This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Amidst the pile of corpses littered with severed limbs, a beam of light suddenly descended from the sky.

The Dali general, who had already raised his sword to cut off Chen Jing's head, was thrown away and fell not far away, staring at the figure that came out of the pillar of light with disbelief.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding Dali soldiers all instinctively retreated.

That golden beam of light, in the darkness of the night, was like a divine descent, and no one could remain indifferent to it.

Li Daoxuan looked down at Chen Jing, who was covered in blood and barely clinging to life, and sighed helplessly.

"I don't know if my actions today will change your fate or sow the seeds of even greater karma..."

Li Daoxuan recalled the scene of his encounter with Chen Jing when he first transmigrated.

I remember that flatbread and those few pieces of dried meat.

And then there's the house he lived in, bought specifically to serve his gentle breeze...

Li Daoxuan paused for a moment, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Ha... Li Daoxuan, Li Daoxuan, how come you can't understand such an obvious cycle of cause and effect when it comes to yourself?"

Li Daoxuan suddenly understood.

Without Chen Jing's generous help that day, where would he, the Xuanhuang Dao Ancestor, be?

Now that he has witnessed Chen Jing's calamity, how can he sit idly by?

As for cause and effect, this is cause and effect.

Chen Jing helped him as a result, and his repayment to Chen Jing was the effect.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan suddenly understood.

With a series of hand seals, a Qingling Rejuvenation Pill was placed into Chen Jing's mouth. Combined with the effect of the Heavenly Healer Talisman, the wounds on Chen Jing's body began to heal visibly.

At this moment, the Dali general finally came to his senses. Although Li Daoxuan's appearance was amazing, in this low-level martial arts world where the strongest was only a sixth-level grandmaster, he could not imagine that there was anyone that tens of thousands of troops could not deal with.

The Dali general stood up, brandished his sword, and shouted sternly:

"Kill him..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the archer, who had already drawn his bow and nocked an arrow, immediately released his grip.

In an instant, a hail of arrows came flying towards them.

However, what happened next shocked everyone.

Li Daoxuan simply raised his hand and waved it, and all the arrows seemed to freeze in mid-air as if a stop button had been pressed.

The sheer number of them was breathtaking.

"go..."

Li Daoxuan said softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the once-still rain of arrows flew back at a speed several times faster than when they had come.

In an instant, screams filled the air.

Large numbers of soldiers were pierced through the body, and the encirclement was almost completely disintegrated in an instant.

With just this one move, at least a thousand people fell to the ground and could not get up, and there were cries of pain everywhere.

Li Daoxuan did not take their lives. In the end, these people were just following orders and had no grudge against him.

The natural order values ​​life, and showing mercy when you have the ability is a sign of compassion and absolute self-confidence.

Li Daoxuan was only one step away from becoming an Earth Immortal, and he was unwilling to commit further atrocities against mortals.

Clearly, this move was enough to intimidate the border troops of Dali.

Li Daoxuan gently raised his hand, and Chen Jing's body slowly rose into the air, hovering beside him.

Golden light appeared beneath their feet, and Li Daoxuan slowly lifted Chen Jing into the air.

The Dali general, whose hands and feet had been pierced, stared in shock at the scene and completely lost the courage to attack Li Daoxuan.

"Go back and tell your Emperor of Dali that there will be no offenses committed against the border between Dali and Dazhao for the next ten years."

"If anyone disobeys, the Great Li Imperial Palace will be like this mountain..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thick layer of thunderclouds suddenly filled the sky.

Before the Dali general could recover, all that remained before his eyes was a blinding flash of lightning.

"boom...."

The sound of thunder echoed throughout the heavens and the earth.

Soldiers in the distance witnessed the devastating scene of hundreds of bolts of lightning descending from the sky.

When the thunder subsided, everyone looked up again.

A mountain peak that was once a hundred feet high was now half gone, its entire summit flattened by lightning...

"An immortal...this is an immortal..."

"Heavens above! An immortal has descended to earth! How dare we lay a hand on an immortal..."

"The Great Zhao is protected by immortals; it must not be offended, it must not be offended..."

Tens of thousands of border troops from Dali witnessed this scene.

At this moment, they no longer had any intention of attacking Da Zhao.

How could they possibly defeat a kingdom with such powerful immortals?

After demonstrating his terrifying destructive power, Li Daoxuan and Chen Jing disappeared from everyone's sight.

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Near a border town hundreds of miles away, Chen Jing regained consciousness under the influence of the Qingling Rejuvenation Pill and the Heavenly Physician Talisman.

He sat up abruptly from the ground and reached up to touch his neck.

In good condition.

Not only that, all his injuries have also healed.

Looking around, I realized I was inside a hole in the mountain wall.

There was a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, and a figure sat cross-legged beside the fire with his back to him.

Chen Jing was taken aback, and suddenly someone came to mind.

He slowly got up and walked over. When he got around to the fire and saw who was sitting there, Chen Jing froze on the spot.

Li Daoxuan slowly opened his eyes, a ray of golden light flashing in them; he was about to lose control of his cultivation.

"Mr. Li? It was you... who saved me?"

Chen Jing sat down, looking at Li Daoxuan in disbelief.

Li Daoxuan smiled.

"Brother Chen, congratulations on surviving a near-death experience."

Chen Jing was taken aback, and quickly cupped his hands in greeting:

"If it weren't for your timely rescue, sir, how could I have survived?"

Li Daoxuan shook his head.

"Actually, it wasn't me who saved you; you saved yourself."

Chen Jing didn't quite understand, and Li Daoxuan didn't explain it to him either.

He stood up and slowly walked out of the cave. At this moment, a fish-white ray of light had appeared on the distant horizon.

Li Daoxuan's state of mind was also completely perfect and flawless.

"I've come today to say goodbye."

Li Daoxuan said softly.

Chen Jing looked puzzled. The two were already thousands of miles apart, so why did Li Daoxuan travel all that way to say goodbye?

Li Daoxuan didn't explain much, he just smiled and said:

"Brother Chen, you are destined for the Dao. After I leave, go to Taiyi Medical Hall in Anyi County, find Qingfeng, and have him ordain you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jing sighed and said sadly:

"I'm afraid it can't be as you say, sir. This time, the Northern Territory suffered a great defeat. All my fellow disciples and sisters from the Flying Feather Sect died in battle, and even my master was killed in battle."

"There are still more than ten young children left in the family, and I must take good care of them."

Li Daoxuan smiled and looked at Chen Jing, saying:

"It's alright, everything will work out for the best."

"Brother Chen, please go to Anyi County. Qingfeng will handle everything."

Chen Jing thought for a moment and nodded:

"Alright, then I will follow your instructions, sir."

Then, with some doubt, he asked:

"The gentleman said goodbye... Where is he going? When will we meet again?"

Li Daoxuan did not answer him; the great sun on the horizon had already slowly risen.

As the first rays of the morning sun shone on Li Daoxuan, a soft light slowly spread out.

The clouds in the east were tinged with a purple glow by the rising sun, which instantly spread throughout the entire realm of Jingming...

Chen Jing stared in astonishment at the strange phenomena filling the sky, finally sensing that something was amiss.

"gentlemen..."

When he turned around, he saw that Li Daoxuan's entire body was enveloped in golden light.

The light grew brighter and brighter, so bright that Chen Jing could not look directly at it.

"gentlemen?"

Chen Jing exclaimed in surprise.

But there was no response.

When the light reached its peak, a powerful shockwave swept past, causing Chen Jing to lose his balance and retreat repeatedly.

After regaining their balance, they looked again, but there was nothing there.

Li Daoxuan simply vanished...

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Volume One: The World of Spirits and Demons ends here.

Volume Two, "The World of Xuanhuang," marks the true entry of this book into its main plot.

Currently, the data for this book isn't very good, but that's okay. I'll try my best to finish it as long as my health allows.

Thank you to everyone who has read this far.