Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 805: Chapter 505: Establishing the Path

The swordsman waved his sleeve, and the Five Colors Divine Light swept away the corpse; the shadow of the person dissipated, and in a blink, it turned into nothingness.

A moment later, heaven and earth sealed itself, leaving no trace in the void, only several divine senses swept across.

“That was…”

“The Ninth Heaven Sword Master?”

“How is that possible!”

“The previous Saint Lord of the Sword Pavilion, actually slain by someone?”

“A Sect Master of such a grand Immortal Sect, how could he perish so effortlessly?”

“Who is this person of such sacred might, to have such a ruthless hand?”

“From east to west, demons rise, and the Central Plains are also in endless strife. Now another Ninth Heaven Sword Master has perished; is this world truly headed for great chaos?”

“A time of much turmoil, a time of much turmoil indeed…”

Several divine senses swept across and then hurried away.

The death of a Mahayana Cultivator is no small matter.

The Northern Immortal Sect, among the Ten Great Holy Lands, although disputes are incessant, there has always been restraint. Battles are confined to Integrations, and even if an Ancient Secret Realm appears and Mahayana True Immortals enter, they vie for opportunities, not life and death.

After all, the body mass of a Holy Land Immortal Sect is substantial. Mortal combat would only cause mutual destruction and be a loss not worth the gain.

But now…

The death of Xiao Teng could spark untold incidents.

The Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion, a Holy Land Immortal Sect, will not sit back and swallow this insult.

But the one who killed Xiao Teng is no easy adversary.

In such a clash of dragons and tigers, in the end, whose hand will the deer die by?

…

Time flies rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

Months later, Escape Lights streamed toward the Southern Sea.

Dozens of Escape Lights revealed dozens of figures, divided into two factions and six sects.

The Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion, the Five Elements Immortal Sect, and the Haoyu Heavenly Sect formed one faction.

The Big Dipper Immortal Sect, the Great Sun Immortal Sect, and the Taixuan Tao Mountain formed another faction.

The Holy Land of the Northern Region, Taoist Vein Immortal Sect, dozens of Mahayana gathered here, the grandeur rivaling the previous chaotic battle in the Ten Thousand Star Sea and the dispute in the Five Elements Immortal Mansion.

The Mahayanas appeared, their gazes coldly swept across only to see that within the boundary of the Southern Sea, the heavens and waters merged continuously, clouds of immortals densely spread, and the radiant light was dazzling, forming an imposing array.

“This formation…”

“Indeed, they were well-prepared!”

Upon seeing this, all the cultivators felt a chill.

“That Li Xuanyuan, he also masters the Path of Formation Mastery?”

“A Heaven Sword Cultivator, how could he not!”

“This array that envelops the Southern Sea, connecting heaven and earth, is vast and surely a Superior Grade Immortal Array.”

“A Seventh Order Superior Grade Immortal Array, with a Heaven Sword Cultivator, a Seventh-Order Formation Master inside hosting it…”

“For Mahayanas to enter, death is almost certain, and not even a Calamity Immortal can emerge. Who could possibly break it?”

“No wonder he dares to directly confront the Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion. He truly has something to rely on!”

“Such a formation aside, that Li Xuanyuan alone fighting against three tiers of the Xiao Family and emerging completely victorious not to mention having slain Xiao Teng. With such capability, not showing up, who could rival him?”

“Now that he has laid out such a Malicious Formation, being in the array gives him all the advantages of time and place, even if a Calamity Immortal were to act, it might not be able to affect him.”

“This Southern Sea… are we really about to witness the rise of a Master of the Marginal Path?”

Outside the Southern Sea, the cultivators observed, growing more alarmed and frowning deeper with every look.

These cultivators of the Central Plains Holy Land, although they constantly contend with each other, remain united against outsiders.

In the Northern Cultivation Realm, there should only be the Ten Great Holy Lands, not the eleventh or twelfth.

Therefore, they have always suppressed, both openly and covertly, the Marginal Path cultivators from the Four Wilds Frontier. The South Sea Sect and Li Cangwu were just among them, with countless prior examples and lessons.

This practice was to guard against the Marginal Paths to prevent a true Master of the Marginal Path, a Left Path True Immortal, from establishing a new Holy Land as the Eleventh, and splitting the interests of the Northern Cultivation Realm.

The world moves for profit, everywhere there are conflicts over interests, even the “Holy Land Immortal Sects” cannot escape this truth.

But as always, what they most dreaded happening has happened despite strict vigilance over the years.

What is to be done?

“Brother Zhang, in terms of mastery in the Array Formation, if Taixuan Tao Mountain is second, I fear no one in the Northern Region dares to claim the first. Can you see through this formation?”

“This… I, a humble Taoist, find it difficult to discern the mysteries. I only feel the Yin and Yang Qi blending into one, with the Mechanisms of the Five Elements generating and restraining, creating transformations, its wonderful uses are infinite, I fear it may not be inferior to the Big Dipper Immortal Formation hosted by Taoist Zhou!”

“Brother Zhang speaks accurately, this formation with Yin and Yang mixed into one qi, the Five Elements combined into one body, even among Superior Grade Immortal Arrays is not to be taken lightly, it is very likely a Supreme Grade Termination Array, I am inferior indeed!”

“Having provoked such a formidable enemy, I wonder how the Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion will end this?”

Although the overall interests align, the Big Dipper and Great Sun Sects still harbored a bit of schadenfreude, and Taixuan Tao Mountain too, remained aloof.

Looking at the other faction, the Five Elements Immortal Sect kept silent, Haoyu Heavenly Sect said nothing, only the Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion looked as grim as water, mixed with regret and resentment.

Regretting not eradicating the roots, resenting not Scouring the Court and Sweeping the Den.

Thus today, they harbored a tiger as a menace, facing a dilemma whether to advance or retreat.”

What is to be done?

The cultivators of the Sword Pavilion, their faces as grim as water, only after a while did someone step forward and call out to the formation: “Li Xuanyuan, where are you!?”

Before the words finished, within the formation, a streak of Sword Light suddenly emerged, transforming into the figure of a man dressed in white as pure as a True Immortal descending to the dust.

“Li Xuanyuan!”

The crowd’s gaze sharpened, as if facing a great enemy, none dared to be negligent.

The cultivators of the Sword Pavilion looked even colder, sternly questioning, “You slaughtered our Sword Pavilion cultivator, and laid out such a Malicious Formation, I dare to ask your honored self who you are, why do you hide your identity, plotting against our Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion?”

“To kill a killer, what’s there to say?”

The swordsman, hands behind his back, spoke no further: “The formation stands here, if you’ve got the guts come and argue within, if not, go back to your houses and scheme. Any scheming words apart from showing shameless thick skin, what else can it reveal?”

“You…!”

With these words, the other side was at a loss for words, the cultivators of the Sword Pavilion clenched their teeth in anger, yet had no way to retaliate.

Caught in a difficult position!

A Seventh-Order Termination Array, Mahayana difficult to break, with a Heaven Sword inside and the Formation Master presiding in the center, even a Three Calamities Immortal would have some reservations, not daring to rashly enter.