Yellow Court Daoist

The four True Men outside the array watched intently, but their eyes were pitch black.

Within the array.

Ling Feng sat cross-legged in the void, his Magic Sword drawing upon the Nine Heavens Thunder Cloud, with his True Yuan in circulation, brewing terror.

Lu Qingfeng's Spirit Eye flickered, creating electricity in the void.

With a thought, the array's formation isolated the inside from the outside. Wrapped in the Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe, with Divine Power Talismans flashing around him, the Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light burst forth between his palms, aiming straight for Ling Feng!

"This—"

"Not good!"

Ling Feng had been focusing on using the 'Nine Layers of Heaven Skill,' intending to have a life-and-death battle with Lu Qingfeng. This skill was flawless; once deployed, it would bring down the might of the heavens, leaving no opportunity for the opponent to interrupt.

But at this moment.

The one opposite him, Guang Yuanzi, had clearly found a flaw within the flawless.

A strike from Divine Skills was approaching, ready to disrupt his technique and take his life.

"Impossible!"

Ling Feng roared, his back breaking into a cold sweat. The body of a formidable True Man, his forehead even beaded with sweat.

Lu Qingfeng's lips slightly curled.

Ling Feng's desperate attempt relied on the Nine Layers of Heaven Skill. As long as his technique was disrupted, he would be of no threat.

The Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light was fierce, not only able to disrupt his technique but also capable of taking his life.

This strike was going to be the end of Ling Feng!

"No!"

Ling Feng despaired.

The Magic Sword's light grew increasingly brilliant.

Lu Qingfeng did not stop.

The nature of this young man was obstinate; if not annihilated today, he would surely seek revenge, leading to endless trouble. A decisive kill was needed for a peaceful life afterward. Gaining a profound reputation would ensure that, even if his cultivation stalled and he acted low-key in the future, no one would dare probe.

A decisive strike!

Aiming straight for Ling Feng.

But at that moment.

"Hm?"

Lu Qingfeng felt a sudden chill, looked up, and saw that for some reason, the Magic Sword in the sky had dimmed its light, looking like ordinary iron, devoid of any visible divine property.

However, it was this simple and unadorned sword that inspired infinite fear in Lu Qingfeng.

This fear was somewhat familiar.

Back in the Red Smoke Realm, when Lu Qingfeng seized the books and heritage of the White Rock Mountain Immortal Mansion, the Hun Mountain Demon King, who was many miles away, struck a blow from the air.

At that time, Lu Qingfeng had just entered the Spirit Void.

Facing a blow from a Jindan Demon King, he felt such fear.

At this moment—

"An Eighth Rank Magical Sword!"

"Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun!"

Lu Qingfeng's thoughts raced, and he swiftly realized, crying out, "An Upper God personally intervening in a Lower Realm mortal cultivator's strife is hardly—"

Before he could finish speaking, the Magic Sword streaked through the air.

Swift!

Heading straight for Lu Qingfeng.

"Light Splitting and Shadow Transformation, Void Sword Crafting!"

Lu Qingfeng was startled, his True Yuan surging like mad, instantly transforming into thousands of sword lights, ready to flee in a moment.

However, under the strike of the Magic Sword, with a True God before him, how could a Jindan Cultivator possibly escape?

Bang!

The Magic Sword swept through, destroying the thousands of sword lights. A blue light flashed, and Lu Qingfeng's figure was revealed from the void.

His face was pale.

"Four Bright Old Thief, unfilial!"

Lu Qingfeng fell from the sky, his face showing shock and anger, cursing with his voice.

Looking down.

A trail of blood appeared on his abdomen.

Neither the Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe nor the Yellow Robe True Body could defend against that simple and unadorned sword. The Magic Sword swept past, penetrating Lu Qingfeng's Dantian, grinding his recently formed Void Core into dust.

At this moment, Lu Qingfeng's True Yuan raged within him.

Two hundred years of hard cultivation, gone in an instant.

His Divine Soul was shredded by the Sword Qi, barely holding together. After the curses, Lu Qingfeng's eyes gradually dimmed.

Hiss!

A faint sound came from the void.

Lu Qingfeng, with his proud head held high, turned to dust and scattered inch by inch, ceasing to exist in the world.

Lu Qingfeng.

Dead.

Outside the array.

As Lu Qingfeng's Dantian was shredded and his Divine Soul was destroyed by the Magic Sword, the 'Inverted Heaven and Earth Array' he had established with the Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman could no longer be sustained.

The ten thousand and eighty Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans fell to the ground.

The isolation between the inside and outside ceased to be.

"Eh?"

"It ended so quickly?"

Lin Chao and the other three had been paying attention to the formation, thinking the battle was over and that Guang Yuanzi had killed Ling Feng.

However, before they could witness, a roar resounded in their ears—

"Four Bright Old Thief, unfilial!"

"This is—"

"This is Guang Yuanzi!"

The four furrowed their brows, looking into the array.

Only to see Guang Yuanzi kneeling on one knee, head held high in defiance. The angry roar had come from him. Accompanied by the roar that shook the void, a light wind blew, and Guang Yuanzi instantly dissolved into Qing Yan.

Dispersing into the world.

Behind Guang Yuanzi, the Magic Sword hung in the air, landing in front of Ling Feng.

Ling Feng was pale; this was the result of being severely injured by Lu Qingfeng first, then forcibly using the 'Nine Layers of Heaven Skill,' a serious injury indeed.

But seeing the Magic Sword before him, he still respectfully bowed and said, "Disciple is incompetent!"

The Magic Sword turned, seemingly emitting a cold snort.

Whoosh!

It plunged into the ground before Ling Feng, ringing loudly.

"This!"

"The Four Bright Ancestor personally intervened?!"

"How could this be!"

Seeing this scene, Lin Chao, Sima Han, and the other two understood what had happened inside the array. For a moment, they felt a complex mix of emotions, along with a rising anger not for the sake of Lu Qingfeng.

But because if the Four Bright Ancestor could strike against Guang Yuanzi, ruthlessly killing him without mercy, who's to say they wouldn't be smitten by divine punishment one day when they clashed with Ling Feng or the Four Bright Sect, reduced to ashes?!

While their thoughts churned, they dared not speak more.

Just thinking about it, Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun really has no shame. To personally take action to slay a Lower Realm Mortal Cultivator, not fearing the derision of the Heavenly Immortals above.

"Forget it."

"Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun was never the type to play by the rules even in his early years. After becoming a Thunder Department God, his temper became even more volatile, and few people dared to provoke him."

"Guang Yuanzi—"

Lin Chao let out a long sigh, thinking to himself, "What a pity."

The World's First Immortal!

Having dominated an era for two hundred years!

What a commanding presence that was.

This time, he even nearly slew a Reincarnated True Immortal. Had there been no mishaps, in a land of opportunity like the Changqing Realm, securing an Earth Immortal Dao Fruit was almost a sure thing.

Even reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm was highly possible.

Unfortunately, he became embroiled with the Four Bright Sect and ended up provoking Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun to take personal action.

A future with limitless possibilities, now a pitiful and lamentable situation.

"Ling Feng."

Lin Chao looked at Ling Feng, who was rising with the Magic Sword in his hand, and couldn't help but let out a sneer at the corners of his mouth.

Sima Han, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming also cast strange looks toward Ling Feng.

To be outclassed and yet seek to provoke.

After provocation, even needing the Ancestor Master to clean up the mess, losing face utterly. No one dared to criticize Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun, but Ling Feng, being so insignificant, need not be concerned.

Cradling his sword, Ling Feng, aware of the four gazes on him, inwardly cursed but said, "Guang Yuanzi insulted an Upper God, deserving endless calamity. The Ancestor Master pitied his hard-earned cultivation and thus banished him to reincarnation."

Such an explanation was naturally feeble.

Lin Chao and the others were not convinced.

Ling Feng didn't care, and after speaking, he waved his hand and picked up the 10,800 Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman.

With the death of Lu Qingfeng, these Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans were also left behind.

What a pity that Lu Qingfeng had already ascended to the Jiedan Realm and opened the Sumeru Space. Once someone dies, unless one is a cultivator skilled in divination methods, it is impossible to find the location of their Void Space.

The treasures inside Void Space, after decades or even centuries without anyone maintaining them, would eventually collapse along with their Void Space and wander in the void currents.

Most would be crushed to dust by the void currents.

A few sturdy items, such as the Wind and Fire Pearl and the Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman, might one day be encountered by Immortals traveling through the void currents, or fall into a Small World and become an opportunity for some sect.

"What a pity, the Wind and Fire Pearl."

Ling Feng shook his head quietly.

The Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman was an Array Dao Magical Artifact, of little use to him. And with only 10,800 of them, they were even more limited in function.

"The most shameless of all."

From a distance, Lin Chao saw Ling Feng shamelessly claiming the Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans as his own, feeling even more disdainful.

However.

Just as Ling Feng waved his hand, about to place the Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans into the Sumeru Space, his body suddenly trembled violently.

He felt the sense of imminent disaster.

Before he could react, he felt a constriction around his Divine Soul.

A Jiedan True Man's Divine Soul was already extremely powerful. Yet when he looked within, he saw blood threads entwining around his originally clear and immaculate Divine Soul. The blood threads tightened more and more, causing his Divine Soul to feel bound, and intense pain started to surge.

"A curse?!"

Ling Feng, as a Reincarnated True Immortal, worldly and seasoned, immediately realized he had been struck by a curse.

"Who dares to cast such an evil spell on me?!" Ling Feng exclaimed in shock and anger.

This was truly one disaster after another.

Just a glance at this curse was enough to tell it was no small matter, and even he couldn't help but feel all sorts of fear.

Before he had time to react, he saw layers of blood threads suddenly tighten. From somewhere in the void came countless layers of blood threads, covering his Divine Soul.

His Divine Soul was wrapped into a bloody figure.

Then it tightened fiercely!

"I—"

Ling Feng's eyes bulged with anger, yet his body, bound by the Divine Soul, trembled continuously from the acute pain, emitting a wave of defeated energy.

It was none other than the thick scent of death.

"This is—"

"A curse!"

Lin Chao was watching Ling Feng closely, and seeing this scene, he was immediately shocked. In this realm, who else could place a curse on a Jiedan True Man and have such remarkable effectiveness?

Judging by Ling Feng's appearance, he was clearly on the verge of death.

"Could it be—"

Lin Chao looked up at the sky, "Could it be that the Soul Searching General from the Yang Realm, indignant, took action personally?"

At this thought, Lin Chao's heart sank.

Not just Lin Chao, Sima Han, Chen Shang, and Luo Ming who witnessed this scene also felt a bad premonition.

There were the same suspicions.

Capable of cursing a Jiedan True Man, and so viciously at that, there could be no other person in this realm.

So, it could only be from outside the Changqing Realm.

At this juncture, aside from the Soul Searching General from the Yang Realm, who else would curse Ling Feng?

Even if it wasn't him personally, it must be related to the Soul Searching faction.

"Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun truly caused a great mess this time, bringing trouble upon us all. He was the first to act, but who would have thought the Soul Searching General would be so resolute, directly attempting to kill Ling Feng, an eye for an eye."

"Immortal Gods descend into battle, how shall we stand?!"

The four cursed inwardly.

Once rules are broken, they are mere ants. Like Guang Yuanzi, like Ling Feng, they could become collateral damage at any moment.

Amidst worries.

The aura in front of Ling Feng waned, and his Qi became faint. In the next instant—

Bang!

There seemed to be a faint sound.

Ling Feng's eyes turned dull, his Divine Soul diminished.

Already dead under the curse, with no hope for revival.

"Changqing Realm is about to descend into chaos!"

Seeing this, Lin Chao and the others had the same thought rise in their hearts.

And not just the Changqing Realm.

Two Upper Gods openly defied the rules set by the gods. Even Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun would not escape accountability.

And as for the Soul Searching General from the Yang Realm—

If indeed he had cursed Ling Feng to death, he would likely bear a far heavier guilt than Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun.

However—

In contemplation.

"Zing!"

In front of Ling Feng, the Magic Sword flew across space, breaking away towards an unknown direction from Demon Suppressing Mountain. On the Magic Sword, one could feel a chilling wrath.

Apparently, it was Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun's fury.

He personally took action, just to save Ling Feng.

In the blink of an eye, Ling Feng still couldn't escape death, so how could he not be furious?

"Could it be that he's gone to find the Soul Searching General from the Yang Realm?"

Lin Chao and Sima Han exchanged a glance, feeling a storm was approaching.

Chen Shang and Luo Ming frowned slightly, their eyes falling on the place where Lu Qingfeng perished, feeling a sense of the sorrows of a bystander.

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