Chapter 396: Third Palace Lord's Arrival

Li Weiyi used the "Front" character technique, his body flickering and shifting to dodge, narrowly escaping the dark domain.

"Boom! Boom..."

Xie Chucai, holding a silver blade, used his spiritual energy to control ten battle artifacts, maneuvering them like ten stars. This forced Li Weiyi, who was wielding the dragon soul and the Fusang Sacred Tree, to constantly retreat.

"This dark domain is too strange. Only someone with profound cultivation like the Six Desires Dharma King, who is at the eighth layer of the Dao Seed realm, could shatter it with a single punch."

"Light and darkness, coexisting and counteracting, it can't be impossible to break!"

The dragon soul swept its tail, knocking several artifacts away and sending them back.

This bought him a little time.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Weiyi soared into the air, raising the Staff-Spear of Myriad Things above his head.

Star-trail patterns appeared on his body.

Immediately, starlight from beyond the heavens pierced through the branches and leaves of the Earth Demon Pine, converging on him. His body and the spear became brilliantly starlit, and he swung it downwards with immense force.

Xie Chucai, who was ascending with the dark domain, instantly changed his expression. He quickly altered his move, swinging his blade to strike at the starlight.

The starlight struck the dark domain and Xie Chucai, sending them plummeting back down, kicking up dust.

"Boom!"

Then came the second strike, followed by the third...

Li Weiyi continuously drew forth the starlight, striking down into the dark domain below, steadily dispelling the darkness.

"This is incredible! What kind of technique is that, pulling down starlight?"

"Xie Chucai thought he had the advantage of time, but he didn't realize that night brings not only darkness but also a sea of stars above."

"Is this the 'Cold Stars Reflecting Snow' mentioned in the challenge letter?"

An Xianjing gazed intently at the staff-spear in Li Weiyi's hand, then looked at Yao Qingxuan beside her, giving him an inquiring look.

Yao Qingxuan gently shook his head, completely unaware: "I didn't give it to him. It must be an opportunity he found himself in the underground immortal mansion. It's extraordinary, likely a powerful artifact from the ancient Bhagavan Sect."

"He's too reckless! Such youthful impulsiveness, willing to expose any trump card just to win," An Xianjing remarked.

Yao Qingxuan replied, "Indeed, he shouldn't put himself in danger, but if he loses tonight, I'll be even more upset."

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

Countless dragon roars echoed, the mountaintop seethed, illuminated by firelight, transforming into what resembled a nest of ten thousand dragons.

From Li Weiyi's Fengfu acupoint at the back of his head, seven-clawed flame celestial dragons flew out one after another. Numerous scriptures filled the sky, and spiritual energy surged, a clear sign of an imminent breakthrough.

These seven-clawed flame celestial dragons continuously devoured the scriptures released by the Longevity Golden Core.

This phenomenon had been occurring within Li Weiyi's Fengfu for many days, but now it erupted uncontrollably.

Neither Li Weiyi nor Tang Wanzhou had anticipated such an event.

Tang Wanzhou called this "Myriad Dragons Devouring the Dao," believing the seven-clawed flame celestial dragons to be exceptionally mystical. Ordinary scriptures, to them, were simply food, which they could directly consume to sustain themselves.

A normal cultivator's Dao Seed is like cultivating a plant, requiring sunlight, soil, and water to grow slowly, taking centuries to become a towering tree.

Similar to the process of a martial cultivator comprehending the Dao.

However, Li Weiyi's Fengfu Dragon Seed, due to the appearance of the seven-clawed flame celestial dragons, was no longer a docile plant. It was more like a volatile beast that could rapidly grow by devouring plants.

Therefore, Li Weiyi's Fengfu Dragon Seed had no need to worry about an unstable foundation. Because it was a celestial dragon, not a large tree or a tall tower, it didn't require a traditional foundation.

A celestial dragon requires food; its inherent species level serves as its foundation.

"I'm not mistaken, am I? Seven claws. The dragon shadow manifested by his Dao Heart's external form has seven claws. Seven claws mean it's a celestial dragon, right?" A young prodigy who cultivated the Dragon Seed Dao looked at Ge Xiantong and Jiang Ning.

Ge Xiantong frowned, a hint of awkwardness on his face: "It is seven claws; truly astonishing. The Immortal Master of Du'e Temple once said that martial cultivators who cultivate the Dragon Seed Dao must continuously refine ancient immortal dragon blood until they reach a transcendent realm to transform their spiritual energy into a celestial dragon's light-shadow. Alternatively, one must become a Martial Dao Emperor to achieve this."

The young prodigy who cultivated the Dragon Seed Dao then added, "Lord Ge, the external form of your Dao Heart is a five-clawed true dragon, isn't it?"

Ge Xiantong had never thought much of this before. All the young prodigies of Du'e Temple who cultivated the Dragon Seed Dao manifested as five-clawed true dragons in the Dao Seed realm, leading all other geniuses and heroes.

The reason Luan Sheng Linyou could cultivate a six-clawed immortal dragon was because he possessed true dragon bloodline, being a direct descendant of the Flying Dragon clan. From a young age, he cultivated the Great Dao of the Dragon Clan, naturally incomparable to humans.

However, hearing these words now, Ge Xiantong grew increasingly uncomfortable: "You also cultivate the Dragon Seed Dao, yet the external form of your Dao Heart is merely a two-clawed python?"

The young prodigy of the Dragon Seed Dao chuckled awkwardly, "Lord Ge, don't get agitated. No matter how powerful he is, since he cultivated his Dao Seed in the Fengfu, he can't possibly enter the Longevity Realm."

The phenomenon erupting from Li Weiyi's Fengfu acupoint at the back of his head reassured countless people who had suspected that his ancestral field was not crippled.

If his ancestral field were undamaged, how could he have cultivated his Dao Seed in the Fengfu?

No matter how astonishing, it would still be flawed and inferior, with his martial path's potential capped.

On the ground, Xie Chucai sensed Li Weiyi's martial path breaking through to a new realm and felt a strong premonition of danger. If the opponent's strength increased by another ten percent, he would find himself in a very disadvantageous position.

"Whoosh!"

Xie Chucai, clad in blood-red robes, withstood the starlight falling from above.

Behind him, space violently trembled, and a rift appeared.

A piercing cracking sound echoed between heaven and earth.

After Shi Liuyu's battle with Xie Chucai, Jiang Ning had ordered Zhuang Yue to investigate, knowing what lay beyond that rift.

She shouted a warning: "Beware of the Dark True Spirit nurtured by the Sacred Dark Family!"

Li Weiyi had already sensed the terrifying, ancient, and bone-chilling aura emanating from behind the spatial rift, as if the gates of hell were about to open.

The dragon soul flew out, charging towards Xie Chucai to prevent him from releasing the Dark True Spirit.

"Pfft!"

Xie Chucai was struck by the dragon soul, spitting blood and staggering backward repeatedly.

The blood on the ground transformed into bloody mist and flew towards the spatial rift.

"Crack..."

The rift widened, and a large amount of aberrant scriptures and death energy surged out, resisting the dragon soul's attack.

A pale, withered hand reached out from the rift, extraordinarily eerie, its sinister aura terrifying souls.

The situation was too bizarre. Li Weiyi dared not release the Seven Little Ones, fearing both their demise at the hands of the Dark True Spirit and being recognized by the powerful figures in Lingxiao City.

Li Weiyi poured all his effort into breaking through his martial path, drawing in the spiritual energy and scriptures in the form of seven-clawed flame celestial dragons, condensing a Dao Lotus within his Fengfu.

"Thump! Thump..."

The dragon soul fiercely battled Xie Chucai, engaging his consciousness and buying time.

Before long, half of the Dark True Spirit's body squeezed out. Its upper half alone was over two meters long, resembling a pallid dry corpse, bones wrapped in human skin, with three eyes.

Li Weiyi summoned a Departing Spirit Puppet from his interspatial pouch.

No sooner had the Departing Spirit Puppet rushed forward than it was slammed into the ground by a single palm from the Dark True Spirit summoned by Xie Chucai.

"Faster, faster..."

Li Weiyi knew very well that only the power of the Yellow Dragon Sword and the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal could deal with such an evil entity.

However, with his cultivation at the third layer of the Dao Seed realm, activating the Yellow Dragon Sword and the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal would yield rather limited power.

"Rumble!"

The Dark True Spirit fully emerged from the spatial rift, instantly filling the entire mountaintop with a sinister aura, terrifying countless martial cultivators watching the battle and sending them fleeing down the mountain.

It took the Blood Pool Silver Sea Battle Blade from Xie Chucai's hand. With a single slash, the dragon soul shattered into faint wisps of spiritual mist, flying back into the Governor's official robe.

"Use a protective talisman!" Tai Shi Yu shouted.

Li Weiyi did not use a protective talisman. He stared back at Xie Chucai and the Dark True Spirit, then took a deep breath, drew out the Yellow Dragon Sword, and his long hair billowed around him.

Holding the sword in one hand and the spear in the other, he stepped into the air.

He strode forward, his fighting spirit reaching its peak, and lotus flowers appeared beneath his feet.

A lotus with every step.

Each lotus was condensed from spiritual energy and possessed a full nine petals.

"He has condensed a Dao Lotus! It's the Dao Lotus following the external manifestation of his Dao Heart, projecting beneath his feet," someone exclaimed.

Many gazes fixated on the lotus flowers beneath Li Weiyi's feet, and upon seeing they had a full nine petals, everyone gasped in cold shock.

"A nine-petal Dao Lotus... I knew the quality of his Dao Lotus wouldn't be low. It truly reached the ultimate number." Ge Xiantong, as if he had expected it, showed a wry smile. Others, even limited by the Fengfu, were not weaker than him, also unleashing the full potential of their Dragon Seed.

The lowest grade of Dao Lotus has three petals.

Many martial cultivators with inferior roots in the Dao Seed realm, influenced by the Fengfu, could only condense three-petal Dao Lotuses.

The Dragon Seed is a superior Dao Seed.

This group of young martial cultivators who cultivated the Dragon Seed Dao possessed top-tier aptitudes; even the weakest among them could cultivate a six-petal Dao Lotus.

With the Dark True Spirit assisting him, Xie Chucai felt confident and shouted, "You've only broken through to the fourth layer! You're still far from enough!"

He stood in a bow stance, his hands transforming into clouds of spiritual energy, activating ten artifacts. They flew over the Dark True Spirit's head and simultaneously attacked Li Weiyi.

How could Li Weiyi rely solely on martial power?

He needed to go all out to drive Xie Chucai into a death trap.

He leaped up, holding the spear in one hand to draw the radiance of the distant stars. In the other, he held the sword, on whose blade the nine characters of the Six Jia Secret Incantation simultaneously appeared, attracting countless bolts of lightning.

The spear and sword clashed in a cross.

"Rumble!"

Starlight and lightning, two forces intertwined, forming a bright and thick pillar of light that blasted all incoming artifacts away and struck the Dark True Spirit.

The lightning drawn by the Yellow Dragon Sword was no ordinary lightning; it was the Six Jia Yang Thunder, capable of incinerating yin and dispelling evil.

The Dark True Spirit swung its blade, splitting the pillar of light and lightning. As the lightning surged through its body, its skin immediately hissed.

Li Weiyi saw through the Dark True Spirit; it was not invincible, its power limited by Xie Chucai.

Therefore, he combined his psychic power with his martial path.

"Karma Burning Millstone."

With his body and the Fusang Sacred Tree as the axis, Li Weiyi raised the spear in one hand and the sword in the other, drawing the starlight and Six Jia Yang Thunder to spin with the fiery millstone. He hurled it towards the Dark True Spirit, manifesting overwhelming and absolute power.

It was known that the Karma Burning Millstone itself possessed the power to purify departing spirits.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

The Dark True Spirit was sent flying by the fiery millstone, which was several zhang in size, unable to resist.

Xie Chucai stared blankly for a moment at the Dark True Spirit flying over his head. The next instant, the scorching wave from the Karma Burning Millstone swept over him.

He was utterly unable to resist; all the power he unleashed was instantly crushed.

"Gah!"

Xie Chucai's body was engulfed by the millstone, blood streaming from his seven orifices, the sound of bones shattering echoing within him. He screamed repeatedly, his previous arrogance utterly gone.

Down the mountain, in a Zen monastery.

A white-haired elder in a dark robe, from the Sacred Dark Family, snorted loudly and soared into the air.

However, just as he reached mid-air, his body plummeted back down.

"I already said it would be a fair fight, with life and death determined by fate. Surely the Sacred Dark Family isn't such a sore loser?" A vast female voice resounded.

The Third Palace Master stepped directly from the peak of Qilin Terrace, appearing above the Six Thoughts Zen Monastery. The spiritual light emanating from her illuminated the heavens and earth, turning night into day, and her psychic power enveloped the entire Cloud Heaven Immortal Plain.

Above Lingxiao City, the "Nine Heavens Beyond the Clouds Array," the strongest formation set up by Heavenly Sovereign Wu, began to operate.

The light-shadows of nine ancient immortal giant beasts flickered in and out of sight within the array.

The Third Palace Master stood at the center of the grand array, incomparably graceful, her colorful ribbons fluttering. A whispered psychic message entered Li Weiyi's ear: "Only by holding someone's life and death in your hands can you extract useful information. He might not know much, but he is the only one who might speak."

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