Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 517 The Golden Sword Breaks Its Edge
In the void, purple lightning flashed.

"This is it."

Standing in the void, holding the remnant soul of the evil spirit in his hand, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to a huge sand dune in front of him. At this moment, the sky was shrouded in darkness, with only a crescent moon casting a faint light. Under the reflection of this faint light, the sand dune appeared even more desolate, just like a huge tomb.

"It's time to settle old scores today."

Upon confirming the location of his target, a murderous intent surged within Jiang Chen.

There was a lot of karma between Xin Yi Zhenren and him, and today was the time to settle it. Originally, he wanted to wait a little longer, at least until he achieved the Purple Mansion realm, but the timing was just too good. His precious body was destroyed, his soul was seriously injured, and his trump cards were exhausted. Unknowingly, Xin Yi Zhenren had reached the edge of a cliff. All he had to do was give him one last push.

"Heavenly lightning, be summoned!"

With the killing intent already formed, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated and summoned the Purple Lightning Sword.

In an instant, the sky and earth changed color, and thunderclaps exploded, completely shattering the tranquility of the night.

In that instant, sensing danger, she suddenly opened her eyes as she was using her secret technique to suppress her soul injury. Under the roar of thunder, her already weakened soul trembled.

"It's the power of heavenly lightning again. Has that Thunder Roc caught up with us? That shouldn't be the case."

Looking up at the sand dunes, Master Xinyi's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty.

She first used the power of the Dao artifact to escape through the void, and then deliberately concealed her aura and erased her traces. Logically speaking, the other party should not have caught up so quickly.

Before she could think any further, guided by the Purple Lightning Sword, a bolt of lightning that pierced the sky and struck the sand dune, causing the earth to shake violently. And this was only the beginning.

Using his sword as a conduit, Jiang Chen drew upon the thunder of heaven and earth, relentlessly blasting the sand dunes with lightning. After several such attacks, even the soul of Master Xinyi could no longer be concealed.

"Damn it, although the power of this heavenly lightning is far less than before, it still causes great damage to my soul. I must leave here as soon as possible."

The soul transformed into a centipede shadow, and Master Xinyi moved about, trying to avoid the bombardment of heavenly lightning.

If she had the protection of her precious body, she could withstand such heavenly lightning with her powerful body. After all, she cultivated the Nine Revolutions Ascension to Sainthood Great Art, which gave her a natural advantage in terms of physical body. However, without the precious body as her support, she would lose only one-tenth of her supernatural powers.

At this moment, wandering among the clouds and imbued with the true meaning of heavenly thunder, Jiang Chen immediately locked onto the whereabouts of True Person Xin Yi. His divine soul power was already strong, and now, wielding heavenly thunder, it was as if he had divine assistance.

"Want to leave? Not so easy, Luo."

With perfect insight, Jiang Chen unleashed the power he had long accumulated.

In an instant, thousands of silver snakes rushed about, weaving into a large net that covered the entire area. Under such an attack, Xin Yi Zhenren was immediately caught in the net and could no longer escape. Without her precious body, she could not even escape into the void.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that he was being struck by a barrage of lightning and there was no way to avoid it, Master Xinyi had no choice but to resort to his last resort.

In that instant, true intent resonated, golden light spread out, and a phantom world appeared, occupying the void. Inside, gold and stones were everywhere, and the phantom images of flying swords, some heavy, some light, some orthodox, some unorthodox, were reflected in it, like mountains and forests, as if it were a sword domain.

With a series of clanging sounds, ten thousand swords rang out, their sword intent surging forth. Despite the bombardment of heavenly lightning, this sword domain managed to protect the soul of True Person Xinyi.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen's heart stirred slightly.

"Is this the manifestation of the inner landscape of the Purple Mansion? Compared with the unorthodox Purple Mansion of the Mad Wind Demon King, Xin Yi's foundation is indeed much deeper. She mastered this ability to manifest in the early stage of the Purple Mansion."

With a thought, Jiang Chen confirmed the origin of this illusory world. The Purple Mansion is the upper dantian, which gathers the three treasures of a cultivator: essence, qi, and spirit. It is neither real nor illusory, and can carry the true meaning of heaven and earth and imprint various supernatural abilities. It is the foundation of a Purple Mansion cultivator. However, the Purple Mansion is fragile, and under normal circumstances, cultivators will not reveal it, because once the Purple Mansion is damaged, the cultivator's foundation will be shaken, which is far more troublesome than ordinary injuries.

However, as the Purple Mansion grows stronger to a certain level, cultivators can manifest the inner landscape within the Purple Mansion to the outside, using the true meaning of heaven and earth to rewrite the terrain and enhance their own supernatural power. This method is similar to the spiritualization of Dao Foundation cultivators, which can improve the cultivator's combat power to a certain extent.

"It's a pity that she doesn't have a precious body. It's still too difficult to show it outwardly, not to mention that Xinyi's Purple Mansion was previously shaken and damaged."

With piercing eyes and a powerful divine sense pouring down like a torrent, Jiang Chen found the flaws in Xin Yi Zhenren's Purple Mansion. These flaws all retained the aura of heavenly lightning power. Although Xin Yi had tried to conceal them, they were as conspicuous as candlelight in the night in his eyes.

"cut!"

With his divine soul power bursting forth at its peak, Jiang Chen pushed the true meaning of heavenly thunder to its limit.

With a thunderous roar, bolts of lightning fell from the sky, all striking the Purple Lightning Sword. Empowered by this rolling thunder, the Purple Lightning Sword shone even brighter, and at that moment, a rich purple aura permeated the sky.

With a whoosh, the sword light shone brightly, carrying with it a thousand thunderbolts. Under Jiang Chen's guidance, the Purple Lightning Sword unleashed its strongest strike.

Under this sword strike, the inner vision that Xin Yi had barely managed to manifest was instantly shattered, metal and stone crumbled, and ten thousand swords cried out in sorrow.

This blow severely damaged Xin Yi, making it difficult for her to even maintain the form of her soul.

"who are you?"

As her consciousness was about to fade, Xin Yi managed to lift her head and look up at the clouds. She wanted to see who the mastermind behind this was. She was certain that the other party was not the Thunder Roc from before, because the difference in strength was too great. However, the other party's methods were indeed similar to those of the Thunder Roc from before, as they both possessed the power of heavenly thunder.

It was at this moment, through the gap torn by the sword light, that she finally saw the figure above the clouds. It seemed to be a Thunder Roc, though it had no form, it had the spirit. The pure and extremely powerful heavenly thunder could not be faked.

"Is it really Lei Peng? Slay him!"

Knowing that she could not escape death today, on the verge of death, Xin Yi burned herself to the point of exhaustion, forcibly drawing out her true intent, and unleashing her final sword strike.

At this moment, she pushed the true meaning of the golden sword to its limit, transforming it into a dazzling golden sword light, attempting to cleave the heavens in reverse.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen gave her no chance and unleashed another sword strike. In an instant, lightning flashed like a waterfall, cleansing away all filth.

With a thunderous roar and dazzling lightning, the golden sword snapped, and Xin Yi's soul was completely torn apart.

"My lord, I can no longer follow you..."

As life drew to a close, the immortal Xinyi saw her past self.

Her childhood was full of hardships. She lost her father at the age of three and her mother at the age of seven. She seemed to be a cursed star, and everyone who came near her seemed to suffer misfortune. It wasn't until Gu Lingxiao found her that her life began to shine with a different kind of brilliance.

From that moment on, she secretly vowed to stay by Gu Lingxiao's side and eliminate all obstacles for him, even if it meant sacrificing her own life. In fact, the reason she worked so hard to cultivate was for this goal; she had no desire for immortality.

"What a pity, what a pity..."

With a sigh, Master Xinyi's consciousness completely faded away; she was dead.

High above, watching this scene, Jiang Chen's expression was inscrutable.

(End of this chapter)