The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 276 Tribulation Cloud
"Li Yan!?"

As soon as Patriarch Qingya said this, shock immediately appeared on the faces of Lan Ruoyi and the other person.

They originally thought that Li Yan’s master was the Qingya Patriarch.

To teach Li Yan the Taiyi Sword Classic, his strength must be unfathomable, and he must be the top swordsman in the Taiyi Sword world.

Naturally, it was the Qingya Patriarch who should take action to pacify the Blood Dove Cave Heaven.

Therefore, when Lan Ruoyi discovered that Patriarch Qingya was only at the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, she still believed that Patriarch Qingya had returned to his original nature and had hidden his realm of cultivation.

But now, Patriarch Qingya has spoken, stating that it was not him who pacified the Xuejiu Cave Heaven, but Li Yan, who had rescued Su Wan in the Mingsha Cave Heaven.

This was really unbelievable for the two of them.

After all, the Mingsha Cave Heaven where Su Wan was originally located was only a first-level cave heaven, and only those in the Qi training stage could enter.

To this day, only a few years have passed, and Su Wan has just entered the foundation-building stage.

What's more, Li Yan cultivated the Taiyi Sword Realm, where building a foundation was difficult. In the eyes of the two, being able to reach the foundation-building stage now meant that he was already a genius at the level of a sword cultivator.

And in order to pacify the seventh-level cave heaven, one must at least be a seventh-level swordsman whose strength has reached the Hedao realm.

How could Li Yan reach such a level in just a few years?

"Senior, are you kidding me? I met Li Yan in Mingsha Cave Heaven a few years ago. At that time, he was still in the Qi training stage. Only a few years have passed. How could he possibly pacify the seventh-level cave heaven!"

Su Wan's beautiful eyes were filled with surprise, and she couldn't help but ask.

Patriarch Qingya laughed and said, "I was originally a Divine Transformation cultivator from Zhongzhou. Because my Nascent Soul was damaged, I came to Jiuhua Prefecture in Beizhou by chance. Li Yan is the disciple I accepted here not long ago."

"But I have been of very little help to him in his cultivation. Now his cultivation level is far higher than mine, and he has entered the ranks of the top sword practitioners in the Taiyi Sword Realm."

"When the Blood Dove Cave Heaven appeared, it was Li Yan who took action, entered it, and destroyed the Cave Heaven alien race inside."

"According to my guess, my disciple is most likely the reincarnation of the human race's Saint Emperor Shuo Mingxi, which is why he has made such great progress in his cultivation."

Patriarch Qingya did not hide anything.

Because in his opinion, Li Yan is now very powerful and there is no need to hide it.

Even if outsiders knew about it, would anyone dare to come and attack Li Yan?

This is a powerful swordsman who single-handedly pacified a seventh-level cave heaven. His strength is already equivalent to that of the sword masters among the top sword sects in each continent.

Even a cultivator in the Mahayana stage probably wouldn't dare to rush forward and test his strength.

Lan Ruoyi and Su Wan were both shocked when they heard this.

Patriarch Qingya's confident words had already made them understand that everything he said was true.

But this news is really too shocking.

In just a few years, he rose straight to the sky from a Qi training cultivator and became one of the top figures in the Taiyi sword world.

With such a speed of cultivation, it is no wonder that Patriarch Qingya guessed that Li Yan was the reincarnation of a powerful being.

There was a hint of complexity in Su Wan's eyes.

She originally came here not only to visit the peerless swordsman of Qingya Sect, but also to meet Li Yan and express her gratitude.

But now she accidentally learned that Li Yan was the peerless swordsman of Qingya Sect, which made her very excited for a moment.

"Thank you, Senior Qingya, for letting me know. If Li Yan comes out of retreat, please let me know that Su Wan has come to visit me."

Su Wan no longer planned to visit Li Yan at this moment.

The gap between the two is too huge right now. If she meets him now, she doesn't know how to face Li Yan.

After all, Li Yan is no longer a first-level swordsman in the Qi training period, but a top swordsman in the entire Taiyi sword world.

Patriarch Qingya nodded in agreement, and then Lan Ruoyi and the other person bowed and said goodbye to him.

After the two of them left Qingya Sect, Lan Ruoyi's eyes lit up with surprise: "I never thought that such a unique swordsman would be born in Jiuhua Prefecture. Although I didn't get to see him today, it was worth the trip."

Su Wan remained silent, feeling depressed.

Lan Ruoyi also saw through her daughter's thoughts and chuckled, "Wan'er, why do you have to be like this? Although Li Yan has become a top swordsman now, the sword path will become more difficult to practice as time goes by."

"With your aptitude, although you are not as good as Li Yan, if you practice step by step, after a thousand years, you may be able to be on equal terms with Li Yan."

After hearing this, Su Wan perked up again and looked determined.

She originally regarded Li Yan as a fellow Taoist on the same journey, and planned to discuss Taoism together in the future.

But she didn't expect Li Yan's progress in cultivation to be so fast. In just a blink of an eye, he had surpassed her by so much.

Therefore, she felt sad that she had lost a fellow practitioner on her path of cultivation.

But after listening to her mother's words, she regained her fighting spirit.

Since Li Yan is already ahead, she should take a step to catch up.

Instead of complaining about yourself and standing still.

But with Li Yan's talent, I'm afraid no one can catch up with him.

By the time Su Wan has achieved success in her cultivation, Li Yan will surely have achieved enlightenment long ago.

……

Li Yan concentrated on practicing in the new cave and ignored the disturbances in the outside world.

At the same time, due to the emergence of the Blood Dove Cave Heaven, the spiritual energy of Ziling Province was fed back by the Taiyi Sword Realm, and the spiritual energy level soared.
The various sword sects in Beizhou are now locked in a fierce battle to gain control of the land with abundant spiritual energy in Zilingzhou.

Those who were originally from the Jiuhua Prefecture sects who fled with their core disciples because they were worried about the emergence of the Blood Dove Cave Heaven.

For example, the Luoxia Sect once sent out elders and ancestors to take action in order to deal with the Qingya Sect's divine sword vision, which ultimately led to the deaths of two powerful men of the Luoxia Sect.

He also wanted to return to the sect's headquarters to gain benefits in Ziling Province, where the spiritual energy level had been raised to a very high level.

But right now Ziling Province is in the midst of chaos, and countless Beizhou Sword Sects are eyeing Ziling Province, wanting to gain some benefits from it.

How could a small sect like Luoxia Sect possibly compete with these sword sects?

Even though their sect was originally headquartered in Ziling Province, they were under the banner of returning to the sect's headquarters.

But now that we have already left, how could it be easy to return to the sect’s headquarters?
In just a few days, the Luoxia Sect was completely wiped out by a mysterious and powerful swordsman.

Sword sects from all sides condemned the mysterious sword cultivator, saying that he was bullying the weak and slaughtering ordinary sects at will, and that he had already gone down the path of evil, no different from those alien races in the cave heavens.

However, despite this, no one has actually tracked down the mysterious swordsman who slaughtered the Luoxia Sect.

Although on the surface, everyone has to follow the principles and rules of the Taiyi Sword World and will not bully the weak.

But for a small sect like Luoxia Sect, which only has a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, to want to share the benefits of the precious land of Ziling Province, it is really a bit ignorant.

It's just right to destroy it. It can also be regarded as a lesson for those small sects, so that they know the difference between strong and weak.

With Luoxia Sect as a precedent, how could other small sects that wanted to return to Ziling Province possibly try to stroke the tiger's whiskers again?

He immediately fled in a panic and left Ziling Province, never mentioning returning to the sect's headquarters.

Afterwards, the Wuhui Sword Sect and other three top sword sects asked the sword sects located in Ziling Province to find the murderer, but this obviously would not produce any results.

The demise of Luoxia Sect can only be blamed on its ignorance of the current situation, and no sword sect will sympathize with it.

However, in a very short period of time, all the sect forces in Ziling Prefecture were completely replaced.

Of course, Qingya Sect is an exception.

No one dared to offend the territory of Jiuhua Prefecture, which was completely under the jurisdiction of Qingya Sect. They all knew that Qingya Sect had a peerless swordsman who pacified Xuejiu Cave Heaven, and was destined to become the fourth top sword sect in Beizhou.

On the contrary, the Thirteen Sword Sects that finally settled down in Ziling Province sent envoys to Qingya Sect to pay their respects.

Chen Yuanying was already familiar with this.

Although he is only a Jindan realm cultivator, during this period of time, he has already met many powerful sword cultivators in the Shenhua and even Lianxu realms.

Although these ordinary sword masters who have reached the level of divine swordsmanship in the sword sect are still powerful and terrifying compared to his strength, they are no longer so unattainable.

The Qingya Sect currently has abundant resources for cultivation, and the disciples' cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds.

The same goes for these Qingya Sect elders who are at the Jindan realm.

Wei Xu has even broken into the Nascent Soul stage and become a fourth-rank swordsman.

Given his current age and the existing cultivation resources of Qingya Sect, he has a chance to achieve the sixth-level swordsmanship of the Lianxu realm in the future.

Therefore, Chen Yuanying's goal is to at least become a fifth-level swordsman at the Spirit Transformation Realm.

With the presence of Li Yan, a peerless swordsman, in the sect, they are already prepared to transform into a top-notch sword sect.

Time flies, and another five years have passed.

Over the past five years, the strength of Qingya Sect has undergone tremendous changes. All of the original Jindan elders in the sect have entered the Yuanying realm.

Moreover, the requirements for disciples in the sect are no longer based on their realm.

Anyone who has a talent for kendo will be given intensive training.

"Among the new disciples in the sect, there are many talented swordsmen. Some have even entered the realm of unity of body and sword in just a short period of time. It won't be long before they reach perfection."

"Perhaps among them, there will be someone who can take up the responsibility of supporting our Qingya Sect in the future."

"It is also because of the great fortune of our Qingya Sect that we were able to recruit a disciple like Li Yan. The changes in our Qingya Sect are all due to Li Yan!"

The elders of Qingya Sect were filled with emotion. They were all delighted with the current changes in the sect.

Just in the next moment.

Suddenly they heard a huge roar of thunder coming from outside.

Several elders quickly flew out of the cave and looked into the distance.

A large patch of dark calamity clouds suddenly appeared in the sky above the back mountain of Qingya Sect.

In the calamity clouds, golden lightning streaks were moving around, emitting an extremely powerful pressure.

“This is Jieyun!”

Several people recognized him in an instant and were shocked.

Seeing such a powerful calamity cloud coming from the direction of the back mountain, a thought flashed through their minds, and they immediately recognized who had caused this calamity cloud.

"Li Yan is going to survive the catastrophe!"

"Isn't he already a sword cultivator at the Hedao level? Now that he is going through the tribulation, is he going to enter the Mahayana realm? "

Only the Qingya Patriarch knows Li Yan’s current realm.

The elders of Qingya Sect also believed that Li Yan had entered the state of Hedao.

Therefore, the calamity clouds that are being brought about now are already the calamity clouds brought about by breaking through the Mahayana realm.

The calamity clouds were so powerful that the thousands of miles of land behind the Qingya Sect’s back mountain were all covered by the calamity clouds.

Patriarch Qingya naturally also noticed the terrifying calamity clouds above the back mountain.

He flew low over the back mountain with a look of surprise and joy.

What shocked him was that the pressure from this calamity cloud was too terrifying. Even though he had already entered the late stage of Spirit Transformation, at this moment, under this calamity cloud, he felt his whole body trembling.

The thunder and lightning contained in this calamity cloud, even if only a trace of it descended, could easily turn him into ashes.

However, he also knew that this calamity cloud was brought about by Li Yan, which meant that Li Yan had once again broken through to a great realm and was about to enter the Hedao period.

When success is achieved, with Li Yan's practice of the Taiyi Sword Canon, a peerless martial art, and the innate divine sword in his possession, his strength will be close to that of a Mahayana sword immortal.

At that time, there would probably be no one in the world who could pose a threat to Li Yan, and the status of Qingya Sect would rise again.

Moreover, he felt that it would not be long before he would truly gain a sword immortal disciple at the Mahayana level.

When he thought of this, he was filled with joy.

Although he did not have much talent in swordsmanship, he was able to teach a sword-immortal disciple, which made his life worthwhile.

The disciples of Qingya Sect were also filled with joy.

They already knew that there was a peerless swordsman in their own sect, and some disciples hoped that they could catch the eye of this peerless swordsman, but they had never been able to do so.

But I didn't expect that today I would see this peerless swordsman breaking through the realm.

In addition to the Qingya Sect, the thirteen sword sects near Ziling Prefecture also sensed the Qingya Sect's unusual aura, and soon realized that a calamity was about to befall the Qingya Sect.

"This aura of calamity clouds, could it really be that the great swordsman of Qingya Sect is about to break through to the Mahayana stage?"

The high-level sword practitioners in these sword sects were also terrified after sensing the aura of the calamity cloud.

They did not recognize at all that this was the thunder tribulation that caused a breakthrough to the Hedao period, and they all believed that Li Yan was about to break through to the Mahayana realm.

This is because Li Yan has a solid foundation in the Taiyi Sword Canon, so the thunder tribulation he attracts is much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

This was the thunder tribulation he experienced when he broke into the realm of refining emptiness in the Blood Dove Cave.

And the thunder tribulation at the Hedao realm is, of course, even more terrifying.

Upon seeing this, the sword masters of Ziling Prefecture no longer practiced in seclusion, but immediately headed for Jiuhua Prefecture.

Being able to watch the peerless swordsman transcend tribulation up close is also a great opportunity for them.

And now in the back mountain of Qingya Sect.

Li Yan sat cross-legged in the cave. The sword spirit in his body had been cultivated to an extremely pure state. Holding the Mo Yuan sword in his hand, he exuded a domineering aura of sword energy that soared into the sky.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was continuously absorbed into his body, and the quality of his true essence continued to increase.

At the same time, his sword spirit was also beginning to transform, becoming more in line with the sword principles of the Taiyi Sword Realm.

It was even possible for his sword spirit to directly touch the laws of swordsmanship.

His affinity for the principles of swordsmanship had already reached a point where it was difficult to add to it.

"Buzz!"

The Mo Yuan Sword emitted a cheerful hum.

With the transformation of Li Yan's sword spirit, the sword-wielding killing laws contained in the Mo Yuan Sword, which is Li Yan's natal flying sword, are now being rapidly unlocked and promoted to the ninth level.

Once the Mo Yuan Sword is successfully promoted, the power of the Mo Yuan Sword alone will be enough to threaten a True Realm Emperor.

At the same time, his sword spirit began to merge with the Mo Yuan Sword.

To reach the state of Hedao, one needs to be in harmony with the laws of heaven and earth.

As a swordsman, it is natural for Li Yan to conform to the principles of swordsmanship.

And at the moment, the sword-killing law in Mo Yuan's sword is obviously the most suitable.

(End of this chapter)