Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1274: Chapter 1270: Replacement

The sky was filled with Sword Qi, crisscrossing to form a Sword Net, enveloping Zhuo Yifan.

Chu Zhiyuan, however, stood far away, outside the Sword Net, observing and evaluating.

Simultaneously, Chu Liezhao stood atop a mountain peak, with the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror in his palm.

The Heavenly Illusion Pavilion flickered atop the mountain, covering an area of two miles in radius.

Zhu Lingyun stood not far away, eyes slightly narrowed, concealing his aura.

Leng Tieya stood on the other side of Zhuo Yifan, his aura blending seamlessly with the surroundings, the speed of operating the Great Heavenly Demon Scripture increasing rapidly.

The Great Heavenly Demon Scripture was in fact smoother and faster to cultivate than in the Demon World.

This scripture was also a Spirit Secret Technique, focusing primarily on cultivating spiritual power.

The spiritual power within You Meng Heaven was much richer compared to the Demon World, at least ten times the difference, he estimated.

It turned out this place was the true sacred ground for cultivating the Great Heavenly Demon Scripture, far surpassing the Demon World.

In the future, this will be the place for cultivation.

As time passed, Chu Zhiyuan noticed Zhuo Yifan’s Sword Posture suddenly slowed down.

In the next moment, a light flashed.

Two beams of light instantly struck him.

One was the Swift Light Sword.

The other was the Golden Sword.

The two swords struck him almost simultaneously.

”Bang! Bang!”

With muffled sounds, a brilliant light erupted around him, and a Seven-colored Light Shield appeared.

He was inside the light shield, and the two swords were blocked outside.

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow, forming a handprint with both hands.

The aura of Merit and the Demon Suppressing Divine Tree merged, producing an improved Great Demon Suppressing Seal, causing a mass of Golden Light to swiftly fall onto the light shield.

”Pop!”

The Seven-colored Light Shield shook, flickering a few times.

In the next moment, Leng Tieya appeared behind him, piercing the light shield with ease.

The Golden Sword and Swift Light Sword were both incredibly powerful, and the light shield had reached its limit, unable to withstand Leng Tieya’s Flying Scale Sword.

The Flying Scale Sword pierced his chest effortlessly, as if penetrating tofu, easily piercing his heart.

Zhuo Yifan was struck motionless in disbelief, lowering his head to see the sword tip protruding from his chest.

The tip of the Flying Scale Sword was already stained red, still showing layers of scales.

The sword tip suddenly vanished.

Leng Tieya pulled out the Flying Scale Sword, thrusting it into the back of his head, with the sword tip protruding from his forehead.

The sword tip was stained white.

Zhuo Yifan’s eyes had already dimmed, with disbelief still lingering on his face.

A lump of seven-colored light shot out, heading toward the direction of Wanxiang Cliff.

Chu Liezhao stepped forward, blocking the direction of Wanxiang Cliff with a step, shooting Golden Light from the Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror in his hand.

The Golden Light dragged the seven-colored light lump into the mirror.

Zhu Lingyun had already drifted over, his facial features and body form rapidly changing.

In the blink of an eye, another Zhuo Yifan appeared.

The Zhuo Yifan transformed by Zhu Lingyun was almost indistinguishable from the real Zhuo Yifan.

Both in appearance and build, even the birthmarks on his skin, inside and out, were identical.

The Haoyang Demon-suppressing Mirror disappeared from Chu Liezhao’s hand, and with both palms forming handprints, he continuously activated it to purify the soul and extract memories.

Leng Tieya lightly shook the Flying Scale Sword, restoring its bright and flawless state, sheathing it.

Drawing a Light Gate, he stepped into it and disappeared without a trace.

Chu Zhiyuan stood with hands behind his back, observing the changes around Wanxiang Cliff with Insight.

There were no waves within Wanxiang Cliff.

After a quarter of an hour, Chu Liezhao released his handprints and opened his eyes, filled with radiant energy.

The Heavenly Illusion Pavilion vanished within him, and the Swift Light Sword followed suit, diving into his body.

He drew a Light Gate and stepped into it, disappearing from sight.

Chu Zhiyuan transmitted the memories he acquired from Chu Liezhao to Zhu Lingyun.

Zhu Lingyun closed his eyes, with his aura circulating rapidly and climbing, rising again.

In an instant, he was indistinguishable from Zhuo Yifan, with the same aura and demeanor.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

In the next moment, Zhu Lingyun arrived beside the still standing Zhuo Yifan, pried open his right hand, and removed the slightly dimmed Jade Pendant.

As soon as the Jade Pendant was in his hands, its originally dimmed glow brightened once again.

He had completely inherited Zhuo Yifan’s memories, feeling it was a huge pit.

Zhuo Yifan, trapped in the Undying Divine Venerable Realm for ten years, could not bear it and wanted to use an Evil Technique to break through.

Throughout the history of You Meng Heaven, countless have been trapped in the Undying Divine Venerable Realm.

He had only been there for ten years, with forty years left until the age limit of eighty, there was no need to hurry.

But Zhuo Yifan was a prodigy from a young age, progressing quickly through cultivation, breaking into the Undying Divine Venerable from the Divine Venerable with little effort.

Originally, he thought breaking into the Spirit Venerable would not be too difficult, but after ten years, there was no progress.

He saw no hope for a breakthrough, becoming increasingly desperate.

Time and again, his hopes were dashed, and he knew it would be even harder to break through over time.

So he decisively resorted to an Evil Technique.

He intended to use the Divine Communication Spirit Jade acquired by chance, employing the Divine Embryo Technique to descend onto Biyuan Heaven.

After descending, he would use the Heaven Sacrifice Method to obtain a spirit light for the breakthrough.

This Divine Communication Spirit Jade could not only transfer most of his power to Biyuan Heaven through the Divine Embryo, but also automatically find the best target.

The target was Chu Zhiyuan.

Zhu Lingyun activated a unique Secret Technique to inject power into the Divine Communication Spirit Jade, transferring it to the Divine Embryo in Biyuan Heaven.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Upon activating this Secret Technique, through the Divine Communication Spirit Jade, he sensed the Divine Embryo in Biyuan Heaven.

This meant he could still control the Divine Embryo, much like Zhuo Yifan.

This was crucial for Chu Zhiyuan.

Seeing the situation, Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Zhu Lingyun looked at Zhuo Yifan’s robes, and eventually shook his head, not changing into them.

He turned and drifted toward Wanxiang Cliff, returning to Wanxiang Cliff with ease.

Wanxiang Cliff had the Sect Protection Array, and the Wanxiang Returning to God Technique aura on him passed through the array freely, returning to Zhuo Yifan’s small courtyard.

After returning to the small courtyard, he changed into a Mystic Robe Zhuo Yifan usually favored, pacing with hands behind his back, activating the Divine Communication Spirit Jade.

Chu Zhiyuan, after a flash as he relocated back to the small courtyard of the Heavenly Sword Branch, was also keeping an eye on Zhu Lingyun’s situation.

At this time, Leng Tieya had returned to You Meng Heaven.

He found a remote, desolate mountain forest, dug a Cave Mansion, sealed the entrance, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.

Cultivating in You Meng Heaven was far superior to the Demon World.

Chu Zhiyuan flashed before the Undying Evil Venerable Statue.

Looking at the statue, he felt inexplicably odd, feeling the impermanence of human affairs.

The Undying Evil Venerable did not give him any sense of danger at this time.

Instead, it felt inexplicably strange.

He put away the Binding Dragon Rope.

The once dim Seven-colored Light Pillar instantly brightened, and the light within the Undying Evil Venerable Statue flickered and slowed.

The speed at which it absorbed power suddenly increased, giving him a sense of impending storm.

The power of the Undying Evil Venerable Statue was rapidly skyrocketing.

Chu Zhiyuan’s spirit was invigorated.

Through Zhu Lingyun’s sensing, the Divine Embryo was almost ready to be born.

It was the first time Zhuo Yifan used the Divine Communication Spirit Jade, so Zhu Lingyun’s memory lacked experience in this aspect, only a vague feeling and speculation, unable to precisely grasp the timing.

He vanished in a flash.

A mile away, Lu Zhenhui and his group turned and glanced over.

A middle-aged man frowned, saying, ”Brother Lu, something doesn’t feel right.”

Lu Zhenhui said, ”You feel it too?”

The young man said, ”It’s more dangerous near the Divine Statue; should we retreat?”

The other six looked over.

”In my opinion, we should retreat first, there’s no need to hold on,” the middle-aged man whispered.

Lu Zhenhui shook his head, ”We have Protective Treasures, so it’s fine.”

”But if...”

”If it really can’t be stopped, then we’ll run for our lives,” Lu Zhenhui said, ”Use the Heavenly Escape Pearl if necessary.”

”Alright, let’s wait then.”