Chapter 2075: Sword in Hand, Challenging the Heavenly Waves

The Skyfall Sect Headquarters, Skyfall Realm.

In a secret chamber, Long Xin sat cross-legged on a golden meditation cushion, his eyes closed and hands forming a seal. As he breathed in and out, specks of golden light flowed through his nostrils and mouth, entering his body.

Suddenly, the secret chamber shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck. Long Xin frowned. The golden light around his body dissipated, and he opened his eyes, his gaze dark.

Ever since the Skyfall Sect unified the Skyfall Realm, such a situation had never occurred. Who would dare to attack the Skyfall Sect Headquarters? Could it be the Spirit Transformation cultivators from the Eastern Glade Realm? That shouldn't be the case! He had been wary of the Eastern Glade Realm's Spirit Transformation cultivators, so he hadn't allowed his subordinates to wipe out all Eastern Glade Realm cultivators in the Thousand Gourd Realm. Instead, he had only picked a few easy targets to make an example of them. Even if the Eastern Glade Realm's Spirit Transformation cultivators were enraged, they wouldn't be able to attack the Skyfall Sect Headquarters unless they launched a full-scale assault.

He took out a light blue compass, cast a spell into it, and asked in a deep voice, "Liu Yu, what's happening?" Liu Yu was his disciple, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, who usually handled miscellaneous affairs for him.

"Master, the Azure Lotus Sword Sovereign has attacked the headquarters! Many fellow disciples have been killed." Liu Yu's voice carried a hint of panic.

"The Azure Lotus Sword Sovereign! Where did this person come from?" Long Xin asked, puzzled. He had never heard of this Spirit Transformation cultivator.

"The Azure Lotus Sword Sovereign is from the Wang family, the same Wang family as the Azure Lotus Immortal Couple." Long Xin's expression darkened, his eyes filled with apprehension. Before Shangguan Tianhong left, he had repeatedly warned Long Xin not to provoke the Wang family of the Azure Lotus Immortal Couple.

Long Xin had indeed followed this advice. He had sent people to subdue most of the Eastern Glade Realm cultivators in the Thousand Gourd Realm and hadn't caused much trouble for the Wang family. So why would the Azure Lotus Sword Sovereign attack the Skyfall Sect Headquarters? It went without saying that his subordinates must have disobeyed orders and gone too far, thereby enraging the Azure Lotus Sword Sovereign.

Long Xin was a descendant of Long Xiaoyao, and his true form was a fifth-rank flood dragon. He didn't possess Shangguan Tianhong's powerful strength and couldn't keep other Spirit Transformation cultivators in check, so it wasn't surprising that some would disobey his orders. Long Xin put away his communication compass and left the secret chamber.

At the Skyfall Sect Headquarters, an area spanning a hundred miles was engulfed by a sea of green flames. Numerous buildings were ablaze, and countless corpses lay on the ground. Wang Qingshan stood suspended in the sky, his right hand gripping the Azure Lotus Sword, its blade stained with blood. Thousands of feet opposite him, in the void, stood a gaunt, blue-robed elder with sunken cheeks. The elder's left arm was missing, and his face was somewhat pale. Nine Azure Glaze Swords floated around Wang Qingshan, each blade also stained with blood.

After Wang Qingshan left the Gale Secret Realm, he gathered his clansmen and discovered that hundreds of them had died, directly or indirectly, at the hands of Skyfall Sect cultivators. He then instructed his clansmen to find refuge while he single-handedly attacked the Skyfall Sect Headquarters. By soul-searching Ye Xueyao's Nascent Soul, he learned that the Skyfall Sect indeed had fifteen Spirit Transformation cultivators, but they were dispersed across two realms, which was favorable for him. He used the Heaven-Breaching Spirit Cleaving Blade to arrive at the Skyfall Sect and immediately launched his assault.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, are you declaring war on our Skyfall Sect? Do you truly believe we can't do anything to your Wang family?" A majestic male voice suddenly echoed from the sky, reverberating throughout the entire Skyfall Sect.

As soon as the voice fell, spatial fluctuations appeared above Wang Qingshan's head, and a golden dragon claw, over a hundred zhang in size, materialized. Its claws were as sharp as blades, and it descended directly. Even before it landed, the void trembled slightly. Without raising his head, Wang Qingshan swung the Azure Lotus Sword upwards. "Clang!" With a dull clang of metal on metal, the golden dragon claw was sliced in half by the Azure Lotus Sword, unleashing powerful waves of air. A golden light flew from a distance and stopped beside the blue-robed elder. It was Long Xin.

Long Xin's gaze swept over the corpses on the ground, and his expression turned grim. Regardless of the circumstances, he was the Skyfall Sect Master, and Wang Qingshan's actions were a direct slap to his face. "Fellow Daoist Wang, you are incredibly bold! To dare attack our Skyfall Sect Headquarters and kill so many of our disciples!" Long Xin said with a cold face, his expression filled with killing intent.

"Junior Brother Long, this person possesses considerable divine abilities and is proficient in the sword dao. Be careful." The blue-robed elder warned him via spiritual message. He had entered the Spirit Transformation stage earlier than Long Xin. If Shangguan Tianhong hadn't passed the Sect Master position to Long Xin, it would never have been his turn. Relying on his seniority, he had been in secluded cultivation at the headquarters, sending his disciples and grand-disciples to scour for cultivation resources to support his practice. Other Spirit Transformation cultivators were much the same, with large numbers of Skyfall Sect cultivators gathering resources in the Thousand Gourd Realm. When Shangguan Tianhong was in charge, all Spirit Transformation cultivators also sent their disciples and grand-disciples to gather resources. The difference was that they dared not disobey Shangguan Tianhong's orders. With Long Xin, it was a different story.

Long Xin nodded without a word. "I think it's your Skyfall Sect that's incredibly bold," Wang Qingshan said coldly. "Killing hundreds of my clansmen—how do you plan to settle this debt? Without even my Uncle Nine and Aunt Nine needing to act, I can deal with you." Wang Qingshan said coldly that there weren't many Spirit Transformation cultivators at the Skyfall Sect Headquarters; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to attack. The main reason was that Long Xin couldn't keep other Spirit Transformation cultivators in line, and the Skyfall Sect's cohesion was far weaker than before.

As the saying goes, "the kind are bullied, the good are ridden." The Skyfall Sect initially didn't dare to act against the Wang family cultivators. However, as the Wang family cultivators repeatedly yielded, the Skyfall Sect cultivators pressed their advantage, pushing them step by step, ultimately killing Wang family cultivators for cultivation resources. Wang Qingshan had been trapped in a secluded space for hundreds of years, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan had not appeared for centuries. Consequently, the younger generation of the Skyfall Sect had never heard of the Azure Lotus Immortal Couple's reputation. It was inevitable that some disciples would kill Wang family cultivators for cultivation resources, given the Wang family's vast territory in the Thousand Gourd Realm. With hundreds of his clansmen killed, Wang Qingshan naturally wouldn't let it go. Blood debts must be paid with blood. If he didn't teach the Skyfall Sect a lesson, they might become even more brazen.

"Killing hundreds of your clansmen? Is that your reason for attacking our Skyfall Sect?" Long Xin frowned deeply, thinking to himself, "These idiots! I told them not to make things too difficult for the Wang family, and yet they killed hundreds of their cultivators."

"Is that not enough?" Wang Qingshan said, "For every one of my clansmen you kill, I will slaughter a hundred of your Skyfall Sect members." Wang Qingshan's sword incantation changed, and the nine Azure Glaze Swords glowed brightly, transforming into nine brilliant green sword lights that shot towards Long Xin and the blue-robed elder. At the same time, the sea of green flames suddenly condensed, forming a green peacock over a hundred zhang in size, its entire body enveloped by countless green flames. The green peacock spread its wings and flew directly towards Long Xin.

Long Xin's expression darkened, and he unleashed ten thousand golden rays, covering an area of several tens of miles. The nine green sword lights pierced into the golden light, yet they seemed to hit an impenetrable wall, unable to advance further. Wang Qingshan activated his sword incantation, and the nine green sword lights suddenly flared, merging into a single colossal, misty green sword that exuded an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth. The golden light shattered like thin paper, and the sky-reaching giant sword instantly appeared above Long Xin's head. Long Xin's face drained of color in shock. His hands glowed with dazzling golden light, transforming into a pair of enormous golden claws that he slammed towards the colossal sword.