Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

Yang Ziling’s sword was fast.

Extremely fast.

Even Yang Xiao couldn’t help but be startled as he watched her strike at Wang Xiyan, sword stroke after sword stroke.

That speed was nothing like what a woman at the Peak of Innate Realm Third Layer, not even twenty years old, should be able to display.

But when his gaze unintentionally fell upon the hand Yang Ziling used to grip her sword, he suddenly understood.

That hand.

It didn’t look like the hand of an ordinary woman. The area between her thumb and forefinger was covered in a thick layer of calluses. At the same time, her forearm was also somewhat thicker and sturdier than that of a typical woman.

Full of power.

’This girl... she’s really a fool. She must have been practicing with the sword for at least ten years, right?’

Yang Xiao’s heart sank slightly.

Only by practicing with the sword day in and day out for a decade could one develop such thick calluses and arms like those.

One had to understand that in a Martial Cultivator’s journey, after the Martial Disciple stage of cultivating blood and qi, promotion to Martial Artist would generate Inner Breath. Afterward, the Inner Breath would become True Qi, then Innate True Qi, then Gang Qi...

Without exception, all these forms of qi would have a tempering effect on one’s flesh, blood, muscles, and bones.

If it weren’t for ascetic training from a young age, for excessive, grueling practice, with Yang Ziling’s Innate Realm strength, her arms would never have developed such a deformity.

Her palms would never have formed such thick calluses.

And that was why Yang Ziling’s sword was so fast.

So fast that Wang Xiyan, who was at the Innate Eighth Layer and had cultivated a Thunder Element Minor Divine Technique, was having trouble reacting and was completely unable to launch a counterattack.

She could only rely on her Thunder True Qi to protect herself.

She was completely suppressed by Yang Ziling’s sword.

But Yang Xiao knew this was only temporary.

No matter how fast or strong Yang Ziling’s sword was, breaking through Wang Xiyan’s True Qi defenses would be difficult. Very difficult.

On the contrary, the moment her sword slowed down, Wang Xiyan would likely find an opportunity to injure her in a single blow.

After all, no matter how fast Yang Ziling’s sword was, the gap in their cultivation was several layers wide—from the Innate Third Layer to the Innate Eighth Realm.

The difference in power between them was at least thirty-fold.

A single strike.

Just one strike was probably all Wang Xiyan needed to kill Yang Ziling.

’If I do nothing now, then when that time comes, it’ll be my turn to die.’

Yang Xiao gave a cold smirk.

Immediately after, he stopped watching the battle.

Instead, he took out a fiery red Inner Core.

The Inner Core of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast.

He had already consumed the Divine Communication Grass, but not enough time had passed. For now, his Spiritual Power had only recovered to the level of Observing Micro Initial Stage. To recover to the period where he was near the Peak of Observing Micro Initial Stage would take several days at least.

It was impossible for it to instantly boost Yang Xiao’s strength.

But this Inner Core of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast could.

As long as he consumed this Inner Core, the Heaven and Earth Origin Fire within his body could break through and reach the Orange Flame Realm. At that point, his strength would undergo a qualitative leap.

However, an Inner Core was different from Spirit Medicine; it couldn’t be consumed directly.

Especially since this Inner Core also contained six drops of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast’s Lifebound Blood—a substance infinitely close to true Qilin True Blood.

Yang Xiao needed to refine it.

He had to turn the six drops of Lifebound Blood into genuine Qilin True Blood.

When the time came, he would cultivate a Divine Technique that had once been optional, but was now a necessity.

Supreme True Body.

’Once I’ve cultivated the Supreme True Body, if I can successfully cultivate the Qilin True Body in the future, I might just be able to resurrect the Earth Fire Qilin Beast!’

That’s right, Supreme True Body was a dime-a-dozen Great Divine Technique.

But no matter how common it was, it was still a Great Divine Technique.

And its potential was extraordinary.

It was just that cultivating it was extremely difficult.

Previously, Yang Xiao had no reason and no desire to cultivate this Great Divine Technique. But now, for the sake of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast, he was willing.

’I’ll just consider this repaying it for saving my life.’

A debt for saving one’s life must be repaid with a life.

The Earth Fire Qilin Beast had died for him. Therefore, Yang Xiao felt that only by bringing it back to life could he truly repay its kindness.

So, at this moment when he had to use the Earth Fire Qilin Beast’s Inner Core, Yang Xiao naturally made his decision.

And because of that, he had to be even more careful in handling the Inner Core and Essence Blood before him.

All of this would take time.

’I hope Yang Ziling can hold on long enough for me.’

Of course, Yang Xiao could also ignore all this, perform a simple refinement on the Essence Blood and Inner Core, and just swallow them.

To achieve his breakthrough.

But if he did that, it would be extremely difficult for him to ever cultivate the Qilin True Body.

Therefore, Yang Xiao had to take this risk.

If he wasn’t even willing to risk this much for the Earth Fire Qilin Beast, he wouldn’t be able to live with himself.

It was just like before, when after seizing the Divine Communication Grass, he couldn’t bring himself to do any more harm to it.

One should never push things to the absolute extreme.

One’s Dao should never be fully exhausted.

Yang Xiao understood this point deeply.

But Yang Ziling was also currently fighting with her life on the line.

Yang Xiao had to speed up.

His hands suddenly began to move in a blur of gestures, and his Spiritual Power was pushed to its absolute limit.

Without the Divine Communication Grass, his Divine Soul, which had just suffered a massive blow, would absolutely have been unable to withstand this level of operation and would likely have collapsed directly.

But with the Divine Communication Grass, not only did Yang Xiao’s Divine Soul not collapse, it actually began to absorb the medicinal effects of the grass even faster.

Yang Xiao’s Spiritual Power was strengthening with every passing moment.

At this rate, it was several times faster than natural recovery, but the consumption was also somewhat greater.

But now was not the time to worry about such things.

...

”Slowing down? Running out of steam?”

Just as Yang Xiao began refining the Qilin True Blood and handling the Inner Core of the Earth Fire Qilin Beast...

Yang Ziling’s assault, which had been like a raging tempest, gradually weakened by a fraction.

Though it was only a fraction, the highly perceptive Wang Xiyan noticed it immediately.

”Hmph. How much energy do you think it takes to kill you?”

Yang Ziling snorted coldly.

The sword in her hand sped up again.

But this time, it was clear she was lacking stamina.

Wang Xiyan smiled.

’This woman actually managed to push me this far.’

’That’s pretty impressive.’

’She must be quite the genius in the Pure Yang Sword Sect.’

’What a pity.’

’She ran into me.’

’My own Martial Dao talent isn’t anything special.’

’But luckily, I was chosen by the Young Master.’

’I was taught an Immortal Dao Profound Technique. Cultivating an Immortal Dao Profound Technique, compared to the Martial Dao, is not only much more powerful, but the cultivation speed is also significantly faster.’

Take the Martial Dao, for instance. From tempering one’s blood and qi, to generating Inner Breath, to refining True Qi, and then finally reaching the Innate Realm.

You have to condense your power step by step, constantly refining it.

But not with Immortal Dao Profound Techniques.

They use external force to directly open one’s Spiritual Acupoints, establish the Sea of Consciousness and Qi Sea, draw the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into the body, and condense the True Seed of the Immortal Dao.

Under this form of cultivation, which was almost equivalent to cheating, Wang Xiyan had only taken ten years to reach Innate Realm Eighth Layer.

And she had even mastered a Thunder Element Mystic Skill.

Therefore, Wang Xiyan was born looking down on these Martial Cultivators.

Because they were just too stupid.

It wasn’t just her; her Young Master and everyone around her who practiced the Immortal Dao felt the same way.

And now, a lowly Martial Cultivator had pushed her into such a state.

In that case!

She had only one path: death.

However, Wang Xiyan was no fool. Ever since Yang Ziling’s sword had nearly severed her neck, she had been waiting.

Waiting for this woman to run out of strength.

And then, kill her!