Eternal Tale

Yin Tianshou looked at his incredibly loyal steward and sighed inwardly, ”This matter is not so simple. I will investigate everything thoroughly at the Celestial Path Track.”

”If the resistance is too great, I will head to the Sword Sky Ancient City in the Wild Heaven Region to request the assistance of that person. Now that I have advanced to Tribulation Crossing, I am qualified to discuss the Dao with him and repay the favor of protection from the past.”

Yin Tianshou spoke deeply. Back then, he entered the Wild Heaven Region during the Void Refinement phase for a thousand years. Without a powerful protector, he would have perished long ago.

Just a single step or roar from an ancient beast would have been enough to kill him a thousand times over.

Returning to Xuanwei Heaven after a millennium seemed glorious, but Void Refinement is still just Void Refinement.

He couldn’t have left there safely without any background; the dangers of the Wild Heaven Region far exceeded those of the Immortal Prison.

The world only saw the surface, but only the Xuanwei Celestial Palace understood the significance behind it.

He had visited the Xuanwei Celestial Palace three times and even dared to make a move against the Xuanwei Heavenly Venerable. Without that person’s protection, he might not have walked out of the palace.

The famed reputation of the past was not as it seemed in Xuanwei Heaven.

”Three Sword Slaves,” he suddenly spoke, his voice resonating through the sea below. Three sword lights shot up into the sky, forming three grand vortices, and three figures appeared coldly in the depths of the sea!”Present.”

The three figures moved like lightning, swiftly flying to Yin Tianshou’s side, like three ruthless sharp swords, exuding a fierce aura.

”You go to protect Li Chen Island. Now that I have advanced to Tribulation Crossing, the immortal alliance pact with the Southern Yu Immortal Palace is void.”

Yin Tianshou’s voice was steady and firm, not believing that Chen Xun’s family would end so quietly, ”I will traverse the mountains and rivers with my sword, even if it means exhausting the heavens and earth to find out. Wait for my return!”

”Understood,” the three responded indifferently, devoid of any emotion.

They were once the heart demons Yin Tianshou overcame when he broke through to the Transformation phase in a small boundary, but were refined into the world, serving as his right-hand men, advancing together, only to fall silent after that incident.

This scene was observed by various powerful figures, their eyes flashing with complex emotions.

Truly worthy of someone who can advance to Heavenly Venerable... so many contingencies, not a single one can be seen through completely.

Mo Fuyang was deeply moved, silently bowing with respect in his eyes.

Such a person truly deserves the title of senior; the Dao Ancestor held him in high esteem during his lifetime.

Buzz—

Suddenly, the distant sky’s energy stirred, space fluctuated violently, and a vast spatial passage slowly unfolded.

Magnificent warships sailed into the Mengmu Sea Region, their inscriptions marked with ’Immortal’!

The Southern Yu Immortal Palace had arrived.

A man sat cross-legged on the head of a Kylin. He was tall and mighty, with a handsome face, strong features yet not lacking in elegance, exuding an aura of majesty that made all cultivators bow with just a glance.

He was the palace master of the Southern Yu Immortal Palace—Venerable Yan Che!

His presence made the atmosphere in the entire Mengmu Sea Region heavy once more, his might sweeping across the eight directions, inspiring awe and making it impossible to look up at him.

Yin Tianshou stood amidst the sea of swords and stars, sword radiance spreading out to form a path of sword law leading straight ahead, the sword intent sharp and heavy, exuding boundless power.

He slowly met Venerable Yan Che’s gaze across tens of thousands of miles, sword radiance covering the sky, starry sword qi crisscrossing, stirring the winds and clouds, as if the laws of heaven and earth trembled.

Venerable Yan Che’s expression remained indifferent, but his gaze could not hide a sense of gravity.

Though he had lingered at the early stage of Tribulation Crossing for a long time, facing this newly advanced Yin Tianshou, he felt an inexplicable pressure.

It was a kind of domineering sword Dao, an aura that transcended all beings, and they were once fellow cultivators of the same era, quite familiar, and even friends on the path of immortality.

”Yin Tianshou.”

Yan Che’s calm voice was like thunder, echoing through the sea of swords and stars, his eyes brimming with battle intent, ”Do you need time to stabilize your realm?”

”Never needed it, not then, not now.”

Yin Tianshou’s words carried endless coldness, even a hint of disdain in his eyes, ”But the matter between us can wait, I have more important things to attend to.”

Both held esteemed positions and immense power, their confrontation would undoubtedly stir a great calamity between heaven and earth, a battle between Tribulation Crossing would be a great tribulation of the world!

The cultivators dared not approach, only watching from afar, awed by the might of the two Tribulation Crossing Venerables.

In this grand sea of swords and stars, their presence seemed capable of shaking the entire Mengmu Sea Region, the waves below roared to the heavens, terrifying beyond measure.

As the sword light and the palace’s pressure intertwined, the world seemed to pause for a moment, then with a thunderous roar, two powerful laws suddenly collided.

Yan Che looked up, sneering coldly, ”Is it that cultivator named Chen Xun? I once spared him for your sake, but now that he’s dead, he’s useless. Don’t let me look down on you.”

”Heh,” Yin Tianshou sneered.

”Yin Tianshou, after all these years, you’re still the same, it’s so disappointing. A mere boundary creature has become an obstacle to your Dao heart, haha...”

Yan Che laughed, his gaze full of disdain, coldly saying, ”Truly absurd, you dare call yourself a cultivator? Even now that you’ve advanced to Tribulation Crossing, you still put a boundary junior first, pathetic!”

”If I had known, I should have personally come to slay that boundary creature named Chen Xun back then. Now that he’s dead, perhaps it will allow you to fight without restraint?”

”Presumptuous!”

”Yin Tianshou, postpone this battle? Impossible! Let me see how much spirit you have left from the past. If you lose, I will personally flatten the Immaculate Immortal Ridge for you.”

Yan Che smiled arrogantly, his eyes filled with unmatched pride, ”We’ve awaited this battle for a long time, come!”

Boom!

Before his words fell, suddenly a divine light of the Five Elements charged towards the Kylin he sat upon, but was struck down in mid-air, and at this moment, the world fell silent.

Venerable Yan Che’s arrogant smile froze on his face, frowning as he looked at the small figure he had overlooked.

The cultivators from the palace who accompanied him all glanced sideways, a hint of shock in their eyes... and a look as if seeing a dead man.

Even Yin Tianshou’s expression changed slightly, truly not expecting this seemingly honest late-stage Transformation cultivator to dare make a move at this moment, comparable to his own madness back then...

”You, dare, to desecrate the Dao Ancestor’s grave?”

Mo Fuyang’s deep voice echoed, his eyes turning blood-red, facing the Tribulation Crossing Venerable directly, ”Such a monumental karma, can you, a mere Tribulation Crossing cultivator, bear it?!”

Rumble—

Can you, a mere Tribulation Crossing cultivator, bear it?!

This voice spread throughout the world, the qi of the Five Elements surging like a war drum, stirring the souls of every cultivator in all directions, all staring in shock at this scene.

Even Ji Yan, far on the island’s peak, rarely showed a change in expression, a hint of indescribable shock in his eyes.

This ordinary steward he had overlooked dared to rebuke the Tribulation Crossing Venerable of the palace with a Transformation body!

Qian Shan, who had his arms crossed, also lowered them at this moment, gazing deeply at that small figure, eyes filled with admiration, remembering this person.

In the distant sky.

Yan Che no longer had that arrogant demeanor, as if he had been acting to provoke Yin Tianshou earlier.

His expression suddenly became extremely serious, feeling a sudden sense of unease.