Remould the Glory of Sword Art

Cheng Er lay in a pool of blood.

The veil hat’s black gauze shielded the face of the woman in the green garments. She lay quietly in the snow pit, like a lifeless porcelain piece, allowing the blood to flow and spread without uttering a single moan of pain.

"Dead?"

Inside the ancient temple, Ao Ying stared through the broken array talisman at this scene, momentarily stunned.

She looked at Xie Xuanyi in surprise.

The power of Chi Fu Dragon Lord’s palm strike was truly remarkable.

Aside from a quasi-Harmonization strong person like Jiang Huang, no Yin God should be able to survive such a blow.

The ancient temple grew colder.

No Divine Thought came from Cheng Er anymore...

In the end, the rather legendary "Second Master" was merely a member of the Yin God Ten Realms.

"Not so simple."

Xie Xuanyi chuckled softly.

To kill Cheng Er, it’s not that easy?

He understood Lu Yuzhen.

That guy wasn’t truly a heartless person...

Previously in the River of Destiny, Lu Yuzhen was willing to use Jiang Miaoyin as a hostage to exchange for "Chi Wu" with him.

It could be seen.

Every Venerable in Paperman Sect was precious to him.

After the South Border war, Lu Yuzhen moved Pure White Mountain along with all the Venerables of Paperman Sect into the River of Destiny. It seemed like an escape but was actually a protection.

Yin Mountain, Hehuan Sect, Heavenly Puppet Sect, were reduced to "sacrificial offerings"...

In reality.

In Lu Yuzhen’s eyes, these Southern Border Evil Cultivators were like grass and could die if they died.

But these Enlightenment Treasures were different.

All of their names were given by Lu Yuzhen.

From this perspective, Lu Yuzhen was both their "Daoist Master" and their "parent."

Cheng Er was the highest-ranking "Refining Furnace" in Paperman Sect.

The treasure that Lu Yuzhen cherished the most.

With such an existence, how could Lu Yuzhen bear to let it shatter?

"..."

The world was silent.

Chi Fu Dragon Lord stared at the woman in the pool of blood, a sense of unease slowly rising in his heart.

In this world, only a few Yin Gods could survive his palm strike.

Cheng Er certainly wasn’t one of them.

However...

The vitality surging in the pool of blood grew increasingly strong.

"Undying Spring..."

Chi Fu Dragon Lord lowered his voice and uttered these three words very seriously.

The only cause he could think of was the Undying Spring. Those Great Venerables from the Demon Country knew Lu Yuzhen possessed a heavy treasure. After offending both Great Chu and Great Li dynasties, this enigmatic Paperman Daoist Master fled north to the Demon Country, taking advantage of the Undying Spring to stir a southward wave of conquest.

A very few Great Divine Ability Users received gifts from Paperman Sect.

Such as the Tribulation Lord.

Others only heard of it without seeing it.

Like Chi Fu Dragon Lord.

He knew the Heavenly Phoenix Palace collaborated with "Second Master" not for the Undying Spring, but due to "Second Master’s" extraordinary talent. Two years ago, when the Great Palace Master and Lu Yuzhen met once at Phoenix Fire Cave Heaven, no one knew what they discussed. All that was known was that after that meeting, a mysterious Chess Player named "Second Master" appeared in the Heavenly Phoenix Palace.

Many things change with time.

The relationship between the Heavenly Phoenix Palace and Paperman Sect...

Was a perfect example.

Initially, after Lu Yuzhen and the Great Palace Master completed talks, Cheng Er’s status was quite respectable. She could freely enter most places except the "Phoenix Fire Cave Heaven," enjoying the same treatment as Yang God Realm Great Venerables. As the "Chess Player" in the South-North war, Cheng Er had permission to view the Heavenly Phoenix Palace’s ancient collections and secret scrolls.

Yet, as time passed.

Lu Yuzhen didn’t appear.

Cheng Er gradually turned from "Chess Player" to "Chess Piece," finally becoming a "hostage."

Though Chi Fu Dragon Lord didn’t know the exact agreement Lu Yuzhen and the Great Palace Master reached.

He could clearly feel the Great Palace Master’s change in attitude.

Lu had vanished for a long time.

The Great Palace Master’s "patience" grew poorer, eventually instructing Chi Fu Dragon Lord to detain Cheng Er.

Chi Fu Dragon Lord conjectured privately.

Lu Yuzhen promised the Great Palace Master perhaps just the "Undying Spring."

In this world, few things could tempt the Great Palace Master — the Undying Spring was one of them.

"Screech, screech!"

Thousands of thoughts swept by, Chi Fu Dragon Lord furrowed his brow, snapping out of that brief distraction.

He stared seriously at the near vicinity.

The woman in the pool of blood remained motionless.

But at her chest position, clothes torn, numerous vapors surged out, the surrounding snow reversed along with the vapor...

"Hmm?"

Chi Fu Dragon Lord faintly sensed.

As if a force were sweeping from the void.

Abyss Sea Dao Domain surged with Great Dao’s colors like tides rising and falling.

"Is this a manifestation?"

Chi Fu Dragon Lord sneered, about to transmit the news to the Great Palace Master.

One fact had to be admitted.

The hardest person to find under the sky wasn’t Xuan Jin or Cui Zhen...

But that bizarre Daoist Lu of Paperman Sect!

Two years ago, after those negotiations concluded, Lu Yuzhen utterly vanished, truly disappearing from the world. The Great Palace Master even personally searched inside-out in Demon Country, yet found not any trace.

Today.

If Cheng Er could draw Lu Yuzhen out — that would be a fortunate thing!

Rumble.

From the Heavenly Peak, muffled thunder sounded, clouds, Sword Qi, snow, blazing fire... all suppressed in that moment by lightning’s glare.

Whether Jiang Huang or Xuan Jin, they raised their heads in unison.

They could feel.

As if an immensely potent force were swiftly "descending" from the void——

This force didn’t belong here.

The so-called thunder wasn’t an abnormality of divine skills, but a Heavenly Dao manifestation.

This Outer Wall Ridge was scores of miles from Lushui Cave Heaven.

Yet at that moment...

Abundant Primordial Energy as dragons drawing water separated from Lushui Cave Heaven, swept toward Broken Buddha Cliff, as if Heavenly Dao’s will "came to life," summoning massive Primordial Energy, aiming to lock this formidable force. Such abnormality even Jiang Huang and Xuan Jin sensed something amiss, needless to say for Chi Fu Dragon Lord, who sent his Divine Thought repeatedly via the Communication Order but received no reply; this Yang God Realm Great Divine Power User couldn’t even laugh, cold sweat beginning to ooze from his back.

This was Heavenly Phoenix Palace’s territory, with a {Star Gate} nearby.

According to logic.

To transmit Divine Thought, just a moment.

For the Great Palace Master to descend, only mere seconds.

However...

At some point, around Broken Buddha Cliff, vast Paper Snow blanketed tens of miles, trapping everyone’s Divine Thought within this prison.

Chi Fu Dragon Lord was no exception.

"Damned."

Chi Fu Dragon Lord intently stared at the fallen Cheng Er’s blood pool position.

A sudden wind rose, Paper Snow swayed.

In the deep clouds, there gradually reflected a vague white figure. It was a white-haired Taoist draped in a snow-white cloak, slowly walking from the void’s end, as if traversing ages, with an aura ancient yet sorrowful.