Longevity by Grinding Skills

The Soul Slaying Power she took such pride in crashed against Ye Yuan’s Sword Intent. Like spring snow meeting the scorching sun, it failed to move him in the slightest.

Zhang Qiaoluo’s expression changed drastically. Her internal qi roiled; the Soul-Slaying Bead was connected to her Divine Soul, and its destruction by his sword sent a sharp, needle-like pain through her Sea of Consciousness, forcing her to stumble back several steps.

One sword.

With just one thrust of his sword, he had channeled the True Intent of Shaking Light Divides the Sea. Combining it with his own tyrannical, fierce, and Sword Spirit Profound Supreme Sword Intent, he had simultaneously shattered Lu Chuan’s shockingly powerful Imperial Decree Pure Qi and Zhang Qiaoluo’s sinister and bizarre Profound Vagina Soul-Slaying Bead.

"One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!"

Sun Yue couldn’t help but mutter, his expression utterly complex.

This was why the Wansheng Sword Sect was known as the Leader of the Righteous Path—because when it came to killing, their Sword Cultivators were number one in the world.

No matter how complex your Magic or how bizarre your Divine Techniques, no matter if you command the heavens and earth or attack the Primordial Spirit directly—with a single sword, with absolute speed and power, with an ultimate Sword Intent that pierces to the core of all Law, I will sever its heart, and its structure will crumble. Once the source of even the greatest power is cut off at its foundation, it becomes like a rootless tree, collapsing in an instant.

Witnessing this, Xu Yunfan’s pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

Lu Chuan and Zhang Qiaoluo were top-tier experts among Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, yet their full-power attacks had been so easily broken?!

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The last shred of his previous plan vanished from his mind. He knew now that victory today could not be achieved through one-on-one duels or a conventional siege.

It was at the very instant Ye Yuan’s Sword Intent was at its peak, having just shattered their joint attack. It was also the moment his Heart and Spirit were focused forward, his qi beginning to recede from its zenith—that brief pause when old strength is spent and new strength has yet to rise.

Xu Yunfan seized this exact moment.

"Activate the array!"

Xu Yunfan roared, his hands instantly forming seals at a speed that left behind a blur of afterimages.

The vast, ocean-like Magical Power within him was poured without reservation into the Array Core Array Eye, which he had long since connected to.

RUMBLE RUMBLE!!

The once-peaceful valley was instantly transformed into a Nine Heavens Thunder Prison.

The Grand Array’s power, which had been forcefully suppressed by the Cause and Effect Secret Technique, now broke free of its restraints like an ancient Fierce Beast, baring its savage fangs.

The sky abruptly darkened. It wasn’t that dark clouds had appeared from nowhere; rather, the great sun itself was blotted out by a rapidly spinning vortex of thunderbolts, which blazed with a blinding, violet-white light.

Countless billions of violet-white electric serpents converged and intertwined within the vortex, emitting a deafening, destructive roar of thunder.

It was like the end of the world.

Within the Grand Array, Divine Sky Domain Celestial Thunder quickly materialized—a force capable of purging all the filth and evil from the world.

The Celestial Thunder did not rain down immediately. Instead, it condensed into violet-white pillars of lightning as thick as water vats, each radiating an aura of annihilation. Then, guided by Xu Yunfan’s Seal Technique, they descended like judgments from the heavens, aimed squarely at the snow-white figure in the valley.

An unrelenting bombardment rained down.

Each pillar of lightning struck at an incredibly tricky angle, subtly sealing off all of Ye Yuan’s possible escape routes from every direction.

The ground also began to tremble violently.

The Earth Vein Evil Qi, which had been locked away by the array, now transformed into thousands of viscous, ink-black and violet demon dragons that surged madly from the cracks in the rocks and the depths of the earth.

These Evil Qi demon dragons carried a terrifying power capable of plunging one into chaos and corrupting their Divine Soul. They roared as they swarmed toward Ye Yuan, forming a dense, overlapping Yin Yang Realm forcefield around him that was as viscous as a quagmire.

It then began to frantically pull and bind Ye Yuan’s body, interfering with the circulation of his Magical Power.

But most dangerous of all were the formless, intangible ripples that sent a shudder of dread through everyone present.

The Chaotic Divine Realm activated!

Yin Evil Qi intertwined with the formless Heart Thunder.

What is Heart Thunder? It is the Power of Bewitching Gods.

This power formed countless shockwaves that targeted the very Origin of the Divine Soul, piercing directly into the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

They would dredge up the deepest fears, hatreds, and all other insane, negative emotions from a person’s heart, all while bombarding them with a bone-chilling Heart Thunder that could freeze thought itself.

Once struck, a victim would, at best, suffer mental chaos and imprecise movements. At worst, their soul would be torn apart, driving them to a frenzied self-destruction.

This was the true hidden killing move of the "Nine Heavens Five Thunders Yin Yang Chaotic God Covering Evil Formation," and the origin of the words "Chaotic God" in its name.

A trinity of attacks, Yin and Yang in concert: sealing the physical body, grinding down the Divine Soul, and summoning Celestial Punishment.

At the critical moment when the Grand Array erupted, when the roaring lightning and Evil Qi were about to engulf Ye Yuan, and while the Power of Chaos God relentlessly assaulted his Divine Soul...

...two long-brewing, ferocious killing intents finally erupted at the perfect opportunity.

Sun Yue, the Body Refining Cultivator who seemed as straightforward and solid as a mountain, made his move. He struck at the precise moment Ye Yuan had just shattered Lu Chuan and Zhang Qiaoluo’s joint attack—a moment when his old strength was spent and new strength had yet to rise, and a moment when the Grand Array’s sudden, violent bombardment had captured most of his Heart and Spirit.

In an instant, his muscles shifted from dormant to explosive. His gnarled sinews ground together with the dull sound of metal on stone, his bones cracked and popped, and the qi and blood in his body surged like mercury. A faint, pale-gold light even began to glow on the surface of his skin.

This golden light was an external manifestation of his qi and blood, a sign that his physique had been tempered to its absolute limit.

He used no flashy moves, nor did he need a long time to gather power.

His entire body exploded like a spring compressed to its limit as he stomped his left foot violently on the ground.

BOOM!!!

With his foot as the epicenter, the solid ground cracked as if trampled by an ancient behemoth, and spiderweb-like fissures shot out for dozens of li.

The terrifying force blasted rubble and dust into the air, causing them to hang suspended for a moment.

Harnessing the violent recoil, Sun Yue’s body shot forward like a giant cannonball, tearing through the air with a sonic boom that would make one’s scalp tingle.

He raised his right fist, which was as large as a cattail fan, and thrust it forward.

Wherever his fist passed, the air was violently compressed and displaced by its extreme speed and power, forming a visible, milky-white conical shockwave.

The momentum of this punch was simple, direct, and utterly brutal. It carried the will to topple mountains and crush everything in its path, aimed straight for the ribs under Ye Yuan’s right side.

"Unbreakable Giant Spirit Fighting True Skill—Inverted Mount."

At almost the exact same instant Sun Yue erupted, a patch of darkness that had almost completely blended into its surroundings stirred in the shadows behind Ye Yuan.

Mo Qisha’s figure emerged like a phantom.

He seemed to have calculated the arrival of this fatal moment long ago. Using the immense Spiritual Energy fluctuations and chaotic light from the eruption of Xu Yunfan’s Grand Array as the perfect cover, he launched his long-planned assassination at the very instant Ye Yuan’s senses were overwhelmed by the Celestial Thunder, the Earth Evil, and the Power of Chaos God.

Mo Qisha held a short sword that was pitch-black, as if it could absorb all light.

The sword had no edge, yet it radiated an extremely dangerous and intensely concentrated Godslaying Aura.

It was none other than his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Shadow Seven Extremes Sword.

With no wasted movements, Mo Qisha’s entire being, along with the short sword in his hand, transformed into a streak moving at a speed that surpassed the limits of thought. He had focused all his power, his very Essence, Qi, and Spirit, into the tip of his blade.

Although he wielded a sword, he did not walk the Sword Dao.

Instead, his was the way of the assassin, focused on a single killing blow; if it failed, he would flee ten thousand li.

This thrust was silent and traceless. It made no sound as it cut through the air, nor did it cause any shift in light or shadow.

A silent Sword Gang, an invisible kill.