Li Changshou was swallowed. Ancestor Tongxian appeared to rescue him but was blocked by the Two Sages of the Western Teaching. He secretly threw out the Green Duckweed Sword and used its scabbard to lock down Kun Peng.

This treasured sword of the Severing Sect fell into Fairy Yunxiao’s hands.

Behold Yunxiao.

Her white dress still, long hair unmoving, a face without anger but eyes cold as frost, she descended with a sword in hand.

At the edge of the Chaos Sea, she left trails of afterimages, creating dozens of vortexes above the primordial beast’s neck!

The Green Duckweed Sword unleashed a thousand-zhang cold light, smashing down on Kun Peng’s massive form, the cold light piercing thick skin and spraying a curtain of blood into the sky!

As the sword flashed, the curtain of blood was split in two. Fairy Yunxiao flew horizontally, her Green Duckweed Sword splashing out rapidly, casting down sword shadows that carved valley-deep bloody marks into Kun Peng’s neck!

Swift!

Yunxiao didn’t know why she felt such rage, but when she saw Li Changshou about to obtain the Violet Qi of Primal Chaos, only to be swallowed by Kun Peng…

Her fairy heart lost its measure, her immortal soul touched by killing intent.

[“Senior, how is my Sea God Temple?” She remembered that quiet night by the South Sea, when the paper avatar disguised as an elder spoke with a smile, his voice deliberately aged, not daring to look up directly.]

Yunxiao’s lips pressed together lightly, divine light in her eyes briefly dazed before returning to that same determination.

A determination is full of killing intent!

The Green Duckweed Sword flipped left and right, the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper accompanying her side, her three thousand strands of black hair stained with blood!

“Hmm—”

The primordial beast lowered its head and released a somewhat miserable cry, vast magical power gushing forth, directly snapping the Heaven and Earth chains that bound its head.

Streams of black qi surged from all over its body, instantly filling the void outside Xuandu City, contaminating the edge of the Chaos Sea.

Sword light flashed rapidly, the Green Duckweed Sword stirring up endless black qi, the white-robed fairy’s figure unceasing, layers of sword marks condensing around her before sinking into Kun Peng’s thick skin.

She had already beaten Kun Peng’s neck into a bloody mess!

Just then!

White light flashed on Kun Peng’s back, and the yin-yang energies of black and white condensed into countless black and white meteors, following the Great Wizard’s sleeve movements to crash down fiercely!

The divine phoenix formed of five-colored divine light repeatedly collided, boom—making Kun Peng’s body sway left and right. Kong Xuan’s figure merged into the divine phoenix, which spread its wings and cried out, its body suddenly growing several times larger!

A golden light swept past above the currently silent group of mighty beings, as Golden Spirit Supreme Mother cursed:

“Damn it! Spit out Changgeng!”

Golden Spirit Supreme Mother immediately manifested her six-armed dharma body, golden light flashing rapidly, directly stabbing at Kun Peng’s tightly closed eyes, carving deep wounds across its eyelids!

The Dragon Tiger Ruyi Scepter manifested phantom images of the four divine beasts—azure dragon and white tiger—smashing heavily into Kun Peng’s forehead, causing it to continuously roar in pain.

Kun Peng struggled mightily, its body “slowly” retreating toward the Chaos Sea.

“Stay!”

Suddenly a great shout rang out as Zhao Gongming’s figure appeared directly in front of Kun Peng. Twenty-four great stars shone brilliantly, the sound of roaring waves echoing inside and outside Xuandu City, once again stopping Kun Peng’s movement!

Several streams of light flashed!

Supreme Mother Wudang and Supreme Mother Guiling appeared on the left and right of Kun Peng’s head. The former released a treasure map from her hand, manifesting thousands of fierce beasts within to tear at Kun Peng’s body.

The latter played a jade flute, layers of mysterious ripples spreading out, seemingly searching for the location of Kun Peng’s primordial spirit.

Within water-blue light, Baize’s figure appeared behind Zhao Gongming, transforming into his auspicious beast form, three colored feathers on his forehead blooming with seven-colored radiance.

Only Baize did not use offensive divine abilities, instead sensing Li Changshou’s fortune and misfortune.

Several more figures arrived from the side and rear.

True Lord Taiyi, holding the Divine Fire Cover, released nine fire dragons, frowning as he watched Kun Peng’s continuously trembling terrifying form.

Taiyi helplessly discovered that his immortal consciousness actually could not observe Kun Peng’s entire form, and could only search in his heart for some words that might provoke Kun Peng.

In contrast, True Lord Yuding now revealed a dao charm never shown before, actually making both Baize and Taiyi feel a faint pressure.

A jade-colored treasure cauldron floated above Yuding’s head, rapidly rotating as Yuding formed hand seals and lightly called out:

“Primordial Universe, thousand changes and ten thousand transformations!

All manifested by mind, nothing exists outside this!”

Behind True Lord Yuding, first, like divine birds spreading their wings, a light blue screen of light opened up. Thousands of immortal swords condensed from within the screen and charged forward, then transformed into a river of swords, violently bombarding the position of Kun Peng’s chin.

At the same time, Kun Peng’s tail suddenly suffered a fierce attack!

A great hole appeared in the Chaos Sea, and over ten figures flew out from within.

Duobao Daoren glared at Kun Peng’s majestic form as vast as Mount Kunlun, gritted his teeth, and scattered streams of light from his sleeve. His dao swept out, temporarily driving away the disordered chaos of this place.

Shortly after, a series of spirit lights exploded in the Chaos Sea!

Ancient flood dragons came forward biting and tearing, six lightning dragons entangled and assaulted, and several giant swords slashed wantonly!

Kun Peng’s body continuously trembled, relying on that vast magical power like the water of four seas to forcefully withstand all attacks!

Not only that, he even broke free from the twenty-four Sea Calming Divine Zhenzhus, his form once again “slowly” retreating toward the Chaos Sea.

The various immortals of the Dao School each unleashed their true fire, magical power gathering in treasures to form divine abilities, bombarding Kun Peng with wild attacks.

Yunxiao’s sword light grew even swifter, the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper releasing streams of golden light as if she wanted to split open Kun Peng from the neck to save the swallowed figure…

Above Xuandu City, of the several dozen experts who had been competing for the Violet Qi of Primal Chaos earlier, half had already taken the opportunity to retreat, hiding in the Chaos Sea.

The remaining half were all cultivators who could walk openly in the primordial world, without any crimes or accusations against them.

However, except for Earth Immortal Ancestor Zhenyuan of the Five Villa Observatory, who attempted to suppress Kun Peng with Heaven and Earth principles, the others only frowned as they watched this scene.

What had they witnessed?

Nearly twenty Dao School experts surrounded and killed Kun Peng!

At this time, what attracted their attention most, and also the immortal causing the most damage to Kun Peng, was naturally that continuously flashing figure of Yunxiao.

Next was the Taiji Diagram, followed by the Sea Calming Divine Zhenzhus…

“Could that Li Changgeng be destroyed just like this by Kun Peng?”

“Is Supreme Elder Taiqing’s Xuanhuang Tower useless?

Rather, Kun Peng should be troubled both inside and out—easy to swallow but hard to spit out.

No matter how strong his extreme speed, he likely can’t deploy it now.”

“The Dao School has laid quite a large chess game.”

“Something’s suspicious about the two Violet Qi of Primal Chaos, one true and one false… There must be some trick here.”

“None of this concerns us, and we needn’t think more about the Violet Qi of Primal Chaos. Let’s each return, or do we wait here to be dealt with by Dao School disciples later?”

After several such reminders, these primordial experts each nodded, watched the various wonders around Kun Peng for a while longer, and then mostly retreated.

The few who remained either had connections with the Dao School experts here or had old grudges against Kun Peng, joining in the encirclement to kill him.

However.

Kun Peng was so large that a country could not contain him.

With this vast magical power accumulated by Kun Peng over countless years, this incomparably huge and incomparably solid body, though now covered in wounds, was still sliding toward the Chaos Sea.

So many experts, so many treasures, yet they seemed unable to hold him back.

“Master!”

Another angry roar came from within Xuandu City, as a golden line shot out from the city, smashing heavily into the center of Kun Peng’s face.

Golden Peng had arrived.

…

Darkness, like being in an absolute void.

‘This Kun Peng daring to swallow me surely has some backup plan.’

Li Changshou surveyed his surroundings, that strand of Violet Qi of Primal Chaos having been moved away by Kun Peng.

Though appearing somewhat anxious on the surface, Li Changshou’s heart had calmed as he began contemplating his next move.

He could sense endless spiritual power surging around this darkness, countless great daos bombarding Kun Peng’s dao.

What was Kun Peng’s dao?

Extreme size, extreme speed, extreme evil—it was the dao of “extremes.”

To shake Kun Peng’s foundation, besides having power that could overwhelm him, there was no other method.

He now seemed to be in the surface layer of Kun Peng’s body. Later Kun Peng would certainly try to find a way to “expel” him, then pay some price to escape.

That naturally wouldn’t do.

Kun Peng must meet with a mishap today, best if after merging with that strand of Violet Qi of Primal Chaos, he would be destroyed along with that Violet Qi in a place beyond Heaven’s Dao’s control.

All things in the world exist in some balance.

The Dao Ancestor was invincible in the world, but could not freely leave the primordial world like the Six Saints.

Using Kun Peng’s hand to destroy the ninth strand of Violet Qi of Primal Chaos in the Chaos Sea was already the most stable method Li Changshou could think of.

He only needed to show deep regret and self-blame, accept punishment voluntarily, and close his doors to reflect for five or six hundred years, then this matter could be rounded back.

Why would the Dao Ancestor make a move at this time?

By reason, the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods had not officially begun, he still had value, and he could even arrange the Journey to the West tribulation well for Heaven’s Dao—there was no reason to have to restrain him now…

When he as a variable in Heaven and Earth was bound, it would necessarily trigger dao backlash, giving rise to new variables.

A variable that could be utilized through indirect means was always more beneficial to Heaven’s Dao and the Dao Ancestor than a variable that might lose control at any time.

‘This move by the Dao Ancestor should be testing my attitude toward Heaven’s Dao, preventing the emergence of a second wave.’

Presumably, to destroy Senior Wave back then, Heaven’s Dao also paid no small price.

Left hand gripping the God-Slaying Spear, Li Changshou closed both eyes.

His void-clarity dao heart restarted, entering sage mode;

Li Changshou’s right hand formed sword fingers, raising them to touch his forehead, which immediately manifested a faint green light.

Trump card: Borrowed Heaven’s Eye!

The faint green light swept through the darkness, and the structure of this place—even several hundred li around—appeared completely in Li Changshou’s mind.

If Kun Peng were compared to a vast land, his flesh would be thick rock layers, and his meridians would be like orderly earth veins.

Li Changshou’s figure flashed, rushing to the boundary of this darkness. Streams of pitch-black chains attacked him, and the layers of surging black qi ahead condensed into dozens of fierce beast phantoms!

“Heaven and Earth Boundless, Break!”

With a light shout, chanting sounds rang around Li Changshou, and dozens of fierce beasts exploded in succession.

The Xuanhuang Tower above his head scattered streams of primal qi, continuously shattering the incoming chains.

Li Changshou immediately felt a strong repulsive force generated in this place, as if trying to ‘squeeze’ him out.

A fire-red banner appeared behind Li Changshou, the surrounding force instantly dispersing, streams of seemingly toxic qi around Li Changshou returning to formlessness…

Heaven Earth Primal Spiritual Jeweled Pagoda;

Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner.

In just this brief moment, Kun Peng had used over ten methods to try to suppress Li Changshou, but all were blocked by these two treasures.

As the saying goes, inviting in a god is easy but sending one away is hard. Kun Peng had acted ruthlessly then, swallowing Li Changshou in one gulp while trying to seize the Violet Qi of Primal Chaos.

Li Changshou naturally wouldn’t let such an excellent opportunity pass.

The small God-Slaying Spear trembled lightly as Li Changshou pointed out a stream of cold light, directly exploding the black qi ahead to reveal patches of bright red flesh.

‘Little disciple, use some immortal power to protect our true body! This Kun Peng’s blood is filthy!’

Tower Lord’s voice rang in Li Changshou’s mind, and Li Changshou hurriedly acted, wrapping the Xuanhuang Tower in two layers of immortal garments.

He should now be in a relatively surface position within Kun Peng’s body…

The God-Slaying Spear stirred, breaking open a bloody path through Kun Peng’s flesh that was harder than vajra, continuously searching based on personal sensing.

Waves of magical power surged like tides, attempting to hinder Li Changshou’s movement;

Streams of black qi similar to outer realm demons attacked, trying to disturb Li Changshou’s primordial spirit.

Li Changshou remained unmoved as a mountain, countering each move as it came, yet his speed grew increasingly faster.

Finally, he found a wildly surging river, seemingly a blood vessel within Kun Peng’s body, wrapped in extremely concentrated magical power.

Li Changshou’s small God-Slaying Spear trembled once, directly piercing through the blood wall ahead, his form transforming into a stream of light to escape within.

Water escape technique, against the current!

Target: Kun Peng’s Heart Meridian!

Perhaps because this move by Li Changshou was too vicious, Kun Peng began violently struggling at this time, his whole body again spurting endless black qi.

Nearly infinite outer realm demons surged from beside Xuandu City, covering Kun Peng’s retreat.

The external situation became more chaotic, and the dao collisions in the depths of the Chaos Sea grew increasingly intense.

Li Changshou, now ‘trapped’ within Kun Peng’s body, couldn’t sense this, but he soon encountered obstacles that weren’t easy to overcome.

While escaping through Kun Peng’s blood vessel at full speed, the path suddenly opened up ahead. Li Changshou immediately stopped even retreating several hundred zhang backward, cautiously examining the layout ahead.

That turbulent blood river merged into a lake ahead.

This wasn’t Kun Peng’s heart meridian, or rather, with Kun Peng’s massive body, he likely didn’t have just one heart, but rather one ‘main pump’ and countless ‘small pumps’.

This place was a site for blood vessel ‘pressure increase’.

A golden glittering palace floated above this lake, emanating strong pressure from within.

Tower Lord’s warning also rang in Li Changshou’s mind:

“Be careful, it might be Kun Peng’s primordial spirit.”

Li Changshou’s brow raised slightly—this wasn’t far from his previous expectations. Within Kun Peng’s body, only the primordial spirit could hinder him from cutting the heart meridian.

At present, Li Changshou remained calm and unhurried, flying out bottle after porcelain bottle from his sleeve, exploding them in succession ahead, scattering bursts of various colored poison powder.

Master Lu Yue’s products were necessarily potent poisons;

Direct to the bloodstream, completely absorbed.

That bright red blood river instantly turned ink-black, streams of intense dao poison dispersing toward flesh in all directions.

“Li Changgeng, that’s enough!”

An angry roar transmitted from that golden palace, a short figure rushing out, cursing at Li Changshou:

“This Daoist respected you as that taboo one’s fellow townsman, kindly requested but you ignored it, and set such a poisonous trap for this Daoist!

Do you truly think this Daoist dares not kill you?

This is already the Chaos Sea! Once this Daoist breaks free from your senior brothers’ and sisters’ entanglement, you’ll be made to beg for life but not get it, beg for death but not achieve it!”

Clap, clap, clap…

Li Changshou’s figure floated over from that ink-like blood river, the Xuanhuang Tower above his head, Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner behind his back, holding the God-Slaying Spear, lightly applauding.

“Is this the Demon Teacher’s threat? How frightening, how frightening.”

Kun Peng’s primordial spirit’s mouth corner trembled slightly, seemingly suppressing rage, speaking lowly: “Li Changgeng, you and I should have been allies.

Don’t you want to know how that taboo one died?

Don’t you want to know the content after that chronicle?

Don’t you also want to know the only method of transcendence in this Heaven and Earth?”

“No.”

“You!”

Li Changshou slowly exhaled, hiding behind the primal qi, watching Kun Peng’s enraged expression, yet catching a flash of cold light in Kun Peng’s eyes.

This Kun Peng was stalling for time.

“You must not be feeling well outside.”

Kun Peng revealed some arrogance: “With them?

Ancestor Tongxian has been blocked by the Two Sages of the Western Teaching who want to kill you. As long as Supreme Elder Taiqing doesn’t act, no one can stop this Daoist.”

Li Changshou spoke slowly: “You also don’t know that taboo one’s name, right?”

Kun Peng’s words choked.

Li Changshou twirled his spear in a flourish, step by step approaching the golden palace where Kun Peng’s primordial spirit resided, speaking indifferently:

“How that senior died isn’t important. What’s important is that he died from opposing the Dao Ancestor’s views, and died from an ideological struggle with the Dao Ancestor.

The Dao Ancestor paid a price to bind with Heaven’s Dao, outwardly saying it was to complete Heaven’s Dao, but was forced to do so at the time.

The Dao Ancestor and Heaven’s Dao joined forces to destroy that senior, erasing traces of that senior’s existence. That you were also among those affected shows they used dao related to primordial beings.

But you still remember these things, clearly because that senior left some backup on you.

You’re controlled by that senior, meant to pass something to me, right?”

Kun Peng’s eyes flashed with undisguisable shock, coldly laughing: “No wonder you’re that fellow’s townsman, you’re even more troublesome than him.

Could it be you truly don’t want what he left for you?”

“That’s not important,” Li Changshou’s footsteps didn’t stop as he spoke indifferently, “I have my path to walk. He already proved his path was wrong, why should I repeat his mistakes?

Now, killing you is more important.”

“Hahaha!”

Kun Peng laughed several times: “Kill me? Just with you!”

“Just with me,” A stream of mist seemed to disperse around Li Changshou, his aura suddenly rising, his figure seeming to become more majestic.

[Trump card: Turtle Breathing Qi Settling Technique – Golden Immortal Advanced Version.]

Cultivation realm, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Second Turn!

Beside Li Changshou, a large gourd slowly appeared, clouds and mist above the gourd condensing into a pair of eyes, staring fixedly at Kun Peng’s primordial spirit.

Kun Peng frowned and demanded: “Why is the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife in your hands?”

Whoosh!

The small God-Slaying Spear emitted streams of water-blue firelight, Li Changshou raised the spear to point diagonally at Kun Peng’s primordial spirit, his eyes turning ice-blue, no longer conversing.

Kun Peng’s expression suddenly became grave as he raised his hand to grasp virtually, two long knives condensing in his primordial spirit’s palm.

Without warning, Li Changshou shouted: “Please treasure turn around!”

The Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife spat out a white light, slashing urgently toward Kun Peng’s primordial spirit!

Li Changshou naturally didn’t believe Kun Peng’s primordial spirit could be dealt with so simply. His figure flew pouncing forward, the Xuanhuang Tower and Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner blazing brilliantly, the small God-Slaying Spear striking directly at Kun Peng’s primordial spirit’s head.

Never mind the rest, heavily wounding Kun Peng’s primordial spirit was the urgent priority.

The taste of losing control of the situation was indeed not pleasant for Li Changshou.

As Li Changshou had predicted, Kun Peng’s primordial spirit was wrapped in a black light, actually forcefully blocking the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife’s strike, only staggering a few steps.

Li Changshou pounced fiercely, relying on the Eight-Nine Mystic Art plus two supreme defensive treasures as a foundation. With the small God-Slaying Spear’s sharpness, he almost instantly fully suppressed Kun Peng’s primordial spirit…

The fierce battle arose from within.

Kun Peng, pressed both inside and out, had already sensed the crisis of death, endless black qi surging around him again.

Not only that, Demon Lord appeared in the Chaos Sea, countless outer realm demons surging forward like a tsunami, a small portion directly charging toward the entrance to the primordial world, executing a strategy of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.

Kun Peng’s massive body was already covered in wounds, but the expressions of the various Dao School experts grew increasingly stern.

They still hadn’t wounded Kun Peng’s sinews and bones!

At Kun Peng’s neck, golden light swayed, sword shadows like dragons.

Fairy Yunxiao, white-robed as snow, wielded the Green Duckweed Sword dancing through heaven and earth, having already leveled nearly half of Kun Peng’s neck.

That sword intent didn’t decrease in sharpness, that beautiful figure’s killing intent was fierce.

[‘With this placed with you, I’m most at ease; they also divide into yin and yang, most fitting.’

In the peach blossom grove, he spoke with a gentle smile at his lips, pressing a copper coin into her palm, that still-unexplained smile in his eyes always so warm.]

“Don’t let Kun Peng escape! I’ll go block those few Primordial Divine Demons!”

Senior Brother Xuandu’s transmitted voice disturbed Yunxiao’s thoughts.

Her hand movements paused slightly, the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper opening a golden light screen, melting away all the incoming outer realm demons.

Yun xiao’s immortal consciousness swept past, seeing the Great Wizard charge into the demon shadows, seeing the Taiji Diagram seal in the center of Xuandu City;

Seeing many fellow disciples each deploying divine abilities to surround and kill Kun Peng, but Kun Peng’s incomparably massive body had already completely sunk into the chaos qi, magical power within endless…

Seemingly about to break free of the encirclement.

Yunxiao took a deep breath, her skin wrapped in a layer of faint clouds, a dot of vermillion appearing on her clear forehead, her pupils reflecting seven-colored light spots.

[Return him to me.]

Hum—

The Green Duckweed Sword continuously trembled, Yunxiao’s cloud-like hair broke loose, black strands dancing, her figure transforming into a faint white meteor crashing down at extreme speed!

Sword whistle sound, dao principles trembling;

White light flashed, and that white line almost instantly penetrated Kun Peng’s extremely thick body, making Kun Peng tremble three times, blood fountains splashing up from his back.

Seeing this, Zhao Gongming let out an angry shout: “Destroy this Kun Peng!”

The twenty-four Sea Calming Divine Zhenzhus came flowing back, embedding into Zhao Gongming’s golden whip.

That golden whip instantly transformed to ten thousand zhang length, carrying the weight of twenty-four great thousand worlds, smashing down toward Kun Peng’s head!

Kun Peng’s nearly ruined eyelids suddenly opened, his eyes covered in layers of scratches full of ferocity!

Dao principles trembled, body shaking wildly, that deep and powerful roaring sound able to shatter ordinary Golden Immortals’ primordial spirits!

But in the next instant, a scene beyond everyone’s expectations suddenly played out…

Kun Peng’s incomparably massive body collapsed with a boom!

Endless black qi swept through all directions, the edge of the Chaos Sea dyed ink-black, leaving the various Dao School experts dumbfounded!

Had Kun Peng… committed suicide?

Just then!

Whoosh!

A faint blue light flashed, and a hundred-li-long great fish suddenly darted out from the black qi, leaping up in the Chaos Sea, tail swaying and fins trembling, its speed incomparably swift, directly disappearing into the Chaos Sea.

Great fish!

Kun!

Kun Peng’s form before spreading wings to soar through the Nine Heavens!

Sacrificing eighty percent of magical power for a sliver of survival chance!

This great fish swam unhindered through the Chaos Sea, reaching extreme speed in an instant, leaving the group of experts unable to block it in time.

The Golden Peng Bird immediately prepared to spread their wings and give chase, but with rationality remaining at this time, he quickly called out to the side:

“Quickly, onto my back!”

The various Dao School experts swiftly reacted, flying toward the Golden Peng Bird with all their might.

But a white figure suddenly rushed out in pursuit without regard for anything, the Green Duckweed Sword in her hand containing green light, increasing her flying speed twofold.

At the great fish’s tail, the Green Duckweed Sword’s scabbard was inserted halfway.

“Second Sister! Changgeng is—!”

“What about him? Can’t you move faster?! If Junior Brother Changgeng gets digested by Kun Peng, it’ll all be too late!”

Golden Spirit Supreme Mother scolded harshly. Zhao Gongming bit his teeth and stomped his foot, hurriedly flying toward Golden Peng’s back.

…

How long had it been, how long since she’d experienced the feeling of insufficient magical power?

Yunxiao’s dao heart was unstable now, unable to calculate when her immortal power would be exhausted.

Any supreme treasure, besides manifesting its power, needed the cultivator’s magical power support to deploy its might.

The Green Duckweed Sword’s inherent characteristic was ‘sharpness’—the previous fierce battle and current sword-riding pursuit all consumed her magical power.

Though Yunxiao had the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper, its speed of breaking down chaos qi to produce spirit power was far inferior to Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light…

Immortal consciousness couldn’t spread too far in the Chaos Sea, fortunately, she could still maintain the connection between the Green Duckweed Sword and its scabbard, relying on this pulling force to gradually shorten the gap with the fish.

She just needed to stop the fish, and Golden Peng would bring the various fellow disciples to support.

Thinking thus, divine light flashing in her eyes, Yunxiao dispersed her previously reinforced divine abilities, supplying magical power to the Green Duckweed Sword as much as possible.

There were no rules in the Chaos Sea; she couldn’t judge the exact distance with the fish, but that they were getting closer and closer was the Green Duckweed Sword’s reminder.

A Saint’s weapon indeed wasn’t easily used.

Yunxiao consumed many pills she carried with her, but her magical power was still somewhat difficult to maintain.

She naturally knew that losing magical power support in the Chaos Sea was an extremely dangerous thing.

But at this moment she…

Couldn’t care.

Couldn’t care about her dao heart, couldn’t care about her impulses, and likewise couldn’t care about that killing intent in her heart wanting to tear open this demon fish’s body.

Recklessly risking her life—was this what it meant to recklessly risk one’s life?

Yunxiao felt her dao heart was very chaotic, the condition of insufficient magical power growing more serious, the feeling of weakness drawing out scene after scene from the bottom of her heart.

Naturally, they all involved him.

[‘On such a foundation, being willing to recklessly risk oneself for another, disregarding karma—this is the breakthrough, stepping into the realm of destined bonds.’

He spoke with a smile thus, earnestly analyzing the so-called realm of dao companions, speaking systematically.

‘Don’t be so hesitant…’

She spoke thus, the slight ripples that stirred in her dao heart than were still very clear now, that closeness when he laid his head on her legs, still left her unable to recover her senses even now.]

In those scenes, he mostly spoke with a smile, carrying several parts of composure in his bones, unhurried and unruffled.

But he also had extremely vulnerable times.

In the battle of the North Continent, when Senior Qi Yuan went to his death, he hid in her Mixed Origin Golden Dipper to recover from injuries, sleeping in a coma for the first half year, occasionally waking a few times.

At that time, she experienced what was a mortal’s heart state, and the emotions of posterior beings.

The pain of the dao heart.

Yunxiao still didn’t know what decision he had made, separated from Heaven’s Dao under the pressure of several supreme treasures in the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper.

But those two sentences he inadvertently said before spreading out a blank scroll, Yunxiao naturally wouldn’t forget.

‘Going forward should be very dangerous, staying on the shore is indeed most stable.

I wonder, in the end, who will still accompany me.’

She had just sat quietly outside the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper then, when closing her eyes to concentrate, her mouth slightly opened, then transformed into a slight smile.

Still unable to learn to express like this, and no need to deliberately learn to do anything, cultivators pursue following the heart…

Couldn’t think chaotically, about to catch up.

The fish’s back figure was already at the edge of immortal consciousness detection.

Magical power could barely keep up; even if she intercepted Kun Peng shortly, she couldn’t stop it.

Yunxiao’s fine brows slightly furrowed, primordial spirit power flowing through her whole body, transforming into streams of magical power.

Though this would damage their heart and spirit, it would let her not have to stop to regulate their breath; later she would only need to meditate for some years to fill the current damage.

There were no demon traces here, the fish’s extreme speed was slightly weaker than Kun Peng’s peak period, but still not something anyone could chase.

Without the Green Duckweed Sword’s aid, she indeed couldn’t keep up with the chase.

Yunxiao knew the most rational approach was to use the Green Duckweed Sword’s power to strengthen those on Golden Peng’s back.

But somehow, seeing Kun Peng escape the encirclement, with no sign of Li Changshou in that rolling black fog, she couldn’t help but follow.

Very close now.

The extremely fast swimming fish had discovered her tracks, desperately shaking its tail fin.

Yunxiao had thought her dao heart could maintain stillness like water, but in the instant of approaching the fish, killing intent uncontrollably rippled in her dao heart.

The Green Duckweed Sword trembled, a white figure passing through clouds.

Chaos qi unhindered, one sword stroke breaking through shattered dao principles!

The fish’s form was knocked sideways by Yunxiao’s charging figure, that sword light following close behind, the Green Duckweed Sword stirring up wave after wave of ripples!

In the sword light, Yunxiao stepped on beautiful smoke and dust, leaving afterimage after afterimage, sword moving like dragon and snake, blood light surging chaotically.

The fish roared angrily, shocking out powerful magical power around its body. Yunxiao’s figure was blocked, but this fish didn’t linger to fight at all, lowering its head to dive fiercely toward the depths of the Chaos Sea.

Yunxiao’s fine brows slightly furrowed, pursuing rapidly from behind, but the white figure she left revealed some weakness.

Primordial spirit power consumption was already somewhat excessive.

She should perhaps stop, and wait for Golden Peng…

Such thoughts rippled in Yunxiao’s heart, but her body was already moving uncontrollably forward, pursuing rapidly toward the front.

The Green Duckweed Sword trembled slightly, seemingly resisting Yunxiao’s magical power; but Yunxiao’s fine brows slightly furrowed, eyes without hesitation, making the Green Duckweed Sword return to stability.

Rapidly approaching, charging forward, sword moving like a swimming dragon, slashing with all her might.

Kun Peng used his old trick again, relying on vast magical power to shake back Yunxiao;

Yunxiao’s figure paused, still rousing her spirit, attacking again.

Amid the Green Duckweed Sword’s trembling cry, a strand of spirit sense rang in her heart:

“Don’t force yourself, the Xuanhuang Tower can protect him completely.”

Yunxiao pressed her lips without a word, right hand gripping the Green Duckweed Sword tight, sword tip still pointing forward, her face already extremely pale.

Weakness invaded her marrow, fatigue she had never experienced since achieving the dao in ancient times.

Chase up, stop Kun Peng, and wait for support from behind…

Chase up…

Chase!

The fourth time, fifth time… over ten pursuits.

The Green Duckweed Sword continuously trembled, continuously resisted, Yunxiao’s face growing increasingly pale, the spirit power dispersed by pills already completely unable to fill the hole needed to drive the Green Duckweed Sword.

The fish’s back was covered in wounds, but the light emanating from those terrifying fish eyes gradually changed from annoyance and anger to despair and powerlessness.

Yunxiao at this point could no longer maintain immortal consciousness for long-distance detection and hadn’t noticed such details.

Sixteenth pursuit.

Chaos Qi had nearly become an obstacle, the Green Duckweed Sword was tolerating her forceful driving for the last time, primordial spirit power was almost exhausted, and next would be burning essence and diminishing dao progress…

But her dao heart felt this was nothing.

What had become of herself?

In her daze, she again saw that figure who had just lost his master, curled up in the corner of the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper, her dao heart still faintly aching.

Sword light flashed, white light leaving shadows, Yunxiao caught up to the fish for the sixteenth time, sword edge sliding out streak after streak of sword marks.

The fish’s body was directly knocked flying, the divine light in its eyes withdrawn, its massive form rolling horizontally in the Chaos Sea.

Stopped?

Yunxiao’s figure immediately moved forward, continuously swaying gently against the chaos qi’s obstruction.

Immortal consciousness spreading forward with all effort, she suddenly ‘saw’ the ‘large bump’ bulging on Kun Peng’s spine, saw that ‘bump’ explode, a tall figure leaping out holding a spear…

Yunxiao’s dao heart shook slightly, almost falling into the Chaos Sea.

The Green Duckweed Sword sent out clear and melodious sword cries through layer after layer of chaos qi. Li Changshou, who had just burst out of the fish’s back and hadn’t yet had time to restrain his slight smile, heard the sound and turned around, smile instantly freezing on his lips.

“Yunxiao!”

…

‘Senior?’

‘Fairy.’

‘Yunxiao.’

‘Yun…’

Some weak thoughts rippled in Yun Xiao’s heart, scene after somewhat blurry scene quickly flashing past;

Just as fatigue and weakness were about to occupy her primordial spirit, in the instant before she lost consciousness, that familiar presence completely settled her dao heart.

Yunxiao suddenly recalled back then, him lowering his head to write and draw in the golden dipper, unable to help muttering to himself.

She hadn’t spoken up then and hadn’t answered either.

Now in this dark nameless Chaos Sea, pillowed on his tense yet afraid-to-use-force arm, Yunxiao suddenly wanted to speak, and so used her last strength to make that response.

“I’m here…”