King of Assassins

Yuan Qinglian’s Cyan Lotus Sword Intent stands peerlessly and unattached; it is indeed exceedingly exquisite, Gao Xuan uses all his power yet cannot subdue Yuan Qinglian.

The problem is that Yuan Qinglian’s Sword Intent, although transcendent, equally cannot subdue Gao Xuan.

It merely appears that Gao Xuan, continually attacking, has fallen into the disadvantage.

If it truly comes to the point of fighting, the situation might not be as it seems.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch had long seen it, Gao Xuan’s true foundational power lies in his powerful Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body.

Although the Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body is rare, there are ultimately a few within the Primordial Celestial Realm.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch has encountered Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Bodies; people with such Dao bodies are naturally attuned to Primordial Qi, and can cultivate magic and martial arts with remarkable speed. The most formidable is their Divine Soul and body can continually merge, ultimately reaching the realm of Primordial Unity.

However, he’d never seen an Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body as powerful as Gao Xuan’s. So powerful it achieves Unity of Inner and Outer, perfect and without flaw.

The Polar Star God Array’s power actually exceeds Gao Xuan significantly. Yet this power cannot truly unify and refine.

Against Gao Xuan, it poses no threat whatsoever.

The Great Compassion Ten Sufferings Spell, of Ten Sufferings, is also this realm’s strongest spell. With the Great Compassion Prayer Beads’ empowerment, it harbors the mighty power to transcend all sentient beings.

Yet still, the Great Compassion Ten Sufferings Spell couldn’t shake Gao Xuan’s Divine Soul’s mind. Instead, Gao Xuan seized the flaw, sending Ten Sufferings’ own life away.

However, Ten Sufferings lost not unjustly. His strongest spell couldn’t subdue Gao Xuan, what else could one wait for before admitting defeat.

Yuan Qinglian faces similar issues, though her Sword Intent is profound. When she truly engages, perhaps Gao Xuan could stand and let her strike, yet she would still fail to kill him.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch only wishes Yuan Qinglian’s Lifebound Cyan Lotus Sword could truly break through Gao Xuan’s Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body. Although this hope seems exceedingly slim.

At this thought, Earth Element Daoist Monarch could only sigh inwardly; such an adversary is indeed frightening. Even if a Celestial Immortal descended from the Upper Three Realms, they likely would have no good strategy against him.

These worries, Earth Element Daoist Monarch naturally wouldn’t share with Yu Ning Daoist. He wouldn’t betray his own convictions to aid Yuan Qinglian either.

Arriving here in thought, Earth Element Daoist Monarch’s heart instead became clear and bright. As the strongest in the Primordial Celestial Realm, his obsession was guarding this realm.

Now relinquishing his obsession, his Dao heart instead became much clearer.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch had this insight, and the Earth Book simultaneously resonated slowly with him. The faint joy arose in his heart; originally, controlling the Earth Book required aligning with his true heart.

Any obsession becomes an obstacle in cultivation. Following the true heart allows one to follow the path of nature.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch sensed the subtle resonance between the Earth Book and himself, and beside this had spare energy to analyze the shifts in both parties’ Sword Intent for Yu Ning Daoist, aiding the disciple’s understanding of the battle as much as possible.

Due to the Earth Book’s profound changes, Earth Element Daoist Monarch could observe more of the Sword Intent changes from Gao Xuan and Yuan Qinglian. His explanations became clearer and more comprehensible.

Yu Ning Daoist originally watched in half understanding, yet with Earth Element Daoist Monarch’s elucidation, she suddenly comprehended.

The myriad subtle shifts in both parties’ Sword Intent, even understanding a thousandth had immense benefit.

Instantly, Yu Ning Daoist watched in such entrancement that even the Deathly Silence Sword Intent of the Netherworld Sword offered profound insight.

Yu Ning Daoist watched with delight, unknowingly felt a cold swell across her body and then her whole form became rigid, even her Divine Soul seemed frozen.

Yu Ning Daoist sensed something awry, yet her frozen body and spirit were unable to react at once.

Earth Element Daoist Monarch gave a flick of his sleeve, Yu Ning Daoist’s Divine Soul warmed, allowing her to return from her frozen state.

Startled, she questioned Earth Element Daoist Monarch: "What was that?"

"An Ultimate Yin and Cold Sword Intent. Even Earth Immortals become frozen. And you still stare with wide eyes watching..."

Earth Element Daoist Monarch not only protected Yu Ning Daoist, he in fact caused the temperature of the whole Taiyi Hall to rise rapidly.

Pure Yang Power like fire and wind enveloped all cultivators in the hall.

Within an instant’s change, due to a strand of Ice Soul Sword Intent leaking out and many cultivators were deeply focused on the fight, they at once were frozen into whitish ice sculptures by it.

Luckily, Earth Element Daoist Monarch immediately isolated the Ice Soul Sword Intent, then drove Pure Yang Power to protect all cultivators. Thus avoiding any fatalities.

Numerous Earth Immortal experts then became alert to the peril, swiftly acting to wield Divine Artifacts to protect their disciples.

Just now, a trace of Ice Soul Sword Intent circulated, catching them all off guard.

Certainly, such a trace was insufficient to wound them. For cultivators below Earth Immortal, however, a single strand of Ice Soul Sword Intent proved lethal.

If Taiyi Hall faced such, within the Earth Book’s sealed heaven and earth was even more coated with white frost.

The entire heaven and earth frozen by the Ice Soul Sword. Peerless Cyan Lotus, inevitably tinted with a thin layer of white frost.

Gao Xuan achieved a consummate level in Ice Soul Sword arts, his current perfected Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body urged forth an even more integrated and complete Ice Soul Sword, encompassing inner and outer world.

Seeing the efficacy of Ice Soul Sword, Gao Xuan’s hand turned the Hongyi Sword into a ripple.

The flowing and rippling ripple suddenly flashed an unmatched, sharp divine light.

This divine light arrived quickly and unpredictably. Amidst its flash, it already pierced through the cyan lotus.

The flourishing Cyan Lotus endured this blow, its cyan petals fell, withered in an instant.

Gao Xuan succeeded with one sword, yet felt somewhat uneasy internally. Simultaneous with this, the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada emitted a resounding cry within his sea of consciousness.

Within Gao Xuan’s Celestial Dragon Eye’s depths, a Cyan Lotus was being born, growing, and blossoming from the void.

The ultimate pure Cyan Lotus Sword Intent, blossomed simultaneously upon Gao Xuan’s Divine Soul and body.

Upon Gao Xuan’s Divine Soul, a Cyan Lotus emerged, the chest bore a Cyan Lotus blooming outward from his skin.