This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Zhong Bai had no interest in the awakening of the Moon Worship Cult Leader. The moment Tian Ning Shangren disappeared, a spatial gate automatically appeared in the void. Clearly, this gate led to Maoshan. Without hesitation, Zhong Bai took Lin Qing'er and crossed the spatial gate directly.

The leader of the Moon Worship Cult watched the two leave.

"Primordial Spirit Realm, Primordial Spirit Realm!"

Is this the terror of the Primordial Spirit Realm?

He could traverse space at will, his imposing form towering above heaven and earth…

A longing began to grow within him, and the Moon Worship Cult Leader even forgot about wiping out the foolish people of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom.

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Shushan.

Above the Demon-Locking Tower lies the blessed land of Mount Shu, also the secluded paradise where the five remaining primordial spirit ancestors of Mount Shu live.

They had received the information from Master Tianning. In fact, it wouldn't be difficult for Shushan to completely eliminate the Moon Worship Sect and the Water Demon Beast of the Nanzhao Ancient Kingdom. However, these Nascent Soul Realm ancestors were all nearing the end of their lifespans and were no longer willing to take action easily.

However, since Maoshan has already brought this matter to the forefront, if Shushan continues to remain silent, it will truly be a slap in the face.

The Palace of the Headmaster of Shushan Sect.

Ever since Sword Saint helped Zhong Bai out of a predicament and returned to Mount Shu, he has felt his heart pounding.

Sure enough, when he received the message from several elders of Mount Shu, the unease in his heart completely erupted.

Transforming into a streak of light, it arrived at the Demon-Locking Tower in an instant.

Standing atop the Demon-Sealing Tower, the Sword Saint didn't even have a chance to enter the blessed land.

A hoarse, old voice came from above.

"The current leader of the Shu Mountain Sect, heed my command! The Water Demon Beast of Nanzhao Kingdom, a thousand miles away from Shu Mountain, has appeared and is wantonly slaughtering countless lives. The leader of Shu Mountain is hereby ordered to go and slay it, and bring back the culprit who released the Water Demon Beast, the Drunken Sword Immortal, to Shu Mountain to be imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower for three hundred years as a warning to others!"

Upon hearing this, the Sword Saint's originally solemn expression suddenly turned into one of panic.

"Disciple, obey the order!"

Taking a deep breath, the Sword Saint disregarded everything else and agreed, then transformed into a long rainbow and headed straight for the Nanzhao Kingdom.

The ancient Dianshui Palace of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

After the Water Demon was released, the most miserable people were not ordinary people. Although the Water Demon could cause huge disasters, it also had a natural love for water. It had already used Cangshan and Erhai Lake to flood the surrounding area for hundreds of miles.

Within the Nanzhao Kingdom, besides Erhai Lake, the largest body of water was the ancient Dian Water Palace.

The entire ancient Dian Water Palace stretches for hundreds of miles, and is thousands of times larger than Erhai Lake, where it was sealed.

As the saying goes, when two tigers fight, one will surely be injured.

The arrival of the water monster naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the original inhabitants of the ancient Dian Shuifu.

The entire Ancient Dian Water Palace, including its shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and other demon emperors, was almost completely wiped out by Zhong Bai. Even the Azure Dragon Demon Emperor, the master of the Ancient Dian Water Palace and a powerful mid-stage demon emperor, was powerless against the water demon beast.

"damn it!

Which bastard released this water monster?!

"My imperial palace has been occupied like this! This is utterly outrageous!"

The Azure Dragon Demon Emperor cursed and swore, but it couldn't change the outcome at all. Not to mention that he had already been severely injured by the Sword Saint and would need at least two or three years to recover, even if he were at his peak, he wouldn't have any confidence in facing the Water Demon Beast.

That was a peak-level demon emperor!

However, two tigers cannot share one mountain, and the Azure Dragon Demon Emperor had no intention of bowing down and submitting.

He waited, he endured, he believed that the Daoist sect would not allow a peak demon emperor like the Water Demon Beast to run rampant, after all, this place was called Dongzhou!
Just as he was getting angry, a sword light fell from the sky, and countless sword energies pierced into the water mansion. Then came a series of shrill screams. Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of the Azure Dragon Demon Emperor.

He was very familiar with these sword energies. Who else but the Sword Saint, the leader of the Shu Mountain Sect, could unleash them?
In the void, the Sword Saint stood suspended in mid-air.

Holding a three-foot-long green sword, he calmly looked down at the ancient Dian Water Palace.

"I have come here by the decree of the Patriarch of Mount Shu to kill you, Water Demon Beast! Submit your death at once!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless sword energies pierced the water's surface, accompanied by gushing streams of bright red blood. Even a being like the Water Demon Beast was forced to appear.

A gigantic head emerged from beneath the lake's surface, its crimson light fixed intently on the Sword Saint in the void, as if it were about to tear the Sword Saint to pieces at any moment.

The roar of the water monster exploded from the water's surface, like the simultaneous howls of countless wronged souls.

The once calm Dianchi Lake suddenly surged with giant waves tens of meters high, their crests tinged with an eerie bluish-black, carrying broken fishing boats and tattered reeds as they crashed onto the shore.

The fishing village on the shore was deserted, with only a few thatched houses swaying precariously in the gale, soon to be swallowed up by the towering waves.

"You wicked creature! A million lives of the Nanzhao Kingdom have been lost at your hands. Today, I will use your demonic soul to sacrifice to my Shushan Immortal Sword!"

The Sword Saint's voice was not loud, yet it pierced through the wind and rain and echoed between heaven and earth.

Before he finished speaking, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped into the air like an arrow. The three-foot-long Qingfeng sword in his hand transformed into a streak of light, slashing down with a chilling sword aura.

Before the sword energy even touched the water, the shadows in the center of the lake suddenly exploded.

A giant claw covered in bluish-black scales burst from the water, its tip gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light, and actually managed to withstand the powerful sword strike.

With a crisp clang, sparks flew through the rain, and the deafening roar caused ripples hundreds of meters across the surface of Dianchi Lake.

The swordsman felt a tingling sensation in his body and used the recoil to retreat quickly, landing steadily on a reef protruding from the water.

He looked down at his wrist, where a trace of blood had seeped out. Both of them were at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, but the water demon beast's demonic power was several times stronger than his own.

The full form of the water monster gradually emerged from the wind and rain.

It was nearly a hundred feet long, resembling a giant crocodile, but with a neck like a nine-headed serpent, and each of its nine heads had a pair of eyes burning with ghostly blue flames.

Its back is towering, like a continuous mountain range, and the scales covering it gleam with a metallic sheen in the lightning.

The most terrifying thing is its tail, which is as thick as a giant python, but has sharp bone spikes at the end. With a gentle flick, it can stir up huge waves several meters high.

"You brat from Mount Shu, you want to kill me?"
"Today, you will pay the price along with this Dianchi Lake!" The nine heads spoke simultaneously!
His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like countless sharp pebbles rubbing against each other.

As soon as it finished speaking, it suddenly opened its mouth, and nine streams of dark green venom shot out, shooting towards the Sword Saint like the Milky Way in the sky.

The Sword Saint's eyes sharpened, and with a swift twist of his wrist, the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword drew an impenetrable curtain of swords in front of him.

The hissing sounds were incessant as the dark green venom landed on the sword screen, emitting puffs of white smoke and a pungent, fishy stench. The rocks beneath his feet were instantly corroded into honeycomb-like holes by the venom.

"Little tricks."

The Sword Saint snorted coldly, his figure suddenly rising higher, and at the same time, he pointed his fingers like a sword at the nine heads of the Water Demon Beast in the air.

"Shushan Sword Technique - Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin!"

In an instant, countless sword cries echoed in the sky. Hundreds of immortal swords, formed from spiritual energy, appeared from the clouds, their blades shimmering with golden light, and rained down on the water demon beast like a meteor shower.

The water monster let out a deafening roar, and its nine heads turned to the sky at the same time, spewing out nine streams of icy blue air.

The chilling aura collided with the immortal sword in mid-air, producing a crackling sound. The golden sword light and the icy blue chilling aura intertwined, making it difficult to determine which was superior for a moment.

Just then, the Water Demon Beast suddenly lashed out with its long tail, striking the Sword Saint with immense force.

The Sword Saint sensed the ominous wind behind him and hurriedly dodged to the side, but was still grazed on his left arm by the bone spike at the tip of the tail.

A deep, bone-revealing wound appeared instantly, and blood stained his pristine white sleeves.

"So fast!"

The Sword Saint was secretly alarmed and dared not be careless in the slightest. He lightly touched the water's surface with his toes, his figure weaving through the waves like a ghost, while continuously wielding his sword to counterattack.

The Xuan Tie Heavy Sword in his hands was unpredictable, sometimes transforming into a sky full of sword shadows, sometimes condensing into a single cold star, each sword aimed directly at the vital point of the water demon beast.

The water monster was also completely enraged.

It frantically churned the surface of Dianchi Lake, creating giant waves tens of meters high, attempting to drag the Sword Saint to the bottom of the water.

Its nine heads continuously spewed out venom and cold air, while its long tail lashed out like a steel whip, turning the entire Dianchi Lake into a giant inferno.

The clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, the thunder grew louder and louder, and lightning flashed like silver snakes through the clouds.

The gale-force winds, accompanied by torrential rain, cut like knives across people's faces.

The surface of Dianchi Lake had long lost its original color, turning pitch black. Only the ghostly blue flames on the Water Demon Beast and the golden light of the Sword Saint's sword flickered in the darkness.

The battle between the Sword Saint and the Water Demon Beast grew increasingly intense.

His white robes were already stained red with blood and mud, and his body was covered with several deep, bone-revealing wounds, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he swung his three-foot-long sword faster and faster.

Although the Water Demon Beast was thick-skinned and tough, it still suffered dozens of deep, bone-revealing wounds from the Sword Saint's immortal sword, and its dark green demonic blood stained a large area of ​​Dianchi Lake red.

"Young man from Mount Shu, your true energy is almost exhausted, isn't it?"

One of the water demon beast's heads grinned maliciously, "When your true essence is exhausted, that will be your death day!"

The Sword Saint did not answer, but silently circulated the true energy within his body.

He could feel that his true essence was indeed being consumed rapidly; hundreds of years of cultivation were almost exhausted today.

But he knew he couldn't retreat—behind him lay Mount Shu and millions of ordinary people. If he fell, the water monster would wreak havoc on the world, causing immense suffering and death.

"Disciples of Shu Mountain never retreat!"

The Sword Saint let out a long roar, and a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from his body.

He poured all the remaining true energy in his body into the three-foot-long Qingfeng sword, and the sword instantly turned golden yellow, as if a sun was burning on it.

"This is... a forbidden technique of Mount Shu—the Body Transformation into a Sword?!"

The water monster's nine heads simultaneously revealed expressions of terror. "Are you insane? You'll be annihilated if you do this!"

"For the sake of all living beings, what does it matter if my soul is scattered and my spirit is destroyed!"

The Sword Saint's voice was resolute, and his figure gradually merged with the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, transforming into a golden pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth.

"Do not--!"

The water monster let out a terrified roar and turned to dive into the water.

But it was too late. The golden beam of light caught up with it like a shooting star, instantly piercing through its hard scales and passing through its nine heads.

At this moment, the Sword Saint's true essence was completely exhausted, and even because of the secret technique he used, the life force in his body was quietly disappearing. The Azure Dragon Demon Emperor, who was hiding and watching the battle from a distance, did not choose to come out when he saw this scene.

The Azure Dragon Demon Emperor knew something about Mount Shu. The Water Demon Beast made it sound nice, but how could the head of Mount Shu possibly choose to perish together with him?

The opponent's methods and resources were simply beyond the comprehension of the Water Demon Beast!
Sure enough, the instant all nine heads of the water monster were pierced, a rift appeared in the void. Then, an old man with gray hair walked out of the rift. He only glanced at the water monster, and the already severely injured water monster began to spontaneously combust.

The old man came to the Sword Saint's side, looked at the Sword Saint who had fallen into a coma, and a slight smile of relief appeared on his lips.

"It seems you haven't completely lost your way. All that talk about the ruthless Supreme Way is utter nonsense. I, the Sword Immortal of Mount Shu, will always have an indomitable spirit!"

After speaking, the old man waved his hand, and the sword saint's injuries began to heal little by little, and even the true essence in his body began to increase rapidly.

Immediately afterwards, the old man waved his sleeve again, and the corpse of the water demon beast and the sword saint disappeared into the void.

The Azure Dragon Demon Emperor, who witnessed the entire scene, felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

If he wasn't mistaken, the old man who had just appeared was very likely a Primordial Spirit Ancestor from Mount Shu!
It's impossible that the other party didn't discover my whereabouts. Luckily, I didn't choose to hide behind them, otherwise I would have perished as easily as a dead eel.

Zhong Bai was completely unaware of what was happening in the Nanzhao Kingdom.

After returning to Maoshan through the space tunnel, Zhong Bai first thanked Master Tianning, and then took Lin Qing'er to his cave.

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"Sister Mo, when do you think my husband will be back?"

The courtyard was surrounded by blooming flowers, Zhao Ling'er's favorite decoration, while Mo Ling stood beside Zhao Ling'er with a smile.

Mo Ling herself didn't know the answer to Zhao Ling'er's question. Although Zhong Bai had told her before he left that he was going to Nanzhao Kingdom to find the Water Spirit Pearl, how could the Five Spirit Pearls be found so easily?

It's only been a month since I left Maoshan, so it's impossible for things to happen so quickly.

Of course, Mo Ling remained very gentle.

"Sister Ling'er, don't worry. Before the baby is born, your husband will surely return, and he will bring the Water Spirit Orb with him!"

Hearing Mo Ling's words of comfort, Zhao Ling'er couldn't help but chuckle.

(End of this chapter)