Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”Evil Sword! You are the Evil Sword Inheritor!”

At this moment, Qinghan Venerable had lost all of his usual composure and arrogance, a deep terror hidden in his eyes.

Although he hadn’t personally experienced the great catastrophe from three hundred years ago, his father and grandfather had, and both had perished in it.

Therefore, having grown up hearing the tales from his elders, Qinghan Venerable was even more terrified of that catastrophe.

His fear was no less than that of Yun Aotian, who had actually lived through it. In fact, his fear was even greater, born from the unknown.

”Evil Sword? What the hell is that?”

Yang Xiao was taken aback for a moment.

The longsword in his hand, however, pulsed with a crimson glow.

If one’s Spiritual Power reached the Void Observation Realm, they could ”see” an aura formed from Essence Blood and soul emanating from the five corpses. This aura was being drawn into the longsword in Yang Xiao’s hand.

With each wisp that drained away, the five corpses shriveled further.

The effect was the same as the Blood Sacrifice Technique Yang Xiao had used before, only far more terrifying.

This was because he didn’t need to make physical contact.

Any living being slain by the Bloodthirsty Sword would have everything devoured—flesh, Essence Qi, even their soul and spirit would become nourishment for the Sword Spirit.

This was the first special property of Yang Xiao’s Lifebound Magical Artifact after it advanced into a Spirit Weapon.

Devour.

’But what the hell does this have to do with some ”Evil Sword” or ”Evil Sword Inheritor”?’

’I clearly refined this Spirit Weapon myself using the Blood Sacrifice Technique. I just got lucky and managed to integrate the Blood Sacrifice Secret Pattern into it.’

’These ignorant fools.’

Yang Xiao inwardly scorned them.

Meanwhile, Lu Fangliang began to explain, ”Brother Yang, the Evil Sword they’re talking about refers to a powerful heretic expert from three hundred years ago. This person refined their sword with blood and sought to prove their Dao through slaughter. In the end, they devolved into a fiend that knew only how to kill, embarking on a massive rampage. The Nine Great Sects were nearly annihilated; even the Profound Celestial Sect was brought to the brink of destruction.”

”If the patriarch of the Pure Yang Sword Sect hadn’t come out of seclusion to forcefully slay him, the Profound Celestial Sect would probably be nothing but a memory. But the patriarch of the Pure Yang Sword Sect was severely wounded in the process, his Primordial Qi grievously damaged!”

At this, Lu Fangliang shot a disdainful glance at Yun Aotian’s group and said sarcastically, ”If not for that, how would the Profound Celestial Sect dare to oppose the Pure Yang Sword Sect? During the last Nine Sects Grand Competition, they resorted to treachery and directly slew the Pure Yang Sword Sect’s Junior Sect Leader and several True Disciples. Truly, what fine methods!”

”From the sound of it, the Profound Celestial Sect is truly shameless. Ungrateful, repaying kindness with malice... but that’s to be expected. They’re Immortal Cultivators, after all. They’ve never cared for things like honor. Of course they’d pull something like this.”

”Isn’t that the truth?”

The two went back and forth, and everything they said was true.

Their words made Yun Aotian’s and Qinghan Venerable’s faces turn pale, then livid with rage.

As lofty seniors, beings who stood at the apex of the Celestial Cloud Region, they were being lectured by two young brats, not even twenty years old. To them, these two were nothing more than children.

It was an unbearable humiliation.

But both of them, Lu Fangliang and Yang Xiao, were far from being mere children. Though young, their power was astounding.

With just two arrows, Lu Fangliang had killed five men and nearly grievously wounded Yun Aotian.

Yang Xiao had casually thrust out his sword five times and likewise killed five people.

And the circumstances of their deaths were so bizarre.

Therefore, even though Yun Aotian and Qinghan Venerable were seething with indignation, they didn’t dare to act rashly, unable to gauge Yang Xiao’s true strength.

They could only swallow their anger.

They didn’t dare take the risk.

The longer one lives, the more one fears death.

This saying was a perfect description of men like them.

”They’re really thick-skinned. Even after all that, they haven’t reacted. It looks like these Profound Celestial Sect people are beyond saving. Brother Lu, just wait a moment. Once I’ve killed these three shameless dogs, I’ll refine an Essence Pill for you. I guarantee that after you take it, you’ll be back on your feet and good as new.”

Yang Xiao was rendered speechless.

He had been taunting the Profound Celestial Sect to bait them into attacking first out of anger, giving him an opening. But he hadn’t expected them to have such self-control.

’In that case, enough talk. Time to act!’

As soon as the words left his mouth, Yang Xiao raised his sword.

His figure blurred.

He unleashed a single sword strike.

His target was the last remaining expert from the Profound Celestial Sect—not Yun Aotian or Qinghan Venerable, but the Tier Seven Martial Saint who was trembling in terror.

This sword strike erupted with a bloody light, yet it was also speckled with brilliant starlight.

It was none other than Yang Xiao’s First Sword Technique: Meteor Fall.

Through his recent enlightenment, Yang Xiao had not only fully comprehended the Star Secret Pattern from the Star Hand Seal, but had also integrated it into his True Greater Yang Fire, bringing it to a whole new level and drastically increasing its power.

Moreover, his understanding of Meteor Fall had also deepened, making it even more powerful.

He had also comprehended a new Body Technique in the process.

Yang Xiao had named it Star Flash.

It was the same Body Technique he had just used to kill the others.

A flash of movement.

As swift as starlight.

By the time you saw the light, he was already upon you, his sword striking his foe.

BANG!

The man exploded into a shower of gore.

The Essence Blood and soul within were devoured completely by the Bloodthirsty Sword.

His figure flashed again.

He activated Star Flash once more.

This time, Yang Xiao appeared directly in front of Qinghan Venerable.

Only then did the top expert of the Profound Celestial Sect—a True Tier Ninth Layer cultivator, equivalent to a Tier Nine Martial Saint—finally react.

’Fast!’

’Too fast.’

’Yang Xiao’s speed was so incredible that he couldn’t even react in time.’

In the blink of an eye, he had killed a man and was now pointing his sword at him.

”If I weren’t injured, how could I possibly allow you to act so brazenly? If you have any guts, wait ten days. Once I’ve recovered to my peak, we can have a fair fight. Do you dare?”

Though startled, Qinghan Venerable’s face was grim as he spoke, refusing to admit defeat.

”Haha! Could you possibly be any more shameless? Wait ten days? I’m afraid in ten days, I wouldn’t be able to find a trace of you. Besides, you’re a True Tier Ninth Layer Immortal Cultivator, on par with a Tier Nine Martial Saint, fighting a junior like me who’s only at the Martial Grandmaster Peak of Third Layer. And you’re asking *me* for a fair fight? How ridiculous is that?”

Yang Xiao burst into wild laughter, a laugh that made Qinghan Venerable’s face flush with color and then drain completely.

Unable to bear it any longer, he stopped talking and thrust out a palm. It transformed into a Cyan Nether Ice Palm Seal that shot toward Yang Xiao.

Shamelessly, he aimed the palm strike at a point between Yang Xiao and Lu Fangliang. If Yang Xiao were to dodge, the attack would inevitably strike Lu Fangliang.

He was forcing Yang Xiao to take the blow head-on.

”Pathetic little tricks!”

With his Spiritual Power at the Observing Micro Peak, Yang Xiao easily saw through the man’s scheme. But he remained unfazed, raising the Bloodthirsty Sword once more.

He instantly unleashed a Meteor Fall.

Countless rays of bloody light and starlight converged, forming massive stars that descended with crushing force. They utterly shattered the full-power attack from the expert equivalent to a Tier Nine Martial Saint.

’If I hadn’t comprehended the Second Layer of the Star Secret Pattern, I might have actually had trouble dealing with that attack. But now? You dare make an enemy of me, Yang Xiao, with just this level of power?’

Yang Xiao snorted coldly in his mind.

But the longsword in his hand did not pause.

SWISH.

His figure flashed.

He used Star Flash once more.

A single sword strike.

It pierced Qinghan Venerable’s throat.

And so, the existence on par with a Tier Nine Martial Saint Level, the genius from the Profound Celestial Sect with the greatest hope of breaking through to a higher realm—Qinghan Venerable—died on the spot.

His fate was to become nourishment for the Bloodthirsty Sword.

What a miserable end!