Splitting the Heave

When Shang Xia’s cultivation arrived at the grand completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm, the heaven and earth qi in his dantian that he had been slowly converting to his own qi became refined all at once. Not a single speck of unrefined remnant qi was left. 

He had truly entered the grand completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm!

If Shang Xia prepared his medicine to advance into the Martial Intent Realm, he would have an extremely high chance of successfully breaking through if he took it then!

However, Shang Xia knew that it wouldn’t be a good choice to advance immediately! There was still a lot of room for his Yin Yang Sword Formation to improve.

Even though he ate the Tempering Meridian Powder and Expanding Meridian Powder, he still had a set of Meridian Replenishing Powder he had yet to use!

He planned to use it during his comprehension of the Yin Yang Sword Formation as he felt that it would come in handy if his meridians were to come under too much stress. However, he didn’t need to use it in the end.

According to what he knew, there wasn’t much use in using the same type of medicine more than thrice. In theory, he could use the Tempering Meridian Powder and Expanding Meridian Powder twice more if he disregarded their diminished effects. No matter how weak the effects, it would strengthen his foundation nonetheless.

Also, since the Yin Yang Sword Formation was named as such, three pairs of qi were far from enough for his sword formation to display its peak abilities! Yin and yang was the origin of everything! Almost all the elements were born from yin and yang! If three pairs of qi were the limit, the Yin Yang Sword Formation would fail to live up to its name!

As long as Shang Xia learned how to transform his inner qi into other types, he would be able to improve his martial intent!

Even Shang Xia himself didn’t expect the extent of his martial intent. Regardless, he decided to push his martial intent to its full capabilities. 

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In the stone chamber, Mu Qingyu noticed the increasing number of sword qi and found the space a little cramped. It wouldn’t take long before the entire chamber was filled up! Despite that, Shang Xia showed no signs of slowing down. The sword qi that gathered started to encroach on the last remaining gap towards the walls. When the first strand of sword qi finally came into contact with the surrounding wall, several layers of runes appeared in an attempt to stop the sword qi from destroying the chamber.

It was too bad none of it lasted for more than a second before they were torn to shreds by Shang Xia’s sword qi.

After most of the runes forming the restriction were destroyed, cracks started to appear all over the walls. The ballooning sword qi seemed to expand the room into a giant ball.

All of a sudden, a sharp cry broke the silence. The expanding sword qi started to retreat.

In the blink of an eye, the sword qi that lingered in the air disappeared. When they did, Shang Xia’s hovering figure could be seen in the middle of the chamber.

That was right, he was hovering in mid air!

Mu Qingyu, who still had traces of shock due to the strength of the sword qi, felt her expression freezing when she looked at Shang Xia.

Staying in flight with the help of their inner qi was something only Martial Extermination Realm experts were capable of! There were some stronger Martial Intent Realm experts who could use their divine sense to stay in the air for a short period of time, but that was it!

However, Shang Xia was in the Martial Extremity Realm! How in the world was he able to keep himself from falling?!

Was it possible that he entered the Martial Intent Realm right after stepping into the grand completion stage of the Martial Extremity Realm?! Those were the thoughts running through Mu Qingyu’s head.

Even though she was struck dumb, Shang Xia couldn’t be bothered with her. He was still exploring the marvels of the Yin Yang Sword Formation.

The sword qi that he created was able to appear anywhere, including under his feet! 

Naturally, it only served to push him upwards. He couldn’t control it to send him flying through the air! 

After realizing what he was capable of, he dissipated the sword qi under his feet and jumped onto the ground below. His indifferent gaze turned towards Mu Qingyu.

Finally snapping awake from her shock, Mu Qingyu yelled, “That… That… You nearly destroyed that wall!” She pointed towards one of the wall faces behind Shang Xia.

Even though the scene on the walls disappeared along with Zhu Ying, no one knew why, but the image reappeared! 

The walls contained deep scratches and markings from Shang Xia’s sword qi, but they didn’t affect the image playing out on the walls.

Perhaps his reckless bombardment with his sword qi managed to activate some sort of mechanism in the room…

Staring at the scene on the wall, the bronze gate appeared in his sights once again. However, this time, a huge gap could be seen between the doors. The tiny mountain that hovered outside the gate had fallen to the ground, and the two old men were nowhere to be seen.

“They’re already dead!” Mu Qingyu’s voice trembled as she already knew what Shang Xia wanted to ask.

In fact, she screamed earlier after witnessing Liu Jitang’s death.

The only reason Shang Xia missed it was because the image on the wall contained no sound. He was unable to notice the sudden change in the situation.

However, Mu Qingyu clearly saw how both of them died. When the bronze gate was forced open by the weird creature within, a godlike figure appeared and tore both of the old experts to shreds! Liu Jitang and Murong Tianlan were killed without the slightest resistance! They died instantly!

Even after Shang Xia pressed her for an answer, she couldn’t describe anything to him. She saw that they had died, but she had no idea how it happened!

The only thing she could be sure of was that Liu Jitang and the expert beside him were torn to shreds.

Two Martial Extermination Realm experts were killed in the blink of an eye!

No matter how strong Shang Xia’s will was, he still felt chills traveling down his spine. He might have guessed what was behind the bronze gates, but he couldn’t believe what had happened.

“What do you plan to do now?” Shang Xia asked Mu Qingyu casually.

A helpless expression appeared on her face. When Shang Xia’s sword qi went on a rampage earlier, he destroyed the path leading to the hidden tunnel where he came from.

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The next second, Shang Xia’s gaze turned to stare in the direction where Zhu Ying made his escape.

“You wish to hunt him down? Are you not afraid of death? Even if you’re stronger than him, this is the Zhu Family Manor! His bloodline allows him to run around unhindered!” Mu Qingyu easily guessed Shang Xia’s intentions.

A sudden change soon occurred. The ground rumbled violently and the walls along the chamber cracked beyond belief. The images on the wall finally disappeared.

A round of laughter tore through the awkward silence in the chamber and it rang through the entire Zhu Family Manor. “Hahaha! Who would have thought that we would step into the Zhu Family Manor again?! It’s been twenty long years! Brother Ji, you’ve been here before too. Do you know which way to go?” 

“Be careful. Something seems wrong here. Don’t blame me if you run into any trouble…” Ji Wenlong’s voice replied.

“Hah… Do you think there’s anything in here that can threaten us?” Another voice emerged.

Shang Xia found the last voice pretty familiar, and he seemed to have heard it during the great war on the Tongyou Peak. If his memory served him right, it belonged to Lang Xiaoyun.

Shang Xia was shocked to hear that Ji Wenlong had entered the Zhu Family Manor with other Martial Extermination Realm experts, and they even formed an alliance!

The first person who spoke exclaimed all of a sudden, “Wait… Brother Zhu Ye? No… What the hell is this?!” 

A heaven-shaking roar tore through the skies and the soundwave rocked countless structures in the Zhu Family Manor. Shang Xia and Mu Qingyu could feel rock shards raining down on them as the already semi-destroyed stone chamber suffered even more damage.

“Hehe… Brother Dongfang, welcome to the battlefield between two worlds… Have a taste of our special product… Undead corpses!” Lang Xiaoyun roared with laughter and continued, “Rank four undead corpses are really rare here! I haven’t seen a lot of them even in my many years of experience roaming the battlefield… You’re pretty lucky to run into one on your first trip here…”

Ji Wenlong interrupted him, “It’s just an undead corpse. It might be physically stronger than ordinary cultivators at the same level as it, but it’s not too bright. Brother Dongfang, it won’t be able to do anything to you.” 

“So that’s the case… Many thanks to Brother Ji! However, are you really unwilling to help me take down this weird creature?” Dongfang Daying yelled before unleashing his attack. A huge blast rang through the skies and even Shang Xia, who was hiding in the stone chamber, could tell that the battle had begun.

Once again, Ji Wenlong’s voice rang through the air. “How do you know that there’s only one rank four undead corpse in the Zhu Family Manor?”