A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 214 The Calamity of the Xuanlei Sword Sect
Xuan Yangzi stared intently at the three sinner elders surrounding him and said coldly, "Is the news that you deliberately spread that we will besiege the Five Elements Sect in three days?"

The three sinner elders seemed to have no intention of arguing with him; their bone staffs transformed into giant clubs and slammed down.

Xuan Yangzi let out a long roar, and the purple spiritual power in his palm exploded once again. A Xuan Yang longsword transformed into a huge sword beam, slashing towards the three of them.

However, the surrounding black miasma swarmed around him like living creatures. The elder of the Sin Clan, whose eyes were white, spun his bone staff, and a black rope shot out from the miasma, instantly wrapping around Xuan Yangzi's wrist. The corrosive power drilled into his dantian along his meridians, like countless black ants gnawing at the foundation of his spiritual power.

Xuan Yangzi was shocked and furious. He never expected that this old man from the Sin Clan was actually a great cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Spirit God Realm, whose power was even greater than his own.

Xuan Yangzi roared and swung his sword at the old man's face, but his other arm was grabbed by the old man from the sin clan to the side. His withered fingertips pierced directly into his shoulder, and black blood instantly seeped from the wound, flowing down his clothes.

"The 'Purple Cloud Force' of Xuantian Pavilion is nothing more than this."

The old man from the Sin Clan chuckled and slammed his bone staff down on Xuan Yangzi's dantian!
Xuan Yangzi's pupils shrank suddenly. He fiercely fought for the withered claw, risking the loss of his left arm, and forcibly activated the Xuan Tian Pavilion's life-saving secret technique, "Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell"!
A fleeting afterimage remained in place, instantly swallowed by the black miasma, while his true form transformed into a streak of purple light and fled out of the city.

"Want to escape?!"

The elder of the Sin Clan let out a shrill cry and flung out three black ropes that grazed Xuan Yangzi's back, carving three deep grooves into the city wall. Xuan Yangzi spat out a mouthful of black blood; the excruciating pain in his dantian made his vision blur. The corrosive power had already crept along his meridians for most of his body. If it weren't for the last bit of spiritual energy holding him up, he would have already fallen. He dared not look back and could only flee southeast with all his might.

As for the fates of Su Wan and Qing Shuicheng, there was no time to worry about that now.

When the black miasma on the city wall exploded completely, the light shield of the Xuan Shui Grand Array suddenly shattered from the inside.

The elder of the Sin Clan struck the Xuan Shui Array Plate with his bone staff, cracks spreading like a spider web, and the pale blue spiritual light instantly extinguished.

"The formation has been broken! Run!"

The cultivators, already stunned by the commotion, cried out and summoned their magical artifacts, scattering in all directions to escape.

But the sinful cultivators who had been lying in ambush all around were sharpening their knives, making it a veritable feast.

The tenants of Qingshui City, who had previously gloated and mocked the people renting rooms in the Five Elements Sect, were now screaming in despair and regretting why they hadn't rented rooms in the Five Elements Sect.

They might still be alive over there.

The most painful thing was for Su Wan, watching the guards of Qingshui City die tragically before her eyes, and the merchants who chose to stay in Qingshui City instead of going to the bustling Five Elements Sect because they trusted her, all of whom died tragically before her eyes.

Although she has an escape treasure left to her by her father, the previous master of Xuantian Pavilion, which allows her to instantly travel thousands of miles away.

But at this moment, she had no intention of using this treasure.

destroyed.

Everything is ruined.

However, just when everyone was in despair and countless sinners were celebrating, a major change occurred in the direction of the Five Elements Sect in the west.

Even standing within the ruins of Qingshui City, one could see five five-colored divine swords transformed into five enormous five-colored pillars of light, more dazzling than ever before. The pillars pierced through the black mist. Moreover, a figure that Su Wan had once hated stood between the five-colored pillars of light, his voice so loud that it could be heard clearly even three hundred miles away: "Please lend your strength, Ancestor!"

Then, the five-colored divine swords began to rotate around him, eventually slowly merging into one.

Li Weizhou stood in the center of the five-colored pillar of light, his clothes fluttering in the wind from the spiritual energy. The Five Elements Divine Sword floated in his palm, and the spiritual light flowing on the sword gradually merged with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

His eyes were half-closed, his divine sense piercing through the clouds, seemingly connecting with the remnant soul of an ancient ancestor. His lips parted slightly, and the incantation flowed like a clear spring rinsing jade, or like thunder rolling across the earth, carrying the ancient and simple Daoist charm of the primordial chaos, spreading throughout the eight-hundred-mile Five Elements Territory:
"The Five Elements return to their origin, and all laws share the same source!"

"With the sword as our guide, we will vanquish evil and bring peace to the land!"

Li Weizhou suddenly opened his eyes, and the Five Elements Divine Sword in his palm transformed into a giant sword that reached the heavens and the earth. All the seal script on the sword body lit up, like stars adorning the sword.

He raised his hand and swung his sword, the giant sword carrying five-colored spiritual light, slashing towards all the sinful clans surrounding the Five Elements Sect.

When that colossal sword of the Five Elements, reaching to the heavens and the earth, was unleashed, the world seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Five-colored spiritual light, like a surging galaxy, poured out from the blade. The black miasma within the Five Elements Territory was like snow meeting the blazing sun, instantly torn into countless fragments, emitting a "sizzling" melting sound.

Those menacing puppets, now as fragile as paper, shattered and crumbled.

The old ghost who had ambushed the Five Elements Sect last time, along with a master of array formations, still retained expressions of terror and wanted to flee again.

Only that master of array formations understood that the Five Elements Array before him was no ordinary level six array, because he couldn't even comprehend its overall structure, let alone break it.

The five-colored lightsaber before him further confirmed his suspicions.

But even if you understand, what can you do?
That's too late!

"Ah!! I'm innocent!!"

However, it's too late to undo it anyway.

The sword's edge swept across, and no matter how many tricks they used or how many trump cards they played, they couldn't stop it in the slightest.

This is clearly an attack by a Celestial True Monarch!

They're unstoppable!
In the despair of the sinful race, the world was cleansed.

Inside Qingshui City, Su Wan's hope surged. Seeing that the Sin Clan experts had relaxed their attacks due to distraction, she shrieked, "To the Five Elements Sect! Quickly to the Five Elements Sect!"

Having said that, he killed a sinner expert with a single sword strike, and then took the lead, fleeing towards the Five Elements Sect.

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The reinforcements from sects such as Xuanyuan Dao Sect and Tianji Temple are still engaged in fierce fighting. Perhaps because the main target of the Sin Clan is not them, although they have also suffered casualties, they are not serious, unlike the reinforcements from Xuanlei Sword Sect, which were completely wiped out.

The leading elders were all seasoned veterans, and they quickly guessed that the Sin Clan was most likely besieging the stronghold to ambush reinforcements.

Some even speculated that the Five Elements Sect was not the true target of the Sin Clan.

So, who could it be?

The result wasn't hard to guess...

Thunder Mountain.

The Xuanlei Sword Sect's protective array, the "Nine Heavens Thunder Array," was currently emitting a pale purple light. The Supreme Elder Lei Yuanwen, holding the Thunder Suppressing Sword, stood in the center of the array's core. His white hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to his forehead. He had already mobilized all his spiritual power to make the lightning in the array as dense as a net, but the black miasma outside the array surged like a tide, wave after wave, even dimming the lightning.

"Elder, the Sin Clan's offensive is too fierce! The western flank can't hold on much longer!"

This was his last disciple, a person of exceptional talent. Yet, he staggered over, his left arm blackened by the black miasma. Before he could finish speaking, he spat out a mouthful of black blood and collapsed beside the array's core.

Lei Yuanwen reached out to help, but only touched something cold. His disciple's spiritual veins had been completely eroded, and his breath was gradually dying.

He looked up at the outside of the formation, where two figures in black robes could be vaguely seen emerging from the black miasma. The pressure emanating from them made the spiritual veins of the entire Xuanlei Sword Sect tremble.

That's... the aura of the Immortal Realm!
Lei Yuanwen's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart felt as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand.

That's it, that's it.

The Five Elements Sect was just a front!
Two experts at the Immortal Spirit Realm—he was just half a step away from advancing to the Immortal Spirit Realm, but that half step had hampered him for over two hundred years, preventing him from making any progress and becoming an insurmountable barrier. "Lei Yuanwen, stop trying. If Lei Tianyi were here, in charge of this formation, I would give him some leeway. But you... you're still two thousand years short."

The black-robed man on the left spoke, his voice like iron filings grinding together. A withered hand emerged from the black miasma and pressed down on the western array eye. The lightning at the array eye instantly extinguished, and the black miasma surged in through the gap.

"Despicable! It was you who falsely claimed to be an invitation from the Tingyang Clan of Zhongzhou and tricked the True Lord away!"

Lei Yuanwen roared and swung his sword, the lightning of the Thunder Suppressing Sword striking the black miasma, but was easily blocked by the man in black robes.

The invading power of the Immortal Spirit Realm was like an impenetrable wall. When the lightning struck it, it instantly dissipated. Lei Yuanwen spat out a mouthful of blood and took three steps back. The spiritual energy in his dantian fluctuated violently.

The black-robed man on the right chuckled, pointing his bone staff toward the Xuanlei Palace, and said, "When you slaughtered the innocents of my sinful clan before, did you ever think of this day? Lei Tianyi has gone to Zhongzhou, and you, a spirit god who hasn't even stepped half a foot into the immortal realm, think you can stop us?"

With a wave of the bone staff, countless black ropes shot out from the black miasma, binding the Xuanlei Sword Sect disciples who were resisting. The black miasma entered their mouths and noses, and screams of agony rose and fell.

"stop!"

Lei Yuanwen leaped into the air, and the Thunder Suppressing Sword gathered its last dazzling bolt of lightning, slashing towards the black-robed man on the right.

But as soon as he got close, he was blocked by an invisible black invading force. The man in black robes raised his hand and grabbed his wrist. Black miasma climbed up the Thunder Suppressing Sword, and the lightning patterns on the sword instantly faded and became dull.

"How many innocent people of my race have you killed with your sword?"

The man in black robes had a fierce look in his eyes. He tightened his grip, and a crisp "crack" came from Lei Yuanwen's wrist as the Thunder Suppressing Sword clattered to the ground. The black miasma seeped into his dantian, instantly disrupting his spiritual energy. He watched as his disciples fell one by one, and as the plaque of the Xuanlei Hall was stained black by the miasma, his eyes filled with despair.

"The Xuanlei Sword Sect... has existed for three thousand years... it will not... be destroyed in my hands..."

Lei Yuanwen muttered to himself, then suddenly activated his life essence, intending to detonate his dantian and perish together with the sinful race.

But the black-robed man on the left was prepared. He pressed his withered hand against the man's brow, and the black miasma instantly entered his consciousness. The intense pain made his vision go black, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

"Supreme Elder!!"

Sect Leader Lei Yuntian, holding the Thunder King Cauldron, retreated to the back mountain, only to see Lei Yuanwen fall like a kite with a broken string onto the steps of the Xuanlei Hall.

At the foot of the Xuanlei Palace steps, Lei Yuntian held Lei Yuanwen's increasingly cold body, his heart filled with unbearable grief.

Lei Yuanwen is not only the Supreme Elder of the Xuanlei Sword Sect, but also his father!

The Thunder King Cauldron hovered in front of him, its pale purple lightning teetering precariously, barely managing to withstand even a strike from a Sin Clan Spirit God Realm expert...

Black miasma climbed up the cauldron, and the lightning spirits within the cauldron's patterns resembled dying fireflies, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

"Sect Leader! The disciples in the back mountain can't hold on much longer!"

A disciple, covered in blood, ran over, but before he could finish speaking, a black rope wrapped around his neck. The black miasma instantly drained his spiritual power, and his body crashed to Lei Yuntian's feet with a thud.

Two members of the Immortal Spirit Realm, representing the sinful race, hovered in mid-air. Watching this scene, they curled their lips into cruel smiles and said, "The Xuanlei Sword Sect's thousand-year foundation will end here today. Lei Yuntian, kneel down and kowtow to the innocent souls of my clan to repent, and I will grant you a quicker death."

Lei Yuntian suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot. Just as he was about to unleash the Thunder King Cauldron in a desperate attempt, a deafening thunderclap suddenly resounded from the heavens. His expression changed drastically, and like a naive child, he roared with wild joy, "True Lord!! The True Lord has returned! The True Lord has returned!!"

Thunder roared from the heavens, shattering the thick black mist, and endless lightning bolts descended in sword-like shapes.

The criminals who were chasing the Xuanlei Sword Sect disciples were almost instantly reduced to ashes by the cleavage.

Upon seeing this, the two Venerable Ones of the Sin Clan quickly used their bone staffs to block the attack, which was brimming with murderous intent.

However, Lei Tian didn't want to say a word. He raised his hand and the Thunder King Cauldron in Lei Yuntian's hand fell into his hands.

This treasure, the most precious artifact of the Xuanlei Sword Sect, is completely different in the hands of Lei Tianyi and Lei Yuntian.

The purple-gold light inside the Thunder King Cauldron shone brightly, illuminating the entire night sky, and then endless purple-gold lightning fell like a torrential rain!

Everyone saw lightning flash like a celestial river pouring down, instantly engulfing the entire Xuanlei Sword Sect.

The black miasma clinging to the disciples was instantly melted away with a "sizzling" sound when touched by the lightning, and even the bones of the spirit corpse puppet were cleaved into ashes.

The two Immortal Spirit Realm Sin Clan members looked grim. In Lei Tianyi's hands, the Nine Heavens Thunder Formation was a hundred times more powerful than Lei Yuanwen's and a thousand times more powerful than Lei Yuntian's.

Seeing two bolts of lightning as thick as buckets approaching, the two quickly crossed their bone staffs in front of them, and the black miasma condensed into a black miasma barrier that was more than ten feet thick.

However, when the lightning struck the barrier, it cleaved open a crack as if breaking ice, and the purple-gold lightning drilled into the crack. The power of this Thunder King Cauldron was more than ten times stronger than they had expected!
The two knew that at this point, their original plan would be difficult to achieve.

However, it wasn't a complete loss, as the Xuanlei Sword Sect had already suffered a severe blow this time.

The two were decisive, and promptly ordered, "Withdraw!"

The two turned around and tried to escape into the black miasma, taking the first step.

For the Sin Clan, a single Sin Cultivator at the Immortal Spirit Realm is more important than 100,000 ordinary Sin Cultivators.

As long as the two of them can leave unharmed, even if everyone else perishes here, it will still be a great victory!

As if by magic, the two had barely taken a step when they were blocked by a beam of azure light.

Forced out of the black miasma, the two saw the blue light coming from an old Taoist priest with a stern face, holding a whisk. The priest chanted a Taoist name to them: "Amitabha! Now that you two have come, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

The two elders from the sinner clan turned completely pale when they saw the newcomer.

They recognized him; he was Xuan Ling, the previous leader of the Xuan Yuan Dao Sect!

Immediately afterward, another Buddhist chant rang out, and a withered old monk appeared, his back hunched, looking extremely old. However, the two men were even more nervous upon seeing this old monk than upon seeing Daoist Xuanling and Lei Tianyi. One of them exclaimed, "Master Kujue! Didn't you pass away in seclusion a hundred years ago?"

"Amitabha!"

The old monk chanted a Buddhist prayer again and said gently, "Having converted these two benefactors today, this old monk may have achieved perfect merit."

Besides Master Kujue, there were also True Lord Xingyan of the Seven Stars Sect, True Lord Yueyao of the Moon Evolution Sect, and True Lord Zhaixing of the Star Luo Temple.

The six Immortal Spirit Realm True Monarchs had now surrounded the two Sin Clan True Monarch level experts...

Lei Tianyi certainly didn't go to Zhongzhou. If he were so easily tricked, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate to this level.

However, the six of them did indeed fall into the trap. They lay in ambush three thousand miles outside the territory of the Five Elements Sect, waiting for the Sin Clan Immortal Spirit Realm to make their move.

Unexpectedly, the Sin Clan would pull such a stunt.

However, it's not too late.

These two are probably the strongest members of the Sin Clan in the Northern Spirit Domain.

Eliminating these two will at least bring peace for five hundred years.

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(End of this chapter)