Chapter 248: Chapter 131: A Ten-Thousand-Zhang Pillar of Light

And so, he remained there, all alone.

In a daze, he seemed to see an illusory Soul Shadow above the grave. It looked like a withered, white-haired old man on the verge of death, then a steady figure in a red robe, and then again the reckless youth from the Library Pavilion.

’Yum Zhong... foolishly loyal.’

’Why didn’t you ever think more of yourself?’

Su Chen closed his eyes, recalling Yum Zhong’s life. It seemed he had spent half of it toiling on his behalf.

That night, a wind blew, and scattered snow began to fall.

「For the first time in a long while.」

Wind and snow fell upon Daqi.

Before the lonely grave, Su Chen pulled out the weeds one by one.

At the same time, on his Profound Robe, the ten Dragon Patterns seemed to sense the shift in Su Chen’s mood and rapidly intertwined.

The fragment of Celestial Will and the Seed of the Mountain from the Mountain Sea Earth Spirits—two Heavenly Dao Spiritual Objects—slowly merged into Su Chen’s body.

’Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment? Yes. But not quite.’

Su Chen was in the unprecedented Great Extreme Realm. Having completed all four rituals, he was walking a path no one had ever trod before.

His Foundation Establishment Realm was one that had never been seen in the entire history of Extreme Realm Immortals in the Mountain Sea Realm.

A new, different kind of power was slowly trying to be born.

And so, the lightning came.

It wanted to shatter the wind and snow, and it wanted to erase Su Chen, unwilling to allow this new power to be born.

But it couldn’t.

In fact, it couldn’t even break through the wind and snow.

Dark clouds roiled and thunder roared, growing more and more numerous. At first there were only ten bolts, then a hundred, and now a thousand, even ten thousand bolts of lightning!

They crashed down relentlessly, but the clouds of wind and snow grew ever thicker. The wind howled and the snow raged, sweeping across the three-thousand-mile Daqi Imperial City.

A blanket of white covered Daqi for three thousand miles. The lightning and the blizzard clashed, as if heaven and earth themselves were engaged in Magical Combat.

This scene left everyone in the Daqi Imperial City stunned.

"What in the world is happening?"

"The Mountain Sea Realm is the true Human World, a vast and immense great world, far beyond what a flawed and incomplete Small Human World could ever compare to..."

"Who on earth could be causing a celestial phenomenon of this scale? Even an ordinary True Core Cultivator couldn’t create a phenomenon this massive!"

「On the distant horizon.」

A Flying Vessel was rushing toward the Daqi Imperial City.

Aboard it, a figure watched on, utterly astonished, his eyes filled with confusion.

On the Flying Vessel, a banner fluttered. It didn’t bear the insignia of any sect in the Eastern Domain, yet ten thousand years ago, this very banner had struck terror into the hearts of countless Immortal Sects, Demon Sects, and Dynasty Emperors.

For it was the banner of the Heavenly Patrol Guard!

Soon, the figure found his way to a dilapidated courtyard outside the Daqi Imperial City, for it was from there that an aura was soaring into the sky, advancing toward Foundation Establishment.

"You! Halt your Foundation Establishment! I am Yunle, the True Disciple of the Great Li Sword Sect! Cease your Foundation Establishment at once and submit to an inspection from the Heavenly Patrol Guard! I suspect you are an Extreme Realm Immortal..."

Yunle, clad in a Golden Robe, leaped down from the Flying Vessel. A purple Sword Pill, wreathed in lightning, transformed into a Flying Sword that stood firm beneath his feet, carrying him as he charged toward the abandoned courtyard.

In the Five Great Sects of the Eastern Domain, anyone with sufficient talent could become a Daoist, and there could be many in a single generation. But a True Disciple was different. There was only one per generation, a position reserved for the one whose talent and disposition were supreme.

The True Disciple was unique, almost equivalent to the heir of an Immortal Sect—a future True Core Giant!

"Insolent!"

"Get away from me."

In response, from within the dilapidated courtyard, Su Chen, his back still to this True Disciple and Sword Son of the Great Li Sword Sect, this Heavenly Patrol Guard, simply picked up a dry twig from the ground and swept it out.

’A mere nobody dares to look down on me like this?’

’I am the True Disciple of the Great Li Sword Sect! My foundation is profound! I cultivate the strongest Magic! What gives you the right to challenge me?’

Yunle sneered, looking with contempt at the overconfident Quasi Foundation Establishment Cultivator who dared to attack him with only a twig. He decided to show him the shocking power of a great sect.

In an instant, the lightning in his palm surged into his Sword Pill, transforming it into a terrifying greatsword ten zhang tall. Gripping the mountain-like sword, he ruthlessly chopped down toward the abandoned courtyard.

"Fall!"

Yunle whispered.

BOOM!

The next instant, a gale erupted from the ground. Amidst the raging wind, a brilliant sword light burst forth, as if a thousand, no, ten thousand swords were erupting from within that single strike.

This sword strike was called Burial Star. It was merely a mortal sword technique.

Moreover, it was only the first of three.

But it was more than enough to deal with this True Disciple!

Su Chen was a terrifying Extreme Realm Immortal. With his power amplifying it, even the weakest Burial Star could unleash a terrifying Divine Might comparable to a Foundation Establishment Dao Skill.

BANG!

The Giant Sword, along with Yunle himself, was sent tumbling backward by the Star-Burying Sword, crashing chaotically into the Flying Vessel.

’Who is this person?! Why have I never heard of him? He shouldn’t be so obscure!’

Yunle’s expression changed drastically, his wariness now at an unprecedented level.

’In all the world, those in the Foundation Establishment Realm who could fight me can be counted on one hand. The fugitive Demon Cultivator, Gushan Jue, is one of them, but I don’t remember this person. Moreover, this person is still in the process of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, not yet having completed it. This is simply terrifying to the extreme. Doesn’t this mean that this person, while still below Foundation Establishment, has suppressed me—a True Disciple and Celestial Pride at Foundation Establishment Perfection?!’

"Wait."

"That face... the Muddy World Profound Robe... a youth like an Immortal... He’s the Nine-Life Celestial Pride who made a fleeting appearance in the Daqi Imperial Capital and defeated the Daoist from our Profound Celestial Sect!"

On the Flying Vessel, a disciple wearing the robes of the Profound Celestial Sect seemed to remember something, his eyes filled with shock as he spoke in disbelief.

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