"I came to ask you to return something."
Immortal Shangxuan stopped in front of Ye Shubai and said this strange sentence.
What do you want
Want Ye Shubai's life to pay for his apprentice's life? !
Baiyun City suddenly fell into silence.
Until suddenly several roars were heard not far away, and at the end of the crowd that was originally retreating, several figures appeared and were flying towards this side.
The old swordsman who rushed over after hearing the news was furious and drew his sword to stop the Immortal Shangxuan from approaching.
"Let them go!"
"Get lost, old dog!"
The cultivators behind Master Su Yuan, whose cultivation had not yet reached the level of celestial being or were even only at the Golden Core stage, drew their weapons without hesitation and prepared to fight with the powerful beings in the fairyland.
The old swordsman used his strongest sword move as soon as he made a move, which was the Qingyun Sword Technique that he perfected!
The sea of clouds in the Cloud Sea Realm was rising and falling unsteadily. The sharp sword energy pierced through the sea of clouds and stabbed forward fiercely. The strong wind it brought about made the faces of the people in the Cloud Sea Realm nearby change.
They originally thought that Master Su Yuan was just an old man who was lazy and enjoyed himself because of his seniority and the support of two good disciples, but they never knew that his strength was so terrifying!
However, the old swordsman and the other disciples behind him had no time to care about what others thought. Some of them had low cultivation levels, and some did not even have source power. They only used up their spiritual power and sword energy.
Even Qian Lishen, who always complained about the rudeness of these sword cultivators and expressed his disdain for them, now gritted his teeth and followed the team. He quickly moved the formation plate in his hand, creating one defensive formation after another to protect them.
This almost condensed the strongest force in the entire cultivation world, mixed with hundreds of sneak attacks from unknown people in the city. It was like a new egg, fragile and tiny, but still smashed towards the Immortal Shangxuan without hesitation.
However, before he reached Supreme Xuan, the supreme pressure from the powerful beings in the fairyland came down mercilessly like a towering mountain!
“Hmm!”
Except for Master Su Yuan in the front who was still able to hold on, the young monks behind him could no longer hold their weapons. They were knocked back by the pressure and fell heavily to the ground. The vomited blood fell on their white clothes, and only despair was left.
The man in black raised his eyes calmly, his eyes were like a dark and cold pond, without any ripples.
Almost at the same time when Immortal Shangxuan looked at the cultivators, a terrifying wave suddenly erupted from Ye Shubai's body, and the phoenix wood sword in his hand blocked it!
He used all his strength to exert the law of life and death, and was able to barely resist the law that the Immortal Shangxuan had just used calmly.
Immortal Shangxuan stared at Ye Shubai with a gaze so deep that no one could tell the emotion in it. After a long time, a hint of gentleness seemed to appear on his cold face, and he actually spoke a word of praise.
"You're fine."
Even Shang Wuyang, whom he personally chose, was far inferior to Ye Shubai. At least at first he couldn't even muster the courage to draw his sword under the power of his laws, while Ye Shubai could barely resist it once.
Ye Shubai, who was usually silent, spoke unusually this time: "You are not bad either."
"Then try again."
Immortal Shangxuan slowly raised his hand. This time the attack was far from being as careless as the last time. Instead, it was carried with a killing force, attacking the entire Baiyun City.
Under that palm strike, almost everyone could feel the pressure that seemed like a divine punishment. Under the suppression of this terrifying cultivation level, they could not even lift their heads and could only crawl on the ground like ants, unable to breathe.
Shen Xinghai, who was closest to the city gate, fell to the ground with blood oozing from his eyes. He did not give up and wanted to fight to the death. However, he stretched out his hand forward and opened his mouth silently as if to say something, but he could not utter a word.
However, just when Shang Xuan Xianzun's hand was about to press down, Ye Shubai's sword light once again swept across and slashed towards him neatly. At the same time, Wen Yun's dragon bone magic wand also followed suit.
The combined attack of the two only caused Immortal Shang Xuan's hand to pause for a moment.
But this moment is enough.
The power of the law of space appeared out of thin air, and in the gorgeous light of countless formations, the entire space seemed to be forcibly distorted. The huge Baiyun City disappeared out of thin air. At this moment, there was no Cloud Island under the feet of the three people, and all that was left was the bottomless rolling sea of clouds!
The palm strike from Immortal Shangxuan also missed.
Wen Yun's heart sank to the bottom.
She had taught Shen Xinghai and the others how to activate the teleportation array a long time ago. She had just secretly conveyed the instructions to them to activate the array, and went with Ye Shubai to divert the attention of Shang Xuan Xianzun, and only then did she successfully send the entire Cloud Island away. Even though she herself was unsure of the location of Baiyun City for a while, she thought that Shang Xuan Xianzun would not waste the energy to continue looking for it, and the people in the city were safe.
However, when she wanted to teleport away with Ye Shubai just now, she found that she and Ye Shubai had been bound by the source power of Shangxuan Immortal Venerable. Even though she secretly tore up several random teleportation scrolls, she could not escape!
Immortal Shangxuan withdrew his hand, and then he noticed the girl who had pretended to be a dodder. He saw that the timidity she had just pretended was no longer on her pale face, and there was only a look of coldness and arrogance.
Even though he was so powerful, he didn't expect to be tricked by this girl.
Shang Xuan's voice even carried a hint of surprise: "Law of space? That's beyond my expectation."
Wen Yun calmly hid the scroll in his sleeve and said, "We are the ones who killed your good disciple. All the irrelevant people are gone. If you want us to pay with our lives, then fight us."
"Pay your life?" Shang Xuan repeated the words, his cold face showing no emotion: "You are wrong. I am here to take back the power of the law from you."
Wen Yun and Ye Shubai stood side by side, neither taking a step back.
"Is the law of seizing people a consistent tradition of your Dongxuan? If you want to rob, then rob. Why are you so shameless to say you want it back?!"
Shang Xuan looked at Ye Shubai, his eyes like an elder looking at a younger person, and said slowly: "Because that was originally given to you by me. If we really want to talk about it, you are my true successor, and you should call me Master."
Wen Yun was stunned. Shang Xuan's tone was too confident. If she hadn't seen Ye Shubai join the Qingliu Sword Sect with her own eyes, she would have believed it.
After all, compared to the incomplete Taoism in the lower world, to anyone's eyes, this extraordinary genius Ye Shubai seems more like someone who was personally taught by some great man.
"Senior, please be careful with your words!" Ye Shubai stood tall above the clouds, his face stern: "Even though I am of humble origin, I know the rules of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and this is the same for all disciples!"
Although he had four masters teaching him swordsmanship, they were all disciples who joined at the same time, which was completely different from changing sects midway. Monks were inherently selfish, and few would betray their master unless they had no other choice. This was one of the reasons why Master Su Yuan, who had no memory before, was so persistent in finding his own sect.
Anyone who is willing to do so will not dare to forget the person who led him into the door of spiritual practice!
Shang Xuan's voice echoed between heaven and earth. There was no anger in his voice. His whole body was like a dead old tree. However, the vast and infinite source of power surged in his body. He almost easily took out the scroll hidden in Wen Yun's sleeve and crushed it into powder.
He seemed to be sighing and expressing emotion.
"I have waited nearly ten thousand years for this day. Well, since you are unwilling to give up, I will let you see it."
As the faint sigh passed, an infinite and powerful force enveloped Wen Yun and Ye Shubai. The next moment, the three of them had all walked into the void!
It was also at this time that Wen Yun finally understood what it meant to shatter the void.
With every step Shang Xuan took, the scene in front of Wen Yun's eyes changed, like fleeting shadows flashing by in the void.
Until Shangxuan stopped and entered one of the worlds.
This seems to be a mortal village.
What appeared before Wen Yun were countless scorching flames. The flames raged endlessly across the entire mountain range. Grass, trees, birds and animals were all turned into ashes in the face of this merciless disaster.
Villagers living deep in the mountains are no exception.
They had no skills and initially tried to fetch water to put out the wildfire. Later on, they were exhausted but could not even escape with their lives.
In the firelight, countless wailing sounds were heard, shocking Wen Yun to the point of almost despair.
She stared blankly at the scene below, trying desperately to pick up the dragon bone wand to cast a spell to put out the fire. However, the restraints imposed on her by Shangxuan prevented her from moving, and she could only watch helplessly as the doomsday-like fire engulfed her life.
Everything died, including the birds, animals and villagers.
The only one who survived was a baby who was placed in a water tank by his mother. He lay in the tank and cried hoarsely for his mother, but received no response.
Immortal Shangxuan pointed his finger, and a wisp of the power of the law of life and death was separated and fell into the child's body.
Without stopping, he turned around and stepped out of this world, taking Wen Yun and Ye Shubai to the next world.
Unlike the previous world, what Wen Yun saw this time was a singing arena. Countless young boys and girls were locked on the arena. They were obviously thin and frail, and looked no more than ten years old, but all of them had fierce expressions and were fighting each other desperately.
Among them was the smallest boy, one of whose hands was broken and the knife he was holding fell to the ground, but he still bit his opponent's neck fiercely and refused to let go.
Immortal Shangxuan did not stop him and did exactly the same thing as in the previous world, pouring the law of the power of life and death into the young man's body.
This scene was repeated several times.
Ye Shubai's face turned pale, and he finally understood what Shang Xuan meant.
Shang Xuan saw this and said indifferently: "It seems that you understand."
"During these ten thousand years, I have been searching for talented candidates in countless worlds and sharing the power of the law of life and death with them. They will then have the hope of comprehending the power of the supreme law in this world."
"I traveled through the myriad worlds, leaving behind countless opportunities, but only a few were able to grasp them. Shang Wuyang was one of them, and you are one of them, too."
"Besides, you are the first person to fully comprehend the law of life and death. It is not wrong to say that you are my successor. Apart from you, there is no one else in this world who can understand me."
Wen Yun stared blankly at the immortal in front of him who should have been worshipped by thousands of people.
But this is not an immortal, he is clearly a madman.
"You left so many 'opportunities' just to take them back after they truly comprehend the law of growth?" Wen Yun murmured the disgusting truth.
How can this be considered an opportunity? This is clearly like raising livestock! You randomly sprinkle a handful of food on the animal, wait for it to grow fat, then say "I raised them", and then slaughter them with a clear conscience.
No wonder Shang Wuyang and Ye Shubai have similar auras, and no wonder Shang Xuan said "I want it back".
They were all like those ignorant children just now, and were sown with the seeds of the law of life and death by Shang Xuan! They became vessels for him to cultivate the power of the law!
Wen Yun's voice trembled slightly: "You are not afraid of cause and effect, or the way of heaven, by doing this?"
"Cause and effect and the way of heaven?"
Shang Xuan seemed to be smiling, but this smile was more like simply moving his lips, without any sense of joy.
He looked up at the flickering light.
"Everyone has heard of the Dao Realm above the Fairyland, but no one has ever truly seen it. People in the world all say that if one cultivates to the Dao Realm, one can truly transcend the cycle of cause and effect, and can turn the sky upside down, hold the sun, moon, and stars with a flip of the hand, and control all living beings in the world."
"In other words... when you become a Dao Realm expert, you will become the Heavenly Dao."
"However, since the death of the last Heavenly Dao, there has been no second Heavenly Dao. People in the world believe that there is still a Heavenly Dao in charge of the myriad worlds, and that the cycle of cause and effect still exists in the world, but in fact, there is no longer one."
"Just like for your original lower world, the cultivators in the Ascension stage are enough to be their heavenly way. With a thought, they can be given infinite resources, and with a thought, they can destroy the entire world."
"If you could reach the fairyland, you would know that nowadays, the so-called cause and effect, the so-called heavenly way, are nothing but the illusions of the weak, and are also the shackles used by the strong to bind them. For the weak, the strong are their heavenly way, but the strong in the fairyland, such as the head of the Dongxuan Sect, know the truth that the heavenly way is dead, and dare to wantonly manipulate the life and death of you people in the lower world and plunder everything."
Immortal Shangxuan spoke everything in a calm tone, even when he mentioned his own sect, he did so with ruthless indifference.
Ye Shubai stared at him, and after a long silence, he pointed out coldly: "Your Law of Life and Death has been perfected, but you are still trying to seize the Law of Cultivation. What do you want? What is your relationship with the previous Heavenly Dao?"
Immortal Shangxuan seemed to have a special admiration for Ye Shubai. Perhaps just as he said, he really regarded Ye Shubai as his only successor.
To him, the loneliness of ten thousand years was not scary. What was scary was that no one understood his way.
When Shang Xuan heard Ye Shubai ask these two questions, he actually smiled sincerely.
"I am the one chosen by the previous Heavenly Dao, the new Heavenly Dao."