Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Slaughter and annihilation!

As Jiang Sheng uttered four words, four swords suddenly appeared, crisscrossing from the east, west, north, and south, stirring up wind, thunder, water, and fire that blotted out the sky.

A blue wind howled, purple lightning flashed, flames roared, and dark waters surged.

The power of wind, thunder, water, and fire, along with the principles of calamity and the laws of the end times, merge and combine to transform into a chilling, fierce, and overwhelming killing sword aura.

Jingxing Zhenjun looked up and in an instant saw four swords fall from the sky, pinning down wind, thunder, water, and fire, locking down the north, south, east, and west, and shrouding this world in a vast calamity.

In an instant, heaven and earth vanished without a trace, and all primordial energy disappeared, leaving only the vast chaos. From this chaos, four magnificent swords could be seen standing in the four directions, their sharp edges capable of cleaving heaven and earth and slaying ghosts and gods.

Jingxing Zhenjun was momentarily taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh: "Excellent technique! Excellent sword formation!"

"Such a fierce and sharp sword formation is truly rare."

"But Lingyuan, do you really think this sword formation can stop me?"

Jingxing Zhenjun stood with his hands behind his back, remaining unmoved despite the fierce winds, thunder, and fire that tossed his robes around.

This is not due to arrogance, but rather because Jingxing Zhenjun has sufficient self-confidence.

A First Tribulation True Lord defies a Fifth Tribulation True Lord?

Lord Jingxing has never heard of such a thing!

The gap between a Fifth Tribulation True Monarch and a First Tribulation True Monarch is even greater than the gap between a Body Integration True Monarch and a Void Refinement True Monarch. This is something that cannot be bridged by so-called supernatural powers or magic treasures.

If a First Tribulation True Monarch were to defeat a Fifth Tribulation True Monarch, it would require the intervention of a Mahayana or even Pure Yang being behind this First Tribulation True Monarch!

At this moment, Jingxing Zhenjun knew perfectly well that the Great Ascension Immortal Lord of the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, Xuanjing Immortal Lord, was still inside the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron, and might be refined into a pill by Wanshou Immortal Lord at any time.

As for the other Mahayana Immortal Lords, the Eastern Heavenly Daoist School hasn't sent them yet!

Under these circumstances, Jiang Sheng, a True Monarch of the First Tribulation, could be said to have a powerful background, but he had absolutely no helpers!

Jiang Sheng's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this; he simply gestured with his hand, saying, "Please enlighten me, True Lord."

Before the words were finished, all sorts of calamity energy surged within the Zhuxian Sword Formation, and the breath of impending doom surged forth.

Sword lights formed from wind, thunder, water, and fire crisscrossed, revealing four colors of sword energy: blue, purple, red, and black. They flew and intertwined like flowing flowers, stirring up the laws of the final calamity and the sword energy of the three calamities. It seemed graceful but was actually ferocious and terrifying, making people feel uneasy and chilled to the bone.

However, the sword energy of annihilation and destruction, which can cut through heaven and earth and split mountains and seas, has no effect whatsoever on the side of True Lord Jingxing, a True Lord of the Fifth Tribulation.

The four-colored sword energies—azure, purple, vermilion, and black—rushed towards Jingxing Zhenjun, but they all swerved around him, either disappearing without a trace or being drawn away by an invisible force, avoiding a distance of three zhang around him.

It was as if Jingxing Zhenjun was surrounded by a great star, which either devoured the sword energy of the four swords or forcibly diverted it away, making all kinds of methods unable to have the slightest effect on Jingxing Zhenjun.

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is Jiang Sheng's trump card.

When dealing with ordinary True Monarchs, even those True Monarchs at the first or second tribulation stage of the Integration Realm, Jiang Sheng would not use a sword formation. Often, using two or four swords simultaneously would be enough to kill them.

As for the True Lord of Refining Emptiness, with Jiang Sheng's current level of cultivation, he wouldn't even need to use two swords; drawing one sword would be enough to take his life.

It can be said that each of the four swords of Zhuxian is an unimaginable killing weapon for those so-called geniuses and Daoists. Whether they are Xuanxuan Lianxu or Heti Zhenjun, none of them are fearless in the face of the four swords of Zhuxian.

Often, when all four swords are unleashed together, even the most powerful cultivator would be beheaded on the spot. However, when facing the Fifth Tribulation True Lord Jingxing, the four swords of Zhuxian were completely ineffective. Clearly, the Fifth Tribulation True Lord's cultivation was far more advanced than it appeared.

At this moment, Jingxing Zhenjun stood with his hands behind his back, letting the sword energy of the four swords of annihilation and entrapment cut through the air around him. His expression was indifferent, but his eyes were filled with obvious arrogance. He looked at Jiang Sheng's actions as if he were looking at a child.

“Lingyuan, you are exceptionally talented and your skills are also remarkable.”

"But you really don't understand the gap between me and you who are at the first or second tribulation stage."

"When the three flowers gather at the top and the five energies converge, each step is a new heaven. Do you know why only a True Monarch of the Fifth Tribulation can hope to attain Pure Yang?"

After Jingxing Zhenjun finished speaking, a surge of powerful spiritual energy welled up around him. A golden, silver, and lead-colored light shone from the top of his head, transforming into a three-colored rotating lotus platform. The five elements in his chest condensed and flowed endlessly, creating a cycle of creation.

In an instant, the bright moon shone, and the moon's radiance and heavenly secrets poured down like a waterfall, condensing into a clear Dao wheel behind the head of Jingxing Zhenjun.

Three flowers gather together!

The Five Elements Return to Their Origin!

At this moment, Jingxing Zhenjun truly displayed his peak strength.

With a casual wave of his hand, a vast stream of moonlight swept across all directions, shattering the sword energy that filled the sky, causing the entire Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to tremble.

"Ling Yuan, your skills are only enough to deal with those who have just reached the first or second tribulation, but they are no match for me!"

Before he finished speaking, Jingxing Zhenjun flipped his left hand, and a bright moon seal took shape in his palm.

The Wan Hua Ming Yue Yin (Myriad Splendors Bright Moon Seal) uses the bright moon as its vessel, drawing forth the myriad splendors of the universe, sealing and imprisoning heaven and earth, and awe-inspiring divine souls.

At this moment, the Wan Hua Ming Yue Seal took shape in Jing Xing Zhen Jun's palm. With a casual push, the seal, which was only three inches in size, vanished without a trace. Then, Jiang Sheng felt an invisible sealing and suppressing force erupting above his head. Looking up, he saw a bright moon slowly descending.

It is this bright moon that exudes endless frost and coldness, cleansing away evil spirits and monsters, sealing away immortals, gods, demons, and monsters, and suppressing evil spirits and monsters.

Before this towering, bright moon, Jiang Sheng appeared as insignificant as a speck of dust, seemingly about to crumble and vanish before the moon even descended.

However, how could Jiang Sheng sit idly by and wait for his death?

With his left hand, Jiang Sheng made a series of hand seals and then formed a sword finger, pointing the four swords of annihilation and entrapment at the bright moon descending from the sky: "Go!"

In an instant, the swords hummed and roared, and four swords rose from the ground and shot into the air. Four streaks of blue, purple, red, and black appeared from the east, west, south, and north and disappeared into the void. Then they appeared around the bright moon. In an instant, the four swords intersected, and the sword energy of killing and annihilation suddenly exploded.

In an instant, only the cries of cranes and the roars of dragons could be heard, and the wind, thunder, water, and fire raged, stirring up the final calamity and destiny.

The Four Symbols manifested in heaven and earth, and the Way of Calamity shrouded the sky. In the manifestation of the laws and Dao of the final calamity and destiny, the four swords shattered the bright moon and destroyed the towering Dharma seal.

In an instant, accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering glass, the bright moon transformed into countless jade fragments, scattering in all directions and exuding wisps of coldness. However, Jingxing Zhenjun showed no surprise at the destruction of the magic seal, casually uttering, "Jade Condensation!"

In an instant, the countless fragments of jade shattered by the bright moon were frozen in the air, and then, with a flick of Jingxing Zhenjun's finger, they shot towards Jiang Sheng from all directions.

In the blink of an eye, countless jade fragments flew towards Jiang Sheng, shattering his protective aura before he could react, and landing on him.

Countless fragments of jade clung to him, instantly freezing Jiang Sheng in ice. The shattered moon was reshaped, but this time, Jiang Sheng's figure was among them.

Through the shards of jade, which resembled glass, one could clearly see Jiang Sheng frozen inside. His momentary astonishment and his panicked attempt to resist were both clearly visible.

However, when Jingxing Zhenjun looked at Jiang Sheng, who was frozen in ice, there was no joy in his eyes. He snorted coldly, and the reconstructed bright moon shattered once again.

This time, however, the breakage occurred from within.

Logically speaking, Jiang Sheng, who was frozen in ice, would also have his soul disintegrate and his body shatter along with the broken moon, eventually leading to his soul and spirit being scattered.

But as the bright moon shattered, Jiang Sheng's frozen figure twisted, as if it were a shadow.

"Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water?"

Jingxing Zhenjun looked puzzled.

"Wrong, it is upright and casts no shadow."

Jiang Sheng's true form emerged gracefully from the void: "How dare I confront the Dharma Seal of the Five Tribulations True Lord head-on? I can only use some tricks to dodge it."

A few tricks?

Looking at the composed Jiang Sheng, Jingxing Zhenjun was unsure whether to mock Jiang Sheng's arrogance or acknowledge that Jiang Sheng was indeed extraordinary.

Standing upright without casting a shadow, one of the Thirty-Six Righteous Laws of the Heavenly Gang.

This is a great supernatural power that can ignore all kinds of magic and evade thousands of supernatural abilities. How could it be as simple as the so-called tricks Jiang Sheng mentioned?
Through this seemingly effortless and shadowless stance, Jingxing Zhenjun finally realized that Jiang Sheng indeed possessed sufficient confidence to dare to fight him. Perhaps Jiang Sheng held a trump card given to him by someone.
Thinking of all this, Jingxing Zhenjun felt a tightness in his heart. The various doubts that had been shrouding his heart became clearer and even turned into warning signs: something was wrong!

Something's wrong with this sword formation!

Realizing the problem, Jingxing Zhenjun simply didn't want to fight Jiang Sheng anymore. He flashed away, intending to forcefully break through the Zhuxian Sword Formation and return to the Wanshou Immortal Palace.

In an instant, the True Lord Jingxing, with three flowers above his head and five elements gathered in his chest, and eight-colored rays of light shone all over his body, soaring through the air like a celestial weapon and crashing into the top of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

With the cultivation and vision of a Fifth Tribulation True Lord, Jingxing Zhenjun was naturally able to discern the general outline of Jiang Sheng's sword formation.

The four swords standing in the east, west, south, and north were not places that could be easily broken through. Those four magic swords, which exuded a fierce and terrifying aura and carried a strong sense of calamity and the end of the Dharma, were definitely true treasures of the Integration Realm. Even if he wanted to destroy them, it would take some effort.

As an experienced and battle-hardened veteran of the Five Tribulations True Lord Jingxing, he knew that in the current situation where his mind was clearly on a whim and his soul was warning him, not a moment could be wasted. Only by rushing out as soon as possible could he have the power to counterattack.

However, just as Jingxing Zhenjun suddenly surged into the sky, attempting to shatter the vast aura of calamity above his head, a streak of azure light swirled and swept towards him.

With an even greater sense of crisis in his heart, Jingxing Zhenjun did not hesitate to unleash his natal magic weapon. The magic sword condensed into a bolt of moonlight, and Jingxing Zhenjun raised his hand to split the heavens with a single sword strike!
"Moonlight Journey - Bright Moon"

Unexpectedly, the moment Jingxing Zhenjun unleashed his divine power, the four swords of annihilation and destruction that were originally standing in the east, west, south, and north rose into the sky again. The four-colored sword light soared into the sky, and the sharp swords were filled with the energy of the three calamities and destruction. The sword body was mottled and soaked with the energy of the end of the calamity and the end of the fortune.

In an instant, the four swords clashed, with cyan, purple, vermilion, and black swords slashing down in succession. The swords that slay immortals were the sharpest, those that kill immortals were the most powerful, and those that trap and destroy immortals followed closely behind. The four-colored streaks of light raced for millions of miles, ready to slay immortals and gods in an instant.

Jingxing Zhenjun sensed the overwhelming and ferocious killing intent behind him, but he paid no heed and continued to shatter the sky with the moonlight ribbon in his hand.

Jingxing Zhenjun could see that although the four swords behind him were dangerous, the real danger was not leaving this sword formation. As long as he broke the formation and left, even if the four swords of Zhulu Xianjue could travel thousands of miles in an instant, could they catch up with him, a Fifth Tribulation Zhenjun?
Moreover, True Lord Jingxing was confident that the sword energy of the four swords could not harm him in the slightest, and that even if the four swords moved together, they could not break through the Five Elements Creation Qi of True Lord Wujie.

"Moonlight Journey - Bright Moon Soars Through the Sky!"

A beam of moonlight cleaved through the sky, parting the vast aura of calamity. What appeared before True Monarch Jingxing was not the world of Yanzhou, but a more intense and profound aura of calamity behind the aura of calamity.

That was not the ordinary aura of the Three Calamities and Destruction, but the surging calamity aura unique to this great calamity of the Xuanmen. And around this calamity aura, there was also the ever-flowing aura of the final calamity.

When the radiant moonlight that soared into the calamity energy of the Xuanmen Great Calamity, it vanished instantly, leaving even True Monarch Jingxing astonished.

Just then, the Four Swords of Slaughter, Traps, and Despair arrived one after another.

The sword hummed, and the wind surged. The Zhuxian Sword struck Jingxing Zhenjun in the back first. The sharp Zhuxian Sword peak forcibly tore through three layers of magical power barrier, but it was powerless to continue.

Immediately following, purple lightning roared, tribulation thunder surged, and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword arrived in an instant, continuing to strike the same point, shattering Jingxing Zhenjun's five-layered magical barrier once again, before losing its spiritual light.

Once again, the raging crimson flames appeared, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword, accompanied by the power of Yin Fire and Calamity, suddenly arrived. The Yin Fire, which burned away flesh and soul, burned away all of Jingxing Zhenjun's remaining magical power barrier. Then, the Immortal-Slaying Sword turned and slashed down!

Slaughter and annihilation, the four swords are unparalleled.

The Zhuxian is the sharpest, capable of slaying all things under heaven; the Luxian is the most fierce, capable of breaking through all barriers; the Xianxian can burn the heart and disturb the spirit, capable of trapping all immortals and gods.

The Absolute Immortal Sword is not as sharp as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, nor as fierce as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, nor does it have the ability to disturb the mind and bewitch the spirit. However, the Absolute Immortal Sword is the most crucial sword. It is devoid of the power of wind, tribulation, thunder, and yin fire, but it contains the most terrifying power of the end of fortune and calamity. Its power of swirling mysterious water to transform the power of the end of fortune and calamity can destroy the spirit and the soul.

At this moment, as the Immortal Slayer, Immortal Slaughter, and Immortal Annihilation successively broke through the layers of barriers, the Immortal Annihilation Sword instantly slashed down and pierced straight into the back of True Lord Jingxing. True Lord Jingxing subconsciously activated the Five Elements Creation Qi, but unexpectedly, the Immortal Annihilation Sword ignored this layer of ever-renewing Creation Qi and went straight into True Lord Jingxing's back, piercing him through!
This shock to True Monarch Jingxing was even greater than the shock he felt when he struck the aura of calamity only to discover that there was also a calamity aura of the Mysterious Gate behind it!
Jingxing Zhenjun stared in astonishment at the blade of the Immortal-Slaying Sword protruding from his chest. In the next instant, the Immortal-Slaying Sword was pulled back and spun around Jiang Sheng's side, swirling and dancing around him. Jingxing Zhenjun staggered, feeling his life force draining away as the Immortal-Slaying Sword was withdrawn.

"This sword."

Jingxing Zhenjun looked at Jiang Sheng in disbelief, feeling that the more he looked at Jiang Sheng, the more he seemed to be the reincarnation of some great being. Otherwise, how could he explain how Jiang Sheng, with his mere first-stage cultivation, could injure him, a fifth-stage Zhenjun?!

"I will sacrifice three swords in exchange for the power of one sword. If this one sword is still not enough to harm the True Lord, then I really have no other choice."

Jiang Sheng spoke lightly, but how could Jingxing Zhenjun not understand what it meant to injure a Five-Kalpa Zhenjun with the cultivation of a one-kalpa?
Such a prodigy has never been seen in the myriad realms, not even tens of thousands of years ago!

"Now that the True Lord has been injured, it seems that my estimation was correct. This sword formation should be the place where the True Lord will meet his end."

As Jiang Sheng spoke, a blue lotus array diagram flew out from his sleeve. With a casual flick of his wrist, the blue lotus array diagram spun and soared into the sky, then unfolded, transforming into a sky curtain that covered the sun and concealed all the secrets of heaven and destiny.

"Azure Lotus Formation, activate!" (End of Chapter)