Celestial Refining Divine Scripture

The exclamations had barely fallen.

A dense flurry of silver frosted sword shadows rained down from the heavens, carrying an astonishing chill, swiftly and fiercely smashing into all the fragments of the treasure armor.

Boom boom boom!!

Pa pa!

It was as if a storm of energy ravaged the air—utter chaos reigned.

A graceful silhouette followed close behind, brandishing a silver-white Immortal Sword, gaze locked onto Bing Ren.

This was none other than the Ice and Snow Immortal Palace’s foremost prodigy: Liou Xueyan.

Xu Yang finally let out a sigh of relief, a mocking grin playing on his lips: "With Miss Liou taking action, you’re as good as dead!"

"A traitor to the Ice and Snow Immortal Palace, today your reckoning has come."

Bing Ren’s face showed no emotion as he replied with a chilling sneer: "Liou Xueyan? Miss Liou? So intimidating!"

"Even if you wield the Ice Extreme Immortal Puppet Map, wishing to kill me is nothing but a fool’s dream!"

As the words left his mouth, Bing Ren’s figure suddenly contorted.

He curved his palm and formed a bizarre Seal Skill.

Bang!

His body abruptly exploded, scattering into countless fine silver ribbons shooting outward in all directions.

"What technique is this?"

Xu Yang’s brow furrowed deeply. With his Primordial Spirit’s perception, he sensed nothing amiss—could not even discern what was special about these silver ribbons.

"Trying to escape?"

Liou Xueyan sneered coldly. Leaping high, she flung the silver-white Immortal Sword from her hand.

The sword, freed from her control, seemed to possess a will of its own. It arced through the sky, then shot like a bolt toward one of those silver ribbons.

Swish!

The speed astounded, leaving Xu Yang’s eyes wide and round with disbelief.

"So fast..."

He couldn’t even see it clearly; in a blur of white frost, the Immortal Sword’s trace was already lost to his peripheral vision.

Bang!

"Aaah~~"

Agonized and shrill screams echoed one after another.

Countless silver ribbons ruptured in unison, dissolving into nothingness.

The Immortal Sword, skewering a figure, landed with a hum—the blade vibrating fiercely, sending out waves that made Xu Yang inhale sharply.

Liou Xueyan had such strength?

How was this possible?

He truly could not believe his own eyes.

"Golden Immortal Talisman Sword..." Bing Ren, impaled into the ground and writhing in agony, forced his head around to glare at Liou Xueyan, eyes filled with despair: "So you came here for me?"

"What do you think?"

Liou Xueyan laughed with disdain: "Letting you live for decades has already been a disgrace to my Immortal Palace; now that you dare show yourself, how could I possibly let you rampage further?"

With that, she placed one hand behind her back and flicked her sleeve with the other.

Whoosh!

The Immortal Sword trembled.

Bang!

Bing Ren didn’t even have time to scream before he was torn to pieces, his corpse shattered inch by inch by the sword’s force, his soul utterly annihilated.

Xu Yang swallowed hard, a faint relief flickering in his expression.

So it was a Golden Immortal Talisman Sword!

If Liou Xueyan truly wielded such power now, his own pressure would be immense.

Coming to his senses, Xu Yang scowled when he saw only a few Storage Rings remaining: "Why did you kill him outright?"

Without looking back, Liou Xueyan sneered coldly: "Did you truly think he’d tell you the real culprit behind everything?"

"Not necessarily."

Xu Yang answered coolly: "As long as his Primordial Spirit isn’t under control, if my Senior Brother takes charge, there are few who can withstand it."

Senior Brother?

A slight flicker appeared in Liou Xueyan’s eyes; she had never met Xu Yang’s Senior Brother, but his reputation was thunderous.

Recalling the few pills Xu Yang had crushed earlier that destroyed Bing Ren’s treasure armor, she couldn’t help but feel a jolt of awe inside.

That Alchemy Dao freak was not to be underestimated.

If Xu Yang ever competed with her in the future, she’d definitely have to beware of those underhanded tricks.

Liou Xueyan snorted, saying nothing more—what’s done was done, there was no point in further discussion.

She stepped forward, curved her palm, and claimed several Storage Rings.

At this sight, Xu Yang’s eyes blazed with greed.

Bing Ren’s Storage Rings—what treasures must they hold?

Still, Liou Xueyan saved him, and she slew the man herself.

He felt it inappropriate to ask for a share now.

"Many thanks to Miss Liou for today."

Xu Yang clasped his fists in salute, swiftly swallowing a pill and scanning the surroundings.

The beast tide was finally subsiding.

Although carnage lay around, the ground littered with bodies, few remained who could still fight.

Obviously, these immortal beasts were all incited by Bing Ren.

Though Bing Ren’s strength was impressive, the means by which he summoned such a beast tide was truly fearsome.

"You are in big trouble now."

"What?"

Xu Yang frowned at Liou Xueyan.

Liou Xueyan turned, her gaze playful, and casually tossed over a blood-red Token.

Xu Yang reflexively caught the Token and inspected it.

The Token was entirely blood-colored, cold to the touch—not the chill of ice, but a soul-freezing cold seeping into the Primordial Spirit itself.

Blood mist roiled across its surface, and beneath that, a condensed ocean of crimson surged, branded upon it, churning as if alive, sending waves crashing up into the bloody fog above.

The Token was especially sinister.

The seething blood sea and fog made Xu Yang’s skin crawl; he felt as if something had laid its gaze upon him from the shadows.

"What is this thing?"

A sense of foreboding gripped Xu Yang’s heart.

"Blood Marsh Mansion Order."

Liou Xueyan’s rosy lips parted as she spoke coolly: "Several thousand years ago, Eastern Continent’s foremost power was known as Blood Marsh Mansion. They were infamous as an evil sect, renowned for their wretched means with Primordial Spirits and speed—they committed wanton slaughter, drawing the outrage of the masses, and were eventually besieged and wiped out."

"Nearly a thousand years ago, a new assassins’ organization named Blood Marsh arose in the Eastern Continent, elusive and mysterious; none know how many there are, nor their true strength, but whenever they act, they rarely fail."

"A hundred years ago, even a Golden Immortal was assassinated!"

"The means of these people seem to derive from the former Blood Marsh Mansion’s legacy—and perhaps some of their treasures."

"This, the Blood Marsh Mansion Order, signifies a Blood Marsh assassin."

"Eastern Continent..." Xu Yang’s face shifted again and again—the news was shocking.

"How did Bing Ren become a killer for the East Continent Blood Marsh?"

Liou Xueyan shrugged: "Who can say? Perhaps all these years in hiding, he colluded with Blood Marsh. The methods he showed just now did differ somewhat from those of my Ice and Snow Immortal Palace. Without the Golden Immortal Talisman Sword, he might well have escaped."

"To hire the East Continent Blood Marsh isn’t easy—the price is unimaginable. Even here in the Northern Province, those who can contact them are few and far between."

"Killing Bing Ren doesn’t mean it’s over."

"Unless you wish to hide forever within Black Fire Immortal Mountain."

Liou Xueyan’s face twisted with mockery.

Xu Yang remained silent, unfazed by Liou Xueyan’s ridicule.

The East Continent Blood Marsh—he hadn’t expected this.

He even began to doubt—was it truly the Yang Family who hired them?

Just as Liou Xueyan had said—even a fool could guess the cost would be astronomical.

But the Yang Family was undoubtedly the prime suspect—perhaps the only one!

Seeing Xu Yang weighed down in silence, Liou Xueyan said mildly, "If you dare not go to the Eastern Continent, I won’t demand you offer up a treasure akin to Ice and Snow Immortal Dragon Marrow; just have your master refine me a few third-tier Immortal Pills, and I’ll consider our contract null."

Third-tier Immortal Pills?

Xu Yang snapped back, then couldn’t help but laugh. "Miss Liou’s appetite is truly tremendous."

Those are precious pills sought even by Golden Immortals.

And you want several just like that?

Don’t be ridiculous.

"I will go to the Eastern Continent."

"Blood Marsh? If they dare come, I’ll kill one for each who arrives, two for each pair!" Xu Yang narrowed his eyes and grinned icily, utterly fearless.

"You couldn’t even handle one Bing Ren, and yet you spout such bravado?"

"Should Blood Marsh hear this, you’ll die without ever knowing how."

"You’d better stay alive at least until I need you."

With a look of disdain, Liou Xueyan shot Xu Yang a sidelong glance and strode away.