Clan Cultivation: Starting from Foundation Establishment on Mount Luoxia

They approached within thirty zhang.

Li Xiaoyao moved.

With a flash of light, he vanished from his spot in an instant.

With a single swing of his axe, Rongyue cleaved through the air and slammed it into the ground, creating a massive crater several meters deep, spewing lava everywhere.

The next instant, Li Xiaoyao appeared three zhang behind Rongyue. The [Flowing Scenery] Pearl flew out of his hand and transformed into more than a hundred thin, wispy rays of light, which shot towards Rongyue in an overwhelming manner!

Rongyue's pupils contracted slightly, and the lava around him surged, condensing into an impenetrable lava shield.

Puff puff puff!

The rays of light shot into the protective shield, clashing fiercely with the lava and producing a dense, scorching sound.

The lava shield trembled violently, its surface riddled with cracks, yet it withstood the blow.

"A trivial skill!"

Rongyue roared and turned to strike with his axe again.

Li Xiaoyao disappeared again, reappearing ten feet away.

He stared at Rongyue and finally spoke.

The voice was calm, as if stating a simple fact:

"Senior, you have lived for 1,200 years and are revered as an ancestor in this realm. No one dares to disobey you."

But do you know what kind of world lies beyond the realm of fire?

Rong Yue was taken aback, then sneered, "I don't care about your heaven and earth! Extraterrestrial demons are for everyone to kill!"

"Extraterrestrial Demons..."

Li Xiaoyao murmured to himself, then suddenly laughed, "So, in your eyes, we are demons."

He raised his hand, and the suppressed radiance around him suddenly brightened a bit. Although he was still tightly bound by the Heavenly Dao Chains, he exuded a mysterious rhythm that Rong Yue had never seen before.

"Senior, are you aware that there is a method of cultivation in this world called the 'New Method'?"

Rong Yue frowned: "What new law, what old law? I don't understand!"

"Of course you don't understand."

Li Xiaoyao walked forward step by step, the [Flowing Scenery] Bead slowly rotating above his head.

"Because your world is still using the old methods from 30,000 years ago, relying on talent, instinct, and the accumulation of spiritual treasures to break through to the Purple Mansion by chance, and then thinking that you are the masters of heaven and earth."

He raised his hand and pointed to the same, but obviously rough and disordered, Purple Mansion aura on Rong Yue's body.

"Look at the aura around you, it's chaotic and disorganized, and the Daoist essence is loose."

"You've cultivated for twelve hundred years. Do your supernatural powers have a systematic foundation? Are your insights passed down through generations? Have you received guidance from predecessors in your understanding of the laws?"

Rong Yue's expression changed slightly, but he forced a cold laugh: "My Binghuo lineage has been passed down orally from generation to generation. How could a mere inexperienced junior like you possibly understand it!"

"Passed down by word of mouth."

Li Xiaoyao nodded, "Indeed, that's how the old method works."

He suddenly stopped, and the glow around him intensified dramatically.

"Then today, I will show you what the 'new law' is."

Before the words were even finished, the [Flowing Scene] Pearl exploded with a bang!

It transformed into 1,200 threads of radiant light, thinner, faster, and sharper than before, shooting towards the melting mountain from all directions!

Each wisp of rosy light was imbued with the Daoist essence of the "Imperial Rosy Clouds Heaven" that Li Xiaoyao had comprehended over the years—the swiftness of light, the ever-changing rosy clouds, and the ethereal nature of the sky.

The molten mountain roared, pushing the lava shield to its limit, and wildly swung its giant axe, attempting to intercept the overwhelming rosy clouds.

But it's too dense, too fast.

Puff puff puff puff—

Dozens of rays of light pierced through the protective shield and penetrated the body of the molten mountain.

Rong Yue groaned. The wounds weren't deep, but they carried a corrosive sensation he had never experienced before!

That is suppression at the level of laws, a natural restraint of the "new law" over the "old law".

"What kind of sorcery is this?!"

He was filled with shock and anger.

Li Xiaoyao did not answer, but simply raised his hand.

Deep within his dantian, the fourth-grade high-quality flowing silk ribbon finally moved.

A soft, vast, and boundless rosy light surged from Li Xiaoyao's body, slowly unfolding behind him and transforming into a rosy curtain of light that stretched for hundreds of feet and descended like a sky curtain!

Rongyue's pupils suddenly contracted.

Even though that pressure was suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, it still made this thousand-year-old Purple Mansion feel a tremor from his very instincts.

"What...is this...?"

Li Xiaoyao walked slowly toward him, with a rosy curtain hanging behind him, the [Flowing Scenery] above his head swirling, the [Qixia Robe] around him transforming into layers of light, and the [Nixia Shoes] beneath his feet creating rosy clouds with every step.

"Senior."

He stopped three zhang away from Rongyue, his gaze as calm as a deep pool.

"Times have changed."

Rongyue stared intently at him, then suddenly turned and ran!

Having lived for a thousand years, he knew better than anyone when to escape.

There are too many strange things about this junior, and the pressure from that rosy cloud is too terrifying; it's something he can't possibly withstand!

With one step, magma erupted, and he transformed into a streak of dark red flame, hurtling towards the depths of the underground space!

But this was the moment Li Xiaoyao had been waiting for.

"run?"

He uttered a single word, "[Treading on the Clouds]", and with a flash of light, he vanished from his spot.

In the next instant, he appeared in front of Rongyue's escape route. The [Flowing Scenery] Bead condensed into a highly refined crimson-gold ray of light, piercing through Rongyue's chest from bottom to top!

"ah--!"

The lava mountain screamed as its massive body crashed to the ground, spewing lava everywhere.

But he was, after all, a being who had lived for a thousand years. Even with his chest pierced, he still struggled to get up, his body engulfed in flames as he made a final stand.

Li Xiaoyao did not give him a chance.

He raised his hand, and the flowing ribbons behind him crashed down, enveloping the massive lava body layer by layer, like a curtain hanging from the sky, completely trapping the prey within.

"Senior, go in peace."

He whispered, and the flowing silk ribbon tightened suddenly.

Snap!

That rock-solid lava body crumbled and shattered like paper under the crushing force of a fourth-grade high-level spiritual weapon.

A crimson, fist-sized ball of light flew out from the shattered body. It was a fragment of the Purple Mansion Cave Heaven left behind by the Melting Mountain. After a Purple Mansion cultivator falls, the cave heaven will not immediately dissipate, but will retain a part of its origin. If it can be collected and refined, its value is immeasurable.

Li Xiaoyao was prepared. With a wave of his hand, the ball of light was put into a specially made sealed jade box.

At the same time, the storage artifacts, fragments of the natal spirit weapon, and several pieces of lava crystals radiating a strong fire aura on Rong Yue's body were also swept up by the radiant light and put into his possession.

The entire process took no more than thirty breaths.

From the appearance of Rongyue to his escape to his fall—thirty breaths.

Li Xiaoyao stood in the center of the underground space, his body still surrounded by radiant light, but his face was slightly pale.

The Heavenly Chains still bound him tightly, and the continuous activation of the fourth-tier spiritual weapon had taken a toll.

But a fire burned in his eyes.

"Second Uncle!"

Li Chijing's voice came from afar, filled with barely suppressed excitement, "You killed Zifu?!"

Li Xiaoyao turned around and looked at the group of over a thousand people who were staring in disbelief.

"Kill him."

His voice was calm.

"Now, let Tongya break the formation."

"After you've broken through, come with me to the main peak—to collect the other two."

……

In the underground space, three crossbows roared simultaneously.

The giant bronze stele exploded after three rounds of barrage, and the light of the mountain-protecting formation dimmed at a visible speed.

Without pausing, Li Xiaoyao's [Treading Clouds Shoes] flashed, and he transformed into a beam of light, rushing towards the main battlefield outside the rift.

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The main battlefield.

Bai Chuan and his two companions were suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Chains and fought a fierce and evenly matched battle with Chi Xiao and Chi Lian.

Although the new law suppressed the old law, due to the disadvantage in numbers and the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, the three could only barely maintain their invincibility, and none of them could do anything to the others.

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from afar.