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“True Immortal Jiaoqi, that idiot’s arrogance knows no bounds. He actually calls himself True Immortal. That just shows how ridiculous the Xuan Beasts’ overconfidence in themselves has grown,” sneered Mo Nian.
The title of True Immortal was given only to those who had reached the peak of cultivation. Furthermore, it was never self-given. It was something people bestowed upon them based on their accomplishments.
For example, Daoist Heavenly Feather had taken the ice element’s cultivation path to an entirely new level, so she was given such a name.
As for True Immortal Jiaoqi, he was nothing. Although he was a genius, he hadn’t actually made anything himself. His title was self-given, so Mo Nian had long since felt intense disgust for him.
Hearing this, Qu Jianying actually smiled. “In this world, true can be false and false can be true. As long as you say enough false things, people will believe them to be true. Mo Nian, tell me, if you encounter an idiot, what would you do?”
“Just slap them to death,” said Mo Nian.
Ye Lingshan suppressed a chuckle.
“What, did I say something wrong?” demanded Mo Nian.
“My master posed the same question to Long Chen, but he gave a much better answer,” said Ye Lingshan.
“What did he say?”
“He said, if he encountered an idiot, he would praise everything they said and raise them into an even bigger idiot.”
Mo Nian suddenly understood. “You mean that True Immortal Jiaoqi, or perhaps the entire Xuan Beasts, are being groomed to have an overinflated sense of ego?”
Qu Jianying smiled and didn’t reply. Her meaning was clear. The Xuan Beasts were a group of idiots who had immense pride. If someone wanted to, it was easy to make their confidence inflate. However, it wasn’t Long Chen who was doing that.
As they were speaking, Long Chen continued to tear through the lightning beasts. Lei Long wildly absorbed the lightning runes, strengthening itself and passing on the energy to Long Chen.
There were so many lightning runes filling the air that even the lightning drakes were benefiting from Long Chen’s fight. That made them even more grateful toward him.
Long Chen’s own body was absorbing the lightning runes when he touched them. The 108,000 stars in his body began to activate, indicating that he was starting to condense an astral space.
“Stop absorbing it. Wait for the final wave.” A voice rang out in Long Chen’s mind, and he immediately stopped absorbing the lightning runes. However, he then realized that something was wrong.
Chapter 1976 You Win
“Evilmoon, was that you?” asked Long Chen.
“Was what me?” Evilmoon was startled by this sudden question.
Long Chen’s heart pounded. If it wasn’t Evilmoon who had just spoken, then who was it?
Just as he was distracted, a lightning sword pierced through his shoulder, causing a spurt of blood.
Long Chen immediately stopped thinking about that voice. He had to focus on killing the lightning beasts.
There was a giant lightning gate up in the sky, but there was also a lightning channel behind Long Chen connected to the lightning field. On the other side of the channel, there were countless lightning drakes crazily devouring the lightning runes that came through. These lightning drakes were smaller, and sometimes they would simply explode after eating a mouthful of the runes. They weren’t strong enough to absorb such powerful thunderforce.
However, the stronger ones were devouring them and roaring with excitement. This was the greatest blessing of their lives.
Up in the sky, the silver drake king was glaring at the channel, wondering if Long Chen was conning him. Why was it that even at such a time, he hadn’t called out to it?
Last time, it had been rather embarrassing during the Dragonblood Legion’s tribulation as it had come out ahead of time. Hence, it was waiting for Long Chen to call it this time. That would make it appear more kingly.
However, even now, Long Chen wasn’t calling it. The divine lightning runes coming out of the channel were extremely attractive to it, but now it felt it would be embarrassing to fight over those scraps.
Even though Long Chen was killing the lightning beasts quickly, more and more of them came from the sky. Furthermore, they were getting progressively stronger.
All of Heavenly Fate Island was shaking, and it wasn’t long before the Heavenly Fate Platform shattered. But that wasn’t all. The ground was continuously sinking. Some of the metal lightning energy attacks were so powerful that they pierced giant holes into the island.
If this continued, it really wouldn’t be long before Heavenly Fate Island was destroyed. That made them think of what Long Chen had said.
Long Chen had said that the Martial Heaven Continent would no longer have a Heavenly Fate Island.
“We can’t let Long Chen finish his tribulation. We have to think of some way to disturb him!” said the Unfettered Allseer.
“If you want to disturb him, it’s simple. Let me.” A sinister True Immortal Jiaoqi suddenly thought of something. “Long Chen, take a look at this!”
An elder appeared in True Immortal Jiaoqi’s hand. He was half-unconscious and was being held by the throat. He was motionless, but there was a rainbow-colored mark on his forehead, with an aura showing that he was a powerful Netherpassage expert.
“This is… the aura of the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race!” Startled cries rang out. Just what was he doing?
“I’d advise you not to do anything stupid.” Long Chen turned to look at True Immortal Jiaoqi, icy killing intent in his eyes. He knew what True Immortal Jiaoqi was about to do.
Blood splattered as the elder’s body fell to the ground without his head. His head was in True Immortal Jiaoqi’s hand. As for the body that fell, it transformed into the true form of the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow.
“What did you say? I didn’t hear it clearly. Something about doing something stupid?” mocked True Immortal Jiaoqi.
True Immortal Jiaoqi waved his hand, and dozens of people from the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race appeared. With a swing of his halberd, blood mist filled the air.
In truth, those people were just corpses. Their souls had already been extracted to learn their secrets. However, their corpses had still possessed the slightest bit of life. As True Immortal Jiaoqi hadn’t had time to handle these corpses yet, he now took them out in front of Long Chen.
“Haha, aren’t you very arrogant? Then come at me! I only hunted down the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race’s people because of you, so come at me! I have the Qilin War Chariot, and you can’t catch me. You’ll only be able to watch as I kill them! You are trash, hahaha!” True Immortal Jiaoqi suddenly took out a young woman. She was also from the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race, but she had a terrified expression. “I was planning on raising this woman to have my children to see if I could give rise to an even stronger generation, but now I’ve changed ideas. I think I’ll kill her and skin her slowly.”
“You win.” Long Chen took a deep breath.
“Haha, winning just like this? No, no. The good show is still coming. Don’t be in a rush, I-”
Twang.
True Immortal Jiaoqi’s body shook. His vision flashed, and the woman in his hand vanished.
That woman reappeared by Zi Yan’s side. Holding the Seven String Sea Suppressing Zither, Zi Yan coldly stared at True Immortal Jiaoqi. “I, Zi Yan, rarely curse people, but at this time I have no choice but to say that you are complete trash.”
Ye Zhiqiu slowly released her sword, Mo Nian put away his bow, and Hu Feng’s die once more began slowly spinning. Each one of them had killing intent in their eyes.
Qu Jianying had a disdainful expression. The Xuan Beasts had been raised into even bigger idiots by Pill Valley. Even the neutral camp’s experts couldn’t maintain their neutrality.
“You…” True Immortal Jiaoqi was startled and enraged. He point
ed his halberd at Zi Yan. But before he could say anything, Long Chen’s voice rang out from within the lightning.
“True Immortal Jiaoqi, you win. I have no choice but to change my plans because of your foolishness.”
Long Chen suddenly flew toward the other side of Heavenly Fate Island.
“Not good!” The Unfettered Allseer’s expression changed. He already knew what Long Chen was planning.
As he moved, the tribulation followed him. The untouched parts of Heavenly Fate Island were torn asunder. Countless buildings lit up and attacked Long Chen, but regretfully, Heavenly Fate Island had always been a mysterious existence that no one had dared to provoke, so its defenses weren’t very strong.
Long Chen easily avoided those attacks and went straight for the main palace. The disciples within fled for their lives.
There were over ten Netherpassage experts who bravely charged into the lightning tribulation to kill him, but as soon as they entered his tribulation, swords of divine lightning condensed, with even greater power, turning those Netherpassage experts into nothing more than dust.
Long Chen charged into the palace. The lightning beasts tried to follow him, but the palace was too big. Thus, they began to crazily attack the palace.
All the buildings in the surroundings were blown apart. The disciples that didn’t have time to flee yet were killed.
They hadn’t expected Long Chen to be able to drag the tribulation over. It had to be known that other people were locked down within a certain region when they underwent tribulation. Long Chen’s actions once more toppled their understanding of heavenly tribulation.
In just a few seconds, the palace was destroyed. The lightning beasts continued chasing Long Chen, and anything in their way was blown apart.
He led this army of lightning beasts throughout Heavenly Fate Island. As a result, the disciples cried for their fathers and mothers as they ran.
“Long Chen, you bastard, hurry and stop!” roared the Unfettered Allseer. But Long Chen ignored him.
Very quickly, all of Heavenly Fate Island turned into ruins.
“I actually didn’t find it?” Long Chen was surprised. After going throughout the island, he hadn’t found what he was looking for. He started another loop.
The thunderforce in the air was growing stronger and stronger. The lightning beasts had also grown mightier, and Heavenly Fate Island was now filled with holes.
“I understand. This fellow, he really is ruthless!” Mo Nian suddenly understood.
“What is he doing?” asked Ye Lingshan.
“Guess.”
Suddenly, the ground exploded. A giant underground altar appeared beneath one of the palaces. That altar had a giant cut appear in it from one of the lightning beasts’ attacks, and as a result, brilliant divine light shone from the opening.
Seeing that divine light, everyone let out startled cries. They realized what Long Chen was planning.
“Long Chen, you dare?!” The Unfettered Allseer was finally afraid. That was the heaven and earth divine pool of Heavenly Fate Island. It was their divine spring, a place where all their karmic luck was condensed. If it was destroyed, Heavenly Fate Island would slowly fade away until it was no more. Not even a god would be able to save them.
Years ago, back when the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect had been one of the three great heavenly sects along with the Xuantian Dao Sect and the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, Long Chen had destroyed their divine pool, resulting in them silently vanishing from this world.
That was one of the laws of the Heavenly Daos, an irresistible power. Once their divine pool was destroyed, it represented that this sect’s destiny had run out. The world would no longer accept their existence.
Long Chen flew over, but he had just approached it when a ray of Sword Qi slashed toward Long Chen. That terrifying Sword Qi annihilated any lightning beasts in its way.
Long Chen immediately had a bad feeling. His lightning wings flapped, and he hastily retreated. That Sword Qi just barely missed him. He narrowly avoided being cut in two.
Chapter 1977 Island Master Ji Wuming
Long Chen’s heart shook. A middle-aged man in Daoist robes had appeared, holding a translucent sword.
“Things can end here today. I, Ji Wuming, admit defeat. Ending our hostilities here will benefit everyone!” That middle-aged man spoke coldly to Long Chen. He was actually able to ignore the heavenly tribulation.
The appearance of this middle-aged man startled people. Just who was he?
“So the Unfettered Allseer was actually just the deputy island master. He’s the real master,” said Li Tianxuan with surprise.
Heavenly Fate Island’s Fate Princes were the only ones qualified to inherit the position of island master. Each Fate Prince had a deputy. One stayed inside, while one handled the outside affairs.
It was the deputies who handled the business of Heavenly Fate Island and the outside world, while the true princes focused entirely on cultivation. They rarely set foot out of Heavenly Fate Island for their entire lives.
As for this middle-aged man, he had launched a powerful attack that had almost killed Long Chen, and yet he still hadn’t been sensed by the tribulation. That was extremely strange.
This person possessed a bizarre aura, one that people found difficult to get a clear reading of. As for his weapon, it wasn’t Heavenly Fate Island’s classic ruler but a translucent sword. There were countless stars flickering within the sword. It was like the flow of the cosmos was contained within it. Looking at it would make someone feel like their mind was being drawn in.
“That’s Heavenly Fate Island’s core divine item, the Fantasy Star Sword. Yes, he has to be the real island master,” said Qu Jianying gravely.
Ji Wuming was staring coldly at Long Chen. Long Chen felt a strange but sharp aura lock onto him even through the tribulation.
Long Chen sneered, “Ending our hostilities here? Are you talking nonsense with me? I never provoked Heavenly Fate Island. It was Heavenly Fate Island who went against me time and time again, even using despicable means against the people beside me. Isn’t this current scene exactly what you wanted? And now you want to end things and you think you can scare me with a sword? Let me tell you, there is nothing that I, Long Chen, don’t dare to do!” Long Chen suddenly threw his lightning spear at the divine pool below him without any hesitation.
“Courting death!” Ji Wuming was enraged, and a sharp Sword Qi slashed out. At that moment, everyone clearly saw the stars flow within his sword, and a strange light tore through the void.
BOOM!
Long Chen’s lightning spear exploded, but Long Chen seemed to have expected that. Following his spear were his lightning wings.
Ji Wuming followed up with another slash of his sword, shattering Long Chen’s lightning wings through space.
However, he wasn’t the slightest bit happy after blocking Long Chen’s two attacks. Instead, killing intent surged within him. It was only at this moment that he saw a lightning dragon charge into the divine pool. It exploded, causing the divine pool to crumble.
“Long Chen, I, Ji Wuming, swear that I will kill you!” Ji Wuming’s face twisted. The destruction of the divine pool signified that the root of their karmic luck was gone. Heavenly Fate Island really would vanish from this world.
A layer of mist covered Ji Wuming’s sword, and its brilliance rapidly dimmed. Clearly, the Fantasy Star Sword was linked to Heavenly Fate Island’s karmic luck, and it was now damaged.
As it dimmed, the clouds in the sky shook and immense pressure crashed down. Ji Wuming had no choice but to retreat. He vanished.
Once Ji Wuming was gone, the tribulation returned to its normal state. At this time, people understood that the reason Ji Wuming was able to remain unnoticed by the Heavenly Daos was mostly because of the Fantasy Star Sword. With its power dropping, the tribulation had finally sensed him.
Ji Wuming reappeared beside the Unfettered Allseer. Both of their expressions were unsightly. They
looked like they were already dead as Heavenly Fate Island had been destroyed.
Even if its name could persist, it would just be a place, not a sect. If any sect tried to establish itself under the name of Heavenly Fate Island, they would not receive the recognition of the Heavenly Daos. Without the world’s karmic luck, they would be like rootless duckweeds. They would blow away with the slightest breeze.
“He… he really did it. How ruthless!”
The people from Pill Valley, the ancient races, the Corrupt path, the Xuan Beasts, the ancient family alliance, the Bloodkill Hall, and the others all felt their hearts pounding wildly. Long Chen had actually caused the destruction of a sect with countless years of history.
Heavenly Fate Island’s disciples were crying. Their inheritance had been destroyed. They would be people without a home in the future.
“Long Chen, I swear I will make you regret your actions today! I’ll make you live a life worse than death!” roared Ji Wuming.
“Work hard, youngster. I, Long Chen, will await you.” Long Chen snorted. His lightning wings reappeared. At the same time, he put away the lightning channel behind him. The nine lightning drakes vanished, and Lei Long also returned to him. A torrent of lightning beasts now charged toward him.
What was he doing? Everyone was startled by this. This was the crucial moment of the tribulation. Why was he pulling back everything?
“I’ve fulfilled my first promise. Starting today, the Martial Heaven Continent will no longer have a Heavenly Fate Island. This floating island is now a masterless object. Now I’ll fulfill my second promise. True Immortal Jiaoqi, do you still remember what I said?”
Long Chen waved his lightning spear, forcing back the beasts.
“I told you not to do anything stupid, but you still did it. So you’ve won. Congratulations, you’ve managed to fully infuriate me. Now I’ll send you a gift. Prepare yourself for it!”