Free Web NovelChapter 375: Chapter 375: East Sea Penglai
By the time Xu Yunfan arrived, walking on air, the Nine Radiance Sect was already on high alert. Having received news of his consecutive annihilations of Mituo Temple and the Profound Daoist Sect, they were fully prepared for battle. The Nine Luminaries Array connected them at their very roots; the auras of the Mountain Gate Disciples were linked, their qi and blood merged. A dense and vast Qi Blood Power surged to the heavens, forming what looked like a great furnace between heaven and earth.
A purple-robed Elder stood within the formation, his hair and beard bristling as he roared, "Demon! Today, you will witness the might of Nine Radiance’s Blazing True Gang!"
’I’ve become a Demon now, have I?’
Xu Yunfan sneered and, with a backhanded motion, took the Sky-Sundering Cloud-Piercing Bow from his back.
Ten Extremes True Qi surged like a tidal wave. Before the Sky-Sundering Cloud-Piercing Bow was even drawn, nine Red Gold Arrows had already materialized out of thin air.
The arrowheads pulsed with a piercing, cold light. The surrounding air was sliced apart by the fierce Qi Force, letting out a sharp screech as if space itself was about to be pierced.
With a single flex of his arm, Xu Yunfan drew the bowstring taut like a full moon. The moment he released his fingers...
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Nine arrows tore through the sky like red-gold meteors ripping apart the heavens. Wherever the arrows passed, shockwaves rolled and clouds disintegrated. Even the sea of clouds above Nine Luminaries Mountain was split into nine distinct paths!
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
The first arrow struck, and the phantom furnace formed by the Nine Radiance Sect’s Qi Blood shattered like colored glass, splattering Blood Qi everywhere.
The second arrow, guided by his ability of Seeking Dragon and Distinguishing Veins, pierced the Heavenly Spirits and Earth Evil Star Position within the mountain range, causing the peaks to crumble inch by inch.
The third arrow plunged straight down. Before the purple-robed Elder could even react, his chest was pierced by the arrow’s qi, and his Protective True Qi dissolved like it was made of paper.
The aftershocks rocked the entire mountain. The sect’s gates and halls collapsed with a deafening roar. The earth caved in for three hundred zhang, and scorching magma erupted from the fissures, swallowing the remaining structures.
The Supreme Elder of the Nine Radiance Sect, his hair and beard standing on end, thrust his withered hands upwards, hoisting the sect’s ultimate, self-destructive weapon: the Great Sun Meteor Core.
The fist-sized Crystal Core suddenly erupted with a blinding white flame. Within the blaze, thousands of streams of True Flame seemed to flow. The searing heat distorted the surrounding air, causing it to crackle and pop. Even the rock faces of the mountain melted into crimson magma under the intense heat.
"Demon! Have a taste of this sky-scorching, sea-boiling True Solar Flame!"
The Supreme Elder shrieked. The blaze erupting from the Meteor Core transformed into nine incandescent flames that lunged at Xu Yunfan, baring fangs and brandishing claws.
Faced with this terrifying True Flame—a relic left behind by a peerless master of the Land Immortal Realm, powerful enough to incinerate mountains—Xu Yunfan remained completely still.
A mocking smile touched his lips. His Ten Extremes True Qi formed a vortex-like Devouring Power in his throat.
He opened his mouth and took a breath...
FWOOSH!
Like rivers flowing to the sea, all nine flames were drawn into his mouth and swallowed into his belly.
His Ten Extremes True Qi circulated rapidly over the surface of his body, forcibly suppressing the rampaging True Solar Flame and refining it into pure, red-gold True Qi that merged into his meridians.
Wisps of white mist vented from the pores all over Xu Yunfan’s body—the impure fire toxins being expelled from his system.
"Th-this is impossible!"
The Supreme Elder staggered back, his wrinkled old face contorted in disbelief. "This blazing True Flame can burn even a cultivator at the Peak of the Nine Realms to ash! Even if you are in the Land Immortal Realm, it shouldn’t be... you..."
Another Supreme Elder standing nearby blustered, "Xu Yunfan, what do you intend to do?!"
Xu Yunfan gave a chilling smile, baring his pearly white teeth. "The reason I’ve let a few of you old fossils live this long..."
He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and his Ten Extremes True Qi, using True Qi Transformation, instantly condensed into nine dark-gold, ribbon-like tendrils.
"...is to put you to good use, of course."
Like venomous snakes, the ribbons coiled around the Supreme Elders’ limbs and bodies, their sharp tips piercing into their Dantians.
The Elders discovered in horror that the Star Power they had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years was gushing out of them like a bursting dam.
They struggled desperately, only to see Xu Yunfan slowly closing his fist.
CRACK!
Amidst the crisp sound of the ribbons crushing their bones, the last pillars of the Nine Radiance Sect were drained of their Essence Blood and True Qi, turning into shriveled, desiccated corpses.
Xu Yunfan took a deep breath. A red-gold halo pulsed along his spine; it was the newly refined Nine Shining True Qi merging with his Ten Extremes True Qi.
A dead silence fell over the entirety of Nine Luminaries Mountain, broken only by the gurgling of flowing lava, as if mourning the destruction of the thousand-year-old sect.
PSHH!
Xu Yunfan closed his eyes and focused his spirit. He felt the surging Exotic True Qi within him flowing endlessly under the guidance of his Ten Extremes True Qi, like countless rivers returning to the sea.
Each Celestial Cycle was like a furnace refining iron, tempering and purifying the motley Exotic True Qi layer by layer.
Through his focused breathing, the once-violent and untamable Exotic True Qis—from the Nine Luminaries, Profound Daoist, and Vajra sects—were mostly refined, transforming into wisps of pure Ten Extremes True Qi that merged into his body.
The Ten Extremes True Pattern that had somehow formed on his spine flickered in and out of existence like a flowing river of stars, signifying the constant advancement of his Martial Arts Cultivation.
The remaining Exotic True Qi still rampaged through his meridians, but it could not escape the suppression of the Ten Extremes True Qi. Ultimately, it was completely assimilated, becoming a part of his power.
Xu Yunfan opened his eyes. The golden light in his pupils flared, and the aura around him rose to another level.
’Your Ten Extremes Martial Arts Skill Level has soared.’
’Your Ten Extremes Martial Arts seems to have broken its limit.’
’Ten Extremes Martial Arts (Limit Broken)’
’...’
After glancing at the data floating in his vision, Xu Yunfan slowly exhaled a breath of Dirt Qi. The Ten Extremes True Qi within him churned like a tide.
He could clearly feel that most of the Exotic True Qi filling his flesh and blood had been refined, and a feeling of fullness emanated from the acupoints all over his body.
’I can still devour a few more times...’
He narrowed his eyes. With every breath, wisps of impure True Qi that had not been fully refined seeped from his pores, dissipating into the air as fine flecks of golden light.
It was time.
Xu Yunfan’s gaze was like lightning as he looked far into the distance, toward the East Sea. That was the location of Penglai Pavilion. Although it wasn’t well-known, to be ranked among the Six Great Sects of Great Zhou, it naturally had its own unique strengths.
Moreover, back in Jade Capital City, Penglai Pavilion had been ruthless in their attempts to kill him.
With a light tap of his toes, his figure shot up from the ground, flying through the air like an arrow loosed from its string.
His Ten Extremes True Qi flowed around him, transforming into a streak of red-gold light that tore through the sky.
Wherever he passed, shockwaves rolled and the clouds were forcefully ripped apart, leaving a vacuum trail and a piercing shriek in his wake.
In the forests below, the trees were bent low by the violent air currents, their branches and leaves scattering. Streams reversed their flow, splashing water everywhere that refracted the sunlight into rainbow-colored halos.
Birds scattered in panic while beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling.
Xu Yunfan’s speed increased relentlessly. He burned through his Ten Extremes True Qi, causing it to detonate continuously behind his feet, creating ring-shaped shockwaves. Under this constant acceleration, his form, wreathed in protective Gang Qi, gradually transformed into a red-gold rainbow streaking across the sky, heading straight for the East Sea!
A hundred li off the coast of Great Zhou’s East Sea, a single, dark-green island stood amidst the vast and profound, misty waves.
The entire Penglai Island was shrouded in a perennial mist. It was surrounded by the Ruishui River, whose waters were as black as ink. A bone-dissolving, soul-stealing toxic fog roiled and evaporated from its surface. Any ordinary Martial Artist who touched it would instantly melt into a pool of blood.
It was said that traces of Immortals could be found on the island. Many Martial Artists had tried to land on it, only to be poisoned to death by the Ruishui River that surrounded it.
The island’s mountains were uniquely majestic. Jade pavilions and marble halls were built into the mountainside, and from their upturned eaves hung thousands of crystalline water curtains, refracting the morning light into a seven-colored radiance.
