Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Lu Chao's attack was so powerful that dark clouds covered the sky, annihilating everything in its path. Even experts at the Transcendent Realm could not survive more than a few seconds inside.

Thus, three days later, the three sects that had besieged Chunyi Pavilion, as well as the Tianma Empire and the Tianma Royal Court, chose to withdraw their troops.

However, retreating did not mean a safe escape. The Heavenly Demon activated the Demon Star Formation, leading 365 demon generals and numerous players from the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect in a fierce charge.

At the same time, Ye Longxing also arrived riding on Fuyun Mountain.

At this time, Ye Longxing had reached level 100, and Floating Cloud Mountain had merged with a large number of secret realm fragments, making it twice as large as before. There were 100 sect leaders' wives, five Divine Eagle Elders, and a large number of reliable sword sect players on it.

After discussions, the Reliable Sword Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect reached an agreement to join forces for the second time, with both sides heading straight for the Heavenly Horse Royal Court.

Like the Heavenly Central Royal Court, the Heavenly Horse Royal Court is a secret realm force and an important player in the current national war storyline. Defeating it would be extremely beneficial.

Lu Chaoding, posing as the Supreme Heavenly Demon, also joined the battle and soon discovered the Heavenly Horse Sword King.

The Pegasus Sword King and the Heavenly Sword King have the same attribute values ​​and also possess the luck attribute. However, he is not an enforcer and appears much more rigid. Lu Chao easily pulled him into the battle space, and then it was just endless rounds of idle gameplay.

Half a month later, a server-wide announcement was made that the Pegasus Royal Court had been destroyed.

Lu Chaoding killed another Sword King and obtained a Meteor Sword.

The attributes of the Meteor Sword are similar to those of the Mountain and River Sword. It is a Tier 6 weapon and a job change item. After equipping it, you can change your job to the unique job of Meteor Sword King.

Lu Chao gave the Meteor Sword to the sect leader's wife, Green Willow, making her the second Sword King of the Reliable Sword Sect after Lan E.

In addition, Ye Longxing killed the Prime Minister of the Tianma Royal Court and obtained the second [Royal Cauldron].

The Heavenly Demon used the Demon Star Formation to kill the Grand Preceptor of the Heavenly Horse Royal Court and obtained the second [Royal Seal].

Lu Chaoding gave both the [King's Cauldron] and the [King's Seal] to the Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Demon used the [King's Seal] to establish the Heavenly Demon Kingdom, with Jufu City as its territory, and became its king.

Under Lu Chaoding's arrangement, she placed the [Wang Ding] into the Spring Breeze Pavilion, thus acquiring the attribute of luck.

The destruction of the Heavenly Horse Royal Court and the shattering of the royal city also created many fragments of secret realms. Ye Longxing collected all of these fragments, intending to use them to further strengthen Floating Cloud Mountain.

Another half month later, the [Heavenly Demon] officially declared war on the Pegasus Empire.

Lu Chaoding had already reached level 120 by this time.

Level 120 is the level cap for the peak realm. To break this cap, you have to wait until the dimensional war begins.

Lu Chaoding did not get involved in the battle between the Heavenly Demon Sword Sect and the Heavenly Horse Empire. Instead, he rode a tiger and flew on his sword to Qingfeng Mountain in Heavenly Horse Prefecture.

Someone on the forum revealed that there is fragment number 66 of the Red Dust Dao Box in Qingfeng Mountain.

Lu Chaoding's target is this fragment.

Qingfeng Mountain was much larger than Lu Chaoding had expected, and it was teeming with wild monsters. The mountaintop was bare and surrounded by strong winds.

Lu Chao spent a whole day exploring the top of Qingfeng Mountain, killing more than a dozen wild monster bosses, but still couldn't find any fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box.

"Could it be that the information leaked by 'I Have the Flaming Dragon Cannon' was false? Where can I find fragments of the Hongchen Dao Box?"

Lu Chaoding couldn't help but feel suspicious. Unwilling to give up, he explored Qingfeng Mountain again, but still found nothing.

"Looks like we really were scammed!"

Lu Chao shook his head and was about to leave on his sword when a sudden, inexplicable gale arose at the summit of Qingfeng Mountain. The gale swirled and rose straight into the sky, forming a column of wind—a veritable tornado.

This tornado was also special, appearing blue with a faint glow within.

"What's going on?"

Lu Chao looked over curiously, when he suddenly received a system notification: "Ding, special event encountered: A blue tornado has shattered space, opening a strange passage. If you are swept into the wind column, you may arrive at a mysterious place (50% chance), or you may encounter a life-or-death crisis (50% chance). The blue tornado will last for one minute. What will you choose?"

"Ding! The occasionally unreliable system has activated and issued a mission: Enter the Blue Tornado. Entering will take you to a mysterious place; failing to enter the Blue Tornado will result in a life-or-death crisis."

"This unreliable system is kicking in again. Is it forcing me into a blue tornado?"

Lu Chao didn't want to encounter a "life-or-death crisis," so he rode his sword and quickly rushed into the blue tornado.

Then, the scenery before his eyes flashed by, and in less than two seconds, Lu Chaoding found himself in a vast space.

In his view, the blue sky stretched to the green fields, white clouds floated high, and green mountains stretched endlessly, creating a beautiful landscape.

"Ding! You have arrived at the special secret realm, Shushan Sword Domain. Shushan Sword Domain is not within the twelve states of the Sword Realm. Due to your location in the current area, some system functions will be unavailable. You cannot leave by dying."

"The Sword Domain of Mount Shu?"

Lu Chao frowned. He looked around curiously and tried some things. Soon he discovered something strange.

First of all, within this Shushan Sword Domain, it seems that functions such as "World Map", "Flying Sword Message", "Tianxing Forum", and "Tianxing Sword Debate" are all disabled. Even the entrance to the Super Top Cave Heaven cannot be opened, nor can the entrance to the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm be opened with the Heavenly Demon Sword.

Secondly, Lu Chaoding did not find a way to leave the Shushan Sword Domain.

In the past, when he arrived at other secret realms, he could usually find a teleportation channel or device to leave, but this Shushan Sword Domain was completely different. He was now in the middle of nowhere and had no idea how to leave.

"Well, since we're here, we might as well make the best of it and explore this Shu Mountain Sword Domain."

Lu Chao muttered to himself. He observed his surroundings again and found that the mountains rose and fell in all directions, with many peaks. But the most conspicuous were four high mountains. These four high mountains were distributed in all directions, just like four strong men among a group of children. They were towering and majestic, and outstanding. He could vaguely see a lot of buildings standing on those high mountains, which meant that people were active on them.

A moment later, Lu Chao rode a tiger and flew on his sword toward the nearest mountain peak.

The mountain peak was not high, but it was lush and green, with many plants and trees on it.

Lu Chaoding had an excellent view, and he quickly spotted a small Taoist temple on the top of the hill.

The small Taoist temple was deserted and quiet, with only a small courtyard and three tiled houses. There was a plaque in front of the gate with the four characters "Tushan Sword Sect" written on it.

Lu Chaoding landed curiously in the Taoist temple and found a young Taoist boy dressed in a tattered Taoist robe sitting cross-legged in the center of the courtyard.

Judging from his appearance, the young Taoist boy looked to be only seven or eight years old, but he was serious and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, not saying a word.

[Ling Daozi: LV90 Sword Immortal, Head of the Tushan Sword Sect?]

"Hmm?" Lu Chaoding saw the little Taoist's attribute information and couldn't help but feel a chill.

"This child is actually a level 90 sword immortal, and the leader of the Tushan Sword Sect!"

Lu Chao walked up to the young Taoist boy and was about to ask him a question when the boy spoke first.

"Who are you, and where do you come from? What business do you have at my Tushan Sword Sect?"

As he spoke, the young Taoist boy kept his eyes closed and remained calm.

Lu Chao replied, "I am the Supreme Heavenly Demon, and I come from the outside world. I am new here and know nothing. I have come here to ask the Daoist for guidance."

"Hmm?" The young Taoist frowned. "You come from the outside world... Is that the Hongchen Sword Realm?"

"Yes!" Lu Chao nodded, somewhat curious about the personality of the leader of the Tushan Sword Sect, and asked, "Does the Daoist know how to return to the Hongchen Sword Realm?"

The young Taoist boy nodded, then shook his head, saying, "Shushan has been isolated from the Sword Realm for thousands of years. Occasionally, a whirlwind passage appears that connects the two realms, and only those with the right destiny can enter and exit. You come from the Hongchen Sword Realm, which is both fortunate and unfortunate. Whether you can leave the Shushan Sword Domain in the future depends entirely on your fate and destiny."

"Really?" Lu Chao frowned. "Besides that whirlwind passage, is there no other way to leave this place?"

The young Taoist nodded and said, "Yes! The Shu Mountain Sword Domain is also a sword prison. The three thousand sword sects and countless sword cultivators here mostly come from the Hongchen Sword Realm. Over the past thousands of years, very few have been able to return to the Hongchen Sword Realm!"

"The Sword Domain is also a Sword Prison; once you enter, you can't leave? How can that be allowed?"

Lu Chaoding frowned again, but he also paid close attention, realizing that the Shushan Sword Domain was no ordinary secret realm, and was shocked that there were actually three thousand sword sects here.

The young Taoist continued, "In the Shu Mountain Sword Domain, the strong are respected, and the strong are supported by others, while the weak can only become servants, supporting others. I see that you are no ordinary person either, so perhaps..."

At this point, the young Taoist stood up, opened his eyes, revealing silver pupils, and said, "My Tushan Sword Sect is quite famous in the Shushan Sword Domain. Why don't you join our sect? I can appoint you as the deputy sect leader, and you can receive a token of jade, inheritance jade, enlightenment jade, or sword intent jade every day!"

"Can I receive the Sword Intent Jade?"

Lu Chao narrowed his eyes, glanced at the dilapidated and desolate courtyard, and said, "I would like to trouble you to introduce me to other sword sects. To be honest, my strength is quite strong, and even if I were to join a sect, I would have to choose a powerful one."

"Alas!" Ling Daozi sighed. "It seems you look down on my Tushan Sword Sect. There are three thousand sword sects in this Shushan Sword Domain, and there are certainly some that are stronger than my Tushan Sword Sect. But it's not easy to join those sects. Let me tell you about them briefly..."

Over the next period of time, Lu Chaoding learned a lot of information about the Shushan Sword Domain from Ling Daozi.

According to him, there are many sects in the Shu Mountain Sword Domain, but the four strongest sects are located on the highest peaks in the four directions. The names of those four sword sects are Qinglian Sword Sect, Hongchen Sword Sect, Daluo Sword Sect and Tianmo Sword Sect.

The leaders of the four major sects are all peak level 120 experts. Below the four major sword sects, there are weaker sword sects such as the Moral Sword Sect, the Heartless Sword Sect, and the Starry Sky Sword Sect, and so on.

The leaders of those sword sects are basically all peak level 120 experts.

Joining the sword sect grants access to cultivation resources, specifically daily rewards such as Jade of Tokens, Jade of Inheritance, Jade of Enlightenment, or Jade of Sword Intent.

Joining a weak sword sect means receiving very few cultivation resources each day, while joining a powerful sword sect means receiving many more. For example, joining one of the four major sword sects, even as the lowest-ranking disciple, will grant you three Jade Tokens, Jade Inheritance, Jade of Enlightenment, or Jade of Sword Intent each day. If you become an elder, you can receive over thirty jade stones each day.

Lu Chao was shocked to find that there were also Qinglian Sword Sect, Hongchen Sword Sect, Daluo Sword Sect and Tianmo Sword Sect in the Shushan Sword Domain. What shocked him even more was that the reason why the sword cultivators in the Shushan Sword Domain could receive Jade of Tokens, Jade of Inheritance, Jade of Enlightenment or Jade of Sword Intent every day was because there were mines here!

Jade of Tokens, Jade of Inheritance, Jade of Enlightenment, and Jade of Sword Intent are all mined from the mountains. The level of welfare for sect members depends on the mineral resources and mining capabilities controlled by the sect.

Take the Tushan Sword Sect for example. Its headquarters is located on this small mountain at the foot of Luchao Peak. There is also a barren small mine in the mountain. The Tushan Sword Sect is not just Ling Daozi. In fact, he has three disciples. Those three disciples are currently mining in the mine at the foot of Tushan. However, due to the poor mineral deposits, the production of jade is limited.

"Jade of Evidence, Jade of Inheritance, Jade of Enlightenment, Jade of Sword Intent—these are all rare resources, and they are bound to something. I never expected to be able to dig them up in the Shu Mountain Sword Domain. I can't miss this opportunity; I must get as many as possible."

A multitude of thoughts immediately popped into Lu Chao's mind.

Just then, the ground suddenly shook, and with a loud bang, thunder roared in the sky, followed by beams of golden light falling from the heavens.

"What happened?"

Lu Chao looked at the strange phenomenon in the sky with some confusion.

Ling Daozi's eyes lit up with excitement. He said, "A mineral vein has appeared. Judging from the commotion, it's probably a vein with good reserves. Hurry, hurry, find the mine. It should be growing out soon."

After saying this, Qing Lingzi ignored Lu Chaoding and immediately took off on his sword. After taking a quick look around in mid-air, he immediately flew away on his sword.

Lu Chaoding also took off on his sword. He looked in the direction where Qing Lingzi had gone and saw a mountain rising slowly on the ground. The mountain was covered with plants and was emitting a golden light, which was reflected in the golden light in the sky.

"That's a mine? Does it contain mineral veins?"

Lu Chao's mind stirred, and without delay, he immediately rode his tiger and flew towards the growing mine.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding and Ling Daozi were not the only ones heading to the mine. In fact, most of the NPCs within a hundred miles were also heading to the mine.

Lu Chaoding's sword-riding speed was quite fast; he quickly overtook Ling Daozi. However, when he arrived near the mine, someone had already reached the summit before him. It was a woman in a light blue dress with blue hair, her dress adorned with peacock feathers. From afar, she called out to Lu Chaoding, "I am Lou Jialan, a level 120 Azure Mist Sword Saint. I wish to establish the Azure Mist Sword Sect here. This mountain will be our sect's headquarters, and outsiders are not allowed to enter!"

"No unauthorized entry?" Lu Chao immediately realized that the NPC in front of him wanted to seize the mine. He chuckled and said, "I am the Supreme Demon King. Those who obey me prosper, and those who defy me perish. Hand over the mine, and I will spare your life!" (End of this chapter)