Legend of Swordsman

At this moment, the soul form gazed at the ancient demon outside the city, and a cold feeling spread through his heart.

”There’s no hope left. Next up is the battle between the Ghost Emperor and the ancient

demon. Those two powerful beings from the upper realms are probably just waiting to reap the benefits. How boring!” Zhang Xiansheng sighed deeply.

Miao Renfeng of the Barbarian Lands tribe couldn’t help but mock himself, saying, ”Even that is better than us. At least they still have choices, while we secretly fight among ourselves. In the end, we’re nothing but cannon fodder. After a thousand years of cultivation, our power hasn’t increased, and neither has our wisdom!”

”Hmph, we righteous cultivators...” Hua Xuejian began to speak, but the other two turned their heads away, ignoring him.

There was nothing to discuss between a Divine Aspect cultivator and a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

As the awkward silence lingered, two figures suddenly appeared on the city wall.

They appeared right next to the three but didn’t pay them any attention, their gaze fixed on the outside of the city.

”You... you’re the Ghost Emperor?” Hua Xuejian was startled and pointed at Immortal Jiu Chen’s consciousness manifestation with a cry of surprise.

He then turned his gaze to the other person, who was Li Miao.

Many people knew of his identity and immediately recognized him as the Emperor of the Great Tang.

”To think you’re the Emperor of the Great Tang! You’ve truly brought shame to your ancestors!” Zhang Xiansheng and Miao Renfeng immediately started berating Li Miao.

But Li Miao didn’t bother responding to them.

If they had known that the ancient demon had been released by his own ancestor, who knows what they would have thought!

Immortal Jiu Chen, however, found the three too noisy and with a wave of his hand, he sent a shockwave that made their souls tremble, finally silencing them.

Staring at the ancient demon, Immortal Jiu Chen asked with some doubt, ”Do you think he will make a move?”

”I’m seventy percent sure he will, and the remaining thirty percent is that he’ll come into the city to cause me trouble!” Li Miao answered nonchalantly, seemingly relaxed, as if he didn’t take that person seriously at all.

In his eyes, that person was nothing more than a pawn.

A pawn of his ancestor, and also a pawn of his.

”I calculated multiple scenarios back then, and based on the current progression, there aren’t many variables left. If he turns towards Mangshan City, I will make him one of us!” Immortal Jiu Chen remained equally calm.

Whether it was the ancient demon or those upper realm cultivators, neither were worth his

concern.

Even if they all came together, it wouldn’t matter.

If they could watch them all suffer mutual defeat, it would give them enough time to first transform into a Special Life Form, which would be even better.

So at this moment, neither of them entertained the thought of losing; they were only guessing how they would win!

Outside the city.

No one dared to fight.

Everyone watched as the ancient demon wreaked havoc.

They didn’t even have the courage to resist before their deaths; they just stood and watched.

At this moment, they finally understood what it meant to be at the mercy of others, like fish on the chopping block!

Outside the fortress.

”Such insignificant demons, and they’ve scared you all to this extent? Are you so afraid of death that you won’t even make a final stand?” Xiang Yang looked at the group of Immortal Slayers with disdain.

The powerful members of the Immortal Slayers, after having slain the foreign races, had gathered here. Now, as they watched the ancient demon wreak havoc, not a single one of them dared to speak or step forward.

Facing Xiang Yang’s words, few dared to argue.

But there were always those unafraid of death.

Chang Feng was the first to step forward, saying, ”Great Commander, the ancient demon has descended, and this world is doomed. Instead of waiting for death, we should fight with everything we have. Even if there’s no chance of winning, we won’t disgrace the strong warriors of the Tang Dynasty!”

”I agree! Since no one else can hold the line, we should step up ourselves!” Yang Xiao also took a step forward. Though he was only a Golden Core stage cultivator, he was full of

passion.

Even the Qianzu Saintess and Jiang Shang stood up at that moment.

Yet, they all waited-for Wei Jiuxian to speak.

Wei Jiuxian was the strongest among them.

As long as he led, everyone was willing to die together.

After all, death was inevitable. Since ancient times, who hasn’t died? Leaving an immortal mark on the path to the heavens was the true legacy.

The heavenly path was ruthless, but some could defy it, shattering the Great Heaven’s Way.

”Enough!” Wei Jiuxian removed his cloak and casually tossed it aside. His expression remained impassive as he spoke calmly, ”The Divine Phase cultivators of the Tang Dynasty haven’t all perished yet. If someone must hold the line, it should be me. But I don’t know if I can hold it. If I can’t, then you all may do as you please!”

After he spoke, an aura burst skyward.

Without waiting for anyone to respond, his body shot forward, heading straight for the ancient demon.

At that moment, the commander of the Immortal-Slaying Guards, who protected the imperial city, made his move.

On the city wall, Li Miao saw this scene and slightly moved his lips. This was in line with the

plan he had arranged and benefited them the most.

Yet, for some reason, he couldn’t bring himself to feel any joy.

Immortal Jiu Chen’s consciousness wasn’t there; he was busy integrating the first body refined from the Blood Condensing Array.

This body, a hundred zhang tall, had a life level five thousand times higher.

Now, it had condensed to three thousand times, and it would take only a stick of incense’s

time to reach the perfect five thousand times.

A life level of five thousand times was still slightly less than five thousand times divine

power, but it was close.

Once merged, it would be at the peak of the Great Ascension stage, and after breaking through the void and ascending, becoming immortal would be as simple as drinking water.

Coupled with a human soul level five hundred times stronger, his comprehension and physical body would reach perfection in the ancient domain.

Back then, the most powerful ancient demon nurtured by the ancient domain only barely

reached a life level of five thousand times.

Now, Jiu Chen would reach that level.

Feeling the aura soaring from outside the city, he suddenly looked over, his heart sinking as

he sensed something big was happening.

And this event might backfire.

But now, with only a little time left to condense the perfect body, he had to stay calm. He also sent a voice transmission to Li Miao, telling him to be extremely cautious about the situation

outside the city.

Wei Jiuxian was not simple.

Neither was Jian Wushuang, who was deep within the blood-colored altar.

However, he had long discovered the oddity within Wei Jiuxian’s body but had said nothing.

Now that it was revealed, even Jiu Chen’s true self was astonished!

”That aura is the third accumulation. This person has received the perfect inheritance of the third sequence!!!!” Jiu Chen’s true self exclaimed.

Although Jian Wushuang had not yet explored that inheritance, he could sense that the aura bore a slight resemblance to the previous Lord of Divine Fire.

But that was enough.

The third sequence inheritance, and it was a perfect inheritance, meant that all secret arts within had been comprehended to the extreme.

Even in the Divine Phase, burning divine power could unleash power over a thousand times.

Moreover, within his body, there was a seed.

This was a seed of life.

A rare treasure indeed. If taken out, even an immortal would fight for it, as this seed had the potential to become a Dao Lord.

As the perfect inheritor of the third sequence and with this seed of life, Wei Jiuxian would surpass a Dao Lord given time. He was also very young, having lived for less than a hundred years, yet he had perfected the secret arts of the third sequence. He could fully comprehend the divine eye secret arts of the other sequences.