Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Ordinary attacks at the Core Formation level are ineffective against the Sacred Pillar.

The magical artifacts in Lin Zhao's possession were not powerful enough to attack.

However, before Lin Zhao obtained a third-tier magic weapon, his strongest attack method was not actually a magic weapon, but a forbidden technique.

The forbidden technique in the "True Secret of the Five Spirits Returning to the Void" is the Five Emperors Seal.

From his current perspective, the principle behind this forbidden technique is quite clear: to control the spiritual power of the five elements and construct the physical structure of the Five Emperor Seals.

Upon hitting the target, the magic seal collapses, and the five elements of spiritual energy reverse from mutual generation to mutual restraint, instantly annihilating and transforming into the purest destructive energy.

The interconversion of matter and energy is exactly the same thing as the rules he just comprehended.

When this forbidden technique is refined to the point of Core Formation, it will develop into a supernatural power—the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light.

Further extending this to the Nascent Soul stage, it forms the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light. Wherever this divine light reaches, the five elements structure collapses, matter disintegrates into energy, and energy annihilates into nothingness. This is a great supernatural power of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Lin Zhao, through the principles of the Five Emperors Seal and with the help of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel, has almost completely deduced the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light.

He took out the Golden Phoenix Bow.

The bow was entirely gilded, and the bowstring looked as if it were made from the sinews of some kind of demonic beast. He held the bow in his left hand, strung the string with his right, and drew it back.

The bowstring was drawn to its fullest extent, the runes lit up, and a clear, melodious phoenix cry emanated from the bow.

The Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel manifested behind him, slowly rotating.

The Falun began to draw in the energy within the Dharma domain—the primordial energy in the lake, the underground energy, and the free-floating primordial energy in the air—all converging towards the bowstring.

The energy condenses on the bowstring, no longer forming a phantom, but a real, substantial arrow.

Energy is converted into matter.

The five elements of spiritual energy are compressed, governed, and reconstructed. The gaseous state is compressed into the liquid state, and the liquid state condenses into the solid state.

An arrow takes shape on the bowstring.

The arrow's body is shimmering with five colors—blue, red, white, black, and yellow—intertwining and rotating.

The arrow's body transforms from intangible to solid, from transparent to dense, from blurry to clear.

This is not the Golden Phoenix Arrow.

This is the Five Elements Extinction Divine Arrow.

Lin Zhao infused his sword intent into the arrow, and his Core Formation level divine sense locked onto the sacred pillar.

Let go.

The arrow flew through the air. The instant it left the bowstring, a five-colored shockwave exploded out, and a huge dent was pressed into the lake's surface.

Where the arrow passed, the five elements structure of the air collapsed directly, matter was transformed into energy, and absorbed by the arrow shaft. The arrow went faster and faster.

When the Five Elements Extinction Divine Arrow struck the sacred pillar, the arrow's physical structure disintegrated.

Instantaneous disintegration—from solid to energy, from condensation to dispersion, from order to disorder.

The five elements energy, compressed to its limit, instantly lost its restraint and exploded in annihilation.

First, a point of light appeared at the point of impact. Then, it was as if a miniature sun had exploded, and five-colored radiance spread out like a tide.

Wherever it passed, the sacred island, the sacred pillar, and the lake disappeared as if ice and snow were melting.

The radiance engulfed the entire area of ​​the sacred lake. Ten miles, twenty miles. Five-colored light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire ancient city.

The soldiers guarding the city wall all lay down.

The light was so bright, a hundred times brighter than the midday sun, that looking at it felt like being pricked by needles.

The millions of ordinary people in the city, whatever they were doing, stopped at that moment.

The ground beneath my feet was shaking, the elemental energy in the air was trembling, and my heartbeat was slowed down by that force.

That was a blow that could easily wipe out the ancient city.

Half a day later, the light faded away.

The Holy Island is gone. All that remains is a massive crater, ten miles in size, its walls smooth as a mirror, shimmering with iridescent five-colored light.

There was nothing at the bottom of the pit—no gravel, no soil, no water. Only pure emptiness, the void left after annihilation.

The sacred pillar is gone. But in its original place, a pillar of light remains.

The beam of light was several meters thick and stretched straight to the sky. At the center of the beam of light, a sword was suspended.

The sword is long and slender, three feet and seven inches long, and about two fingers wide. Its surface gleams with a uniform silvery-white starlight, and the blade is covered with fine, pale blue shimmering light, as if countless fragments of stars are embedded in the sword.

The sword's blade was engraved with ancient runes, the lines of which were delicate yet dense, emitting a pale blue glow. At the end of the hilt was a star-blue gemstone, the inside of which seemed to be a nebula slowly rotating.

Fourth-order Nascent Soul magic weapon.

Lin Zhao flew over and reached out to grasp the sword hilt.

The hilt was icy cold to the touch, and the blade emitted a clear, melodious sword cry. As my divine sense probed into it, information surged forth like a tide.

Starry Sky Rift Sword. A fourth-tier offensive magic weapon.

Two great supernatural powers, one secret technique.

Sky-Splitting Slash—The sword's runes light up, drawing upon the power of stars and space. The blade tears through space to create a slash that ignores ordinary defensive magic treasures, directly annihilating the soul and body. It counters all escape techniques—Rainbow Transformation and Blood Escape are useless against Sky-Splitting Slash.

Starburst – The sword transforms into hundreds of starbursts, covering an area of ​​a hundred miles and destroying everything in their path. Each starburst can disperse to clear the area or focus fire on a single target.

Starfall Technique – Instantaneous teleportation. A basic technique that consumes one's own spiritual power and utilizes spatial fluctuations to travel hundreds of miles.

If activated at full power, consuming the sword's essence, one can instantly teleport thousands of miles away.

After reading it, Lin Zhao's fingers tightened slightly as he gripped the sword hilt.

Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying. A fourth-tier magic weapon truly lives up to its reputation as something used by a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

The several third-tier magic weapons he possessed combined couldn't withstand a single ordinary strike from this magic weapon.

The accompanying supernatural abilities are even more terrifying: the Sky-Splitting Slash ignores defenses, the Starburst covers hundreds of miles, and the Star Instant Technique allows him to directly escape the battlefield in desperate situations.

This is a magical weapon specifically designed for killing and survival.

However, the cost of activating it is also extremely high. A fourth-tier magic weapon consumes a massive amount of mana.

Lin Zhao's own spiritual power was simply insufficient; even if he exhausted it, he couldn't unleash a single ordinary attack, let alone any supernatural abilities.

The Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool within his body could barely sustain it, but it wouldn't last long. One sword emptied the Thunder Pool, two swords damaged the very essence of the magical artifact.

Lin Zhao put the sword away.

He glanced at Xuanze City not far away. The guards on the city walls were looking this way. Hundreds of thousands of refugees had already entered the city through the city gates.

Su Huai stood at the highest point of the city wall, watching him from afar.

It's time to leave; there's nothing left to linger in this ancient city.

He had thoroughly mastered the Luo Tian runes and obtained the fourth-tier magic weapon from the Sacred Pillar.

Having awakened the Heavenly Heart Falun and comprehended its rules, the secret realm held few secrets for him anymore.

The Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel manifested behind Lin Zhao, and the runes on the wheel lit up. The Yuan Power within the Dharma Domain began to converge on him.

Five-colored spiritual light surged from the Dharma wheel, enveloping his entire body. His crimson feathers and golden robes lit up, and he transformed into a five-colored streak of light, piercing through the air and disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Just as Lin Zhao was comprehending the power of the rules, on the ancient city battlefield defense line, everyone had been struggling to hold on for the past half month.

Their original plan was to take advantage of the Holy Son of Ten Thousand Spirits' serious injury and use Qin Tianjun and Xia Jin as the core to defeat the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect in one fell swoop.

The plan was meticulous, and the deductions were flawless, except for one loophole—the Holy Son of All Spirits.