Longevity by Grinding Skills

The golden light of Yang Jian, the fire-tipped spear of Nezha, and the Purple Gold Rod of the Demon Monkey were all pierced by a single line, their phantoms dimming.

This was a Seventh Grade Peak All Heaven Star Formation, capable of drawing upon the Circulation Star Power from beyond the realm to create a supreme trapping and killing array. Yet, before this single strike—one that carried the culmination of Ye Yuan’s lifelong Dao Fruit comprehension and his most ferocious Sword Intent—a fatal crack had appeared.

A Sword Intent this profound could even slay those of the Upper Realm.

This thin Platinum Sword Line was the ultimate killing blow, one Ye Yuan had obtained by pouring out his everything to ignite the Anomaly of the Shore of No Return.

Its speed was so great it surpassed the limits of what Divine Thought could perceive.

In an instant, the white line—a symbol of the ultimate truth of Ye Yuan’s Sword Dao—ignored the Grand Array’s obstruction and appeared just three inches from Xu Yunfan’s brow.

Death had never felt so near.

Facing this ultimate killing sword—an attack that had already surpassed the Foundation Establishment Level, contained a trace of Immortal Golden Nature, and was designed solely to extinguish all Vitality—any calculation, any hesitation, any thought of controlling the array in Xu Yunfan’s mind was utterly obliterated in a ten-thousandth of a second.

All that remained was the purest, most primal instinct for survival and the combat reflexes honed through a thousand life-and-death battles.

’In this life-or-death struggle, I have no choice but to fight!’

"HRAAAGH!!!"

A furious roar that could pierce the very Divine Soul erupted from Xu Yunfan’s chest.

Deep within his eyes, cold reason vanished completely, leaving only a rage hot enough to incinerate the heavens.

His Martial Arts Celestial Eye instantly flew open to its limit. A golden glow erupted from his vertical pupils, as if he had ignited two burning suns.

RAGE! RAGE! RAGE!

This rage was not without source or root.

Its source was rooted deep in his resentment of Ye Yuan’s overwhelming power, his disdain for the treachery of Lu Chuan and the others, the bitter humiliation of his own strength being pushed to a life-or-death test, and a savage killing intent born from the tormented souls slain by his sword, souls unwilling to enter Reincarnation.

He had walked his entire path as if on thin ice, the way forward monopolized by high-and-mighty True Monarchs. Naturally, he was furious.

’These goddamn Golden Core True Monarchs are no different from the capitalists of my past life!’

’For their own selfish desires, they’ve completely choked off the path for anyone else to rise.’

’They’ve stopped even pretending to let the wealth trickle down.’

’Martial Arts Celestial Eye, unleash!’

Xu Yunfan had entered the Martial Dao, tempered his organs with the Nine Layers of Heavenly Gang Thunder Fire, and drawn upon the Circulation of Geng Metal Killing Qi. Through Bone Forging, recasting his meridians, and polishing his very marrow, he had made his physical body pure and flawless—like naturally formed Divine Iron—and forged the Divine Sky Undying Dao Body.

Now, what flowed in his blood was no longer simple Martial Arts Gang Fiend. It was a purer, vaster Magical Power, one fused with the explosive aura of a Thunderbolt.

The Martial Arts Celestial Eye forcefully detonated the talent hidden deep within his bloodline—the aggressive, violent, and ferocious nature inherent to a Martial Artist.

The instant his rage was ignited, the blood within his bones began to boil like lava.

Thunder Fire seemed to erupt from every pore on his body, and each strand of his hair stood on end.

His immense qi and blood instantly shattered the shackles of reason, sending him into a berserk state that far surpassed his usual peak.

The Purple Gold Thunder Pattern across his body flared with a blinding light. His Divine Sky Dao Body groaned, unable to bear the strain, yet his power abruptly surged.

But this was merely the foundation.

The true essence of Fury Kill lay not in its power, but in its *intent*!

Heaven and Earth Converge, Yin and Yang Separate and Reunite.

In that fleeting instant, the profound Dao Principle of the Heaven and Earth Interchange Yin Yang Separation and Reunion Scripture began to churn violently within Xu Yunfan’s Sea of Consciousness.

The core tenet of this Supreme Method from Hundred Desires Peak was to perceive, control, and incite the most fundamental seven emotions and six desires within a living being, twisting their heart and using it for one’s own ends.

It could be said that it allowed one to play with a being’s emotions and desires as if they were puppets on a string.

Normally, the True Disciples of Hundred Desires Peak used this technique for their Cultivation by plundering the essence of others, as well as the essence of heaven and earth.

But now, he did the exact opposite, turning the technique’s strange and treacherous power upon himself.

He used his will as a catalyst and the Hundred Desires Secret Skill as a bridge, detonating the furious emotions buried deep within his Sea of Consciousness.

His Divine Sense poured out like a torrent from an opened floodgate. It rushed into the "Fury Killing Sword Intent"—an intent he had previously comprehended from his clone, Han Shi, and which had been perfectly deduced and branded into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness by the Attribute Panel.

Xu Yunfan now held a perfect understanding of the true essence of the Thousand Chariots Geng Sea Fury Wave Sword Technique—the secret, orthodox technique of the Wansheng Sword Sect that his clone, Han Shi, cultivated.

The principle of the Fury Killing Sword Intent was simple: the greater the fury, the stronger the intent.

Through Xu Yunfan’s extreme maneuver—using his own body to incite rage and his spirit to detonate it—this power unexpectedly achieved a perfect resonance with the Hundred Desires Peak’s Secret Technique for controlling emotions and desires.

The Fury Killing Sword Intent manifested.

HUMMM!

CLANG!!

As if sensing its master’s ultimate rage—a fury that could incinerate the entire world—the True Martial Sword in Xu Yunfan’s hand let out a resonant cry, a sound sharp enough to pierce metal and shatter stone.

The faint purple arcs of electricity coiling around the ancient sword were instantly replaced by an eerie Sword Aura—one crimson as blood, yet laced with a purple-gold thunderous light.

That light was filled with destruction and berserk violence, along with a mad obsession to tear apart the existence before it, no matter the cost.

At this moment, the True Intent to Exorcize Demons and Evil carried by the True Martial Sword was forcefully twisted by this radical, ruthless intent born of his own fury. It was now stained with a tragic, blood-colored edge.

This instantly blossoming Fury Killing Sword Intent had none of the array’s intricate flows, none of the blessings of the Circulation Star Power.

The Magical Power in Xu Yunfan’s body, like boiling volcanic magma, poured into the True Martial Sword without reservation.

He gripped the sword with both hands, his movements simple to the extreme.

There were no profound variations of any Sword Technique, only the most simple and direct upward slash.

He used the inferno in his heart as a catalyst, the violence in his blood as a foundation, and drove the Law of Wanshengs’ Fury.

A Sword Gang of intermingled crimson and purple-gold—the Sword Gang of Fury Kill—surged from the tip of the True Martial Sword.

It was not grand or majestic, but a destructive torrent bursting forth from the Nine Nether Purgatory itself.

It was not the noble Righteous Dao, but it was filled with the most primal and brutal will to kill.

The power of this sword, magnified several times over by Xu Yunfan’s own extreme rage, fearlessly met the supreme Platinum Sword Line that contained a trace of the Immortal Golden Nature’s mystery.

BOOM!!!

Two Sword Intents—utterly opposite in nature, yet equally brutal and domineering—collided violently in the void, right at that point three inches from Xu Yunfan’s brow.

No sound could describe the collision of that instant. Space itself seemed to twist and collapse as light was devoured, only to burst forth again.

The thin Platinum Sword Line represented the unyielding path of No Return, a path that severed all things.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The crimson and purple-gold torrent represented the berserk path of Fury Kill, a path that incinerated all things.

This was a clash of wills.

It was the ultimate expression of the paths they each pursued.

It was the desperate, all-or-nothing gamble of a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator against one with half a foot in the Seeking Gold Realm.

The True Martial Sword whined and trembled. Its blade shuddered violently under the impact of that supremely sharp and unyielding Platinum Sword Intent. The webbing of Xu Yunfan’s hands instantly split open, and fresh blood dyed the sword’s guard red.

And yet, the Sword Gang—a convergence of the qi, blood, and fury from his Martial Dao; the rage from his Divine Soul ignited by the Hundred Desires Secret Skill; and the sublimation of Wansheng’s Fury Kill True Intent—did not immediately collapse, despite being at an absolute disadvantage.

Within the crimson and purple-gold Sword Aura, the blood-red color rapidly faded as the purple-gold thunder light flashed madly, desperately holding back the unyielding Platinum Sword Intent of No Return.

Blood streamed from Xu Yunfan’s mouth and nose, and his eyes were as red as blood. Under the shockwaves from the collision of two terrifyingly absolute wills, his Divine Sky Dao Body began to fracture with a web of cracks.

A fine mist of blood sprayed from the acupoints all over his body, only to be instantly vaporized by the violent Qi Force into a crimson haze.