The old man wore a light blue silk robe, and his long hair flowed in the breeze.
Although he was already in his sixties, his appearance still faintly showed traces of his youthful handsomeness.
His eyes were like two curved blades, carrying a sharp, cold glint.
The long saber in his hand let out a soft hum. As he wiped it, the saber’s radiance shot into the sky, spreading across the heavens.
The old man’s gaze was deep. He slowly stood up and walked north, step by step, through the air.
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On the eastern side of the True Martial Sacred Ground, Xu Zimo looked at Elder Lei Yun and smiled slightly, saying, “Fight me. I want to see how strong someone at the Immortal Path really is.”
“Young one, summon your Meridian Beast,” Elder Lei Yun said in a low tone.
“I don’t need a Meridian Beast to fight you,” Xu Zimo shook his head slightly.
The Shadow Tyrant in his hand emitted a blade light that seemed to split the entire sky.
He activated the War God’s Nine Transformations, and a force that could destroy everything surged from his body.
He charged at Elder Lei Yun.
“Arrogant brat,” Elder Lei Yun frowned slightly, unleashing his immortal might as he engaged Xu Zimo in battle.
On the other side, the War God Sky Shroud was fighting against the Four War Generals alone.
Whether it was Blood Ancestor, Heaven-Prison Sage, Sage Nine-Pill, or Elder Chiwu, they were all Immortal Path powerhouses.
When Blood Ancestor struck, a sea of blood covered the sky, dyeing half of it red.
The Heaven-Prison Sage wielded a chain of unknown material. Once it bound someone, it was almost impossible to escape.
Every swing of the chain left a deep mark in the sky.
Sage Nine-Pill wielded a staff wrapped with countless pills, each with different effects, Fire Pill, Ice Pill, Earth Dragon Pill, Phoenix Pill, and so on.
Each pill created a different realm of power when used.
As for Elder Chiwu, the blazing sun behind him glowed brightly like a real sun.
With a screech, he transformed into a Golden Crow engulfed in flames and charged at the War God Sky Shroud.
Sky Shroud waved his hand, and a vast, overwhelming immortal pressure burst from him.
He held his icy-blue divine sword, with boundless sword intent swirling around him. Even facing four opponents, he remained calm.
The sword in his hand slashed down, filled with an immense aura.
Despite fighting four war generals alone, he handled them with ease. Their battle shook heaven and earth.
The sun and moon turned, and stars fell.
The sky above had completely collapsed, thunderous booms echoing all around.
There wasn’t a single intact space left in the heavens.
This battle was so powerful that ordinary people couldn’t even approach.
Xu Zimo looked at Elder Lei Yun and realized he wasn’t as strong as expected.
With the War God’s Nine Transformations armor, the Shadow Tyrant’s unmatched blade intent, and several seamless moves from the Nineteen Forms of Dao-Seeking, their fight was evenly matched.
Elder Lei Yun frowned as he observed Xu Zimo.
Normally, there was an unbridgeable gap between the Immortal Path and the God Meridian Realm, separated by the line between mortal and immortal.
But in this battle, he hadn’t gained any advantage.
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“You’re kind of disappointing,” Xu Zimo shook his head.
“Beat me first,” Elder Lei Yun snorted coldly as an overwhelming force crushed down.
Xu Zimo swung the Shadow Tyrant, and his blade aura grew stronger and sharper.
“Nineteenth Forms of Dao-Seeking Dao, Fourteenth Form, Samsara Reversal,” Xu Zimo shouted.
From the thirteenth form, Imperial Wrath, Samsara Force began to gather on the blade.
Countless black holes appeared around him, spinning with the aura of samsara.
As they spun, they distorted the sky and the void.
Xu Zimo swung the Shadow Tyrant, and the black holes attached themselves to the blade.
As the blade fell, the entire sky collapsed. The countless black holes, filled with the power of reversed reincarnation, aimed to destroy Elder Lei Yun.
Elder Lei Yun’s expression changed. Behind him, a golden nine-headed bird soared into the sky.
This was his True Fate. The nine-headed bird was covered in flames, and its nine heads shrieked together.
As the blade struck, the bird let out a wail. One of its heads was cut off instantly.
Xu Zimo sheathed his blade and looked at the still-materialized nine-headed bird.
He grabbed one of the remaining heads with both hands and began tearing it off with force.
Each head ripped off brought a scream of agony from Elder Lei Yun.
Screams of excruciating pain.
“I surrender! I surrender!” Elder Lei Yun shouted.
But Xu Zimo ignored him and continued to rip the heads from his true life beast.
Sacred Lord Xiao watched the scene silently from the side.
At last, he turned to the sect and said, “Activate the Guardian Formation.”
As his voice fell, the spiritforce in the world began to gather rapidly.
A faint blue barrier appeared above the True Martial Sacred Ground, covering the land for thousands of miles.
With the final head ripped off the nine-headed bird, Elder Lei Yun screamed in agony and fell from the sky.
His True Fate was destroyed. That kind of pain wasn’t just physical, it cut through to the soul.
Recovering from this would take an extremely long time. True Fate was one of the most difficult things to restore.
Meanwhile, the battlefield of the War God Sky Shroud remained locked in intense combat, neither side able to defeat the other.
Xu Zimo looked at the War God Sky Shroud. If the other war generals were all at the peak of the first step of the Immortal Path, then Sky Shroud had likely already stepped into another level.
Of course, to Xu Zimo, that level was still far away.
This kind of battle was still far too powerful for him.
He could hold his own against a newly ascended immortal, but against peak Arcane Immortal Realm powerhouses, he was still far behind.
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The old man from the True Martial Sacred Ground continued walking north. His speed was extremely fast.
His figure moved through the void, crossing great distances with each step.
In just a few moments, he arrived at the Divine Sun Sacred Ground.
With a long saber in hand, a terrifying aura burst forth.
He slashed down toward the Divine Sun Sacred Ground.
With a deafening boom, the lineage was split in half by a single strike.
The blade’s aura lingered in the sky.
“Who is it?” angry shouts came from within the Divine Sun Sacred Ground. “Who dares to attack our Divine Sun Sacred Ground?”