From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 257 The Fall of the Purple Sun True Monarch

Amidst the clouds and mist, the sky tore open, revealing a golden vortex resembling a black hole.

The ancestral land of Wenjian Mountain was shrouded in the magnificent and bright sunlight. Everyone was made transparent by the sunlight, and their meridians and bones were clearly visible. Everyone was terrified, feeling as if they were in a solar alchemy furnace.

The battle escalated too fiercely. The True Lord descended upon the world, and a gigantic finger, as large as a mountain range, carrying a solar storm, covered the entire Wenjian Mountain.

The fingertip alone is far larger than the entire Sword-Asking Mountain, which is tens of thousands of feet high!
Before the True Lord's finger even reached the ground, the sky and earth had already collapsed, with countless golden cracks tearing through the landscape, threatening to destroy the entire Wenjian Mountain area.

Around the edge of this finger are floating islands of divine light, all of which are blessed lands. There are huge figures with divine light emanating from their brows, holding magical artifacts, exuding endless majesty. Is this a divine journey?
Countless people were terrified. A true lord had descended upon the world, and such a devastating blow would cause the earth to collapse and all living beings to perish. Would Yunmeng Prefecture sink to the ground today?!

"Terrifying!" Chen Xuan was shocked. A battle at the True Monarch level could truly sink an entire province with ease!
This True Lord's finger, like a pillar supporting the entire world of immortals and ghosts collapsing and falling, stretches for tens of thousands of miles. Heaven and earth appear extremely small under the finger, carrying the brilliant radiance of the sun, illuminating mountains and rivers for billions of miles!

At this moment, everyone's thoughts were plunged into chaos, as if they had become a puppet on strings, their bodies radiating golden light. All the immortal energy was forced to transform into solar energy. At this moment, only the sun reigned supreme!
The entire Yunmeng Prefecture was trembling, as if it were about to collapse.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the sound of swords resonated continuously within everyone's body, and a wisp of white sword energy emerged, spreading out the misty solar energy.

The entire Wenjian Mountain glowed, the mountain-protecting formation was revived, and a large horse, its body as black as gold, ascended to the mountain peak, stretched its neck and neighed, desperately healing and binding together the cracks that covered the earth.

At the same time, high above, beneath a jet-black True Monarch Sword, a figure in black robes with wildly dancing white hair appeared, opening a pair of aged, black-gold eyes.

"Slash!" The True Monarch Sword was suddenly drawn, and the dark sword energy soared into the sky, converging into a giant sword wheel that spanned tens of thousands of miles. The True Martial Dharma Image flowed on the surface of the sword wheel, as if it wanted to bring this world into the sword's domain.

The old swordsman appeared and immediately retaliated, unleashing the full power of swordsmanship with a single strike!
The sword wheel and the blazing sun finger collided with a deafening roar, like millions of stars exploding simultaneously. Space fragments flew everywhere like meteors, causing mountains to collapse and rivers to flow backward. The chaotic energy storm shattered tens of thousands of miles of sky.

This was a strike capable of collapsing the heavens and earth. The disciples of the Sword Inquiry Dojo and the young cultivators from other places who came to seek the Dao all turned pale. This was the true power of heaven and earth. Anyone facing a battle of this level would appear too insignificant.

"Cough!" The black horse's limbs broke off, and it coughed up blood, collapsing to its knees. In fact, the Sword Inquiry Mountain was extremely advanced; a single strike from a True Monarch's duel was enough to destroy tens of thousands of miles of land.

Even with its maximum effort to revive the Ascension Ground of Wenjian Mountain, it still couldn't completely offset the aftershocks of the True Lord's attack, leaving the land scarred and devastated. While the Ascension Ground itself fared relatively better, thousands of miles away, the edge of Wenjian City, visibly flattened by the energy blast, was reduced to ruins.
Just in Sword City alone, I'm afraid no less than a million lives have been lost!
At the center of the collision above the sky, the clouds were cleared away.

Only the sunlight and the black sword energy continued to clash and wear each other down.

This scene was too terrifying. Even the most terrifying natural disasters in the world could not compare to a casual strike from a True Lord. In an instant, life was ravaged!

"True Lord Lingyang, have you gone mad? You're taking action in the mortal realm! Are you trying to destroy Yunmeng Prefecture? The mortals are innocent!" The old swordsman's powerful voice echoed through the sky like spring thunder.

If the old swordsman hadn't retaliated with his sword, intercepting the finger of the Little Azure Heaven Spirit Yang True Lord and blocking most of the energy attack, there would probably be no living creature left on the tens of thousands of miles of land by now.

"Old man, what are you saying? You sword cultivators only care about yourselves. When have you ever truly pitied the world?" In the void, a huge Taoist figure appeared, wearing a blue sun crown and standing in a pillar of blazing sunlight.

Lingyang Zhenjun sneered, mocking the old sword master for his hypocrisy and saying that sword cultivators are inherently cold and indifferent, and don't care about the life and death of mortal ants.

"Esteemed True Lords of the Sun, I have already shown you enough respect by refraining from attacking Yunmeng for many days. But now that a True Lord of the Sun has come to pay homage, you dare to accept me?" True Lord Lingyang rebuked.

At the foot of Wenjian Mountain, Chen Xuan looked at the beautiful woman whose face was deathly pale. The baby in her arms seemed to sense the danger and had stopped crying.

Clearly, this reincarnated True Lord's attempt to join the Sword Inquiry Dojo has crossed the true bottom line of the other Sun True Lords.

So Chen Xuan thought... After the two realms' immortal pills were affected and interfered with by him, True Lord Lingyang descended to the Southern Wilderness, but in the end only took one look and left. Was he forced to retreat, or was it because the matter was still within the range that True Lord Lingyang could accept?
"Little Qingtian wants to be the first to stick his neck out? This old man is nearing the end of his life anyway. Before I die, I'll kill a few of Little Qingtian's mad Taoist priests, and that will be enough to make my name in history!"

Old Sword Master laughed loudly. Clearly, he was a hot-tempered and daring True Lord who was not afraid of Little Azure Sky's advance at all.

Normally, the Sword Inquiry Dojo and the Little Blue Sky, an ancient lineage, must have had many contacts over millions of years. Although their relationship was not harmonious, it would not develop to the point of life and death, and they would maintain a wonderful balance.

But at this moment, these two ancient forces have completely broken off relations. After all, Xiao Qingtian has directly attacked the doorstep of the Wenjian Dojo, which is already a tough stance of fighting to the death.

Lingyang Zhenjun spoke up: "Old Sword Lord, we've all lived for thousands of years, who's afraid of death? This isn't Xinzhai Heaven! At worst, we'll sink Yunmeng today! Your sword is fast, but my Solar Immortal Technique isn't necessarily a disadvantage!"

With a clang, the old swordsman said no more and drew his sword. The black sword wheel illuminated the universe, like a black galaxy flowing backward, and slashed towards the spirit sun true man.

In an instant, billions of ancient bronze swords emerged from the depths of the void, forming a massive sword array. At the center of the array, the Old Sword Lord wielded a black longsword radiating an aura of slaying, and with a single strike, only this astonishing black sword light remained between heaven and earth.

Lingyang Zhenjun did not dodge, but directly confronted the old sword master's sword energy.

Boom!

An unprecedented war erupted, with two of the world's most powerful Qi cultivators clashing. The power of the sword's origin clashed with the world-destroying light of the sun, and each strike contained the domineering power to burn away the nine netherworlds and create the world.

"Go into Taixu! You two True Lords, go into Taixu and fight!" At this moment, everyone on the ground felt utterly hopeless.

The fact that two True Lords have actually appeared in the world to wage war is undoubtedly a catastrophe that will destroy the world. After this battle, what will be left of Yunmeng Prefecture?
Life was about to perish, leaving behind only scorched earth. Many desolate and dark states in the Southern Region were destroyed because of the Great War of the True Monarchs!

Having lived for over five thousand years, who in the world could surpass him in swordsmanship? Lingyang Zhenjun of Xiaoqingtian is also a leading figure of the Sun lineage! In an era when immortals and gods were in hiding, they were the world's greatest warriors!

This battle was unprecedented; the two True Lords fought with their true fury, holding nothing back. Their sword energy collided with the pillar of sunlight, and the entire world seemed to fall into eternal silence.

Rumble!
High in the sky, nine solar coronas burst forth with blazing pillars of sunlight that pierced through heaven and earth, and ten thousand black sword lights crisscrossed the sky for millions of miles. The sky was flowing with bright red blood, and the True Lord began to bleed!

The entire Yunmeng Prefecture was shaken. Hundreds of millions of living beings looked up in fear and saw that in the endless divine light, the Old Sword Lord and the Sun True Lord were sent flying backward. Their clothes were torn and their auras had become slightly weaker, but the fighting spirit in their eyes seemed to be burning. A new round of fighting had begun again, a fight to the death!
"The crown of True Lord Lingyang has been cut off!" Someone witnessed this scene and couldn't believe it. Could it be that the battle would continue until the True Lord perished?

On the earth, everyone was terrified, but there was nowhere to escape. The entire Yunmeng Prefecture had become a battlefield for True Lords. The sky collapsed, and the Chaotic Void began to connect with and devour the world of gods and ghosts.

"It is said that the swordsmanship of the Sword Inquiry Dojo is the best in the Southern Region, and that is no exaggeration. The old Sword Lord has probably brought the True Monarch Sword Dao to its end... Fellow Daoist Lingyang is no match for him. Only the Little Azure Heaven Dao Master himself can contend with him." In the Great Void, an extremely majestic voice resounded, making such a comment.

A blurry figure emerged in the Great Ruins, holding a bright sun in his hands—the second True Lord of the Sun Path!
"The Sword Inquiry Dojo has more than just the Old Sword Lord as a True Monarch. This is a tough nut to crack. It does indeed have the ability to interfere with the Sun Dao lineage..." Another True Monarch's voice echoed across the vast void, carrying a hint of mockery.

"Fellow Daoists, there's no need to wait any longer. Let's raze the Sword Inquiry Dojo to the grounds today."

The fourth figure of the Sun True Lord appeared, not in human form, but in the form of a golden nine-story pagoda. This was a ghostly True Lord.
As soon as these words were spoken, several more towering figures, too majestic to look at directly, appeared in the Great Ruins, all as bright as the sun... At this moment, almost all the Sun True Lords of the Southern Region had arrived!
Several colossal figures, towering to the heavens and standing upright, surrounded Yunmeng Prefecture. Some were clad in golden armor, holding the sun in their hands; others wore Taoist robes, their eyes narrowed in a smile; still others were strangely human, each exuding a terrifying and immense power.

"We sword cultivators, what fear is there of fighting to the death!" A sharp voice, like the cry of a sword, resounded from the depths of the Sword Arena, and a pure white pillar of sword energy shot into the Great Ruins.

At the same time, the entrance to a grotto-heaven shrouded in celestial mist opened above Wenjian Mountain... A surge of immortal aura rose, and a strange secret realm resembling the [Xinzhai Heaven] and [Shangyang Heaven] appeared in the world!

The remaining True Monarch sword cultivators of the Sword Inquiry Dojo successively revived.

"The [Bai Xiao Tian] of the [Bai Xiao Jade Palace Sword Immortal] has descended to earth! Everyone, come forth as you please!" A peerless sword cultivator, exuding an ethereal aura, emerged from the grotto-heaven on his sword and proclaimed loudly. The Sword Inquiry Dojo is the dojo of the ancient Bai Xiao Immortal Lord. At this moment, the Sword Inquiry Dojo has opened the hidden grotto-heaven he left behind in the mortal world, and the True Lord sword cultivators who slumbered within have emerged one after another!
The battle escalates once again, and an even more terrifying chaotic battle between True Lords begins!
"It's over." At this moment, all living beings in Yunmeng Prefecture realized that they had no way out.

"This is...outrageous!" Chen Xuan's scalp tingled. Everyone said Yunmeng Prefecture was safe, but he had only been here a few days and had already encountered such a terrifying thing. The mortal world and Taixu were both at war, and there was nowhere to escape to!
Just then, in the central swamp area of ​​Yunmeng Prefecture, water vapor rose, and with a loud boom, a black Ying fish leaped out of the swamp, raising its head and letting out a long cry.

"Yunmeng Prefecture is not the domain of the Sword Inquiry Dojo! You humans should fight your way to Taixu!" Atop the mythical beast Yingyu, a True Monarch Demon King dressed in a black Daoist robe sat cross-legged, his forked tongue flicking out as he roared sharply, "Don't make your own mistakes!"

Another ancient power in Yunmeng Prefecture, the Taiyi Forbidden Land, has had a supreme expert intervene to mediate.

A black snail lay across the sky, riding the clouds and mist, resembling a giant whale. It seemed to be a monster of the True Lord level!
"Fellow Daoists, take a break! You're about to tear down my execution ground!" At the same time, in another part of the sky, the powerful True Monarchs of the Five Elements Sect and the Cloud Dream Academy were also forced to appear.

What a joke!
Sink Yunmeng Prefecture? What about the other major powers? Do they even need to live?!
"Slap!" Chen Xuan's shoulder was suddenly patted by a black sleeve. He looked down and saw that Little Black True Monarch had appeared silently.

"How is your practice of the Heart Fasting Sutra?" Little Black True Lord asked, looking up.

"This junior plans to return and begin cultivating after delivering the invitations," Chen Xuan replied, immediately feeling relieved. The Little Black True Lord, who guards Old Zhang at Yunmeng Market, has finally arrived!
I've been refining Little Black True Monarch's pills for the past few days and haven't had time to do anything else.

Little Black True Monarch sized up Chen Xuan, then said regretfully, "It is not yet time for this True Monarch to manifest his power. For now, spare the lives of the True Monarchs of the Ancient Method Path and the Alchemy Path."

Beside him, Yuan Yang, her face pale, was taken aback. Looking at the elusive Little Black True Lord, she wondered if this seemingly ordinary black robe belonged to a True Lord of great power, and that he was protecting Chen Xuan.

At this moment, the powerful True Lords of Yunmeng Prefecture stepped forward to mediate the conflict between the Sword Inquiry Dojo and the True Lords of the Sun Dao lineage.

Yunmeng Prefecture, whether in terms of strength or antiquity, is a top-ten prefecture in the Southern Region with unfathomable depth. With local True Monarchs emerging one after another, it is impossible for them to sit idly by and watch Yunmeng Prefecture be destroyed.

Divine light filled the sky, and figures resembling gods and demons appeared, gradually forming a three-way standoff, thus bringing the battle between the Old Sword Lord and the Spirit Yang True Lord to an end.

"What's the point of going to Taixu? We've come here in person, what else is there to talk about? After we sink Yunmeng Prefecture, we'll allow you to come to Qingming Prefecture and ask the Little Azure Heaven!" True Monarch Lingyang said calmly.

His enormous figure filled half the sky, his Taoist crown shattered, his long hair wildly dancing and dripping with golden blood, but his aura was rising, and he became majestic and holy, looking down over the entire Yunmeng Prefecture.

All the powerful figures in Yunmeng Prefecture looked grim.

"You little Qingtian are truly insane and unreasonable!" roared a demonic True Lord from the Taiyi Forbidden Land. "I will join forces with the Wenjian Dojo to fight you!"

The war between the two top lineages of the human race would have been a cause for celebration in the Taixu Forbidden Land. But now, they have chosen the mortal world as their battlefield, and the flames have reached right to the doorstep of the Taiyi Forbidden Land. How could they not be anxious?
The old swordsman, covered in blood and gripping a black immortal sword, said coldly, "Lingyang, there's no better time than now. After I send you away, I'll immediately head to Qingming Prefecture!"

Lingyang Zhenjun laughed and said, "The affairs of the world are in the hands of the Daoist Xiaoqingtian, not you sword cultivators. Xiaoqingtian is going to do something that even the immortals cannot stop... Old Sword Lord, since you insist on not handing over the reincarnation of Ziyang Zhenjun, I will give you a chance today. Let's muster our troops and officially start the civil war of the human race in the Southern Region!"

What arrogant and resolute words! Many people were shocked. Not to mention the local True Lords of Yunmeng Prefecture, even some Sun True Lords in Taixu were moved at this moment, thinking that Xiao Qingtian was too crazy.

But clearly, these words carried great weight. Even the hot-tempered Old Sword Master fell silent for a moment. After a brief pause, he raised his hand, gestured behind him, and spoke in a detached tone:
"Notify the four ancient dynasties of the Central Plains to prepare to take over the Southern Region after the war."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned solemn. The sword cultivator's temper was too stubborn, and he would never bow his head for anything... Meanwhile, the Little Azure Sky on the other side was controlled by a group of crazy Daoist masters, who were completely insane.

"Zheng!"

On Mount Wenjian, a Sword Dao True Monarch sneered, summoning four small platinum swords. The swords transformed into streams of light, carrying information, and headed towards the Central Divine Continent in the north.

"Don't!"

Just then, a young Taoist boy in black riding a dragon appeared. Lu Zhuan of the Tongtian Dojo, holding a small seal, appeared between the Old Sword Lord and the Lingyang True Lord, and shouted:

"Please stop, everyone! I, this humble Taoist priest, have something to say!"

In an instant, all the True Lords' gazes converged on Lu Zhuan, who was at the Cauldron level.

"Old Daoist Lu, you have no right to sit at the table and speak now. If you want to mediate, let your current generation's True Lord do it!" True Lord Lingyang said with a gloomy face, using words to drive Lu Zhuan away.

“Senior Lu Zhuan, we appreciate your kindness, but you should still leave… This concerns matters of great importance to the immortal path, and we sword cultivators will not back down,” the old sword master also said.

On the ground, Chen Xuan was astonished to see this. The old sword master had lived for more than five thousand years, but at this moment he was acting as a junior in front of Lu Zhuan. Lu Zhuan said that he had once been glorious and had been on par with Tai Xuan Zhenjun. This was no exaggeration!

It should be noted that in the world of Qi cultivation, strength has always been paramount. The fact that the old Sword Master called Lu Zhuan a senior is enough to show how powerful Lu Zhuan was in the past.

"Give this humble Taoist priest some face! Give this humble Taoist priest some face!"

Standing atop the dragon's head, Lu Zhuan, drenched in sweat, waved his two small, lotus-root-like arms and shouted, "You all want to know what happened to the Purple Sun True Lord before his death, whether he sought immortality or not... Old Sword Lord, you want to investigate the situation of the [Immortal Palace], and you Sun True Lords want to know if the Sun [Golden Core Immortal] is truly elusive. We don't necessarily have to fight, let's cooperate!"

Lingyang Zhenjun sneered, "How can we cooperate? Ziyang Zhenjun is a newly reincarnated being, and his divine soul is still faint and uncertain. He only has one chance to forcibly awaken [Su Hui]!"

The old swordsman also said, "We don't have time. We'll wait until he grows up. Besides, Senior Lu Zhuan, not all reincarnated True Monarchs can successfully awaken [Pre-Heaven Wisdom] like you!"

"There's a way!"

Lu Zhuan quickly said, "I know a young man who is capable of helping you all!"

As he spoke, he glared at True Lord Lingyang and said reproachfully, "Young friend Lingyang, you clearly met that young man and know there are more reliable ways to handle conflicts, so why didn't you use them!"

Upon hearing this, Lingyang Zhenjun's expression darkened even further.

On the ground, upon seeing this, Chen Xuan's forehead broke out in a cold sweat... Oh no, could the young man Lu Zhuan was talking about be him?!

“We are also curious about what True Lord Ziyang saw before he died.” True Lord Xiaohei floated to Chen Xuan’s ear like a ghost and whispered.

Above the sky, the old swordsman raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Who is this young man? Have you heretics who are taking a new path found a chosen one who can see through the fog?"

"The Chosen One is too low-end; we've found something much better now."

Lu Zhuan sneered disdainfully, then pointed to the ground and said loudly, "This young man is right here at the foot of Wenjian Mountain."

"Lu Zhuan is a big-mouthed scoundrel!" Chen Xuan felt a chill run down his spine and wanted to find a hole to bury himself in immediately.

Senior Turtle said that Lu Zhuan was a troublemaker, and that's absolutely true!

“But young people can’t help you for free!” Lu Zhuan said to the old swordsman and the spirit sun true man.

(End of this chapter)