Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

The Cloudsoar Sword Sect's Supreme Elder Long Wuyin's death brought a fear upon the sect akin to the sky falling down.

Everyone capable of doing so hastily took to the skies, escaping on their swords.

However, powers like the Cloudsoar Sword Sect that dominated one region often supported one top-tier powerhouse with the collective effort of the whole sect.

In other words, the entire sect was developed around one such powerhouse.

In the Northern Sea Star, a sect isn't about heritage or like-minded people coming together.

A sect is just what powerhouses consider when they need some people to handle daily mundane tasks. Once they send out the word, weaker ones flock to them willingly and serve them, eventually forming some form of an institution.

Therefore, nearly all sect members on Northern Sea Star serve one or two of the top strongest beings.

The Cloudsoar Sword Sect is the perfect example of this.

In the sect, other than Long Wuyin's Blazing White Golden Core, there were no Sunburst Golden Cores and only a handful of Crimson Red Golden Cores.

Having the example of Qi Chixin's previous defeat to learn from, Li Hanqiu certainly wouldn't let the tiger return to the mountain.

With a wave of his hand, three Crimson Red Golden Cores fleeing and one begging for mercy had been killed.

As for the last escaping one, just as Li Hanqiu was about to make his move, Alkaid said, "Leave this one to me."

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"You?"

Li Hanqiu looked at Alkaid.

"This Crimson Red Golden Core is not of the War Immortal path, but a true Crimson Red Golden Core with simultaneous cultivation of essence, energy, and spirit. Are you sure?"

"I'm confident," Alkaid replied.

Li Hanqiu glanced at that Golden Core, seeming to have just broken through recently, and thought letting Alkaid get some practice wouldn't be too bad.

He nodded in agreement.

Then Alkaid, wielding the You Long Sword, swiftly pursued the fleeing Crimson Red Golden Core.

Moments later, it seemed he recognized something.

If the information provided by Fang Yueming was correct, this fleeing Crimson Red Golden Core was none other than Ran Tianchi, who had ambushed and killed Qi Chixin six years ago.

Six years ago, he had only been in the Constant Light Realm and in just six years, he had cultivated into a Crimson Red Golden Core.

And considering his age...

Under eighty!

Such talent almost qualified him to become an outer disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

...

Ahead, Ran Tianchi, who had already deployed a Forbidden Technique, sensed the pursuer behind him and a flicker of rage flashed in his eyes.

"Heavenly Fire Realm!?"

A mere Skyfire Cultivator dared to hunt him, a Crimson Red Golden Core!?

If not for a Hollow Void powerhouse backing him up, he would have turned around and taught him the meaning of death right there and then.

But at the moment, he needed to leave this place, to get away from the Cloud River Mountains.

As he fled, hatred and the intent to kill surged within him.

"Given my talent to cultivate a Crimson Red Golden Core at merely seventy-seven years old, why would I submit to Cloudsoar Sword Sect if not for Long Wuyin holding a blood oath over me? Fortunately, now that Long Wuyin is dead, I am free. Once I get past this crisis, I can join a major sect, and even becoming a disciple of some Hollow Void Elder is not beyond reach. Should the day come that I reach Hollow Void myself, not only this minor Skyfire Cultivator but also the Hollow Void behind you, must die!"

He glanced back at Alkaid in pursuit.

"One day, I shall return to the Cloud River Mountains, and at that time, all the leaders and Sect Masters of the powers there will kneel before me, honoring me as..."

His thoughts got to this point when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

He was a Crimson Red Golden Core!

The energy released by the Golden Core within him was extremely robust. With such energy output, he could cover three to four miles in an instant. Why was it that the minor Skyfire Cultivator far behind him, tens of thousands of miles inferior to him, was...

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A Skyfire Cultivator moving faster than him, a Crimson Red Golden Core!?

What kind of hellish joke was this!?

...

No matter how incredulous Ran Tianchi found it, the truth remained that Alkaid was unfailingly closing in.

Moreover, as Alkaid grew more proficient with the Supreme Divine Skill Nine Transformations of Heavenly Movement and delved deeper into his inherent talent as the Child of the Void, his speed in catching up to Ran Tianchi only increased.

When the distance between them shrunk to a single breath, numerous Stellar Essence within Alkaid's Star God physique quickly underwent Fission, creating an enormous energy under the precise control of Divine Sense comparable to a Blazing White Golden Core, an energy so massive it could destroy cities and nations, which was then fully channeled into the You Long Sword's blade.

Once the Child of the Void's talent sensed the frequency of the Void surrounding him, the concentrated force at the sword's edge was unleashed, like a Sword Qi ripping apart the Void, and it mercilessly slammed into the form of Ran Tianchi.

Rip the Sky with One Strike.

Ran Tianchi, racing for his life, felt the vibration of that Void-shattering strike from behind and his face drastically changed.

His Crimson Red Golden Core surged to its peak, like compressing all the energy a red star released in a day, and in the moment he turned around, he slashed out.

Despite the Northern Sea Star's immense devouring force upon energy forms and the pressure on its surface comparable to many planets' cores, the explosive energy formed a Flame Demon Blade several hundred meters in diameter, fiercely colliding with the Rift Sky strike from Alkaid.

At the moment of their collision, the hundreds of meters long sword of flame shattered as if it had been struck by a mountain, exploding into a brilliance of miles wide, scattering countless rays and flames in all directions.

If this had happened in a realm like the Cangwu Great World, these scattered rays and flames would fall to the ground like meteors, causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and even destroying thousands, or even tens of thousands, of miles of land.

However, in the Northern Sea Star, these splashing flames only flew out for several thousand meters before being quickly dissipated in the "air" due to "air resistance" being too great. Besides causing a slight increase in temperature of the surrounding environment, they caused no substantial damage to the ground.

"How could this be?!"

Ran Tianchi, feeling his Divine Skills and the Flame Demon Blade being crushed, was shocked to the core.

But any Cultivator from the Northern Sea Star who had achieved something was battle-hardened. In the moment his Divine Skills were shattered, he had already reacted with lightning speed, his body swirling with water mist as he suddenly used his second Divine Skill—Cloud Disappear Mist Concealment!

When the residual force of Rip the Sky with One Strike hit his protective Divine Skills, it was like a bullet entering a stream, its might rapidly slowing down, and seizing this opportunity, Ran Tianchi, with sword and self as one, burst forth like a streak of light.

Accompanied by a surge of blood light, he astonishingly increased his speed to a point far beyond that of a Crimson Red Gold Core.

"He blocked it?"

Alkaid was somewhat surprised.

In a moment, he realized that his combat experience was too little.

Thanks to his High-Dimensional Cognition, the progress of his Divine Skills surpassed everyone's imagination.

But understanding one thing is one matter, and practicing it is quite another.

However, didn't he spare Ran Tianchi exactly for the purpose of practicing?

Otherwise, if he had summoned the External Elixir and struck with Rip the Sky with One Strike again, the battle would have been over already.

In his contemplation, he once again executed the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Movement.

And this time, compared to the last, he had made further progress.

If this Supreme Divine Power had proficiency levels, and going from a beginner to minor proficiency was at 1/100, then now, with almost every execution, his proficiency level would rise by 20, 30, or even 40.

After a few times, he reached minor proficiency, then climbed to major proficiency after a dozen more, and eventually to Perfection.

Of course, even if he perfected this Supreme Divine Power now, he would not be able to truly unleash its full might.

His own cultivation was too weak.

But relying on the might of the Supreme Divine Power itself, he was indeed narrowing the gap between the speeds of the Heavenly Fire Realm and the Crimson Red Gold Core, and once again he caught up to Ran Tianchi, absorbing lessons from his previous use of Rip the Sky with One Strike, and launched another strike.

Although he was merely a Skyfire Cultivator at the level of the fourth stage of Golden Core, relying on the might of the Supreme Divine Power, he nevertheless struck with the presence of a Hollow Void powerhouse.

Though he had only the sound and not the shape or spirit of such prowess, once the force of his strike caused the Void to ripple, expand into the collapse of the Void, and even the shattering of the Void, it was enough to terrorize Ran Tianchi, a Crimson Red Gold Core, to the point of near soul-flight.

At first, Ran Tianchi could barely withstand it with his abundant experience, fighting and fleeing. But as Alkaid's proficiency with this Supreme Divine Power climbed sharply, each Rip the Sky with One Strike was enough to shake the very Gold Core of the Crimson Red cultivator.

By the time Alkaid closed in once more, the sixth Rip the Sky with One Strike came crashing down, and even though Ran Tianchi used forbidden Secret Techniques, he could only watch as the spatial force within the strike obliterated his resistance like dry weeds.

The momentum unrelenting, it slammed into his body. Under such brutal vibrations, even the Crimson Red Golden Core within him couldn't bear the burden and burst on the spot.

In this moment, Ran Tianchi felt like a War Immortal on the brink of self-detonation.

"Spare me! Supreme Immortal, spare me! The Cloudsoar Sword Sect has been destroyed; I pose no threat to you! I swear a blood oath to follow you henceforth, to serve as your slave and maid, to be dispatched by you at will! I only beg you to spare my life..."

He instantly ignited his Divine Sense, pleading desperately, hoping only to preserve his life.

As long as one does not die, there is always possibility!

This is the consensus of all Cultivators from the Northern Sea Star!

The cruel competition made them realize early on that surviving is more important than anything else!

Those with the tenacity to never yield, who would rather die than surrender, often became countless whitening bones on the Northern Sea Star before they ever had a chance to grow.

"A way to live?"

Alkaid's Divine Sense surged: "Do you know why we annihilated the Cloudsoar Sword Sect?"

"Is it because the Cloudsoar Sword Sect provoked the Supreme Immortal? I haven't been with the Cloudsoar Sword Sect for long and have no intention to live and die with it!"

"Not long? It's been at least thirty years, hasn't it."

Alkaid said, "After all, it has been more than thirty years since Qi Chixin, the True Person, took residence in Ancient City."

"Qi Chixin?!"

Hearing Alkaid mention this name, Ran Tianchi suddenly realized something.

"You guys..."

This group...

Came for vengeance for Qi Chixin!?

Despair filled his eyes instantly.

"It's over."

Alkaid once again extended his hand and launched another Rip the Sky with One Strike, its execution now more than twice as effortless and swift as the initial one.

In this moment, Ran Tianchi, with his Gold Core shattered, could no longer withstand it.

"Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! My only regret is being too weak! Unable to slay all the cultivators of Northern Sea! In the Northern Sea, it's the law of the jungle! One day, you too will be annihilated by an even stronger cultivator!"

With a reluctant howl, the energy from his rupturing Golden Core was completely released, and suddenly, a Crimson Red sun dozens of miles in diameter appeared in the sky, obliterating everything.