Young Noble Be Monster Slaying

Things were taking a dire turn.

As soon as Daoist Xuan Lu saw the turn of events, he knew his meticulously planned efforts wouldn't bring the rewards he expected. He knew Qi Lin’er was important, but he hadn’t expected Qi Lin'er to be so important that Daoist Cangsheng would go as far as using the East Sea Chrono Wheel and attempt to kill someone, disregarding his status.

Even if Qi Lin'er were his son, he wouldn't have done something like this!

When the fight ended and the crowd dispersed, Yang Shenlong returned to the Mirage Mountain and once again stood before Daoist Xuan Lu.

“Senior Uncle Xuan Lu, is this the outcome you wanted?” Yang Shenlong asked.

“I did not foresee this,” Daoist Xuan Lu admitted honestly.

“Weren’t you trying to spark a war between Penglai and Mount Shu? Well, congratulations, you’ve succeeded,” Yang Shenlong said, bluntly exposing Daoist Xuan Lu's hidden motive.

Within the Penglai Supreme Sect, a significant faction was dissatisfied with the current state of affairs. They believed that, as the most powerful immortal sect in the human world for many years, the Penglai Supreme Sect should be expanding its influence across the nine provinces.

Back when Mount Shu Sect was the top immortal sect, it had a legendary artifact, a celestial beast, as well as many masters of Heavenly Origin. Its influence and power were unparalleled, a glory that even the current Penglai could not match.

Countless ambitious individuals within the Penglai Supreme Sect aspired to attain that level of glory rather than remaining in a mere corner of the East Sea.

However, opinions differed on the way to achieve that level of glory.

Some believed in a gradual approach, slowly taking in the major factions of the nine provinces like they had been doing in the past. Others pushed for direct action, advocating a decisive war against the Celestial King Sect. There were also some that suggested targeting the Yu Dynasty’s imperial court first.

Among the differing views, Daoist Xuan Lu’s was the most unconventional. He argued that the Mount Shu Sect should be the primary target for the Penglai Supreme Sect.

However, his suggestion was met with ridicule from many of the Eminent Ones in the Penglai Supreme Sect. After all, the Mount Shu Sect had long been seen as the least threatening sect in the Divine Nine due to the loss of their legendary artifact.

Throughout the rise of Red Cotton Peak, these Eminent Ones in the Penglai Supreme Sect had all benefited from its growth. The reason was that Chu Yi had been offering substantial rewards to the sects in the Divine Nine over the past few years. When it came to bribery, Chu Yi was even more adept than Chu Liang.

Yet, precisely because of this, Daoist Xuan Lu viewed the Mount Shu Sect as the greatest threat. He believed their influence would rapidly grow, and in the next generation, their number of powerful cultivators might increase enough to offset the absence of legendary artifacts.

Naturally, that meant provoking a conflict between the Penglai Supreme Sect and the Mount Shu Sect to was a part of his schemes to curb the development of the Mount Shu Sect.

“What is his true origin?” Daoist Xuan Lu asked. “Can you tell me now?”

Yang Shenlong paused for a moment before responding, “There’s no harm in revealing it now. Before Hallowed Yang ventured into the Divine Ruins, she left behind a contingency.”

Daoist Xuan Lu’s expression immediately grew solemn.

When Hallowed Yang was alive, the Penglai Supreme Sect, as it exists today, had yet to fully form and was only in its nascent stages. Strictly speaking, Hallowed Yang’s true heirs were her descendants, the Yang Family. However, since the Yang Family had always been an aristocratic family within Penglai, the sect’s disciples all considered themselves inheritors of her legacy.

Matters that involved the Hallowed One would never be trivial.

“Hallowed Yang once took a fragment of her divine martial soul,” Yang Shenlong explained, “and kept it within the essence of the Great Dao of Infinity. Anyone who masters the Great Dao of Infinity could use the East Sea Chrono Wheel to find a suitable corporeal body to house her divine martial soul. When the right vessel has been found, time could be turned back by four thousand years, and we can then summon Hallowed Yang back to this present world.”

Those at the ninth realm often prepared contingencies before their downfall, and Hallowed Yang was no exception.

As a woman who had become the Hallowed One through the cultivation of martial arts, she was incredibly gifted. When her lifespan was nearing its end, she ventured into the Divine Ruins and set such measures in place.

Unlike the completely fallen Hallowed Mother of the South Sea, Hallowed Yang had left her divine martial soul behind, making it much easier to resurrect her. Only a Dao like the Great Dao of Infinity, which pertained to time, could preserve a divine martial soul for such a long time.

Even so, it was extremely difficult for the future generations to fulfill these conditions.

First, someone had to become the Dao Master of the Great Dao of Infinity. The Great Dao of Infinity was incredibly profound and elusive, to the point where it was unlikely that even a single Dao Master would inherit this legacy each generation. A master of this Dao might only arise once every thousand years, and that individual would have to be willing to sacrifice themselves.

In this generation, that master was Daoist Cangsheng.

The second requirement was the legendary artifact associated with the Great Dao of Time—the East Sea Chrono Wheel. Hallowed Yang had once possessed this artifact, and it was passed down through within the Penglai Supreme Sect. While this seemed straightforward, safeguarding such an artifact for thousands of years without losing it was no easy task.

Finally, there had to be a corporeal body capable of hosting her divine martial soul. This proved to be the most challenging condition of all.

A ninth-realm divine martial soul required the vessel to meet unimaginable demands.

In fact, not even Daoist Cangsheng or the other eighth-realm Eminent Ones, including the eighth-realm martial practitioners from the Great Astral Sect, could meet the requirement of hosting a soul of the ninth-realm existence.

However, if someone already possessed the corporeal body of a ninth realm cultivator, they would be at the ninth realm. So, why would they even bother rewinding time and resurrecting Hallowed Yang?

“Until a century ago, an ancestor of the Yang family somehow discovered something,” Yang Shenlong continued. “Are you aware of the Divine Ruins Monastery?”

“The ancient legacy within the Divine Ruins?” Daoist Xuan Lu asked.

“Indeed.” Yang Shenlong nodded. “An ancestor of ours became the guardian of the monastery, sacrificing centuries of solitude in exchange for a sliver of hope.”

Yang Shenlong explained, “Deep within the Divine Ruins lies a hidden realm where an primordial spiritual embryo that fell from a higher realm has been nurtured. It could develop the corporeal body equivalent to an immortal’s and even ascend to the ninth realm.”

Daoist Xuan Lu suddenly understood the origin of Qi Lin’er.

This was the vessel the Yang Family had spent millennia searching for to house the martial soul of their ancestor!

“Back then, the senior passed this information to the sect leader, who vowed to find it and eventually bring back Hallowed Yang.” Yang Shenlong shook his head. “But today, that hope has been shattered.”

Daoist Xuan Lu looked toward the peak of Mirage Mountain, the highest point of the Penglai Supreme Sect.

Given his age, he wasn’t very familiar with the current sect leader. It was hard to imagine that someone who had become the Dao Master of the most profound Great Dao in the world and stood at the pinnacle of the immortal sects in the mortal realm would willingly sacrifice himself to resurrect a legendary ancestor.

No wonder the sect leader had only required Qi Lin’er to grow steadily, focusing on honing his corporeal body without concern for his character. The sect leader had planned to sacrifice both the child and himself for this plan.

And no wonder the sect leader remained indifferent to their plans for expansion into the nine provinces. With the return of the Hallowed One, the entire world would naturally be ruled by the Penglai Supreme Sect.

“The sect leader once said that Qi Lin’er’s birth defied Heavenly Law and would inevitably bring calamity. But to comprehend the Dao, one must face trials. If he were shielded from everything, he’d never break through the Heavenly Gate, and his corporeal body would never reach the required level,” Yang Shenlong added. “But there was too much evil in his heart, and in the end, he couldn’t overcome the tribulations of this world.”

“I will go and confess my guilt to the sect leader,” Daoist Xuan Lu said resolutely.

Daoist Cangsheng was already so enraged that he wanted to kill Chu Liang. If he later learned that Qi Lin’er’s death was also tied to Daoist Xuan Lu’s instigation, there was no telling whether he might decide to eliminate Daoist Xuan Lu outright. And so, Daoist Xuan Lu thought that It was better to come clean now than to wait for that day to come.

But just as he was about to move, Daoist Cangsheng’s thunderous voice suddenly echoed in his ears.

“You! Leave at once and head to the Far West!”

…

“Ahhhhhh!”

Chu Liang woke up, jolting upright before tumbling to the ground.

The last thing he remembered was the moment when Daoist Cangsheng’s palm was about to crush him. The killing intent of an eighth-realm cultivator was enough to shatter one’s spirit. Everything went dark, and he thought he had died.

When his vision cleared, he found himself in a pitch-black cavern, with a figure in white nearby.

"Chu Liang, you're awake?"

It was the voice of a woman. To his surprise, it was Jiang Yuebai!

"Senior Sister Jiang?" Chu Liang asked, his voice filled with surprise.

“You nearly died just now. Thankfully, my father intervened in time and saved you. I was so worried!” Jiang Yuebai said, suddenly lunging forward to hug him tightly.

A waft of her fragrance filled the air. Chu Liang was momentarily stunned before finally speaking. “Is he…”

“He’s stalling Daoist Cangsheng. Now that you’re awake, we need to get out of here. This place isn’t far from Penglai, so it’s probably not safe.”

As she spoke, she grabbed Chu Liang’s hand and pulled him along. They had barely taken a few steps through the cave when the ground above trembled, followed by a deafening roar.

“Have they found this place?” Jiang Yuebai said, quickening her pace.

The two rushed through the winding cave for a while until a sliver of light appeared ahead. Just as they were about to make their way out, a massive boulder came crashing down with a thunderous boom!

Bam!

A tremendous force surged forward, crushing the rocky walls of the cave to rubble!

Swish!

Jiang Yuebai swung her sword, shattering the falling rocks, but the blocked path ahead refused to open. Chu Liang tried using his Dragon Claw technique to clear the way, but while it could smash falling debris, it was useless against the crushing cave walls.

The force was simply too overwhelming!

It felt as though a massive hand had sealed the area, intending to crush them along with the entire cave!

“This is bad…” Jiang Yuebai muttered anxiously. “It won’t open!”

She turned to Chu Liang, her eyes filled with fear.

“I have an idea! Just hold on for a moment!” Chu Liang said.

Whenever a path remained stubbornly blocked, he always had this trusty assistant by his side, capable of opening a route through.

“Alright!”

Jiang Yuebai sprang into action, her swordlight flashing as it sliced through the falling rocks, buying Chu Liang the time he needed to act.

But just as she turned, a sharp, tearing sound echoed through the air, like fabric being violently ripped apart.

Pierce!

The tip of the Demon-Slaying Sword pierced her chest, and blood immediately soaked through her scarlet robe.

“You…” She turned her head, staring at Chu Liang in stunned disbelief.

“Your illusory technique is simply flawless; I couldn’t detect a single flaw,” Chu Liang said softly. “But…”

He didn’t finish the second half of his sentence.

But the Crimson Executioner Sword inside of me is vibrating like crazy!

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Translator: GT

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