Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 621 If not now, when?

The grotto has been damaged.

This sword intent pierced through his inner world, creating a crack.

Cracks visibly spread across the body of the Dharma.

Jian Sanwu Hui almost destroyed the foundation of his cave with a single sword strike.

If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Xu Yunfan was also in a very difficult position.

Forcibly activating the sword technique to resist the backlash from the Golden Core True Monarch's cave, the Star Spirit Banner protecting him emitted a mournful cry that almost shattered, and the spiritual light on the banner surface quickly dimmed.

Can't stop it, can't stop it at all.

The aftershocks from the spread of the Golden Core's magical power felt as if the sky were collapsing.

His divine power was completely depleted, and his sea of ​​consciousness was stinging like needles, making him almost unable to stand.

The three Golden Core Sword Intents have been completely used up.

The Star Spirit Banner's power was greatly reduced due to overloading.

Facing the Qingyuan True Lord who had caught his breath, even though the other party was seriously injured and on the verge of collapse, he was far beyond what he could withstand in the slightest when he was exhausted.

The eyes of True Monarch Qingyuan burned with a destructive rage and violence, and he was about to recklessly gather the remaining immortal energy to deliver a final, fatal blow to Xu Yunfan.

However, the three consecutive sword strikes eventually gave Xu Yunfan a chance to catch his breath.

The opponent was briefly weakened.

However, Xu Yunfan had no intention of killing a Golden Core True Monarch.

The opponent's inner world remains intact, and their true form is immortal.

What is the Golden Elixir? It is the fruit of entering the Dao in the grotto-heaven, which is transformed into a Golden Elixir and swallowed into the stomach.

My true destiny is in my own hands, not in the hands of fate.

Xu Yunfan took a deep breath and naturally understood that Qingyuan Zhenjun was truly willing to risk a great decline in his cultivation to kill him.

The only thing that can currently resist, or at least delay and deter True Monarch Qingyuan, is the Dao Fruit within his body, which he has refined into the Taiyin Crystal Pearl—the final manifestation of the Taiyin Profound Mirror Dao Fruit.

Refining this bead allows one to temporarily hold the position of a Dao Fruit, borrowing a trace of the true power of a Golden Core True Monarch.

However, activating it requires unimaginable magical power and will immediately reveal the aura of the Dao Fruit.

Once used, the temporary pseudo-Golden Core level can certainly unleash tremendous power, but the consequences are unpredictable.

This is something that a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, who has not yet condensed the Immortal Golden Nature, cannot easily withstand. Its backlash might severely damage his Dao Foundation and completely expose the Taiyin Fruit within him.

Not only would the severely injured True Monarch Qingyuan go mad, but it would also attract the attention of other True Monarchs who sensed the fluctuations of Golden Core level power, especially True Monarch Pudu of the Yuanshi Sect, who had been searching for the Taiyin Fruit that had disappeared from the Heavenly Realm.

When the power of the Golden Core level clashes, no matter how ingenious the secret techniques for concealing cause and effect are arranged, they cannot hide the core Dao essence.

But if you don't use it, you'll die immediately.

How to do?
You'll die if you use it, and you'll also die if you don't.

Is it really necessary to use the Soul Exchange to directly take over the clone Han Shi?
Or perhaps they would first pretend to hold the golden position for Qingyuan Zhenjun so that he would self-destruct, and then exchange souls?
Just as Xu Yunfan's eyes were flashing with divine light, he hesitated whether to immediately activate this costly trump card, he suddenly caught sight of Ye Xuan, who was imprisoned to the side by the aftershocks of the Star Spirit Banner, her eyes filled with only fear and blankness.

A thought flashed through my mind like lightning.

He was all too aware of the internal strife within the Yuanshi Sect and the backstabbing and infighting among the True Lords.

That True Lord of Salvation personally oversees the devouring and destruction of the Heavenly Realm.

Now that Qingyuan Zhenjun has made a low-key appearance, he is naturally trying to intercept the opportunity first.

He immediately abandoned his desperate attempt to activate the crystal bead, and with a flash, the Star Spirit Banner swirled with a ghostly light, capturing Ye Xuan in his hand.

He looked down at Ye Xuan's pale face, and despite his anxiety, he remained calm and composed in his speech.

"I know you are an important figure in the Ye family of the Wancheng Sword Sect."

"Right now, True Lord Qingyuan is determined to succeed me, and he'll do the same for you. What will happen to you if you fall into his hands?" Xu Yunfan paused, looking at the increased fear and confusion in Ye Xuan's eyes. "In his hands, you have no chance of survival. Even reincarnation will be difficult. Do you want to live?"

Ye Xuan trembled all over.

The terrifying scene of the earth-shattering destruction that had just occurred, which nearly caused even a Golden Core True Monarch to perish, had already shattered her mind.

Looking at the Yuanshi Sect disciple before him, covered in blood, his magical power depleted yet his eyes still sharp as knives.

Despite possessing only late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, he repeatedly inflicted severe damage on Golden Core True Monarchs, even nearly destroying their grotto-heavens.

Simply unbelievable.

Falling into his hands is certainly dangerous, but at least, there seems to be room for discussion.

As for Qingyuan Zhenjun, the Yuanshi Sect Zhenjun who is revered as the "Yuanmo Sect", it is well known that he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals, so it is inevitable that he would kill himself to silence him.

"I want to live! I want to live!"

A strong will to survive overcame her hesitation, and she knew what Xu Yunfan wanted to ask.

Ye Xuan's voice trembled, but her divine sense quickly transmitted a specific spatial coordinate.

"Go there! There's a boundary marker for a 'gap' here! Quick!"

Upon hearing the answer, a glint flashed in Xu Yunfan's eyes, and he acted without hesitation.

He didn't have time to verify whether Ye Xuan's words were true or false; this was the only straw he could grasp at in his desperate situation.

With his other hand, he suddenly pulled something out from the depths of his tattered sleeve.

Its appearance resembles a small boat.

This boat is neither made of gold nor wood. It is shaped like a willow leaf and its surface is engraved with dense, complex, and profound spatial teleportation arrays.

Like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, as a master craftsman, he naturally crafted many treasures for escaping.

This boat was a treasure he had meticulously crafted to prepare for the worst-case scenario. It was made by drawing upon the essence of the heavens with the Star Spirit Banner, using countless precious materials, and combining his own understanding of spatial formations.

A top-tier magical artifact capable of transcending realms.

It can carry him across the barrier between heaven and earth.

Despite having almost exhausted his mana.

But when Xu Yunfan activated his last bit of mental power, the leaf-shaped boat instantly erupted with a silvery-blue spatial Daoist light, firmly enveloping Xu Yunfan and the imprisoned Ye Xuan within it.

"Qingyuan!"

Xu Yunfan shouted sharply, preparing to utter a few harsh words.

"I will remember your kindness today! I will certainly repay you in person another day!"

Before the words were finished, the light in the space distorted violently, emitting a crisp "pop" sound.

The next moment, the silver-blue light, along with the figures of Xu Yunfan and Ye Xuan, vanished like bubbles, as if they had never existed. All that remained was the East Sea void, now even more chaotic and fragmented, with the lingering, dense golden core energy and the icy fragments of the shattered immortal aura.

Qingyuan Zhenjun watched helplessly as Xu Yunfan, holding Ye Xuan hostage, disappeared right before his eyes. Although the Daoist technique of spatial teleportation was exquisite, it could not escape the range of his divine sense as a Golden Core Zhenjun.

"Outside the Heavenly Realm, how dare you!!"

Qingyuan Zhenjun was so angry that he laughed instead, his face so gloomy it was almost dripping water.

Beyond the Boundary Heaven lies not an infinite void, but an even more terrifying Boundary Sea.

The boundless chaotic light of creation and destruction contained within it is one of the most dangerous substances in the world, capable of eroding and dissolving even space itself.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, even those at the peak of Foundation Establishment, would be courting death if they went in without special protective treasures or guidance from a True Monarch.

The idea that the protection of that spatial array could conceal one's trajectory is utterly ridiculous.

By simply following the subtle movement trajectory and the aura emanating from the tattered boat, its location can be pinpointed at the edge of the boundary sea.

(End of this chapter)