The woman laughed angrily: "So it's yours just because you've arrived here? What a brazen theory, like that of a bandit, and yet you can say it unabashedly."

"..."

"If I insist on leaving, what can you do? Are you planning to forcibly keep me here with your cultivation at Nirvana Eighth Layer?"

As the woman's words fell, the Cyan Pheasant Immortal Sword's blade suddenly trembled.

The surging Sword Intent seeped into the Immortal Sword like flowing water, instantly shattering the Star Locks that had previously sealed the area around the Immortal Sword.

Yet the next second, the ocean below began to surge, and a massive arm formed by boundless seawater reached straight upwards, its size so gigantic that it seemed to grasp not just a three-foot cyan peak but an island atop the celestial dome, or even the moon in the sky.

"Chen Zhixing, are you really going to fight me?"

"Condense!"

"Do you really think I won't dare to strike you down?"

"Chuan!"

"Do you dare!"

"Yin Yang Life and Death, water and fire fusion." Facing the sword slashing towards himself, Chen Zhixing silently continued to chant.

A furnace-shaped object had already condensed before him, within which chaos swirled and Sword Intent loomed, a presence distinctly different from the Sword Qi of the Cyan Pheasant Immortal Sword. Though it hadn't stepped into Longevity, it was still intimidating.

"Chen Zhixing!!!"

"I am here."

A hand casually drew out a Sword Blade almost seven feet long from the furnace, its surface blurred as if not fully forged, and swung it towards the incoming Cyan Pheasant.

In the next moment.

A great sun rose over the Extreme North Glacier, where day was rarely seen!

A sun!

...

Cold winds blew from the north.

Above the dome, the thick clouds previously broken by the collision of two world-shaking Sword Qis from the north were now gradually converging.

Faint moonlight shone below.

The phantom of the woman on the Cyan Pheasant Immortal Sword had blurred and was about to disperse, yet her gaze still lingered on Chen Zhixing.

"This is not the Chaos Sword!"

"Chaos Sword?"

Chen Zhixing reacted first with surprise, then looked at her with some amusement and said, "How dumb do you think I must be to believe that nine Great Taos coming together can condense Chaos? If Chaos were truly that easy to forge, this world would have long reverted to Chaos."

"You... have been wary of me all along?" The woman's gaze turned cold, as if for the first time choosing to face Chen Zhixing, willing to consider him an enemy worth spending some mind to deal with.

"You could say so." Chen Zhixing nodded and said, "I thought after keeping you locked up for three years, you should have figured it out and devised a response, but unexpectedly, we still ended up in today's situation."

As half of her silhouette turned into radiance and integrated into the Immortal Sword, the woman coldly laughed, "Are you trying to say I'm stupid?"

"No, I understand that you've never truly recognized me as the pawn of someone else. After all, what I've done on this journey isn't much different from those pawns selected by you, hahaha, at eighteen I reached the Peak's gate, a 'Celestial Being,' something the entire world hasn't seen for hundreds of thousands of years!

I've swept through the worldly prodigies, fought from the Southern Domain to the Eastern Wilderness, then to the Northern Domain and Central State, never meeting defeat!

Talent unparalleled.

Fortune unmatched.

Even leaving home, I picked up the Longevity Immortal Sword, and none of the enemies I encountered were particularly bright. Despite clearly losing to me, they never fled, and finally collapsed before me like clowns....

You tell me, doesn't this seem like a script crafted by predecessors, and 'I' am the protagonist being manipulated within that script?"

"Chen Zhixing! Who are you truly?"

"I am Chen, named Zhixing, born on Ziwei Mountain in Jiangzhou, a Chen Family member, who was supposed to be a stepping stone for the other roles in this script. Aren't these facts known to you?"

"You insolent young pup!"

"Born into the fallen Chen Family, by chance, like the common populace, met the chosen by you, then became their stepping stone, ultimately leading to the extermination of the Chen Family. Yes, I am merely an insignificant role in the script."

"Where did you learn this? Who told you? Chen Tianyuan? He wouldn't have the guts!"

"Ancestor Tianyuan certainly wouldn't dare. In your performance, he struggled tirelessly, fearing to offend anyone, even when leaving some sparks for the Chen Family, he wouldn't dare fully extricate them, instead borrowing the hands among you to balance each other."

"Chen Daoyan or Chen Zhaosheng? Hah, I wondered why both of your brothers have different generations, turns out it was that little ghost Chen Tianyuan who named him independently from the Chen Family! Just to prevent us from contacting him after the Chen Family's downfall, underestimated him... Chen Zhixing, do you truly think you've won?"

"No, I know I can't kill you. At present, my cultivation hasn't advanced to the Peak, yet you couldn't resist jumping out. Once my cultivation reaches higher, I have no idea which debtor I will face."

"You actually know?"

"There's no free lunch in the world, since I've taken your things, naturally you will come looking for me."

"If you know, why not accept your destiny?"

"Hmm?"

"Since you've guessed the process, why not continue to waver with me and enjoy your not-so-bad life? What will jumping out now change?"

"Because your script is terrible."

"What?"

"The casting is terrible, the storyline is terrible, and the process is terrible."

While speaking, Chen Zhixing looked at her, who had almost fully merged into the Cyan Pheasant, leaving only a pair of cool eyes, and softly said:

"Having the world's best talent, yet no one dares to take me as a disciple; possessing top-tier battle power, yet not even given a decent opponent.

And the final ending, as the main antagonist of the plot, you didn't even decide what kind of ending to write for me.

In the end, it was you who stepped out of the Immortal Sword, making me inherit your Tao, then gradually assimilate, unknowingly becoming your reincarnation.

I'm sorry.

Such a lousy life.

I do not accept it."

Clang!

Accompanied by the Immortal Sword being grasped by Chen Zhixing again, those two pupils finally slowly dissipated.

Meanwhile, the Cyan Pheasant Sword Spirit itself, which had been obscured, finally emerged.

"Eh? Chen Gou, what just happened? Why do I feel a bit dizzy."

"Cyan Pheasant."

"Hmm?"

"I want to see the moon."

In the next instant, a towering Sword Intent slashed towards the sky!

...

The icy northern wind blew.

Amidst sky's clouds, only a thin line remained, revealing a trace of moonlight, illuminating a corner of the North Sea.

Under the moonlight, Chen Zhixing, sitting cross-legged on the sea surface, somewhat resembled a Banished Immortal, as if the entire North Sea Ice Ocean had transformed into his stage, and he was the sole protagonist in this grand drama.

Moments later.

Whether knowing that person had left, or truly exploring the trench below, Chen Tianyuan broke the sea's surface and came out.

A pair of fairly lively eyes fell upon Chen Zhixing, containing complex meanings; thinking of the battle that had occurred on the sea earlier was likely seen by this elder.

"Zhixing..."

"Ancestor."

Chen Zhixing stood up from the sea, his expression calm, his mouth lightly smiling: "Has Ancestor confirmed the Dragon Turtle's current state, and should it be eradicated now by gathering old friends?"

"Zhixing, you..."

At this moment, Chen Tianyuan was at a loss on how to interact with his family's talented great-grandson.

Shame perhaps was present, but more likely surprise, unsure of how to face it.

Chen Zhixing shook his head: "Ancestor need not dwell on past events. You have already informed me much, pointed out the method to break the dilemma, and even sent me to the Frozen Plateau, hoping I could break free, but I chose to return of my own accord, regardless I shouldn't blame you."

"It's best that you can see it this way."

Upon hearing Chen Zhixing's open words, Chen Tianyuan relaxed, then again earnestly looked at the potentially genuine Banished Immortal-worthy great-grandson in front and softly said:

"Afterwards, since you have now fallen out with the Sword Immortal woman, why not escape to the Frozen Plateau to cultivate?

Rest assured, with that coffin there, they neither want nor dare to find you there."

That coffin...

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