Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

A Taoist in black robes sped along on his sword, drawing a fiery red streak across the clear sky. This man, with his gaunt face, high nose, thick beard, and stern expression, was none other than Spirit Sword Master, the Grand Elder of Crimson Cloud Palace.

He, Spirit Bamboo Master, and Spirit Luck Master were originally cultivators from Scarlet Blood Valley. They had cultivated together since childhood, traveled together, and their bond was as strong as brothers. Later, due to unfair treatment, he left the valley in anger. Spirit Bamboo Master and Spirit Luck Master chased after him, and the three of them decided to leave together.

This caused a great uproar in Scarlet Blood Valley, with many elders advocating for their capture and execution for the crime of betraying the sect. Fortunately, their master, Zhao Guangnai, intervened and arranged for them to establish an affiliated sect at Crimson Creek Lake to refine Crimson Cloud Pills for the sect. This resolved the matter, and the elders of the valley no longer pursued it.

The Crimson Cloud Pill was actually researched by Zhao Guangnai over decades. It was specially used to cultivate a powerful technique of Scarlet Blood Valley, and its effect was excellent, deeply loved by the Golden Core elders in the valley.

Because this pill mainly used Crimson Fin Firestripe Fish, a natural spirit creature with both water and fire attributes, it was uniquely blessed and relatively easy to refine. Therefore, over the decades, countless hidden arrows had been shot at the three of them in secret to seize this pill. Fortunately, with Zhao Guangnai protecting them and Spirit Bamboo Master strategizing, they had always been safe and sound.

However, this time, they couldn't avoid it after all.

Another elder in the sect, with a status comparable to Zhao Guangnai, proposed it. The newly advanced Golden Core cultivator, Guan Yinglong, strongly promoted it. Several other elders added fuel to the fire out of various considerations, finally leading to the issuance of the Profound Yin Decree and the dispatch of a special envoy. It was a pity that Spirit Bamboo Master still thought it was because Spirit Sword Master had delayed going to the Profound Yin Cave.

Spirit Sword Master shook his head secretly. Back then, he had entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment before Guan Yinglong, and his aptitude was better, and his temperament was stronger, but the final result was that the Elder Council decided to list Guan Yinglong as a direct disciple, while excluding him.

The apparent reason was that Guan Yinglong was ten years younger, but in reality, it was factional infighting. His master, Zhao Guangnai, was weak and isolated, and finally had to make concessions.

He left in anger, and from the perspective of ordinary people, it was all harm and no benefit to himself, Spirit Bamboo Master, Spirit Luck Master, or his master Zhao Guangnai. Over the years, he often felt guilty, feeling that he had let down his master and two junior brothers.

However, this sense of guilt and remorse never weakened his steely will, and he always firmly believed that his path was correct, determined to eliminate all obstacles and go to the end.

His path was his sword, relying on this sword to cut through all difficulties and enemies, and cut out a bright road.

This time, he had only one thought: if he couldn't kill Zhang Daoren, then let Zhang Daoren kill him. There was no third way! How could he live in humiliation, to be dispatched by a villain like Guan Yinglong.

The reason for his last defeat to Zhang Yuanjing was that his weapon was inferior. Over the years, Spirit Bamboo Master had been running around and contacting various parties, finally gathering the materials. He personally opened the furnace, melted it with essence blood, connected it with his mind, and protected it with deep affection, successfully forging a pair of Yin-Yang Twin Swords of the highest grade spiritual weapon level.

With these two swords, his cultivation technique broke through again, achieving true Yin-Yang unity and endless life. He was confident that even if Zhang Daoren held a magic treasure, he could break it with one sword.

Since leaving the palace, he had been flying at full speed to accumulate an unstoppable sword momentum. Ten thousand miles was less than a day, and it was already in sight. It was still that river bend, with smoke curling up from the cooking fires, a peaceful scene.

Just as Spirit Sword Master was about to call out to challenge, a sword light flashed from the riverside dozens of miles away, quickly rising into the air. A middle-aged Taoist with wide sleeves and fluttering beard stood on the flying sword. Who else could it be but Zhang Jing Daoren!

Spirit Sword Master let out a long roar, immediately offering up the Yin-Yang Twin Swords. These newly made swords were still one red and one black, one short and one long, one pointed and one thin. The two swords flew out and instantly merged into one. He then put away his flying spiritual weapon and leaped onto the merged Yin-Yang Sword, urging his mana to accelerate forward.

In an instant, the sound of tearing the sky roared in front, and a wave of air rolled behind, like a giant ship riding the wind and waves. Spirit Sword Master himself, standing on the sword, lowered his stance, leaned his upper body slightly, his eyes like lightning, his whole body full of sword energy, cutting clouds and shaving rainbows, which was really amazing.

The two quickly approached, and soon they were within three miles.

Zhang Yuanjing looked at the sword momentum from afar, and his face became serious.

Early this morning, Han Ji sent a message that this person was looking for him to fight to the death. By dusk this afternoon, this person had arrived, which showed that he had been flying at full speed all the way, without any rest. If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely be secretly happy, thinking that the other party had made the mistake of being arrogant and impetuous, and could adopt a defensive-offensive tactic to wear down the opponent.

However, he came from a large sect and naturally recognized this as the "momentum accumulation and ultimate kill" method commonly used by sword cultivators.

This person had been accumulating momentum from ten thousand miles away. He began to build momentum from a hundred miles away. When he appeared ten miles away, he began to increase momentum. When he was within five miles, he began to charge. When he was within three miles, he had completely locked onto his own aura, his body and mind were in harmony, his mind and heart were in harmony, his heart and sword were in harmony, and his sword and momentum were in harmony. In this way, he incorporated the power of heaven and earth into one sword, and the sword momentum was greatly achieved. If he couldn't withstand this charge and kill, he would either fall into a passive position and never rest until death, or he would be killed by one sword and die without a whole body.

Within three miles, the flying sword of Spirit Sword Master increased its escape speed by a factor of one, as fast as lightning.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't have time to think, he offered up the Profound Crystal Axe, and with a hand gesture, he met it with a move of "Mountain Splitting".

After entering the Great Perfection Realm, his divine sense had increased several times, and the speed of releasing spiritual weapons was more than ten times faster. This move of "Mountain Splitting" was almost completed in an instant, but compared to the momentum of Spirit Sword Master's man-sword integration attack, "Mountain Splitting" had no chance to accumulate momentum, it was just a hasty response, and its power was far inferior.

With a "clang" sound, the flying sword slashed on the giant blade of the Profound Crystal Axe, knocking the Profound Crystal Axe away for more than ten feet. The flying sword's momentum only slightly faltered, and it continued to fly towards Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing took out a yellow stone tablet and threw it forward. This was a high-grade defensive spiritual weapon obtained from the Mustard Seed Space of the Thick Earth Sect, and it was of the earth attribute, with extremely strong defense. However, he was very clear in his heart that this stone tablet would definitely not be able to block Spirit Sword Master's attack, and throwing it out would only slightly delay the attack.

His divine sense condensed, staring fixedly at the sword edge of Spirit Sword Master's Yin-Yang fusion sword. He held the Flame Beast Golden Horn in his hand, aimed at the attacking sword, and mana accumulated in his hands and arms, motionless as a mountain.

Spirit Sword Master's eyes were fierce, staring fixedly at Zhang Yuanjing's head, completely ignoring the stone tablet and the Flame Beast Golden Horn, not avoiding or letting go, and directly crashed into it.

In the previous two battles, because his flying sword was of a slightly lower grade, he only controlled the sword with skill, maneuvering and seeking gaps to enter. This time, he had both a top-grade flying sword and had cultivated Yin-Yang unity and endless life, and he also used the strongest sword move of the Yin-Yang Demon Slaying Technique, "Man-Sword Integration", with all his strength. No matter how the opponent responded, he would break it with force, and there would be no shrinking back or doubt.

In the "boom" loud noise, Spirit Sword Master drove his sword to break through the stone tablet's obstruction, cutting it into two pieces, and immediately went straight to Zhang Yuanjing's neck.

Relying on his powerful divine sense, Zhang Yuanjing accurately captured every subtle movement and every short breath of Spirit Sword Master's charge, as well as every trace of energy and every tremor of the sword under his feet. In the flash of lightning, he thrust the Flame Beast Golden Horn forward.

This thrust reached the peak in terms of strength, precision, and accuracy, hitting the tip of Spirit Sword Master's Yin-Yang combined sword.

With a crisp "dang" sound, a huge force was transmitted from the flying sword to the Flame Beast Golden Horn, and from the Flame Beast Golden Horn it hit Zhang Yuanjing's chest, causing his eyes to black out and a mouthful of blood to spurt out. The whole person took advantage of the situation to retreat, and at the same time opened the Divine Travel Boots, teleporting out.

And the flying sword suffered this thrust, and its spiritual power was also consumed by 30%. Spirit Sword Master's face on the sword turned pale, and then flushed red.

A fierce light flashed in his eyes, he flew up, bit the tip of his tongue, and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood on the Yin-Yang combined sword. With a hand gesture, he shouted in a low voice, "Hurry!" The flying sword trembled slightly, and the sword momentum exploded, and then like a flash of lightning, it appeared on the side of Zhang Yuanjing's head, slashing towards his neck.

This was because Spirit Sword Master saw that the sword momentum had turned weak and he could no longer use the strong and fierce moves, so he changed to a soft method. When the unique skill of Crimson Cloud Palace is practiced to the highest level, the Yin and Yang swords are combined, and the sword momentum and sword moves can be switched between masculine and feminine at any time. His previous momentum accumulation of ten thousand miles and man-sword integration was the ultimate of this sword's masculinity. At this time, it was changed to the most Yin move "Bone-Adhering Gangrene", light and ghostly, attacking and killing around the body, making it impossible to defend against.

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Yuanjing seemed to have an epiphany, and suddenly became extremely calm. His powerful divine soul, as before, played the role of a Dinghai divine needle. His eyes indifferently watched the flying sword that was about to reach his neck, and its trajectory clearly appeared in his sea of consciousness. Then, with a "hey" sound, he waved his right hand, and the Spirit Restraining Hoe appeared out of thin air, and the hoe pecked accurately on the blade like a bird pecking at an insect.

The flying sword flashed again and slashed towards the back of his head. He raised his right hand lightly, and the Spirit Restraining Hoe accurately dug into the flying sword again.

In this way, the flying sword flashed and attacked again, and he controlled the Spirit Restraining Hoe to constantly parry. In an instant, the two exchanged blows more than ten times. Although the flying sword was strong and solid, it was also restrained by the Spirit Restraining Hoe, and its speed continued to decrease. Zhang Yuanjing recovered, waved his hand and summoned the Profound Crystal Axe that had flown dozens of feet away, and in the middle of the way, it was a style of "Mountain Splitting" attacking Spirit Sword Master from behind.

Spirit Sword Master had already summoned the flying spiritual weapon, and with a slight distraction of his divine sense, he controlled it to dodge Zhang Yuanjing's attack. He had exhausted all his unique moves, but failed to achieve the desired effect, knowing that this battle was extremely difficult. However, since he had made up his mind to fight to the death, he had naturally put life and death aside, and would never stop halfway because of difficulties.

So he changed his tactics, separated the Yin-Yang combined swords again, and adopted the method of dividing and attacking, fighting around Zhang Yuanjing, while constantly replenishing mana to the two swords to restore their spiritual power.

Zhang Yuanjing summoned the Profound Crystal Axe and blocked it in front of him. At the same time, he held the Spirit Restraining Hoe in one hand and the Flame Beast Golden Horn in the other, fighting with Spirit Sword Master's Yin-Yang swords.

Spirit Sword Master had traveled ten thousand miles in haste, and was exhausted. He was also afraid of these two objects, one of which weakened the spirit and the other was hard, so he did not dare to let the Yin-Yang swords directly collide with them again. He only hovered around, waiting for an opportunity to attack, restraining and consuming Zhang Yuanjing's mana and divine soul.

He did not know that because of taking the Spirit Enhancing Pill, Zhang Yuanjing's divine soul at this time had grown several times larger than before, and was more than twice as strong as him, who was also at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanjing did not feel much pressure in dealing with Spirit Sword Master's entanglement, but instead felt relatively relaxed. Especially relying on his extremely strong divine soul, he could also control other spiritual weapons while defending against the frequent attacks of Spirit Sword Master's two swords.

However, he was a little hesitant and unsure whether to release the Yin Wind Blade or use a unique move of the Profound Crystal Axe.

The Yin Wind Blade was strong in its swiftness and speed, and could be used immediately, but the disadvantage was also obvious, that is, the opponent had already seen it, and must have been prepared for it, and may even have prepared a trap to deal with it.

As for the unique move of the Profound Crystal Axe, called "Sweeping Decision", it was a continuous move to chase and kill the enemy. Before releasing it, it was necessary to continuously input mana and accumulate spiritual power. When the spiritual power reached the limit that the axe body could accommodate, it could be used. At that time, the Profound Crystal Axe would be like a rapidly flying whirlwind axe, rotating and chasing and killing all enemies until it exhausted all its spiritual power or had no enemies to chase.

Although this move was powerful, the prerequisite conditions were harsh. It often required inputting mana in advance before it could be used in battle, but if it was not used for a long time, the mana would also dissipate. It could also be accumulated during battle, but the time required would naturally be longer, and the cultivator would consume a lot of mana in the battle, so it would be difficult to have extra mana to input into the axe.

Therefore, although he often practiced this move, he only used it a few times when multiple people cooperated in battle, and never used it when fighting alone.

After thinking for several breaths, he decided to use "Sweeping Decision". Because only this move could be unexpected, attack unprepared, step by step, leaving no room for maneuver, and completely kill the great enemy in front of him. So, he did not take the initiative to attack, but only defended with all his strength, and at the same time took the opportunity to continuously input mana into the Profound Crystal Axe. The battle situation changed from the earth-shattering and dangerous situation at the beginning to a stalemate, and both sides were accumulating strength.

After dozens of breaths, Spirit Sword Master took the lead in restoring the spiritual power of the Yin-Yang swords, combined the two swords again, and sprayed another mouthful of essence blood on the sword body, controlling it to attack Zhang Yuanjing strongly. However, because he had not accumulated sword momentum, this sword was more than twice as weak as the first sword.

Zhang Yuanjing's eyes were bright, knowing that Spirit Sword Master had lost his edge, this sword was just a dying struggle, obsessed with his own ideas. When the combined sword was two feet away from him, he clenched the Flame Beast Golden Horn in his left hand, and with a sudden force, shot it out, straight to the sword tip of the flying sword.

Since Spirit Sword Master had made a strong attack, he had naturally been defending against Zhang Yuanjing's Flame Beast Golden Horn. As soon as this object flew out, he immediately changed his hand gestures, and in the flash of lightning, completed the change of Yin and Yang. The original strong attack suddenly became a soft sword.

He had not realized, or had intentionally avoided thinking about it, that after the initial momentum-accumulating sword failed to achieve success, he had lost confidence and doubted himself. Therefore, the initially set strong attack strategy had now changed as soon as he said it.

The Yin-Yang combined sword was hit by the Golden Horn, and the sword body shook with a "clang", letting the most rigid object pass by, dissolving the sharp force into nothingness. Then it flashed, shifted behind Zhang Yuanjing, and became a masculine sword again, preparing to attack strongly again.

At this time, the mana absorbed by the Profound Crystal Axe had reached its limit, the spiritual power was full, and it was ready to move. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the flying sword flashing past, Zhang Yuanjing used his hand gestures and shot out the Profound Crystal Axe, releasing a move of "Sweeping Decision" with all his strength. The axe was like a rapidly rotating whirlwind, bringing a whistling sound, and rolled towards Spirit Sword Master.

Seeing that the axe was coming with great momentum, Spirit Sword Master jumped up with his sword. The rotating axe circled behind him, and chased after him again, without any reduction in speed.

Spirit Sword Master's expression tightened, but he did not dare to distract himself to control the Yin-Yang combined sword, and fully controlled the sword to dodge. He thought that this axe was just Zhang Yuanjing's emergency move, and after chasing a few times, it would inevitably stop due to exhaustion. He did not flee to the distance, but only circled around in the nearby tens of feet of space, constantly turning and twisting with the axe, in order to consume its spiritual power.

However, under the impetus of "Sweeping Judgment," the Xuan Crystal Axe possessed ample spiritual energy, becoming more ferocious with each attack. After dodging several times, Spiritual Sword Master realized that escaping was becoming increasingly difficult. He had no choice but to use all the low-grade to mid-grade Diamond Charms and Stone Wall Charms he had prepared specifically for the Yin Wind Saber. Zhang Yuanjing, however, worried that he would gain a chance to catch his breath and then focus on escaping with his sword. He quickly used the Dragon Binding Vine, which he had traded from Wu Jixiong.

Spiritual Sword Master had come with the determination to fight to the death, and he would not seek an opportunity to escape as Zhang Yuanjing thought. His plan was to exchange spirit talismans for an opportunity, then ignore the axe's attacks and fully control the Yin-Yang Sword to attack Zhang Yuanjing, seeking a mutual destruction.

However, the appearance of the Dragon Binding Vine immediately nipped this idea in the bud. This vine was a top-grade spiritual artifact, and its most prominent feature was its ability to suddenly accelerate and change direction on its own.

Therefore, when Spiritual Sword Master controlled his sword to dodge this vine, he avoided the first binding, but was immediately caught off guard by the Dragon Binding Vine's sudden change of direction. Although he relied on his exquisite control of magic power to avoid the vine's binding by a hair's breadth, his flying speed was affected.

At this moment, the axe howled as it swept in with a gale. He barely managed to dodge, and before he could catch his breath, the Dragon Binding Vine entangled him again. He had to forcibly gather a breath of magic power and leap upwards. Before he could check the surrounding situation, a strong wind rushed swiftly from behind, leaving him no way to avoid it. Immediately, a chill ran down his neck, and his vision turned upside down. He saw a headless corpse fall, hot blood spraying across the sky, and then he lost all consciousness.

In the last moment of his life, he had only one question in his mind: How could this Zhang Daoren simultaneously control multiple top-grade spiritual artifacts with such swiftness and fluidity?