Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”What a bunch of idiots! Cowards!”

Seeing that a mere glare from Yang Xiao had scared the two great sects into inaction, Xuan Tianxin was in a foul mood.

He was even starting to regret acting so decisively against the Pure Yang Ancestor. If he hadn’t, his current situation wouldn’t be so awkward.

Now he had to be on guard against both Yang Xiao and Master Pure Yang.

’Am I still going to fail today?’

Xuan Tianxin was unreconciled to the situation.

He couldn’t help but glance at the blood-red silhouette in the distance—Xue Yi.

But he immediately shook his head. ’No, I can’t have Xue Yi make a move. Once he does, Zhan’Er will have no support left in the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion. I’ve already gone so far as to use a Desolate Divine Fruit for these preparations. If I can’t help Zhan’Er succeed, what’s the point in killing these two here?’

In the end, Xuan Tianxin felt he should prioritize the bigger picture.

Since that was the case, then…

’I’ll force their hand!’

Xuan Tianxin’s gaze turned cold and sharp.

”Everyone, the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion will be opening soon! As far as I know, this brat has a Northern Wilderness Sword Order on him. Oh, wait, it should be two. The one from the Sword Casting Sect should be on him as well. And with the one from the Pure Yang Sword Sect, that makes three in total.”

”Don’t you want them?”

The moment he said this,

the upper echelons of the other Five Great Sects—everyone except the Profound Celestial Sect, including the traitors from the Pure Yang Sword Sect—were suddenly energized, as if they’d been shot full of adrenaline.

They grew excited.

The Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.

The Northern Wilderness Sword Order.

These represented a heaven-sent opportunity.

A single Northern Wilderness Sword Order could grant ten young people under the age of thirty entry into the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion.

Every extra spot meant another ray of hope, and perhaps even another reward to be reaped.

The Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion, which only opened once every thousand years, was filled with countless treasures.

Incredible Cultivation Techniques, Divine Power Secret Skills, rare flowers and Exotic Fruits, and even Miracle Pills—it had everything one could imagine.

Who wouldn’t want a piece of that?

But with only ten slots per Northern Wilderness Sword Order, no single sect could gain much of an advantage, especially since the Profound Celestial Sect held even more.

But if they could snatch the ones Yang Xiao held…

...that would change everything.

And so, with Xuan Tianxin’s words, everyone was filled with desire.

Some of them even seemed to go mad.

They charged toward Yang Xiao.

Seeing this,

Yang Xiao was momentarily stunned, but then he began to laugh. ”It seems I’ve underestimated the value of these Northern Wilderness Sword Orders. Since they’re so wonderful, I won’t be polite. I’ll gladly take all of yours.”

He gave a faint smile.

He had finally chosen his target.

The Six Yang Sect, the weakest of the bunch.

With a flash, Yang Xiao’s figure appeared

in the direction of the Six Yang Sect. This was also, coincidentally, where the Pure Yang Ancestor was located. If he let them be, their first target wouldn’t be him.

It would be the Pure Yang Ancestor and Yang Ziling.

Yang Xiao naturally wouldn’t give them that chance, lest Xuan Tianxin, who was watching like a hawk, find an opening to exploit.

He raised his hand.

And brought his sword down in a single slash.

The Vibrating Sword Wave shot out.

In an instant,

wherever the Sword Wave passed, all matter—save for the durable Storage Rings—was reduced to dust.

”Weak. Far too weak. There wasn’t even a single Martial Saint among them.”

Yang Xiao slashed three times.

He slaughtered all one hundred-plus members of the Six Yang Sect.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

And just like that, it was done.

And just as Yang Xiao had said, the people from the Six Yang Sect were too weak.

They had no Martial Saints.

Only two Half-Step Martial Saints.

They were no match for him at all.

They couldn’t even block the first strike of his Vibrating Sword Wave.

Even if there were any fish that slipped through the net, the second strike wiped them all out.

It was utterly boring.

But while Yang Xiao found it boring,

the members of the other sects were scared stiff.

Even the Pure Yang Ancestor was somewhat stunned.

Although he had witnessed the power of Yang Xiao’s Vibrating Sword Wave before, he had never seen how terrifying it was when used against a group. He had only thought it was an exceptionally powerful Swordsmanship.

But looking at it now...

it was far beyond just ’powerful.’

This was simply a massacre.

One slash,

and over a hundred people died.

And these were the elites of a sect, most of them experts at or above the Martial Grandmaster realm.

Dead, just like that.

Even the worldly and experienced Pure Yang Ancestor felt a chill in his heart.

’This… these methods… I doubt even the Evil Sword of old was capable of this. For a killer of this magnitude to appear in our Celestial Cloud Region… is it a blessing or a curse?’

Master Pure Yang muttered.

Meanwhile, Yang Xiao used his swiftest Body Technique and speed to collect the Storage Rings from the ground.

He paid special attention to Zhang Baxian’s Storage Ring.

That pathetic fellow had also been a Half-Step Martial Saint, but unfortunately, he was leagues below the Half-Step Martial Saint from the Sword Casting Sect.

He hadn’t even been able to escape the Sword Wave.

Then there was their ancestor. Though he was a bit stronger,

he had been the target of Yang Xiao’s special attention.

He, too, died in a single hit.

It was appallingly easy.

”Just as I thought, another one. Haha, these Tokens are so easy to come by.”

Yang Xiao laughed smugly.

The members of the other five sects, however, felt their scalps tingle with fear.

They wanted to retreat,

but didn’t dare.

Because Xuan Tianxin was still watching them.

While they hesitated,

Yang Xiao had already finished collecting his spoils of war. With a flash,

he appeared before the Sword and Saber Alliance.

This time, he only swung his sword once.

The hundred-plus members of the Sword and Saber Alliance

were all wiped out.

At this,

the remaining Four Great Sects went into an uproar.

Even the people from the Profound Celestial Sect

began to fall back,

no longer caring about their ancestor, Xuan Tianxin, who stood to the side with a grim expression, saying nothing.

But unfortunately for them, no matter how fast they fled,

they weren’t as fast as Yang Xiao could kill.

Case in point: the moment Snow Moon Manor started to flee,

chaos erupted in their ranks.

Yang Xiao seized the opportunity.

Although it took some effort, after three to five slashes,

they too were wiped clean.

In an instant, the once-mighty Six Sects alliance had been reduced to just three.

Of those remaining, the Ice Profound Sect huddled together,

their expressions rigid as they formed a defensive posture.

The members of the Profound Celestial Sect had already hidden behind their ancestor, Xuan Tianxin.

As for the remaining Pure Yang Sword Sect,

they were in the most awkward position of all.

However, they were also decisive.

Just as Yang Xiao’s gaze was about to sweep over and mark them as his fourth target,

the two men in the lead hesitated for a moment before finally stepping forward.

THUMP.

They knelt before the Pure Yang Ancestor.

”Master, we were wrong! We shouldn’t have been swayed by petty gains. We beg you to spare our lives, Master!”

They didn’t plead with Yang Xiao.

Instead, they begged the Pure Yang Ancestor.

Clearly, they had a firm grasp of the Pure Yang Ancestor’s temperament.

The old man was fierce and dedicated to the greater good, but he was also a soft touch.

This was especially true for them, as he had raised them himself.

Their bond wasn’t just that of master and disciple; it was like that of a father and his sons.

The two of them believed that if they just begged the Pure Yang Ancestor, he would surely soften.

And sure enough,

seeing his two disciples kneeling and begging for mercy,

the old man, whose heart had just been like dead embers, began to waver.

This time, however, he didn’t make the decision on his own.

Instead, he looked toward Yang Xiao,

as if asking for his opinion.

Yang Xiao gave a cold laugh and walked over.

He failed to notice, however, that in the distance, a blood-red figure was staring at him—or more precisely, at the Bloodthirsty Sword in his hand, which was continuously absorbing Essence Qi and souls—with an inexplicably fervent gaze.

There seemed to be shock in that gaze, and a hint of disbelief.

There was also a trace of some other, unidentifiable emotion within it.

This person was none other than Xue Yi.