Unreliable Sword Immortal.

When Lu Chaoding arrived at Tianyun City, he discovered that Chunhua Tower had already been breached and was now in ruins, impossible to rebuild. Outside the ruins was a giant sword-shaped stele with an inscription describing Chunhua Tower as a branch of the Tianmo Sword Sect, which was destroyed by the Daluo Sword Sect and the stele was erected there.

"What a formidable sect, the Great Luo Sword Sect..."

Lu Chao investigated the management panel of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect. After carefully examining it, his expression turned strange.

Currently, six of the seven branches of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect have been destroyed, leaving only the Spring Pavilion in the northern part of Tianma Prefecture.

However, the power of the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect has grown even stronger.

None of the core figures of the six branch gangs, including Chunxianglou and Chunnuange, have died in battle. They are now all gathered in Chunyige, which currently has 30,000 pimps and 30,000 thugs.

And all 60,000 members of this faction are players!

Lu Chao studied for a while longer and found that the reason why these 60,000 people joined the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect was thanks to Inspector Song Shu and Geng Jinfeng. Most of them were forced to join, and most of them were players from the three first-class sects: Da Luo Sword Sect, Qing Lian Sword Sect, and Hong Chen Sword Sect. Once you enter the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect, it is very difficult to leave.

"This Heavenly Demon Sword Sect is quite interesting. They should be quite famous by now, tsk tsk. Let Song Shu and the others do whatever they want. I am the Lord of the Heavenly Demons, transcending this world..."

Lu Chaoding didn't plan to get involved in the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect's affairs for the time being. A moment later, he arrived at the Heavenly Journey Tower, where he easily completed the Heavenly Journey Trial and raised his level cap to 120.

Three days later, Lu Chaoding reached level 91, officially entering the peak realm.

Subsequently, his attack power increased to 100 billion and his speed increased to 100 million.

Clearly, these two values ​​represent the threshold for the peak realm, which is ten times that of the transcendent realm.

Lu Chaoding estimated that the threshold values ​​for life, defense, and resilience at the peak of the realm should be ten times that of the transcendent realm. Unfortunately, he could only slowly improve these three attributes by consuming the [Primordial Golden Pill] and the [Desolate God Fruit].

"The item that can raise life points to the threshold of a realm is called the Ascendant Pill. Li Hongtian has one, but I reckon it won't be easy to get my hands on it. There should also be items that can raise resilience and defense to the threshold of a realm. I wonder what they are. If I could get my hands on all three of these items, I could solve my problems once and for all, and life would be so much easier..."

Lu Chaoding pondered silently. There weren't many items that could catch his attention these days, and the [Ascension Pill] was one of them.

Two days later, Lu Chaoding arrived in Yudu.

Arriving here again, Lu Chao was much more confident. Holding the Imperial Alliance Leader Token, he entered the Tianyuan Hall of the Imperial Palace directly.

"You, you, you're Lu Chaoding, the leader of the martial arts alliance? You've reached the peak!"

Inside the Tianyuan Hall, the Grand Eunuch Yuan Feiying was still standing guard in front of the beaded curtain. He stared at Lu Chaoding with a surprised expression.

Lu Chao laughed heartily and said, "You do have some insight. Not bad, this alliance leader has already reached the peak!"

"Hmph, you do have some talent, but so what if you've reached the peak? You'd better be humble in front of me. It won't take me much effort to kill you."

Yuan Feiying's expression quickly turned cold again. He flicked his whisk, and the beaded curtain behind him was lifted.

Lu Chaoding, however, was in no hurry to move forward. He looked at Yuan Feiying with interest and said, "Steward Yuan, to be honest, I didn't come here to see His Majesty the Emperor, but specifically to see you!"

"Looking for me?"

"Excellent! Please invite Chief Steward Yuan to the combat zone for a discussion!"

As Lu Chaoding spoke, golden light shot from his eyes. He was using the [Gaze Sword Technique]. Wherever his gaze fell, damage numbers immediately appeared above Yuan Feiying's head, and his maximum health began to decrease.

"Alliance Leader Lu, what do you mean by this?"

Yuan Feiying was furious and roared.

Lu Chaoding shook his head and said, "I forgot, I'm too strong now. Steward Yuan probably won't be able to go to the combat space. Well then, Steward Yuan, may you have a safe journey!"

After saying that, Lu Chao pointed at Yuan Feiying, and a super-powerful sword and countless sword shadows flew towards Yuan Feiying like a volley of arrows.

This is the most common sword attack.

Yuan Feiying disliked Lu Chaoding from the very beginning, and Lu Chaoding didn't have a good impression of him either. Now that he was doing whatever he wanted, he felt that keeping Yuan Feiying around was useless, so he might as well get rid of him to avoid getting in his way.

"How dare you lay a hand on me, the head steward!"

Yuan Feiying was shocked. She took a step back, and her body immediately turned into a phantom. However, she was attacked by a dense bar of sword shadows, and her health bar was instantly depleted. Then, she turned into light and disappeared, leaving a treasure chest on the ground.

"Wow, that was a one-shot kill! So unsatisfying!"

Lu Chaoding curled his lip. With his current attack power, under the blessing of the [Sun] Heavenly Power, even a single sword shadow would be enough to kill Yuan Feiying instantly.

"Assassin! There's an assassin!"

"Guards! Steward Yuan has been assassinated!"

"Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!"

A guard exclaimed in surprise, and at the same time Lu Chaoding received a system notification: "Ding, you have killed Yuan Feiying, the first-rank Grand Eunuch of the Great Yu Dynasty, and gained the hatred of some NPCs, which will advance the related plot."

"Ding, system notification: Yuan Feiying, the first-rank Grand Eunuch of the Great Yu Dynasty, has been killed, and the related storyline quests have been forcibly terminated!"

"Ding! The Occasionally Unreliable System has activated and issued a mission: You have killed Yuan Feiying, the First-Rank Grand Eunuch of the Great Yu Dynasty, committing a serious crime. You are about to be hunted down by the Imperial Guards. Do not resist. Cooperate with his arrest and confess your crime. Mission complete. Reward: 100 Unreliable Lottery Tickets!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Lu Chao chuckled and shook his head, muttering to himself, "What an unreliable system! You think a mere hundred worthless lottery tickets can make a man as upright as me submit? No resistance, cooperate with my arrest? Make me surrender? No way! I don't want this mission reward!"

He remained calm and composed, and amidst the horrified gazes of the surrounding NPCs, leisurely opened the treasure chest that Yuan Feiying had dropped.

This treasure chest contains only three items: a five-star Flying Shadow Sword, a Sword Saint-exclusive skill book for the [True Dragon Unparalleled Break], and a [Peerless Sword Saint Job Change Jade Talisman].

"They're all trash!"

Lu Chaoding casually put away the three items, then looked around and realized he was surrounded.

A large number of armored soldiers had surrounded him. The crowd parted, and a man stepped out – it was none other than the Divine Might General Zuo Xuandao.

Zuo Xuandao frowned, looked at Lu Chaoding, and said, "Alliance Leader, you killed Yuan Feiying!"

Lu Chao nodded and said, "Not bad!"

"He's one of the two pillars of the imperial city, a first-rank official, commanding the palace's elite guards, and serving as His Majesty's personal bodyguard!"

"I know!"

"You knew and still dared to commit such a crime?" Zuo Xuandao's brows furrowed even more deeply. He stared intently at Lu Chaoding and said, "Alliance Leader, this is the Tianyuan Palace. You committed this crime in front of His Majesty, and you killed a first-rank official no less. Do you know what crime this is?"

"What crime?"

"Oh, it's okay, you can't kill me!"

"You…" Zuo Xuandao clenched his fist, "Alliance Leader, why did you kill him!"

Lu Chao said nonchalantly, "I've disliked him for a long time!"

"Hmm?" Zuo Xuandao was taken aback. "Alliance Leader, you've put me in a difficult position!"

"What's so difficult about it?" Lu Chao waved his hand and said, "Get out of the way, and have your men disperse. Just don't attack me, I'm very powerful, so you'll have to bear the consequences if you do."

At that moment, Emperor Yu's voice came from inside the Tianyuan Hall: "Let him in!"

Without waiting for a response from Zuo Xuandao and the others, Lu Chaoding walked into the Tianyuan Hall with his hands behind his back. He quickly saw the little girl, Yu Huang, and took out the Zhanxuan Sword, saying, "This is the national treasure, the Tianxuan Sword. I have brought it for Your Majesty!"

"The national treasure, the Xuan-Slaying Sword!"

Emperor Yu stood up from his throne, clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Excellent! Excellent! You truly deserve to be the leader of the martial arts alliance! Quickly present the Zhanxuan Sword so that I may have a good look at it!"

Lu Chao handed the Zhanxuan Sword to Zuo Xuandao, who had followed him in. Zuo Xuandao carefully took the sword and then presented it to Emperor Yu.

"Excellent! It truly is the national treasure, the Xuan-Slaying Sword! Alliance Leader Lu, I am delighted! I will reward you handsomely!"

The young empress clapped her hands, and two palace guards carried a treasure chest to Lu Chao's head.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding received a system notification: "The quest to find the national treasure of Tianzhong Prefecture is complete. You have gained favor with Emperor Yu and a treasure chest bestowed by Emperor Yu!"

Lu Chao opened the imperial treasure chest and received a system notification: "Ding! You have obtained 100,000 gold coins, a five-star costume [Imperial Bodyguard], and a five-star costume [Dragon Robe]!"

"this one?"

Lu Chao was somewhat disappointed. He turned around and left immediately, throwing the Imperial Alliance Leader Token on the ground.

Once he received the reward, he didn't want to stay.

As for the title of martial arts alliance leader recognized by the Great Yu Dynasty, he no longer cared. He threw away the token and had no intention of accepting any more missions issued by the Yu Dynasty.

No one dared to stop Lu Chaoding. Soon, Lu Chaoding left the Tianyuan Hall, but Grand Marshal Chen Baji flew to his side.

"Alliance Leader Lu!"

This peak-level expert bowed to Lu Chao and said, "My days are numbered..."

Lu Chaoding quickly waved his hand and said, "Stop! I'm quitting. I'm no longer the alliance leader. We'll meet again someday!"

After saying this, Lu Chaoding rode a tiger and flew away from the palace on his sword.

Chen Baji watched Lu Chao's departing figure, shook his head, and said, "What a pity, what a pity!"

Meanwhile, among the surrounding golden-armored guards, one excitedly raised both hands and exclaimed, "Excellent! Excellent!"

This is a player with the identity of a royal guard. His name is Sun Guan. He is slightly chubby, has single eyelids, and his eyes are very small.

Chen Baji looked at Sun Guan and said, "Fine, I'll pass on my title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven to you."

"Thank you, Grand Marshal! Rest assured, I will cherish your cultivation!"

Sun Guan, his face full of excitement, also looked in the direction Lu Chaoding had left and laughed, "That guy was Lu Chaoding! He's really stupid. He actually refused to accept Chen Baji's Qitian inheritance. That's a huge opportunity to rise to the top in one step! I really don't know what he was thinking!"

After sighing for a while, he ran up to Chen Baji. He knew that this NPC was about to die of old age. Within three days, he would definitely pass on the Qitian legacy to him. At that time, he would be the new Qitian Sword Saint and probably become the number one player.

Sun Guan was full of anticipation. He was not qualified to enter the Tianyuan Palace and did not know that Yuan Feiying, the Grand Eunuch who was of the same rank as Chen Baji, could not even withstand a casual sword strike from Lu Chaoding.

At this very moment, in the Imperial Preceptor's residence, not far from the Tianyuan Palace, Daozang Kong was sweating profusely. He pointed his finger, and a bright passage appeared in front of him.

"I didn't expect Lu Chaoding to be this strong. Just to be safe, I'd better run!"

After saying this, Daozang Kong quickly jumped into the bright passage and then disappeared.

Less than three minutes after he left, a giant sword fell from the sky and smashed the Imperial Preceptor's mansion into ruins.

Lu Chao rode a tiger and wielded a sword, using the Great Freedom Sky-Patrolling Sword Technique, frowning as he surveyed the ruins below.

"This Daozang Kong is really good at running away, but I've already discovered your secret realm."

In Lu Chao's field of vision, there was a bright sphere. He could see the sphere because he used the Great Freedom Sky-Patrolling Sword Technique, and the sphere contained attribute information, indicating that it was a certain place.

Lu Chao was able to discover the secret realm using the Great Freedom Sky-Patrolling Sword Technique, and thus enter it. He rode a tiger and flew into the realm, only to find it to be a ruin.

After searching the ruins for a long time, Lu Chaoding did not find Dao Zangkong, but he did find a treasure chest.

Upon opening the treasure chest, Lu Chao found three [universal materials] and a piece of white paper.

There were words on the white paper; it was clearly a letter left for him by Daozang Kong.

"Master Lu Chao, we're both players, why must we fight to the death? I'll give you three universal materials, just let me go. Trust me, sparing my life isn't a bad thing, maybe we can even cooperate in the future."

After reading the words on the white paper, Lu Chao muttered to himself, "This guy is really a bit slick..."

A moment later, Lu Chaoding left the ruined secret realm, while in a small cave far away, Dao Cangkong paced back and forth with a serious expression.

Behind him stood the sword slaves [Blood God] and [Sword Zen].

"No, I must improve my own strength. Creating sword slaves is urgent! And I must create player sword slaves; I need five super players! I'll choose from the players in the Great Yu Dynasty faction..."

As he spoke, Daozang Kong opened his storage space and took out five jade pieces.

Those were five job-change jade talismans he retrieved from the second floor of the Myriad Laws Pavilion. After use, they could be changed to [Tai Chi Sword Immortal], [Tai Chi Sword God], [Tai Chi Sword Demon], [Tai Chi Sword Saint], and [Heavenly Sword King], respectively.

"Among the many powerful professions, the Tai Chi lineage can increase the number of secret skill slots, combat skill slots, and ultimate skill slots, making it arguably the strongest late-game profession. I've retrieved quite a few skill books from the Myriad Laws Pavilion; with some skill combinations, training five of the strongest player sword slaves shouldn't be a problem!"

Dao Zangkong smiled. He felt that if he worked hard enough, surpassing Lu Chaoding wouldn't be a problem. (End of Chapter)