Terran Guardian - Chapter 4147

Chapter 4122: The Ruoxu Lineage

Just then,

on the Sky-Crossing Boat,

Ji Yang stepped out into the air and arrived beside Shen Changqing, his gaze falling on Li Fenkong.

“Master, this person is Li Fenkong, a half-saint from the Yan Yang Realm, belonging to the Ruoxu lineage!”

“Who are you!”

Hearing Ji Yang’s words, Li Fenkong’s expression changed instantly. The cultivator before him was clearly only at the Immortal Emperor level, yet he gave him a vague sense of threat and familiarity.

Furthermore,

while his identity wasn’t a secret, not everyone was qualified to know it.

For a strange Immortal Emperor to reveal his origins himself naturally alarmed Li Fenkong.

“The Ruoxu lineage!”

Shen Changqing nodded slightly, then stepped out of the golden chariot and instantly appeared before Li Fenkong.

A strong sense of threat surged into Li Fenkong’s heart, causing him to look terrified. He immediately attacked with all his might.

A blazing sword aura shattered the void, and the Great Dao of Longevity manifested as a long river, instantly blasting towards Shen Changqing.

The latter remained unmoved, unleashing the Nine-Star Mace to suppress Li Fenkong.

All sword energy instantly crumbled, the Great Dao River shattered inch by inch, and the shadow of death loomed over Li Fenkong’s heart, his eyes filled with despair.

“Boom—”

Before he could utter a single word of pleading, his body exploded, his very soul annihilated on the spot.

A sixth-tribulation half-saint.

He had no chance to resist and was utterly annihilated.

This scene

left many cultivators on Emperor Meteor Star horrified.

The difference was that

while the cultivators from the Flame Sun Realm were filled with fear, the cultivators from the Crimson Heaven Realm were overjoyed after their initial shock.

Although they didn’t know Shen Changqing’s origins, the fact that he had directly killed Li Fenkong meant he was clearly not from the Flame Sun Realm, and that was enough.

Moreover,

judging from his instantaneous killing of Li Fenkong, his strength was terrifying.

With such a powerful figure taking action, the pressure on Emperor Meteor Star would be greatly reduced.

“I, Shen Changqing of the Seven Profound Dao Sect, have come at the invitation of the Crimson Heaven Realm. The entire Yan Yang Realm will be annihilated, not a single one spared!”

Shen Changqing stood in the void, gazing at the Emperor’s Fall Star before him, his voice ringing out across most of the battlefield.

Then,

Shen Changqing waved his hand, issuing orders.

“Twelve Peak Masters , heed

my command!” “Please give your orders

, Sect Master!” “Each of you will lead two Half-Saints, split up, and kill the cultivators of the Yan Yang Realm. As for the remaining Half-Saints, they will accompany me!”

“We obey the Sect Master’s orders!”

The twelve Peak Masters all accepted the command, and then they led their armies towards various directions of the Emperor’s Fall Star.

At the same time,

Shen Changqing took a step forward, directly entering the Yan Yang Realm.

Accompanying him was none other than Zhong Yu.

The moment the two stepped into the Emperor’s Fall Star, a powerful and terrifying Daoist aura descended, making Shen Changqing feel that even mobilizing the power of the Great Dao of Longevity seemed somewhat obscure.

Then…

He even tried using the Dao Mirror and the communication jade talisman, but to no avail.

“The Great Dao of the Emperor’s Fallen Star is suppressing it; most communication methods are rendered useless!”

Shen Changqing muttered to himself. However, when he tried activating the Free Transformation Technique, he found that he was unaffected, which reassured him.

It was understandable that the Emperor’s Fallen Star was somewhat unusual.

Such supreme suppression by the Great Dao was enough to show that the Emperor’s Fallen Star held great opportunities.

“This is the Emperor’s Fallen Star. I have long heard of its reputation, but seeing it today, I realize that this place is indeed extraordinary.

The power of the Great Dao’s rules is extremely powerful. If one could comprehend even a fraction of it, it would greatly benefit one’s cultivation!”

Zhong Yu, standing to the side, sighed, feeling the power of the Great Dao in the world, his heart also stirring with excitement.

He had heard of the Emperor’s Fallen Star’s reputation before, but had never set foot here before.

After all, as the former patriarch of the Zhong family, Zhong Yu had not yet obtained the qualification for the Emperor’s Fallen Star.

The Divine Sun Immortal Court might have a spot for the Emperor’s Fallen Star, but that spot would never fall into his lap.

Ultimately,

how could an ancient half-saint, unable to overcome the seventh Heavenly Decay, possibly obtain such an opportunity?

At this moment

, Shen Changqing entered the battlefield. The cultivators of the Flaming Sun Realm were on high alert, while those of the Crimson Heaven Realm immediately had a half-saint step forward, bowing to Shen Changqing and saying,

“Elder Nangong of the Crimson Heaven Realm greets Sect Master Shen!”

Nangong was very polite to Shen Changqing, his words carrying a hint of awe.

He had already experienced Li Fenkong’s strength firsthand; even with his full power, he was no match for him.

Yet—

even someone as powerful as Li Fenkong was instantly killed by him. How could such strength not inspire awe?

Regardless of status, cultivators ultimately speak through strength.

The strong are respected!

This has been a principle since ancient times.

“Fellow Daoist Nangong, there’s no need to be so polite. Let’s deal with the cultivators of the Crimson Heaven Realm first!”

Shen Changqing nodded slightly, then looked towards the battlefield. Seeing Li Fenkong’s death, the Crimson Heaven Realm cultivators had lost all will to fight and hurriedly retreated towards Tianshui Immortal City.

Seeing this,

Shen Changqing naturally wouldn’t give the Flame Sun Realm a chance to escape.

From the moment he sided with the Crimson Heaven Realm, he was destined to be mortal enemies with the Flame Sun Realm.

Moreover,

with Ji Yang’s identity, the Flame Sun Realm could never be his ally.

Therefore,

since a mortal war was inevitable, Shen Changqing had no reason to hesitate.

Being able to use the power of the Crimson Heaven Realm to first weaken and eliminate a portion of the Flame Sun Realm’s strength was a good thing.

Dealing with the Flame Sun Realm later would be much easier.

However,

in the eyes of the Crimson Heaven Realm cultivators, Shen Changqing’s actions were entirely for their benefit.

His words fell.

Shen Changqing flicked his sleeve, and twelve Immortal-Slaying Swords descended into the void. The Immortal-Slaying Array Diagram unfolded, instantly covering most of the battlefield with a top-tier killing array.

“Annihilate!”

He activated the array, and terrifying killing sword energy swept across all directions. Any cultivator touched by this sword energy was instantly killed without even a scream.

Large amounts of blood, as if drawn by some force, converged towards the twelve Immortal-Slaying Swords.

This kind of killing sword array was renowned for its carnage; the more lives it slayed, the stronger the array’s power became.

Before transforming into a Primal Divine Weapon, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array had an upper limit, at most growing into a top-tier Innate Emperor Weapon.

But now it’s different.

Transforming into a Primal Divine Weapon, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array broke free of its shackles, advancing in one step to become an Innate Emperor Weapon.

The previous upper limit has now vanished.

Thus,

the more lives slain, the more the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array can continuously improve.

Second-grade Innate Emperor Weapons!

Third-grade Innate Emperor Weapons!

Even ninth-grade, and possibly even breaking the limits of Innate Emperor Weapons, reaching a level comparable to Creation Treasures.

Of course—

this is easier said than done; to truly reach that level, countless lives would have to be sacrificed.

However, regardless, the advancement of a supreme treasure is a gradual accumulation.

Now, as cultivators of the Flame Sun Realm continue to perish, Shen Changqing can also feel the power of the vast Immortal Extinction Sword Formation gradually increasing.

However, this increase is extremely slow, almost negligible.

Seeing Shen Changqing make his move, Zhong Yu also followed suit, attacking the other cultivators of the Flame Sun Realm.

The two moved.

The battlefield instantly descended into chaos.

Seeing this, Nangong was immediately invigorated, raising his arm and shouting: “All cultivators of the Crimson Heaven Realm, heed my command! Slay all the cultivators of the Flame Sun Realm, leave no one alive!!!”

In an instant, Nangong made his move, targeting a half-saint from the Flame Sun Realm.

Upon receiving these orders, the cultivators of the Crimson Heaven Realm were greatly encouraged and mobilized their entire force, seemingly intent on sweeping across the battlefield.

In just one exchange,

the Flame Sun Realm was utterly defeated.

There was no other way.

The reason they had been able to suppress the Crimson Heaven Realm in this battle was because of the presence of the ancient half-saint Li Fenkong.

Li Fenkong alone was enough to sweep away many half-saints of the Crimson Heaven Realm.

But now it was different.

Li Fenkong had fallen.

The strength of the Flame Sun Realm had greatly diminished, while the Crimson Heaven Realm had gained two top-tier combatants, Shen Changqing and Zhong Yu.

Shen Changqing’s strength was even at the point of instantly killing Li Fenkong.

Therefore,

the Flame Sun Realm had no chance of resisting.

Defeat!

It was inevitable.

The rapid shift from their previous aggressive advance to their current pathetic rout caught many cultivators of the Flame Sun Realm completely off guard.

“Boom!”

The sword energy slashed down, and a half-saint from the Yan Yang Realm, his face filled with fear, desperately tried to defend himself, but his protective immortal light was no match for the power of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

In the end,

the sword energy tore through layers of protective immortal light, directly annihilating his body, and even his soul perished on the spot.

Shen Changqing stood in the void, his divine sense covering the entire battlefield. Under his control, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was unleashed to its fullest potential.

With Li Fenkong gone, although the Yan Yang Realm had many half-saints, they were no match for him.

“Boom—”

In less than half an hour, the last half-saint of the Yan Yang Realm also perished.

Seeing this, Nangong seized the opportunity and led his army to retake Tianshui Immortal City.

Looking at the ruined immortal city before him, the elder of the Chi Tian Realm showed a relieved expression.

“Tianshui Immortal City has finally been recaptured!”

Each immortal city on Emperor’s Fall Star represents a node in a formation. The power of the formation weakens with each city that falls.

Conversely ,

if an immortal city can be recaptured, the formation node can be repaired to enhance its power.

“Someone, immediately send a message to Elder Jun, informing him that the Seven Profound Dao Sect has come to his aid, Li Fenkong of the Flaming Sun Realm has perished, and Tianshui Immortal City has been recaptured. However, the formation’s core is damaged and requires an eighth-tier Grandmaster of Formations to repair it!”

Nangong dared not delay and immediately summoned someone to relay the message.

The latter respectfully accepted the order.

After the person left, Nangong looked at Shen Changqing beside him, his face filled with gratitude.

“Thanks to Sect Master Shen’s intervention, otherwise, let alone reclaiming Tianshui Immortal City, even my own immortal city might not have been able to hold on!”

“Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. I came at the invitation of the Crimson Heaven Realm, merely fulfilling a request entrusted to me.”

Shen Changqing replied calmly, his gaze falling on the array nodes before him.

With his breakthrough to the eighth-tier, second-grade Grandmaster of Array Dao, his mastery of arrays had further improved, allowing him to discern some clues about this array.

However—

that was all.

Shen Changqing could see that, in terms of sheer power, this array was a top-tier array no less powerful than the Taiwei Liangyi Array.

In fact, it was even

three points stronger than the Taiwei Liangyi Array.

With Shen Changqing’s current array mastery, he was destined to be unable to see much more.

“This array is extraordinary. May I ask which senior from the Crimson Heaven Realm set it up?”

Shen Changqing asked.

These words immediately caused Nangong’s expression to shift slightly: “Could it be that Sect Master Shen is also proficient in formations?”

“Proficient would be an exaggeration; I can only say I have a rudimentary understanding.”

“Sect Master Shen is too modest!”

Nangong smiled slightly, naturally disbelieving.

If he only had a rudimentary understanding, he would never have been able to discern the intricacies of such a formation.

Since Shen Changqing had just spoken, it meant that the other party’s mastery of formations was far from ordinary.

Even if he wasn’t an eighth-tier Grandmaster of Array Dao, he was probably at least a seventh-tier Grandmaster.

Thinking this

, Nangong didn’t hide anything and truthfully said, “This array was set up by a Great Sage in the ancient times of our Crimson Heaven Realm.

Unfortunately, that Great Sage later perished in the ancient calamity.

Currently, there is no Grandmaster of Array Dao in our Crimson Heaven Realm capable of completely setting up this array.”

He

paused, then added,

“Fortunately, the foundation of this great array is unaffected; only one array eye is damaged. We only need to invite an eighth-tier Grandmaster of Array Dao who has studied this array to repair the damaged eye and perfect the array.”

The implication

was that the Crimson Heaven Realm currently possessed an eighth-tier Grandmaster of Array Dao on the Emperor’s Fall Star.

Shen Changqing nodded slightly upon hearing this, feeling a pang of regret, but didn’t ask further.

The expert capable of setting up such an array was probably at least a ninth-tier Grandmaster of Array Dao.

If such powerful figures were still alive, Shen Changqing would have liked to find an opportunity to learn from them in the future.

Unfortunately, there were

too few Grandmasters of Array Dao.

Especially those who had reached the eighth rank or higher; even Shen Changqing himself hadn’t encountered many.

But hearing what Nangong said, that the ninth-rank Grandmaster had already fallen, his plan to learn from them naturally fell through.

“I’ve just arrived on Emperor’s Fall Star and am not familiar with the current situation. Could Fellow Daoist Nangong explain it to me?”

Shen Changqing changed the subject and asked again. Hearing

this

, Nangong didn’t hesitate and directly explained the current situation in detail.

Listening to what the other party said, Shen Changqing had a complete grasp of the current situation on Emperor’s Fall Star.

In short,

the situation on Emperor’s Fall Star was much better than he had expected.

Although the Flaming Sun Realm was coming with great force, the Crimson Heaven Realm still held a certain advantage.

The reason for this was because they had such a powerful array as a reliance.

One side held the advantageous position of the formation and remained entrenched, while the other side sought to break through the formation and exterminate all the cultivators of the Crimson Heaven Realm—a difficult task indeed.

Moreover ,

the Crimson Heaven Realm was not without its own top experts.

From Nangong’s words, Shen Changqing had already learned that a Nine Tribulation Half-Saint was overseeing the situation on Emperor’s Fall Star.

This was one of the reasons why the Flaming Sun Realm had been unable to conquer it for so long.