Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 791 -498: Dharma Transmission

A declaration of defeat sealed the outcome of the battle.

“Whew!”

The fierce wind swept through, and the dust and smoke gradually dispersed.

Everyone watched intently, only to see a sight of destruction, with a sword scar stretching down from the ninth heaven, cleaving deep into the earth, splitting the Golden Summit Mount Emei in two, from top to bottom, creating two desolate peaks covered with fissures.

Within the two shattered mountains, a deep trench was visible, marked by the slash of the Divine Sword, bottomless as if was a chasm leading to the heavens, with Earth Aura erupting from within, and the Yuan Spirit boiling over, creating terrifying waves of destruction that caused unrest in all directions.

Such was the terror of a single sword strike!

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Not to mention the breaking of the Two Instruments Microcosm Formation, it even split Emei in two, severing the foundational Spirit Mountain Vein, creating this abyss thousands of feet deep.

“E’mei!”

“How could this be!”

“Ancestral Master!”

“Sect Master!”

Although they had braced for the worst, such a sight still shocked the crowd into an outcry, especially the disciples of the Sword Sect, standing petrified on the ground before the incessantly quaking Emei, unsure of what to do.

Defeated?

Actually defeated?

That was the Two Instruments Microcosm Formation, brought into being by the Innate One Qi Great Purity Talisman!

How could it be defeated?

How could it be defeated!

The Mystic Heaven Cultivators stood frozen, their souls seemingly stripped from their bodies, like walking corpses.

On the other hand, inside the live broadcast room…

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“Holy shit holy shit holy shit &%￥#@!”

“What the heck was that just now?”

“It looked like a super, super, super, super, super, super big magical sword!”

“Those Sword Qi just now…”

“Primordial Energy Pellet/Primordial Qi Sword?”

“I thought the guy on the other side was already hacking fiercely, but you played even bigger than him!”

“People of Blue Star, please lend me your strength!”

“Never thought watching a live broadcast could feel so participatory.”

“That should shut up that bunch of bastards, right?”

“I don’t care, I want to see blood flow like a river!”

Within the broadcast room, the comments streamed rapidly, with countless viewers venting their excitement.

Back at the scene, with the smoke cleared, the dust settled.

The Mystic Heaven Cultivators awoke from their stupor to see the Emei split in two, broken beyond recognition, hurrying forward to investigate.

The Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods, however, were silent, their eyes flickering with doubt and fear.

“That one sword…”

“Divine Power?”

“Sword technique?”

“Formation?”

“Or…”

“The heavens and the earth as the sword, the sun and the moon as the sword, all beings as the sword…”

“The will of heaven and earth, the nine instruments and three talents, all encapsulated in one technique…”

“Even the mighty Two Instruments Microcosm Formation couldn’t withstand it, not only was the formation shattered, but even the Golden Summit and the Spirit Mountain Vein of Emei were split by a single stroke of the sword.”

“With such might, who among Earth Immortals or within the ranks of True Immortals can withstand it?”

“Li Xuanyuan…”

The Celestials were in a turmoil of thoughts, visibly troubled.

Just then, a gaze descended. It swept across them, almost tangibly, landing on the bodies of the Celestials, causing the Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods to shudder, chilled to the bone.

Some things, though unspoken, were clear to all in a tacit understanding.

Like the current situation, where everyone knew that the outcome of this battle would determine the world’s power structure.

Would the Scholar’s Palace continue to govern the world, without changing the law?

Or would there be flames of war everywhere, with heroes rising up together?

The answer was now clear.

The losers step down, vanishing without a trace.

The victor reigns supreme, granted the authority over life and death.

Would this be lightly glossed over?

Or would it be an opportunity to thoroughly settle scores?

No one knew.

And it was this uncertainty that provoked fear.

The Celestials remained silent, not daring to lift their heads to meet that gaze, only able to wait anxiously with pounding hearts for the outcome.

Fortunately, the Swordsman’s piercing gaze was but a sweep, without further action.

“You all, beware!”

A cold statement pronounced the verdict.

The Celestials’ gaze sharpened, looking up to find that the Swordsman was no longer visible in the firmament, but a sword scar remained etched in the void, not dissipating for a long time.

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At Fulong Mountain, in Mingxiao Taoist Temple, a beam of Sword Light descended, landing in front of the altar in the main hall.

Xu Yang materialized, sitting cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by a wafting blue smoke, with a great number of Sword Artifacts reduced to ashes, all being Magical Treasures of level 1, as well as some Spiritual Treasures, and even a few Immortal Artifacts, all destroyed at this moment, vanishing into smoke and dust.

A True Immortal’s battle is no ordinary affair.

This loss was within the bounds of reason.

Xu Yang sat cross-legged on the ground, shedding the Heavenly Venerable’s mech, feeling both relieved and utterly exhausted.

However, he didn’t mind in the least, even letting out a light chuckle: “Truly, among the strong there are the stronger, and there will always be higher mountains beyond; there are people beyond man, and heavens beyond the sky!”

In his words, was all admiration.

He had not won this battle easily at all, it had been very difficult.

That Ren Baimei, a prodigy gifted by the heavens, is by far the strongest opponent he had faced, even surpassing the Emperor of the North Pole from the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court.

Bearing in mind that the Eastern Victory Heavenly Court had been established for a long time, and the Emperor of the North Pole was an old True Immortal, having completed the Nine Tribulations for hundreds of thousands of years, he was a powerful figure among True Immortals.

In contrast, Ren Baimei had only recently become a Ninth Calamity True Immortal, a mere centenary, a freshly minted new True Immortal.

But even as a new True Immortal, his combat power exceeded that of elder True Immortals like the Emperor of the North Pole, even far surpassing them.

This demonstrated Ren Baimei’s extraordinary talent, whether in Cultivation Realm or in the foundation of power, he stood as the foremost individual Xu Yang had ever encountered.

Besides, he had discerned from the Imperial Mansion Heavenly Decree Book the technique of “One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones,” and refined the Innate One Qi Great Purity Talisman, capable of evolving into the premier killing formation of the Taiqing Lineage: the Two Instruments Microcosm.

The might of this Two Instruments Microcosm Formation needs no elaboration; if the supreme Taiqing treasure “Tai Chi Diagram” were used as the core of the formation, evolving into the complete Primordial Dual Polarity Dust Great Formation, even a Heavenly Immortal would risk falling within it.

Ren Baimei didn’t possess the Tai Chi Diagram and could only use the “Innate One Qi Great Purity Talisman” he refined based on his own achievements to create a slightly inferior Two Instruments Microcosm Formation, which ranked between the Eighth and Ninth Orders. It couldn’t overcome a Heavenly Immortal Emperor Lord or Earth Immortal powerhouses, but against True Immortals… life and death, existence and annihilation, could hinge on a single thought.