I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 730 You'd better not give me an excuse to take action!

The Four Symbols Sword of Calamity Suppresses Calamity, but it also brings calamity to others.

As he spoke, Gu Yuanqing extended his finger, a sword light flashing. Taking advantage of the moment when the Bronze Ghost Mask lost his composure and the Heavenly Human Military Dao Realm had a momentary opening, this sword used the Dao of Space to break through the void and landed directly on the Bronze Ghost Mask's brow.

Zhao Shengbing's body suddenly stiffened, his bloodshot eyes revealing madness and shock.

Without a deafening explosion, the purification, sealing, killing, and inner demonic power contained within that sword light simultaneously erupted within his body.

Its power was immense, seemingly inexhaustible, annihilating its life force from the inside out, suppressing its sacred body, obliterating its immortality, severing its ferocious soul, and even destroying its consciousness.

Click...

Fine cracks appeared starting from the center of the bronze demon mask's brow, and then spread to its entire body.

He was like a piece of shattered porcelain, silently disintegrating and dissipating in the void, turning into the finest dust without leaving a trace.

Immortality is not the same as true immortality. It depends on whether your power is sufficient to completely obliterate it, erasing the life and soul imprints on every single particle, and wiping out everything about it.

Even with the help of Beiquan Mountain, Gu Yuanqing couldn't have done it before, as he was limited by his cultivation level and his power and supernatural abilities.

It's like a steel plate placed on the ground, supported by towering mountains. You can immobilize it, but you can't completely destroy it.

But things are different now. After his realm has been elevated, Gu Yuanqing has already grasped the secret of immortality, and the Four Phases Sword Dao of Suppressing Calamity is a divine power that points directly to the path of immortality. Gu Yuanqing's power is as vast as the sea, enough to do things that were difficult to do before in a short time.

Of course, Zhao Shengbing's own reasons also played a part. Gu Yuanqing was only at the early stage of the Hun Tian Undying realm, while he was at the peak of the Hun Tian Undying realm. The difference of three minor realms made him a little careless. Otherwise, even if he was going to lose, he wouldn't have died so easily.

Gu Yuanqing sighed softly, "It's a pity it's just a clone!"

Thousands of miles away.

Jing Yue, the head of the Holy Heaven Sect, suddenly changed his expression; he had never expected such an outcome.

The battle between the immortals and the mortals could easily last for dozens of days, but this battle seemed to have ended as soon as it began.

He had exchanged a move with Gu Yuanqing before and knew that Gu Yuanqing was no ordinary person.

But Gu Yuanqing had only recently entered the Chaotic Heaven Undying Realm, so even if his senior brother's true form wasn't what he was looking for, he shouldn't have acted this way.

His expression turned grim, and his gaze toward Gu Yuanqing was filled with apprehension.

In the cultivation world, strength ultimately speaks volumes. Gu Yuanqing demonstrated his strength, and that changed everything.

Ji Shan revealed a hint of joy. Gu Yuanqing's victory was already unexpected, but he never expected it to be so clean and decisive.

Moreover, it is perfectly normal for there to be winners and losers among the immortal beings of the Chaos Heaven, but completely erasing the power of immortality is not such a simple matter. This also shows that Gu Yuanqing's strength far exceeds that of Zhao Shengbing's clone, and the Great Dao and supernatural powers he has mastered are, in a sense, restraining Zhao Shengbing's power.

The Spirit Lord was also somewhat surprised. With his strength, he had already seen something when Gu Yuanqing and Zhao Shengbing started fighting, but this result was still beyond his expectations.

Xiao Lingyue, who was merely observing from the sidelines with a wisp of his divine soul, was deep in thought, and it was impossible to discern what he was thinking.

But the turbid eyes of the Evil Lord of Jiuli Mountain suddenly became somewhat sharp.

The successors of Qingping Dao Palace are few in number, but each generation is renowned in the cultivation world. One of the reasons he came today was to see what this generation of Qingping Dao Palace successors was really capable of, but the result did not seem to be so good.

Having such combat power upon first entering the Chaotic Undying Realm, we must pay more attention to both Gu Yuanqing himself and the inheritance of the Qingping Dao Palace. Moreover, if he is allowed to truly grow, the balance of power between good and evil may be affected.

Unbeknownst to him, a faint killing intent rose in his heart.

Suddenly, he saw Gu Yuanqing in the distance turn his head to look at him.

"What a keen sense of perception!"

The Evil Lord narrowed his eyes, his gaze becoming even sharper.

At this moment, the Spirit Lord's figure became more solid, and his aura became more powerful. He said calmly, "Since the outcome is decided, let's end things here today! What do you think, Lord of Jiuli Mountain?"

The murderous intent emanating from the Nine Li Mountain Evil Lord vanished, and his voice, hoarse and with a forced smile, said, "This is a feud between the Holy Heaven Sect and this Fellow Daoist Gu of the Qingping Dao Palace. I dare not overstep my bounds."

Gu Yuanqing's gaze fell on Jing Yue of the Holy Heaven Sect, and he said with a light laugh, "If you are not satisfied, you are welcome to come again. After all, what we did just now was not even a warm-up, and I have not yet had my fill."

Jing Yue, the master of the Holy Heaven Sect, roared, "Don't be so arrogant! If my senior brother hadn't been in seclusion and hadn't arrived in his true form, you wouldn't have the right to speak now!"

Gu Yuanqing said disdainfully, "Is that so? Didn't your Holy Heaven Sect leave a teleportation mark in your base? Then I, Gu, will wait here for Zhao Shengbing to come again. Or, you can come in your true form. If you can withstand one of my sword strikes, then you will have won!"

Jing Yue clenched his fists, his face flushed slightly, and roared, "You surnamed Gu, you've gone too far! Venerable Lingbao, are you really going to nullify the alliance between the righteous and the evil paths?"

Gu Yuanqing scoffed: "Don't try to change the subject. I've already said that this is a matter between me and your Holy Heaven Sect. What does it have to do with the alliance between good and evil?"

The Evil Lord frowned, glanced at the Holy Heaven Sect's base, and then his figure became more solid. Twisted runes appeared in the surrounding void, vaguely forming insect patterns and exuding an evil aura.

The Spirit Lord's gaze also sharpened.

The Evil Lord's aura surged, but he eventually subsided, and said in a low voice, "Alright, let's leave it at that for today. However, there's one point I must make clear: the righteous and evil paths formed an alliance due to the threat of the extraterrestrial demons. Yin-Yang cultivators enter the Spirit Realm, and Hun Tian Grand Cultivators guard the extraterrestrial realm. This applies to the entire cultivation world, and Qingping Dao Palace is no exception. Otherwise, we cannot trust a Hun Tian Undying Grand Cultivator to act recklessly in the cultivation world. If that's the case, our evil sect will have no choice but to send experts to suppress the sect!"

His implication was very clear: now that Gu Yuanqing had become an immortal being, he needed to leave the cultivation world and enter the spirit world to contribute to guarding the outer battlefield defense line!
The Spirit Lord looked at Gu Yuanqing. This was an alliance between the righteous and the evil, and it was also the key reason why many experts from both the righteous and the evil sects were willing to leave the cultivation world and go to the Spirit Realm.

Otherwise, if your home is robbed by accident, you might not even know who did it, and who would be willing to guard the defenses of the extraterritorial battlefield.

Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "I will naturally go to the Spirit Realm, and it wouldn't hurt to take a look at the extraterritorial battlefield as well. However, if I want to settle my grudges with the Holy Heaven Sect, I'll have to see if the Holy Heaven Sect is sincere."

"Sincerity?" The Evil Lord was taken aback.

Ling Zun, Ji Shan, and the others were also somewhat surprised.

Jing Yue of the Holy Heaven Sect suppressed his anger and said, "Gu Yuanqing, you killed my Holy Heaven Sect disciples and destroyed my sect's headquarters, and now you want to ask about the sincerity of my Holy Heaven Sect? Do you really think my Holy Heaven Sect is made of clay, to be bullied by you?"

Gu Yuanqing stood with his hands behind his back, the shadow of Beiquan Mountain looming above him, the Zhou Tian Star Array slowly rotating. He calmly said, "What? Am I wrong? Since we fought a battle and the Holy Heaven Sect lost, they must naturally pay the price."

Jing Yue felt aggrieved and clenched his fists, but his senior brother still hadn't appeared. He could only say coldly with a livid face, "What do you want?" Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "More than three hundred years ago, three cultivators from your Holy Heaven Sect went to the Twelfth Realm of Ding. Zuo Qiu has been captured, and there are two others named Meng Nianchun and Zou Mingze, who left behind heinous crimes in the Twelfth Realm of Ding. If you hand these two over to me, then the grudge between us and your Holy Heaven Sect will be settled."

Both of these individuals were told by Chang Xudong, who went to the Qian Yuan Realm for trials after Zuo Qiu. Back then, the Qian Yuan Realm was merely a floating realm. A thousand years had passed in the Qian Yuan Realm, but only ten years had passed in the cultivation world. Therefore, these two were actually cultivators from the Holy Heaven Sect who entered the trial path several decades ago, and were also members of the Crimson Dragon Sect who left behind a legacy of calamity in the Qian Yuan Realm for a thousand years.

"Impossible!" Jing Yue's face darkened, and he refused outright. Even if he were offered some spirit stones or treasures as compensation, he could still consider it, since he was not as skilled as the other.

But to ask them to hand over their sect disciples would be tantamount to making the Holy Heaven Sect a laughingstock of the world, and they would be unable to hold their heads high in front of anyone.

The morale of the Holy Heaven Sect members will likely collapse as a result, and he will no longer be able to serve as the sect leader.

The Evil Lord of Jiuli Mountain slowly spoke: "Fellow Daoist Gu, this request is a bit excessive!"

"Should I pass?" Gu Yuanqing smiled.

The Evil Lord of Jiuli Mountain said with a forced smile, "Why not give me some face, or give my evil sect some face?"

Ji Shan's expression changed slightly, and he whispered, "Fellow Daoist Gu..."

Ji Shan didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear.

Gu Yuanqing's gaze fell on the Evil Lord, and the two exchanged glances in the void, as if they were waging a battle of the Great Dao and will through their eyes.

After a moment, Gu Yuanqing suddenly smiled: "Since the Evil Lord has spoken, I will grant him this favor. The Holy Heaven Sect doesn't need to pay for this person..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yuanqing suddenly flicked his sleeve, and his power shattered the void.

Within the encampment below, a cultivator at the ninth level of the Divine Platform realm and a cultivator at the Void Heaven realm suddenly exploded into a bloody mist.

"I'll kill him myself!" Gu Yuanqing said at this moment.

"You..." Jing Yue, sensing the commotion below, looked down and then glared at Gu Yuanqing. His anger caused his aura to surge, and his hand pointing at Gu Yuanqing trembled slightly.

Gu Yuanqing's gaze remained calm as he smiled and said, "I'm doing this for Sect Leader Jing's own good, to avoid putting everyone in a difficult position."

"Very good, very good! I will remember your kindness today!" Jing Yue said through gritted teeth.

Gu Yuanqing chuckled: "I'm so sorry, but let me remind you, don't point your finger at me in the future. I'm a bit timid, and if I misunderstand and think someone is trying to harm me, I might do something I shouldn't. That would be bad."

Jing Yue took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and looked coldly at Gu Yuanqing: "Then thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist."

"You're welcome!" Gu Yuanqing smiled.

The Evil Lord's gaze returned to its cloudiness, and his aura began to subside. He gave Gu Yuanqing a deep look and said indifferently, "I hope Fellow Daoist Gu will keep his word. Let's leave it at that for today. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Lingbao?"

The aura of the Spirit Lord also began to become ethereal, and he smiled and said, "Then let's stop here!"

The Evil Lord nodded, and his figure suddenly dispersed into countless insects, which then transformed into tadpole-like rune lines. Finally, the runes vanished without a trace.

Jing Yue snorted coldly and said, "You are not welcome in the territory of my Holy Heaven Sect. Please leave as soon as possible!"

Then it turned and landed at the Holy Heaven Sect's headquarters.

Many magic arrays within the base have been destroyed and need to be rebuilt. Some of these things cannot be accomplished by people from the lower sects, so he needs to take action.

The Spirit Lord looked at Gu Yuanqing and smiled, "I hope you can come to the Spirit Realm soon. The Spirit Treasure Holy Land also welcomes you at any time."

Unbeknownst to them, the Spirit Lord's address to Gu Yuanqing had changed from "friend" to "fellow Daoist".

Gu Yuanqing clasped his hands in thanks: "Thank you, Venerable One! I will certainly come to visit you if I have the opportunity."

Lingzun smiled, looked at Ji Shan, and said, "Fellow Daoist Ji and Fellow Daoist Gu have a past relationship. If you have nothing else to do, you might as well chat for a while."

Ji Shan smiled and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

The Spirit Lord looked at Xiao Lingyue, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.

Xiao Lingyue nodded in acknowledgment, then gave Gu Yuanqing a final, deep look before disappearing without uttering a single word.

The figure of the Spirit Lord also disappeared.

Ji Shan shifted his gaze to Gu Yuanqing, and said with a complicated expression, "Today, Fellow Daoist Gu really gave me a big scare!"

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "I must thank Fellow Daoist Ji for coming to my aid."

"I haven't been of any help either," Ji Shan shook his head, then glanced down at the Shengtian Sect's encampment and said, "This isn't a place for reminiscing. Perhaps we should go somewhere else?"

Gu Yuanqing nodded: "Alright!"

The two transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the distance, soon leaving the Holy Heaven Sect's territory.

They then found a private room in a restaurant in the city and sat down.

Gu Yuanqing looked out the window at the bustling crowd.

Merchants gathered, creating a bustling and prosperous scene;
Peddlers and laborers came and went in an endless stream;
Children were playing and laughing in the street.

"It's more comfortable to look at this scene!" Gu Yuanqing picked up his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. The wine was mortal wine, not as good as the fine wine from the mountains, but it had more of the flavor of the human world.

Ji Shan knew what Gu Yuanqing was referring to and sighed softly, "The alliance between good and evil was a last resort. Otherwise, with the Heavenly Demons attacking from the outside and the evil demons lurking from within, we might not have been able to hold on for long before this world was plunged into chaos. The current situation is not good, but we can still get by. At least the righteous sects can maintain peace within their territories."

Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "I know, which is why the Holy Heaven Sect still exists today."

Ji Shan smiled wryly: "Today's result is indeed gratifying, but I still have to offer a few words of advice. Fellow Daoist, you were a bit impulsive today. It's not entirely that this will cause a conflict between good and evil, but with your talent, why rush things? By exposing your strength today, you may become a thorn in the side of evil sects. If they have the opportunity in the future, they will definitely try to ambush you. The methods of evil sects are unpredictable and difficult to guard against!"

Gu Yuanqing remained calm and said, "They had better not give me an excuse to take action!"

(End of this chapter)