Chapter 887: Breaking Flame

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“Light Dispersion.”“It shatters evil, subdues the disloyal. Not lightly granted, its every motion brings death.”

Li Ximing stood firm amidst the swirling sand, holding a long halberd in his hand. His imposing aura, which had soared to its peak, gradually receded. The Shichuan, suspended by his side, emitted a blue-yellow radiance, instantly stilling the swirling sand.

The four-armed, golden-bodied Lianmin remained in place, its body trembling slightly, covered in tiny fragments. Sand and gravel poured out from its crevices, cascading down its body. Accompanying this was a brilliant radiance, seeping out in threads and wisps from the cracks in its body.

Its imposing, golden-lacquered head had already dissipated into a soaring storm of golden light. Its neck, too, had been shattered, and deep cleave marks were etched between its two collarbones. Impact-like patterns covered its entire chest, reflecting a shimmering white light.

Li Ximing, a mere speck of light before it, did not pause. His eyes turned a pale gold, and with two fingers pressed to his lips, he suddenly blew forth a stream of flame.

The flame was a pale purple, echoing the Three Generals Xu Xuan Fire. This infused the true fire with a faint purple halo.

Flame Breath!

As soon as the Huayang Royal Halberd was activated, a stream of Lihuo appeared in his mouth. It surged forth with the Three Generals Xu Xuan Fire, pouring down.

The Heaven Gate above him flickered, and fierce flames climbed up along the cracks. The headless, massive Dharmic body stood sluggishly beneath the Ming Pass, casting a huge shadow on the ground. Suppressed by the Heaven Gate and scorched by the true fire, the brilliant radiance escaped with increasing intensity, and the Dharmic body rapidly showed signs of melting.

The Nuyan Lianmin, daring to receive the Heaven Gate, naturally possessed an extraordinary Dharmic body. However, suppressed by the divine ability and scorched by the true fire, it couldn't move an inch. Cut off from the Light of Shitu and caught off guard, nearly ninety percent of the halberd's power was absorbed by its Dharmic body. Even though it wasn't sent back to Shitu by this strike, it still almost passed out.

Only at this moment did the Nuyan Lianmin slowly recover. Its headless body groaned under the pressure of the Heaven Gate. Its dim orb barely managed to provide assistance, and two eyes opened on its chest, emitting light to protect itself. Finally, the Nvxia Lianmin arrived, rushing swiftly.

The Heaven Gate glowed brilliantly, its divine ability surging and receding. Li Ximing remained unperturbed, having already detected a faint ripple in the Grand Void, and the radiance from Shitu grew even stronger, causing him to frown slightly:

“Another Lianmin has arrived... It shouldn't be from the Great Desire Path; it's observing from the Grand Void.”

Under the clear illumination of the Immortal Mirror, a Lianmin stood in the Grand Void, its brilliant light soaring to the heavens, its feet resting on golden clouds. It had three eyes on its face, the one on its brow containing a purplish-black hue, its light contained and quite astonishing. Two more bright white eyes had appeared on its chest, making it highly unusual.

‘This must be a disciple of the Golden Lotus! It seems to have profound cultivation!’

Although this Five-Eyed Lianmin sat poised in the Grand Void, its eyes slightly lowered and completely motionless, showing no intention of acting, Li Ximing remained secretly wary:

‘I can't drag this out any longer!’

Facing the rapidly approaching Nvxia, he merely turned his head. This Lianmin's numerous arms simultaneously formed hand seals, then raised them high, releasing countless lotus-leaf-like golden lights. The Lianmin then split into three, each holding a saber, spear, and sword, attacking his Dharmic body.

The golden light appeared ordinary and not particularly powerful. However, when illuminated by the Heaven's Light from Li Ximing's brow, he sensed a subtle sharpness, realizing that this golden light was not as simple as it seemed.

‘It seems they're pulling out all the stops!’

The Shichuan before Li Ximing glowed faintly, appearing in its upright stance. Its blue-yellow patterns spread like ripples, and the two marks at its ends lit up simultaneously:

Junheng!

Before these three figures, enveloped in the blue-yellow mountain and river patterns, could even draw near, countless lotus-leaf-like golden lights had already poured down. As the divine brilliance of Junheng shone down with a clear light, one could discern a substantial, glowing flower-petal among the dense, lotus-leaf-like golden light.

The Light Dispersion from the Huayang Royal Halberd was too slow to block this object, naturally. So Li Ximing gently held and rotated the Huayang Royal Halberd upright.

Radiance!

A pale white ethereal glow immediately enveloped his body. Li Ximing's methods didn't stop there; first, the bright Sun Yingli Fire emerged. The mountain-moving and sea-crossing tigers immediately rose, and the Mountain-Moving Profound Barrier poured down.

This shower of golden flower-petals struck the brownish-yellow Mountain-Moving Profound Barrier like rain. It immediately caused the barrier to tremble, and as the radiant light contained within them descended, the Mountain-Moving Profound Barrier shattered into pieces.

As the Shichuan's patterns rippled, Li Ximing himself, without hesitation, closed the distance to the Nuyan Lianmin in a single step!

The Nuyan Lianmin's Dharmic body was already on the verge of collapse, barely surviving under the Heaven Gate thanks to the hard-won precious orb it had refined. Even so, the searing true fire still climbed over its body; how could it possibly move?

It only pierced Li Ximing with its fiery gaze, its golden-lacquered eyes filled with malevolence.

During this brief respite, it knew that Nvxia was unreliable, and the Five-Eyed Lianmin in the Grand Void was merely watching from afar. The only thing it could do was raise the kasaya in its hand high, abandoning its shattered Dharmic body. Finally, from top to bottom, it transformed into a soaring brilliant light, surging upstream to assault the Heaven Gate!

Had the Nuyan Lianmin abandoned its Dharmic body at full strength to assault the Heaven Gate, under such a pincer attack, Li Ximing would certainly have been injured. But having suffered a strike of Light Dispersion, it had already lost seventy to eighty percent of its power. The remaining brilliant light surged up, only causing the Heaven Gate to lift slightly before the light returned to Li Ximing's hand, making him retreat with a pale face, nothing more.

The Nvxia Lianmin's brilliant light arrived right after, landing on Li Ximing's shoulder. The Gen Earth Spirit Affinity immediately failed under the brilliant light; only the divine Radiance flickered faintly. With a resounding thud, Heaven's Light surged, faintly revealing flashing, multicolored bones.

Although the Mountain-Moving Profound Barrier was not powerful, its advantage lay in being able to be summoned repeatedly at will, with minimal consumption and quick response. With this barrier providing a block and Radiance offering support, his injuries were not severe.

However, his gaze was fixed on the kasaya flying up into the sky. At the same time, he used his Immortal Mirror to scan, and three golden lights were already racing from the eastern Grand Void!

‘They're catching up!’

Old man Bai Yinzi was tightly wrapped in the kasaya, unable to move, reduced to a mere human shape. This kasaya, however, empowered by the Nuyan Lianmin's dying magical energy, emitted golden light and was attempting to escape!

Li Ximing immediately took a step, not even daring to show too much excitement. The Sun Yingli technique in his hand immediately transformed into a Lihuo chain, pursuing it.

The Nuyan Lianmin must have known where the Five-Eyed Lianmin was, and also knew that Nvxia Lianmin couldn't protect it. Even dying, it wouldn't let this item be lost. Since the three new arrivals were still far away, it could only send the item towards the Five-Eyed Lianmin's hands.

‘But there's still one more person!’

As expected, the kasaya had no chance to fly far. A large hand flew out from the Grand Void, its divine power circulating, and pressed down on the kasaya, seizing it.

The person was clad in a dark-patterned Daoist robe with a blue base, his face youthful and smiling, with a vermilion dot between his brows. A bottle adorned with black clouds and silver sparrows hung from his waist. With one hand, he grasped the kasaya and chuckled:

“Good monk!”

Upon seeing his appearance, Li Ximing felt a great weight lift from his heart. After a brief moment of considering the advantages and disadvantages, he waved his hand to dispel his magic, still holding his halberd with a calm demeanor.

“How dare you!”

Indeed, four rays of light appeared together not far away. The Five-Eyed Lianmin, brimming with vitality, sat among them, its expression solemn. Behind it stood three Lianmins, all with enraged expressions, who roared in unison, their voices thundering through the air.

Li Ximing simply pretended not to hear. The true immortal, even more disdainful, wore a strange expression and, together with Li Ximing, looked at the Nvxia Lianmin caught between the two of them.

‘Oh no!’

Nvxia's joyous expression had only half-formed before her face contorted in terror; she was scared out of her wits and cast all caution aside. The brilliant light on her body evaporated like steam, and in a single breath, she vanished into the Grand Void, clearly terrified.

Li Ximing took a slight step forward, and the two of them, with unspoken understanding, entered the Grand Void and disappeared.

“Five-Eyes! You... you... you truly are one to watch a tiger fight from a mountain! Now that the item is lost, let's see how you explain yourself!”

Nvxia suddenly reappeared, her eyes filled with fury, and she chastised them, but saw the Five-Eyed Lianmin with a placid expression, calmly saying:

“Ignorant fools! While you were fighting fiercely here, Xuan Yi from the Grand Void had already been watching me. Wouldn't making a move have alerted the enemy? And your reinforcements arrived so slowly, haven't you considered what problems your Great Desire Path has? And you still come to question me?”

“I have already held back a Purple Mansion cultivator; it's your Great Desire Path that's incompetent!”

The Grand Void.

Although Li Ximing had entered the Grand Void, his aura remained tightly linked to his opponent. With a group of Lianmins present, the two naturally retreated together. If the other party had seized Bai Yinzi and escaped, the most delighted might well have been the Buddhist cultivators.

The true immortal, with a beaming smile, gave no glance to the Lianmins. He also stepped forward, naturally heading south, and exclaimed admiringly:

“Zhaojing, what excellent skill! I am Xuan Yi; I've long admired your reputation!”

“I've long heard of your renown!”

This person was none other than True Immortal Xuan Yi of Jingyi Mountain!

His reputation was considerable; Li Ximing had heard of him countless times. Back when the Pure Unity Path launched its siege, True Immortal Xuan Yi also had a difficult time, which is why they hadn't met for so long. Now, they finally had.

Li Ximing subtly glanced at the black cloud and silver sparrow bottle hanging from Xuan Yi's waist. Nvxia clearly recognized Xuan Yi and, presumably, had an extremely poor relationship with him. For Li Ximing, this meant a potential ally — especially since Bai Yinzi was still in his hands.

He chuckled:

“This place is dangerous; please, let's go!”

There was no enmity between them; in fact, there were many karmic ties. Li Ximing even had a small personal connection with him. If they seized it, they would certainly share it; Li Ximing wasn't worried about what came next.

True Immortal Xuan Yi was unexpectedly young; whatever his inner disposition, his outer appearance at least exuded a carefree elegance. He chuckled wryly:

“It wasn't intentional; I didn't expect a fellow Daoist to be here, let alone to run into you like this... I've truly offended you this time!”

‘Given the current situation... snatching food from the tiger's mouth in front of the Buddhist cultivators, I truly have True Immortal Xuan Yi to thank for this...’

Li Ximing had genuinely decided to secure Bai Yinzi even if it meant severe injury. Although Xuan Yi ultimately seized Bai Yinzi, Li Ximing had known early on that he was observing the battle from the sidelines, so it wasn't surprising; he had even factored Xuan Yi into his calculations from the start.

Although he had already captured Bai Yinzi using the Sun Yingli technique, if Xuan Yi hadn't appeared, he would have had to risk half his life to break out!

Moreover, if he hadn't managed to snatch the item and it had fallen into the Five-Eyed Lianmin's hands, then that would have been a truly tough battle; the two sides wouldn't have been able to sit down and divide it. This Five-Eyed Lianmin could probably equal two Nuyan Lianmins, and with Xuan Yi forcing the Five-Eyed Lianmin to stop its pursuit, it was naturally much better.

This was also why Li Ximing let Xuan Yi take it. The Buddhist cultivators already resented him enough; if they were to truly contend for it with the item in his possession, the situation would become difficult.

‘After all, Shitu's influence is currently dominant.’

As the two traversed the Grand Void, vibrations echoed all around, indicating that conflicts were raging fiercely across Jiangbei, and battles elsewhere were also nearing their end. Li Ximing asked:

“There are still things to be divided; won't you go take a look, Xuan Yi?”

True Immortal Xuan Yi waved his hand, his tone calm:

“One appearance is enough. Pure Unity is also in Jiangbei; no matter where I go, there's a risk of being caught by them. I might not even win if I contend with them, and if I get held up, things will get troublesome.”

True Immortal Xuan Yi was an overseas cultivator and had engaged in wits and battles with the Pure Unity Path for many years, clearly possessing his own set of survival rules. Li Ximing nodded subtly, having no further desire to seize other items. He led Xuan Yi to Zhijing Mountain, appearing beneath the jade pillar.

Xuan Yi, clad in his dark-patterned Daoist robe with a blue base, unexpectedly complemented the ground covered in gardenias quite well. He cast an appreciative gaze at Zhijing Mountain and said:

“What a beautiful sight!”

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