Star Martial Soaring Cloud

With just one sentence, Jin Wei Dao Ren's powerful offensive was completely thwarted.

The moment the words reached his ears, Jin Wei Dao Ren's mind was filled with pure fear, and he couldn't even muster the thought of resistance.

As the light faded, three figures landed steadily in the arena.

No one's eyes were ever off the handsome man at the head of the group for even a moment—he was tall and imposing, with a handsome face as sharp as if carved by a knife, exuding masculinity; his black cloak moved without wind, flowing gracefully, as if he were an immortal descended to earth.

Those bright black eyes exuded confidence and held an air of invincibility, making one feel a chill involuntarily upon looking at them.

Some people are born to be the pride of heaven. No matter where they are, they are destined to be the focus of attention, exuding a unique temperament and charm that is irresistible.

Without a doubt, Li Guang, who landed right in the center of the Purple Qi Pavilion, was this kind of person.

The imperial court of the Great Qian Dynasty was ruled by the Li family, which was divided into two branches: the inner Li family, which was in charge of the government and internal affairs, and the outer Li family, which was responsible for guarding the borders.

Li Guang was born into the Outer Li family—a top-tier aristocratic family in the Great Qian Dynasty. Since the founding of the dynasty, the Outer Li family had produced numerous military talents, with each patriarch rising to the position of Grand Marshal of the Great Qian Army based on their genuine abilities. In addition to the patriarch, the family had also produced dozens of generals, nine Ministers of War, and thousands of military officers of various ranks. To this day, a saying still circulates throughout the land: "It is easy to shake the Inner Li family, but difficult to shake the Outer Li family; as long as the Outer Li family is not destroyed, the imperial court will live on forever."

Among such an outstanding family of officials, Li Guang was able to stand out and become the only "God of War" since the establishment of the Great Qian Imperial Court, which speaks volumes about his talent and strength.

More than 30 years ago, the Great Qian Dynasty and the Tianyi Sect were locked in a protracted war for several years, which exhausted the country's strength, leaving only more than 20,000 guards in the capital.

At this critical moment, the demon race broke the alliance and joined forces with the barbarians and various tribes from the Northern Plains and Western Wilderness to form a coalition army of 400,000 to break through Loulan and bypass the main force to attack the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty, causing shock throughout the world.

To make matters worse, the previous emperor (the head of the Li family) suddenly passed away, leaving the Great Qian court beset by internal and external troubles and leaderless.

At that time, the head of the Li family was leading troops to resist the Tianyi Sect, and all the border troops were tied down and unable to move; most of the guards in the capital were transferred to other places for reinforcement, and there were almost no soldiers available in the city. The Great Qian Imperial Court was in imminent danger.

In this desperate situation, twenty-year-old Li Guang stepped forward.

He first sent a challenge to the allied forces outside the city in the name of Crown Prince Li Tang, agreeing to a decisive battle at the east gate of the capital the following day at noon.

In the eyes of the demon-barbarian alliance, it was undoubtedly a huge joke that 20,000 troops were fighting against an army of 400,000.

They eagerly anticipated watching their temporary commander stage a farce, unaware that a nightmarish raid was quietly approaching.

Before nightfall, Li Guang personally went to the prison. When he reappeared, the prison was empty, but behind him was an elite force of death row inmates—what exactly happened remains a mystery to this day.

That night, Li Guang led over a thousand death row inmates and ten thousand guards, sneaking into the barbarian camp undetected, disguised as the allied soldiers.

In the dead of night, flames suddenly ignited, and swords flashed wildly. Li Guang led his men in a surprise attack, shouting, "It's terrible! The main force of the Great Qian has returned! The Tianyi Sect has been defeated! The Imperial Guard and the Zhenyuan Army are coming!"

"All forces of the Great Qian Dynasty have assembled, with a total strength of 1.5 million!"

The demon army, awakened from their slumber, was utterly unable to mount an effective resistance against the darkness, the raging fire, and the clash of swords.

Moreover, since everyone was dressed the same, often just as someone shouted, "Don't fight! We're on the same side, those are the enemies!", a sword would come slashing down right in front of them.

When it was difficult to distinguish friend from foe, everyone had no choice but to strike first, which led to a chaotic battle in which no one knew who was friend or foe. That night, more demon soldiers died from fighting among themselves than from the hands of the Great Qian army.

Seeing this, the demon leader decided to fight to the death and ordered more than 100,000 remaining troops to attack the city, intending to use chaos to quell the chaos and massacre the capital.

But the gates of Kyoto opened on their own, and what rushed out was an "army of beasts"—pigs, dogs, cows, sheep, horses... and countless poultry, each with its tail on fire, driven only by the instinct to charge forward madly.

The remnants of the siege had not yet recovered from the previous chaos when they ran headlong into this berserk beast army.

They had never seen such a bizarre scene before, and they all scattered and fled, trampling into a vast expanse, with screams shaking the heavens.

After a night of bloody fighting, dawn had broken, and of the 400,000 allied troops, less than 200,000 remained.

Just as the demon leader was about to rally his remaining troops for a counterattack, Li Guang led his army to the scene.

If the chaotic battle in the dark left them bewildered, what Li Guang brought now was a shadow that would haunt them for a lifetime—they would never forget that spotless white robe.

Dressed in white, Li Guang charged ahead, spear in hand, charging in and out seven times, like a tiger among sheep, unstoppable.

The demon army's top expert was killed by him with a single spear thrust, his blood staining half the sky, yet his white robes remained untouched by a single drop of blood.

Inspired by him, his soldiers, who were already desperate men, fought bravely against the enemy, each leaving a trail of blood behind them.

The terrified remnants of the army crumbled at the first blow and fled in a frenzy once more.

After that, whenever the demon army attempted to regroup, Li Guang's pursuit would arrive as scheduled—this cycle of rout and pursuit repeated itself ten times.

After this battle, Li Guang's name became renowned throughout the Great Qian Dynasty. Both the demon and barbarian tribes trembled at the mere mention of his name, and even three-year-old children dared not cry at night upon hearing it.

For the past thirty years, neither the demon nor the barbarian races have dared to advance eastward again, all because the general guarding Loulan is named Li Guang.

What's even more shocking is that people later learned that the demon expert whom Li Guang killed with a single spear thrust was actually a powerful figure at the Divine Sense Void Realm—and Li Guang was only twenty years old at the time.

The appearance of such a legendary figure caused astonishment and trembling among those present. The first to speak was not Li Guang, but Mulan: "Father, are you alright?"

The three who fell into the arena were Li Guang, Mulan, and Wang Xiao. It turned out that Mulan, anxious to save her father, had just stepped into the Purple Qi Pavilion when several dark figures descended from the sky and blocked her path.

These men, dressed in black night clothes, had cold and cruel eyes. The leader sneered, "Miss Mulan, we have been waiting here for a long time. Please come with us!"

Their response was Mulan's furious fist.

The two sides instantly engaged in a fierce battle, and by the time Wang Xiao arrived, Mulan was already gradually losing ground.

Little did they know that everything before them was an illusion—the two had unknowingly stepped into the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" illusion of the Tianyi Sect, and what they were fighting to the death against was nothing more than a phantom in the void.

At the critical moment, Li Guang arrived just in time.

He sensed a familiar presence, pointed his sword, and the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" illusion crumbled instantly.

After escaping danger and seeing his family again, Wang Xiao immediately hugged his senior brother and wept bitterly, venting all the grievances he had suffered since descending the mountain.

At this moment, he finally looked somewhat like a sixteen-year-old boy.

Li Guang smiled slightly and affectionately patted Wang Xiao's head.

Realizing the tense situation on the upper floor of the attic, he no longer hesitated and immediately took the two men to the battlefield.

Jin Wei Dao Ren stared intently at the person in front of him.

Although the Tianyi Sect had long since fled overseas, they had already heard of Li Guang's fame.

If the Tianyi Sect wants to return to its peak, it will have to face the formidable mountain of the God of War, Li Guang, sooner or later. However, it never expected that this mountain, which requires careful preparation to overcome, would come so quickly and so suddenly.

Li Guang's seemingly casual stance actually contained profound implications: it not only blocked the Tianyi Sect's offensive and sealed off all their retreat routes, but also seized the initiative, making it impossible for them to join forces.

"He's terrifying... Do we really want to make an enemy of someone like him?" Cold sweat poured down Jin Wei Dao Ren's forehead, his previously stable composure crumbling in an instant. "He's not afraid of our alliance at all; he just wants a quick victory!"

"Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? Since you are all guests from afar, why be so reserved?" Li Guang's tone was calm, but his aura was completely at odds with his words. An unparalleled pressure suddenly spread out, enveloping the Tianyi Sect members.

"Young Li, you've gone too far!" a Tianyi Sect expert shouted angrily.

"Oh? What do you mean by that, sir?" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Guang's temperament changed drastically, like a peerless sword being drawn from its sheath, its sharpness fully revealed, and the surrounding world seemed to freeze at that moment.

At the same time, Wu Ziming felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, as if his entire spine had been drenched in ice water, freezing his heart and lungs.

His legs went weak and he could no longer obey them, and he involuntarily wanted to kneel down.

"I'll risk it all!" Daoist Jinwei bit his tongue hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence. He used the secret technique of the Tianyi Sect to forcefully increase his cultivation several times over, and immediately felt the pressure on his body greatly reduced.

He then took a step forward, leaving a deep footprint on the floor. He lowered his waist, twisted his hips, and threw a punch in one smooth motion, delivering a powerful and overwhelming blow to Li Guang.

This punch embodied his life's cultivation—Jin Wei Dao Ren knew that in front of a powerhouse like Li Guang, any supernatural power or any domain was meaningless.

No one could describe how terrifying the power of this punch was: as soon as Jin Wei Dao Ren moved his fist, the surrounding airflow was forcibly condensed, without making a sound.

However, apart from Li Guang, everyone else's clothes were swept away by a gale and violently blown backward.

The crowd first saw clothes fluttering wildly, then heard a rapid explosion and felt the violent ripples in the air—the air was rippling like flowing water; otherwise, how could there be such a strong tremor?

Faced with this fierce punch, Li Guang neither dodged nor avoided it, but stood with his hands behind his back, his back straight like a divine sword standing between heaven and earth.

When the fist was right in front of him, he slowly extended a finger and casually tapped it.

That powerful and domineering punch was actually stopped by a slender finger.

The instant their palms touched, Jin Wei Dao Ren's face flushed crimson, and he staggered back several steps as if drunk, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, the other three experts from the Tianyi Sect also coughed up blood, their bodies unable to withstand the invisible pressure any longer, and they were all sent flying backward.

It turned out that while Li Guang was attacking Jin Wei Dao Ren, he had also silently made his move against the other two people—and no one present noticed.

Such effortless skill made even the three powerful figures from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism tremble with fear.

The group of people who were flying backwards vanished in mid-air with a flash—they used a powerful artifact to break through the void and teleported dozens of miles away.

They had already prepared an escape route.

"Now that we're here, why rush to leave?" Li Guang waved his right hand, and a dazzling rainbow suddenly shot out.

This killing move, imbued with boundless energy, was incredibly fast, seemingly capable of piercing through heaven and earth, drawing forth gusts of wind and thunder, and arriving dozens of miles away in the blink of an eye.

The silvery light spread out, like ripples on water.

Without a sound, a mountain dozens of miles away was crushed into dust.

As the dust settled, a figure emerged—an old man with green blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He was short and thin, with a hunched back, making him appear to be less than 1.5 meters tall.

No one expected that the Supreme Elder of the Tianyi Sect would also come.

After a long pause, he finally spoke slowly, "The younger generation is truly formidable... I'm old and useless now. This trip to Demon Island depends on you young people; the future of the Holy Church ultimately rests on your shoulders!"

His voice was low and hoarse, as if he might breathe his last at any moment. Standing behind him were the few experts from the Tianyi Sect who had escaped, as well as seven or eight young juniors at the Fish Leap Realm, all of whom were so frightened that they dared not even breathe.

"Let's go! It's too early to return to this land!" the Supreme Elder said slowly. "A powerhouse like Li Guang, having already used the 'Flying Immortal Finger,' will not pursue us further. This trip wasn't entirely fruitless—Situ Hong's daughter has become a cultivator, saving us a lot of trouble. You must lead her to the Demon Island!"

The bright moon hangs high, its light like silk, veiling everything in a light gauze, revealing an indescribable simplicity, haziness, and tranquility.

In the small pavilion in the middle of the lake next to the Ziqi Pavilion, Li Guang and Wang Xiao drank heartily under the moon. From time to time, weeping could be heard from the pavilion, mixed with hearty laughter.

On this day, the Tianyi Sect made a comeback; on this day, the Ziqi Pavilion witnessed a gathering of heroes; on this day, the two brothers, master and disciple, vowed not to leave until they were drunk.

Looking at the senior brother who had watched him grow up, Wang Xiao recounted all his experiences since descending the mountain.

The senior brother, who was extremely busy, put aside all worldly affairs at this moment and listened quietly to his story, with a smile never fading from his lips.

After Wang Xiao finished speaking, he wanted to emphasize the strangeness of the Xuanyuan family to his senior brother.

Li Guang reached out and patted his head, smiling, "A young man should act like a young man, with a sharp edge in his heart, worthy of the long winds and the rising sun. The sky won't fall down, and even if it does, we'll hold it up first. This is the token of Demon Island; we'll talk about the rest when we get back!"