Immortal of the Nine Realms

Elder Su saw the strong determination in Zhang Xiaoke’s eyes. She remained silent for a moment, then finally said softly, ”From today onwards, you are no longer a disciple of the Spirit Beast Valley, and I am no longer your master.”

Zhang Xiaoke clasped his hands in salute.

Yu Yuefan smiled. ”Elder Su, this decision is most wise.” He then looked toward Fang Chen and the rest. ”None of them will leave Heavenly Southern Sect alive today.” Yu Yuefan turned to Jin Nan now, a smile on his face. ”Elder Jin Nan, I know you fear whoever is behind him, but you can’t underestimate our sect either.”

Exasperated, Jin Nan sighed, waved his hand, and stood aside without saying another word. ”I’m not getting involved in any of this.”

Everyone knew that what would follow would be an extremely exciting battle. It was just unknown how many moves the new sect master of Qingzhou Sword would be able to take from Yu Yuefan before he fell.

When Daoist Ya and the others learned that this was Fang Chen, their anticipation died down; there wasn’t much to watch if this wasn’t the sword cultivator, after all.

They were sure that Fang Chen was in the Qi Refining Realm. What other outcome could come out of a battle between someone at the Qi Refining Realm and another at the Foundation Building Realm?

Yu Yuefan smiled. ”Will you try to kill me with your sword the same way you killed Junior Brother Feng?”

”Yes.” Fang Chen nodded with a smile.

Little Sword turned into a lightning bolt and shot toward Yu Yuefan.

Faint disdain appeared in Yu Yuefan’s eyes as majestic spiritual energy surged out, condensing into a barrier around him.

Little Sword easily pierced through the barrier and plunged into Yu Yuefan.

Puff!

Yu Yuefan’s face contorted with astonishment and disbelief as a bright red flower of blood bloomed out of his back, it exploded with a splatter, dying the floor red.

Leaving, Little Sword made a turnaround and pierced into Yu Yuefan once more, from the back.

Splurt!

Another flower of crimson rose.

Yu Yuefan tottered in disbelief, the astonishment on his face even more palpable by the second.

Little Sword weaved in and out of him, as though it was a needle sewing a tattered garment.

As it continued to drill in and out of his body, the barrier formed by his rich and majestic spiritual energy became as fragile as tofu.

The disciples of the Heavenly Southern Sect were dumbfounded.

”Senior Brother Yu!”

Zhang Xiaoke’s eyes flickered with horror. ”This...”

Ever since he became a cultivator, Zhang Xiaoke had gained a good understanding of how powerful Foundation Building cultivators were—to him, one became a true Immortal when they entered the Foundation Building Realm.

He had even mentally prepared himself to die in battle alongside Fang Chen. But it came as a huge surprise to him that even a Foundation Building Realm cultivator was powerless in front of Fang Chen!

Xia Yu let out a gasp. ”How’s this possible?” He stared blankly at the dying Yu Yuefan, wondering if he had fallen into an illusion of sorts.

Was all of this real?

The spiritual energy barrier of Yu Yuefan, the distinguished senior brother of the Heavenly Southern Sect, and the most talented junior of the empire, didn’t stand a chance against Fang Chen’s sword?

Xia Yu wasn’t the only one stunned, all of the Foundation Building Realm cultivators around carried similar faces full of shock, astonishment, and disbelief.

The sixth king’s face had turned somber a long time ago. When his eyes drifted from Yu Yuefan to Fang Chen, who was standing calmly with his hands clasped behind his back, terror flashed within them.

Daoist Ya’s hands and feet had turned ice cold. ”Is he... is he really that sword cultivator?” He was just as confused as the rest.

Beads of sweat rolled down the sixth princess’s forehead. ”Fang Chen is this powerful?”

If it weren’t for the fact that Pancake Zhang had just spoken with Fang Chen, she would have really doubted whether the man in the silver mask in front of her was really Fang Chen!

The most shocked of them all was Jin Nan. When he and Abbess Zhu Yue teamed up to kill a Spirit Blood Sect Foundation Building Realm cultivator, Fang Chen helped them, but he didn’t do anything out of the ordinary.

If there was anything that slightly surprised him at the time, it was the fact that Fang Chen had been able to find where the corpse bead was inside the Spirit Blood Sect cultivator. Other than that, Fang Chen didn’t seem much different from an ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivator in his eyes.

But now Fang Chen’s sword was easily able to pierce through a Foundation Building expert’s spiritual energy barrier? How was that possible?

All of that happened in the blink of an eye. It wasn’t until Yu Yuefan uttered a painful grunt that the Foundation Building Realm cultivators of the Heavenly Southern Sect finally reacted.

”Stop it!” shouted a Foundation Building Realm cultivator as he immediately summoned his treasure to attack Fang Chen.

A trace of silver light flashed and the cultivator’s treasure shattered into pieces, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood from the damage to his treasure. His face contorted in pain.

Little Sword returned and hovered in the air in front of Fang Chen. There wasn’t a single stain of blood on its blade.

Yu Yuefan fell to the ground, pale. His body and face were covered in a mixture of sweat and blood. He cut an incredibly sorry figure. His lips quivered from the pain as he lay sprawled, his frame littered with dozens of open wounds.

The disciples around were beside themselves with shock. Was that still their eldest senior brother?

Fang Chen smiled. ”I thought you were going to kill me?”

”Pfft!” Yu Yuefan spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes full of resentment as he stared at Fang Chen, but within that resentment, there was also a hint of confusion.

How?

He was clearly a Foundation Building Realm cultivator, so why could Fang Chen’s sword break through his spiritual barrier so easily?

Yan Ruyue looked at the once proud, but now broken, genius, knowing that he had lost all hope of reaching higher realms. Even if he didn’t die today, he’d probably end up stuck at the early stage of Foundation Building Realm for the rest of his life.

”Yu Yuefan has been crippled....”

With that in mind, Yan Ruyue’s eyes turned to Fang Chen, awe-filled.

”Breaking through all laws with a sword...” muttered Daoist Ya. “He’s really a sword cultivator....”

A sword cultivator?

Those who didn’t know suddenly had a change in their expressions, as though they had been struck by a thought, a thought that left their hearts chilly.

Yes! A sword cultivator!

Daoist Ya’s words were like a revelation, finally making them understand why they felt such suffocating pressure from Fang Chen’s sword!

That was the sword of a sword cultivator!

A sword capable of breaking through all laws!

”May I ask if you are the sword cultivator who killed the lord of Passing Dragon Island with a single sword strike in Spirit Void City?” asked a Foundation Building Realm cultivator as he clasped his fist, his face somber.

”Killed the Passing Dragon Island Lord with a single sword strike?”

Many Foundation Building Realm cultivators were shocked. When did such a major event ever happen? Why hadn’t they heard of this before?

Who was the Passing Dragon Island Lord? That was a late-stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator from the Sea Dragon Sect, an unparalleled powerhouse!

Gritting his teeth, Zhong Yue thought, Fuck it, I’ll just go all in!

Knowing that today he could only advance or retreat with Fang Chen, he said in a loud, deep voice, ”Yes, our sect leader has killed the Passing Dragon Island Lord with a single sword strike!”

The plaza fell silent.

Eyes filled with astonishment, fear, and shock converged on Fang Chen. The others were still okay, but for the likes of Elder Su and the rest who had met Fang Chen before, besides being shocked, they were also confused.

How was it possible that Fang Chen had gained such extraordinary abilities since they had last met him?

They couldn’t help but think back to that day when that Daoist appeared and suppressed them all with his aura alone, to the point where they couldn’t even raise their heads.

”So his inheritance... was that of a sword cultivator....”

”He killed... a late-stage Foundation Building Realm cultivator?”

Yu Yuefan stared at Fang Chen in a daze, then suddenly burst into mad laughter. ”You killed the Passing Dragon Island Lord?! Did you know that Immortal Sea Dragon is here today?!”

Upon his reminder, everyone immediately remembered the face. Their expressions changed rapidly. Even if the sword cultivator was strong, he probably wasn’t a match for the Golden Core Realm ancestor, right?