Eternal Life by Daily Divination

’Could that Li Chang’an be a Golden Core Master?’

Daoist Fire Cloud was utterly shocked, finding it hard to believe.

He knew Li Chang’an was incredibly strong. After all, he had personally witnessed him kill the Blood Shadow Monster.

But he never would have imagined that Li Chang’an was this strong!

Three cultivators at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, all of them Sect Elders and not mere Loose Cultivators, and all with considerable strength, had been instantly killed by Li Chang’an in a single blow.

“Daoist Fire Cloud, please keep what happened today to yourself. I don’t want anyone else to know about it.”

Li Chang’an smiled as he looked at Daoist Fire Cloud.

Daoist Fire Cloud shuddered.

He immediately swore an oath on his Dao Heart, promising that no one else would ever find out.

Afterward, the two of them landed in the mountains and found a random spot to talk.

“Daoist Fire Cloud, I’ve heard that the Three Great Sects have gone to war. Is this true?”

“It’s true!”

Daoist Fire Cloud immediately began to explain.

As a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator who had spent a long time in the ruins, he knew more than the members of the Red Refining Sect.

According to him, the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment disciples of the Three Great Sects had begun fighting long ago, but the Golden Core Masters had always remained restrained.

This was because everyone understood that once a Golden Core expert made a move, it would easily escalate into a full-scale sect war.

However, a major incident occurred not long ago, causing the conflict to escalate dramatically.

“Nie Wushuang, the Golden Core Seed from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, is incredibly powerful. His mastery of the Sword Formation Technique is sublime.”

“He faced three of the Red Flame Sect’s Golden Core Seeds by himself. Incredibly, he managed to kill one and severely injure the other two.”

The Golden Core Seed from the Red Flame Sect who was killed happened to be the descendant of a Golden Core Master.

That Master was enraged. Casting aside all decorum, he began hunting Nie Wushuang within the ruins, a senior bullying a junior.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect eventually found out.

In response, one of their Masters also cast aside all decorum and killed a Golden Core Seed from the Red Flame Sect.

There were rumors circulating that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Master killed the Red Flame Sect’s Golden Core Seed in a fight over a Treasure.

Those rumors were wrong, however.”

“And so, the Masters from the two great sects began to clash, and with tempers flaring on both sides…”

Daoist Fire Cloud recounted the events to Li Chang’an.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Red Flame Sect were the first to start fighting.

A Core Formation Master from the Cyan Cloud Sect tried to mediate, but he was attacked by both sides and ended up losing his temper as well.

As time went on, more and more Masters began to disregard decorum and attack their rivals’ juniors, leading to the deaths of many of their proteges and descendants.

An irreconcilable blood feud formed among the Three Great Sects, and they officially declared war on one another!

“I see.”

Li Chang’an fell into thought after listening.

The Three Great Sects were the dominant powers of the entire Southern Zhao Country Cultivation Immortality Realm.

「And now.」

These Three Great Sects were at war.

The entire Southern Domain Cultivation Immortality Realm was bound to descend into even more frenzied chaos.

It was even possible that Golden Core Masters would perish.

’It seems my initial guess was correct. This Beast Tide was only the beginning of an age of chaos.’

Li Chang’an sighed.

The Spirit Vein of Changqing Mountain belonged to the Cyan Cloud Sect.

He would most likely be caught up in the war between the Three Great Sects as well.

’These Core Formation Masters have all lived for centuries, yet they’re still so impulsive. They’ve completely wasted all those years.’

Little did Li Chang’an know that Dahuang, hiding underground, felt even more exasperated, having been randomly insulted for no reason.

Li Chang’an asked again, “Daoist Fire Cloud, is Nie Wushuang still alive?”

“He’s alive, but he was gravely injured.”

“You mentioned his Sword Formation Technique is very powerful. What does the Sword Array look like?”

“It consists of eighteen Gold Element Treasure Swords…”

Daoist Fire Cloud recalled the scene and described it to Li Chang’an in detail.

The more Li Chang’an listened, the more familiar it sounded.

’That Sword Array… it seems to be related to the Great Five Elements Yin Yang Sword Formation.’

Daoist Fire Cloud, however, was puzzled. “Daoist Li, those eighteen Gold Element Treasure Swords are all Tier Two Top Grade Spiritual Artifacts. Do you know how he can control so many Spiritual Artifacts at once?”

He couldn’t figure it out. He himself wouldn’t be able to control that many Spiritual Artifacts at all.

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly. “I don’t know either. Perhaps Nie Wushuang had some sort of special fortunate encounter.”

He secretly guessed, ’That guy most likely knows the Divine Splitting Technique as well.’

’Looks like I’ll have to find an opportunity to get in touch with this person. But I hear he’s incredibly arrogant due to his immense strength.’

Arrogant people are never easy to approach.

But for the sake of the Great Five Elements Yin Yang Sword Formation, Li Chang’an was willing to try.

He suspected that the Sword Array Nie Wushuang possessed was the Great Geng Metal Sword Array.

Yi Wood is yin and Geng Metal is yang. If he could combine them, they would form the Small Yin Yang Sword Formation.

’The power of the Small Yin Yang Sword Formation should far surpass that of a single array.’

Li Chang’an’s gaze grew profound as he looked toward the ruins.

Daoist Fire Cloud asked in surprise, “Daoist Li, are you planning to enter the Ancient Sect Ruins too?”

“I’ve come all this way. I might as well go have a look,” Li Chang’an said with a laugh.

Daoist Fire Cloud frowned and tried to dissuade him.

“Daoist Li, it’s fraught with danger in there, and Golden Core Masters are fighting. You must think this through. It’s not just the Golden Core Masters from the Three Great Sects—even Huang He Master has made his move.”

“Oh? Why did Huang He Master get involved?”

“I heard that Huang He Master and several other Masters discovered an opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul realm. He launched a sudden sneak attack on the others but failed. Now he’s locked in a massive battle with them…”

Li Chang’an wasn’t surprised to hear this.

That was just like Huang He Master.

Years ago, he had betrayed his own sworn brothers for a chance to reach the Golden Core realm.

’So many years have passed, and Huang He still has the same disposition. He’ll stop at nothing for the sake of his cultivation.’

Perhaps it was precisely this nature that allowed Huang He to stand out from the countless Loose Cultivators and become the only one to reach the Golden Core realm in the entire Southern Domain of Zhao Country.