall, and the destructive power it was brewing caused Xiang Yuan's expression to change drastically.

The power of this attack was comparable to the final heavenly punishment that Bai Wuyan endured during her tribulation!
Ji Wuzhou leaped up and stood in mid-air.

Just as the lightning was about to strike, his aura surged to a critical point, his body merged with heaven and earth, and a sky of lightning tribulation appeared in his heterochromatic eyes.

He drew his fingers into a sword shape and swung it lightly.

"Disperse."

A single, simple word, carrying an undeniable majesty, caused the terrifying thunderous power accumulated in the sky to recede like a receding tide. The rampaging thunder serpent hissed in resentment, eventually transforming into specks of white light and vanishing into the void.

The real and fake sect leaders are vying for control of the Heavenly Sect Formation from afar!
As the dark clouds of the tribulation gradually dissipated, the sky once again revealed the original sun, moon, and stars, and two pairs of identical heterochromatic eyes faced each other from afar.

Upon closer inspection, there are some differences between these two pairs of heterochromatic eyes.

Both had left eyes that blazed like the sun and right eyes that seemed like the cold moon. Their eyes, both above the heavens, were icy and merciless. Ji Wuzhou's eyes were as deep as an abyss. These two reincarnations of the Heavenly Emperors had each embarked on different paths.

Two forces of the same origin but completely different collided silently, causing the entire Mahayana Mountain Range to tremble under this pressure. At the summit of the main peak, Daodao Peak, the phantoms of the Twelve Dao Pavilions flickered, and black cracks spread through the surrounding space, making it teeter on the verge of collapse.

"What happened? Another thief broke in?"

Grandmasters like Liu Pojun arrived and stood side by side with Mingxia Sword Master, who was covered in dust and dirt as he crawled out of the pit.

Xiang Yuan looked at the masters in amazement. Whether by sensing their aura or observing them with his naked eye, they were all so lifelike that even though he knew they were illusions, he couldn't find any fault with them.

So realistic!
The Heavenly Sect Grand Array set up by Yan Xuanhe is indeed powerful!

The Heavenly Sect Grand Array has the ability to turn the illusory into the real. Not to mention that Xiang Yuan could not find fault with it, even Grandmasters like the Sword Master Mingxia did not know that they were illusory, but products of the array's simulation.

Seeing the two sect leaders fighting, the six grandmasters stood aside, holding their breath and not daring to make a sound.

It's impossible for the Heavenly Sect to have two sect leaders; there must be one real and one fake. With their cultivation level, they can't distinguish between the real and the fake, but they firmly believe that the real sect leader will definitely defeat the imposter.

Whoever wins becomes the sect leader!
"It's so realistic..."

Xiang Yuan sighed again, a possibility suddenly occurring to him: since the Heavenly Sect's Grand Array could materialize illusions, did that mean...?

Master, your disciple wants to learn this!
boom! !

With a resounding tremor, the sun, moon, and stars in the sky became blurred and dim, leaving no place for the figures hidden within, forcing them to emerge.

As reincarnations of the Heavenly Emperor, they were both qualified to control the Heavenly Sect's Grand Array. Although Ji Wuzhou did not seize control of the array, he interfered and made things difficult for both himself and his opponent.

It doesn't matter whether he has it or not; the key is that the other person originally had it, and it's because of him that they lost it.

Moreover, he made a late but decisive move, forcing both sides back to the same starting line. In a sense, this was a major victory for him.

I win one, you win nothing, that's a win-win situation;

I win twice, you win nothing, that's a win-win-win situation...

A winning streak is a continuous series of victories.

Ji Wuzhou, who had won big, wore a faint smile. He had finally won back a round in front of his disciple and maintained his dignity as a teacher. However, when he saw the figure walking away, his smile became slightly stiff, and he was not as smug as before.

The newcomer wore a long, dark robe, its hem as sharp as if cut by a knife, and his figure was as upright as a solitary peak with a sharp blade.

His face was cold and stern, his eyebrows were like broken blades, his skin was like frost and snow covering a blade, his lips were as thin as a line of knife, his long hair was unbound, splashed with ink and sparse, and the ends of his hair showed a hidden silver light, as if there was a knife aura moving from between his hair strands.

Standing like a knife hanging overhead, moving like a blade emerging from the ground.

Shen Hanyi of the Heavenly Blade Sect.

The one who was driven out of the formation by Ji Wuzhou was not the mysterious mastermind, but Shen Hanyi, who was being controlled by the mysterious mastermind. The latter had heterochromatic eyes, which resembled the sun and moon, and was expressionless, resembling a puppet.

After fighting for a long time, it turned out to be just a puppet. Ji Wuzhou won against Ji Mo. His face darkened slightly, and he couldn't save face. He formed his palm into a knife and suddenly soared into the sky, pointing straight at the heavens.

I'll kill you, you puppet, first, and collect my interest!

Heavenly Blade Style 1: Lone Star Chasing the Moon.

With a downward strike of his palm, a streak of dark blade light, like a shooting star, swept across the sky, slashing straight at Shen Hanyi.

Shen Hanyi's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he also formed a sword with his palms together, the sword technique being exactly the same.

Heavenly Blade Style 1: Lone Star Chasing the Moon.

Two beams of light burst forth from the sky and the ground simultaneously, colliding violently in mid-air.

Zheng! !

Two streaks of light collided in mid-air, their blade energy exploding, and the air within a hundred feet radius became as still as iron. Not to mention entering it, even just looking at it from afar would cause a stinging sensation on the skin, as if thousands of invisible blades were pressed against one's neck. The slightest carelessness would result in being torn apart by the profound artistic conception.

Xiang Yuan's eyes lit up as he watched, thoroughly enjoying the view.

This is it; now I can go on a shopping spree at the supermarket again.

Xiang Yuan underwent six blood and marrow cleansing rituals, the last of which was a baptism with the blood of an emperor, making his cultivation talent so heaven-defying that he had no friends. He learned everything quickly, to the point that he could deduce the corresponding laws of heaven and earth from a single glance at a situation and then apply them to his own use.

Ji Wuzhou was a cultivator at the Upper Three Realms, and the mastermind behind Shen Hanyi was also a cultivator at the Upper Three Realms. The two were Grandmasters at the Integration Stage. When the two fought, the laws of heaven and earth intertwined and twisted as their swords clashed, and strange phenomena frequently occurred. Xiang Yuan watched in a daze, his head throbbing slightly.

I haven't had this much of a headache in a long time.

This is what cultivating immortality should be like!
Clang!
In the next instant, both long swords were drawn simultaneously!

The black blade in Ji Wuzhou's hand is a magical weapon he uses to cultivate both his life and body. The blade is named "No Regrets" and is as black as night.

With a single slash, the body is disregarded, and only the Dao heart is severed.

The self-created "Heavenly Blade Regret" technique can instantly destroy the Dao heart of anyone who is struck by it and harbors any regret.

The blood-red blade in Shen Hanyi's hand is named 'Wu Nian'. It is also a magic weapon that cultivates both body and soul. It is as red as blood, and the blade is covered with ferocious blood patterns. Every time a powerful enemy is slain, a soul-weeping mark is added. When the blood light is drawn from the sheath, the mournful sound of the blade echoes, as if ten thousand souls are wailing.

Shen Hanyi, a Grandmaster at the top level, was no match for Ji Wuzhou. However, manipulated by the mastermind behind the scenes, who personally stepped in to fight on her behalf, Shen Hanyi's cultivation level was raised to the upper three realms, allowing her to fight Ji Wuzhou to a standstill.

The two swords collided, cracking the sky.

The moment the blade energy erupted, the two streaks of light collided in mid-air, severing the main peak, Daowen Peak, leaving a smooth, mirror-like cut.

Second Master, you'd better get up and straighten up!
Xiang Yuan didn't recognize Shen Hanyi, but having experience fighting Bai Wuyan who controlled the Wuxiang Sword Master, he could tell that Shen Hanyi was just a puppet. He was deeply dissatisfied with Ji Wuzhou's performance in being able to fight the puppet for three hundred rounds.

I am dissatisfied with the simpleton and King Frieza.

How can someone as incompetent as you be ranked as a master alongside these two!

Shen Hanyi displayed great strength, extremely strong, but without the support of the Heavenly Sect Formation, the pressure on Xiang Yuan was greatly reduced. He made a mental assessment and concluded that, if he went all out, he could go toe-to-toe with Shen Hanyi.

If he were to unleash the Heavenly Meteor Sword and the chaotic light hidden between his brows, he would surely be able to kill Shen Hanyi.

An opponent that even a disciple could kill, and you, as the master, are still dawdling here... The young sect leader will have something to say about this!
Clang! !

The sword rang out loudly, and surging sword energy shot straight into the sky. A white light drew back the curtain, sweeping down in a mighty torrent, engulfing the location where Xiang Yuan was.

As the rolling sword light spread out, Xiang Yuan frowned and looked to his side. He saw that six grandmasters, led by the Sword Master Mingxia, had formed an encirclement formation, and he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Perhaps sensing that Xiang Yuan was eager to try his luck and was preparing to fight him two against one, the six grandmasters, blinded by their own ignorance, lost their senses and surrounded Xiang Yuan, launching a suicidal attack.

Without the support of the Heavenly Sect Grand Formation, the six of them were just ordinary Grandmasters, and would only be able to defeat Xiang Yuan. However, the mastermind behind the scenes gave them a trick, raising their strength to the Integration Stage.

In this way, you can at least get two big blows!

"Go play somewhere else. Xiang is a good student, don't disturb my studies."

Xiang Yuan's figure blurred as he unleashed his three-headed, six-armed Dharma form. With a single straight punch, he shattered six clouds of blood mist in mid-air, causing the six illusory grandmasters to return to the Qianyuan Realm.

As luck would have it, the six grandmasters who returned from the small world happened to witness this scene.

Seeing that their enhanced forms were no match for Xiang Yuan's punch, the six grandmasters remained silent and docile, their mental state rising, and their loyalty to the sect leader and young sect leader reaching unprecedented heights.

It's hard not to be loyal!
I swear to serve the Heavenly Sect to the death! x6
Xiao He: (﹃)
Seeing Xiang Yuan roar and transform into a three-headed, six-armed being, and then punch a Grandmaster with a single punch, he, a Nascent Soul stage expert, was filled with grief and couldn't understand what had happened.

When we parted last year, we were all at the Innate stage. Xiang Yuan had a talent that was one in ten thousand, and when we met again, he had already reached the Grandmaster level.

Xiao He's brief wailing and tears were understandable, but to take down a grandmaster with a single punch was simply too much!

No, something must be wrong; he can't accept this reality.

boom!
Shen Hanyi's sword aura solidified, and the 'Mindless Killing Domain' suddenly unfolded. The Blood Blade Mindless hummed and trembled, and the blood patterns on its blade writhed like living things. Within the domain, everything was transformed into a sharp blade.

Anyone who dares to trespass will have their hair and beard shattered within three steps!
Five steps later, flesh and blood turned to mush!
The ninth step will inevitably add a Soul-Weeping Mark to the blade!
Under the manipulation of the mastermind behind the scenes, Shen Hanyi's abilities are off the charts, making her as strong as a war god.

The Unyielding Blade is drawn!
Ji Wuzhou's eyes flashed with an unusual light. He transformed himself into a blade, advancing instead of retreating, and boldly broke into the Wunian Killing Domain. His black blade, Wu Hui, instantly slashed nine bolts of lightning.

Heavenly Blade Style 1: Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens!
For an ordinary cultivator to learn the inheritance of a top-tier power, whether it be saber techniques or sword techniques, to grasp the essence of it is already extremely rare, and such a person can be called a genius.

However, once their cultivation reaches the level of a grandmaster, or even enters the upper three realms, they will break free from the constraints imposed by their predecessors based on their own cultivation and path. The same moves in their hands may be unrecognizable even to the person who created them.

Shen Hanyi's "No Thought Killing Domain" reconstructs the laws of heaven and earth with the power of the sword, and has created its own path. With the support of the mastermind behind the scenes, the power of the "No Thought Killing Domain" has been amplified infinitely.

Ji Wuzhou also forged his own path, unleashing a move called Thunderous Nine Heavens. His blade aura spontaneously generated nine heavenly tribulation clouds, with a vast thunderstorm surging forth like the blazing sun melting snow, instantly tearing the blood-red killing domain into nothingness.

Zheng!
A streak of pitch-black blade light descended like a bolt of lightning, seemingly severing some invisible cause and effect, and struck the Blood Blade of No Thoughts fiercely, cleaving the magical weapon in two with a head-on collision.

Shen Hanyi's eyes swirled with strange light, manifesting yin and yang fish. The broken blade cleaved down, splitting the Nine Heavens Tribulation Clouds in two.

A sword is not such an inconvenient thing.

Holding a broken sword, he unleashed the Heavenly Meteor Sword!
The sword light continued its momentum, suddenly growing to its limit, like a galaxy falling, carrying the force of annihilating the heavens as it slashed straight at Ji Wuzhou.

“You are not Yan Xuanhe, yet you use Yan Xuanhe’s swordsmanship. This time, I, Ji, have won!”

Ji Wuzhou let out a long howl, his pent-up anger dissipating, and laughing loudly as he charged forward with his sword.

Boom!

The black light surged upwards, like a black waterfall of the Styx hanging upside down, carrying the resolute intent to sever cause and effect. It collided with the Heavenly Meteor Sword and crashed into the blazing white sword light.

The blazing white sword light shattered inch by inch, turning into countless sparks that scattered across the sky.

The black light continued its momentum, penetrating Shen Hanyi from bottom to top and splitting his body in two.

A disdainful snort echoed in the void, seemingly negating Ji Wuzhou's words. He did not appear, but instead withdrew directly, his decisiveness startling.

Shen Hanyi's body, split in two, fell to the left and right. The once tough and invincible body of a Grandmaster twisted and dissipated like a bubble, turning into two wisps of black smoke before even hitting the ground, and was completely annihilated between heaven and earth.

"Hahaha----"

Ji Wuzhou stood in the sky above Mount Dacheng and suddenly burst into laughter.

The laughter was unrestrained and wild, shaking the sea of ​​clouds and causing the illusory images of the twelve pavilions to tremble.

I don't know what he was laughing about; maybe he won the game and regained face in front of his apprentice.
Perhaps he was laughing at himself for abandoning the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed and walking his own path as Ji Wuzhou. He was himself, not someone else.

Or perhaps it's mocking the mastermind behind the scenes, who, despite his immense power, is ultimately trapped in the shackles of being the 'reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor,' unable to truly possess his own self.

In short, he won this battle; the winner takes all, and he has the right to laugh so loudly.

"We pay our respects to the Sect Master!"
Several grandmasters and the Nascent Soul stage cultivators who arrived one after another stepped forward and expressed their loyalty, saying that they were the sect leader's dogs in life and ghosts in death, and were willing to go through fire and water for the sect leader, with no regrets in this life.

Oh, and the young sect leader too.

I am willing to serve the young sect leader faithfully!
When the sect leader arrives, the heavens are clear; when the young sect leader arrives, the Heavenly Sect is at peace.

At this moment, the sect leader and the young sect leader arrived at the Heavenly Sect they were loyal to.

Ji Wuzhou retreated with a smile, nodding to his lackeys as he landed in front of Xiang Yuan, standing with his hands behind his back, displaying the demeanor of a grandmaster.

Xiangyuan: (一`一;)
Speak your mind, why are you looking at me?
Xiang Yuan curled his lips, tightened the Taoist robe wrapped around his waist, and looked shocked: "Congratulations, Master, today you defeated a powerful enemy and beat him to a pulp. Today you have restored order and rebuilt the orthodoxy of the Heavenly Sect. Tomorrow you will surely achieve both literary and martial prowess, and people from all directions will come to pay homage. You will then unify Western Chu. The day after tomorrow, you will break out of Western Chu, fight your way to Northern Qi, and raise the flag on the small hill of the Benxin Taoist sect."

No need!

Ji Wuzhou raised his hand to call a halt, the more he listened, the more something seemed amiss.

The first two sentences are full of emotional value. Although there is an element of acting, he doesn't care. As long as the words sound nice, that's enough.

That last sentence was really going too far!

Both the Benxin Dao and the Tianzong are renowned and righteous sects, and both are respected members of the righteous path. It is unacceptable for them to fight each other. They should cooperate sincerely to build a better Qianyuan Realm together.

Ji Wuzhou looked at Xiang Yuan with a deep gaze, advising the latter to be more careful and not to make his master do foolish things so easily!

You even raised a small mound of earth representing your true nature. Are you even speaking human language?

Xiang Yuan's face tightened, and he said seriously, "Master, if I dare to fight to the core and turn their little mound upside down, I can do it, and you definitely can too."

Bah, that's because you follow the true path!
Ji Wuzhou cursed his bad luck. He tossed the small mound of earth from the Benxin Dao to Xiang Yuan, and nothing happened. How dare he do that... He got a small dark room and sat watching Xiang Yuan and the old Daoist Que Xin rub their hands together, just like that other guy, becoming a family heirloom of the Benxin Dao.

Speaking of which, what was that guy's name again?

She appears to be Miao Qiong, the leader of the Ziguang Sect.

Tsk tsk, the lineage of the Ziguang Sect is not simple, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye, and it's another scheme!

With the mastermind gone, Ji Wuzhou was able to take control of the Heavenly Sect's grand formation. With a thought, the world was transformed, and the broken main peak, Daowen Peak, was restored to its original state, as if it had never been damaged.

After Ji Wuzhou took control of the Heavenly Sect's grand formation, the illusory existence dissipated, and all the Heavenly Sect cultivators on Mount Mahakasya were real.

Master Mingxia, Liu Pojun, and other grandmasters have been imprisoned in the small world for some time and are unaware of the situation outside. They only know that they have been replaced by a fake and are worried that something has happened at home. They informed Ji Wuzhou that they wanted to go home to visit.

Ji Wuzhou waved his hand and let them pass. He looked at the still makeshift Tianzong and slowly gazed into the distance.

Xiang Yuan remained unmoved, his face expressionless even after being stared at by Ji Wuzhou for quite a while.

"My disciple, your master..."

"Thank you, Master, for imparting your teachings!"

"..."

What did I send you that you're thanking me for?

“Master, the Heavenly Sect’s Grand Formation is no small matter. With you in control, it is already foolproof. However, we cannot rule out the possibility that the mastermind behind it may make a comeback. Your disciple will help you control it together. Double insurance is the only way to make it as solid as a rock.”

Xiang Yuan said solemnly, "You anticipate the enemy's moves and remain invincible. Master, you have great foresight. I admire you."

After saying that, she stretched out her small, clean, white hand.

Ji Wuzhou's eyes twitched. He sighed, thinking that the disciple of the Original Heart Path was indeed worthy of being called a master. His shameless behavior was clearly a true inheritance.

He didn't hide anything, saying directly, "You have the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, so you are indeed qualified to control the Heavenly Sect's Grand Array. If you want it, what's wrong with me giving it to you... Next time, just say what you want. You may not care about being shameless, but I..."

"Alas, there is a man who schemes against his own apprentice."

Xiang Yuan sighed and interrupted, "Secretly throwing out the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed without ever admitting it to his face, and then trying to deny it after being exposed, I won't say who that person is."

Don't be so hypocritical!
Upon hearing this, Ji Wuzhou choked on his words, waved his hand and said no more. He took Xiang Yuan with him and stepped forward, heading straight for the summit of the main peak, the Dao Asking Peak. In the Taixu Hall behind the Twelve Dao Pavilions, he handed over the authority of the Heavenly Sect Grand Array to Xiang Yuan.

"Master, what are the Twelve Dao Pavilions?"

"Twelve Dao Seeds".

"..."

The concise answer stunned Xiang Yuan. He had made a similar guess before, but he was still surprised to hear Ji Wuzhou confirm it.

The Twelve Dao Pavilions were established by Yan Xuanhe, who was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor. The Dao seeds that he could select and collect must have extraordinary origins.

"Master, are these all Heavenly Emperor Dao Seeds?"

"Do not."

Ji Wuzhou frowned: "These are the Dao Seeds that Yan Xuanhe used to re-establish the Heavenly Court. The twelve Dao Pavilions and twelve Dao Seeds represent twelve high-ranking and powerful deities in the Heavenly Court. The relationship is of utmost importance."

"Re-establish the Heavenly Court?"

"Yes, the Heavenly Court of Qianyuan Realm was defeated and swallowed by the Demon Realm. Yan Xuanhe severed the sky with his sword. Although this was to protect himself, it can also be considered to have saved Qianyuan Realm once..."

Ji Wuzhou muttered to himself, "However, the Qianyuan Realm is not as simple as it seems on the surface. Yan Xuanhe's actions have a deeper meaning."

What is the deeper meaning behind this?

"do not know."

"..."

(End of this chapter)