Chapter 2009: Chapter 2014: Slaying the Nascent Soul (Part 1)
No one knew who had spread the words Xia Liu said back then.
So the cultivators of Baichuan Realm all turned their eyes to the Sha Family.
They all wanted to know whether, in this disaster, the Sha Family could once again hold Baichuan Realm in the palm of their hand.
In the Sha Family’s majestic great hall.
Several figures sat with eyes tightly narrowed.
As Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, they could conceal their killing intent extremely well.
Sha Tongtian sat in the main seat.
Next were Fang Zhi, Ma Gao, Yan Li, and He Guicai.
If Sun Feng were here.
This would be the largest Family Alliance in Baichuan Realm!
Northern City.
It had once been the most prosperous capital city of Baichuan Realm.
At this moment, in Northern City, there was no one left on the streets.
Even the rats had fled Northern City.
Because all cultivators in Baichuan Realm knew.
The slaughter was coming to Northern City!
Several dozen li outside Northern City.
A group of cultivators were whispering among themselves.
There were many such huddled-together cultivator groups.
They all wanted to witness a duel between Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses.
Such splendor, they would never forget in this lifetime!
Shasha shasha...
No one knew when the fine drizzle had gradually turned into a heavy downpour.
The already oppressive atmosphere became even sharper.
Up in the pitch-black firmament, thunder would rumble and crackle from time to time.
"Fellow Daoists, look quickly! A person has appeared out of thin air atop Northern City’s gate!"
"That’s the powerhouse who brings slaughter!"
The cultivators standing outside Northern City and watching all released their Divine Sense, eager to see the face of the butcher!
One glance left everyone utterly shocked.
The man was far too young!
But they were all cultivators, and they quickly reacted.
They assumed that beneath that young-looking face.
Xia Liu’s true age had to be counted in at least hundreds of years.
Just as everyone was slowly recovering from their shock, horrified words suddenly spread over from the distance.
"Old Dog Sha Tongtian, come out and pay for your sins!"
...
In Baichuan Realm, for someone to address Sha Tongtian like that.
In the past hundred years, this was the first time anyone had heard it.
It could be called legendary!
At the same time it proclaimed that this battle would not end until one side died!
Marvelous!
While everyone was still shaken, five figures appeared domineeringly around the city gate.
Sha Family’s ancestor, Sha Tongtian!
Ma Gao!
Yan Li, Fang Zhi, and He Guicai!
Once they had shaken Baichuan Realm with their might, were pursued and flattered by all, regarded as goals to aspire to, and worshiped like gods.
Today, countless cultivators finally laid eyes on five of the six Lords of the Alliance.
"You little beast! You really dared to come!"
"In my homeland, this very day of each year is an ancient, inherited festival called the Festival of Clear Brightness, when we sacrifice to our ancestors."
Xia Liu’s face was expressionless as he recalled the days back in Osmanthus Village.
Every year on the Festival of Clear Brightness.
His parents and grandfather would kill a few chickens, then carry bamboo baskets on their backs, taking sickles and hoes.
They would go into the mountains and fields, tidy up the ancestral graves, worship the forebears, and pray for their protection, that the family be safe and sound, that descendants rise in rank and prosper.
Today!
Huaxia’s Festival of Clear Brightness would be the festival of the dead for these five Nascent Soul Stage cultivators before him!
And also the commemoration of the Sha Family’s fall from their divine altar!
"Arrogant!"
"Brat! If I don’t cripple you completely today, I, Sha Tongtian, am unworthy to be called a man!"
"Hmph!"
Xia Liu snorted coldly and roared in fury, "Sha Tongtian, do you still count as human? Dongliu County’s Imperial Sky Gate, a sect with a thousand lives up and down—did they have any feud with you? Did they eat your family’s food! Or did they molest the women of your Sha Family!"
"They had no feud with me, but this old man kills purely on his mood. How could an ant like you possibly understand?"
Xia Liu fell silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and let his Spirit Sound spread for a hundred li: "All members of the Sha Family who did not participate in the slaughter of Imperial Sky Gate—if you don’t wish to die, leave at once!"
This was Xia Liu’s final mercy.
Unfortunately, very few responded to him.
Because the Sha Family did not allow anyone to offend them!
To offend the Sha Family had only one outcome: death!
Even ten-year-old children thought this way!
The Sha Family could bully others, but no one could bully the Sha Family!
Because the Sha Family was the ruler of Baichuan Realm!!!
"Haha! Trying to scare who? Today I’ll confiscate your Divine Skills, dig out your background completely, and exterminate your entire clan for nine generations!"
"By my command! Bring down Heaven’s Punishment!"
Without further nonsense, Xia Liu’s Seal Art condensed, responding to Sha Tongtian in the most violent way.
Let’s see today who controls life and death! Who exterminates whose nine clans!
His Golden Pill Mid-Stage Energy Body exploded in full.
He drew the Taiqing Sword.
Thunder immediately descended.
Thunder Energy poured entirely into the Taiqing Sword.
"Thousand Threads and Myriad Strands!"
Facing five Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses.
Xia Liu knew no fear!
He even took the initiative and launched the first attack.
As Sword Qi swept out, the battle erupted.
All the Thousand Threads and Myriad Strands Sword Qi surged straight toward Sha Tongtian.
Fang Zhi seized the opening.
With a sweep of his horsetail whisk, a fierce force surged toward Xia Liu.
Xia Liu, quick of eye and hand, twisted his edge, the Power of Righteous Law swelling to its limit.
The Holy Seal of Righteous Law burst forth.
Before the eyes of the thousands of cultivators in Baichuan Realm.
Xia Liu, with Golden Pill Mid-Stage cultivation, was fiercely battling Sha Tongtian and Fang Zhi.
This alone made the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators lose face.
If Ma Gao and the others also struck, their shame would be beyond measure.
But their clansmen had been brutally slaughtered by Xia Liu just days before.
If they didn’t make a move now, when would they!
Facing the bombardment techniques of Ma Gao, Yan Li, and He Guicai.
Xia Liu’s Divine Sense stirred.
The Five Elements Wheel in his Sea of Consciousness appeared in shocking clarity.
The red slot upon it shone an even deeper crimson.
Like demon blood, it seized the gaze.
"Though you’re not of fire, as the foremost of the four great Spiritual Artifacts of the Southern Realm, you must not disappoint me!"
He silently chanted in his heart and slapped a Seal Technique onto the Taiqing Sword.
Buzz buzz buzz!!!
The sword’s clear cry echoed through the Nine Desolations.
On the sword’s body, Ma Gao and the others sensed a trace of danger!
"Taiqing Transformation!"
The blade turned, and a vast Fire Origin gushed out from the Taiqing Sword.
Within the white flames was contained Dual Polar Force.
And fused with the might of a Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact.
The Spirit Arts of the three Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators were instantly shattered!
The roaring flames swept in.
Ma Gao, Yan Li, and He Guicai all flicked their sleeves.
Blocking all the flames before them.
Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses could borrow Heaven and Earth Energy to defend.
They could also fuse their own peak Spiritual Power into a protective barrier.
"Mere trickery, and you dare dream of crossing blows with the likes of us!"
Ma Gao’s eyes hardened as he prepared to launch a fierce assault on Xia Liu.
But unexpectedly, he felt an Exotic Force in his abdomen.
This Exotic Force had appeared far too illusory and indistinct.
Though he strove with all his might to expel it.
He was still a step slower than Xia Liu.
"Detonate!"
Boom boom boom!!!
A string of muffled explosions came from the bodies of the three.
When the Thunderclap faded, one could see the clothing at their abdomens had been blown to tatters.
Their bodies, however, were not visibly damaged.
The physical bodies of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were incomparably tough, and they had noticed in time.
For Taiqing Transformation to truly injure them—it was not yet qualified!
"As expected of a high-tier Spiritual Artifact! To actually possess such power!"
After clearing away all the Thousand Threads and Myriad Strands Sword Qi, Sha Tongtian couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
This only made him covet the Taiqing Sword even more.
If this sword were in his hands and restored to its peak, he might very well be able to fight across realms against Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators!
He might even be able to slay them!
"If it were one-on-one, he indeed has the qualifications to stand shoulder to shoulder with Nascent Soul cultivators, but unfortunately, from here on, we won’t hold anything back!"
