by Dragon King
It was not a show-off like the golden shield. If it released its power, Sky Mountain Sect would be totally destroyed!
Swoosh! Full of nature essence, the golden shield turned back to the size of a palm and flew back to Hao Ren’s hand.
Dumbfounded, the cultivators standing in the sect looked at Hao Ren who was in the boat.
Hua! Hua… Hao Ren’s 320 sword energies returned to his side before shooting out again.
All the buildings over two floors tall were turned into one-story structures, and hundreds of houses instantly collapsed!
Boom!
The golden boat released misty, purple light.
The mysterious floating light looked like the aurora.
Alarmed, the spirit beasts in Sky Mountain Sect rushed out of the back mountain.
With all the array formations destroyed by Zhen Congming, the spirit beasts rushed around and trampled all the spiritual herbs in the back mountain!
Hao Ren had destroyed about 200 years worth of accumulation of Sky Mountain Sect!
“Return!” Hao Ren pinched Little White’s ear.
Zhen Congming picked up his conch, wanting to do more damage, but Hao Ren pulled on his collar and dragged him back to Fifth Heaven.
Under the frightened gazes of Sky Mountain Sect cultivators, Hao Ren left casually in the magnificent golden boat.
If he continued, Sky Mountain Sect would be destroyed!
The Nascent Soul Realm cultivators of other sects should have come to check, but none of them came since they had all been reduced to the Core Formation Realm!
610 Heavy Loss!
The golden shield returned to Fifth Heaven with Hao Ren. It had released great power but had also absorbed enough nature essence for it to digest for some time.
Little White followed the golden boat. After a fierce battle, it had obtained some slight improvement in its strength.
Right now, Ethereal Summit was in a mess. Not only were the spiritual fields that Xie Yujia created with great efforts were destroyed, but some mountains were shattered as well.
The dozen snow lion cubs hid in some debris and were shivering.
“I hate you!”
Seeing Hao Ren coming back, Duan Yao flew up while stepping on an ordinary flying sword and stabbed at Hao Ren with the Purple Green Treasure Sword.
With two tear trails on her cheeks, she bit on her lip with her small white teeth.
Hao Ren turned his head slightly and saw Lingwu Master sitting on a distant mountaintop with his eyes tightly shut.
Ding!
Hao Ren lightly caught Duan Yao’s sword with two fingers.
Since his realm was higher than hers, and she was exhausted, this stab did not affect him.
With a little force, Hao Ren pulled the sword from Duan Yao’s hand.
Duan Yao clenched her fist and hit on Hao Ren’s chest.
Didn’t matter how harsh her grand uncle-master was to her, he was still her relative and cared for her.
Hao Ren’s body was as hard as iron after being tempered by lightning. Duan Yao hit Hao Ren’s chest with all her strength, but Hao Ren didn’t feel any pain.
Hao Ren glanced at the Sky Mountain Sect elders and found that they all looked pathetic.
As the pillar of Sky Mountain Sect, Lingwu Master who was once at top-tier Nascent Soul Realm was the reason that Sky Mountain Sect could stay on Sixth Heaven securely.
Besides, he was also the only person who could control Jitian, the level 6 snow lion. With its level, Jitian might fly to Seventh Heaven where the nature essence was more abundant now that Lingwu Master couldn’t handle it.
The eight elders felt as if the sky had fallen!
“Ahh!”
When Hao Ren turned to look at the Sky Mountain Sect elders, Duan Yao bit onto Hao Ren’s arm.
One set of clear bite marks appeared on Hao Ren’s skin.
Duan Yao glared at Hao Ren, ready to be killed by him.
Bang!
Hao Ren’s sword energies shot out, lightly knocked Duan Yao away. Then, the eight elders immediately flew up to catch her together.
“This is a life fortune pill. Save your grand uncle-master’s life with it!”
Soft-hearted, Xie Yujia shot out an arrow with the demonic bow.
The First Elder of Sky Mountain Sect who was standing in front immediately raised his hand.
When the energy arrow disappeared, a pure white pill appeared in his palm.
The other seven elders looked at each other and didn’t know what to say.
Life Fortune Pill was the legendary elixir pill that could bring the dead back to life! Although Sky Mountain Sect excelled in elixir making, these elders had only heard of this pill but hadn’t seen it before!
Lingwu Master still had a breath in him, and the First Elder immediately put the pill in his mouth.
Lingwu Master had dropped from peak Nascent Soul Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Then, after swallowing the suicide red pill and being struck by a dharma note on the top of his head, it was hard to say if he would survive.
Duan Yao looked at Lingwu Master tensely with tears in her eyes.
“We can’t stay here. Let’s head back.” The First Elder waved his hand and placed Lingwu Master onto Jitian’s back before flying toward Sixth Heaven.
After hearing that Lingwu Master was in danger, the eight elders had immediately rushed onto Fifth Heaven, but they had all dropped to the Core Formation Realm.
Hao Ren had destroyed many of their disciples’ cultivation physique. The lucky ones picked up the foundation establishment pills that Lingwu Master threw out and tried to recover, barely maintaining the Foundation Establishment Realm strength. However, the unlucky ones didn’t get the foundation establishment pills and dropped to the Qi Refinement Realm!
Mo Lianshan, the favorite disciple of the First Elder, had been reduced to the Foundation Establishment Realm from top-tier Core Formation Realm!
After this battle, Sky Mountain Sect received great losses!
The eight Sky Mountain Sect elders escorted the black Jitian into the high sky.
Hao Ren, the Lu sisters, and others stood in the valley and stared at them.
Then, the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators of Sky Mountain Sect around the valley all flew toward Sixth Heaven in panic. Some of them were initially Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators while some had just been reduced to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Close to 1,000 crooked flying swords flew toward Sixth Heaven in a pitiable manner.
“Gongzi…”
Seeing that they left one after another, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili walked to Hao Ren’s side and called him.
“Well,” Hao Ren recovered himself and said, “You two, please go to Seven Star Sect and Qiong Hua Sect to check their casualties and give them pills.”
“Ok, Gongzi!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili flew out.
“Yujia and Zi, if you can, please go check on Qin Yin Sect,” Hao Ren continued.
“We can!” Xie Yujia answered immediately.
She and Zhao Yanzi had healed their injuries, and she felt a bit guilty for not being able to help in the fierce battle.
“This is for you.” Hao Ren handed the Purple Green Treasure Sword to Zhao Yanzi.
He had grabbed the sword from Duan Yao. Now that he had destroyed half of Sky Mountain Sect, he didn’t plan to return the sword.
Looking at Hao Ren in a daze, Zhao Yanzi said slowly, “Oh.”
Then, she took the Purple Green Treasure Sword from Hao Ren’s hand.
After seeing Hao Ren defeating so many cultivators including Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and taking back the Purple Green Treasure Sword, Zhao Yanzi’s mind was now completely blank.
Shua! Shua!
With the Purple Green Treasure Sword floating below her feet, she took Xie Yujia with her and flew over the high mountains toward the Qin Yin Sect.
“I’ll borrow Yujia’s cave abode for a while,” Su
Han said lightly and entered Xie Yujia’s cave while stepping on her White Jade Sword.
Being reduced to Dui-Level by the power of the essence-locking note, she must cultivate immediately to break the lock
Hum!
Su Han built a small energy sphere so that the people outside couldn’t see the inside of the cave.
In the center of the valley, only Zhen Congming and Little White were left by Hao Ren’s side.
Looking around the chaotic scene of the valley and the broken array flags which had been shaken out of the ground, Zhen Congming gritted his teeth and felt troubled.
“Build another one?” Hao Ren looked at him and asked.
“Sh*t! Do you think I have nothing else to do? I have loads of homework!” Zhen Congming glared at Hao Ren in displeasure.
Hao Ren looked at him, wondering how busy elementary school students were nowadays
Hiss… The golden shield spun lightly by Hao Ren’s side.
Chi! Chi!
Suddenly, it spat out lots of white mist like a fire distinguisher.
Nature essence!
It was the abundant nature essence that it had absorbed on Sixth Heaven!
Since it couldn’t digest the abundant nature essence quickly, it released it into the valley.
“Well!” Zhen Congming looked at the golden shield with appreciation. “Not bad! Not bad! This dharma treasure is a good one.”
Flying in the high sky, the golden shield shot a golden light toward Little White.
“Roar!”
The light shed off some white fur on Little White’s rump, and Little White jumped up in annoyance.
The snow lion and the shield began to fight again in the valley.
Seeing that the valley had quieted down, the dozen snow lion cubs tumbled out of the grasses and trotted to Little White’s side to root for it.
Little White was on level 3 and was undoubtedly their leader.
Seeing the nature essence getting more intense in the valley, Zhen Congming dropped a handful of gold beans around the edges of the valley.
These gold beams formed a temporary array formation and locked up the nature essence in the valley.
“I’m going to Wu Luoxue’s home to do my homework. If I’m free in the evening, I’ll come and help you build a new array formation!” Zhen Congming said arrogantly before flying away on his black disk.
For Zhen Congming who was in unrequited love, nothing was more important than Wu Luoxue.
If Wu Luoxue had asked him to make the best array formation, he would create one even if he had to stay up for three days!
In the valley, the energetic golden shield and the improved Little White were fighting in high spirit.
Hao Ren kicked the ground lightly with his toes and entered his own cave abode. After the fierce battles, he felt quite fatigued. While he pushed his limits, he felt like he was about to break through.
Meanwhile, the Sect Master of White Sand Sect was rushing toward Ethereal Summit with a dozen Core Formation Realm cultivators.
“While Sky Mountain Sect is surrounding and attacking Ethereal Summit, we, White Sand Sect, must show our abilities!” The Sect Master encouraged his subordinates while they flew over.
Since Sky Mountain Sect didn’t need the help of its affiliated sects on Fifth Heaven, it didn’t ask for help from these sects.
However, White Sand Sect just received the news and immediately sent all its Core Formation Realm cultivators to Ethereal Summit.
They believed that Sky Mountain Sect would defeat Ethereal Summit for sure, and they must take this opportunity to show their loyalty to Sky Mountain Sect and hoped that they could receive some benefits in the process.
Zhen Congming was flying in their direction on his black disk.
“Sect Master! He is the kid who came to our sect last time!” one Core Formation Realm elder yelled.
Zhen Congming who was rushing back to do homework with Wu Luoxue had also seen the Core Formation Realm cultivators of White Sand Sect.
Although he couldn’t even defeat Zhen-level dragon cultivators, he had his couch with him.
“Wu…” Zhen Congming blew into the conch with force, and the Sect Master and the dozen Core Formation Realm cultivators of White Sand Sect were sent flying for thousands of kilometers before falling into a valley.
Swoosh! With a flash of black light, Zhen Congming disappeared into the distance.
The White Sand Sect cultivators were beaten unconscious by Zhen Congming before they could reach Ethereal Summit!
Meanwhile, the eight elders of Sky Mountain Sect hurried back to their sect with Lingwu Master.
“Wa…” Lingwu Master spat out a mouthful of dark blood and finally woke up.
However, what greeted him was the ruined Sky Mountain Sect!
He fainted again in shock.
611 Admit Defeat…
Hao Ren steadied his realm in the cave. Soon, Xie Yujia and the other three girls returned to the valley with the casualty information.
The three small sects had lost over 200 cultivators, one-fourth of their total headcount. More than half of the loss was Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, and the rest were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. However, the Seven Star Sect lost a Core Formation Realm elder.
Xie Yujia and the others allocated 40 elixir pills to them due to their low realms. Level 4 elixir pills were too much for them to take, so several cultivators had to share one pill.
For the three small sects, surviving on the dangerous Fifth Heaven meant success. Although they had been prepared for sudden attacks, they didn’t expect that Sky Mountain Sect would attack them.
“Huh…” Hearing Xie Yujia’s words, Hao Ren sighed slightly.
On Fifth Heaven where all kinds of conflicts took place, the small sects with only dozens of years of history could be destroyed the next day.
“Are you ok?” Xie Yujia stood at the entrance of Hao Ren’s cave abode and asked him after telling him the situation.
“It doesn’t matter. I just have some damages in my meridians. Su Han was affected by Old Grandma’s dharma note by mistake, and she’s cultivating in your cave abode. Linlin, Lili, are you ok?” Hao Ren asked.
“Gongzi! We’re ok! We’ll recover gradually with cultivation!” Lu sisters said immediately.
With the best cultivation body type, their realms were only temporarily locked by the dharma, and they could beak the lock after a while of cultivation.
However, the situation was different with Su Han and the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. Su Han had the metal water body type, and most of the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators only excelled in one elemental attribute. Like an invisible lock that trapped all five elements, the essence-locking note could only be dissolved by five-elemental nature essence.
“Gongzi, you must cultivate in peace!”
Afraid to disturb Hao Ren’s mind in cultivation, Lu Linlin and Lu Lili didn’t tell him the things they knew. Instead, they followed Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi to Xie Yujia’s cave.
In fact, by activating Zhao Haoran’s 1000 years of cultivation strength, Hao Ren’s nature essence was in chaos, and the smoothly-working Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll almost stumbled in each of his acupoints.
However, the streaks of mystic energy had locked up Zhao Haoran’s 1000 years of cultivation strength.
Zhao Haoran’s cultivation strength decreased each time Hao Ren used it. However, since this mysterious spiritual core already formed in Hao Ren’s body, it would suck away nature essence from Hao Ren to maintain its form like a black hole every time after use.
If not for the abundant nature essence in the valley, the assistance of the array formation in his cave, and the power of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll, Hao Ren would have died of energy exhaustion!
While the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was circulating with full force, Hao Ren became the agent between nature and the spiritual core. Hao Ren couldn’t move a muscle. If he moved sl
ightly, his spiritual core would become unstable, and he would die!
If anyone pushed Hao Ren right now, he would explode immediately.
Bam!
In a secret chamber at Sky Mountain Sect, Duan Ye, the Sect Master of Sky Mountain Sect, slammed his palm on the table.
As a peak Core Formation Realm cultivator, he could charge into the Nascent Soul Realm anytime. His wife, Duan Yao’s mom, was also a peak Core Formation Realm cultivator. They both looked serious.
With bruises on her face, Duan Yao sat beside Duan Ye in clean clothes, biting her lip.
Sitting around the table were the eight elders of Sky Mountain Sect and Lingwu Master.
Although Duan Ye hadn’t reached the Nascent Soul Realm, he had reached peak Core Formation Realm. Equipped with the elixir pills stored in Sky Mountain Sect, he would surely succeed in entering the Nascent Soul Realm.
However, he might have to cultivate in seclusion for 100 years to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. Since he had to manage Sky Mountain Sect, and the new generation of disciples had not matured yet, he had been postponing the seclusion cultivation.
Since Duan Ye was a would-be Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and a favorite of Lingwu Master, none of the elders dared to look down on him.
After losing hundreds of Core Formation Realm cultivators, how could he, the Sect Master of Sky Mountain Sect, remain calm?
What was more? All the buildings on the hillside were destroyed, and the Scroll Pavilion on the back mountain collapsed while he was cultivating!
Ever since its establishment, Sky Mountain Sect had never suffered such a severe blow!
Even during the war in the cultivation world, Sky Mountain Sect only lost only two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and over 60 Core Formation Realm cultivators. After entering Sixth Heaven, the sect had prospered. It had tens of thousands of cultivators and hundreds of Core Formation Realm cultivators!
However, the battle today cut the foundation of Sky Mountain Sect in half!
“Whatever the background of Ethereal Summit is, we must fight it out with them. If they attack us again after a short rest, we would all be killed.” Duan Yao’s mom looked at Duan Ye’s face and said after a moment of consideration.
The eight elders remained silent. After all, they knew that Ethereal Summit had two peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivators on its back, and it had connections with Eighth Heaven and a Soul Formation Realm cultivator!