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The Heavenly Emperor shook his head and said:

"Since you've already agreed, Second Brother, we won't go back on our word. It's just a retreat after all, so what?"

"Now that the power and influence lie with Emei, what trouble can the Qingcheng Sect possibly cause?"

The Earth Emperor nodded and said:

"Judging from Yan Shisan's attitude just now, I'm afraid he's already very confident about Li Jingxu's two Golden Immortal Flying Swords, which is why he dared to refuse our help."

"In this way, Yan Shisan's future achievements will definitely not be lower than ours. When we become Golden Immortals and break through this realm, we will need his help to find our way home."

"In this vast world, how difficult it is to find the way home! More helpers mean more hope. This person is worth investing in for the future."

"I just wonder what makes him so confident that he can gain Li Jingxu's approval?"

As they spoke, the two flew back to the Emei Sect's headquarters. Just as they reached the entrance, they saw a flying sword turn a corner and rush towards them. Emperor Ming Zhonghe reached out and took a letter from the flying sword, and only then did he understand where Yan Shisan's confidence lay.

"My third brother wrote that the sect leader and his wife went to Qingcheng the day before yesterday. Zhu Mei of the Qingcheng Sect has been reincarnated, and his flying sword has been taken back by Li Jingxu." As he spoke, he handed the letter to Qu Hanjiang.

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After seeing off the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Emperor brothers, Yan Shisan lingered for a while before letting his sister go off to play. He then rode his sword towards Su Yuchen's cave.

Upon arriving at the destination, he reached out and pulled out a dragon scale, channeled his inner energy into it, and two unicorn-like poisonous dragons flew up and carried him towards the underwater reef.

After a short wait, a gate of light rose up, and Yan Shisan flew in on his sword light. As soon as he entered, he saw the spirit of the Vajra Bracelet waiting in the same spot.

"Junior Yan Shisan greets Senior."

The spirit child nodded, glanced at him, and said, "You are quite lucky. You have actually combined the strengths of the two schools of true energy and forged a new path. Not bad."

Yan Shisan had no doubt that the other party could see through his true strength. After all, he had only seen one other artifact that could generate a spirit. The other party's power was so great that it would rank among the top two among Golden Immortal treasures, far beyond his imagination.

Didn't you see that the Golden Immortal Flying Sword you collected, as well as the Golden Immortal treasures from the Qingcheng and Emei sects, don't have any artifact spirits?

He even had a vague feeling that this artifact spirit was definitely not some kind of Golden Immortal magic weapon, but perhaps some kind of extraordinary being, perhaps even one that wielded some kind of power and law.

Therefore, he was as respectful as possible to this old monster, which was also the reason why he refused to bring his own free-spirited girl along, for fear of accidentally displeasing this old monster.

"My return this time was by chance; I obtained that true scripture and came here specifically to repay the karmic debt. However, my cultivation is too shallow to write down the scripture; I can only recite it orally," Yan Shisan said.

The spirit nodded without hesitation, waved, and led him towards the spirit herb garden, saying, "The Golden Immortal-level True Scripture has already touched upon a corner of the Dao principles, and it can be considered unique even if it's just so-so. It's normal that you can't write it."

Yan Shisan suddenly realized that the Golden Immortal level involved the uniqueness of the path, which explained why there were so few of them. In this light, the difference between Ancestor Li Jingxu, the owner of this cave, and that person in the Spirit Void Immortal Realm was definitely not just one or two.

Those two who dared to vie for the power of heaven and earth, the laws and authority they possessed, were probably beyond counting.

Yan Shisan bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior. I will never forget it."

The spirit waved its hand dismissively. Such things were common sense to it, and with Su Yuchen's refinement, it had mastered countless Dao principles.

Seeing that the spirit didn't care, Yan Shisan didn't dare to say anything more. He asked, "Why didn't I see Senior Fire Dragon this time?"

The spirit of the Vajra Bracelet raised an eyebrow, saying with a hint of schadenfreude:

"It caused the master some trouble. The master was impatient with this little thing bothering him and wanted it to handle it itself."

"It's just that its cultivation level is not high enough, so the master caught it and put it into the alchemy furnace to refine it and help it become a celestial being."

"Speaking of which, you are friends, so I will need your help with this matter in the future."

"Becoming a celestial being, or just something that happened by chance?" At this moment, Yan Shisan admitted that he was envious. It's true that he worked hard all his life, but he was not as good as the pet in the big boss's house.

Yan Shisan nodded and said, "I will do my best to support you, but I wonder what the trouble is?"

The spirit said nonchalantly, "It's just that the Northern Wilderness Dragon Palace sent a black dragon at the Celestial Immortal Realm to cause it trouble."

"A black dragon from the Celestial Realm?!?" Yan Shisan couldn't help but raise his voice.

You must know that the demon race is inherently physically strong. Even a Celestial Immortal-level dragon can withstand a Celestial Immortal-level magic weapon flying sword with its bare body. This is just a trivial matter.

However, upon further reflection, Yan Shisan couldn't help but smile wryly. To the owner of this cave dwelling, or even to the spirit before him, it was probably a trivial matter. Asking it to take action would likely be seen as an insult to the spirit.

The spirit didn't care about his fuss. After entering the spirit herb garden one after the other, the ancient tea tree and the Xuanwu divine medicine, which had been cultivating in place, began to sway.

The spirit of the Vajra Bracelet snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for the fact that we come from the same realm, I would truly feel ashamed for you. I've helped you this time, but if you still don't amount to anything, I'll have my master refine you into spirit pills."

Ignoring the pleas of the two spiritual herbs, it turned to Yan Shisan and said, "I will shield you from the heavenly secrets. You will verbally recite the true scriptures to them."

As it spoke, it spun around on the spot, and a circle of transparent light spread out from there. The innate Yin-Yang divine light and the innate Five Elements divine light, one shielded the secrets of heaven, and the other formed its own world.

Yan Shisan only glanced at it, yet it seemed as if he saw the great Dao of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and space. Unfortunately, just one glance was enough to make him dizzy, cause blood to flow from his mouth and nose, and nearly cause a storm to rage in his mind, which then exploded.

He immediately suppressed his shock and dared not look any longer, closing his eyes and concentrating on reciting the scriptures.

As the scriptures echoed through the Spirit Herb Garden, various Dao principles manifested, the ancient tea tree and the Xuanwu Divine Medicine Music swayed vigorously, and boundless spiritual energy gathered from all directions, engulfing the Spirit Herb Garden.

As the two spiritual herbs underwent a transformation, Yan Shisan also gained immense benefits. With each breath, boundless spiritual energy flowed through his mouth and nose, causing his cultivation to advance rapidly.

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Meanwhile, with Su Yuchen's avatar providing guidance, the young monk Xuanzhu experienced a series of sudden enlightenments. Whenever he hesitated over a problem, boundless Buddhist light would help him comprehend it, and his cultivation advanced to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage at an incredible speed.

Meanwhile, outside, Li Xiaochen, having converted more and more Yuan Dan realm demonic cultivators, has already stepped into the Nascent Soul realm and is moving towards the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.

Meanwhile, a demonic dragon from the Northern Wilderness Dragon Palace has arrived in the South China Sea via the sea route.

A celestial-level black dragon descended, but before it could devour the flesh and blood of living beings and turn them into food, it was swept away by a black and white divine light and landed in front of Su Yuchen's cave.

Chapter 680 The Three Join Forces to Kill the Black Dragon

Inside Su Yuchen's cave dwelling, in the alchemy room.

Sensing the arrival of the black dragon, Su Yuchen transformed into a finger pointing at the alchemy furnace in front of him. Black and white divine light flowed on the lid of the cauldron, encompassing the South China Sea and imprisoning it at his doorstep from tens of thousands of miles away.

Inside the alchemy furnace, under the baptism of Yin-Yang Five-Colored Thunder, the original fiery red scales of the little fire dragon had faded, turning into a crystal-clear glass color, reflecting seven-colored divine light under the thunder.

When it occasionally opens its eyes, one of its dragon eyes is pale gold, like a flickering flame; the other is silvery white, like the ancient moon.

However, with Su Yuchen's help, it has already moved closer to becoming a Zhulong with both Yin and Yang attributes.

"Go! Do your best to stop the black dragon, buy time for the little guy, and prove your worth."

As Su Yuchen's voice rang out, it resounded in the ears of Li Xiaochen and the other two, and time and space seemed to undergo an incredible change. In a flash, the three of them found themselves not far from a black dragon.

From the perspective of the young monk Xuanzhu, what appeared before him was a huge dragon head, over ten feet tall, with black scales, ferocious dragon horns that looked like thorns pointing to the sky, and an aura of ancient dominance and killing intent.

The enormous dragon eyes were devoid of any warmth, only emanating a chilling coldness and killing intent from the ancient ice. The ferocious gaze seemed to be scrutinizing its prey, filled with disdain.

Without any pretentious embellishment, its mere existence vividly portrays the unruly nature of the demon race, its savage and domineering attitude of looking down on all living beings and regarding all things as food for the flesh.

With just one glance, boundless killing intent enveloped Xuanzhu's body and mind. The Bodhi Pure Heart Seal activated spontaneously, but it could not block the coldness in the other party's gaze.

This move also ignited the arrogance and untamed spirit deep within Xuanzhu's heart. The phantom of the Dragon King Buddha, who was originally known for his strength and reverence for battle, merged with the Nascent Soul. Before even entering the Illumination God Realm, he had already broken through the threshold of the Formless and Selfless Realm.

"Ow..."

The young monk Xuanzhu roared to the sky, his roar resounding throughout the heavens and earth. With the arrogant and domineering spirit of "The golden monkey wields its mighty cudgel, shattering the heavens and becoming the supreme one," the endless sword light, carrying the wisdom of liberation and Zen, transformed into a river of swords that rushed into the opponent's mind, directly damaging his soul.

At the same time, the blades that landed on different parts of the thousand-foot-long dragon body were infected by the ferocious and domineering dragon body. The blades that belonged to the Asura killing path and the Glazed Subduing Demon Heart intertwined with each other, and the blade light that carried the great compassion and universal salvation of Buddhism and the infinite killing intent illuminated the dragon body.

As Li Xiaochen felt the boundless wisdom of the sword intent that cut through all troubles, the sword light flashed and the sword and saber echoed each other as if they were made by nature. In the blink of an eye, he swung countless swords toward the heart of the dragon's body.

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"Yan..."

As the boundless sword intent poured into his mind, the unprepared Black Dragon did not expect that the opponent's sword could sever the soul. Instantly, his head throbbed with pain, as if a giant axe was embedded in his mind.

Li Xiaochen's sword light was even more focused on the heart, not the form. It penetrated the dragon's body, and the sword intent drew the dragon's blood. With the boundless sword intent exploding, countless dragon bloods in the heart exploded directly in the heart like small bombs.

Instantly, his blood and qi became disordered, and his thousand-foot-long dragon body couldn't help but roll around on the seabed, as if an iron rod was stirring up a bottomless abyss.

Caught completely off guard, the black dragon never expected to be instantly and severely injured by two human cultivators who were like ants. As it rolled around, a dragon roar soared to the heavens and descended to the underworld. The sound waves of thunder and lightning swept across the entire space, like a typhoon passing through, cutting the entire space into pieces.

Faced with this scene that resembled a natural disaster, the young monk Xuanzhu spread his wings and his unwavering Zen mind made him calmer than ever before. Like a shooting star, like a blade of grass in the center of a hurricane, he shuttled through endless sound waves, and even had the leisure to raise his middle finger at the other party with disdain.

Li Xiaochen wielded the blade light, relying on the powerful attributes of his Asura Buddha body and the blessings of the many guardians he had converted. Like a blade light that split the heavens, it charged straight ahead, carving a straight line through the shattered space and disappearing in an instant.

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“Five breaths left. I only have the strength to defend, no more strength to counterattack. This guy is tough and thick-skinned, and he's not a stupid fool who just sits there and takes a beating. Use whatever tricks you have up your sleeve,” Xuanzhu said.

"I have a Taiyi Five-Colored Smoke Gauze, which can entangle the opponent for a moment. This is my limit." As he spoke, Li Xiaochen took out a five-colored smoke magic weapon, which was the protective magic weapon of the Hunyuan Ancestor.

Xuanzhu couldn't help but whistle. Unfortunately, he had left the Bodhidharma Golden Bowl at Shaolin Temple to enhance the temple's protective formation, and the only thing he carried, the Bodhidharma Kasaya, was completely unresponsive to him.

The two turned their heads at the same time, looking at Yan Shisan, who had not made a move from beginning to end.

“Brother, the three of us should be the partners for this mission. Now it’s up to you.” The little monk Xuanzhu said, putting his palms together.

“Okay!” Yan Shisan nodded.

The next second he was one with the sword light, riding it towards the rolling black dragon, saying, "Help me hold its attention, just for a moment, then run."

Without hesitation, Li Xiaochen and Xuanzhu rode their hundred-foot rainbow light toward the dragon's head. Endless sword and saber lights, like a waterfall from the sky, crashed into the dragon's head. Sparks flew from the ferocious dragon horns as they were slashed, but the dragon was not damaged in the slightest.

"Holy crap! That's really hard!" Xuanzhu exclaimed.

Seeing the opponent's raised, blood-red dragon eyes, Xuanzhu didn't hesitate to dart away.

A five-colored canopy rushed forward without hesitation, but was hit by the dragon's horn and sent flying back at an even faster speed.

As the two turned around, they saw two thick dragon claws, one on the left and one on the right, seemingly locking onto the space around them, grabbing at them. Judging from the sharp claws that gleamed with a cold light, the two had no doubt about the enormous destructive power.

Just as the dragon claws were about to close, a thousand-foot sword light with boundless killing intent erupted from the seabed, illuminating the dark seabed with a snowy white light. Wherever the sword light reached, everything, including the seawater, was cleaved in two by the sword light, with unparalleled smoothness.

The next second, the thousand-foot sword light ignored the spatial distance, like a hot knife into lard, easily slicing open the thousand-foot dragon body from tail to forepaws, and dragon blood gushed out as if it were free.

The three were surrounded by a massive amount of dragon blood, and the extremely hot energy surged into their bodies, transforming their physical forms.

As the dragon blood surged in, the wings on Xuanzhu's back glowed with a hazy blood light, greedily devouring the dragon blood as if it were a bottomless abyss. The Dragon Victory Venerable King's Buddha Body advanced at an incredible speed, and the Nascent Soul grew rapidly, merging with the body and directly entering the Illumination God Realm.

Li Xiaochen, a master of Asura Demon Art and a connoisseur of blood, propelled the Formless Asura Heart Sutra to break through to the Divine Illumination stage.

At this moment, Yan Shisan flew out from the split dragon's body, riding the Zhou Tian Hun Yuan Sword Light. The dark red baleful aura and violent killing intent decomposed all the dragon blood that approached, leaving only a point of light on the tip of the sword, which was the black dragon's pearl.

The remnant soul and violent killing intent within the Dragon Ball were instantly dissipated by the Golden Immortal-level treasure, leaving only a pure azure Dragon Ball.

Yan Shisan, wielding the illusory sword shadow, slashed down with his sword. The dragon pearl shattered in response, transforming into pure energy that propelled Yan Shisan into the Divine Illumination Realm.

At this moment, a dragon's roar resounded, and the little fire dragon, which had transformed into the form of a candle dragon, arrived late. As it opened and closed its eyes, it was as if a golden sun was rising from the seabed, and endless light engulfed everything.

Then, the little dragon easily grasped the huge dragon head with its right claw and twisted it, directly extinguishing the last bit of life in the opponent.

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Main interior.

As Xuanzhu, Li Xiaochen, and Yan Shisan successively reached the peak of the Divine Illumination Realm, their paths were confirmed, and a tributary of the illusory river of time appeared beside Su Yuchen;

As he pointed his finger, the illusory river of time and space gurgled like flowing water, as if waves were rising. A beam of azure sword light split in two, then in four, then in eight...

Endless sword light continuously split and surged into every possible future in this world, spreading everywhere. All futures in this world were forcibly locked and imprisoned by Su Yuchen, merging into tributaries that were favorable to him, converging into a monstrous force.

Chapter 681 A Bright Pearl Shatters the Past Body of the Great Luo

The Celestial Realm of Spiritual Emptiness.

The Dao Ancestor, who held the highest position of Heavenly Emperor, finally noticed the anomaly in the world's time and space river.

As His gaze descended, it was like lightning, illuminating everything. The illusory river of time and space appeared, and countless tributaries representing the future were reflected in His eyes.

"How brave!"

As the future of the river of time and space continued to merge in a direction that was unfavorable to his own transformed world, the Dao Ancestor descended upon the river of time and space of the future, and countless figures flew out from his body, instantly spreading to all the tributaries of the future.

The next moment, these figures did not hesitate, going against the current from the future to meet Su Yuchen's sword light.

The next moment, countless tributaries shone with sword light and figures, bursting out with dazzling light. The two sides continued to fight for the future, and different futures were constantly changing in their battle.

Su Yuchen sat upright, looking at the Dao Ancestor, He Wo Zhi Nian, who had finally left the arena, and chuckled softly, "I haven't left the arena yet!"

Su Yuchen watched as the Dao Ancestor's Other Self consciousness traveled against the current of time and space, ignoring the raging anger surging in the other's eyes;

The next moment, Su Yuchen's figure grew infinitely taller, and with a swift movement, a long sword appeared in his hand. Behind him, a blurry Daoist Dharma image, sitting cross-legged in chaos, also reached out and grasped a sword.

As Su Yuchen swung his sword, the Dao-Slaying Time and Space technique combined with the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent, pouring into all sorts of future possibilities; in an instant, the azure-tinged sword light transformed into rounds of azure-colored suns, the purest and sharpest sword light solidifying the Dao Ancestor's other-self thoughts, imprisoning the opponent on a tributary of the future time-space river.

With a single sword strike, the azure glazed sun instantly melted away the Dao Ancestor's sense of self and other. Through the entanglement of cause and effect, everything vanished into thin air under this sword strike.

This sword strike completely severed the future of the Dao Ancestor's concept of self and other.

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