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If the sudden betrayal of those newly initiated peripheral disciples was merely like cutting a few wounds into the behemoth that is Mount Shu—it would cause pain, but it would be far from fatal.

So now, Xu Changqing, the direct disciple of Shushan and the original successor to the Shushan sect leader, has betrayed us, which is like stabbing us in the heart, a vital spot.

The head of the Shushan Sect had almost unconditional trust in the disciple he had taken in after descending the mountain. If it weren't for Tang Xuekui's sudden emergence, the next head of the Shushan Sect would undoubtedly have been this cultivator who had already entered the Golden Core stage in less than fifty years of cultivation.

Even though he has lost his qualification to succeed Tang Xuekui after her appearance, the head of the Shushan Sect still protects him very much. So much so that when he faced the invasion from "Qionghua", he did not forget to bring her with him to protect him. However, he did not expect that this protective mentality would become the most fatal factor at the last moment.

With the cultivation and spiritual power of a True Person, Murong Tianhe, who was only at the peak of the Golden Core stage, was clearly unable to defeat him head-on. Even with the help of Xihe and Wangshu, two powerful immortal swords that had already surpassed the category of spiritual swords, they could only achieve a draw at best. Moreover, this draw was based on the fact that the True Person of the Shu Mountain Sect had to spend most of his energy protecting the main body of Shu Mountain.

If this trend continues, the disciples of the Shu Mountain Sect will gradually calm down from the chaos and, under the leadership of the True Person, launch a counterattack against the "evil path" that invaded the sect. At that time, the only outcome will be that the Zhuxian Alliance will suffer a defeat in its first battle. In the worst-case scenario, it is even possible that the existence of the Zhuxian Alliance will be discovered by the righteous cultivation sects and eradicated.

However, all of this may have collapsed with the moment Xu Changqing thrust his sword at the immortal who was so close to him and had raised and reborn him.

"You rebellious disciple—cough cough."

"A real person—!"

"Head!"

The former heir of Shushan, who had already prepared a way out before deciding to strike, dared not bear the wrath of a True Person cultivator. After venting his emotions, he quickly hid in front of the well-prepared Murong Tianhe. The latter, unusually, did not make a move when the True Person of Shushan was attacked, but instead watched with a smile as he used his spiritual energy to suppress his injuries under the protection of many Shushan disciples around him.

Soon, the cultivators understood why he had done it.

"Ugh—cough cough cough!"

With the suppressed gasps and coughs of the True Man, his breath, which had begun to calm under the nourishment of spiritual energy, suddenly turned downward. The True Man, pale-faced, looked ahead and said in a bitter tone, "The Five Elements Poison, Fellow Daoist, you truly have a remarkable skill!"

"Since we're going to carry out this 'immortal-slaying' act, we must be fully prepared. I advise you, Master, not to recklessly use your spiritual energy. That way, you can see with your own eyes how Mount Shu will ultimately perish... Let's do it!"

After the drama of betrayal and conspiracy, the main theme among cultivators remains battle and slaughter. However, unlike before, the Shushan Sect, having lost its greatest fighting force and with betrayers emerging one after another from within, is clearly in decline. Even though Tang Xuekui, wielding the Demon-Suppressing Sword, blocked Murong Tianhe, who was also one of the "Sword Masters," the other Shushan disciples were clearly not up to the task. As the "rain of swords," which had been interrupted, fell again, the entire Shushan Sect slowly and steadily marched toward destruction amidst the shaking and explosions...

"Hoo... Xue Kui, take the Demon-Suppressing Sword and the Demon Sword and leave Mount Shu immediately!"

"Head!"

"Ahem—You were born to face this calamity for the sake of this land, you cannot easily fall in a place like this."

With rapid, labored breathing, the Shushan Master, whose face had turned from pale to ashen, coughed up a mouthful of foul-smelling blood and forced himself to stand: "Find the other people destined for this calamity and then stop it from happening—"

"A real person—"

"go!"

Seeing the towering figure rise again, Tang Xuekui gritted her teeth, formed a sword incantation with both hands, transformed into a streak of sword light, and fled towards the back mountain of Shu Mountain without looking back. Naturally, this scene was noticed by Murong Tian, ​​who had been watching this place. The leader of the Zhuxian Alliance immediately sneered: "Can you leave?"

The two swords, which were moving among the disciples of Shu Mountain, sensed the call and transformed into two sword lights, one red and one blue, chasing after the direction in which Tang Xuekui had fled. However, they encountered an unexpected ambush along the way.

"How dare you, evil beast!"

Amidst the thunderous eruption of spiritual energy, thousands upon thousands of multicolored energy swords formed a vast vortex, firmly intercepting the two immortal swords attempting to pass through it. Below them, the Shushan True Man, whose seven orifices were already bleeding, stood resolutely before him: "Today, even if I risk my life and death, I will still kill you here—Divine Sword Technique!"

Even Murong Tianhe, who was only at the Golden Core stage, dared not be careless in the face of a deadly blow from a True Person level. He could only use his spiritual technique to notify his "ally," whose location was still unknown, and then devote all his energy to facing the impending heaven-shaking blow.

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"One escaped?"

The information from the leader of the Zhuxian Alliance surprised Lin Yi slightly. According to both sides' calculations, a True Person who had been poisoned by the "Five Spirits Poison" that had been enhanced by his own hands should have lost the ability to fight. With Murong Tianhe's own Golden Core stage cultivation, plus the Xihe and Wangshu swords, and the fact that the protective barrier of Shushan had been broken, there should have been nothing that could stop him under those circumstances.

Unless one possibility—

"Come to think of it, this should be the second time we've met."

He turned around and smiled at the sword light that was still not far ahead: "I wonder if you have a second Fire Spirit Orb that can help you escape."

"...I should have killed you back then."

Tang Xuekui, like Murong Tianhe in Qionghua, is not only a cultivation genius with the same Heavenly Spiritual Root and the title of "Sword Master", but also brings Lin Yi this strange feeling. If there is really something unusual in this cultivation world, then there must be some clues from them.

With this in mind, Lin Yi didn't act immediately, but instead asked with interest, "Why?"

"I had this feeling when I first saw it. You are like Murong Tianhe. As long as you live, this cultivation world will never be peaceful. But I never expected that it would develop to such a state in just two short years..."

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, and just as he was about to press for more information, a sudden change occurred.

The impact of the collision of spiritual energy in the distance squeezed the air and spread to the surrounding area of ​​Mount Shu. Almost at the same time, the Mount Shu disciples with resolute expressions gripped the sword blades with a chilling demonic aura behind them.

"Things have come to this point, the only way to stop the calamity is through killing!"

Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 222 Using Man to Control Sword, Using Sword to Control Man

Based on that brief encounter two years ago, Lin Yi learned that the Demon-Suppressing Sword was not very effective at suppressing "mortals" who did not possess spiritual power. In addition, due to other considerations, he intentionally did not formally cultivate the methods of immortality in the past two years, but only used the two spiritual pearls to make use of various spiritual techniques and formations.

Similarly, Tang Xuekui, as the wielder of the Demon-Suppressing Sword, had no reason not to know the limitations of this rumored immortal sword. So when she faced the same enemy again, she did not futilely try to control the Demon-Suppressing Sword to attack, but instead directly drew the demon sword that she had never drawn before.

The attack method was similar to that of two years ago, except that the length of the sword energy that was conjured had increased from five meters to ten meters, and the number had also increased from five to ten. The sword energy that was separated and intertwined surrounded the still Lin Yi. By observing these non-physical sword blades that were conjured from spiritual energy at fixed points, Lin Yi, who had read through a large number of cultivation methods and records, was able to distinguish what they were.

"Hmm... Annihilation of all directions?"

In a cultivation sect renowned for its swordsmanship, there are naturally many methods for using swords. Just like spiritual arts, there are also sword control techniques in this cultivation world. The most common ones are simply flying through the air or randomly thrusting swords around without any skill involved. Slightly more advanced ones are "methods" like those of the Shu Mountain sect, which involve certain routines and techniques for manipulating spiritual energy—such as the Ten Thousand Swords Technique and the Divine Sword Technique. And at an even higher level are sword formations that require multiple cultivators with tacit understanding to work together to execute them.

At this moment, the sword formation that Lin Yi identified as "Ten Directions Annihilation," which originally required ten Golden Core cultivators with a certain level of swordsmanship to unleash, was realistically reproduced in the hands of a mere "Perfect Golden Core" cultivator. This scene, which almost overturned the theoretical common sense of the cultivation world, even surprised Lin Yi, who was already prepared. However, the current situation clearly did not give him much time to be surprised.

"All directions are annihilated—rise!"

Within the not-so-wide space formed by the ten giant swords of spiritual energy, the forcibly compressed spiritual energy was so dense that it could almost be extracted with a simple breath. However, this spiritual energy was destined not to be condensed for absorption, but rather gathered together to maximize its destructive power. And sure enough—

"crack!"

From Lin Yi's perspective, who was at the center of the sword formation, what was happening now was like tearing a tiny gap in the deep sea leading to a zero-pressure vacuum—if that gap wasn't inside his own body.

The spiritual energy, compressed to its limit, naturally rushed towards this "gap," but the mortal body was clearly unable to withstand this terrifying spiritual energy, which even a true immortal dared not easily accept. Unable to enter, the spiritual energy began to become volatile and, under the deliberate control of the sword formation's master, rapidly expanded—

"—Destroy!!!"

break out.

"boom----------------!!!"

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"Um?!"

Standing atop the ruins of the once-mighty Shu Mountain, where the mountain gate had been almost completely leveled, Murong Tianhe's gaze drifted into the distance. Seeing this, Liu Changqing, standing behind him, asked in a low voice, "Alliance Leader, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Is there only one True Person of Mount Shu?"

"Yes, it just fell at the hands of the sect leader, transforming into a source of spiritual energy to nourish countless lives in our land."

Ignoring the flattery behind his back, Murong Tianhe simply smiled subtly: "In that case, I was overthinking it."

"Yes……"

Before he could express his doubts and hesitation, the surge of spiritual energy erupting from the sky above the back of Mount Shu caused Liu Changqing's expression to change drastically. Shocked, he subconsciously looked in that direction and saw demonic energy mixed with sharp sword energy shooting straight into the sky, tearing a gap in the dense spiritual energy of Mount Shu and exposing the bottomless void below...

"A real person—?!"

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Lin Yi has always had a question about Tang Xuekui's position within the Shushan Sect.

If she were just an ordinary Golden Core cultivator with potential, her sect would only need to invest more cultivation resources; there would be no need to hand over the sect's most powerful divine weapon to her.

It's important to understand that a powerful weapon isn't something that just anyone can wield and make powerful. The more powerful the weapon, the more "conditions" it needs to match. Take Lin Yi as an example: whether it's the Forbidden Zone Virus, the mimicry right hand, or the left eye that symbolizes the Root itself, even if all of these things were transferred to another individual, it would be impossible to create a second "Lin Yi".

The forbidden zone virus will cause his body to collapse from the genetic level, the mimicry of his right hand will drain every last bit of energy from his body, and the Eye of Root is even more direct—the knowledge of a world cannot be easily accepted and interpreted by any brain capacity.

Similarly, whether it's the Demon-Suppressing Sword or the Demon Sword, either of these are top-tier divine weapons even in the entire cultivation world. There's absolutely no reason to hand them over to a cultivator who's only at the Golden Core stage. Wouldn't they be able to unleash greater combat power in the hands of a True Person level cultivator?

But in reality, the true master of Shu Mountain never thought of taking back the two immortal swords from Tang Xuekui until his death. There is only one explanation for this situation that Lin Yi can think of.

Certain factors limit the use of these swords and immortal swords, whether it be "qualification", "ability", or even "authority".

"This is really interesting..."

Above the bottomless abyss, layers of bone armor, blackened by the intense heat, peeled away from the body, revealing a figure behind it who looked at the cultivator in front with great interest: "Sword control technique... It seems you don't practice sword control, but rather the technique of controlling people, right?"

—It is not that people control swords, but that swords control people.

Only in this way can these cultivators, whose cultivation level is far inferior to that of a True Person, be qualified to wield such a powerful divine weapon, and even use it to unleash combat power far exceeding that of a True Person.

This leads to the most fundamental question.

"If I'm not mistaken, you shouldn't be human, at least not a 'human' born through a normal ten-month pregnancy."

The bone armor on his left cheek fell off, revealing the eye beneath, which shimmered with golden light: "Can you tell me? What exactly are you?"

Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 223 Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique

The concept of "magic" in World Number Ten differs from "magic" in the conventional sense. One of the most obvious differences is the existence of "attribute restraint." It is not the kind of attribute restraint like water, fire, wind, earth, and lightning in the current fantasy world, but rather a restraint on rather uncommon abilities such as "divinity," "bloodline," and "immortality."

Admittedly, this near-complete restraint allows Lin Yi to remain invincible in the world of various bizarre magic and abilities. Even against beings that are said to be impossible to kill, he can easily find corresponding methods in the "Root" records to kill the "unkillable." However, at the same time, another phenomenon has emerged that makes Lin Yi feel quite helpless.

—For worlds that exist outside of the “root,” these seemingly powerful “nature restraints” are completely useless.

To take the most basic example, one of Gilgamesh's many Noble Phantasms, "Chains of Heaven," is specifically designed to deal with beings who possess divinity. The problem is that different worlds have completely different definitions of "divinity." In the world where the Root exists, perhaps anything that has even a slight connection to mythology can be given a trace of "divinity." But what about other worlds?

In the current world of fantasy, the most likely beings to be associated with "divinity" are probably the ancient Nuwa and Fuxi, or even further back to Pangu and the Three Pure Ones. However, the question is, if these ancient beings really possessed so-called "divinity," could a mere chain really bind beings whose life levels are not even on the same level?

However, setting aside the concept of restraining "divinity," the Outer Heaven Chains are essentially just a slightly sturdier chain. Anyone with a strength attribute exceeding 250 can easily break free from it, leading to a rather awkward situation—

Using the Heavenly Lock against ordinary people is a waste of resources; it would be better to just throw a projection sword directly.

Using the Chains of Heaven against someone who is strong but lacks "divinity" is utterly useless; the opponent can easily break free.

Using the Lock of Heaven against an exceptionally powerful being, possibly possessing "divinity," has a success rate approaching zero.

Similarly, this awkward situation also applies to most of the magic and treasures from within the "root," which means that although Lin Yi has a whole world's worth of treasures and knowledge as tools, he can only actually use a few of them in another world.

Clearly, none of these few methods could deal with the "swordsman" before them.

The numerous Noble Phantasms projected from the "Gate of Babylon" were even inferior to a casual sword strike from the opponent, barely managing to withstand them for less than two seconds before failing. The Chains of Heaven, which attempted to bind her, were even more ineffective, unable to even get within ten meters of her before being torn into iron filings and scattered in all directions by the surrounding sword energy. The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, after two years of analyzing the rules, were able to come into play. As long as he could effectively cut along the lines of death on her body, Lin Yi was confident that he could definitely kill her.

The problem is, if Lin Yi really had that much time to cut along the death line, that time would have been enough for him to kill her no less than ten times in different ways.

Rationally abandoning his attempt to capture the cultivator moving erratically around him at supersonic speeds using his Spiral Demon Eye, Lin Yi closed his left eye, and his right hand unexpectedly reached out behind him—

"Qiang——!"

The sword blade, shrouded in demonic energy, pressed firmly against the metallic arm. Even with all her might, she couldn't make the blade cut any further inward. Realizing that this area couldn't be a breakthrough point, Tang Xuekui didn't hesitate to give up the attack. Just as she was about to disappear into the sword light again, she suddenly caught a glimpse of another shadow falling down out of the corner of her eye.

"Bang!"

Releasing his bleeding left fist, the wound torn by the demonic sword began to heal almost the instant it was severed from the blade. Looking down at the dust rising from the tremors below, Lin Yi exhaled, "Much better."

A buzzing fly may not pose much danger, but its noise alone is enough to annoy people.

"Forced proliferation - assault mode".

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The bones that pierced through the spine from behind spread rapidly throughout the body, and when the feet stomped on the ground with immense force, they reappeared as a terrifying, demonic figure.

"Ten Thousand Sword Jue!"

The scene was repeating itself just like it had been two years ago, except that neither the quantity nor the quality of the sword energy could compare to what it had been like in Shouyang two years ago. However, the countless sword energies were no longer impacting the fragile "shield" that had been there in Shouyang two years ago...

Facing the oncoming storm of sword energy, Lin Yi made no futile attempts to dodge. Firstly, it was almost impossible to avoid these sword energies in his offensive, defense-oriented mode, and secondly, there was no need to dodge at all.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang——"

With a piercing clang, countless sparks flew off the pale white armor. The sword energy, capable of easily piercing a city wall, seemed to encounter an insurmountable obstacle when it collided with the not-so-robust figure, and vanished again in the storm of spiritual energy.

Watching the figure unaffected by the storm of sword energy and still approaching, Tang Xuekui's face revealed an expression beyond killing intent for the first time. However, unlike the expected panic, it was more like—

"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe borrows their power—"

The sword incantation he had been holding suddenly changed, and the Demon-Suppressing Sword on his back seemed to have been waiting for a long time, shooting into the sky on its own without any external force pulling it.

It was a clear, cloudless day, but in that fleeting moment, it seemed as if thunder rumbled. Before he could think too much about why, Lin Yi sensed the sudden surge of lightning-attribute spiritual energy in the air and knew something was wrong.

"Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Technique!"

With a crisp shout, a blinding bolt of lightning crashed down from the cloudless sky. At this speed, almost like the projection of light, no living being could escape. Before the blinding light of the lightning was even lingering in their vision, their bodies were already bathed in this terrifying lightning.

“Boom——————————————————”

The rising steam and dust shrouded the entire back mountain in a misty haze. The residual lightning in the air attracted spiritual energy, occasionally forming a tiny electric current that briefly illuminated an area before disappearing without a trace.

Panting heavily, Tang Xuekui could no longer hold back and collapsed to the ground. The Demon-Suppressing Sword, having dissipated most of its spiritual energy, lost its original spirituality and remained stuck in the ground, waiting for someone to retrieve it.

"Huff... Huff... Such a wicked being... is destined not to escape... the cycle of heavenly rebirth..."