Chapter 911: I Continue Invincibility

From the Nine Li shedding their armor and the Ancestral Witch’s suppression, to fishing the moon from a well and the eerie glow of seven lamps, and the descent of the three divine authorities—all of this, though it sounds like a long tale, unfolded in an instant!

In the blink of an eye, Yan Xuanzi, with his formidable physical body, was rendered immobile—his body, soul, and mind all frozen.

His imperfection was relative, not absolute, but to Xu Qing, this flaw was a matter of life and death.

He had no need for a substitute fate. Rather than having a loser take his place in the future, he preferred to strike immediately and sever the karmic ties.

Therefore, his current strike held nothing back; he attacked with full force.

He raised his right hand, which transformed into a colossal palm, and abruptly swept it towards Yan Xuanzi.

The hand seemed neither entirely ethereal nor entirely corporeal, as if forged from destiny itself and imbued with an inexpressible profundity. The moment it descended, it transformed into the sky reflected on a water surface, sending forth even more ripples.

Without a sound, water splashed upwards. Yan Xuanzi’s soul, reflected on the surface, was unexpectedly scooped out by the colossal hand formed by Xu Qing, along with the surrounding illusory water.

The moment it materialized, Yan Xuanzi’s physical body instantly lost its vitality, becoming a mere husk. The soul, now held within Xu Qing’s colossal hand, glowed with extreme brilliance and vibrant colors, yet its expression remained utterly vacant.

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He swiftly brought his five fingers together and clenched them tightly.

However, at that very moment, an unforeseen change erupted.

Although the initially vacant soul showed no expression of struggle, it suddenly blurred. Having unleashed some heaven-defying technique, it vanished instantly, escaping from the colossal hand Xu Qing had formed.

Xu Qing’s eyes glowed with a faint light. The moment Yan Xuanzi’s soul escaped, the seven ghostly lamps of the Cursed Fire that had appeared behind Xu Qing flickered violently and extinguished simultaneously.

As the lamps went out, the curse erupted.

A muffled groan echoed from the void. Yan Xuanzi’s vanished soul was forced back into existence some distance away, its once brilliant light now incredibly dim. Both its soul form and expression were blurred.

Moreover, at that precise moment, the three divine authorities behind Xu Qing erupted simultaneously, forming three golden threads that tore through the void, severed destiny, and cleaved through life and death, flashing towards the dimmed soul.

Locked by causality and using destiny as their weapon, they materialized instantly around the soul.

The three golden threads abruptly crisscrossed, strangling it.

The sky changed color, the earth rumbled. Yan Xuanzi’s soul fragmented into several pieces, transforming into shimmering motes of light that dissipated into the air.

This clean and decisive act demonstrated Xu Qing’s resolute nature.

However, Xu Qing’s assault was not over. The instant Yan Xuanzi’s soul was extinguished, Xu Qing took a single step, appearing beside Yan Xuanzi’s physical body, and his blade descended swiftly.

Stripped of his soul and reduced to a mere husk, Yan Xuanzi’s body stiffened, his head flew off, and his physical form disintegrated into chunks of flesh and blood.

With a wave of Xu Qing’s hand, a swathe of black flames swept over, incinerating the shattered remains of the body until it was unrecognizable.

While Yan Xuanzi’s unique physical body made it difficult to reduce to ash, resurrection through these incinerated remains was now impossible.

The events unfolded so rapidly that most Flame Moon cultivators watching the battle below were left utterly horrified, their expressions drastically altered, many showing signs of disbelief.

However, the Flame Moon kings and nobles, along with the powerful figures from the affiliated tribes and the Authority Holder, showed no particular change in expression; they all remained calm.

Meanwhile, Xu Qing felt no sense of triumph from having slain Yan Xuanzi. His brow furrowed slightly, and he turned to gaze at the location where Yan Xuanzi’s physical remains had been incinerated.

His pupils immediately contracted.

At the site of Yan Xuanzi’s shattered remains, a vision suddenly materialized.

This vision depicted a tomb, specifically an Imperial Mausoleum within a divine realm. Inside, Yan Xuanzi could be seen seated cross-legged upon a gigantic ceremonial umbrella.

In the blink of an eye, the vision blurred. When it reappeared, it was still Yan Xuanzi, but the setting had changed; it was now the Mountains and Seas Great Region.

Subsequently, in the span of an instant, this vision appeared hundreds of times, with Yan Xuanzi emerging within it on each occasion.

To be precise, it was Yan Xuanzi from various periods in the past.

These were his projected forms from hundreds of past temporal nodes.

Xu Qing did not intervene. Instead, his eyes flickered as he watched Yan Xuanzi, who seemed utterly unguarded, perform such an eerie, almost divine technique.

After appearing, these illusory figures swiftly dispersed, transforming into countless specks of light that rapidly converged, ultimately forming a colossal ring.

A potent force of time suddenly erupted within the ring.

After seven or eight breaths, Yan Xuanzi’s corporeal body materialized within it and stepped out of the luminous circle.

The moment he appeared, the scattered flesh and blood around him turned to dust. The circle behind him instantly contracted, finally transforming into a bead that landed in Yan Xuanzi’s hand.

While his appearance seemed unchanged, his demeanor was entirely different. The previous Yan Xuanzi, though handsome, exuded more sternness, leading him to be described as ruggedly handsome.

Now… only 'delicately beautiful' could describe him.

He had transformed into her.

Her body had also changed: her chest was now prominent, her waist slender, and her legs appeared much more delicate beneath her robes. The previous sternness was gone, replaced by a cold, alluring elegance.

This was precisely the form Xu Qing remembered her taking.

The crowd fell silent. Those aware of Yan Xuanzi’s peculiar divine ability remained unperturbed, but those who were not stood in stunned confusion.

The Captain among them blinked, chuckling inwardly.

Concurrently, Xu Qing, still in mid-air, appeared pensive.

“The Captain once mentioned seeing this person display a great divine ability in the Mountains and Seas Great Region, a technique almost like a divine art, which was peculiar because it altered gender upon activation.”

“This must be the technique,” Xu Qing thought.

“This technique is indeed almost a divine art, capable of bringing one back from past timelines, and upon reappearance, their cultivation and combat power seem to remain at their peak!”

As Xu Qing murmured to himself, contemplating a method to deliver the killing blow, Yan Xuanzi, who had stepped out of the circle, gazed at Xu Qing, sighing inwardly with regret.

Earlier, when she had activated this divine ability, she could have succeeded more swiftly, but she had intentionally slowed it down, hoping to draw Xu Qing into striking.

Had Xu Qing attacked then, she could have effortlessly pulled him into her divine ability, thereby imbuing him with the power of her scripture.

This would have turned all the terrors in his memories into demons, igniting a demonic fire to incinerate his body and soul.

“It is a pity that the cultivation method I inherited only comprises the Undying Scroll and a minor portion of the Eternal Scroll, missing the Longevity Scroll and the latter part of the Ancient Dawn Scroll.”

“Furthermore, the Undying Scroll itself has minor deficiencies. Although I patched them up with a grafting technique, this ultimately led to flaws in the activation of the Eternal Scripture.”

“Nevertheless, as long as Xu Qing cannot unravel my Scripture of Reincarnated Past, I am not without a chance to win this battle.”

With this thought, battle intent reignited in Yan Xuanzi’s eyes. As she stepped forward, she raised and waved her right hand. The life-bound bead in her grasp immediately shone, and astonishingly, dozens of identical rings to the previous one materialized around her.

Then, figures rapidly burst forth from these rings.

They were all Yan Xuanzi.

While their cultivation levels differed from the main body, they could transfer at will among themselves. Their combined cooperation made them extraordinarily profound.

Having materialized, and as Yan Xuanzi’s battle intent surged, each of her past selves also flared with power, suddenly assailing Xu Qing from all directions, targeting his very core.

Compared to before, their combined aura was not diminished but even more potent.

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He suddenly raised his right hand and brought it forward. Instantly, the golden thread formed by the Authority of Calamity behind him vanished, only to reappear within Yan Xuanzi’s destiny in an incredibly profound manner.

The power of calamity instantly descended upon her fate.

It spread throughout her being in an instant.

Yan Xuanzi’s past selves all showed changes in expression. Some, while charging, suddenly found spatial rifts appearing before them, devouring them like gaping maw.

Others saw their bodily radiance dissipate, their cultivation inexplicably falling into disarray.

Even more dramatically, some suffered sudden backlash when activating their divine abilities.

A few others experienced a sudden mental confusion, causing their connection with Yan Xuanzi’s main body to become intermittent.

Most remarkably, some of them had their eyes turn bloodshot and, changing direction, began to attack each other.

This incredibly bizarre scene caused a commotion among all who witnessed it, with some of the kings and nobles murmuring in astonishment.

“The power of calamity!”

Yan Xuanzi’s expression also shifted.

But knowing this was no time for contemplation, she maintained her peak battle intent and charged directly at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing’s gaze was cold. While he had largely discerned Yan Xuanzi’s divine ability during this battle, this was not his true intention. From the outset, his unwavering objective was a swift victory. Since the opponent’s soul presented a flaw, he naturally had to target it again.

Thus, following the deployment of the Authority of Calamity, the Authority of Poisonous Prohibitions beside Xu Qing surged forth, instantly forming a monstrous black mist. As it roiled, a world-shaking roar emanated from within.

The colossal shadow of the Underworld Fei beast flickered within, like a deity exerting its might over heaven and earth.

Its single eye flashed, fixing on Yan Xuanzi, who was now within a hundred zhang of Xu Qing.

The Six Defilements of God suddenly descended.

“First Defilement: divine fire rises with smoke and impurities, denoting uncleanness!”

Xu Qing’s voice, like a solemn command, emanated from the Underworld Fei’s mouth. Heaven and earth seemed to merge, forming the sound of the Grand Dao.

The moment the words were uttered, Yan Xuanzi’s entire body trembled as countless impurities materialized out of thin air within her, forming innumerable black spots that spread across her whole body and face.

This sudden, drastic change sent a jolt through her body.

“Second Defilement: divine soul gives rise to earthly desires, losing omniscience!”

Xu Qing’s words were chilling, like a celestial decree. Yan Xuanzi’s expression drastically changed as all her perceptions vanished in an instant.

“Third Defilement: divine body decays and rots, without eternal being!”

All the black spots completely rotted. In the blink of an eye, Yan Xuanzi had transformed into a ghastly, unrecognizable being, her flesh sloughing off and her bones rapidly decaying.

“Fourth Defilement: divine shrine clouded with dust, losing its brilliance, severing its incense!”

Her Dao foundation crumbled, and Yan Xuanzi let out a wail as her cultivation trembled violently.

“Fifth Defilement: divine nature impure and unwise, losing its stature!”

The power of soul annihilation surged forth, extinguishing everything.

“Sixth Defilement: divine fate gives rise to severed fate, annihilating the divine source.”

Killing intent erupted in Xu Qing’s eyes, his voice like thunder, every word shaking the heavens, every phrase astounding the world.

The Six Defilements of God shone for the first time in Wanggu.

Under its power, Yan Xuanzi’s physical body instantly shattered, her soul vanished into ash, and all of her surrounding past selves were obliterated, none spared.

Just then, the power of time erupted once more, and a series of illusions reappeared. Witnessing Yan Xuanzi about to unleash her previous divine secret art again, Xu Qing’s expression turned icy cold.

He had been searching for a way to break it earlier and had already found one. There was no need to wear her down or slay her repeatedly; he intended to shatter her technique in a single strike.

He raised his right hand and brought it down. Instantly, the Authority of the Purple Moon behind him shone, forming a purple moon. Its light streamed down, falling upon Yan Xuanzi’s illusions and also within her destiny.

Consequently, all the emerging illusions were now imbued with purple moonlight.

This moonlight permeated all of Yan Xuanzi’s past, becoming ubiquitous.

Everything concerning Yan Xuanzi, guided by the moonlight, surfaced in Xu Qing’s mind, granting him near omniscience. Yet, Yan Xuanzi still struggled.

Xu Qing shook his head. A sword hum instantly rose within him, and a cold light, imbued with supreme imperial will and a world-splitting force, burst forth from his body.

The sky changed color, and a white rainbow shone across the world. It was a sword shadow!

It was precisely the Emperor Sword within Xu Qing’s body.

Using the soul of the Northern Emperor, he wielded the sword of the Sword-Wielding Great Emperor within his body. While the physical sword could not yet manifest externally, it could project a sword shadow.

Guided by the purple moonlight, a single sword descended.

This sword could destroy reincarnation, sever the past, and cleave the present.

Within the illusions, all manifestations of Yan Xuanzi spewed blood simultaneously, their expressions frantic.

The vast crowd erupted in an uproar at that moment, and every king and noble present was visibly moved.

The three Authority Holders’ eyes suddenly flickered. The young man among them vanished, and when he reappeared, he was astonishingly present within all of Yan Xuanzi’s past illusions, standing before each manifestation, raising his hand to intercept the shadow of the Emperor Sword descending into the myriad past illusions.

Xu Qing’s gaze flickered. After a swift deliberation, he suddenly flicked his sleeve, and the majestically radiant Emperor Sword abruptly vanished.

The sword shadow dissipated before it could strike, the formidable aura subsided, and heaven and earth returned to their usual state.

Xu Qing calmly clasped his hands and bowed to the young Authority Holder. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he disregarded the situation, walked towards the crowd, and stood beside the Captain.

At that moment, as the sky recovered and the sword shadow in Yan Xuanzi’s illusions vanished, Yan Xuanzi’s secret art finally completed. Having reformed her body, she stood there silently, gazing with a complex expression at Xu Qing’s retreating back.

“I have lost. In the future, I am willing to sacrifice my life for you once.”

With these words, she raised her right hand and pressed her brow, a drop of soul blood then shot directly towards Xu Qing.

Xu Qing raised a hand to receive it, remaining silent.

As for the young Authority Holder standing beside Yan Xuanzi, his gaze was now deep as he fixed on Xu Qing and spoke in a low voice.

“Omniscience.”

Hearing this, Xu Qing shook his head.

“Not true omniscience,” he corrected, “only omniscience regarding her.”

Upon hearing these words, silence fell in all directions.