As he decapitated Shen Xinglan with that strike, he was also penetrated by Shen Xinglan's Sword Qi.

The "Great Sun Tathagata Sword Seal" was extolled as the foremost sword of the Buddhists, naturally its power was extraordinary.

Moreover, as light and darkness generate and conquer each other, the "Great Sun Tathagata Sword Seal" and the Netherworld Energy within him rejected each other naturally, mutually repelling and crushing each other, devouring each other.

That trace of Sword Qi stirred nearly displacing his internal organs.

But he endured it.

His expression did not change in the slightest, revealing no flaws.

As the Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan Mingjing had said, compared to Tang Fei, Shen Xinglan lacked that relentless voracity and unscrupulousness... shamelessness.

Thus, he lost.

Tang Fei sat down to regulate his inner breath, he had to expel that neutral and peaceful Sword Qi from his body in the shortest amount of time possible.

He loathed the light, forever fallen into darkness.

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Calm the heart and clear the mind, detach from form and forsake wisdom, forget life and death, comply naturally.

Man and nature became one.

Those who attained "the Way" were Great Grandmasters.

Great Grandmasters were the pinnacle of martial strength over New Star.

Of course, according to "Pangu Opens the Sky", above the Great Grandmaster there were Burning Star, Immortal Wanderings, and Dominions.

These were the legendary stages of the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Realm, just like immortals, heard of by many but seen by none.

Xuanyuan Mingjing and Zhong Daoling turned the world on its head, people were hardly affected, but White Crane Mountain was nearly destroyed.

Covered with scars, full of pits and hollows.

The whole of White Crane Mountain shook ceaselessly.

A fight between Great Grandmasters, was it child's play?

Xuanyuan Mingjing and Zhong Daoling pulled apart from each other, both knowing that they couldn't overcome one another for a while.

Xuanyuan Mingjing looked at Zhong Daoling and spoken, "If we continue fighting, I fear my grapevines will be destroyed... they still bear fruit, and it would be a waste if they fell."

"Ha ha ha, I've long heard that Great Grandmaster Xuanyuan Mingjing loves grapes; it seems the rumors are true."

Xuanyuan Mingjing faced Zhong Daoling and pronounced, "Take my final strike. If you win, you leave. If you lose, I'll leave."

"Alright," Zhong Daoling agreed readily, obviously, he too was growing impatient.

If he won, he could leave without worries.

If he lost, then Xuanyuan Mingjing would go do whatever he wanted.

This was a covenant of the Great Grandmasters; naturally, they wouldn't perform any dishonorable acts.

The atmosphere between the two Great Grandmasters was stretched to its utmost limit.

Zhong Daoling was divinely dignified while Xuanyuan Mingjing was peerlessly deposed as an immortal.

Xuanyuan Mingjing held a bamboo rod, gently swinging it, causing sounds reminiscent of thunder from the heavens.

In Zhong Daoling's hand, the Tianpeng Ruler also glimmered brilliantly.

Above their heads, the Yuanshi Tianzun bronze seal spun madly; strands of golden light were flung about, flowing with cryptic runes and the clear chant of Taoism.

Like a Golden Crow soaring through the sky, Xuanyuan Mingjing dove from the air, his bamboo sword slashing through the sky like lightning, as a white dragon descended from the heavens, slamming fiercely towards Zhong Daoling.

The Tianpeng Ruler flew out from Zhong Daoling's hand, the floating Yuanshi Tianzun seal above his head lunging towards the dragon first.

Boom...

Between heaven and earth, a torrential downpour began.

For a long time.

For a long time.

The wind ceased, the rain stopped.

Zhong Daoling looked toward that solitary figure on the mountain peak, sighed lightly, and said, "I am leaving, do as you please."

Having said this, he leapt down the foot of White Crane Mountain and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Xuanyuan Mingjing threw away the bamboo sword in his hand, waved his long sleeves, and landed in his own grape courtyard.

He needed to check if his grapes were damaged.

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Returning to Phoenix Palace, and in such a victorious manner, the old man's spirits took a long time to calm down.

Pavilions, towers, every blade of grass, every tree.

Many buildings had not changed, and the plumeria tree was still as luxuriant as ever.

Unfortunately, times had changed.

He brought Little Fatty to the Taiji Palace and upon seeing Chen Fenglei, he asked, "Is he dead?"

Chen Fenglei remained silent.

He and the old man had concocted a plan, at the crucial moment to have Zhong Tianyi kill Zhong Daolong, and then promote Zhong Tianyi...

Everything had been calculated by Lu Yu.

Due to Phoenix's sudden arrival, all their plans were disrupted.

Zhong Daolong was still alive, thus, Zhong Tianyi's rise was full of uncertainties.

If Zhong Daolong chose to support Zhong Tianque, or say the Shen Family supported Zhong Tianque first...

At that time, Zhong Tianque and the Shen Family would have the moral high ground, and they once again became traitors.

In the Empire, they would be condemned by all.

Could they have another chance to make a comeback this time?

"Why didn't you kill him?" the old man shouted angrily.

After so long of scheming, the numerous silent sacrifices, it had finally come to fruition.

And the result?

When it was time to reap the fruits of victory, he handed the biggest fruit to someone else.

What was this?

The old man had spent countless hours, energy, and blood building up to this day, to the extreme, sparing no effort.

Even, he did not mind sacrificing others' lives as well as his own.

All for this?

Because of one man's womanly compassion, he thrust everyone into jeopardy.

Such a person needed to be killed.

"Princess interceded; I couldn't kill his father right in front of her," Chen Fenglei explained.

"Why did Phoenix come here? Why didn't you stop her?"

"Why didn't you kill him before she pleaded? Why did you give her a chance to speak?"

"Do you understand what this means? Do you realize how dangerous our situation is now?"

Chen Fenglei fell silent once more.

He knew he had done something very foolish, yet, if given another chance, he still couldn't refuse Phoenix.

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