This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Under Li Daoxuan's fingertips, the longsword, which looked extremely extraordinary, shattered instantly.

The old man was terrified. This was a mid-grade spiritual treasure, a sword he had nurtured with his own true energy and divine soul for decades. Even an eighth-level expert could not possibly destroy it.

It was actually shattered by Li Daoxuan's single finger?

But at this moment, the old man had no mind to care about the magical treasure; he only had one thought in his mind: to escape.

He had never seen anyone like Li Daoxuan before. He had only said two words before he attacked with deadly force.

They didn't even give them a chance to beg for mercy.

The old man's internal energy suddenly erupted, forming a protective aura in front of him.

He then turned and ran.

However, he still greatly underestimated Li Daoxuan's strength.

His magical power flowed, his fingertips carrying an extreme sharpness.

After shattering the spirit sword with a single finger, the protective aura was also pierced through as easily as thin paper.

The old man had barely moved his feet when Li Daoxuan appeared behind him.

He transformed his fingers into claws, grabbed the old man's neck from behind, and channeled his magic into the old man's body, completely sealing off his true energy.

This rendered the old man utterly powerless to resist.

On the shore, the Qingyun Sword Sect members were already shocked by this scene. The old man's strength far surpassed theirs, yet he was subdued in one move.

The person before us is too powerful to be contended with.

Without a second thought, these people jumped onto the flying boat and tried to escape on the giant bird.

But how could Li Daoxuan give them that opportunity?

With one hand forming a magic seal, a massive magic array appeared out of thin air above the void.

Immediately following this was a deafening dragon roar.

A giant dragon emerged from the magic array and entangled the flying boat and the giant bird.

The giant bird let out a mournful cry and its claws tore wildly, but it could not damage the dragon's body in the slightest.

Li Daoxuan spread his arms wide, his gaze icy cold, and spoke softly:

"kill..."

In an instant, terrifying power erupted, and the dragon's enormous body shredded the giant bird, the flying boat, and everyone on board into dust.

Because it was enveloped by the dragon's enormous body, none of that terrifying power leaked out, and it did not have any impact on the surrounding people.

The old man, whose neck was being choked by Li Daoxuan, was filled with despair as he watched this scene.

This is no ordinary sixth-level expert; this person's strength is at least eighth-level, or even ninth-level...

How could such a terrifying master exist in this tiny town of Tianshui?

"Senior...Senior, please spare me! I am an elder of the Southwest Branch of the Qingyun Sword Sect. The grudge between my disciple Liu Yun and you is a complete misunderstanding."

"If you're not satisfied, senior, I'll go back immediately and bring you Liu Yun's head."

Hearing these pleas for mercy, Li Daoxuan's murderous intent only intensified.

He didn't want to say another word, so he took out the Soul-Suppressing Bell and shook it gently.

An eerie bell rang, and the old man's eyes froze, a look of pain appearing on his face.

A powerful divine thought was resisting fiercely.

"Heh, a master who has cultivated a primordial spirit is indeed extraordinary."

Li Daoxuan gave a light hum, then infused his magic power and rang the bell again.

This time, the old man's divine sense protection was completely shattered, and his soul fell directly under the control of the Soul-Suppressing Bell, becoming a puppet controlled by Li Daoxuan.

"What is your cultivation level?"

Li Daoxuan asked.

"Early stage of the Seventh Heaven..."

"How many Seven Heavens are there in your sect? Who are they? Do you have an Eight Heaven?"

"The branch sect has three elders and the sect leader who are all at the seventh level of the Heavenly Realm. The second elder is at the mid-stage of the seventh level, and the first elder and the sect leader are at the late stage of the seventh level. There are no eighth level elders."

Li Daoxuan nodded inwardly. This was understandable. If a branch sect had an eighth level of cultivation, then the Qingyun Sword Sect was truly terrifying.

"What level of cultivation is the strongest member of your Azure Cloud Sword Sect's main sect?"

"The sect master is at the late stage of the ninth heaven, and there are rumors that there is a supreme elder in the sect who has lived for more than three hundred years and may be an earth immortal..."

The Qingyun Sword Sect actually has an Earth Immortal?

Li Daoxuan was very curious about the difference between the Earth Immortals of the Xuanhuang Great World and those of his Daoist sect.

Strength, cultivation level, primordial spirit, lifespan, and so on—how many differences are there between them?

Li Daoxuan then asked some questions about martial arts cultivation in the Xuanhuang Great World.

It turns out that the true qi in the bodies of martial arts practitioners after the seventh level can no longer be called true qi, but rather "罡气" (gang qi).

It is a power that is far more solid than true qi.

If true qi is qi, then protective qi can be considered water.

With the tempering of Qi, the physique will reach an incredible level. After the essence, Qi and blood are completely perfected, they will nourish the soul, causing the soul to begin to transform and possess incredible divine power.

It can influence the energy of heaven and earth, and martial arts techniques will also become much more powerful as a result.

To reach a level similar to the Daoist principles.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth heavens represent the process of the primordial spirit's transformation. Once the primordial spirit has completely transformed, it will merge with the internal energy, transforming into a martial arts embryo and entering a completely new realm.

This is the realm beyond the Ninth Heaven, hence the Earth Immortal Realm is also known as the Martial Embryo Realm.

Upon reaching this level, not only will one's lifespan increase significantly, allowing one to live for nearly a thousand years, but one will also be able to refine a martial arts golden body, making one's physical body comparable to a celestial weapon, and after death, one will remain incorrupt for a hundred years and incorrupt for a thousand years.

The realm above Earth Immortal is called Divine Travel, which involves refining the Martial Embryo into a True God of Martial Arts, capable of detaching from the physical body and traveling thousands of miles.

Even if the physical body dies, the Martial Embryo True God can still exist in the world, wielding the power of heaven and earth, just like a god.

Therefore, martial arts practitioners in the Divine Travel Realm also have a title: Martial God.

The experts in the Divine Travel Realm of the Xuanhuang Great World also have these titles.

There are very few experts of this caliber in the entire world.

A martial arts expert in the Divine Travel Realm can easily live for thousands of years.

As for the final realm beyond the Divine Realm, this elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect branch did not know about it either.

All that is known is that people call him the Great Emperor.

No one knows how powerful emperors cultivate.

No one knows the secrets of the Great Emperor.

All I know is that this level of existence is one in a million.

Each emperor is a figure who either ends an era or begins a new one.

In the present Xuanhuang Great World, there are no Great Emperors at all.

Tens of thousands of years have passed since the era of the last great emperor known to people—Emperor Hongyu.

Legend has it that the Great Emperors are immortal beings. Logically speaking, there should be quite a few Great Emperors left in the hundreds of thousands of years of history of the Xuanhuang Great World.

No one knows where those emperors went. Even the descendants of those emperors in the Hongyu Sacred Realm don't know why the Hongyu Emperor disappeared in the end.

Li Daoxuan asked many questions and obtained a lot of information.

He could roughly estimate in his mind what level his current strength was in the Xuanhuang Great World.

In general, no one below the Earth Immortal level in the Xuanhuang Great World is his match.

As for Martial Embryo Realm Earth Immortals, you'll only know after you've fought them.

Ultimately, the old man's soul could not withstand the pressure of the Soul-Suppressing Bell and shattered.

Li Daoxuan released his grip, letting him sink into the Tianshui Marsh to become food for the fish.

He looked up and glanced north, towards the direction of the main sect of the Qingyun Sword Sect.

Li Daoxuan would never forget the tragic deaths of a family of fifteen in that villa in Anyi County.

Those boys in white and those girls in pink are doomed to die.

If the Qingyun Sword Sect tries to stop him, he can test just how much power this Earth Immortal of the Xuanhuang Great World truly possesses.