Chapter 621: Boundary Sea
How far could he run?
"You ant! I will chase you to the ends of the Boundary Sea today and rip out your soul to light a lamp and refine it!"
True Monarch Qing Yuan was so furious his chest felt like it would explode. He was practically fuming.
To be repeatedly humiliated and grievously wounded by a mere Foundation Establishment ant, who then escaped with someone right under his nose—this was an absolute, utter disgrace.
If the other True Monarchs found out, he’d be a laughingstock, unable to even show his face in their circle anymore.
If he couldn’t grind Xu Yunfan’s bones to dust, his Dao Heart would be scarred, possibly even causing his cultivation to regress.
The whole affair was just too humiliating.
For a Demon Path True Monarch to suffer one setback after another, to the point where even his own Grotto Heaven was pierced and damaged, was unthinkable.
He immediately prepared to circulate his Qiankun Pure Qi Mysterious Dao True Skill, drawing on the remnants of the Immortal Palace Pure Qi for protection. He was about to move, to step into that chaotic void passage and hunt down Xu Yunfan.
A furious aura surged skyward.
But at that very moment...
CLANG!
An indescribably sharp Sword Intent—one that could sever all things, shake the stars from the sky, as if descending from beyond the Nine Heavens or arriving from the end of time itself—suddenly pierced the sky above the East Sea, which had only just begun to calm, without any warning whatsoever.
True Monarch Qing Yuan was all too familiar with the aura of this Sword Intent.
It was the same one that had made him suffer a thousand years ago, the one he had once feared.
Wansheng Sword Sect.
Pure Yang True Monarch, Lv Chunyang.
This Sword Intent didn’t attack anyone. Instead, like an invisible blade, it hung suspended in the void, precisely cutting off all of True Monarch Qing Yuan’s subsequent actions as he prepared to use the Immortal Palace Pure Qi to cross the Boundary Sea.
At the same time, it served as a clear warning, instantly illuminating the battlefield over the East Sea.
True Monarch Qing Yuan’s expression changed drastically.
’That old devil really came after all.’
Three bursts of Pure Yang Sword Intent had gone off in succession. How could the aura branded into their very core be hidden from their original master?
Especially when the final Sword Two: Tribulation Destruction severed his chain of killing intent, its pure Destruction Dao Rhyme had been the most obvious beacon.
Lv Chunyang must have sensed that his three streams of Sword Intent had been activated, and against a fellow True Monarch like Qingyuan, no less. That’s why he had descended in person.
After all, the Wansheng Sword Sect proclaimed itself the Leader of the Righteous Path. And since it was the very person to whom he had bestowed the three streams of Golden Core Sword Intent who had activated them, Lv Chunyang was bound to appear, both by duty and by reason.
True Monarch Qing Yuan didn’t dare to be complacent.
Right now, his Grotto Heaven was in turmoil, his Dharma Body was severely damaged, and his power had plummeted. Facing Lv Chunyang, a Mid-Stage Golden Core Sword Cultivator in peak condition, would be pure suicide.
Even at his peak, he was no match for Pure Yang True Monarch.
A Mid-Stage Golden Core Sword Cultivator’s strength was absolutely terrifying.
What’s more, he was only at the Early-Stage Golden Core realm himself.
If they fought head-on, he would be the one to die. Unless True Monarch Pu Du arrived to help, his only options were to retreat or perish here.
Lv Chunyang might even be excited enough to start another sect war over this.
Lingering here was pointless. Forget about hunting down Xu Yunfan; he himself could end up dead.
"Hmph!"
True Monarch Qing Yuan suppressed his boundless rage and stared venomously in the direction where Xu Yunfan had vanished.
Without a moment’s hesitation, True Monarch Qing Yuan abandoned his plan to use the Immortal Palace Pure Qi to give chase. He pushed the remaining power of his Qiankun Pure Qi Mysterious Dao True Skill to its absolute limit and swiped his hand through the chaotic void before him.
RRRIP!
A rift was instantly torn open. Beyond it was a chaotic torrent of churning, grayish-black energy that radiated a terrifying aura of consumption and annihilation.
The Boundary Sea!
With a flash, True Monarch Qing Yuan, shrouded in the last of his Immortal Palace Pure Qi, plunged without hesitation into the Boundary Sea, a realm filled with the Chaos Birth and Death Profound Light.
He vanished inside the rift in an instant.
Almost at the very same moment True Monarch Qing Yuan’s figure disappeared into the Boundary Sea, a silhouette abruptly materialized in the sky above the East Sea.
The newcomer wore moon-white Daoist robes. His build was not particularly imposing, nor were his features shockingly handsome, but his eyes seemed to contain a vast, boundless universe of the sword—profound and calm.
It was none other than the leader of the Wansheng Sword Sect, Pure Yang True Monarch, Lv Chunyang.
He didn’t glance at the rift where Qingyuan had vanished. Instead, his calm gaze, like the sharpest of Sword Artifacts, swept across the ravaged battlefield.
The air still carried the unique sharpness left behind by the eruption of the three streams of Sword Intent he had bestowed upon Xu Yunfan.
He stood silently for a long moment, an aura of Inference Sword Intent swirling around him.
"Hm?"
A subtle change flickered across Lv Chunyang’s expression.
He truly hadn’t expected Xu Yunfan to dive headfirst into the Boundary Sea.
Just as he was about to step in after him, Lv Chunyang suddenly stopped. He turned his head to look toward the Eastern Wilderness, his eyes flickering slightly.
If he left the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm and entered the Boundary Sea, Puchen Pure Land would likely have those four in the Eastern Wilderness immediately attain the Zizai King Buddha Fruit Position. At that point, there would be no stopping Puchen Pure Land from establishing their Earthly Buddha Country.
"Your fate is in your own hands now."
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「Puchen Pure Land」
A Bodhisattva, seated upon a Twelfth-Grade Golden Lotus, watched the unmoving figure above the East Sea, a flicker of regret in his eyes.
’What a shame.’
’If they could have lured Lv Chunyang away, everything would have been so much easier.’
’Dealing with True Monarch Pu Du of the Primordial Sect alone would have been manageable.’
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「The Boundary Sea」
The chilling aftershocks of the Sword Intent still trembled in the void. Shattered seawater and dissipating Immortal Palace Pure Qi churned together into a chaotic mess.
Xu Yunfan stood atop his escape-type Magical Treasure.
He was on the Void Crossing Boat, an item no bigger than a banana leaf yet capable of concealing itself amidst the unfixed Life and Death Profound Light of the Boundary Sea’s chaos. His face was as pale as paper.
At this moment, not even a tenth of his Magical Power remained. His Divine Sky Dao Body was covered in a spiderweb of cracks. Worse still, all three of his life-saving streams of Golden Core Sword Intent had been used up.
Looking back, the familiar Spiritual Qi fluctuations of the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm had completely vanished. In their place was the violent, disordered Chaotic Qi Flow of the Boundary Sea, mixed with the Life and Death Profound Light that could annihilate all vitality.
He suppressed the excruciating pain in his Divine Soul and turned his gaze to Ye Xuan, who was forcibly restrained within the boat, her face a mask of terror.
After all, for a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master, entering the Boundary Sea was a one-way trip to death.
If Xu Yunfan hadn’t possessed the Exotic Treasure he had refined, the Void Crossing Boat, he would never have resorted to such a method.
He glanced at the Skill Bar on his Attribute Panel. The Divine Soul Exchange ability on the Creation Cloud Scripture was still lit up.
He breathed a silent sigh of relief.
’Thankfully, the Attribute Panel exists outside the normal Rules and can ignore distance.’
’If this were the Cloud Scripture Incarnation Technique from the original Profound Capital Eight Sceneries Celestial Refining Creation Cloud Scripture, he would be completely on his own right now.’
Xu Yunfan glanced at Ye Xuan.
"Now tell me, how exactly do I get to those coordinates you mentioned? Or would you rather be thrown into the Boundary Sea?"
The fear in Ye Xuan’s eyes intensified.
If she were ever touched by the Chaos Birth and Death Profound Light of the Boundary Sea, she wouldn’t even have a chance at reincarnation.
Although most Sword Cultivators from the Wansheng Sword Sect were fanatics, this kind of death threat was, at least, relatively normal for them.
𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
She gritted her teeth and quickly revealed the path to the coordinates. It was a rift point in a chaotic boundary region, far from the main travel lanes of the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm.
Xu Yunfan said nothing more, his Divine Thought frantically pushing the Void Crossing Boat forward.
The escape treasure, refined with so much of his blood and effort, flared with its last vestiges of light. It struggled through the violent chaos of the Boundary Sea, and with every brush against the Life and Death Profound Light, the boat’s hull shuddered as if on the verge of collapse.